Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-04-19
20 Haxarp ron Assarrr.


SPErssFEEzD. No. April 1A-TwoI
yOaag negroes. Horzee Dznzn and
gazeS Copel&n1. Esre hanged % the
statue Of Goo1ess C. Liberty 10 fhe
pubsbe square sO-nisEt and their bod
les harnsd- This Is the resalt Ct tbeI
mob q 50oo men and bo5s that visited
the Greene c0gnty j1a this evening
zgd demanded possession q Danczn
and Copeland, wbc we're accused cf
attacking Mzbel Edwards last night
The negruex ssre arrested - suspects
EEEKEFE AFFE4ID.
JKFFEEs0s CIR, No, Aprfl a.
Upou recslpt q report from Adult
ant General De ArnOa5, that Sheriff
Homer q Green County kDOEs bot
wzs 2frzh 70 arrest the leaders 0f sat
urdzy nights mob in SprLngfeld, Cor.
FOX At ll-5e Na1asy morning direct
ed Gen- Clarke. ID command Of the
troops AZ Springfield. 70 arrest the
Iea6erx. place them in iail, surround
the all with trnops and ezll % him
n nore txoops are needed
ils conversation over the telephone
with Aojafanf General De Arnood
the latter tod the Governor that the
prosecuting Attorney knew al least
fifteen men who had been leaders 10
the mob and bad directed the Sheriff
70 arrest them, but that be had not
done %.
The Governor then called Up Prose
cutlng Attorney Patterson who said
he bad furnished the names 70 the
sheriE, but that the latter had made
no effort 70 arrest the men. IL was
then that the order from the Governor
came 70 arrest the IS men known TO
the Prosecuting Attorney and 10 brook
no interference from anyone.
1 As rapidly as the men can be cap
tursd they win be placed In The jail
from which they took their victims
Saturday night. The jail will be sur
rounded with troops.
While the reports are that Springfield
Is quiet this morning IL is feared that
the arrest Of members of the mob will
furthur excite the people, and there
| MAY be trouble. Gen Clark, in CON-
mand at Springfield; will probably issue
orders from that place II be feels that
be needs more troops.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
SPRINGFIELD, No., April Il. 6.-CoEed
| By the presence Of 300 soldiers, the
singing rebuke delivered BY Judge
/ Lincoln 10 open court, and the ,decis-
I've determination Of Governor Folk,
the persons who formed the mob that
lynched aud burned three negroes on
the public square Saturday night
have dispersed aud the town is grzdn-
ally resuning its normal appezrance.
1 FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
4 Five men we're arrested to-day on
bench warrants issued at the instance
Of Prosecuting Attorney Roscoe Pat
terson, charging murder 10 the first
degree. They are:
| Charles Cannefsx, IS years old, a
well known character and freQueutef
Of gambling house,; released on bond
Of $1,000.
Owen CalVey, 40 years old. an ex-
railroad emploYe; released On a bond
Of sl0, 900.
Ozt Hall, % years old, we'll known
character about town; 10 jail.
Dan Crane, q years old society man
and highly connected, s0n Of w. @
tCrzne. > wholesale grocer; released On
bond Of $4,000.
TWENTY-FIVE BENCH WARRANTS.
There were twenty-five bench var.
rants issued. A special Grand Jury
viii convene 81 O'Clock Tuesday
morning, summoning witnesses and
take charge OF the lynchIng Investiga-
tIon. The Coroner has taken no ac-
tion as yet, and will nOt make known
bis intention.
The Mayor issued a PROCLAMATION
this afternoon calling upon the cItl-
zens 70 take stand 10 the interest Of
law and ORDER requesting the people
not 70 discuss the Iynching and com.
mznding all persons not TO eongregate
on the street cOFners
BY request Of the civil and military
authorities, tbe mass meeting called
By The Ministers Alliance has been
postponed indefinitely. The authori.
ties thought that the meeting would
only tend 70 further excite the com
munity.