Show JEROS lancho BY MOB I 1 race riot in capital of illinois results in four deaths and injury of many participants despite the presence Pre tence of militia th hornet homes of negroes are burned to the ground and colored men subjected to torture springfield III iwo 10 while men were more killed and on om negro was vas lynch aed ed more than halt half a hundred bundred persons persona were vere injured and two tuo becore of houses mostly occupied by were burned fridae night as the result of an aa attempt by a mob to 1 h a ni lu gre who ho had bad a white bite woman after a night of riot arson and slaughter the state troops called out by tho the governor succeeded early barly sat arday in restoring a semblance 0 of or der one thousand militiamen in eluding three companies from rom this city nad and companies from do batur berkla and pontiac were alt bt t patrolling the streets despite the presence of the troops another victim was as added to the he listi list on saturday night wh wb n william don igan an aged waa sas killed doni don i ran gan was mas a cobbler and tealo ct d as a simple and citizen ills ilia shop waa within two blocks of the house in the absence of a la ia arol the mob s ag t fire to tan tb shop chop andl and the venerable nero negro was waa coin plied by the smoke to un tin into the street ap learance wai orated ri eted by a shower of stones and abrl km hw and as he stag i undo r th fusillade he was mas d and his throat cut A rope was v ap then run through the wound and the ilcisin bound to a treo tree there he wits waa found later unconscious and deving the rioting was precipitated by tin an assault committed by a upon mrs airs mabel wife mite of a street i car conductor while bile the thai woman oman i slept alone in her home on a populous lotas residence street awaiting the ledurn of her husband the man broke Intal the house dragged her into the rear aard ard and assaulted her before noon georgo george a oung negro was nas arrested bs the sheriffs force charged nith the crime the victim partially identified the prisoner crowds quickly gathered about the jail but richardson was waa spirited away to bloomington for safo safe kchop ing balked of their Q ar prey the members of the mob wrecked wreaked vengeance upon a restaurant keeper who had bad asri assisted sted in spiriting anay the suspected negro by completely wrecking hla biz roots ur ant find and imming burning his automobile le at johnson john son a white boy aged 17 mas aa killed allied during the rioting att at the res caurant tau rant after buining many houses in the he negro quarter the inoa which became becam 0 more and more despe itte ate as the night passed finally gratified gratl fled its thirst for blood when charley hunter it negro was waa lyer lynched lied t the corner of twelfth and madison streets right in the hear of the district called bad lands troops arrived at the ilip scene too lite into to prevent the Inch lunching lynching lyn ching lux some of cf the members of the mob declare that the negro lynched had shot two white men inen george richardson the negro i charged with the assault which led to I 1 tho ithe fearful rioting denies his bis guilt j and do declares clares he can prove an alibi vath the alrh arrival a here on sunday ot 01 the second and seventh infantry mens mena I 1 N 0 and two squadrons of the tha larot cavalry all from chicago the entire national druard ur or illinois with the exception of the sixth in fantry and the lighth infantry cot col ored Is on duty in the riot rIdden dis brict in all 4 guardsmen guardsman guards men are la in tho the city sunday passed without any violent demonstrations and although altho large crow crowds da thronged thron ged tho the streets they were mostly curiosity and were easily handled by the tha soldiers Bold lers |