Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-06
Five Thousand :! foreigners
Driven From West
Frankfort by Mob.
TORCH APPLIED TO
SEVERAL. HOMES
Five Persons Killed and Scores In
jured-Mob at Its Height Numbered
4.0oO-Murder Of Two Boys Be-
lieved to Have Led to Attacks On
Foreisners-MiIitia On Scene and
Order is Restored.
BY Associated Press.

by Associated fTeSS.
West Frankfort, ILL.,, Aug. 6.-Fol-
lowing a night of rioting, In which
five persons are believed to have
been killed and scores injured, COM
parative quiet was restored here to-
day. Approximately 5000 foreigners.
against whom the rioters directed
their attack, had left town, and this.
coupled with the arrival Of 150 mil
itiamen Of the Ninth Illinois infan-
try, tended to bring about, order.
A number Of homes were burned
and a pool hall was wrecked. The
mob, at it's height. numbered about
1000 men. Foreigners fled in all di-
rections, taking what articles they
could with them. ~.
The rioting proper got under way
shortly after 10 o'clock last might
and continued until nearly daybreak.
At times the mob, split up in Sec
tions, and it was reported that some
divisions of the mob drove foreign
ers into nearby woods. What fol-
lowed could not be learned. The
homes of many foreigners were fired
and the residents were dubbed and
mauled as they emerged from the
burning buildings to escape death
from incineraton.
Troops arrived shortly before 8
o'clock today. The miiitiamen were
| under command OF Maj. w. E. Sat
terfield, of Mount Vernon.
Double Killing Causes Riot.
knowledge, possessed by two lads
fconcerning the methods and identity
of postoffice And bank robbers who
terrcrized southern Illinois last fall.
is believed by police to be the mo-
1 tive for their murder near Royalton,
zone mile from here.
The bodies Of Tony Hemphill, II,
and Amiel Calcaterera, 10, were found
| in the woods in shallow graves COW
cred with rubbish A hunter discov-
cred the corpses. Their throats had
been slashed and their faces mu-
tilated.
Both youths were heard to say re-
Gently that they knew important
facts about the series of crimes
which netted band of robbers more
than $325,000 late in 1919. Author
tiles in the coal regions here and
about Marion declare the boys were
slain to silence them.
Mob Raids Marion Jail.
While the coroner and police were
investigating the scene of the double
murder a mob Of more than 200 men
surrounded the county Jail at Marion
and demanded the surrender of Set
tino de Sesnis, held in connection
with the crime.
The prisoner was spirited away by
deputies to another jail in this par,
Of the state. The mob dispersed, bu,
threatened to return and wreck. the
Jail later. Guards have been placed
about the building.
Members of the families of the two
victims assert that warnings haG
been received that harm would be.
fall the youths if they persisted II
talking about the robberbes. Th<
families thought the threats related
to kidnapping and disregarded them.
Black Hand Also Suspected.
Another theory regarding the mur.
Fders is that members Of the Black
Hand, said to exist among the for.
eigners in the coal zones, believed
the boys were aware Of the names o,
criminals involved in other crimes
and feared their disclosures.
| statewide search is now under
way to apprehend persons who ma,
. be able to shed some light on the
slayings.
More Troops Called.
A1tho West Frankfort was ouie
today after night of wild rioting
Maj. Wilbur Satterfield, In charge
Of militiaman here, this Afternoon
telegraphed Adjudant General Dick.
SON for 500 additional troops. Major
Saotterfield expressed the relief tha,
the rioting might be renewed at an,
minute.
tions Of the town principally inhabit.
ed by those Of foreign birth, and In.
structed to protect the propert,
abandoned by the fugitives.
Emphatic instructions that al
crowds be dispersed immediatel,
were given the militiamen.
witnesses to the rioting declared
that foreigners were beaten into IN
sensibility by the infuriated mob
Many were trampled upon. A pho
tographer who attempted to taxi
pictures Of the scene was kicked t,
death. Several women were hit b!