Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
RAGE WAR IN
 ILLINOIS CITY.
Mob Pmsues Negroes After
 Attack on Woman.
CANDIDATE CHAFIN HURT

Prohibitionist Leader Hit With Brick In Springfield Disturbanee-Houses of CoIored People Set on sire-Gov- ernor Orders Out Troops to Maintain Order Two Prisoners In Peril of Violence Spirited From Jail In an Automobile.
 Springfield. H.. Aug. 15.-A threat ening mob, bent on wrecking venge- ance on the negro inhabitants or Springfield because of an attack com mitted by a negro on white woman. ragged through the streets, beating ne groes and disregarding the soldiers of Troop B of the First cavalry ordered out by Governor Deneen to preserve order. The governor by telegraph or dered out two companes of militia and one troop of cavalry from Peoria. a troop of cavalry from Bloomington and also one from Pekin. These soldiers rushed to Springfield on special trains to assist the local troops in maintain ing order.
 Several houses of negroes in the east end were set afire. The fire companies were helpless to fight the blaze, as the rioters refused to allow the fire appara- tus to approach the burning houses.
 Eugene W. Chain, Prohibition pres idential candidate. was hit in the head with a brick and severely injured dur ing the mob's outburst.
 Negroes Attacked by Mob.
 Negroes in various parts of the town have been attacked by the mob, and in two instances the negroes have turned with considerable effect upon their assailants. In one mixup a trooper attempted to separate the con- batants and was nearly overwhelmed by the discrderly persons who were in pursuit of several negroes. A call for help brought several other cavalry men to the scene. but they were all disarmed and their guns were carried away by the rioters.
 Most of the members of Troop B of Taylorville are on guard around the jail, whence George Richardson. the negro who assailed Mrs. Hallam at her home. was removed to Bloomington and later taken to Peoria. The rioters. who gathered in front of the jail fol lowing the incarceration of Richard son, were enraged by the ruse prac- ticed by the sheriff in removing Rich ardson from the jail. A company of firemen was sent down the street in front of the jail in spectacular run attracting the attention of the crowd while Richardson and another negro charged with murder were stealthily taken from the jail across the Sanga. mon river and placed in train bound for Bloomington.
 White Man and His Son Shot.
 Finding that the negroes were gone, the mob amused itself for a time by footing negro resorts in East Wash. ington street The amusement of the rioters was tragedy for the negroes many of whom were roughly handled and beaten with pieces of their own furniture A white man and his son whose names were not ascertained by the police were shot and injured. sup posedly by negroes. This encounter further enraged the members of the mob, and they began general search for negroes wherever they could be found.
 The situation became so serious thai Governor Deueen sent hurried order' for extra troops. The local militia haC already been called out to prevent trou ble that was feared al that time.
 The Springfield militia after th' shooting of the two white men seemed powerless to control the rioters, ana when the automobile which had takeI the two prisoners from the jail to th, train across the river returned [, Springfield. driven by its owner. Ma jor Harry T. Loper. commissary of tn Second brigade, Illinois national guard a large number of the rioters assem- bled around the machine in front o Loper's restaurant.
 Boy Is Found Dead.
 Despite a guard of police and mem bers of the Fifth infantry with Gatling gun. the crowd wrecked tn restaurant tearing everything to piece inside, demolished LOpers autOmObil and set it afire. The fire departmen was summoned 10 extinguish the burn ing automobile. and another struggi ensued when the militiamen tried | drive back the ra5ble tO allow the fire men 10 play a hose on the fire Thre members Of the Calling gun squa' were injured during the melee. and in rioters took several guns from the sol diers. These captured guns were use, to finish wrecklng the restaurant When the mob reached the bottom 0 the stairway leading to the buffet 0 the restaurant they found the dea, body of Louis Johnson. fourteen year old. A dortor who examined the bod, hastily said the boy had been shot il the neck. where there was a wound but another doctor who came up late said that the boys death was due 10 broken neck.
 Chased Negro Kills Himself.
 Media. Pa. Aug. 15.-NoSeS Spence 6 negro. shot and killed himself a