Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-08-17
ALL QUIET IN
SPRINGFIELD
City Is Under Martial Law With
5000 Soldiers on Duty

who held the city in a reign OF ter
ror ever since last Friday. Martial
, law has been declared and the city
is entirely in charge Of the soldiers
who have orders to make an i'm
mediate attack should an outbreak
be made By the rioters. The city
Is quiet, save for the tramp of squads
of soldiers and the cIank OF their
arms as they constantly patrol the
streets. The authorities now believe
that they have the situation fully
under control. and that no further
depredations or acts OF violence will
be committed, but the mood of the
rioters is still a revengeful and
angry one. and we're it not for the
fact of the presence of the soldiers,
the horrible scenes of the evening
and day of Friday would be repeated.
and there are those who still enter
tain apprehensions, in spite of the
presence Of the troops, that a new
outbreak may come at any time. but
this is not believed will occur under
the present circumstances. The gov
ernor has ordered the summoning
of special grand jury and it will be
convened tomorrow. The first mat
ter that the grand jury will be called
upon to investigate and consider will
be the case of George Richardson,
who 1t is alleged caused the riot by
committing an assault upon the per-
son of Mrs. Karl HaIlam, wife of
street car man. Richardson still
maintains his innocence of the crime
and states that when the matter
comes up for consideration before
the grand jury, that he will be able
to prove an alabi. Richardson, after
he was spirited away from Spring
field by the sheriff in the automo-
bile of Harry Lopez, the restaurant
owner, has been incarcerated in the
jail at Bloomington. When the
grand jury cOnvenes, in the event
that the authorities should decide to
hear what evidence he may have to
submit in his behalf. it will be nee
essary to bring him to this place,
and by many it is feared that his
presence in the city may have a bad
effect on the rioters, and cause
another outbreak, but in the event
that it should, it would be easily
suppressed by the large force of
troops
After the disposal of the Richard
son case. the grand jury will take
up the work or ascertaining as to
whom were responsible for the riot,
and the destruction of property and
human life that followed in its wake.
The first case that will be inyesti-
gated will be that of Abraham Ryan,
Russian Jew. who has confessed
that he was one of the members of
the mob that set fire to the bust
ness establishment of an aged negro
nahled William Dagen. and as he
sought to escape from the FIRE
doomed building. seized him and cut
his throat. 1t is expected that Ryan
will reveal to the state authorities
much evidence that will be of value
in Identifying other members who
took leading part in the mob, and
the authorities now express the hope
Of being able to apprehend all the
leaders. and are determined to see
to it that the law is strictly in
voked against them for their acts of
lawlessness. and that they pay the
penalty afixed by it.
The negrOs are leaving the city in
large numbers and those who leave
behind them friends and relatives.
who we're made victims of the mob,
and lost at its hands all of their
property. will forever carry in their
minds vivid reeolieeuons OF the hOr-
rors enacted on Friday night and the
day following.
II was learned today that Dagan.
the old negro lynehed by & mob.
was a bookmaker for Abraham Lin
coin prior to his leaving Springfield
for Washington. General Palmer.
the nominee in 1896 Of the gold wing
standard OF the democratic party was
also one Of the negro's customers.