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Show I VILLAGE OF ROMpO IS SCENE OF RIOT Negroes Attack Jail and Liberate Negress; Leader Is Killed. JOLIET, 111., 'Oct. 7t Fifty nefiroos and as many white people caused a riot in the village oi Borneo, near here, this afternoon when the negroes attacked the wooden jail and liberated Lula Gib-eon, Gib-eon, a negress, who had been arrested for drunkonness. In the fight ono negro was killed and the little nail was demolished. . The woman, found on the railroad tracks, had been removed to the nail, when James Winfiold, after calling out all the negro citizens, led an assault against the jail, which was defended bv James Hauscn, a village trustee, tflte negroes had succeeded in liberating liberat-ing the woman when Hauson opened fire. Winfield was killed. The negroes dispersed aftor calls for help had been sent to Jolici. The woman again was arrested. The jail was hastily rebuilt, and with the woman prisoner in it, was kept under a special guard. |