Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
I TR00PS
TO LEAVE
TRIAL OF ACCUSED NEGRO WILL
NOT BE HELD AT
EVANSVILLE.
THREATS BEING MADE
Trouble is in Store for Members of Ev-
ansviIle Militia Companies When
They Don Citizens cIothins-victims
Of Riot Are Buried.


brought heretfor trial removes the ne
cessity of holding the troops here.
General Mckee will, this afternoon
recommend to the governor, that the
indianapolis companies be sent home
this evening. The Evansville company
will probably be kept under arms for
several days and the other companies
will be held there for future orders.
Seven Funerals Today.
The funerals of seven victims of
Monday nights trouble were held to-
day. There was no excitement.
Indictments Returned.
The grand jury returned nineteen
indictments on account of the Sunday
night trouble and is now investigating
the Monday night shooting.
Threaten Soldiers.
| Threats are being made openly to-
day that there will be trouble for the
militia boys Of this city as soon as they
get their uniforms Some radical agi-
tators are saying that an onslaught on
the negroes will be made in retaliation
| when the troops leave there. These
threats are being taken very seriously
by the leading citizens.
Two Mob Victims Buried.
There were two funerals of mob VIC
Tins yesterday afternoon. August
Jordan and Hazel Altman were buried.
The Altman funeral was held day
I sooner than annoaslced to pre- sent ex-
! citement.
4 The policeT authorities say that
while many Of those shot by the mill.
! tie were reputable persons and NO
doubt drawn into the crowd from GU.
riosity, two or three of those killed
were disturbers and had caused the
police trouble before. A revolver found
on one of the dead bodies had three
empty chambers that had been recent
l1y exploded.
Advertise For Return Of Guns.
A hardware firm, whose store was
emptied of arms by the mob, has in.
serted the following advertisement in
a local newspaper:
Warning! If all guns, pistols, am
4 5 be returned at once no questions will
be asked. We have the numbers OF
/ all guns, pistols, etc, taken and any.
one we find with them hereafter will
4 be prosecuted to the full extent Of the
law"
First Quiet Day in Months
4 This city has passed the first quiet
day for months. With soldiers camp
ed around the court house and Jail and
in the park on the river bank any dis
:, position toward lawlessness is sup
{ Ipressed. Not gun was fired during
the night. and no street gatherings
were seen.
Think Troops Did Their Duty.
When the local militia company scat
i tiers to the homes of its members some
trouble is feared in individual cases
due to the feeling against the troops
The general feeling among business in
terests and influential citizens is tha
the soldiers in firing into the mob onl.
did what was necessary and their duty
Negroes Resume Work.
Several gangs of negroes are work
ing on the business streets today
They attended strictly to their work
and are not being molested At sun
down, however, all negroes disappear
and are not seen until the next morn
ing. Negro ministers are making hous
to house visits urging this course.
Gov. Durbin Lays Down Course.
S Peru, Ind, July 9.-Governor Win
f field T. Durbin, who was to have bee
: here last night to address the Sons O
Veterans of the Indiana encampmen,
was detained at indianapolis by reasol
t of the race riot conditions in Evans
= vile. His address was read by men
4 ber of his staff, Maj. Arthur Bodurtha
The address touched on such affairs a
the Evansville trouble. In this connee
tion the governor says:
"To all, regardless of color or condi
e ton, impartial justice shall. be mete
out. Upon all guilty of crimes, tn
penalties prescribed by law shall b
promptly visited, and he who goes t
9 war in Indiana, must fight under tn
? red flag of anarchy The inevitable re
e suit of such war is not, "a subject fo
| speculation"