Hell at Midnight in Springfield, Or a Burning History of the Sin and Shame of the Capital City of Illinois (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hell at Midnight in Springfield, or a Burning History of the Sin and Shame of the Capital City of Illinois I t01e the mask from some of their boon political companions and exposed the criminal workings of pohtlcal Romamsm in this state and they must have revenge They are welcome to It, for when these tlme servers who take no part m the great nation-wide movement for better things, are dead, rotten and forgotten, the people W111 remember With gratitude and kindness the men who fought their battles, and whose sacrifices ushered m a better day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.