The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-20
RACE RIOT At Springfield
TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO I'LL
NolS CAPITAL TO AID IN
MAINTAINING ORDER.
NEGRO IS SPIRITED AWAY
George Richardson, Who Assaulted
Mrs. Hallam, Is Removed to
Bloomington by Ruse
Of the SherlH's.

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field is in the hands OF a mob of en-
ragged citizens. who began last nigh
to reap vengeance on negro residents
for an assault committed Friday by
George Richardson, a negro, on Mrs
HaIlam, a white woman.
Gov. Deneen was asked by Sheriff
Werner to furnish him with all tho
troops he could He sent orders t.
the following commands to come al
once:
Companies @ and L. Fifth infantry
Peoria
Company d. Fifth infantry. Bloom.
ington.
Company A. Fifth infantry, PelCIn
Company f. Fifth infantry. Decatur
Company r, Third infantry. Pontiac,
. They will arrive here In the morn.
ing.
Orders we're also sent TO the follow.
lag companies to be In readiness 10
come to Springfield any time:
Company NJ, Fourth Infantry.
Champaign.
Company A, Fourth Infantry, ArcolA.
Company B. Fifth iAfantrV. TsylSr.
Vile q
Battery A. Danvills.
1919 East End In Flames.
e., At o'clock this morning the whole
east end Of the town burst into danes.
the torch having been applied to sew
eral negro houses by the desperate
men.
Two men are dead and probably
two-score others are injured, mostly
negroes.
The rabbl6 IL sweeping through the
streets attacking every negro met. All
the local militia are on duty, and
half q dozen companies from other
cities are rushing here on special
trains Still other companies. are or
dered TO hold themselves in reserve.
The ire department Is helpless to
combat the flames in the negro quar-
ter on account OF the threatening at
titude % the mob toward fremen.
Dead: ]. 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 Dahlkamp. policeman, struck
over eye by rock.
Albert Bierllne. 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
PrOhibltisn Candidate injured.
z. w. Chain. candidate for presi-
dent Of the United states on the Pro
bibItIon ticket. struck On head with
brick.
Rev. t. D. Logan. struck on head
with brick
Robert Sturgis. waiter At IOper'a
restaurant, artery Of left forearm cut
by shot.
Richard and another negro wanted
for murder were stealthiiy taken from
the Springfield jail Friday evening AID
rushed to Bloomington, whence they
we're latsr taken to Peoria.
II il thought that with the arrival
Of the out-of-town troops the streets
viii be cleared and order will be ~
stored.
Negroes IN various parts Of town
have been attacked. and in some cases
have turned with considerable effect
on their assailants.
caValrymen Are DISarTsd.
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
or cayalrymen to the scene, but they
were all disarmed and their guns car
ried away by the rioters Most OF the
members OF Troop b of Taylorville are
on guard around the jail, whence Geo.
RICHARDSON. the negro who assailed
MIS-. Hallam at her home. was re-
ulONDN early W
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 nremen was sent
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. across the sansamon river.
and placed on a train bound for
Negro Resorts Looted.
Finding that the negroes were gone.
the mob amused itself for a time by
lOofiuQ naRrO resorts In WaahinefOu