NEGRO MURDER
CABLE NEWS
(United Fret* Auoeiation—By TSU& trie Telegraph—Copyright.)
AT SPRINGFItLD, ILLINOIS
RACE RIOT NARROWLY
AVOIDED
(Received August 20, 10 a.m.)
NEW YORK, August 25
At Springfield, Illinois, a negro chauffeur named Johnson murdered a girl named Ruth Powers, and then committed suicide. For a while there was every prospect of a repetition of the bloody rage riots four years ago. The people would not believe tliat the man had committed suicide, but the coroner (Mr Rlioadcs) averted trouble by announcing that the people could view the body of the murderer.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10704, 27 August 1912, Page 5
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92NEGRO MURDER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10704, 27 August 1912, Page 5
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