Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-22
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IBy Morning Journal Special LaAsed Wire !
Springfield, Ills, Aug. 21.-Six more
alleged riot leaders have been caught
in the grand jury net here. The in
quisitorial body tonight returned in
dictments against six persons, the doc
uments charging twenty separate Of
fenses All were indicted upon he
trouble at Lopers restaurant AMI
were identical with those charged
against sKate Howard in the indict-
ments returned yesterday The jury
has as yet confined its work to nves-
tigating the riot at Lopers except IN
the case of Abraham Raynor, who was
indicted for murder yesterday in con-
nection with lynchng of William
Donnigan last Saturday
1--WE have only made a fair start"
said Assistant States Attorney Wines
tonight With the character of cvi-
dence that Is coming i'm and the So III. q.
ing determination of the grand jury to
rid the community of the lawless etc.
ment there is every chance THAI half
a hundred or more indictments will no
returned during the next few days.
Those indicted today are: Earnest
Humphrey, huckster; Rudolph Brcde-
meyer, mechanic; John Schienle, gro
ccry clerk; William Sutton, cabmau.
Herbert Carey, blacksmith, and 1ne
other man whose identity was kart
secret at the order of Judge Crngh-
ton, because he is understood to have
field from Springfield. Humphrey,
Schi6lle, GrideneYtf and tile fugitive
were each indicted four times for ma
licious mischief and riot. Carey ANA
Sutton were made the subject of twa
indictments each, the same off ,nsee
being charged. Judge Creighton fixed
bail at $4,000 for each indictman..
Among the Witnesses before the
jury today was Harry Loper. He had
testified at the corners inquest yes
terday that he had little recollection
of the identity of members of the
mob, who destroyed his establishment
but it was said tonight that he made
important revelations to the grand
jury.
1t was thought for time today
that the coroncr's jury. which mas
been attempting to fix responsibility
for the death of Louis johnson. who
was killed in the Loper riot, woLl
find its work vain Coroner woodruff
discovered that no autopsy had been
made on the body and the cause oC
death was eonjectural, one version be-
ing that Johnson fell into the base
ment and broke his neck
In order to clear this doubt the co =
oner and physician went to Mecha l.
iscburg, whore the body had been
buried. exhumed the body and per
formed an autopsy, which showed thdS
he had been shot through the throat.
Or Frank r. Wheeler presented this
conclusion to the coroncr's jury to-
night. He testified that an undertaken.
had sewed up the wound and that It
was impossible to determine whether
the bullet entered from the front or
hack
He gave It as his opinion that John.
son was shot in the back because the
wound there was cleaner.
The jury returned an open verdict
giving the cause of death as gun
shot wound after Roy Wilson had tes-
d tified that he and Johnson had been
pushed into the basement of the res
taurant by the crowd. Wilson assert
ed that after they fell down the stair
way he heard two shots and II was
then that he lost track of Johnson. He
made his way to the street and then
learned that Johnson had been killed.
Lopers version of the happenings in
the basement include an admission
that he had shot through the door
when the mob was storming the base
ment hut he said he had aimed high
and that the bullet had gone through
the upper panels. The bartender was
also in the basement, he said VIII
son dsserted that the shots were fired
before the doors were broken in.
tIc also said that the shooting was
done by person who wore, "a white
waist"
Arthur Troyman who was wounded
during the riotlng August IA. was dis
charged from the hospital today. Troy
man Is the first of those wounded by
bullets to recover from his injuries.
All the other injured are thought toI
be out of danger with the possible ex-
ceptlon Of william Bowe, the county
official who was shot through the
body by negroes BOwe however was
reported as improving tonight Rolla
Keyes the boy who was wounded by
the accidental discharge of compan-
IONS revolver yesterday, is now
thought to have fair chance Of re-
eCvery.
The small towns of the country con-
tlnue to be danger spots.
Buffalo. village fifteen miles from
here, the following notice has been
posted at the Interurban trolley line