Richmond planet., 1908-08-29

identified only two or three houses
that had been burned as n result of
the frebrands applied by his own
hands.
He says he was present at the
, lynching Of Scott Burton.
Young has been a resident of this
city but about a month. He came
TO Springfield from Missouri and has
since been employed at Uohlman's liv
/ cry barn.
The arrests next I'm Importance
were those OF Madgc Clark and Fin
gers" William Lotherington, charged
with burglary and larceny.
MadEe Clark Is the keeper OF a
| resort at Ninth and Mason streets,
and Lotnerington is said 90 be her fol
lower. when the house was search
| ed by officers many articles OF wear
/ ing apparel were found secretcd a.
bout tho house
| Many reports we're sent TO the po-
| lice of persons who had made efforts
TO dispose OF stolen goods.
One man Is said TO have offered
| silver sugar bowls. taken from Lo-
per's restaurant. 10 a local cafe man
agcr for FIVE cents each. Others are
reported TO have disposed OF stolen
hONNn WHICH tNtN NOMlO MOl EEtr
p Inconsod by saloon Keepers persist
ing in violating the closing order is
sued Friday night Mayor r. r. Reece
declared tonight that the next dram
shop keeper arrested on this charge
Will lose his license instantly.
Attorney Potts. representing tho
Reisch Indemnity Company. the
| spokesman for committee of saloon
keepers. had O warm interview Sat
urday with the Mayor and Brig
Gen H. Z. Wellson regarding the
subject OF closing the saloons. The
city executive minced no words i'm
( telling what he thought of the propO-
sition.
The Mayor to-day sent q message
/ 20 the managers OF Ringing Broth
ers' circus saying that owing TO the
grave situation in Springfield at pres
ent the circus viii not be permitted
/ 20 show in Springfield tomorrow as
| had been scheduled.
Coroner Woodruff said tonight
/ that he would begin the inquest to-
morrow morning on Scott Burton,
| the Negro lynched Saturday morning.
Attorneys who have consulted on
| the question OF whether the city or
/ the county viii have 10 pay for the
/ destruction Of property by the mob
say that the city will have to bear
! the expense. They quote a recent
| statute on the subject which states
/ that the damage allowed in such
! cases Will be three-fOuTths OF the
/ total value of the property. The
| section OF the law on which the claim
/ that the city and not the county viii
have TO bear the expense is as fol-
/ lows:
Whenever any building or other
real or personal property except pro-
| perty in transit shall be destroyed or
| injured in consequence OF any mob
or riot composed OF twelve or more
persons. the city, or If not I'm a city
| then the county in which such pro-
] perty was destroyed, shall be liable
/ to an action by or in behalf of the
party whose property was thus de-
| stroyed or injured for three-fOurths
of the damages sustained by reason
| thereof"
1t is pointed out that the law ex-
| pressly says that the county is liable
only when the property destroyed is
not located in a city, and when IL is
! located in city the city is liable.
Attorneys and others interested in
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| ing the question of liability for death
in such cases as that with which
| Springfield now has to do. Two mea
have been hanged by the mob, and
some argue that the liability would
| apply in this case the same as in the
case of property destroyed.
II such an action were brought.
however, IL would have to be under
common law, as there is no statute
which would apply.
The trouble would be in prov
ing that the man in each case
was not in himself to blame. 1t
would have to be shown that he
used no force or did anything to
lay himself liable to an attack be-
fore q good case could be made.
With the arrival this morning Of
the First Cavalry a force of nearly
! 5000 armed men now patrol nearly
every street in Springfield. While
, the city is not under martial law,
, troops are sprinkled over the entire
city and their presence is expected
to prevent further demonstrations.
The artillery battalion Of this city