Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
Mob Leaders Arrested
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, April 16.-Four
men are now under arrest here charged
with being leaders in the mob that
broke into the county Jail Saturday
night and lynched three negroes. One
of the alleged mob leaders is in Jail
and three have been released on bail.
Charles Cannefax and Oney Calfry
were the first men arrested. Cannefax
has been pool room proprietor, but
is at present employed i'll the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad yards. CAL
fry Is switchman for the same road.
Dan Crane, son of d. d. Crane, a we'll
known saddlery merchant, was the
third arrested. Crane moves in the
best society here. The three have been
released on bonds. Oat Hall, the last
man arrested. is police court char
acter. Hall is still in Jail. Cannefax
went to Sheriff Horner today and in
quired how much damage had been
done by the mob on the sheriff's prop
erty. Cannefax was informed that II
would amount to $1,000. He then said a
collection would be taken UP to repair
the loss but his offer was fatty re-
fused by Sheriff Horner
The grand jury will meet tomorrow
morning, especially to indict those who
were in the mob of lynchers.
Lynchers Are Uneasy
Up to noon today men who had been
in the mob made no secret of it. They
stood on the street corners and joked
each other about it, but when word
came that Governor Folk had offered
$500 reward for the conviction of any
member of the mob and when Roscoe
Patterson, prosecuting attorney, de-
clared openly that he intended to work
for the arrest and conviction of every
man concerned in the lynching, there
was uneasiness. At noon it became
known that twenty-five warrants
charging murder in the first degree
were in the hands of the sheriff.
After the arrests the lynchers became
alarmed and left the streets. Before
dark the square was deserted and to-
night 1t is absolutely quiet. Around
the Jail are camped 200 soldiers with
guards out at every point so that none
can get near the Jail. No mob that
might be raised could face the soldiery
and no one expects a mob or any fur
ther trouble as long as the militia stays.
How long they will be kept here no
one knows. They will stay until Gov
ernor Folk orders them away. When
| CannafaX was arrested today 1t was
discovered that he was a special police
officer sworn In yesterday to keep the
peace here. He had a revolver in his
pocket.
Many to Be Indicted
1t is expected that the grand jury will
indict at least fifty and perhaps one
hundred men. All the men supposed
to know the names of any one in the
mob will be summoned as witnesses
before the grand jury, and in this way
| the prosecutor hopes to get the names
of nearly all who took an active part in
the assault upon the Jail. Not a man in
| the mob wore a mask or made any
attempt at concealment. The names OF
| the leaders and of those who led the
negroes by ropes through the streets
and who lynched them afterward are
we'll known here.
Rush Lake, assistant Attorney gen.
eral, will be here tomorrow as the gov
ernor's representative, and his advice
and that of Adjutant General Dear
mond will probably be forwarded to the
governor
With the first appearance of the
soldiers last evening there came a re-
vusion of sentiment. Before midnight
a decided reaction had set in and people
began to condemn the action of the mob
that lynched the three negroes and
burned their bodies.
Today this feeling gained strength
especially when it became thoroughly
appreciated that Mabel Edmondson, the
white domestic. had declared positively
that Duncan and Copeland, two of the
negroes lynched, were not her as
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