Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
DIES NEAR STATE CAPITOL
Gov. Deneen Orders Many Troops to
the Scene.
CHICAGO REGIMENTS READY
Executive Issues Statement Ex-
planatory of the Situation-De-
tails of the Tragic Affair.
Wounded in Critical
Condition.

The second lynching OF the
Springfield riot occurred at Spring
and Edward streets last night. A
negro was strung up to tele-
phone pole by a mob of such pro-
portions that the firemen and the
policemen who responded to the
first alarm were unable to handle
it. Reinforcements OF troops were
summoned.
Another disturbance took place
in front of the state armory, where
a crowd gathered and threatened
to storm the building wherein
were housed number of negro
refugees. Company L, 4th 1nfan-
try, and Troop B of the cavalry
were sent to the place, charged
the mob with bayonets and dis
persed it. This affair was stimuli
taneous with the lynching four
blocks away.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August 15-With
one more victim added tonight to the
roll of fatally injured in the race riots
which began here last night. Springfield
spent the night in anxiety. Apprehension
of more serious trouble was modified but
not stilled by the presence of 900 ma
tional guardsmen from various parts of
the state, under command of Maj. Gen.
Young, Ing.
Tonight's victim Of Sace prejudice was
an aged negro, William Donigan. Doni-
gan was a cobbler and respected as SIM
pie and fnoffensive citizen.
His shop was within two blocks Of the
state house. Tonight, In the absence OF
q patrol, mob set fire to the shop, and
the smoke to run into the street. His
appearance was greeted by a shower OF
stones and bricks as he staggered under
the fusillade he was seized and his throat
cut. A rope ~vas then run through the
wound and the victim bound to tree.
There he was found later, unconscious
and all but dead. DR.. Tuttle. who dress
ed the wound, reported that death was a
of the shop turned in an alarm. but when
the fremen appeared the blaze was out.
1t had not gained much headway and
had been extinguished by ONE of the
cooler-headed members Of the mob.
Troops Rushed UP.
Two companies of infantry and a troop
: of cavalry were rushed to the scene and
at their appearance the crowd ran helter
skelter down the street. scattering in all
directions, when they reached the capitol
grounds. Six arrests were made, among
the prisoners being a man whose name
was given as A. Rainor. said to nave
come from ST. Louis. and aid to be
waiter at an amusement park In that city.
Coincident with the attack on Donigan
a less serious disturbance occurred In
front Of the new state armory. A crowd
gathered and threatened to storm the
place wherein there were sheltered a
number of negro refugees. Two compa-
MES of the 4th Infantry and Troop B of
the cavalry came on the double quick
and charged with bayonets leveled. AS
in the previous incidents, the mob fed
precipitately at the sight Of cold steel
and the business-like appearance of the
men in khaki
Frequent Alarms.
From this time on alarms were fire.
auent. They seemed to come from every
where. Camp Lincoln, where a large
number of the fugitive race were shelter
asked for more soldiers Gen. Young.
after consulting Gov. Deneen and Adjt.
Gen. Scott, ordered the camp abandoned.
With two additional companies as guards
the negroes were brought to the new
arsenal Spaulding. a suburb. seven miles
distance where there are many colored
miners telephoned the governor that the
blacks were threatening retaliatory meas
ures.
Reinforcements Needed.
Gen. Young promptly dispatched COM
pany to the place. These were samples OF
the disturbing messages constantly reach
ing the commanding officer with his head
quarters from the county jail. His force.
which had at first seemed more than ade-
quate, melted so fast in the process Of de-
failing guards that it became apparent
that further reinforcements were advis-
able. Gov. Deneen responded by calling
out the I'd Regiment of Chicago and Or
dering the Fighting Seventh of that
city to hold itself in readiness for call to
arms.
A plan probably unique in similar stu.
atoms was adopted by Gen. Young in or
der to spread his force about, reassured
the numerous alarmed neighbOrhoods
Street cars were Immediately pressed in to
carry the guardsmen about on all lines
in the disturbed section. Such cars as
still carried passengers were halted or
their way to the Bad Lands" and guards
put aboard, under command of sergeants
Springfield which is richest in mem
cries of the great emancipation. Is tonight
an armed camp because its citizens yes
terday gave vent to hatred of the race
which Abraham Lincoln declared free and
equal with all other people in this coun-
try SQUADS of soldiers are patrolling the
downtown streets. and In the troubled
portions of the community entire battal-
ions are watching over the lives and prop
erty of the negroes.
Early today the friends of William
Bowe, a county official. who was so Sc
riously hurt that he is lowering between
life and DEATH made efforts to enlist fol-
lowers for a raid Of vengeance upon the
black belt. Taking a lesson from last
nights experience, Sheriff Warner al
once notified Gov. Deneen that fresh out
breaks were threatening and that more
troops would be necessary. The response
of the executive was prompt, and as q
consequence full brigade of state troops
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