The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-11
NO FURTHER OUTBREAK
BY SPRINGFIELD MODS
Eighteen Companies of State Mill
tia Have Full Control of
Situation.


SPRINGFIELD, o., March 10.-The race
disturbances which have terrorized the
town for the last three days as the result
of the murder of Patrolman Coils and the
subsequent lynching of the negro Dixon,
who shot Coils is held we'll in check by
eighteen companies of state militia, and the
authorities are of opinion that no more
troops will be needed.
There are unmistakable signs of an ugly
feeling on the part of the men and boys
who have composed the mobs of the last
few days, and the authorities realize that at
the least provocation trouble might break
out again The burning of portion of the
levee has only partly satisfied the mob,
which was thwarted by the militia in it's
attempt TO burn "Flicker's Nest row of
buildings formerly occupied by about fifty
families, but now deserted.
This evening the police arrested a negro
claiming Cincinnati as his home and giving
the name of Y. w. Smith. He was accom-
panied by several strange negroes and
wherever they could gain an audience of
one or more OF their race on the street they
read a highly infammatory typewriter
paper urging the negroes to avenge the
lynching of Dixon and TO apply the torch
To the white business and residence dis
tricts in retaliation for the burning of the
negro quarters on the levee. The police,
however. do not fear any trouble from ma
population has all day kept the police in
touch with any signs of uprising on the
part of the strange negro
This, in the opinion of City Solicitor Ia
tum. neither the city nor county can be held
responsible for the burning of the levee dis
trict by the mob IL is an admitted fact that
while public sentiment is against the means
employed to put the negro out of the way,
there is universal rejoicing that he Is dead,
and il is realized that ii will be extremely
difficult to secure a jury that will assess
| fv,n11 grrn Ill
While special grand jury will sit Monday
to investigate the lynching, il is thought
that il will be impossible to indict ether
the leaders OF the mob which did the lynch
| ing or the subsequent burning.
An immense throng OF people was in and
about St Raphaefs Church this morning
| 10 attend the funeral services of Charles
| Coils. the murdered policeman. The en-
/ tire police force and all the city officials
| were I'm attendance. The best order pre-
vailed and Father Buckleys sermon made
| no reference to the way in which Coils met
/ his death. This city. Is the headquarters OF
| a widely known negro organization called
! the Anti-mob and Lynch Law Association
| which has for its object the securing OF
| laws 10 prevent lynching and in other ways
| TO combat the summary punishment of col
There is no indication at midnight that
there will be any further race disturbances
/ i'm this city. The streets are deserted COM
\ nared with the last three nights and there
/ are no demonstrations OF any kind on the
| part of whites or negroes. Mayor BoWlus
| has issued a proclamation ordering the
saloons to remain closed until al least next
| Mondav morning There are still eighteen
| companies OF militia on duty and the au-
| thorities will come 10 some definite CON
| clusio1 in the morning with Governor Her.
rick in relation To the withdrawal of the
! troops.
! Whole families of negroes are still flee.
| ing and IL is known that scores OF un-
! desirable characters who have come here
| in recent years have left the city for good