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Springfield M a blgodfhirsfy mob.
bent oI ~rsakinz N.uAeaHcu on The
a.ers inhabitants oi Springfield. be-
cans. of an assault committed FRIDAY
sv a negro oB a hite ~eBsssH. started
throaxh the streets friday night heai.
Bs negroes and disTs esraiH2 the spi
eiers ol 1roep B. fIrst cavalry, or
dered cat by Governor Daueen 20 pre-
serve order.
The governor by Telegraph ordered
cut two companies OF militia aud one
irOop of cavalry from Peoria and
troop of cavalry each from BiooIuins
t0u and fekEn-
Nesroos in various parts of town
nave been attacked ~ the mob and in
two Instances the negroes have turned
with considerahie effect upon their
assailants.
la one mixup a trooper attempted
to separate the cpmbstants and was
nearly overwhelmed by those IN pur-
sUit of several negroes. A call Tor help
brought several other Nalrs men 20
the scene. bat they we're all disarmed
aud their guns carried away by the
rioters
Most Of the members OF Troop Of
Tayloryiils were placed GA guard
around the jail whence George Rich
ardsan. tho negro who is alleged 40
have assaiied Mrs. Earl Hallam, was
removed in the evening to Blooming
+ ton.
/ The rioters who had gathered In
front of the Jail following the incarcer
alton of Richardson we're enraged by
the ruse practiced by the sheriff In re
moving him.
Finding that the negroes were gone,
the mob amused itself foT a time by
looting negro resorts In East Washing.
ton street The amusement ot the
rioters was tragedy for the negroes.
many of whom were roughly handled
and beaten with pieces OF their own
furniture.
In protecting a negro. Eugene W.
Chafin. candidate for President ON the
\ Prohibition ticket, was struck on the
head with a brick.
On Saturday, with one more victim
added TO the roll of fatally injured in
the race riots which began here Fri
day night. Springfield spent the night
in anxiety.
Apprehension OF more serious trou-
BILE was modified, but not stilled by the
presence of 1900 national guardsmen
from various parts of the state under
command of MajorGeneral Young, L.
y. c.
SATURDAY. nights victim of race pre-
judice was an aged negro. William
Donigan. Donigan was cobbler and
respected as a simple and inoffenslve
citizen. His shop was within two
blocks of the state house.
II In the absence of a patrol a mob set
fire to the shop and the venerable ne
gro WAS compelled by the smoke to
run into the street. His appearance
was greeted by a shower of stones and
bricks. As he staggered under the
fusillade. he was seized and his throat
cut. A rope was then run through the
wound and the victim bound to a tree.
There he was found later. unconscious
and all but dead. Doctor Tuttle, who
dressed the wound. reported that death
was matter of hours.
A witness to the firing Of the shop
turned in an alarm but when the fire
men appeared the blaze was out. II
/ had not gained enough headway and
had been extinguished by some of the
/ cooler headed members Of the mob.
A crowd gathered and threatened to
storm the state armory, but was dis
/ persed.
General Young was kept busy an
while he thought he had control of the
situation. asked the governor for more
/ troops.
When General Young heard of the
! Donigan affair. two companies Of in
/ fantry and troop of cavalry were
! rushed to the scene. and at their ap
/ proach the crowd ran helter-skelter
] down the street and dispersed in all di
/ rections when they reached the Capi-
! tol grounds Six arrests were made
Coincident with the attack on Doni
gan, less serious disturbance oc-
/ CURED in front of the new state ar
mory. A crowd gathered and threat
! ened to storm the place wherein were
sheltered a number of negro refugees
Two companies of the fourth infan-
/ try and Troop h Of the cavalry came
/ on the scene quick and charged the
l crowd with bayonets leveled As in
l the previous event, the mob fled pre-
/ cipitately at the sight of cold steel and
| the business-like appearance of the
/ men in khaki
4 Soon troops had 10 be sent to Camp
I Lincoln. where a large number of ne
I eroes were sheltered. and the negroes
[ were brought TO the arsenal A company
was sent TO Spaulding. seven miles out,
] TO protect colored miners.
Governor Deneen responded TO Gen
/ eral Youngs call for troops by calling
out the Second regiment of Chicago
and ordering the Fighting Seventh"
of that city to hold itself in readiness