The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-16
.orncy roscoe Patterson, Of Greene coot

fiifornpy Roscoe Patterson, Oh AiTeellc SS'N''-
IL said to-nlghtt. d,
+ tnty,ly outrage, whose name M, able
II 10 learn, will be punished to the fhll
extent OF tho lhw, The members or tue
E mob hrc not law abiding citizens. they
are outlaws They broke into lie jail,
and. a,esidcs .lyhcliihg three negroes, re.
leased prisoners, and illus became law
y breakers by giving freedom to iniprs $
oned criminals"
s q Prosecuting Attorney Patterson and
d eherlr Horner4 arc said to have secured
III tho names or more thnil II hundred men
who took al, active part III the lynchins.
Tho leaders of the mob were not dis
4 suiscd but worked III the fnll glare Of
1 the electric lights on :he square
Negroes dispersed.
Prosecuting Attorney pnrson made the
r statement tonight that he will to-mor-
4 foW appeal to Judge Lincoln, OF 40
criminal Court 10 summon speciial
Z grand jury at once and make a 1nost
thro,ighy Investigation into the slyhchlhs
will, tho purpose OF prosecuting every
man concerned who can bo unprecedented.
This appeal. 1t is declared, Will be
nugmentcd BY Il petition signed by nun
~ d,cds OF tho best citizens Of this CONT
munitS. 3s
crowd OF negroes assembled on the
public square early tonight and refused
\ to dispense, but when the first company
OF militia arrived they sulleny scattered.
Negroes in Hiding,
The greater part OF the negro population
has been in hiding all day. In tho negro
quarters many women and children took
refuge in cellars and gnrrets. Whole fnri-
appealed 10 tho authorities for protec-
H ton. -Ssa
At a meeting of the members of5tRe min
e isterinl alliance this afternoons call was
issued for 5lrass-nleeting of citizens at
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Mt 8
o'clock Monday night to consider ways
and means for securing evidence and
aiding IN the prosecution OF outu'uaS
nights mob. u @
Tho ministerial alliance will meet IN
epecial session tomorrow morning to take
further steps In the matter. Tho call
issued for the meeting bears the sigma,
ture OF every clergyman IN the city ana
many, of tho most prominent business ana
professional mon.
Say They Were Innocent.
The authorities tonight assert that
Copeland and Duncan, two OF the VIC
tins, were innocent.
@ All Sevening the town square has bcen
filed with people expecting something TO
hapnen & There is a feeling that more
outrslgest against the negroes wllsbe COM
i mlttetl All that appears to DO lacking
is lleader ls 2 5fi
Miss l5dn,ondson% said tonight that she
was positive that Copeland and Duncan.
two Of the negroes hanged, were not her
assailants, and that she could Identity
her assailants ifttheyi were brought before
her. It IS also considered doubtful that
Alton was guilty OF the murder of Q. NJ.
Rounrlt, the Confederate soldier for
which crime tho mob killed ,him
What Governor Says.
(3y Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, April To-
Governor Joseph ". Folk, in q statement
made to-day, said:
"The lynching at Springfield was
most disgraceful occurrence. what
ever the onensc Of the negroes may
have been and however deserving Of ,E
death they may have been, they were
entitled to punishment by law, and
not by n mob, and, whena mob takes
the law into its own hands, as this
one did. any member OF 1t is guilty
OF murder. will request one of the
assistant attorney generals to aid the
prosecuting attorney of Greene county
10 punish the offenders, and shall
offer a reward Of $500 for any infor-
nation that would lead to the convic-
ton of any member Of the mob.