RACIAL FUED.
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THE SPRINGFIELD RIOTS. TWO HUNDRED WHITES INDICTED. Received August 19, 12.25 a.m. NEW YORK, August 18. The Governor of Illinois has indicted two hundred whites for rioting in connection with the attack on ntgro'js ac Springfield, Illinois. Serious rioting took place at Springfield, in which several whites and negroes were killed. The whites attacked the negroes in revenge for an assault on a white woman, and wrecked and burned the negro quarters. Two innocent negroes were hanged by the mob. The military eventually quelled the rioting. FURTHER TROUBLE PROBABLE. ATTACK ON A' GAOL. Received August 19, 12.25 a.m. LONDON, August 18. Tl\e "Daily Mail's" New York correspondent states that owing to the crimes committed by negroes against white women, lynching orgies are imminent in Ronie and Galveston. The correspondent adds that a m ib battered down the doors of the gaol at Huntington, Long Island, and were only prevented by the timely arrival of cavalry from seizing and lynching a negro prisoner who was later removed safely.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9170, 19 August 1908, Page 5
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177RACIAL FUED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9170, 19 August 1908, Page 5
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