The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-20
-FOUR DEAD AND
FIFTY INJURED
AWFUL RESULT OF RACE RIOT
IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
TROOPS ARRIVE THIS MORNING
Soldiers Fired Three voIIies Before
Mob Was Dispersed - Firemen
Were Then Permitted to Ex-
tingush Flames.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-Four dead
and over fifty injured is the result OF
last nights race rioting here. Every
thing is quite today. Soldiers arrived
at two-thirty this morning and soon
quelled the trouble. The soldiers
protected the firemen who immediate
ly extinguished the flames. BY four
O'Clock this morning normal conditions
prevailed. All saloons will remain
closed all day.
In addition to Loper's restaurant
thirty places of business occupied by
negroes were torn to pieces. The
negro locality resembles the result
The mob had started to invade the
colony of more espectable blacks
when their rampage was stopped by
the troops. Two volleys were hre,
into the air and the third aimed toward
the crowd. Five fell and most of them
porter at the hotel, shot and kill
ed a white man named Hayes who was
watching the fire. The mob seized
Burton and strung nlm to tree. The
mobs work was done in a systematic
way. Firemen were informed if they
attempted to extinguish blaze in the
negro houses the hose would be cut
The firemen were not molested in ex
tinguishing the flames in houses be
longing to white people.
More Troops Enroute.
Gov. Deenen ordered the entire First
Regiment of the Illinois National
Guards, composed exclusively of Chi,
cago companies and the Fourth Regi.
mcHt composed of Northern illinois
companies to the scene. The remain
ing companies OF the Fifth regiment
which had been held in readiness are
also enroute. This action was taken
before it was seen what quieting eff.
feet the presence of troops had,
Sheriff Werner feared he might be
short of troops on Saturday and Sun
day and wished to be prepared. No
5 more trouble is expected. During the
tdemolishing of his restaurant Lopez
sat in the far end smoking a cigar
with rifle across his knee. He did
1 not shoot until the more venturesome
started to enter, and the crowd called
Lopez, the niger lover" ra
The plans were made today by the
governor to provide negroes whose
homes were destroyed. The State ar
senal will be utilized and tents pro
yided for the homeless. The troops
marched double quick upon their ar
rival at the burning district. There
they quickly restored order, The
troops are quartered at camp Lincoln
Thomas Foley, aged forty, was shot
in the abdomen. An unknown white
man is lying in the hospital here. lie
is shot above the heart.
The Lynching of Hunter.
Loper's loss is estimated at $4,000
The lynching of Burton was the most
atrocious act of the night. Early In
the evening Hunter was accused OF
shooting Hayes, but escaped. He was
found at home. bystander saw BIZ
ton and deliberately fired at the ne
gro, who fell into the house. Three
more shots were fired when a crowd
gathered and removed Burton, who
was still alive, into the yard. His
misery was ended by two shots. A
rope was put about his neck and they
around the corner and swung him to
a limb. Burton's face was covered
with blood. Boys played with the
corpse, swinging it back and forth
against the building. w. H. Bowen
young clerk in the county treasurer's
Office, is dying at ST. Johns hospital
as the result of shooting by gang OF
negroes, who pushed him early in the
morning. After shooting down Bowe
the negroes robbed him of a diamond
ring, a diamond stud and all OF his
money.
Assault Starts Riot.
The rioting was precipitated by an
atrocious assault committed i'm the
morning by negro upon Mrs. Mabel
Hallam, wife of a street railway en-
ploye. While the woman slept, alone
in her home on populous residence
street, dNdlLlHS inc IetuTii VI Hcl nus
band, the man broke into the house,
dragged her into the rear yard and
assaulted her.
Before noon George Richardson, a
young negro, with a penitentiary rec
ord was arrested by the sheriff's force,
charged with the crime. The victim
partially identified the prisoner.
Crowds quickly gathered about the
jail, but Sheriff Werner's force and
the police were able to preserve order
until nightfall without difficulty.
Prisoner Spirited Away.
Shortly after o'clock a successful
ruse was worked by the authorities
and Richardson was spirited away to
safety. With the assembled crowds
held at bay by the officers, a false run
by the fire department temporarily
drew the attention of the crowd, dur
ing which instant the prisoner was
whisked down an adjoining alley and
at the first corner was pushed into an
automobile owned by Harry T. Lopez,
n restaurant keeper, who had been
sworn in as deputy sheriff.