The Detroit times., 1908-08-15
FIVE MEN KILLED
IN SPRINGFIELD,
ILL.,, RACE WAR
MOB, MAppENEo BY NEGRo's AT.
TACK ON WHITE WOMAN, Pill.
LACE AND LYNcH-cANDIDAT
e. w. CHAFiN INJURED.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Aug. 15.-Five
persons are said TO be dead in a
race war. and II is thought perhaps
dozen others were slain and their
bodies hidden away by friends.
AT 2:30 this morning the militia. or
dered out by Gov. Deneen, fired vol
ley into the mob. which was putting
the torch to Negro houses in the Bad
Lands"
The known dead:
q. j. SCOTT, shot by stray bullet.
LOUIS JOHNSON. shot through
abdomen.
CHARLES Id. HUNTER. Negro.
lynched.
The wounded
Angelo Aliganina, shot through right
arm on street: Albert Bireling. shot
though the left hip during street
rioting; T.. F. Brinkman. struck In the
head with brick; Alex. Betwinis, sa-
loonkeeper. struck with bricks and
stones. badly injured; John Brownell.
militiaman, one hand badly slashed:
Patrolman Campbell, hit in back with
stones; r. w. Chain. Prohibition can
didate for president. hit in the face
with bricks; Oscar Dahlkamp. police
man. hit over right eye with brick dur
ing rioting at Loeper's; Robert Dahl
kamp. colored. beaten by mob. condi-
ton critical; Harry o. PAIRING. mem
be OF Calling gun section OF Fifth in.
fantry. shot In the head while de-
Tending Loeper's restaurant; K. L.
Sturgis, waiter i'm I.oeper's cafe cut
IA oil I'll
Steiger, pitcher for Springfield ball
team. shot In the leg.
The Bloomington. Decatur. Peoria
and Pekin companies of the Illinois
National guard arrived shortly after
the last clash between the local mill
tiamen and the rioters. They were
Immediately sent to the bad Lands"
10 aid in breaking up the crowds
which were wrecking and firing the
disreputable houses
Blood Thirst Gratifed.
After burning many houses, the
remnant OF the mob. which became
more and more desperate as the night
passed, finally gratified its thirst for
blood this morning at o'clock when
Charles III. Hunter, Negro. was
Iynched al the corner of Twelfth and
Madison-sts.. right in the heart of the
Bad Lands"
Troops arrived ar the scene too late
TO prevent the lynching. Some OF the
members OF the mob declared that the
Negro lynched had shot two white
men. They said that. in fight with
the whites. the Negro was forced into
corner at the saloon and grocery on
the corner of Twelfth and Madison.
When retreat was cut off. the Negro
is said TO have opened fire. wounding
two.
Then came the cry: Get the rope"
All the members OF the mob eager
ly took up The cry. The Negro was
caught and dragged to the street. Here
he was beaten and shot five times
and then rope was swung around
his neck and the other end of the
rope thrown over the limb of the
tree right in front OF the store With
cry OF satisfaction from the mob,
the Negro was swung high of the
ground He was dead in a few mo.
ments.
Troops Arrive on Scene.
Just then the Decatur troops ar
rived. Two volleys were fired over
the heads of the lynchers. The order
was given by Col. Wells, Fifth Infan.
try, in command. TO dispense. With
reluctance some of the members OF
the mob began TO back away
All this turmoil grows out OF an
attempt To lynch q Negro who had
assaulted a white woman. The Me-
gro. was spirited out or town, and
the mob. baked in its vengeance. i'm
mediately turned on the man who
loaned his automobile TO the author
tiles TO enable them 10 convey the
Negro to a place OF safety.
This was the spark that started the
riot.
Early in, the stage of rioting, all
saloons and disorderly houses In the
city were closed by the mayor. and
the militiamen did their best TO pre-
vent the collecting of any crowds in
the streets.
Their efforts were futile, however.
They would dispense crowd In one
neighborhood and Immediately it
would reassemble in another.
When at a. m. the burning OF
Negroes houses began, the blacks
retaliated by shooting from the upper
stories OF the houses in the neigh
borhood where the tourch was APP
piled A number OF persons were hit
during these fusillades and were car
ried away by their friends before
their identity was discovered.
Attacked White Woman.
The melting cause OF the trouble
was an assault made Friday night. on
Mrs Earl Hallam. wife of street
car conductor. The attack occurred
In her home In one OF the most thick
Is populated residence districts or the
north part OF the city.
Mrs. uallam, whose husband works
AT night was dragged from her bed
at midnight by Negro. who then car
RED her into a garden I'm the rear of
the house, where he assaulted her.
This was the last straw for the
whites OF the city, the hatred against
the blacks having been smoldering
since month ago. when Clergy A.
Ballard was slain I'm his home by
Negro. who. Il Is said had entered
the Ballard home I'm an attempt TO
assault MIR. Billiards. young daughter.
Early this morning Geo. Richard
son. negro. was arrested for the
assault upon Mrs. IIallam and placed
I'm the city Jail with JOS. James, who
was accused OF the Ballard murder.
Mutterincs OF mob violence began
soon after the Richardson identified
ton ~ the woman and a great CROWD