TIMELINE: Newark Riots
•July 12, Wednesday: Newark riots begin at 4th Precinct Police Station
•July 14, Friday: Mayor Addonizio asks for State Police & National Guard assistance
•July 17, Monday: State Police and National Guard begin to leave Newark
•July 19, Wednesday: Newark riots declared officially over
DEATHS:
Deaths:
1.Mary Helen Campbell: 7/14/67 5:30 AM Auto collision with fire truck (pg 139 Report for Action;: Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder. Feb 1968)
2.Jessie May Jones: 7/14/67 7 AM Homicide by Shooting (pg 139 Report for Action;: Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder. Feb 1968) Eyvind Chandler, indicted. (pg 129, 218 No Cause for Indictment by Ron Porambo, 1971, Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
3.Elizabeth Artis: 7/16/67 4:35 AM Heart Attack (pg 139 Report for Action;: Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder. Feb 1968)
4.Victor Louis Smith: 7/16/67 8:25 AM Overdose of narcotics (pg 139 Report for Action;: Governor’s Select Commission on Civil Disorder. Feb 1968)
No One Indicted for the Following Deaths:
1.Isaac Harrison: 7/14/67 Homicide by Shooting
2.James Sanders: 7/14/67 4:10 AM Homicide by Shooting
3.Tedock Bell: 7/14/67 4:30 AM Homicide by Shooting
4.Rufus Council: 7/14/67 5:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
5.Oscar Hill: 7/14/67 6:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
6.Robert Martin: 7/14/67 7 PM Homicide by Shooting
7.Cornelius Murray: 7/14/67 7 PM Homicide by Shooting
8.Police Detective Fred Toto: 7/14/67 7:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
9.Eddie Moss: 7/14/67 8:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
10.Leroy Boyd: 7/14/67 10:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
11.Richard Taliaferro: 7/14/67 11:15 PM Homicide by Shooting
12.Albert Mersier: 7/14/67 11:55 PM Homicide by Shooting
13.Eloise Spellman: 7/15/67 Homicide by Shooting
14.Rose Abraham: 7/15/67 11:45 AM Homicide by Shooting
15.Billy Furr: 7/15/67 2:55 PM Homicide by Shooting
16.Rebecca Brown: 7/15/67 6:30 PM Homicide by Shooting
17.Hattie Gainer: 7/15/67 8:00 PM Homicide by Shooting
18.Rufus Hawk: 7/15/67 10:06 PM Homicide by Shooting
19.Fire Captain Michael Moran: 7/15/67 10:45 PM Homicide by Shooting
20.James Ruttledge: 7/16/67 5:15 PM Homicide by Shooting
21.Michael Pugh: 7/17/67 12:50 PM Homicide by Shooting
22.Raymond Gilmer: 7/18/67 1 AM Homicide by Shooting
1967 Newark Riots Info