The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-21
RACE RIOT AT
SPRINGFIELD
TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO ILL
NOlS CAPITAL TO AID IN
MAINTAINING. ORDER.
NEGRO IS SPIRITED AWAY
George Richardson, Who Assaulted
Mrs. Hallan, Is Removed to
Bloomington by a Ruse
of the Sherif's.

Springfield, Ill.-~Springfeld is in
the hands of a mob Of enraged citi-
zens. who began Friday night 10 reap
vengeance on negro residents for an
assault committed Friday by George
Richardson, a negro, on Mrs. Fallam,
a white woman.
Gov. Deneen was asked by Sheriff
Werner to furnish him with all the
troops he could. He sent orders to
the following commands to come at
once:
Companies G and L, Fifth infantry.
Peoria.
Company D, Fifth infantry, Bloom
ington.
Company A, Fifth infantry, Pekin.
Company F, Fifth infantry, Decatur.
Company F, Third infantry, Pontiac
They will arrive here in the morn
ing.
Orders were also sent to the follow
ing companies to be in readiness to
come TO Springfield at any time:
Company NJ, Fourth infantry,
Champaign.
Company A. Fourth infantry. Arcoia.
Company b, Fifth infantry, Taylor
Vile.
Battery A, Danville.
East End in Flames.
At / O'Clock Saturday morning the
whole east end of the town burst into
flames, the torch having been applied
to several negro houses by the des-
perate men.
Two men are dead and probably
two-score others are injured, mostly
negroes.
The rabble is sweeping through the
streets attacking every negro met. All
the local militia are on duty, and
half a dozen companies from other
cities are rushing here on special
trains. Still other companies are Or
dered to hold themselves in reserve.
The fire department is helpless to
combat the flames in the negro quar-
ter OF account of the threatening at
titude of the mob toward firemen.
Dead: J. S. Scott, Louis Johnson.
The injured are: Fred Ramsey OF
the Calling gun section of the Illinois
national guard, struck on arm by
stone.
Oscar D~ahlkamp. policeman, struck
Albert Bierline, employed at post
office, shot in hip by stray bullet.
Phillip Pollock of Chicago, badly
lacerated while aiding Mayor Reece
in escaping from mob at Loper's.
John A. Smell, shot in shoulder by
negro.
Edwin Bingham, struck on head with
brick.
Prohibition Candidate Injured.
E. w. Chain, candidate for presi-
dent of the United States on the Pro-
hibition ticket, struck on head with
brick.
Rev. T. D. Logan, struck on head
with brick.
Robert Sturgis, waiter at Loper's
restaurant, artery of left forearm cut
by shot.
Richard and another negro wanted
for murder were stealthily taken from
the Springfield Jail Friday evening and
rushed to Bloomington, whence they
were later taken to Peoria.
Negroes in various parts of town
have been attacked. and in some cases
have turned with considerable effect
on their assailants.
Cavalrymen Are Disarmed.
A cavalryman of Troop B attempted
to separate the combatants and was
nearly overwhelmed by those in pur-
suit of several negroes.
A call for help brought several 9th
er cavalrymen to the scene, but they
were all disarmed and their guns ear
ried away by the rioters. Most of the
members of Troop B of Tayloryille are
on guard around the Jail, whence Geo.
Richardson, the negro who assailed
Mrs. Hallam at her home. was re-
moved early Friday to Bloomington.
The rioters who had gathered in
front of the Jail following the in
generation of Richardson were en-
ragged by the ruse practiced by the
sheriff in removing him.
A company of firemen was sem
down the street in front of the Jail
in a spectacular run, attracting the
attention of the crowd while Richard
son and another negro, charged with
a murder, were stealthily taken from
the Jail, cross the Sangamon river,
and placed on a train bound for
Bloomington.