The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-22
OnIy a Few Soldiers Remain on
 Duty In Cig
SIX MORE ARE INDICTED
Loper, the Restaurantkeeper, TestlfIes Before the Grand Jury Regarding the Shots Fired on the
 Night of the Riot.

Springfield, H.. August 21.-The first day of the nominal resumption of civil rule In Springfield was free from disor- ders up to late hour tonight. The mem- bers of the Seventh infantry were seat l tered about the city in small detach- ments, but they were under orders to act only in their aid was solicited by the sheriff or his deputies. Twice the slumbers of the soldiers were disturbed, once when a small fire broke out in a shed and again when an irate father fired at an objectionable suitor for his daugh- l ter's hand. Small crowds gathered in each instance, but were quickly dispersed and at midnight the streets were quiet.
 Six more alleged riot leaders have been caught in the grand jury net. The inquis- itorial body tonight returned indictments against six persons the documents charg- 1 ing 20 separate offenses All were pred l icated upon the trouble at Loper's restau- rant and identical with those 1 charged against Kate Howard in the in- dictments returned yesterday. The jury | J ing the riot at Lopers, except in the case of Abraham Raymer, who was indicted for murder yesterday in connection with the lynching of William Dunigan last l Sunday.
 Persons Indicted.
 We have only made a fair start" said Assistant States Attorney Wines tonight. with the character of evidence that Is ] coming in and the seeming determination 1 of the grand jury to rid the community of the lawless element, there Is every chance that half hundred or more in dictments will be returned within the next 10 days"
 The persons indicted today ars,
 Ernst Humphrey, huckster
 Rudolph Bredmeyer mechanic.
 John Schienle. grocery clerk.
 William Sutton, cabman.
 Herbert Carey blacksmith.
 And one other man whose identity was kept secret at the order of Judge Creigh- ton because he is reported to have fled from Springfield.
 Humphrey Shienle, Bredmeyer and the fugitive were each indicted four times for malicious mischief and riot. Carey and Sutton were made the subject of two in- dictments each the same offense being charged. Judge Creighton fixed the bail at 5000 for each indictment.
 Loper's Testimony. Among the witnesses before the jury today was Harry Loper. He had testified ] at the coroner's inquest yesterday that he had little recollection of members of the mob which destroyed his establishment, but it was stated tonight that he made 1 important revelations to the grand jury It was thought for time today that the coroner's jury, which has been attempt ! ing to fix responsibility for the death of i Louis Johnson, who was killed in the | Loper riot, would find it's work in vain | Coroner Woodruff discovered that no au- | topsy has been made on the body, and the cause was conjectural, one version being 1 that Johnson fell into the basement and | broke his neck.
 In order to clear this doubt, the coro- ner and a physician went to Mechanics
 burg, where the body had been buried,
 exhumed the body and performed an
 autopsy. which showed that he had been shot through the throat. Dr. Frank R. | Wheeler presented this conclusion to the
 coroners jury tonight, He testified that l an undertaken had sewed up the wound and that 1t was impossible to determine | whether the bullet entered from the front | or back. He gave II as ms OplnlOn that 1 Johnson was shot in the back, because the wound there was cleaner.
 Cause of Death.
 The jury returned an open verdict giv- | ing the cause of death as gunshot wound after Roy Wilson had testified that he and Johnson had been pushed into the | basement of the restaurant by the crowd.
 Wilson asserted that after they fell down the stairway he heard two shots. and it was then that he lost track of Johnson. | He made his way to the street and then learned that Johnson had been killed. | Loper's version of the happenings In the l basement included admission that he had shot through the door when the mob was storming the basement, but he said 1 that he had aimed high, and that the bull | lets had gone through the upper panels. l The bartender was also in the basement, l he said Wilson asserted that the shots : were fired before the doors were broken l in. He also said that the shooting was done by person who wore white waist"
 The small towns of the county continue 1 to be quieter spots. At Buffalo. village | l5 miles from here, the following notice 1 has been posted at the interurban trolley l line station:
 | Warning To Negroes. l "All negroes wanted out of town by Monday, 12 a. m.. sharp 1 It was signed by Buffalo Sharpshoot- ] ers."
 1 Complaints also filter in daily from the | mining camps, coming from whites and l negroes alike. Each race seems distrust- 1 full of the other in these communities. | and Sheriff Werner is puzzled as to how 1 to cope with the situation Arrests for intimidation would be likely to become the | cause of open ructions, in his opinion, | and he also hesitates to send any con- | siderable force of deputies to these points lest similar results follow. Thus 1 far, however. there have been no oc- | currences to justify the fears of the small 1 town residents.
 | The city was guarded tonight by dep | uty sheriffs and police with the Seventh l infantry held in reserve. Colonel Mo- rarity split his command into small units | and distributed these about the city in | the vicinity of the danger spots. It had | been the original plan to hold the en- l tire regiment in camp, but Colonel Mo- rarity explained to the sheriff that quick >>----~~-->--~~~-----~