Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-17
MILITIA IS IN
COMPLETE CONTROL
Over 5000 Troops
Patrolling Illinois
Capital
RACE WAR At An END
Special Grand Jury Called
to lndict Members of Mob
200 Are in Jail.

Springfield, H., Aug. 17-The bloody
race war which began here last FIR.
day night Is believed to be a thing of
the past. Last night passed without
any untoward incident and it was con
! fidently asserted today by those In
/ charge of the situation that no mob OF
any size will be able TO be formed
from now on.
A special grand jury was summoned
this morning by Judge James A.
Creighton to investigate the outragas
and indict the guilty ones. A large
amount of evidence duplicating many
citizens has already been obtained
| Four hundred negroes have availed
, themselves of the shelter and protec-
/ ton offered at the National Guard ar
senal. 1t is now estimated that at least
/ two thousand negroes have left the
city, never to return.
There are now $500 soldiers patrol
ling the streets and there has been
comparatively little violence since the
Second Regiment of Infantry from Chi
cago passed through the streets yes
terday. The prompt action of The sol
diers thwarted the efforts of Il t. mobs
to cut the fire alarm wires and burn
the negro section of the city.
List OF Dead Growing.
With the death yesterday OF William
I'onnegan. an aged negro, who was
1ynched Saturday night, and Frank Dill
more, a white man, who was shot
while watching the rioting, the list of
the known dead has increased to Ave
Eight of the wounded are not expected
to recover and the unknown list Of
dead is still figured at fifteen.
There are at the present time two
hundred persons in jail and these may
be indicted for murder by the special
grand jury summoned today States
Attorney Hatch is backed by Governor
Denee and three-fourths Of the citi-
zens of Springfield in his efforts to
bring those who participated in the
rioting to trial.
Police "Unable" to Recognize
Rioters.
Among the refugees in the arsenal
Is Mrs. William Donnegan, the white
widow of the aged negro, who was
lynched Saturday night It was because
Of her marriage to Donnegan that the
mob feeling against her husband was
aroused. The police are meeting with
the usual difficulty in their attempts
to discover the leaders of the riot. All
who have been arrested claim to have
been present merely as spectators.
The patrolmen claim they "could not
recognize" any of the rioters.
Unable to Identify Assaiiant.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 17-Mrs. Earl
Hallam. the victim of the attack in
Springfield which started the race
war is in doubt about the identity Of
her assailant. In an interview she de-
clared she was uncertain whether or
not Richardson, who is in jail here, is
guilty. She would only say he looked
like the man. She said she would rath-
Ter have died herself than to have been
the indirect cause of the carnival of
crime. The claim on behalf Of Rich.
ardson that he can prove an alibi is
generally credited here. Crowds of
'colored refugees, most Of them penni-
less, are coming here for shelter
among the people of their own race.
Negroes to Form Law and Order
League.
Chicago, Aug. IA law and order
league, composed Of the negro resi-
dents of the South Side to stamp out
lawlessness and crime in the "Black
Belt of Chicago and prevent any such
happening as marked the last three
days in Springfield, will be formed to-
morrow night at meeting in the Afri.
can M. E. church. A decision to form
such an organization was the result
of stirring appeal made yesterday by
Rev. r. H. Stewart, pastor Of the
Church.