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Mr, Bryan's Speeeli.
Mr. Bryan's Breech of acceptance Is a
fclea la 6,000 words that the Democrats
be given power to carry on the pro
gressive work of reform begun by tho
Republicans under Theodore Roosevelt
This li cither the Ingenuousness of a
native simplicity or It Is Sheer lmertl
nenee. The -complaint lodged by Mr. Bryan
gainst the Republican party Is that It
bis done nothing, and that It will do
nothing In the future. The Democratic
fonder Is somewhat unfortunate In a
Quotation which appears en.ly In his
Speech, unfortunate although he used It
la an attempt to prove what he thinks
Is the hollownesg of the promises it sets
forth. The quoted words are from Mr.
Taft's Cincinnati address and they run
thus :
"The strength of the Republican
tjause In the campaign at hand Is that
we represent the policies essential to
fie reform of known abuses, to the con
tinuance of liberty and true prosj.erlty,
nd that we are determined, as our
platform unequivocally declares, to
fcalntaln them awl carry them on."
This Is a pretty fair statement of the
Taft Intention, and as the party is J
bound to the letter and the spirit of
the same declaration, Mr. Bryan Is as
framing more than either politics on io
liteness Justifies when be charges Insin
cerity arid a set determination on the
part of candidate and party to break
the faith.
In his speccli Mr. Bryan constantly
asks the question, "Shall the people
fuler lie can find the affirmative- an
swer only in the rule of the party which
be has twice led to defeat. lie asks:
"Shall the people control their own gov
ernment and use that government for
the protection of their rights and for
the protection of their welfare? . Or
hall the representatives of predanury
wealth prey upon a defenseless public,
while the offenders secure Immunity
from subservient officials whom they
f alsed to power by unscrupulous nicth
cdar The Republican party took the Initia
tive in the work of reform that the
Democratic candidate seems to hold so
close at heart Under President Roose
yelt the work has gone, on steadily, and
It will go on JuHt as steadily under
President Taft If Mr. Bryan has
found anywhere among the people a
. feeling of distrust of the sincerity of
purpose of the administration, or any
sharp evidence of doubt of the Integ
rity of the Taft promise of continued
progress along tho path of present
achievement, be has penetrated a hith
erto undiscovered part of these United
States, It is not the sense of the peo
pie that this is the precise psychological
moment for a change of leaders.
It) the complaint of Mr. Bryan that
the Republican party has not pro
gressed fast enough with the reforms
nntrtort nlrAti afto t Via mnwnl aoralr nnltif
, Of the people under the Roosevelt lead
' ershlp, Is to be found one of the sound
est reasons ior me aereac or tne dem
ocratic party at the polls. Hasty and
half considered action defeats Its own
ends. Care that legitimate Interests
should not suffer is necessary in the
work of securing true reform.
The Republican administration has
tone about it! work conservatively, but
sons the less effectively. Mr. Bryan
would take the pace that recks nothing
f the consequences to the law-abiding
It is the unchecked Impatience ' that
serves only destruction. In the future
the wonder will be not that it took so
long for great party to correct con
ditions that bad become intolerable, but
that the time necessary was so short
Of the Democratic platform Mr.
Bryan says : ' "I Indorse it in whole and
in part, and shall, if elected, regard its
declarations as binding upon me. It
contains nothing from which I dissent
but it specifically outlines all the reme
dial legislation which we can hope to
imw nrlniv Vi nnvf vam m
Of the declaration of principles at
Denver to which the Democratic candi
date gives his resolute adherence, Mr,
nan saia at Cincinnati: -Tne edict
difference between the Democratic and
tb Republican platforms is the differ
ence between Mr. Roosevelt's progresolv
and rgulatlve policies and Mr. Bryan's
destructive policies." Although Mr.
Bryan baa a word or two to say about
safeguarding legitimate business inter
ests in the day of the assault on male
factor corporations, there Is little In
bis speech to show that Mr. Taft's judg
ment of the case between the platforms
and the policies of the two parties was
not based on sound reasoning. Chicago
I'ost
War Farmers Are Protretlonlata,
A favorite argument of the Free-
Traders la to the effect that the tariff
on manufactured articles results tn the
oppression of the farmers, but no evi
dence has ever been furnished to su
Mrt tbe contention. The testimony on
the other hand Is overwhelming that
the Increasing prosperity luduced by
tbe promotion of the manufacturing in
dustry iu the Uulted States has re
dounded more to the benefit of the
American farmer than to those direct
ly effected by the tariff. The Increase
in the value of American farm prod
uct from f."i,(M07,(XX),0OO In 11)03 to
8,000.000,000 In 1008 conclusively es
tablishes this assertion. Tbe tremend
ous enlargement of' the farmers' do
mestic market Is directly responsible
for this. Had the policy of tbe Free
Traders prevailed things would have
been different. In that event a con
stantly increasing surplus would have
obliged the American agriculturist to
market his products at auy price he
could get for them ' lusteud of being
master of the situation, as he Is at
present Tbe American farmer knows
this, and that is why he Is a 1'rotec
llotilst by a large majority, except iii
few benighted sections where tbe
farmers are not sufficiently American
ised to grasp an economic fact, even
Yiien it Is to their Interest to do so.
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BRYAN BELIEVES IS
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TAFT FAVORS DEHORNINQ
-Des Moines Register-Leader.
BETWEEN THE TWO PLATFORMS.
Tho Choice Moat Be In Favor of the
Principle of Protection.
There are differences, Important and
complete. Naturally, the treatment of
the tariff problem Is one of the most
striking Instances.
Both iwrtlcs declare for a revision.
The difference lies deeper. The Repub
licans stand firmly by the principle of
protection. The Democrats, for once,
are faithful to a historic party doc
trine tariff for revenue only.
Compared with curlier' denunciations
of the theory upon which the wealth of
America has been bullded, the Demo
cratic plank is mild and meek. But,
after alt . ambiguous, vote-catching
phrases, the determination remains
clearly expressed to "restore the tariff
to n revenue basis."
And here It Is the time for the North
American to say that were all other
things equal candidates, platforms
and all else those tariff planks .alone
would be enough to decide the course
for this newspaper to pursue.
Long study of our history, of world
conditions and our present anil future
natlona! needs hud bred In us the con
viction tbnt the tariff must be regu
lated primarily for protection purposes,
with the thought of revenue secondary.
We believe that many existing sched
ules should to changed. Tills was the
first of the Eastern metrnimlltan news
papers of tho Republican faith to urge
tariff revision. But, considering the
history of free trade advocacy of tho
Democratic party, we would no more
lend our Influence to bring about the
Intrusting of tariff mending to Its hands
than we would give a machine of deli
cate mechanism, as atoy, to a fretful
child.
We nre as flatly opposed to the mis
use of the tariff to upbuild trusts as
Mr. Bryan himself or as Mr. Taft
himself. But corrective legislation
should be supplied rationally by be
lievers In the principle of protection.
When we seek healing we call for tho
scalpel of the surgeon and not the
sword of a foe.
We art) for protection that will equal
ize the difference both of wages and
conditions at home and abroad. We
believe In periodical changes of sched
ules ns conditions change. But In the
Republican plunk we see at least some
faint promise of what the peinocruts
do not offer tho ultimate elimination
of the bi riff from political controver
sies. Philadelphia North American.
Gompera and the Labor Vote.
It is not strange that organized In
bor Is resenting the Intimation of I'res
blent Samuel (lumpers that he controls
tho votes of tho worklngmeu and can
deliver them In n bunch to Democracy
or any other party. When Oompers
makes the plea to union lubor voters
to "vote once for labor Instead of, for
party" the appeal really means "vote
once for Oompers."
It is fair to assume Mr. Oompers
won bis point nt Denver been use he
agreed to pay the price; Unit is, he
promised to deliver the labor vote to
Br.vuu. lie Is now after the goods, but
their delivery is quite another matter.
There is no labor vote to be humlcd
over in a blink. Organized workmen
are citizens beforo they are unionists,
nud they vote ns citizens. They will
not be delivered in a body to Mr.
Bryan, Mr. Tuft or any other candidate
for the personal aggrandizement of
Mr. (iompers.
leaders In the labor world nro not
slow in taking the position that Mr.
ifoinpers does not represent them In
things political. Henry White, the
well-known lulxir leader and formerly
general secretary of the United Oar
uieut Workers of America, snjs:
"I am afraid that a showdown will
oiu-e more prove, and In a way that
will be most convincing, that the labor
vote cannot be delivered to unybody.
mion jMop;e iiiiUK nnout uie same
that others di. Because a man is a
member of a trade union for trade
Itenetlts he dix-a not hund over his right
to Judge olltleal questions to anyone
who happens to be at the head."
James W. Dougherty, Secretary
Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Book
binders, puts the situation In a nut
shell when he says that "tbe labor men
hu are Uepuhllcuu wl'l vote the Re
publican tb ket ; those who are Demo-
et Us will vote the Democratic ticket
' in short, the labor leaders tlfcm
selves are free In expressing tbe opin
ion that Mr. Oompers' efforts to lutlu
ence the votes of organized labor will
prove unavailing.
Previous Attempt to set aside a cer
tain class to be voted in a block for
EXTERMINATION.
AND DOMESTICATION.
this muii or that party have never
teen successful. It has been tried tlins
and again, but always met with failure.
7 he farmers refused to act ns a politi
cal unit, as did the antl-Cntbollc ele
ment and those who were opposed to
secret societies. Every citizen rejoices
in the right of carrying his sovereignty
under his hat, and the Intelligent elect
or Is as Jealous of his vote as he is of
bis good name.
Mr. Oompers may have secured a
personal advantage at Denver, but
when jNovemlsftf comes It will be found
that the members of organized laboi
have been doing their own thinking,
and that ut the ixlls they exercised tb
right of free American citizens and
voted ns tbelr Intelligence dictated, and
not as any man willed. Toledo Blade,
Ilrrnn and the Farmers.
The Washington Post points out that
If Mr. Bryan succeeds In his appeal
to the farmers of the country to finance
his campalgu he will have a fund be
side which the donations of corona
tions will Indeed look puny, no matter
how liberally the latter may respond.
The fanner Is no longer the man
with the boo, but rather tbe check
book. He Is the fellow who has been
piling up wealth. Uncle Jimmy Wil
son, who presides over the agricultural
department, talks In such stupendous
figures when he tells what the farmers
have been doing that one grows dazed
and the bruin is unable to comprehend.
Why, last year the farmers of the
country mnde $7,412,000,0001 Try to
digest those figures I The gross eorn
lngs of all the railroads look small In
comparison.
During the past nine years the farm
ers have added $53,000,000,000 to the
weulth of the country. If the farmers
were to set about It In less thnn two
years they could buy up all the rail
roads and run them to suit themselves.
This year's bumper crops will add
mightily to the grand total and the
country gentlemen can afford to In
dulge In nil the luxuries of life.
But why should they heed Bryan's
appeal for aid either to finance his
campalgu or give him their votes ou
election day? Why should they help
the Democratic, jmrty? "Their experi
ence with Democracy bus not been as
suring. The last time that party was
In power the farmers were not long on
anything except mortgages. Their sur
plus produce was a drug on the mar
ket. They lost money under the Cleve
land administration and they have
made money ever since.
. Whether the Republican party had
anything to do with It, tho fact re
mains that almost from the very day
of the election of William McKlnley, la
lSlMl.jthe agriculturists have enjoyed a
period of unprecedented prosperity.
They have jmld off their mortgages,
their farms have Increased In value,
they are surrounding themselves with
all the comforts and conveniences of
life, have the money to educate their
chlldrcu and to enjoy the pleasures of
travel. They have nil these now and
they did not have them when Mr. Bry
an's party was In jsiwer.
But the farmer knows his business.
He is utile to take cure of himself. Ho
Is slow to' follow after false gods. Not
only will be refuse to put up money
for the Democratic campaign, but
when he goes to the polls he will vote
to continue In power the party under
whose administration he has obtained
tbe greatest material advantage.-"
Toledo Blade.
la Anll-lnjuurtlon the Only Iaauet
Is the anti-liijutKtlon plank the oulj
menace to Amerleun Industry to hi
found In the Douver platform? One
would think so on reading the frantu
umt vociferous nppcals for eo-ojeratloii
now being sent out to busluess men bj
J. W. Van Cleave, chairman of the Na
tional Council for Industrial Defense
Mr. Van ("leave, It will tie recalled, It
also the president of the National Asso
elation of Manufacturers. Is Bryan't
attitude on tbe tariff of no conscquenct
In connection with Industrial defense!
Una President Van Cleave trained M
long with Miles Farquliar and tbe reel
of the free-traders who are permittee!
to control the organization that he hai
come to regard the tariff as a neglt-
gibie quantity In Industrial affairs? V
are glad to see the National Council
for Industrial Dcfeuse on the warpati
against Bryn l1 Bryanlsu for an)
reason whateveY but we feel sure thai
the force and effectiveness of tbe cam
paign would be - materially Increase
If a few rapid firing guns heavily sho
ted with protection explosives were ta
be taken along. American Economist
Two Persons Kilted, Many Injured,
and Storea Wrecked After
Lynching Is Foiled.
NEGRO QUARTER IS BURNED.
After Destroying Wjite Restaurant
Houses of Blacks Are Fired
by tbe Crowd.
Riot, arson and slaughter held pos
session of the blnck belt and levee of
Springfield, 111., all through Friday
night. Two men were killed, nearly
100 wounded, the streets were full of
mlllt la, and rioters set fire to negro
houses In all parts of the black be!.
The fire department was Intimidated
and overawed by the rioters, and until
tho arrival of 1,000 additional Statt
soldiers t lie 'authorities were practically
helpless to control the situation.
Mob nalkcd or Ilnee.
All this turmoil grows out of nn at
tempt to lynch a negro who had at
tacked a write womnn. The negro was
spirited out of town, and the mob,
bulked In Its venennce, Immediately
turned on the man who loaned his auto
mobile to tho Authorities to enable them
to convey tlw negro to a place of safe
ty. This was tbe spark that" started
the riot.
Special trains were hurried from De
catur, Jacksonville. Bloomlngton, Pe
oria, and half a dozen other towns,
bearing infantry, cavalry and artillery.
Early in the state of riot all the sa
loons and disorderly houses in the city
were closed by the Mayor, and the mili
tiamen did their best to prevent the col
lecting of any crowds in the streets.
Their efforts were futile, however. They
would disperse a crowd In one neigh
borhood, and It Immediately reassem
bled In another.
When-nt 2 a. in. the burning of negro
houses commenced the negroes retali
ated by shooting from the upper stories
if the houses In the neighborhood where
the torch was applied. A number of
per ions were hit during these fusillades
nn were carried away by tbelr friends
before their Identity was discovered.
Orlsln of the Trouble.
The Inciting cause of the trouble was
nn assault made on Friday on Mrs.
Karl Ilallam, wife of a street car con
ductor. Mrs. Ilallam, whose husband
works at night wis pulled from her
lied at midnight by a negro, who then
drugged her Into a garden In the real
of the house, where he assaulted her.
This was the last straw on the minds
of the whites of the city, the hatred
against the blacks having been smolder
ing since a month ago, when Clergy A.
Ballard was slain In his home by a
negro, who, it Is said, had entered the
Ballard home In an attempt to assault
Mr. Ballard's young daughter.
George Richardson, a negro, was ar
rested for tbe asasult upon Mrs. Hal
lam and placed In the city Jail with
Joseph James, who was accused of the
Ballard murder.
Mutterlngs of mob violence began
soon after tbe Richardson Identification
by the woman, and a great crowd col
lected about the Jail. After Richard
son had been Identified by Mrs. Hallam
the crowds grew even more violent and
It was decided to take the prisoner out
of town.
Sheriff Charles Werner made ar
rangements to take the men to Bloom
lngton and the attention of the crowd
around the jail was distracted by an
alarm of fire while the men were placed
In Harry T.' Loper's automobile and
whisked away to the railroad station
near the fair grounds, where a train
was stopped to let the sheriff's men and
their prisoners get ou board.
As soon nB this was known the mob
began to gather, howling for vengeance
against the man who had assisted in
tho cseaiie of their prey. The cry,
"Come on to Loper's," was raised, and
a few minutes later bricks were crash
ing through the windows. Loper met
the mob with a rifle. They paid no
liccd to bliu, and he was forced Into the
back part of the building, where he was
compelled to witness the complete de
struction of his proiierty.
Tho restaurant was the largest In the
city, and had a large trade. Within
an hour It was a complete wreck. All
of the furniture was taken out and
piled on toi of the automobile, which
had been turned over on the street, and
then a match was applied to the gaso
line tank. The bonfire raged until mid
night. The polb-e were utterly power
oks to eope with tlu1 mob and the firs
lcpurtmcut, which h.ul been called out
was not allowed to extinguish the
tlames.
During the attack an attempt was
made to do bodily harm to Mayor
Reeco.
At 10 o'clock Louis Johnson, a 19-year-old
boy, was found dea.d In a rear
stairway leading to the basement of a
downtown building. He had been shot
through the groin.
At the time the riot began Eugena
W. Chatlu, tbe Prohibition candidate
for President, was addressing a meek
tug In the courthouse yard- A negro
pursued by a mob came dashing up ths
platform, and In endeavoring toprpteet
the mnn from his pursuers the orator
was struck in the face with a brick and
badly injured.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
A record for excavation was mad oa
the Panama i-nal on July 8, lCW.frlO
cubic yard laving been taken out
Mrs. Marie Sicarla, 10 years old, coi
milted suicide at ber home in New York
when the Children's Society took frost
her the infant abe could not nuree atte
was too poor to feed.
Tbe Maniuis de Montcalm presented te
tbe Church of the Tranefigurttlon in New
York, popularly kaowu as "the little
church around tbe corner," two pieces ol
antique Simnish lace, family tuiirtooma,
to memory (f ms moaner.
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SOLDIERS RULE SPRINGFIELD.
Iron Orip of the Militia Overawes
Mobs in minors Capital.
Springfield correspondvnee:
After three days nud three nights of
riot and ' bloodshed the fourth day
dawned with- the race war situation
seemingly just ns ominous and threat
ening us It was during the hours In
which the torch was being applied and
negroes were being lynched and shot
and stoned in every street. The nntl
negro element In the community has
been curbed und overawed by the mili
tia, but there has been no suppression
of the spirit of antagonism against the
colored race,
Fifty-five hundred armed national
guardsmen patrol the streets and the
fever for blood has ubuted, temporari
ly ut least, among the wild element
which ruled the state capital for forty
night hours. It Is not to be uuder
Btood that the trouble Is over. The dis
play of strength made by five regi
ments of the State's organized militia,
Imply overawed the population' which
bus been resonBlble for all of tbe
Jisturbunce. There was comparatively
little disturbance after tbe Second In
fantry from Chicago swept through the
streets Sunday afternoon. The news
of the coming, also, of tbe Seventh In
fantry and the . First Cavalry, both of
Chicago, had been heralded all over
Ihe city, and this went far toward
bringing about a little peuce. .
The most overt act of Saturday
night was an attempt to cut the fire
nlarm and telegraph wires at 7th and
Washington streets, In tbe heart of the
tmsluess district. With the wires
down, the city would have been prac-
llcally at the mercy of the Incendiaries,
who found firing the buildings in
which negroes lived or maintained
small businesses the easiest way of
keeping the rioting going. The man
who would have cut off the Are pro
tection of the city was discovered In
Ihe act of reaching for tbe wires. "A
half-dozen shots from troops who were
on patrol in the courthouse square
were aimed at him as he stealthily
rl Imbed toward tbe wires. One bullet
probably hit blui, for he dropped to
the roof of tbe building, but made a
successful escape. To this affair Is
ndded the attempt to fire the negro sec
lion on the northwest side of Spring
field.
Overawed by the presence of the
freat b)dy of troops, the largest that
has been nssembh-d in an Illinois duty
ramp since the riots in Chicago In
1S!4, the lawless element of the city,
white and black, which lu Its fury bus
been responsible for the death of five
xrsoiis sluce the rioting begun Sim
ilar, made no demonstration during
Sunday. The city Is under strict mili
tary rule. Soldiers nre everywhere.
Every street In tbe business itortlou of
the city is patrolled. National guards
men, with loaded rifles, keep an inces
wnt itiarch up and down the thorough
'ares. No gatherings of citizens are
permitted. Every one Is kept on' the
move. The troops hive been given
strict orders to allow no mobs to le
forked, nud are obeying these orders
to tbe letter. The big fact stands out
that the majesty of the law, as repre
fented iu tbe khakl-clad troops of tbe
Ktate. has been recognized, and
through fear of tbe riot ammunition
which was Issued with orders to shoot
o kill, Springfield was again at peuce.
American Workmen in Demand.
In placing new ordara with various em
ployment agencies for men to work iu its
coke ovens, the 11. C. Fruit Conuany has
Innerted the provision that only Ameri
cana will be considered, or at leant men
who have lived here a number of years.
Consequently word has been sent to the
European agencies to bare tbe men who
went back during the panic notified that
they are not wonted here.
Goesip among New Y'ork insurance men
sat, it that a stock exchange bouse hsa
taken out a ollcr on the life of W. II.
raft Cor flOO.OuO.
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NOTES OF SPRINGFIELD RIOTS.
A second negro was hanged, but res
cued by soldiers. .
Ooverndr Deneen ordered the First,
Seconu and Seventh Regiments to Spring
field from Chicago.
Springfield pastors united Sunday in
preaching against the rioting which has
disgraced the city.
Forty-five hundred soldiers at last
overawed the mobs in Springfield and re
stored a semblance of order.
Troops aided the Springfield fire de
partment, keeping a mob in dheck while
flames in negro refuge were fought
Prominent negroes in Chicago denounce
tbe mob violence at Springfield and de-
ILLINOIS STATE CAPITOL.
clnre tbe law should b sufficient to pun
ish all offenders.
A woman arrested on charge of inciting
riot was released on bail, but a number
of men are held on suspicion of taking
part in tbe mob work.
Oovernor Deneen issued a formal state
ment reviewing acts leading np to the
outbreak, the results of the rioting and
the efforts to restore peace.
The brutal murder of an aged negress
by a man ofher own race, crazed by the
Springfield riots, almost resulted in a
lynching in Chicago's "black belt."
STATE ARSENAL,
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Chicago sent 1,500 additional soldiers,
including cavalrymen, to Springfield,
making a total of more than 5,000 guards
men tbe capital to maintain order.
A boy who attempted to board tbe First
Regiment train at Kankskee-was stabbed
t death with a bayonet by a Koldier from
'.'hi.'iigo, arid the authorities insisted on
srvcttiu; tbe man.
Many lynching and race riots have
marred the peace in the lat few years,
but the North has hid few of the risings.
A total of l.-Vlt) bad been lyucbed in
twelvo yeurs prior to l'.HW.
Hclf-defcime In the fatal bayoneting of
a boy by Private Klein of Chicago was
the decision of a military court of in
quiry, but Kankakee will demand the sol
dier's surrender and trial.
WlllSoe Guanaaa Eatate.
Tonne I'edersoa Lien of Itushford,
Minn., was oue of the victims of Mrs.
Bella fiuani'M Lien left Ruahford on
April 2, 1!KT7. for Lnporte to marry a
rio'j widow. He carried with him f 1.000.
He never returned home. Hi parents,
who live in Norway, are confident he was
diKed of by Mrs. (unnea. An effort
will be made to recover $l,O0 from tbe
Guuness estate.
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TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED.
Deadly Work of Frenzied Mob.,
Creates Reign of Terror.
Scott Burton, 05 years old, a barber,,
was lynched Saturday morning. Bur
ton conducted n little barber shop at:
12th and Madison streets In Spring
field. He Is said to have quarreled with
a white man. A house neur his shop
was fired ou by the mob. He ran in
terror. The frenzied men saw him and.
he was captured. He drew a revolver
nnd was knocked down. A razor fell
fronp his pocket A 10-year-old bojr
saw the razor. Grabbing It, he slashed
the negro on the neck. The sight of
blood so maddened the crowd that it
secured a rope und hanged the old man
instantly. Thirty shots were fired Into
his body after he was dead.
William -Donncgan, an 80-year-old ne
gro, was brutally beaten and hanged by
a mob at his home Saturday night and
died at St. John's hospital at 11 o'clock:
Sunday morning.
The police have gained a confession
from one of the men arrested on sus
picion he was a member of the mob
whlch attacked Donnegan. The man is.
Abraham Raymer, who has been in
Springfield only a few months. He Is
a Russian Jew and talks broken Eng
lish. After an hour's grueling by Chief
Morris, Raymer broke down and admit
ted he was one of the mob that to
cruelly strung the old negro to a tree
after slashing his throat with a razor
He also gave tbe police the names of
four or five of the mob which he knew..
Ernest Humphrey was one of the men
accused by Raymer. He was arrested
Sunday. Officers are searching for the
others Implicated by Raymer's confes
sion.' From Raymer's story, the only prov
ocation for the lynching was that Don
negan was married to a white woman-v
According to his statement, the mob as
sembled at Seventh and Washington
SPRINGFIELD.
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streets, only one block distant from the
headquarters of Oeu. Young and Btaff.
There were 200 men lu the crowd
that went to the borne of Donnegan,.
but not more than half a do.eu knew
where the rioters were leading or what
their intentions were. As the mob
nea red the home of Donnegan members
of tbe negro's family feit that the
marchers were hcut on killing them.
The wife and children fled through a
rear door, but Donnegan, who was al
most blind from old age, was unable to
accompany them.
Five or six or the rioters ran Into
tbe house, firing their revolvers. Don
negan had taken refuge under a bed
He was dragged out and hustled to
tbe street, where the ruffians were
awaiting iiiy uppearauce. Raymer de
uies nuVpaXt In the actual lyuchlug.
but UieVpoliee Relieve he was one of
those yiio plueeo the rot, around the
old mfii's neck. (
Boifi throwers tt-ied to wreck the
henklfig house of Sulvator D. Auria In
Newark, N. J. Little damage was done.
It i believed thej "Uack hand" society
was responsible. ; '