The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-21
Grand Jury At Springfield h. diets Two Alleged Mob [ead-
 CTS in Many Counts
BIG SCARE CREATED
 BY SHOOTING OF BOY
One of Principal Witnesses Against Negro Who Assaulted Mrs. Hallam Is Shot By Accident and He
 May Not Recover.

springfield, H., August 20.-Ten 1ndlct- ments against two of the alleged nioo leaders here were returned by the speciai grand fury of Sangamon county late to- dav. Six of these are against Abraham Ravmor and four are against Kate HOW ard. - Raymor is charged with murder, wlth malicious mischief, and one of the charges is rioting The charges against the Fo" ard woman are for malicious mschler and are identical with those against Ray mor on these counts.
 The murder charge against Raymor Is based upon his alleged participation In the lynching of William Dunnigan, the so-year r-old negro, who fell a victim to the mob's fury on Saturday night. Much of the evidence on which these were voted was secured by military court of inquiry which has been sitting under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel chipper- field of the First cavalry, and which to- day turned over to the states attorney the result of the Investigation.
 we secured enough evidence to indict 70 or 50 participants in last weeks riot ing" said Colonel Chipperfeld tonight .'We have practically a complete confess sion from Raymor and we have also discovered convincing evidence of arson on the part of former police officer of Springfield. The evidence is not only available for grand jury work, but it Is also of such character that convictions are almost bound to follow it's presenta- tion in court will stand sponsor for that statement
 Many Charges.
 The indictments against Raymor fol- low:
 One charging murder for participation in the lynching of William Dunnigan; one charging malicious mischief for the de- struction of property belonging to Harry I,oper to the value of $20,000; one charg- ing malicious mischief by the jury for defacing building owned by P W. Hart to the extent of 5000; one under the riot act for the destruction of the Loper res- taurant; one under the riot act for de- facing the Hart property, and one plain case of riot and failure to disperse at the command of the sheriff. The first five indictments charge penal offenses with penalties upon conviction ranging from one year to life imprisonment The sixth is punishable by fine or Imprisonment in the county jail.
 The Howard woman is charged with participation in the footing of the Loper restaurant, and also with aiding in the wrecking of the building. She was at liberty on $4000 bail, but Judge Creighton issued a bench warrant for her and set the new bond at $10,000.
 Another Scare.
 There was some excitement tonight over report that Rolla Keys, IT years old, who testified before the special grand jury when that body in dicted George Richardson for an al- legged assault on Mrs. Mabel Hallam, had been shot by friends of the accused negro. Before the rumor had time to spread far. however, it was learned that the shooting was accidental, the wound having been inflicted by bullet from revolver belonging to com panion of Keys. The boy Is so serious ly injured that he may not recover.
 According to the story first told by Keys companions Harold Mclaughlin, IA years old and Chester Brown, 16 years old, the bullet struck Keys while he was fishing in the Sangamon river near the city water works They as- serted they had left him for a few mo- ments and that when they returned they found him wounded. This version was posted on newspaper bulletin boards about the city and crowds begal to collect. The excitement was in- creased when the police ordered the re- moval of the notices as the act was interpreted as an attempt to conceal the facts.
 When the fresh bulletins appeared, however, and the true story of the af- fair became known the excitement gradually subsided.
 Boys Confess.
 Parental influence caused Mclaughlin and Brown to confess the facts. The formers father found the pistol with the only loaded chamber discharged in the buggy in which the boys had driven to the water works. When con fronted with this evidence the son ad- tmitted that he was holding the re- volver when it was discharged. He could not explain how the revolver was discharged and said that the boys con- cealed the first story because they were frightened.
 Keys stood by his companions after they had brought him to the hospital here and told Dr. Munson who at tended him. the false version agreed on during the drive back to town. The physician found that the bullet had pierced Keys breast and ranged up- ward into the upper lung.
 Because of the excitement caused by the first reports of the accident pre- cautions were taken by Co.'s. Moriarity and Foreman in command of the two military sections of the city to pre- vent the gathering of crowds. The members of the patrol were also in structed to spread the true version of the accident and tc arrest any person discovered counselling violence to ne Rroes. The occurrence caused fresh