Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-17
sneciaI Grand Jury for Sangamon
County, Ill.,, Engagd in Max
ing Investigation.
ARRESTlNG GUILTY PARTIES,
LARGE Amount of Evidence I'M
picating Many Citizens
Has Been Obtained.
Gen, Young Confident He Can Sup
pres All Violence--Thousands of
Negroes Have Left Springfield.

Negroes Have Left Springfield.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-THE race
war which began here last Friday
night is believed to be a thing of the
past Last night passed without I'M
coward incident and it was confidently
the situation that no mob of any size
will form from now on. Sporadic
eases q 5isoidcriy conduct may claim
the attention of the militia, but 1t is
not anticipated that the troops will
he confronted with any serious tasks.
INVESTIGATION OF OUTRAGES.
Springfield today entered upon the
second stage of riot history-the inves-
,lgation of outrages and the arrest of
thc guilty specia, grand jury was
summoned this morning by Judge
James A. Creighton of the Sagamon
county circuit court as the result of II
consultation held yesterday afternoon
between Gov Charles S. Deneen and
states Atty. Frank Hatch. Both OF
these officials We're of the strong
opinion that this step should be taken.
The grand jury will be hcld in ses-
SON so long as the mob violence is
. threatened.
Evidence will be submitted TO the
body from day to day by officers ana
soldiers and indictments returned as
| soon as case is made against an IN
dividual
large amount of evidence impli-
eating many citizens has been obtained
| during the rioting and this Will be sub
. mitted to the grand jury. The sus-
meets have been arrested each gay
| during the reign of terror and VIII DE
| beId awaiting the deliberations OF the
official board.
Tho confidence of Gen Young that his
force Is sufficient to render abortiYe
&Spv attempt at mob violence is tully
hsred by the negroes. Many negroes
s,ron, The residence district came to the
! yenal today, swelling the number
Filtered by the state to 400 Ihey
40 comfortably quartered and appar-
entity satisfied.
THOUSANDS OF NEGROES LEAVE.
II is estimated that 1000 negroes have
| left the city since Friday, some of them
never TO return. Some have left the
state and the Kingdom of Galloway i'll
Missouri Tennessee, Kentucky and even
Louisiana will be expected to furnish
new homes for many refugees.
Troops A, G.. d, +, and / of the First
! cavalry arrived from Chicago today
on special train. They brought with
/ them 100 horses and fun camp equip
ment BY o'clock their tents were
pitched at Ninth and Jefferson streets,
and the odor of steaming coffee and
frying bacon soon arose to tantalize
i
nights ride with the troops and the
wagons which Adjt. Gen Scott calls
his "Shafter cavalry 1t is declared
soldiers in sufficient numbers to handle
any situation can be rushed to any
part of the city i'm time 10 prevent
Serious damage to property.
PATROLLED BY SOLDIERS.
With nearly the entire force of the
Illinois national guard in control to-
day, Springfield again Is ruled by law
and order. Fifty-five hundred armed
soldiers patrol the streets and the fe-
a yer for blood has abated, temporarily
81 at least among the wild element which
ruled the state capital for As hours.
Il \ mo-" Who would have cut off the
"A IRE protection of the city was discov-
81 cred last night on the roof of build
81 lng In the act OF reaching for the wires.
81 We're on phtrol in the courthouse square
Fl were oimed at him as he stealthily
81 climbed toward the wires. One bullet
n probably hit him. for he dropped 10
me roof Of the building but made a
Il successful escape.
AN attempt to fire the negro section
81 the northwest side of Springfield
elso ''" foiled.
A platoon of infantry was dispatch
a to Harvard park, Il now suburb
llsl outside the city limits, to the
@ulheast, shortly before midnight
several shots had been fred, but so
ar as IT has been learned nobody was
INJURED. The troops soon returned to
neaaqnarters M the county jail The
@nHrb Is adjacent TO the main shaft
NE Central coal mine, where many
negroes are employed.
CITIZENS ARE FRIGHTENED.
Throughout the night, headquarters
me two brigades had frequent
c'lls from frightened citizens. who
itluesled protection from suspicious
Characters.
With the death yesterday of WI
nam Donnegan, the aged negro who
sas lynched Saturday night and
FRANK Gilmore, white man who was
hol while watching the riotine, the
sl of known dead was Increased to
~ tlght more are not expected tu
ae'oNer ana the unknown llst IL still
Ngured at 10.
springfield Is stepped In the deem
esq sorrow. The capital of Illinois
ven and truly realizes the sadness OF
~ state, but she has determined TO
eNr the most vigorous steps 10 re-
ssscrt Justice ana order,
CITIZENS SUPPORT HATCH
states Atty. Hatch. who, at the in
n"hee of aud with the cooperation of
m1E. peneen, stands In the van OF this
wy, ement IS backed by three fourths
me citizens of Springfield, and VIII
M supported by the other fourth when
GY realize what he will attempt 10
on Ihe exceptions are the 200 pris-
Nv now In jail for rioting. who stand
pe charged with murder by tho
si,,nl sland Jury which the states
icy was TO request today,
NJ, me refugees in the arsenal rs
1oo Wiillam Donnegan, the white WI
IN oi me aged negro who was strung
" saturday night and whose death
tUellay followed
N.Y. was because OF her marriage to
NJ nosan that the mob feeling against
NY husband rs believed to have been
rzro Richardson, brother OF the man
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