Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — THIRTY DAYS FOR RAYMER [ARTICLE]

THIRTY DAYS FOR RAYMER

Alleged Leader of Race Riot Mobs Denied a New Trial. Springfield, 81., Dec. 29.—Motion for a new trial in the case of Abraham Raymer, alleged leader of the race riot mobs, was overruled and Raymer sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay a fine of $25. He was convicted of larceny in the stealing of the sword of Major Otis Duncan when Duncan’s house was looted and burned.