The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
TROOPS PATROL CITY STEAMER BLOWS NP
Springfield Has Entered Second
Stage Of Riot History.
RATIONAL GUARD CONTROL

INA IN OONInO6
Capital City of Illinois STEPPED in
Deepest Sorrow-Known List of
Dead Five-2,ooo Negroes Have'Left
the City.
Springfield, Ills, Aug. 18.-The
race war which began here last Fri
day night is believed to be a thing
of the past. Sunday night passed
without untoWard incident and it was
confidently asserted by those in
charge of the situation that no mob
of any size will form from now on.
Sporadic cases of disorderly conduct
may and probably will claim the at
tention Of the militia, but it is not
anticipated that the troops will. be
confronted by any serious task.
Springfield has entered upon the
second stage of riot thistory-the in
vestigation of outrages and the ar
rest of the guilty. A special grand
jury was summoned by Judge James
A.. Creighton of the Sangamon county
court as the result of a conference
held between Governor Deneen and
States Attorney Hatch. Both of these
officials were of the strong opinion
that this step should be taken.
Grand jury in Session.
The grand jury will be held in ses-
sion so long as the mob violence is
threatened.
Evidence will be submitted to the
body from day to day by officers and
soldiers and indictments returned as
soon as a.. case is made against an
individual.
The confidence of General Young
that his force is sufficient to retire
abortive any attempt at mob violence
IS fully shared by the negroes. Many
more of them from the residence sec
tons of the city came to the arsenal
swelling the number 10Y being snel-
tered by the state to 400. None of
them have left the place since they
entered. It is feared that their very
presence would incite a riot and
the are guarded as closely as is the
ammunition kept in the building.
It is estimated that 1900 negroes
have left the city since Friday.
When nearly the entire force of the
Illinois national guard in control,
Springfield again is ruled by law and
order. Fifty-five hundred armed sol
diers patrol the streets and the fever
for blood has abated, temporarily at
least, among the wild element, which
ruled the state capital for forty-eight
hours.
An attempt was made to cut fire
alarm and telegraph wires in the
heart of the business district. With
the wires down the city would have
been practically at the mercy of t1e
incendiariss, who found firing the
small negro houses the easiest way Of
keeping the rioting going.
Attempt to Cut Wires
A man who would have cut off the
fire protection Of the city vas dis
covered On the roof of a building in
the act of reaching for the wires. A
half-dozen shots from the troops were
aimed at him as he stealthily climbed
toward the wires. One bullet prob
ably hit him, for he dropped to the
roof of the building and made his es-
cape.
To this affair is added the attempt
to fire the negro section on the north
west side of Springfield. Prompt &C
ton of the fire department cooperat-
ing with a battalion of the First in
fantry stopped the impending confla-
grafton.
Throughout the night headquarters
of the two brigades had frequent calls
from frightened citizens, who request
ed protection from suspicious charac-
tiers.
Known Dead Is Five.
With the death Sunday Of Will
liam Donegan, the aged negro who was
lynched Saturday night and Gilmore,
a white man, who was shot while
watching the rioting, the list OF
known dead was increased to five.
Springfield STEPPED in Sorrow.
Springfield is stepped in the deep
est sorrow. The capital of Illinois
well and truly realizes the sadness
Of her state, but she has determined
to take the most vigorous steps to
reassert justice and order.
A careful estimate places the num-
Der of negroes who have left Spring
field since the beginning of the race
war at 1000.