Evening journal., 1908-08-15
IN CONTROL OF
SPRINGFIELD ILL.
Ccontinued from First Pare.)

(Continued from First Fage)
crowd realized what had happened,
RIohardson was being rushed TO a
point north Of the city. where Chi
cago and Alton train was stopped and
he was put aboard with a heavy
guard and conveyed north.
Along with Richardson was taken
Joe James another negro prisoner in.
the county jail. who four weeks ego
killed ciersy Ballard, state mine
inspector residing in this city after
attempting an assault upon Ballard's
daughter.
Ballard went to bis daughter's rescue
and was stabbed 10 ieaih.
Mob lntorferes With Firemen.
The work of The mob was systematic
When the Fire Department was sum-
moned to put ont the flames In the
"blacly belt" the mob .old the hrencn
that II any attempt was made to eN-
tinguish the fiamcs. thu hose would oe
cut The mob. howcver. assured the
fremen that Efforts to prevent the
flames from spreading to adjoining
buildings occupied by the lower grade
Of whites would not be molested. Tho
Fire Department was compelled 20 Look
ON in helplessncss while the negro
shacks burned 10 the ground. Shortly
after nightfali crowds assembled in the
vicinity Of the county iail A COM
mittee Of the mob was allowed TO
search the jail Then some one In the
crowd remembered that Harry Loper
the rcstaurateur has furnished the
automobile for the esaeDe
"Go for Lopers' shourcd the crowd,
and by this time the maddened mob
was ready for anything A rush was
made upon Lopers restaurant FIVE
blocks away The proprietor was
warned. but falling 70 appreciate the
seriousness Of the situation he did not
try to escape. lie was pushed oy emf
ployes Of the place together with his
wife to a basement room. Quick work
was made of the restaurant The
mob began by breaking ont the plate
glass front, stripping the entire 40 feet
Of both glass castings.
The automobile in which the rescue
/ had bOsn effected had bceu left in front
Of the place II was quickly turned
upside down and lire set to the
machine. As The machine hlazed the
mob poured into the cafe, tore fixtures
\ from their places and Filing them up
on the blaze Even the sideboaris
and the kitchen were stripped and all
the tableware and dishes were piled
on the blaze. The Fire Department
which had been called out about a
half dozen times in absortive attempts
to auench the nauies made a run 10 the
restaurant put was powerless. Every
/ line OF hose was cut before a stream
Of water could be forced into II. The
restaurant was stripped clean by tile
mob which worked without hindrance
until its work was completed Before
the mob reached the negro district the
inhabitants were warned and fled
Whenever two or three negroes were
together they Aretahated .en the whites
with whatever came to hand. Some
} few shots were fired out most Of thcm
threw brickbats and other missiles
, wounding a number Of their pursuers
The entire district between Mason and
Jefferson streets and Ninth and Elov-
enth streets was wiped out
City IN Hands Of the Mob.
shortly before midnight the mob was
In complete control Of the city. Fishman's
pawn shop was broken into and guam
tity OF guns. pistols. knives and other
weapons seized. Armed with these the
angry citizens marched through the
streets chasing every negro in sight
While the riot ragged az It's worst Engene
w Chafn, Prohibition candidate foI
President was addressing a crowd IN
Court House Square. A negro chased by
the mob. broke through the crowd and
threw himself on the platform back OF
the speaker Mr.. Chain stepped 10 the
front and shouted stand back gentlemen
or III shoot any man who strikes thi.
person. With that he reached for his hir
pocket. Chain was struck on the side Of
the head with brick hurled from IN,
mob who thought the speaker was onl,
blufing. Chain was wep along in hii
speech but the incident broke up the
gathering The negro who sought protec
p ton finally made his escape after slash
y ing seevral white men with a knife.
r The following signed statement was IS
sued by Harry T. I.oper. proprietor Of th'
restaurant which was destroyed;
Il have been through one riot in Gin
cinnat, IN 80 the ughest In this county
- when one hundred men were killed. I
was 10 avoid loss OF life that / tool
those men out OF town l did not wan
TO favor the man; have no interest II
\ him whatever, and would 80 just as IA
to punish him as anybody. but after 20
ing through the Cincinnati riot and know
Z ing the sheriff as 1 did. knew he woul
be killed FIRST before he would let the ial
be taken thought / would save life b
removing the colored men. 1 only sho
into the crowd as long as / was In DER
y sonal danger myself
= SigneO Harry +. Loper."
u The mob in front Of Ioper's place &C
cused him Of shooting Louis johnson
. johnson was found in the barroom in N
J. basement