Arizona republican., 1918-04-06
INVESTIGATION IF
 LYNCH|NC DELAYED
 AWAITING INQUEST
LRepubIican A. p. Leased wirel

COLLINSVILLE, H., April b. Formal investigation of the death of Robert T. Proeger, who last night was hanged following charges of disloyalty, will not be made until next Monday, when Roy A. Lowe, coroner of Madison county, will hold an inquest over the body. At that time representatives of the state attorney general and the ad- jutant general will be present, prepared to carry forward any measures deemed necessary to apprehend those who par ticipated in the hanging.
 Announcement to this effect came tonight when Governor Lowden. At torney General Brundage and United States District Attorney Knott, at Springfield, H., had issued statements deploring the act and asking that the guilty parties be prosecuted.
 Mayor J. II. Siegel of Collinsville, declared he would launch no investiSa- tion on his own accord, but that he stood ready to cooperate with state and county officials. In a statement is sued tonight he asserted he had tele- graphed today to Senator Overman. chairman of the senate judiciary com- mittee. urging immediate passage of | the law imposing a severe penalty on disloyalty. It is his opinion, he says, that the violence of last night was the result of a neglect by the federal gov ernment to furnish this penalty.
 | We arrested a man charged with | disloyalty last Sunday" he declared, 'but because of insufficient evidence | under the present law We were unable to hold him. The crowd last night eNi- dently believed that another disloyal- ist was about to escape and took the matter in their own hands. This de- plorable act merely emphasizes the necessity for a drastic law to apply in such cases"
 A day of investigation by county of ficials resulted in no arrests and none is anticipated until after the inquest Monday, according to Coroner Lowe. So far as can be learned tonight the action of the mob was precipitous and no person as yet has stated concrete l instances of disloyalty by Praeger. It is known that he registered as an en- emy alien at the office of the United States marshal in St. Louis on June 27 last, giving his occupation as baker. He asked for a permit to enter all barred zones to seek employment. The permit was granted. It was also dis covered that he registered for the army draft on June last and that in April
 1917, he caused the arrest of a man on l dlly HIS dS- sert he was radical in his views on so-
 cialism but that when the United
 States entered the war he declared he
 was "all for America
 The mob idea had it's inception, ii was said tonight. in saloon on the
 outskirts of the city where miners
 from Maryville and Collinsville gath cred. Many of the men were foreigners who understood little English. and it is believed the remarks of Praeger were magnified with tragic result.
 Rumors that supplies of powder haG
 been hoarded in a mine by Praeger and
 that in his home were found numerous
 discriminating maps also were denied
 tonight by the authorities. Praegei
 was unmarried and so far as known
 has no relatives in this country. He was born in Dresden, Germany. and
 came to the United States in 1905.