Tag: William H. Butts

  • Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden

    Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden

    Philadelphia Inquirer – July 6, 1897 Both Victims Are Colored and One Is Probably Fatally Wounded. POLICE USED PISTOLS They Were Fired at When They Tried to Arrest the Fighters, “Crap” Game Started the Trouble. In a race riot between white and colored men in South Camden last evening two colored men were shot. One…