Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-18
Judge Lincoln, in His Charge, Bitterly
Denounoes the Mob.
NO MORE ARRESTS WILL Be MADE NOW
Sheriff Will Serve No More Papers Until
Excitement Subsidies.
PETERS ExoNERATED BY CoRoNERs Jury
Young Man who killed Ralph Burns
While Defending His sweet
heart t. Released from
Custody.

sPRINGFIELD Mo, April 1.-THE sit
uation here remains practically un-
changed. There have been no dtsturbances
during the day and the crow lat have
gathered upon the streets 10 dis
cuss the situation have dimini "a size
and in numbers. r.
The soldiers have not appeared ~
streets. They have remained quie, Il
camp ready, however, TO march at a
ment's notice. The street intersect>
near the Jail will be guarded during tn
night by the troops. so that all possible
likelihood OF trouble will be minmized.
Squads of special police will continue to
patrol all parts OF the city, so that any
effort 20 cause trouble can be stopped be-
fore Il has chance TO get any strength
Leslie Peters, the 1s-year-old boy who
lass night shot and killed Ralph Burns
a negro, in defense of his own life and
his sweetheart's honor, acquitted by
a coroner's jury today. The acquittal met
with unanimous approval. The attempted
crime of the negro has not wrought up
any great feeling among the whites Many
of the negroes here say that they are glad
that Burns was killed. He was regarded
by the colored men here as a bad man
and was accordingly feared by many Of
his own race.
The fact that no more arrests Of the
mob leaders are expected to be made until
the special grand jury gets through with
its secret session has had its effect on
auieting the people. It is not expected
that any further moves will be made to
apprehend the mob leaders until condi-
tions become auieter.
Charge to Grand Jury.
Judge 4. ]. Lincoln of the criminal court
I'm charging the grand jury was bitter in his
statements. After reciting the causes lead
ing up to the calling together of the Jury
he said:
This outrage deserves the condemnation
of all good citizens and the most rigid in
their aiders and abettors engaged in that
shameful outrage are guilty under the law
OF murder in the first degree. The law
makes no less a crime because 200 men en-
gagged in the consumrnation of the crime
night committed the offense. Crime never
becomes lawful because "multitudes seek TO
give II sanction. Mob violence never has
and never can accomplish good The law
lessness places all things and all men In
Let the lash fan where it may You
should indict every man proved TO your
reasonable satisfaction to be guilty.
or low, wherever you find guilt. let that
guilt be punished The path of safety lies
in the most vigorous and exhaustive in
vestigation. That nights scenes have
turned backward the hands on the dial OF
only the most vigorous measures can com
pei rebound Your investiga tion should
be prudent, careful and painstaking in
order to protect any who may be wrong
fully charged.
Jury Is Selected.
The jury IL composed of men OF high
character and includes Rev. W. f. Harlow.
pastor Of Central Christian church; c. A.
walterhouse and c. A. Hubbard. real es-
tate dealers; A. A. Mehl, Fred Marshall
and T. 7, Chandler, merchants; J. c. Dod-
son. former sheriff OF Greene county;
George w. Miller, capitalist and A. b.
Appleby. a former judge of county court.
The taking OF testimony was begun with
out delay.
Warrants for the arrest OF 100 men con-
nected with the lynching are in the hands
OF Sheriff Horner. Five men were arrested
last night. Three more were arrested up
to noon today. They were: Harry l.. Car
son, son of former treasurer of Greene
county; Fred Strockey, carpenter, and
Emmet Kinney, son Of r. NJ Kinney, who
was murdered by negroes here last Decem-
Der.
Some one, supposed TO be negroes, fired
two bullets early this morning into the
house of 5. p. Fielder, a travelling man
Fielder is the father Of Ollie Fielder, the
young woman whom Leslie Peters was
escorting home last night when attacked
by two negroes he shot and killed one OF
them. Several hours later two bullets wer,
fred through the window of the bedroom
occupied by Mrs Fielder and her three
babies.
No one was hurt but the family becam,
panic stricken MIR. Fielder was away al
the time and the fact Of the shooting die
not become known until today. when 4
added to the excited feeling against tn,
negroes.
ST LOUIS. April 1.-THE Negro BAp
tist Ministers alliance Of st. Louis. at ,
meeting last night adopted resolution,
expressing indignation at the Springfield
lynching and commencing Governor Foil
for his prompt action.
sheriff Horner of Springfield Is con
demned for his failure TO preserve IN,
lives Of the three negroes lynched.
HRdIey Gets Busy.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, April 11-At
torney General Hadley's condition con
tinues 10 improve and today he has beer
looking into tho legal side OF the Spring
field lynchinR lie stated he believes tina
action should be taken against Sheriff
IIorner for not protecting the negro prison
ers and has tclegraphed Assistant Genera
Blake at Springfield advising the removs
of the sheriff on the ground Of neglect o
official duty. providing the investigation
warrants such course.