Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-08-21
LYNCH|AG AND RIOT
Springfield, Ills, Is Scene sf 0
Mob's Vengeance
3 DEAD AND MANY WoUNDEp

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3 DEAD AND MANY M0UNDEp
State Troops Now In csntrss-Aassuia |
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Terrer-Tereh Applied 90 the Nsafe
Settlement.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. K.-errtng-
field is in the hands Of . mob Of
enraged citizens who began F111ay
night to wreak vengeance on negro
residents for IN assault committed by
George Richardson. u negro. ON MRS.
Hallman, white woman. AZ ] o'ciec&
Saturday morning the whole east eAt
Of the town burst into flaNess tAe
torch having been applied TO ssreras
negro houses by some Of the more
desperate mobbers. Three are o.
ready dead and probably twoscore
others are injured. mostly negroes.
The rabble is sweeping through the
streets, attacking every negro INST.
All the local militia are on duty and
half a dozen companies from sthsE
cities are rushing here on special
trains. Still other companies are OF.
dered to hold themselves In reserve
The fire department is at present
helpless to combat the flames In the
negro quarter on account OF the
threatening attitude OF the mob
toward the nremen.
The dead:
Charles Hunter, negro, lynched.
Lewis Johnson, aged Ia. found deAa
at the bottom Of the stairway leading
to the buffet Of the Loper restaurant
James Scott, white seventy years Of
age, shot by negroes in hip and left
lung. =
The injured: Is.
Fred Ramsey. Of the GAtlinG gun
section OF the Illinois national guard,
struck on arm by stone.
Oscar Dahlkamp, policeman, struck
over eye by rock.
James Scott, white, shot by neSroe1
in hip and left lung; may die.
Albert Berlin. employed at posi-
office, shot In hip by stray bullet.
Philip Pollock, of Chicago. badly
lacerated while aiding Mayor Rsecs
in escaping from mob at Lopsr's.
John A. Smell, OF Sherman. shot In
shoulder by negro.
e. w. Chafin, candidate for pres
ident on the prohibition party ticket.
struck In head with q brick.
Rev. T. D.. Logan, struck in head
with a brick.
Robert Sturgiss, waiter ut Lopsf's
restaurant, artery Of left forearm cut
by shot.
The Cause of Outbreak.
Mrs. Earl Hallam, wife Of Coz
ductor on the Springfield Consolidated
Railway Company, was dragged from
her bed at midnight by negro, who
took her into a garden in the rear
of the house and assaulted nor, Mrs.
Hallam was badly bruised about the
neck and body. Her husband does
not get home until . o'clock In the
morning Five negroes wore arrested
on suspicion.
Friday at midnight the neb
broke into Fishman's pawn shop aAd
secured a quantity of rifles, shot
guns, revolvers and ammunition.
With these they armed themselves
and started to march the streets In
absolute control OF he situation.
chafin 10 Hit BY MlssIIs.
Stand back, gentlemen, or ri
shoot every one of you who touches
this man." were the words of nusens
w. Chafin, prohibition candidate for
president, who faced . mob that had
attacked a negro while Mr.. ChafiH
was delivering q public address On
the east side of the square.
For his act Chafin was struck on
the left side of the face with brick
bat hurled Mt him by member OF
the mob.
mob Of white men at $40 o'clock
Saturday morning lynched q negro
who was supposed to be sneaking un.
der the cars on the Illinois Central
tracks and shooting at the whites.
The Decatur company Of Illinois
national guard arrived at 1880 o'clock
and went to the Bad Lands" where
26 houses occupied by negroes have
been burned and where the fire 10
still raging.
After burning many houses the rom
nant of the mob which became more
and more. desperate a. the night
passed, finally gratified its tAirst for
blood at 3 u. m. Saturday when a
negro was lynched ut the corner OK
18th and Madison streets, In the heart
OF the so-called bad ands.';
The troops arrived at the, scene too
late to prevent the shooting. Some
of the members Of the mob declared
that the negro lynched had shot two
white men. They said that in fight
with the whites the negro was forced
into a corner at a saloon and gro
Gerry At Twelfth and Madison streets.
When retreat was cut off the
negro is said to have opened fire.
wounding two. Then came the cry
get the rope"
Dragged Through street.
All the members the mob eagerly
took up the cry. he negro was
caught and dragged to the street. Here
he was beaten and shot five times and
then a rope was swung around mis-
neck and the other end Of the rope
thrown over the limb of, tree right
In front of the store. With . cry OF
A Lottery Winners Celebration.
A Rome correspondent tells OF an
all-night banquet (eight p. m. to eight
a. m.) given to 100 guests by SWISS