Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20
QUIET NOW PREVAILS
TROOPS KEEP PEACE INiLLINOlS
STATE CAPITAL.
4,200 MILITlAMEN IN CITY
Aged and lnoffensive Negro Lynched
BY Mob on Saturday
Night.

Sprinfield, H., Aug. 1.-Two
deaths from injuries received is pre-
vious mob fights, the attempted cut
ting OF the fire alarm wires, the
exoneration OF Private J. b. Klein,
company A, First Illinois infantry by
court OF inquiry, for the killing Of
Earl Nelson at Kankakee on Satur.
day, and the pursuit of mob by
guardsmen, were the chief OF yester.
days developments in the race war in
Springfield.
The attempt to cut the telephone
and fire alarm wires, leading into the
| city hall was not successful. A
policeman saw three men on top of
an outbuilding trying to reach the
lines overhead. He turned in an
alarm to the headquarters of General
Wells, commanding provisional
brigade and the latter dispatched
wagon load Of soldiers to the scene.
! They arrived before the trio had done
any damage. The would be wlrecut-
tiers fled, leaving their nlppers be-
hind. They escaped.
NV NOuih VI NHlNh Noiiolu
cred Private Kleins case, was com
| posed Of Major James Miles, Captains
Jacob Judson and s. r. High, and
Lieutenant f. ID. Dunford, all Of the
First Illinois. After sitting all day
| they reported to Adjutant General
Scott that Klein's act was performed
In lineofduty Klein had been placed
| M Of ri ha hau
on the first section of the Illinois
Central train, which brought the In
fantry to sprinfield on Saturday.
The train was q special one and
the baggage contained property
owned by the state. Klein, guarding
the front door, was instructed by
Lieutenant Guilford to allow no one
not officially countenanced, to enter
tho car. At Kankakee, four young
men, according to report, climbed to
the front platform and all attempted
| to enter the car Klein barred the
way using the only weapon visible, II
bayonet. AS the train started the
four young men left the platform.
kelin was not aware that Nelson or
any one had been injured States
Attorney Cooper Of Kankakee, prob
ably will institute action against Klein
! In the criminal court at Kankakee
The attorney general of the state Is
compelled to defend national guards.
men In such case.
A genuine scare was caused at head
quarters In the arsenal last night,
after a squad had been sent to dis
perse a crowd at Allen and Spring
streets. Five minutes later report
reached Lieutenant Colonel Eddy that
shots had been fred in the threatened
district. He Immediately sent q full
| platoon to the place to reinforce the
squad. When the additional soldiers
appeared the crowd broke and ran.
| The soldiers pursued them for several
| blocks and the district which Is near
the scene OF last nights lynching.
was in an uproar for few minutes.
The arsenal was crowded last night
with negro refugees from Springfield
and surrounding towns. About 200
men, women and children sought the
shelter of the building and slept on
the floor or In chairs. Most OF these
! people were old and infrm, but they
endured the hardships OF their
quarter rather than face the prospect
of passing the night in their homes,
beset with momentary fears OF attack.
The entire national guard OF IL
linois, with the exception Of the Sixth
infantry and Eighth infantry (negro)
was on duty in the riot.ridden dis.
tricts last night. In all 1920 guards
| men are In the city.