in 2018) worth of groceries to re-sell to black people so they could have food. Social and political effects White men immediately galvanized around the notion of restricting black people from voting. From 1890 to 1908 legislatures of southern states had passed new constitutions and laws that raised barriers to voter registration, effectively disenfranchising most black people and excluding them from politics. This policy was enforced for decades, into the late 1960s. Local discussions were similarly overt in intent: Directed to arrest "all suspicious characters," police quickly began arresting black people known to have lost their jobs, or homes in the riot, for "vagrancy"; in some cases police conducted raids of their homes to do so. If unable to pay a $100 ($2,500 in 2018) fine, the black people were given "hours" to leave town. Most of those arrested lived, or had businesses in, the politically influential Levee District. For example, seven such arrests were made in one day, one week after the rioting. The following week, police raided the homes of nine more black people, arrested them for "vagrancy," and presented them with the same ultimatum to leave. Six months later, the city held a Centennial Celebration in honor of Lincoln's birthday. It was a "black tie" event held at the State Arsenal Building, featuring prominent American and foreign dignitaries. It was held at the same place used to shelter 300 black people during the riots. More than 700 whites attended the $25 ($650 in 2018) per plate event. No African American was invited, although many black people wanted to celebrate Lincoln and his emancipation of slaves. Edward H. Morris, a prominent Chicago black lawyer, did purchase a ticket to the event. When organizers learned that he was black, his ticket was rescinded. It was reported that black people were thoroughly "over the fact that they [are] deprived in the big doings" around Springfield, and stipulated that, from this point out, the social order of the city had changed: Indictments By August 17, over 200 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks. The State Attorney General, Frank L. Hatch, said that he had evidence to charge "at least 15 people" with murder. Hatch filed a motion for a special jury. On the morning of August 17, because the jails were overflowing, Judge James A. Creighton, granted the special jury to move the process along. Creighton asked Sheriff