The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-21
LIST INCREASED TO FIVE Al
THE RESULT or RACE
RioTiNG.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Aug 1.-two
deaths from injuries received in pre-
vious mob fights. the attempted cut.
ung Of the firm alarm wires. the ex.
oneration Of Private J. B. Klein. Com.
pany A, First Illinois Infantry by a
court OF inquiry for the killing Of
Earl Nelson at Kankakee yesterday.
and the pursuit of mob by guards
men. were the chief OF today's devel.
opments in the race war in Spring
field
The attempt to cut the telephone
and fire alarm wires leading into the
City Hall, was not successful. A po-
liceman saw three men on top of an
, outbuilding, trying to reach the lines
overhead. He turned in an alarm to
the headquarters of Gen. Wells, COM
handing provisional brigade, and
the latter dispatched a wagon load
of soldiers to the scene. They ar.
rived before the trio had done any
damage. The would-be wire cutters
fed, leaving their nippers behind and
escaped.
The Court of Inquiry, which consid-
cred Private Klein's case, after sit.
ting all day, reported TO Adjt. Gen.
Scott that Klein's act was performed
in the strict line of duty.
Klein had been placed as one OF a
guard of the baggage car on the first
section of the Illinois Central train
which brought the First Infantry to
Springfield yesterday. The train was
a special one and the baggage car
contained property owned by the
State. Klein, guarding the front
door, was instructed by Lieut.. Guilford
to allow no one not officially coun.
tenanced to enter the car. At Kanka.
kee four young men, according to the
report, climbed to the front platform
and attempted to enter the car. Klein
barred the way, using the only weapon
available, a bayonet. AS the train
started the four youths left the plat
form. Klein was not aware that Mel.
son or any one had been injured.
States Attorney Cooper, of Kanka,
kee, probably will institute action
against Klein in the Criminal Court at
Xankakee. The Attorney General of
he State is compelled by law to de-
end National Guardsmen in such
Eases.
A genuine scare was caused at the
headquarters in the arsenal tonight
Ifter a squad had been sent to dis
Derse a crowd at Allen and Spring
treets. Five minutes later a report
cached Lieut.. Col Eddy that shots
ad been fired in the threatened dis
riot. He Immediately sent a full
latoon to the place to reinforce the
quad. When the additional soldiers
ppeared the crowd broke and ran.
he soldiers pursued them for sew
raj blocks, and the district, which is
ear the scene of last nights lynch -
lg, was in an uproar for a few min
les.
The arsenal was crowded tonight
it'll negro refugees from Springfield
Id surrounding towns. About 200
en-, women and children sought the =,
letter of the building and slept on
e floor or in chairs. Most of these
'ople were old and infirm, but they
dured the hardships of their quar-. r
RS rather than face the prospect OF =
ssing the night in their homes, be-
with momentary fears of attack.
Col. Sanborn and Gen. Wells, com.
anding two provisional brigades
med today, increased the mobility oO
their forces-augmented by the ar.
al of the Second Infantry from Chi
go-by using farm wagons. The
2 of automobiles was discontinued Z
but few patrols were sent out on the
eet cars Gen. Wells had ten ve- Tel
les and Col. Sanborn as many pre-
re. mil
of
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