Tragedy After Gas Blast Kills Laura Walley Family Burned
A West Wina home near Pittaburg suffered a fatal gas explosion as sisters Laura Walley age 10 and Sarah 17 were injured and their siblings Mildred 16 and their mother Mrs. Alexander Walley severely burned. Carpenters Alperman and Gustav Brown were burned while trying to help. Laura died, Sarah inhaled fire and cannot recover. The mother remains in critical condition.
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Alexander Walley
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Mystery in Detention of Subject of Mikado at Pittsburg
Sam Flu, a Japanese national, is jailed in Pittsburg on a trespassing charge at a railroad property. Authorities suspect he may be a Japanese government agent seeking plant weapon factory secrets at Firth Sterling Steel near McKeesport. The case prompts calls for fire escapes and safety upgrades in city schools.
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Sam Flu
Flu
Aew
Firth-Sterling Steel Company
McKeesport
Illinois Capital 13 Ruled by Rioters
Rioting sweeps an Illinois capital with Black residents targeted as dozens injured. Fire destroys Black homes and a major restaurant after mobs clash with police and militia arrives from surrounding towns. One man killed, several businesses burned, and mayor imposes curfew as crowds threaten more violence.
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Grand jury begins task in Springfield riot probe
Grand jury in Sangamon County opens investigation into outrages following rioting in Springfield. Judge James A. Creighton convened the panel after a conference between Governor Daneen and State's Attorney Brank Muteh. Numerous witnesses and evidence are to be submitted as arrests continue and the force under General Young is described as sufficient to deter mob violence.
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Springfield
Agecent
James A. Creighton
Sangamon County
Daneen
Brank Muteh
Suapeda
Young
Springfield Riots Force White Exodus After Assaults
In Springfield a mob violence wave swelled after the assault of Mrs. Earl Hallam, leading to the lynching scare and mass exodus of about 1,500 Black residents. Police moved prisoners as crowds dispersed toward the rail, with 200 rioters slated for murder charges before a special grand jury convened by Governor Deneen.
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Richardson
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Deneen
Clare
Brntal
Bayonet Stabbing at Kankakee Inquest Finds Self Defense
In Kankakee a delivery boy for a local grocery, Earl Nelson, was stabbed to death by a soldier from the First Regiment I N G Chicago. The incident drew 800 residents to the street outside the courthouse. In the Springfield inquiry, Private Joseph I Klein of Company A First Infantry was sustained in a self defense plea regarding the fatal bayonet stabbing.
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Springfield
Arsen Arres
Nelson
Elmer Osborn
Eli Harnett
Privace Joseph I. Klein
Company A
First Infantry
Kankakos
Springfield Mob Riots Quelled by Militia Firepower
Springfield was placed under military rule as 5000 National Guardsmen patrolled busy streets after days of bloodshed and lynching. Troops blocked gatherings, suppressed riotous acts, and restored a fragile peace while Chicago officials ordered reinforcements and condemned mob violence.
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Secon Infantry
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Algo
Seventy Infantry
First Cavalry
Washington
Courthouse
Athier
Deneen
Riot-Torn City Sees Army Reinforcement At Capitol
State Arsenal in Springfield reports 1500 more soldiers including 250 cavalry, boosting guards to over 5000 to keep order. A boy is fatally stabbed aboard a Fleet Regiment train at Kankakee by a Chicago soldier amid ongoing Lynchlogs and race riots. Donnegan home attacked as crowd gathers. Families flee as rioters press toward Donnegan residence. Donnegan nearly blind unable to flee.
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Hegra
Mob Kills Two Black Men in Springfield Rampage
A mob fatally hanged 65 year old barber Scott Burton after a quarrel with a white man near 12th and Madison. An 80 year old, William Donnegan, died at St Johns Hospital after mob attack at his home. Police say Abraham Raymer confessed to leading the mob and named others. Provocation cited: Donnegan’s marriage to a white woman. Mob assembled at Seventh and Washington.
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Lus
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Elrnel
Scott Burton
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Madison Streets
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Tie
Fred
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Donnegan
Abraham Raymer
Springfield
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Raymer
Ernest Humphrey
Krayner
Oilers
Raymier
Seventh
Washington
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