Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Crowd Wrecks a Pesthouse. [ARTICLE]

Crowd Wrecks a Pesthouse.

Incensed over the action of the Springfield (Ill.) health authorities in establishing a camp for smallpox sufferers in Reservoir park, one hundred men and boys living near the park invaded the place and demolished the camp. A riot call was sent into the police station, but before the arrival cf a detail of officers the rioters had decamped. No intimation, of the intention of the authorities to establish a camp in the park had been given, and the sudden appearance qf the tents created consternation among the residents of the neighborhood, which is in a populous part of the city and just across the street from the plant of the Illinois Watch company.