Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-18
GRAND JURY TO PROVE
CRIMES AT SPRINGFIELD
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rush upon the old mans house and b
gan a search for him.

gan search for him.
Strung Up to Tree.
Whether he had adopted the meas
ures as a precaution or whether on ac-
count of the heat is not known, but
Donegan had gone 20 sleep beneath a
tree in his yard. There the mob found
him, and with bowls of exultation,
tied rope around his neck and throw
ing the end over a limb, violently drew
him up and secured the rope.
With yells and shieks and curses
they danced around their victim,
while several of the white residents
of the neighborhood were making fran
tic efforts to secure aid from the head
quarters of the troops.
AS soon as word was received Major
General Young dispatched troop of
cavalry to the scene. On the arrival
of the horsemen the mob scattered,
but rallied again when the body Of
the old negro had been cut down and
was being placed in an ambulance.
Mob Fights Cavalrymen.
Evidently realizing that they had
not yet succeeded in killing the man,
the mob sought to attack the ambu-
lance, but the cavalrymen pressed
back the bowling .:orde and allowed
the ambulance to escape.
With jeers and yells of defiance, the
mob made threatening demonstra-
tions against the soldiers, and Corpor-
al R. D. Reynolds of Troop D was dis
patched for re-enforcements. He was
compelled to fight his way through
the mob and started at wild gallop
amid a shower of stones and bricks.
Officers Stay Boy.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 17.--Joseph B.
Klein of Chicago was designated as
the soldier of the First infantry, l. N.
G., whose bayonet stabbed boy at
Kankakee Saturday night. Klein is a
| member of company A.
A military court of inquiry yester-
| day exonerated him of the charge of
numbering Earl Nelson, aged 1S, who
was the youth slain when the special
train enroute to Springfield stopped at
| the Kankakee depot.
The finding of the court was made
public by Adjutant General Scott after
a conference with Governor Deneen
and the commanding officers of the
militia. The commission appointed to
invertigate the case declared that
Klein was acting IN the line of duty
and was guiltless of criminality,
Civil Law to Proceed.
States Attorney MILLER with the
deputies conferred yesterday afternoon
with Governor Deneen, who assured
that that the soldier would be turned
over to the civil authorities in time
The military authorities also assured
the civil officers that after military
investigation and action according tc
it's findings, the soldier will be requir
ed to stand trial in the civil courts
Governor Deneen went into confer
. ence late yesterday afternoon with
Attorney General Stead on the lega
questions involved in the affair. The
testimony of Nelson's companions was
given at an inquest Saturday night
which was adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
Called "Cold Booded Murder"
Coroner L. E. Fenoiulle character
ICES it as a cold blooded murder
According to the stories of Nelson's
companions Elmer Osborne, Arson Ar
res and Eli Barnett, three boys of his
own age. and other spectators, the
soldier ordered the boys to get off the
train while it was pulling out of the
station at a good speed Three hat
jumped and Nelson vas STOPPING ovel
in the act of alighting, when the MAJ
stabbed him with the bayonet. Sew
eral declare the soldier kicked the DO,
off the platform at the same time
Nelson walked short distance before
falling across a handcar where he wa,