The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-17

who, it is alleged, entered her home
about midnight Aug. -, choked her,
carried her TO the back ward aud as.
, saulted her during the absence Of her
! husband who was conductor on the
street railway here About six weeks
ago another colored man named Joe
James was found near the bedroom
of the daughter of another conductor
of the street railway company ON the
return OF the family from a social en-
gagement. and after discovery. in the
struggle to escape, killed her father
Seek to Avoid Trouble.
Fearing trouble, the sheriff yester.
day afternoon induced the proprietor
OF one of the principal restaurants,
Mr.. Loper TO take the prisoners and
the sheriff in his automobile to the
outskirts of the city, and to transfer
Richardson and the other person re-
ft rred to to Bloomington. about sixty
miles north of Springfield
"Fhcre was some uneasy feeling
among certain classes at Springfield
yesterday afternoon, but it was pre-
sumed that the knowledge of the
transfer of the prisoners to the Jail
Of another county would end the
trouble 4 large crowd gathered at.
the jail in the evening and there,
learned that Mr. Lopez had furnished
the automobile with which the prison
ers were transferred. They went over
to his restaurant, demolished the
plate glass and furniture, sacked the
restaurant OF its liquors and turned
the owners automobile upside down
and set it atire.
THE crowd then moved east on
Washington street, to the quarter of
the city which is largely populated by
colored people and known as the
levee Here they sacked the stores
owned by colored persons and one
pawn shop. They also burned a mum.
Der of houses, estimated at between
twenty and twenty-five Only sucl
buildings were burned as were occn-
pied by colored people.
one Ranged, Many Beaten.
Negroes who We're found on the
streets were assaulted and one was
beaten and was later hanged to a
lamp post The negro was killed
while endeavoring to protect his home
from incendiaries after he had gone /
to the front door and shot into the
'rowd As reported in the newspapers !
he killed number three, the injured
iitythree.
THE first call for help came at 4 :
,'clock Yesterday afternoon when /
ihcrih Werner asked that local
company of the National Guard as
'embc at o'clock for duty at the
'omty Jail. The company was as.
embed at Z O'Clock al the jail. The
econd call came about 9 o'clock when
he Calling gun squad of the local
Militia was assembled at LOpers re-
aurant. At 9:l5 D. m. ii was thought
more help would be needed and the
'ecatur, Bloomington, Normal, Pekin,
'eolia and Tayloryille companies
we're ordered to assemble at their
rmCries, The Taylorville company
tarted from that city at ~ O'Clock.
alter special trains left bearing the
ompany and companies from the fol.
owing cities, Pontiac. Danyille, Cham.
align Union City, which arrived at
bout 3 O'clock
The Decatur company arrived first
{ 2 o'clock a. m. and marched at one
'om the cars to the place where the
rowd was congregated. Within n
p" minutes companies from Peoria
rived and joined them.
THE sheriff ordered the crowd to
isperse, and on their failing to DO
} three volleys We're fired over tho
eads of the crowd. This having no
feet. a fourth yolley was fired ana
averal citizens We're injured the
Sact number not known. The crowd
once dispersed.