The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-20
TWO hlORE Dead
IN RACE RIOTS
Eighty Members Of the Mob
Nov Under Arrest.
RIKGLEkDERS BEHIND THE BARS

Cry of Those Eager to slay Negroes,
But the Authorities Control the Sit.
uation-Mueh Loot Has Been Re
coVered-Governor Dineen Has Of.
fered Reward Of $500 In Each Death
For Evidence to Convict the Guilty
Persons.
Springfield. H.. Aug. lS.-Two ~ 70
victims We're added TO the death Dis,
Of the Springfield race riots which
were started by u negro's attack on
white woman.
The two new victims were J. W.
Scott and a three-wccIls-o old negro girl.
the daughter of Lawrence Paine. OF
Springfield. The baby succumbcl To
exposure when It's parents started 10
walk from Springfield 10 PittsH m 70
avoid persecution. Scott died in a
hospital OF wounds suffered Friday
night
Scott's death IS the fourth charge
able TO the disorder in the black belt"
II was there that the hunted negroes
made their stand. firing on the mob
from windows aud roofs. The total
number of dead arR now seven.
Another death is expected momen-
tarily. W. Ii. Bowe. chief clerk in the
county yeasurcrs Office. is slowly
sinking from the effects OF the bullet
wounds and the beating which he
suffered az the hands OF negroes Fri
day night Bowe's friends have warn
ed the authorities that BILLY" will be
avenged. and his death will cause a
/ rcdoubling OF vigilance by the troops.
who now number about 5000. including
/ 1--WE troops OF cavalry. Some arr
campcd in the streets. but the larger
number have pitched their tents in
the state house grounds.
Governor Dcucen issued six proci1-
nations. one for each violent death
during the riot offering a reward Of
$500 for evidence which would lead
to the conviction OF the guilty per.
sons.
Wait until the troops 60" is the
word that has been passed around
town. and recognizing the strength of
the uudorcurrent. state. city and coun-
iy officers are taxing every effort 10
order. To that end Governor Deneen
has beCn in conference with officers
of various civic bodies. including the
chamber of commerce. the Springfield
Bar association and the Evangelical
Ministers association.
Many citizens who have important
testimony regarding the mob and its
leaders have been deferred from Offer.
ing this 10 the states attorney because
OF threats OF violnece made against
them anonymously.
The gathering Of evidence began in
earnest. Policemen in plain clothes
were sent to search the houses OF
prisoners and suspects. and as a re-
suit the police station looked like a
general store. Groceries, hardware.
clothing drygoods and shoes were
recovered in great quantities. most OF
them bearing the price tags Of the
looted business houses.
Many arrests followed. Eighty pris-
oners were crowded into the small
cellroom st the police station. with
only the cement door available for
sleeping.
garded as important by the police. It
was in the homes OF these men that
most of the loot was found 4 sixth
person is being sought by the police.
who aver that when he is arrested all
of the ringleaders of the mob will be
in custody
Roy Young. thirty-two years old. has
confessed to starting a number of fires.
the police say. A search of his rooms
revealed a quantity of stolen merchan-
disc.
Almost prostrated by the slaughter
and lynchings which followed her iden-
tifcation Of George Richardson as the
negro who attacked her. Mrs. Earl
Hallam now Gays she is not sure
whether the prisoner is the one who
broke into her room and dragged her
into the yard.
Richardson's friends and his wife
assert they can prove an alibi for him.
His white Delghbors say they saw him
at his home all evening. and his wife
says he was at home all night.