Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-16
TROOPS PATROL STREETS
Their Presence Has Had the Effect Of
Bringing the People to a Full
Realization Of the Situation.
OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING
Members OF the Mob VIII be-
Prosecuted.
THE NAMES OF MANY ARE KNOWN
A..oaIalsa ~, DI.DaIah aT gpselaI W..


Springfield, Mo, April l6.-Quiet pre-
vailed here today, and the indications
were that the race trouble was over. Tho
presence of the troops has had the effect
of bringing the people to full realization
of the situation. The last of the State
militia ordered here by Governor Folk
arrived early today and Sis companies
now patrol the streets.
With the first appearance 4 the soldiers,
last evening there came . revulsion OF
sentiment Before midnight q decided
reaction had set in and people began TO
condemn the action of the mob that
lynched three negroes Saturday night and
burned their bodies. Today this feeling
gained strength. especially when It lsc-
became thoroughly appreciated That
Mabel Edmondson white domestig had
declared positively that Duncan and
Copeland. two of the negroes lynchcd
were not her nssaiants This also was
heightened by the arrival from jefferson
/ City of an assistant attorncy-geuerM,
sent by Governor Folk TO aid the county
officials in ierreting out aud prosecuting
/ the members of the mob, the names OF
| many of whom are known.
Tho public square, the scene OF tho
tragedies was visited yesterday by thou-
sands Children on their way TO Sun-
dny-schoo stopped 20 find souvenirs
ia the ashes. The charrcd bodies OF
the three negroes lay in the square until
noon. when they were placed IN box
and carried 90 an undertaken. Bits
of wood from the fire that burned the
negroes were picked up as souvenirs
and everything that served as q reminder
of the grewsomc scene was carried off
81 g 10
was found by one man, who displayed L
TO the crowds that gathered around. Sow
eral persons tried TO buy IL.
And tho three negroes lynched and
burned by the mob were probably inno'
cent of any crime. There is no cvidenc,
that they were guilty. Their death wal
not the result Of any particular crim'
they had done; it was not because OF any
particular hatred against them as indi
viduals. IL was tho expression of th
peoples hatred for the negro. IL wa
the vengeance Of the whites upon th
blacks In this town there have hoci
several murders of white men by negroes
Following these came the presentation O
"The Clansman." +" which further inconse
tho whites against the blacks. Mex
came the assault OF a white woman b,
! two black men Friday night, and Ga
I mob formed. battered down tho Jail door
and lynched three negroes.
E.V. Horner, the sheriff, and six armel
: deputies remained Ia the jail whilo th
I mob spent two hours tearing out a windo'
and cutting open the steel doors Of Oh
! cage
4 An Saturday afternoon the mob wa
: forming. Word had gone out that tw
D negroes. Fred Coker and Horace Duncan
!. had attacked q young white girl and tina
: the negroes were in jail, The fact was cha
: two negroes had held up a white man on
driving with another's wife and had robbie
him and, according 20 the woman's story
4 had attacked her But the woman ha
y said positively that Duncan and Coke
" were not the men, while her companio
= said they looked TO him like the one
As the afternoon wore ON farmers kef
4 driving into town. AZ dusk there wei
qroups on every corner. The saloons wei
a busy. The police force, seeing the trouh
- coming. took the two negroes out
= the jail and hid them. The chief tel
: phoned the sheriff 10 prepare for troubl
= but he laughed at the warning and mac
= no preparation.
!, All but six prisoners out OF the mo
y than so that were locked in the cells Sa
= urday evening have made their escnp
: among them being Gus Cane colore
n charged with the murder Of o. NJ. Rouar
Il the same crime for which Allen, the Ia
victim died
, The inside Of the jail is complete
y wrecked, the mob not stopping after tn
y had gotten their men, but continuing the
- work Of destruction until practically
'h the prison bars were down.
;, About SO 5000 damage is done the pris
'n alone. while in the sherifs residences {
u damage is fully as much.
Mrs. Horner. the shenffs wife. is in
critical condition and is suffering wi
heart trouble.