The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-02
|NFURATED MOB
SEEKS NEGRO LIVES

Springfield, O., Feb. 27-An infurl-
ated mob of 1900 people is parading
the streets and swearing vengeance
upon Preston Ladd and Edward Dean,
two negroes, who last night probab-
ly fatally wounded Martin M. Davis,
Big Four brakeman, and Earl Sui
lins, baseball player The mob
formed on the public square and when
threats to lynch were made, Mayor
Todd called upon Companies b and
e of the Third regiment, Ohio Nation
al Guard stationed here, but to mid
night neither company had respond
ed.
The mob started tonight just as it
did two years ago when Richard Dick
erson, a negro murderer, was lynched.
The people marched to the "Jungles," !"
the notorious negro settlement and
wrecked Kemplers saloon, later set
ting it on fire. Another dive across
the street was then fired and as the
flames shot upward the crowd yelled:
Burn all of them" The old build
ings are being razed and the negroes
are fleeing. The police are at the
mercy of the mob
CHASE NEGROES OUT.
No attempt was made to enter the
Jail, as Dean was spirited away to
Dayton. The hospital where Ladd is
lying injured, is under heavy guard
of police and deputies.
The members of the military here
evidently are in sympathy with the
action of the mob as they have not
yetsresponded to the call. A general
all the fire companies in the city are
at the "Jungles." The fire is spread
ing, as the mob cuts the hose as fast
as stream of water is turned on
the blaze.
With stones and clubs the crowd Is
chasing all negroes out and with long
poles as battering rams it is wrecking
the buildings The entire police force
was early called out but the mob,
growing hourly could not be checked
Policemen Offering resistance to the
destruction are knocked down. When
the mob learned that Ladd had been
secretly removed to Dayton the news
seemed to make them all the more
infuriated. The streets in the Jun
giles" are packed with people all bent
SEVEN HOUSES BURNED
Up to the present time seven houses
have been burned by the mob The
militia has not put in an appearance
and dozens of negroes have been ter
ribly beaten.
RIVALS 1904 OUTBREAK.
Three companies of the Ohio National
Guard. the entire police force of
Springfield and it's fire department,
were requisitioned last night to put
an end to the most serious riot the
city has witnessed since March, 1904,
when Richard Dixon, a negro, was
lynched for the murder of police
man named Collins.
The ominous gathering of crowds
on the street in the afternoon and
them aroused Mayor Todd and the
police officials to sense of impend-
ing danger. The police were instruct
ed to keep the crowds moving and
succeeded in doing SO until about 8
o'clock when mob of 300 men and
boys gathered at Main and Limestone
streets and discussed the proposition
of getting the negro assailants, one
of whom was in Jail and the other
in the hospital wounded. The mob
was good natured and jeered at the
police but its numbers kept increas-
ing until an hour agterward, when
it had reached fully 1000 men and
boys Two negroes passing along the
street started the trouble. The first
had his hat snatched off and cursed
those who interfered with him with
the result that he was set upon and
kicked and beaten well nigh into un-
consciousness. Another negro was
baited in the same way and then
some one in the mob yelled, 'let's
burn the Jungle" The crowd started
'SA SAAS AS5AO iillIC anu
at a saloon kept by man named
Kempler, they proceeded to demolish
it, throwing rocks through the win
dows, beating down doors and raising
trouble generally. Debris was then
fired and the mob started in to
wreck the negro tenements in the vi
cinity
A hurry call was sent in for the
fire department, which was soon on
the scene, but the efforts of the fire
fighters were set at naught by the
mob, which proceeded to cut the hose
and generally get in the way of the
men responsible for putting out the
fire.
POLICE CHARGED.
In the meantime detachment of