Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-17

that the blood thirst of the people is not
appeased. Only the presence of the 5000
soldiers scattered in strategic points
through the city has prevented a renewal
Of violence As 1t Is. several negroes
have been attacked by whites in the out
skirts Of the city. One negro was stab
bed by a gang Of hoodlums who caught
him straying from the protection of the
soldiers on the state fair grounds. Mys-
FERROUS fires are breaking out in many
parts Of the city.
This trouble means an enormous ex-
pense to the city treasury. already over
burdened with debts. law passed two
years ago makes the city liable for prop
erty destroyed and for lives lost. Each
life is worth $1,000.
Anarchists in the Mob.
The character of the men who have
beea melting the rioters has been deter
mined beyond question. They are miners
and laborers from nearby towns. Abe
Rayner who has confessed to having a
part in the hanging of Donnegan. is of
the type of Lazarus Averbuch. the young
Russian anarchist. who attempted the
Chicago last spring.
Forty or fifty negroes now In the en-
ploy of the various city departments will
be discharged. Many of them are faith
full. honest men Of long service. but they
themselves realize they may revive the
mob rule II they remain. especially on the
police force. Hotels and saloons and
business houses have hidden their negro
servants and sent them from the city.
Joseph B. Klein of Chicago was desig-
mated today as the soldier of the LIST In
fantry, l. N. G., whose bayonet stabbed
a boy. Early Nelson. aged eighteen. at
Kankakee Saturday night. Klein is a
member of Company A. A military court
OF inquiry exonerated him of the charge
of numbering the lad. who was slain when
the special train. en- route to Springfield,
stopped at the Kankakee depot
Negroes Still Fleeing.
careful estimate places the number of
negroes who have left Springfield since
the beginning of the race war at 1000.
OF this number nearly three-fourths have
gone by wagon and on foot and are To-
Gated In the rural districts.
Some have gone to Missouri. kentucky.
Indiana and a few to the south. Some
Mason and Dixon line as Louisiana.
There are still many negroes left in
Springfield. but of these there are many
who are planning to go at the first OPP
portunity.
The lack Of ready money. the presence
of friends and relatives with whom to
visit. and property interests here are
causes which keep many behind. Some of
the departing ones have left the capital
never to return. The awful experiences
they have undergone the last three days
have been too much for their nerves and
they will not resume residence in the
home of Lincoln again.
Il believe that the people demand
prompt investigation of the lawlessness,"
said States Attorney Hatch this morn
ing The special grand jury will convene
In Springfield tomorrow morning to hear
evidence that has been secured. County
oflicials will do all in their power to bring
the cases to speedy hearings. and it is
hoped to place the defendants on trial
within the next two or three weeks.
No Leniency to Be Shown.
81 believe that fifty or more indictments
will be returned against rioters. We have
already secured a large amount of evil
dence.''
States Attorney Hatch will establish
headquarters in a tent directly across the
street from the military headquarters in
the jail yard. He has the substantial
backing of the representative and law,
abiding element Of the city, he believes.
and he Is prepared to go to the limit In
bringing the guilty to punishment. 1t is
declared that there will be no leniency
shown by the state II guilt is proven.
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county outside the city by Sheriff Werner
Incendiaries Active.
The most overt act of last night was
an attempt to cut the fire alarm and
telegraph wires at 7th and Washington
streets, in the heart Of the business
district. With the wires down the city
would have been practically at the
mercy Of incendiaries. who found firing
the buildings in which negroes lived or
maintained small business the easieSc
way of keeping the rioting going. The
IMAM who would have cut off the fire
protection of the city was discovered
in the act of reaching for the wires.
half dozen shots from troops who were
on patrol in the courthouse square
were aimed at him as he stealthily
climbed toward the wires. One bullet
probably hit him. for he dropped to the
roof of the building. but made sue
To this AFFAIR is added the attempt to
IRE the negro section on the northwest
side Of Springfield. Prompt action of
the Are department, cooperating with
. battalion of the LIST Infantry. stop
ped the impending confiagration.
A platoon of infantry was dispatched
hurriedly to Harvard Park, a new sub
urb just outside the city limits to the
southeast, shortly before midnight Sew
eral shots had been fired. but SO far as
could be learned nobody was injured.
The troops soon returned to headquar-
tiers at the county Jail. The suburb is
adjacent to the main shaft of the Cen
trail coal mine where many negroes are
employed.
Throughout the night headquarters of
the two brigades had frequent calls from
frightened citizens who requested protec-
ton from suspicious characters.
Dead Now Number Five.
With the death yesterday of William
Donnegan. the aged negro who was lynch
ed Saturday night. and Frank Gilmore. a
white man. who was shot while watch
ing the rioting. the list of known dead
was increased TO five. Eight more are not
expected to recover and the unknown list
Is still figured at fifteen.
Springfield Is STEPPED in the deepest sor
row. The capital of Illinois we'll and
truly realizes the sadness of her estate,
but she has determined to take the most
vigorous steps to reassert justice and Or