The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
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REIGN IN sFnINslsFaIELDE, I 3I1.Iss!l


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Springfield Ill.,, Aug ss3ISs u
field 10 in the hands Of, hoWJinE
tonight and Governor DenAan
.dered soldiers in from alk *
rounding towns, where SSI
are stationed. All the4ss iS az
been closed and martta tt1k ~ 4
may be declared II %s* gsss
The mobs are work sb si Nj 4
arate portions Of fhek k8 8 AS; croTs N
is attacking the. teri, <i,xEs Il
East Washington stlss a III - 81
other has destroyed ,th VA q rest ss Y
ant Of -|HarryT. Loper. oA n
street, within two doors OF the Hiaesfs
congested corner in the city. n ThaeS
police and sheriff's deputies ara paw
erless, and the home company of mil 4
lila has been unable SO TAI: to- tIassls se
any impression in moving the EroWSf@9
which. fill the blocks ON witch I,sS:s
per's restaurant is located, from s:as
to curb and from one street tss .ai
other, Loper's automobi has S,safS
destroyed and piled UP In front 31f
place Of business. Il, q sssssS
Eonis johnson, aged 1 T. yeaf 4; sSgksS s.
ored, was found dead in the EaSss$s
ment of the building where the bsk S
was located. Just how he met death
Is unknown. but it Is supposed stba l
he was struck with flying gtastas Ss
The riot is the result OF 81 Sctt
assault last midnight upon Mras Es
Hallam, wife OF q motorman, !, 3 fliVfftaE y
within a mile of the court ho1aa
one of the thickly settled portions ssi
the city, %, 5ssS.sSSj $s:SSIs
Mrs. Hallam had retired and VIII
awakened by some one IN the bed sS
She>thought it was her husband and
called to him. Il, ss{ t$ n !Ss{S|;ssa ssEsss:
Dragged. from Her Bed. ,lat ysIs
A, Negro choked her hef0ra
could scream. He picked her an
dragged her toa5sSan 4;s outbNila iA ssss
where the outrage Was
AS soon as she dared 9sha 4 ~ 9s& fssx III
help. The city Vas seoap8 q 80 m
noon today a Negro with aI SsssIsa
l.,oId, son. II1s IS
ed:
mouse and identttf ai @ sSss
A mob collected outside I'll ElsR dbl Es
house and Sheriff Werner aftnssH
deputies and escorted the prago neI sEsSsS
the jail, two blocks awayss ssiisiS
ternoon crowds gathered and the aEs
uat1on began to look bad. .5'53s O. ss
Four weeks ago d. Negro tlssiSRad
James entered the Home or sC.leEg 81 Al
man Ballard, In, the Mort si ids,3 4ISk 1
when Ballard caught him the hui
lar cut him to pieces, h 81 81 sssss
The feeling against the 81 sr9agfbsal
has been intensified by the oiitrasss
at the Hallam home last night tBi,EIf \
Negroes were In the county Jan.
Shortly before o'clock this Syssaa8R
Ing Sheriff Werner called the tire de-
partment to near corner TO- attract
the crowds attention, and, the ,fHsa
being successful, Loper, In his a1to4S
mobile, dashed up to the jail. ,BStIS ,RBStg
Officers HUSTLED their black nTfssss.
oners out OF the Jail and drove VII
great speed to Sherman, the 1sas
station on the Alton railroad, nSs
Of this city. s1
There the north bound train f4sstss \
this city to Bloomington was frItsrss8
cepted and the prisoners placed
aboard for Bloomington. q, 5S ls3ss
ION to Loper's."" %] s.
This act of Loper's sronsed I'll Slss.
wrath Of the rough element. u Ira asss \
attack on the Negro quarters I'M tlis}}s,
East Side early In the evening one o.
the leaders shouted: %aOn to I.tSsg
per's!' and the crowd started. & Lo-
per's machine was standing In front
and they wrecked 1t. Then they h urlsga
ed bricks through the big plats gsasaS d
OF his restaurant, knocking out eY4
cry pane. The interior WAS raidedy
and furniture and china were snasflSsS
ed. The entire front of the threa
story building has been broken III:
The fire department. has made re- y
peated runs to draw the people away 4
but has not succeeded ! ,#f n {2s,
Governor Deneen has been In close
touch with the situation and the pS,xss:
lice department. He early teieDhonSM y
cd to Taylorville, BloornIn gtout Deea;s2
tur, Peoria and other, towns Tor BoI 9
diers, and as soon as they arriv8 is Il
Is expected that quiet can be resspra
ed. .... .|'. ~. q Bka#fS
Negroes in various parts OF the 4
town have been run down by smaller B
mobs and stoned. -.. IS, >i34E, u 53SS n,
prohibition meeting on the east y
Side Of the court house was being ADJ
dressed by their candidats for rsSoaals
dency, Eugene w. Cham, of ChlcS1 III
go, but it was broken up when q sEhrtsSgs
ed Negro, bloody from his bruiSss &
hatIeSS and COatleSS and almost kaSlsfk
ran onto the platform. 81 ssg
The mob seized chairs and, b &
to throw them and tho rneatan& II 81 6