Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-08-18
NIGHT OF RloTINo, ARSON AND
SLAUGHTER FOLLOWED BY
COMPARATIVE QUIET.
FOUR KILLED; SCORES
HURT; HOMES BURNED
Blacks Said to Be Aiming for Fresh
clash-serlous Trouble Starts with
Lynchina Of Nesro-cause Of the
Outbreak.

Springfield, ILL.,. Aug. 17.-Troops
are being rushed to this city from all
parts of the state, negroes are leav-
ing by trains, on trolley cars, and
many of them on foot, and the mob
spirit seems still to be rampant, al
though the governor and military au-
thorities claim they have the situa
ton well in hand.
The First infantry of Chicago was
Saturday ordered to mobilize at
once and started to Springfield ON
the first train that could be made up
to carry them. With the arrival of
this organization the town is protect
cd by three full regiments.
Following are the companies or
dered here: Companies G and L.,
First infantry, and Company L, Fifth
infantry, all Peoria; Company C..
Fifth infantry; Troop D. First cav
airy, and the Calling section, all
Springfield; Company c, Fifth in
fantry; Troop d. First cavalry, and
the Gattling section. all Springfield;
Company F, Third infantry, Pontiac;
Troop G. First cavalry, Peoria. and
the following companies from the
Fifth infantry: B. Taylorville; A,
Pekin; B, Bloomington; F, Quincy;
H. Lecatur; l, Danville. and L, Peoria.
Bloomington, Peoria, Pekin and De-
catur companies were here at seven
o'clock Saturday morning.
Another Clash Feared.
Despite the claim of the authorities
that the mob is held in subsection,
there is every chance of another
clash between the whites and col
ored people. The negroes are well
armed and are showing a spirit Of de.
termination. The white people are in
an ugly mood, and farmers and men
from adjoining towns are constantly
arriving.
A dispatch from Decatur, ILL.,, says
that many negro men who arrived
from Springfield are trying to arouse
the people and urging them to go
back to Springfield and fight. Sew.
eral of them have been arrested and
weapons taken from them.
Four Dead; Scores Injured.
Four are now dead, many whites are
missing and 1t is konwn. that scores Of
negroes have been dragged away
wounded and dying. The number O
injured persons is nearly rs.
Lynchins Starts Rioting.
The most serious part of the riot
ing came shortly before daybreak Sat
urday morning At three o'clock the
mob cornered Charles Hunter ne
gro, at Twelfth and Madison streets
and lynched him. In the midst Of
the hanging Company H, Fifth in
fantry, from Decatur, attempted tt
dispense the mob, and after firing two
volleys over the heads Of the rioters
shot low, wounding two men.
Some of the members of the mol
declared that. the negro lynched hat
shot three white men. They sale
that in fight with the whites thu
negro was forced into corner Al
Twelfth and Madison streets, and whe1
retreat was cut off the negro is sail
to have opened fire, wounding two.
Then came the cry Get the rope
The negro was caught and dragged
to the street He was beaten an,
then rope was swung around hi
neck and the other end of the rop
thrown over the limb of tree, tn
negro was swung high off the groun,
and he was dead in few moments
Many shots were fired at the body
Just then the troops arrived. Tw,
volleys were fired over the heads o
the lynchers. The order was givel
to "Disperse."
Troops Charge Crowd.
With reluctance some of the rioter
began to back away, but the mo
ordered the company to charge o.
the crowd.
During the fight that followed tw
men were shot by the troops. The
were Mike Lucey, shot In the leg
Charles Wolf 913 North First stree
shot in the leg The lynching wa
Illuminated by the flames of burr
ing building directly opposite.
Every building in that vicinity, wit
the exception Of the United State
Gypsum Company's warehouse an
on or two others, was burned, and ii
lynching was in the midst of tn
scene of havoc.
The rope used was short one, ar
the body of the negro was not pullf
more than five feet off the groun
AS the body went up the crowd shol
ed: We've got one; hurrah!"
Look at the niger swing"
The cheering continued for son
time. 1t is believed the negro WI
shot and killed before his body vi
strung up. Sheriff Werner cut Il
body down at $3.50 a. IN. There we
40 hnllat holes in the hndv