The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
FIVE ARE KILLED
IN RACE RIOTS
Two Negroes LynchSd 81 Mob
at Springfield, H.
TROOPS HOW OULaIi&G CITY

Outbreak Followed an Attack BY .
coiored Man Upon White Woman
Which So ineensss the Whites That
AL colored Men Were Hunted Dowr
Like Wild se5sts-Thirty-sve Homes
Of Negroes Csstroyed BY Fire
Over 4ooo TresPs Of Illinois IA
tional Guard On Cuty.
Springfield. IN. Aug. Il. - withir
sight of the tomb AT Abraham lin
coin. and despite the protection OF 5000
troops. a second negro was lynche1
here.
The negro. William DoneEln. q Eh1
years old. was strung up 20 q tele
phone pole by n mob OF such prono-
tons that the GreuCn and the police
men who responded 10 the first alarm
were unable 10 handle f. The lyuc.
ing took place within two blocks ci
the state capitol
Another disturbance took PAIGE in
front OF the state armCry. where O
crowd gathered and threatened G.
storm the building wherein were
housed a number of ncrro refugee
Company L. of the Fourth Infantry
and Troop b. Of tho cavalry. were sert
TO the place. charged the mob with
bayoncts and dispersed it This affair
was simultaneous with the iynchir-
OF Parks. four blocks away. ana hlll
the entire attention Of the troops.
Tlnraasa..r,
His shop was within two blocks OF O.
state house. In the absence of n.
troll. a mob set FIRE 70 the shop an6
the old negro was compelled by The
smoke to run into the street.
His appearance was greeted By a
shower of stones and bricks. As be
staggered under the fusilade he wa
seized and his throat cut \ rope was
then run through the wound and the
victim bound to a tree. There be was
found later. unconscious and an but
dead
Since Friday. when George Rich
ardson. a negro. attacked white wo-
man. Mrs Earl Hallsm. white men an5
negroes have been slaurhterinr one
another in the streets Today the for
mcr home Of the great emancipator
is an armed camp. nearly the entire
Illinois National Guard being campei
here. A Calling gun company ana @
squad Of cavalry are also stationed in
the capital Of Illinois but seem power.
less TO check the crazed mob
Five men have been killed. seventy
1--WE injured by bullets and other mis-
siles and thirty-fvo homes destroyed
by Ere IN the race war which followed
the attack upon the white woman.
A woman. apparently unknown e.
all in the mob led the thousands OF
white men in the riots. In the front
OF the crazCd crowd she defed the
militia 10 shoot. and led the men In
the wrecking CT the store belonging 70
the man who lent the automobile In
which the white womans assailalt
was taken 10 Bloomington.
The dead: William Donegon. negro
lynched; Cole Burton. negro. lynched.
Lewis Johnson. white. seventeen years
old. James Scott white. seventy years
old; John Caldwell. white. Two other
men have since dided
With the arrival OF the Second and
Seventh Infantry regiments. l. y C.
and two squadrons Of the First Cav
airy. all from Chicago. the entire M
tional Guard OF Illinois. with the OK
ccpuon OF the Sixth infantry and the
Eighth infantry tcolored). is now On
duty in Springfield In all 1900 guard
men are in the city. Two deaths due
To the violence OF Friday and Saur-
day have occurred at St Johns hos
nital