Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-16
And the Affair Will
Be Investigated by
Special Grand
Jury.
COULDN'T HAPPEN IN NEW
MEXICO
Says Governor Hagerman at
St. Louis---Girl Says Two
Of Victima Did Not
Assault Her.


prevails here today and the indica-
tions are that all race trouble Is over.
Six companies of militia are now pa
rading the streets. Before midnight
reaction of sentiment set in and the
people began to condemn the action
of the mob that lynched three negroes
and burned their bodies here Satur.
day night. Today the feeling gained
strength, especially when 1t became
known that Mabel Edmondson, the
white domestic declared positively
that two Of the negroes lynched were
not her assailants.
Grand Jury to Investigate.
Springfield, April 16.-Judge Lincoln
of the criminal court today ordered
special grand jury to convene Tues
day morning. The jury will be in
structed to make a thorough investi.
cation of the lynching and other acts
of the mob, and to indict all the lead
ers who may be apprehended. Every
effort will be made to secure convic.
tons
Couldn't Happen Here, Says Governor
Hagerman.
st. Louis, April 1G.--Expressions
were sought today from visiting Gov
|ernors concerning the Springfield
lymhing. Governor Hagerman, Of
New Mexico, said:
Such lynching as took place in
Springfield under the statue of Nber-
ty, with the police helpless could not
have occurred in New Mexico. Our
mounted police are men who would
take no account of orders against them
in the enforcement of the law. 1t
would be as lasting disgrace for a
sheriff in our Territory to have prls.
oners taken from him by mob as 1t
is to have prisoner escape"
Governor Davis. of Arkansas, said:
81 have nothing to say on any sub.
ject, to reporters. | don't want to
see one. have no opinion on the
lynching at Springfield or any other
subject for publication"
Governor Folk Orders Arrest of Lead
ers.
Jefferson City, April 16.--At noon
Governor Folk issued instructions to
Adjutant General Almond to direct
General II. c. Clark in command Of
the troops now at Springfield to arrest
the leaders Of the mob Saturday night,
put them in Jail and surround the jail
with troops for its protection.
Trouble Not Over Says Star Special.
Kansas City, April ia special to
the Star written by staff writer sent
to Springfield, says: IA
Notwithstanding the presence OF
armed troops, the fact that a grand
jury was called to indict the leaders
Saturday night, and that some citi-
zens have decried against lynching.
the streets are full Of people today
who approve Of the work Of the mob
and who damn all negroes and advise
that they be run out of town.
May Be Another Mob.
All danger of mob violence Is not
passed. Hundreds Of men openly
curse and jeer the soldiers. Hundreds
openly threaten If arrested, that people
will arise and drive the militia from
the town as we'll as the negroes. Ev-
erywhere this threat is made:
"The town is too small for negroes
and whites to live in. One or the 9th
er must 60"
An incident showing the feeling, oc-
Cured near the court house today
where hundreds of people had gath
cred. A negro leaning against the
court house with troops nearby, made
the remark.
"Give the colored men guns and
We'll show you"
The whites started to close in on
the negro when an officer hustled the
man into jail. In another minute he
would have been trampled to death