Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-18
AGED NEGRO is
LYNCHED BY MOB
SATURDAY NIGHT MARKED BY
FURTHER vloLENCE-BoY Kill
LED BY SOLDIER WHO is Ex-
oNERATED BY MILITARY BOARD

opiluSHelu, ILL.,, aug. 1t.--Ine race
war which began here last Friday
night is believed to be thing Of the
past. Last night passed without an
outward incident. Sporadic cases of
disorderly conduct may claim the at
tention of the militia but It. is not an
ticipated the troops will DC confronu-
ed by any serious task.
Springfield today entered upon the
second stage of the riot history, the
investigation of the outrages and the
| jury will be summoned today by
Jadge Creighton as the -asulr Of a.
conference between Governor Deneen
and States Attorney Hatci.
Many Negroes Returning.
A large amount of evidence inn
plicating many citizens has been OBJ
I tained during the rioting and will be
submitted to the grand jury. Suspects
have been arrested each day during
the reign of terror and will be held
awaiting the deliberations OF the of.
fetal body. Many more negroes from
1 the residence districts Of tile city
came to the arsenal today, swelling
the numbe4 now sheltered by the
state to four hundred. 1t is feared
their presence would incite riot and
they were guarded closely. Colored
1 people are being fed from the kitchens
Of the militiamen. 1t is estimated
that 1,500 have left the CITY since Fri.
day, some of them never to return
Five troops of the first cavalry ar.
rived from Chicago today
Rayner Denies Confession.
Rumors that A. Rayner Of st. Louis,
who was arrested for alleged participa-
tion in the lynching Of William Done
gan had confessed to the police could
be only partially verified today. Ray
ner denies he was concerned in the
actual killing Of Donegan, saying ha
was across the street at the time. Ha
gave the police names of several per-
sons who he declared were guilty OF
participation in the outrage. Not one
, of these is known, however, and 1t Is
} thought Rayner imagined the iden-
tity Of his companions In order to
escape further experience with the
third degree"
Pail of Lard Her Souvenir.
} Rayner and Kate Howard, the latter
accused of participation in wrecking
Loper's restaurant, are the only
| prisoners against whom the police
/ claim damaging evidence. Kate
}, Howard was released on bail. She
| told the police she entered the rest
, uarant merely for the purpose o.
securing souvenirs of the riot. The
of her souvenirs" was pail Of lart
weighing twenty pounds
The Second Lynching.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-THE sec
ond night of horror in Springfield be
gan soon after night fall Saturday
!, night, but the first serious act oi
violence did not take place until
! o'clock, when a savage mob OF between
y 800 and 400 persons surprised and cap
= tured an old negro and hanged him tt
q a tree in front of the Edwards school
), across the street from his house.
/ This was the second lynching in th.
a present outbreak against the blacks
The man lynched Saturday nigh
/ had been hanging almost ten minutes
q before he was cut down, and 1t wa
!, found that the rope had cut fright
y full cash in his throat. He was loade'
. into a van impressed into service a
an ambulance and rushed to the Cen
. trail police station, where surgeons 0
!. the hospital corps sewed up tn
! wounds and employed every effort t
TcSuSClldLc IuG ulCOuSClouS dlu ny
4 man. Their work was vain, for th
!, negro soon expired.
r. Aged and Prosperous Man.
The victims name was Georg
4 Donegan. He was over 60 years OLE
. and for fifty years lived at Spring an
. Edwards streets, where he owned hal
p a block of ground. He was pracrica
i ly the only negro resident of that v
cinity and was well liked and a favol
ite among his white neighbors
"a 1t is evident that the riotous mob.
&c having been repeatedly dispersed b
"a the militia whenever they congregate
20 in the neighborhood of negro section
of the city, had determined to satisf
the thirst for blood at any cost and s
sought out the old man, who live
alone and who had not sought prote,
ol ton.
J. Just before o'clock the neighbor
" were horrified at the sudden appea
"a ance of a bowling mob, which made