Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-17
RACE WAR NOW
THING OF THE PAST
Continued from page one.)

whose alleged attack on Mrs. Hallam
started Friday nights outbreak. IS IN
the arsenal. He was threatened py
a crowd when driving team in the
outskirts of town yesterday but Wnlp-
ped up his horses and escaped.
Rumors that A. Raynor, the ST Louis
man who was arrested for alleged par
ticpation in the lynching of william
Donnegan on Saturday night, had con-
fessed could be only partially Verlied
today. Raynor denies that he was
concerned in the actual killing of Don
negan, saying that he was across the
street when this took place. lie gave
the police the names of several others
who. he declared. were guilty of par
ticipation in the outrage. None OF
these persons is known, however. Ray
nor and Kate Howard, the latter ac-
cused of participating In the wreckmg
of I.oper's restaurant are the only
prisoners against whom the ponce
claim to have damaging evidence.
Kate Howard, who has been released
on bail, told the police she entered the
restaurant merely for the purpose OF
getting souvenirs
The police are meeting with the usual
difficulty in their attempts to discover
the leaders OF the riot Every person
arrested asserts that he or she was
present merely as a spectator and the
prisoner can always produce several
friends to substantiate this claim. Then
there is the plea of the patrolmen that
| they could not recognize" any of the
| rioters.
Gov. Deneen who has been working
| almost necessarily night and day. was
| up at a. m. today, ready for the days
| work Before noon he visited the re-
| fugees and listened to their stories of
| distress He had a word of encour-
| agement for each.
The Seventh regiment has not Sc
cured any camping ground as yet be-
ing still bivouacked along the curbing
| of the Second street side of the
| arsenal.
CAN'T IDENTIFY ASSAULTER.
Chicago, Aug. IA dispatch to the
| Tribune from Bloomington Ill, says;
Mrs Earl Hallam, victim of the at
| tack in Springfield which started the
| race war, is in doubt about the iden-
| tity of her assailant In an interview,
| she declared that she was uncertain
| whether Richardson, who is now IN
! prison in Bloomington is the guilty
| man.
She says, however, that she Is all
| most certain that he is the man ana
| his general features support her pc
| lief. but in the darkness which pre-
| vailed she could not discern the
negroes features sufficiently to positive
Nv identity him. She will say moth
| ing more than that he looks some
| thing like the man.
Mrs. Hallam's greatest concern now
IS over the race war which resulted
| from her misfortune. Although her-
salf probably the most pitiful sufferer
from the affair, she shows genuine re-
rret over the general bloodshed ana
| destruction and says that she Wonu
| rather die herself than to have been
| Inc indirect cause of the carnival or
| crime.
Chicago. Aug. IA dispatch TO the
| Record Herald from Springfield lll'
| says: a.
| alleged attacker OF Mrs. Hallam, ana
| one OF the negroes spirited out OF
| Springfield before the rioting reached
| an acute state, that he could prove an
| alibi in the accusation against hlm' Is
| generally credited here.
II Is said by reliable persons VINO
| have investigated the matter not only
| Richardson's wife but a number of his
| neighbors, white as we'll as black, are
| prepared to swear that he was at home
! until late in the evening OF the night
| of alleged outrage, and that he could
not well have been intoxicated, as was
claimed by Mrs. Hallam in her state
| ment of the affair
Mrs. Richardson, who bears an eN-
| celont reputation among her ac-
! uuaintances regardless of their col
| or. has stated that she is prepared to
| swear her husband was at home the
| entire night OF the alleged assault.
| Neighbors are ready to take oath that
he sat peacefully at home on the front
| porch the entire evening.
COLoRED LAW AND ORDER
|.
Chicago. Aug. ia law and order
| league, composed of negro residents of
| the south side. to stamp out lawlessness
| and crime, in the BLACK Belt" of Chi
| cago and to prevent any such happen
ings as have marked the last two days
| in Springfield. will be formed tomor-
row night at a mass meeting In the
| African Methodist Episcopal church.
The decision to form such an organ
ization was taken yesterday as the re-
| suit of a stirring appeal by the Rev. II.
| L. Stewart, pastor of the church.
"'rhe bad and lawless element of the
negro race always has and will con-
| tlnue to affect the element vastly more
| than the lawless element of the White
| will affect that race" the preacher said.
our people are Judged by the worst
| element Of our race and unless we rise
ana condemn and fight against this
lawless element we viii he rightly
| judged.
I'm the trouble at Springfield, We
| are apt, perhaps, to condemn the
whites. But we must accept our
share Of responsibility We should
| form an organization, law and order
league. or a good citizens' league. to
rid our community OF negro lawbreak-
ers. We do not want the impression
spread broadcast that our people har-
Dor the criminal of our race, and we
| must act I'm our own defense and in
defense of the future good name OF our
people"
COLORED REFUGEES
Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 17,--Crowds
of colorcd refugees from Springfield
are coming to- Bloomington for shelter
among people of their own race. Most
of them walked long distances and
also have been helped through by
crows OF the interurban lines Many
arc penniless and all their possessions
are carried IN small bundles.
A movement has been started 10
| rive thom assistance.