Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 183, 16 August 1908 — Page 1

RICHMONB PAXXABFUM

H AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TOL. XXXIII. KO. 183. RICHMOND, IND., SUNDAY 3IORXIXG, AUGUST 1G, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS.

SUING OF BLOOD RED

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fAged Negro Dragged From His Home and Murdered by a Howling Mob of Infuriated Men In Front of Arsenal Where Soldiers Are Stationed, Still Another Negro's Body Found Swinging to Tree Riddled With Bullets

THE CITY TREMBLES AT VENGEANCE SWORN

SEVERAL HUNDRED WHITE MEN TAKE VOW EARLY IN 1 EVENING TO EXTERMINATE ENTIRE COLORED POPULATION OF SPRINGFIELD INCLUDING THE COLORED WOMEN AND GIRLS AND CITY QUAKES.

POLICE AND MILITIA IN DISORDER

1 LACK OF SUPPORT OF LAW OF LYNCHING DISMAY BAND OF LYNCHERS ERAL TROOPS.

MOBS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE . CITY

I Twenty Different Bands of Desperate Men Bent on Avenging Assault of White Woman, Now Working Troops Defied and Slurred Another White Woman Attacked Negroes Slay One White.

, Springfield. 111., Aug. 15 As the blood red prairie sun sunk tonight into the fields of waving corn that hedge 'about this city, where lie bones ! of him who said "with charity for all I and with malice toward none," the ; people trembled with terror and all arm. And well they might, for the day that had succeeded the first awful night war between the negro and white man, had brought with It the S threat of terrible vengeance, more ter rible far, than the vengeance that had already cost three human lives and the shooting and maming of several scores of men, the burning of half a hundred houses, the wrecking and looting of a dozen places of business and resulting In the lynching of a cringing, cowering black man in bright glare burning homes in full j view of helpless women and children j who were fleeing before drunken i angry mob. .' The things that struck such fear to 5 the hearts of all who heard it was no ; less than the vow of several hundred J white men to exterminate the whole ! negro population of Springfield and to J viBlt upon the negro woman and negro ) girls the same fiendish brutality that Mrs. Mabel Hallam had suffered at ; the hands of George Richardson, a j burly negro. It was to be carnival of murder rapine and the darkness of :, night was to cover and muffle the sights, sounds of whole dreadful slaughter. That's why no tired eye will sleep In Springfield tonight anA why hundreds of negroes have been fleeing from the city during all of this day. That Is why. also, that the governor has ordered the First infantry regiment to hasten here from Chicago and still another regiment, the Fourth Infantry, to speed here as fast as special trains will bring them. The anxious official heads were in close conference this afternoon trying hard very hard, to prevent the threatened blow. Sheriff Charles Werner, who is in supreme command, Assistant Adjutant General Richlngs J. Shand in command of the military. Chief of Police Willber Morris and Mayor Roy Reece have been planning and scheming how they can check or suppress the dreaded occurrence If it should begin and early this evening it was an- , nounced that drastic action had been ' decided upon as the only safeguard against the frightful scene. City Closed Up. On the proclamation by the mayor and Sheriff Werner and the request of the Chamber of Commerce, Springfield closed up tight at 6 o'clock this evening. Not in twenty years has Springfield been as dark as it is tonight. At Fifth and Monroe streets the main transfer intersection of the city, the three drug stores used by people waiting for cars, are dark tot night, the first time In a quarter of a century. Other stores have closed al- , so. Many of them have not even IIi luminated their windows. A barber . j shop here and there Is open and res

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ANOTHER NIGHT'S CARNIVAL OF

CRIME

BYJROOPS AND SUCCESS LAW'S PROTECTORS - ONE CAPTURED BY THE FED-

taurants and hotels are the only places where any one may stop. Hotel clerks and managers are doing the work of the negro porters about their hotels. All the hotels employed colored help in these capacities. This morning when they showed up for work the proprietors sent them home. The clerks put on overalls and jackets and have been doing the work of those employed. Aged Negro Lynched. William Dunnigan, an aged negro living at Edwards and Springfield streets, within two blacks of the state capitol, was dragged from his home by a crowd of a hundred white men. The old negro was then shot several times, his throat was cut and he was trampled upon and the mob then strung him up to a telegraph pole. Soldiers were stationed at the state arsenal directly across the street, from the scene of the crime, but made no arrests. They split the party into two sections, headed one section in one direction and sent the other away in another direction. The murder of Dunnigan was the first over act in the execution of the plot to wipe the entire negro population out of Springfield and it was the boldest crime yet committed. Many Mobs Are Formed. The successful execution of the crime has thrown the militia and the police into disorder and it looks as though they are losing their grasp on the mob. Reports are now coming that twenty separate mobs are operating in different parts of the city. The mob that killed Dunnigan was permitted to start out on its murderous errand and from the very shadow of the military headquarters. It paraded through the main streets of the city shouting and vofcing such cries as "On to the Capitol," "Let's get the armory" and "We're after the niggers," and no hinderance was offered by the numerous sentries which stood guard at every street crossing. Woman Sounds Alarm. Five minutes after the mob had passed down Monroe street toward the capitol, a woman who lived near the capitol telephoned that she had heard the shouting of the mob and had then heard pistol shots. Still a few minutes later word reached military headquarters that old man Dunnigan had been murdered. The mob acted with utter disregard of the soldiers who were within a few hundred feet of the scene of the crime. At one time they even stopped within ear shot of the state arsenal and listened to an address by a man who urged that they move on the arsenal and see if the militia men would use "Those toy pistols. The mob vetoed the speaker and shouted "Lets kill a nigger." Then they swooped down to where poor old Dunnigan had been left to shift for himself by other negroes who were younger and stronger and could flee from the city fciring the day time. After they had so bru tally ended the life of the old 'man, the crowd triumphantly marched throughout the capitol grounds, gut

SUN IN WEST MARKS

SPRINGFIELD, CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS

fawing and shooting at the electric globes surrounding the grounds. Rioters Corralled. The soldiers in the armory across the street crept out under cover of the shadows of buildings and waited for the mob to change its course and approach them. This the mob failed to do and then the soldiers dashed out and broke through the ranks of the mob in the middle. Instead of arresting every member of the mob. the soldiers started part of them up the street and corralled the other part near the armory. After holding" them there for a while they permitted them to go away in the direction opposite of that taken by the other men. White Men Shot. Intense excitement was created by the news of the Dunnigan murder and the whole city is now in a panic of fear. Detachments of soldiers are being hurriedly sent to other points where rioting and violence are said to be in progress. At nine o'clock a report reached the city that four white men riding in a wagon near White City, two miles east of Springfield, had been waylaid and attacked by a mob of armed negroes. One of the white men it said to have been shot to death and the other three escaped with serious injuries. Details of the reported crime are still lacking. .Following close on this eighty white rioters who were pursuing a negro along Jefferson street were surrounded by Company G of the Peoria infantry with fixed1 bayonets. The soldiers rounded up the law breakers and marched them all to police headquarters. Sheriff Werner says that the timely action of the militiamen was all that saved another murder Another Body Found. At 10 o'clock the body of an unidentified negro who was found hanging from a tree at Fifteenth and Clay streets with his clothing slashed into shreds. His body was riddled with bullets. At Riverton it is said the negroes have blocked the tracks of the Illinois Traction company's interurban lines and are assaulting the white passengers and crews of the cars. Young Girl Attacked. Catherine Roach, a student at the State Normal school, located in Normal suburb of Bloomington, narrowly escaped Mrs. Hallam's fate Tuesday night. Miss Roach was returning home early in the evening alone on a deserted street when a big negro jumped out from the trees and attempted to choke her. She managed to scream, which brought assistance. The man escaped and efforts to locate him failed. Bloomington papers are endeavoring to suppress the facts for fear that the Springfield riots may be repeated there. CHADWICK "BROKE." Cassie's Husband to Seek ruptcy Court. BankCleveland, O., Aug. 15. Broken in health and depleted in fortune by his late wife, the noted Cassie Chadwick, who died a year ago in the Ohio penitentiary while serving a federal sentence for conspiring to wreck the Oberlln, O., National Bank, Dr. Leroy M. Chadwick, of this city soon is to seek relief in the bankruptcy court. PASTOR STILL LOW. New York. Aug. 15. The condition of Tony Pastor, the actor and theatrical manager is very low. He is at his home In Elmhurst.

Towns Named Springfield Seem Doomed to Awful Race Riots

Three Springfields have had race riots. Race riots have shaken three cities named Springfield within the last few years. At Springfield, Ohio, In 1904. a negro killed a woman and a policeman. He was hanged by a mob and in the negro quarters several houses were burned. It was necessary to call out the militia and place the city under martial law. In 1906 a negro shot a Big Four brakeman. Whites armed themselves and assaulted the blacks. Nine homes of negroes were burned. . , At Springfield, Mo., in 1906. a white woman claimed a negro assaulted her. Several suspects were arrested. A mob stormed the jail, took three negroes, held on various charges, and hanged them in the public square, destroying the bodies In a bonfire. The woman's story was afterward proved to be false. At Springfield. III., the present trouble resulted from an assault on a white man by a negro.

OLD SETTLERS PICNIC SUCCESS

Fully Ten Thousand People Attend Event at Centerville Saturday. OLD RESIDENTS SPEAK. MANY HOMECOMERS REMAINED FOR EVENT TALES OF PIONEER DAYS PLEASED VAST THRONGS. Centerville, Ind., Aug. 15. Many of the home coming and old settlers' picnic visitors have remained in town and will spend Sunday with local relatives and friends. It seems a large number of persons who have not been back here for a decade or more can not become accustomed to the changed conditions and want to remain as long as possible. Quite a number will attend services at the Christian church Sunday morning. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. George Clark, one of the home comers. The annual old settlers ball was given in thettown hall this evening. Several score of dancers tripped the the morning. There was a large num ber of visitors from Richmond, Cam bridge City and other parts of the county. The floor was so crowded during some of the dances that it was almost impossible for the dancers to keep in time with the music. It Mas estimated that 10,000 people attended the picnic this afternoon The crowd grew with departing time and there were many to come to eat their suppers in the woods. Music was furnished by the Centerville Cornet band. The opening address was delivered by President Caleb King. He expressed the welcome of the community to those who had gathered again for the annual event. He called attention to the inroads be ing made by time on the ranks of the old settlers and spoke of the long list of deaths that have occurred during the past year. Following the invocation by the Rev. George Clark of Renssalaer. Ind., the list of deceased pioneers, numbering 167 names was read. The list was read by Walter Ratliff, the secretary. Among the pioneers of the vicinity who spoke were Sylvester Johnson of Irvington: Silas Huddleson of Dublin; Morgan Wright of Tipton county; Jon athan Jarrett of .New Paris; Prof Wil liam Walker of Dayton, O.; Mr. and Mrs. William T. Elliott of Sterling, Kansas; Prof. A. C. Shortridge of In dianapolis; Joshua Mackey of Preble county, Ohio; and Leo Gates of Los Aneles, Cal. Prof. Walker read ad vertisements from "The Wayne County Record," of January 10.1812. The paper was one of the rst printed in the county and was published at Centerville by Samuel Meredith. Fletcher Medearis of Greensfork, is almost 09 years old, and is one of the best best known pioneers of the county, spoke briefly. Morgan Wright exhibited a shoe which he wore when a baby, and some thread which was spun by his mother. He had worn this thread about his neck attached to a coin when a child. All of the remarks were of much interest and applause was generous. Owing to- the large crowd, the splendid weather conditions and the attendance of so many of the non-resident old settlers, the picnic of this year probably will be noted as the most successful from every point of view that has ever been held. TO BUCK JAPS. San Francisco, Aug. 15. Active steps are being taken for the formation of a company to operate a new steamship line between San Francisco and Chinese ports In opposition to the Japanese lines.

REASSURING

TO TAFT Republican Candidate Will Carry the State, But State Ticket It Is Claimed Is in Doubt. KEEPS HANDS OFF THE NEW YORK SITUATION. People There Are in Favor of Governor Hughes Since No Stronger Man Can Be Found. Hot Springs. Aug. 13. Wra. H. Taft stated today that he is in re ceipt of letters from New Yorkers ex pressing sentiments favorable Gov Hughes for the governorship. He made this disclosure after considera ble hesitation and coupled with it the assurancethat ho did not wish to be regarded as taking part in the New York contest or of expressing any preference as to the gubernatorial can didate. Arthur I. Vorys, when informed as to what Taft had said, said: "We do not want to be quoted as taking part in the New Ysrk contest either, but you may say that I have received let ters of a similar nature myself. Some of them are of the negative nature. The writers inform me they are for Hughes because he is the strongest man the republicans of New York can nominate. They say they would fav or a stronger man if he can be found The significance of the combined re marks of Taft and Vorys on the sub ject will probably be found in those concluding words of Mr. Vorys' talk Taft declined to be drawn into any further talk on the New York situa tion. Indiana Situation. On state affairs In Indiana he said "I have had letters from an old classmate In Indiana, who attended, recent ly, a meeting of seventy-five republl cans, including the office holders and the organization men from all parts of the state. He writes me that it was the general concentMs of opinion, that there is no doubt about the election of the republican electoral ticket. But you must remember he was writing as my friend. Complications, he said, are likely to arise as to some of the con gressional candidates and the state ticket he thought was somewhat in doubt. With regard to Indiana gen erally, Vorys tells me that it is the best organized state politically in the United States. Kansas is Safe. "I have also had a letter from Mr. Stubbs. republican nominee for governor of Kansas, in which he assures me Kansas will give large majority for republican national ticket. Stubbs says the suggestion that disappoint ment over the result of the primaries might put the state somewhat In doubt has no foundation. He assures me he is convinced as the result o his canvass of the entire state, that Kansas will roll up a majority for the national ticket akin to that given Roosevelt. Receives Visitors. Taft was visited today by Manuel Quezon who is a member of the Phil ippine house of assembly and floor leader of the Nationalist party and Automo S. Camilla, former privat secretary to Aguinaldo and present secretary to Mr. Ocampo, the filipino delegate to congress. Senor Quezon is making a tour of the world. He as sured Mr. Taft that the Philippino as sembly is much more representative body than fe Russian duma. Taft and Secretary of War Wright had a long conference on the war de partment including the Philippines Cuba and Panama. There are four departments in the Philippines at pres ent, commerce and police, finance justice, education and interior. By acts of congress, the fifth department can be created. There has been some pressure brought to bear in the Phil ippines for the creation of a depart ment of agriculture. Gen. bright said this afternoon, following his conference with Taft that it was not likely that the fifth department would be organized for the present. A more compact organization on the Isthmus was discussed. Gen Wright talked with Taft at length on the character of legislation that ought to remain in force in Cuba aft er the withdrawal of the American army from the Island In February. BRODKVILLE WILL & OBSERVE CENTENNIAL Franklin County to Also Have Home Coming.' . Brookville, Ind., Aug. 15. The Brookville centennial will be celebrated from August 31 to September 6 j inclusive together with the "home I coming' of Franklin county. - -

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WORKERS

CRANK WANTED

TO SEEJOOSEVELT Russian Complained of "Rich Enemies." Oyster Bay. Aug. 15. By the first train leaving Oyster Bay this morning went a man calling himself Moses Okun, a Russian, describing himself as a manufacturer of fcas fixtures. In spite of the careful guard usually maintained about the President, Okun roamed about town yesterday un checked, and half a dozen times got within speaking distance of the President. For some reason he did not address Mr. Roosevelt. Okun later complained of various 'rich enemies" and wanted to see President Roosevelt to "get protecion." He did not seem to be violent and President Roosevelt only laughed when the story was told. The man was shipped out of town. DONATIONS OF BONG REFUSED The Republican National Com mittee Will Not Accept Money From the Big In terests. COSTS MONEY TO - RUN A CAMPAIGN. Treasurer George R. Sheldon Tells the Public Where Large Sums Are Used Ad vantageously. Chicago, Aug. 15. Corporation campaign contributions to the republl can national campaign fund amount to several thousand dollars and have been turned back to the donors who were in ignorance of the fact that there is a federal law which prohibits a corporation giving money to be used for campaign purposes. This was the statement Issued here today by George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the republican national committee, who arrived form New York to attend the conference of republican leaders in eluding the western members of the executive committee. ."There seems to be general ignor ance of the fact that there is a fed tdal statute prohibiting corporations from making contributions," said Mr. Sheldon. "Yesterday we were com pelled to turn back several checks for this reason, notwithstanding the fact that the money could well have been used for legitimate needs. I have dis covered in talking with several con gressmen that they were not aware that the law was finally enacted by congress, but such is the fact. It Is my purpose as treasurer of the nation al committee to publish the names of individual contributors to our cam paign fund, no matter what amount they may contribute. All collected here In the west may ne sent to me subject to the same rule." Expenses Heavy. "We shall not rely on the state committees to collect our funds for use in the national campaign. Such report is erroneous. We shall collect our own funds and will need a large sum to meet the expenses of the cam paign. For Instance the traveling ex penses of our speakers will amount to between 8400,000 and $500,000. One piece literature, placed In the hands of each voter will cost over $200,000 and campaign buttons will cost $60,000 or $70,000. Lithographs and headquar ters expenses will bring the total to a large figure. No Blare of Trumpets. . The headquarters of the republican national committees were opened In the Harvester building without the blare of trumpets. Secretary William Hayward merely took possession of the place and that was all there was to It. Chairman Hitchcock transacted his business in his rooms at the An nex. He has been busy familiarizing himself with the local sitnation since yesterday and Is better informed as to republican conditions in Illinois than ever before. Mr. Hitchcock said the conferences of leaders here at this time would result In mapping out preliminaries of campaign and In a com plete organization of the western headquarters, on line already laid down in the New York headquarters. The general speaking campaign In the west will begin about September 1. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Partly cloudy and not much change In tempera

CORPORATIONS

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VICIOUS ATTACK

MADE ON ITALIAN oe Roe, Workman on C, C. & L Attacked by Frank Polo In Dago Camp North of the City. MANY WOUNDS WILL " PROBABLY PROVE FATAL Man at Point of "Death and Suffering Awful Agonies Driven Two Miles Before Reaching Hospital. ASSAULTER IS AT LARGE.! POLICE ARE SCOURING THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY BUT POLO HAS NOT YET BEEN LO-! CATED. THE CAMP IS IN A BABBLE. Information Regarding the Quarrel Is Not Obtainable Because of the Jabber of the Excited Foreigners. Where Is Frank Polo, Italian? Is he concealed In one of the numer ous dago camps about the city, or did he manage to board a train leaving the city after he cut and probably fatally' wounded Joe Roe, a fellow countryman last evening. - The police scoured the woods and bottom lands north of the city until a late hour this morning and searched through all the dago camps and. houses but were unable to secure a' trace of Polo. While the officers wese in pursuit o ftheir quarry. Roe was lying on the operating table at Reld Memorial hospital, attended by the city physician and a corr cf nurses. It was believed at midnight that the man would die. It was feared his bow. els had been lacerated by the Instru-' ment wielded by Polo. j Roe has a gash in his abdomen about eight inches long and so deep

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that his entrails lay revealed when the police arrived at the camp in the Ci C. & 1. railroad yards north of the city. He has another gash on bis hip. j which bled freely and Is injured other! wise. Awful Ordeal. The momentary agony caused by tha instrument as it penetrated his flesh,! was almost nothing to Roe as com-; pared to the ordeal be was forced to! endure afterward. Owing to Inability j of the police to understand the dago; jargon, the serious condition of the' man was not realized at first and he; was required to stand the fearful painj consequent upon a trip from his' shanty car to the switch north of thej Gaar, Scott & Co. plant to the city I building, a distance of a mile and al half, then back over almost the name ( route to the hoispital an additional) two mile journey. AH the time the; blood was spurting from his gaping! wounds. j The foreigners were unable to un-, derstand the American customs, and; the long ride of the wounded man is! due to this fact alone and no fault of the police. When companions of Polo and Roe realized the seriousness of the Injurles of the latter, they hurried down' the railroad tracks, across the long bridge spanning the river and to the grocery store of L. C. Moore on North Third street to summon aid. Moore was at a loss to understand the state of affairs and notified Night Sergeant! Winter. The sergeant understood the; cutting had taken place on Third; street, near Moore's place and dis-j patched officer Menke and driver Rob-! erts and the ambulance to the scene. , Upon arriving at the grocery the , officers learned the man was at thej camp and the long drive was made : in a hurry. They could not comprehend the state of affairs from the' babel of Italian voices, and did not! ascertain the extent of Roe's injuries. They had been given instructions toj take the wounded man to neadquar-j ters and did so. Sergeant Winter was not long in learning the nature of the ; wounds and ordered the ambulance to, go to the hospital at once. He sonv! moned the city physician. Discription Meagre. The cause of the dispute that led to the argument between Roe and Polo i was not learned by the police. The . camp companions of the two men ' were unable to give a clear explana-i, tlon of the affair. The description of j Polo furnished the officers was cf the most meagre, and one that will hardly prove sufficiently definite for nse out , of the city. Polo resembles all other j (Continued on Page Six.) 1