Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-19
Wholesale Murder and Arson
in the Shadow Of Lin
coins Monument.
TWO AGED HEoaoEs Ir1oalD'
Nearly the Whole National Guard
ofthe State Called 20 Sup.
press lawiessnsss.
Torch Does Its Part, In tho Deviltry-
Troops Fire on the Mob and Many
Are Wounded = Dead ~
and Injured. o.

In the race riots at Springfield
Scott Burton. aged negro, employed as
porter in a saloon, hanged to q tree at
Twelfth and Madison streets; Louis
johnson, shot through the abdomen:
John Caldwell, shot lip stomach; Will
liam Donnegan, negro, seventy years
old, who was hanged to a tree and
his throat cut by the mob Saturday
night; Frank Delmore, shot through
the lungs during Friday nights RIOT
ing. last three died in the hospital.
Names Of the Wounded.
Il Tnjured-George Aliganania, shot
through right arm on street; Ed Bar
rington, fredericksburg, back full Of
buckshot; w. H. Bowe, shot In right
lung, serious; John Broderick, struck
with bullet; Albert Bryerline. shot
through the left hip during street RIOT
ing; Robert Dahlkamp. colored, beat
en- by mob; Louis Hanen, shot in chest,
groin and piece Of chin taken OF, con-
dition critical; Charles Helmle, shot in
left foot; Lester Holtz, shot in right
arm; Joseph w. lnslee, Prohibition can
didate for representative. left hand
badly cut; lngrund. shot In the
Oh, a., teR1,
may be serious; James Johnson, shot
in the lung, very serious; Elmer Keis.
err shot in the leg; Claude Knapp,
militlnman, one hand badly slashed;
Robert Lawson, badly beaten and
bruised; Logan, white, employed
as cook, shot in face, arms and chest
with luckshot; NJ. ]. Lucy, former
police officer, shot in the leg by a,sol-
der: William Malott, shot In right
thigh; Eugene Mayo. shot In. one eye
with buckshot; Miller, shot in Lo-
per's restaurant; Edward Muslin,
struck by club in the hands Of rioter;
Clarence A. Noll, shot in the rightsleg;
John Norkus. white. shot In ,fsot;
Robert Oakley, colored, shot in eye,
chest and ear: Spot O'Brien, shot
through one leg; Harry o. PAIRING,
member Calling section, Fifth infant
~, shot in the head while defending
Loper's restaurant: Ted Raney, of the
Calling gun section, deep cash cut. in
his foot, fracturing the bone; Thomas.
Reavely, white, stabbed in muscle,
right arm; Thomas Dominica Recusa,
bullet in left leg; Albert sidener, shot
below one eye, probably will die; Will
Smith. colored, beaten up; - Smell
shot in neck; Bert Sommer, shot
through the thigh and lacerated about
the head and face. condition serious.
William st. Clair, struck in leg by
stray bullet; Henry Steiger, pitcher for
Springfield baseball team, shot in ONE
leg: Will Stokes. negro porter, Chicago
and Alton station, beaten up; WEE
Stuart, Chicago and Alton station por-
ter, colored, beaten by mob; George
Suisse, shot through the left arm DIR
ing street rioting; Arthur Twymal.
white, shot in left side and shoulders:
Harrison West, negro, badly beaten BY
mob; Winters. shot in the hip;
Charles Wolf, shot in left leg. supposs
cd BY militia; Charles little shot In
the back with charge Of buckshot.
Presidential Candidate Injured.
Ecsides the foregoing nineteen
Others were more OF less seriously hurt
by being hit with bricks and other mis-
silcs. and one by glass. Among those
hit with brick Is E. W. Chain, Pro-
hibition candidate for president Of the
United States, who was attacked by
the mob for defending q fugitive negro
Shade Of Abraham Lincoln. Z,
[ This is the price that Springfield
has paid for indulgtng in the disgrace
of mob law under the very shadow.
of the capitol and OF the monument
rslscd to tho memory Of Abraham Lin.
coin. OF the barbarism that held pos
session Of the city. Friday night, Satur-
day and Saturday night, Governor De-
neen says: ut is as intolerable as It
10 inexcusable. Tho idea Of wreakinR
vengeance upon n race for the crimes
Of one Of its members is utterly repup-,
nant to sll notions of law and justice.
No government can Malntain its self.
respect and permit II. dur state will
no. permit 1t. The entire resources or
the state will be drawn upon. II neces-
Isasy, to protect every citizen OF Spring
field In his person and property, and:
those who violate the law must SUITES
the consequences"