The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-01
FIRE AND P|LLAGE
FOLLOW SHOOTING
White Man Shot, Mob Attacks
Negro Quarters and Burns
Buildings.
POLICE OVERWHELMED AND
TROOPS RUSHED TO SCENE
Firemen, Police and Soldiers
Battle Desperately With
Drink-C -Crazed Populace.

SPRINGFIELD. o.. Feb. 2S.-The ex
element following last nights riot
subsided with the dawn and the city
Is enjoying It's ordinary quiet this
morning
Tho district known as the "Jungles"
Is In charge OF the militia under COM
mand OF Maj Horace Keifer. No lives
were lost In the riot
The result OF the mob's work was the
destruction OF six negro houses, one
saloon and the damaging OF several
others
The casualties are the injuring OF
Sergeant of Police Creger. who was hit
with rock. His injury is not serious.
young man named Beltz is also In
Jured, though not seriously
No further tcouble is expected
Saloons Kept Closed
AS long as the militia Is on the
ground all the saloons in this city Will
be kept closed They all closed prompt
ly at o'clock last evening by order
of the Mayor, and have been SO ever
since.
Martin Davis. who was shot night
before last by two negroes. whose ac-
ton was the cause OF last nights trou-
bic. Is barely alive.
AdJt,-Gen Hughes and Col Crltch-
field arrived here this morning and
held q conference with Mayor James
NJ. TODD. The Mayor told them that
he did not expect any serious trouble
tonight owing TO the fact that the SOL
dierS are on duty These officers VIII
return 10 Columbus.
The Ncnia and Urbana companies
and two local companies OF the Third
regiment OF the Ohio National Guard
are on duty In the "Jungles" and at
other points where trouble might oc-
cur. There are about 200 soldiers here.
Dayton's soldiers are IN its armory
awaiting an order TO move. Unless
further trouble develops. however, they
Will not come TO this city.
Riot Scene Patrolled,
After midnight the militia patrolled
the "Jungles.' where the burning oC
CURED, and kept the stragglers OF the
mob back The scenes here today were
similar TO those OF two years ago.
March T. when the lynching and riot
occurred.
But few arrests We're made last
night William Nunley was charged
with rotIng and John L. Coleman,
president OF the Clark County Liquor
league. was placed In jail for refusing
10 keep his saloon closed Coleman is
in the city and head of a brewing COM
Dany.
Notorious Dives Destroyed.
THE Jungles" Is a name given to a
district on East Monroe street where
notorious dives are located and are fire.
quented by negroes. Six or seven of
these joints were wiped out last night
by the mob with a torch The most In
famous place was literally torn to
pieces and burned half down by the
rioters. This shack Will be torn down
Many negroes are fleeing from tho
city. 1t is estimated that one hundred
negroes have left since last night.
Origin of the Trouble.
Last nights disturbance grew out Of
shooting in the railroad yards. In
which NJ NJ. Davis, brakeman. was
perhaps fatally wounded by two ne
groes. Preston Ladd of Bellefontaine
and Edward Dean Of this city.
Dean and Ladd were taken 10 Day.
ton for safe keeping
mob OF 1000 men and boys formed
and marched TO the 'JUnglesr' a local
lty Inhabited by colored people with
the announced purpose OF burning that
section The mob soon reached the
| "Juncles" and battered one house TO
pieces with stones and posts used as
batterlng rams,
AT II o'clock members of the mob
broke through a Gordon of police ana
set fire TO a house in the "Jungles,
which was quickly burned down.
Sergt Cregcr. VINO had charge OF the
| squad of police was hit on the head
with a brick and seriously wounded.
lust as the troops arrived one more
building was fired and no efforts were
made TO save It. The efforts OF the
police and the flremen and the guards
| men were directed solely TO forcing the
| rioters back and saving the property
| ont side of the doomed square.