Police disperse crowd gathered at the rear of Kress' store
- Title of event
- Police disperse crowd gathered at the rear of Kress' store
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Police deployed
- Address of event
- Police disperse crowd gathered at the rear of Kress' store Happened Primarily at 243-251, W 124th St
- Report on event
- Police disperse crowd gathered at the rear of Kress' store Main report referencing event 1 Dead, 100 Hurt as Harlem Mobs Riot Over Boy, 16, And Hearse
- Police disperse crowd gathered at the rear of Kress' store Event secondarily referenced by Police Shoot Into Rioters; Kill Negro in Harlem Mob
- Start date / time
- March 19, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- End (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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Part of crowd cleared off 125th Street by police gathered at the rear of Kress' store. The NYT & NYHT reported that the arrival of a hearse provoked cries that it had come to pick up the dead boy, causing the crowd to start throwing bricks at the store windows and the police who came to disperse them, who were also showered with missiles from rooves, hallways and other hiding places. Several police officers were injured.