The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-07-31
RIOTERS ARE AWED
Arrival of Four Companies Of Mi
Iitia at DanviIle, Ill.,, Has
0uieting Effect.
CASUALTIES OF THE RACE WAR
Praise Showered Upon Sherin-Negro
Uprising Il Feared by
Some People.

Danville. H., July 2S.-With four
companies of the Seventh Illinois lntan-
Try ON guard the city is now quiet
after race war in which two men
were killed and seventeen wounded.
The trouble grew out of an alleged at
tack on a white woman by IA negro
named James Wilson. \ mob gathered
for the purpose of lynching the ac-
cused man and in the attack on the
Jail John ID. Maytield, another Colored
MAJ. shot and killed Henry Galter-
man. He WAS dragged to death and
his body hacked to bits and burned.
The attack on the Jail to get Wilson
was then resumed and Sheriff Whit
lock fired upon the mob, wOunding
number and causing it to disperso
about o'clock i'm the morning
Troops Arrive on Scene.
A request was made to the state au-
thorities for troops and at 8 o'clock
in the morning four companies of the
Seventh regiment of Chicago arrived.
They marched at once 10 the market
house, directly opposite the county Jail.
Here. under the command of Lieuten-
ant Colonel j. NJ. CLASSIFY, headquarters
Were established. Pickets We're imme-
diately thrown out and strict guard
maintained over the Jail. Threats had
been made TO dynamite this because
of the bitterness felt 10y friends Of the
wounded men against Sheriff Whit
9, r,1 4 ltn
troops became known the phase was
heard generally throughout the city:
This ends it; there will be no mere
disturbances" This belief appeared
well founded as the hours passed
without anything being manifested be-
yond curiosity.
Court to Take Hand.
AS result of conference between
Judge Thompson. Sheriff Whitlock and
States Attorney Kessler, it is likely
that the "sore-fnger brigade" who
got the volleys of buckshot poured
down the length of rail used ms Il bat
tering ram by the sheriff's force will
be summoned and asked to show
cause why they should not be held
TO the grand jury rs members of the
lyn"hing mob. Praise is showered on
the sheriff who adopted the idea of
aiming the gun down the side-hange
rail so as to disable as many hands rs
possible without taking life.
While the troops the county jail
with its gaping windows. its shattered
doc :, the siXty-fOot railroad rail and
bottles used as missiles yet on the YER
andas, and above all the spot where
the negro's body had been tirod-drew
the crowd Of sightSeers they were not
the only attractions There was the
wrecked city Jail from which the
quivering wretch had been torn.
Fear Negroes Ma Rise.
With negro population Of 800 it
is rC.a ded as pos ,.i.le that there may
be negro uprislGg 1t is said that
the friends &C the wounded men will
certainly attempt vengeance on the
sheriff. 'N hen they do they'll mean
business" il is significantly added.
The strong,t It of the rumors. however,
is that a heavily armed body of men
is GOING TO .lllaICn OH the JAN lIOlH AZ
van. about fou teen miles distant, the
home of Mrs. Carrie / urgesS, whom
the negro James Wilson is said TO have
attacked. and wrest Wilson from the
hands Of the sheriff. But most per-
sons roirt i'm answer to the lines of
soldiers and steel. Not while they
are nee" is the answer Wilson, who
was temporarily emoved from jail to
get away from the mob is back in lis
old cell
Many Injured in Jail Attack.
Following is revised list Of those
injured h. the volleys fired from the
jail by its defenders: Adam Murray,
fatally wounded by charge of buck
shot in the head; Harry Devore, right
thigh fearfully mangIed by load of
shot - Bicknell. shot i'm right leg
Clement Mobaker. shot i'm leg and arm;
Ed Hart. shot i'm left hand; ~ Swat
ford. veteran soldier. injured by being
jammed between battering ram and