The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-16
CAPITAL Of ILLINOIS IN
HANDS Of FRENz|ED MOB
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sons were injured and two score of
houses. mostly occupied by negroes,
were burned last night as the result OF
an attempt by a mob to lynch a negro
who had assaulted a white woman.
After a night of riot, arson and slaugh-
ter, the state troops, called out by the
governor, succeeded early today in re-
storing a semblance of order. One
thousand militiamen, including three
companies from this city and compa-
mics from Bloomington, Decatur. PelIin
and Pontiac, are patrolling the streets.
and it is believed further disorder will
be prevented
The Dead.
Hunter, Charles (colored).
Johnson, Lewis (white), II years old.
Scott, James (white), 20 years old.
The rioting was precipitated by an
| assault committed early yesterday
morning by a negro upon Mrs. Mabel
Hallam, wife of street car conductor
! While the woman slept alone in her
home on a populous residence street,
awaiting the return of her husband, the
man broke into the house. dragged her
into the rear yard and assaulted her.
| Before noon George Richardson, a
young negro was arrested by the sher-
ifs force, charged with the crime. The
victim partially identified the prison.
er Crowds quickly gathered about the
jail. but Sheriff Werners forces and the
police were able to preserve order until
nightfall without difficulty.
Negro Spirited Away.
Shortly after . o'clock a successful
ruse was worked by the authorities and
! Richardson was spirited away TO safe
ty With the assembled crowds held at
bay by the officers, false run by the
fire department temporarily detracted
the attention of the crowd, during
which time the prisoner was hurried
down an adjoining alley and at the first
corner was pushed into an automobile
owned by Harry T. Loper, a restaurant
i keeper, who had been sworn in as
deputy sheriff. Before the crowd real
lied what had happened, Richardson
was being rushed to a point north of
the city where a Chicago & Alton train
was stopped and he was put aboard,
with a heavy guard. and conveyed to
| Bloomington and later was taken to
Peoria
! Along with Richardson was John
James, another negro prisoner in the
county jail. who is accused of killing
L
after attempting an assault upon Bal
lard's daughter. Ballard went to his
daughters rescue and was stabbed TO
death.
Mob Assemblies.
Immediately after the darkness had
! gathered crowds assembled in the vicin
ity of the county Jail. The mood of the
masses was ugly, and appeals by Sher-
if Werner were without effect The
sheriff offered to let a committee from
the crowd search the Jail. assuring
them that the negroes We're gone.
I'VE will also go through" shouted
one in the crowd, and the cry was TAX
en- up by hundreds.
| Then some one in the crowd men
toned that Harry Lopez, the restaurant
man. had furnished the automobile in
which the escape of the prisoners had
been effected.
Restaurant Wrecked.
ION to Loper's," he shouted. and by
I this time the maddened mob was ready
for anything. A rush was made upon
LOper's restaurant, five blocks away.
The proprietor was warned. but failing
TO appreciate the seriousness of the
situation, did not attempt to escape I'M
til the mob was upon the place. He
was pushed by employees of the place,
| together with his wife, into basement
room in temporary safety.
Short work was made of the res
taurant The automobile in which the
rescue had been effected had been left
in front of the place. II was quickly
turned upside down and fire was set
| to the machine.
| While the machine blaZed frenzied
hundreds poured into the cafe, tore fix
lures and decorations from their places
and piled them upon the blaze. Even
the sideboards and kitchen We're
stripped and all the tableware and
dishes piled upon the blaze
Firemen Helpless.
The fire department, which had been
called out a half dozen times. in efforts
10 dispense the crowds. again made a
run to the restaurant, but was power
less. Every line OF hose that was
stretched was cut before stream of
taurant was stripped clean by the mob,
which worked without hindrance until
it's work was nearly completed.
The local companies of militia. con-
sisting of a company of infantry,
troop of cavalry and Satling gun sec
ton, which had been ordered out by
| Governor Deneen early in the after
noon, was busy with the situation in
| the vicinity of the Jail and the local
authorities had no men to spare at the
scene Of the Lopez restaurant. Finally,
in a desperate effort TO restore order,
the cavalry troop was dispatched into
the restaurant.
White Boy Killed.
| Then the rioting broke loose in serious
( form Shots were fired and the air was