1900 Chanute Times (KS) 12 Oct. 3/4: When a criminal loses his shadow the detective is apt to be puzzled.at shadow, n.
1905 Chanute Times (KS) 22 Sept. 3/5: The rioters are stubbornly continuing their attacks and the tartars and Kurds are plundering in the ‘black town’ district.at black town (n.) under black, adj.