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Show 111 Mie SPIRIT NOW Mm QUELLEDJN CAIRO id! sta0 Trool,s G,lanl ('if.v rha, .ill I II!; B Only Few Hours Before Was ' ;j( Utterly Lawless, i i: iv 1 NEGRO ARTHUR ALEXANDER ' . f ; IS TAKEN OlT OF TOWN i jj 1 Lfjiccrrain" it' Any Steps Will Be ! I i!1" Jljjj ' Taken o Prosecute Load- ' (' crs of Riot. , ' i ! .: B CAIRO, 1)1., Nox'. 12. With tho nc- I . ' ' S3 gro, Arthur Alexander, last, of those i' ill ill arrested in connection with tho mur- I; ' j S! . dor bcro on aUoudny ot .Miss Anna I-'ej- 1 x C' ut0 0,lt town ;,n(1 some 350 r J V. ' ji members of the Fourth TOgiment of tho ':, Bi . Ulinois Nntional Guard on duty in tho f i v-? Mi 1 strcots and about the Jail tonight, the tl j ji - !! j i mob spirit (hat has hold Cairo for four ij" ' I !'-. w days scorns quollcd. Xo crowds aro al- t !n lowed to gather in any part of the 1 I 1 I ffl am ovcr' k,,OW11 danger poiut iK ! " fa V 'H occupied by troop?. ' off '' lift ' Whereabouts Kopt Secret, il' ''! ! in Alexander, who was reported to have ,y 'j ' ,H been implicated in Ihu murder of .Miss ir '' f Jjj Pclloy by tho dying statement of the f ' ' ' ;jj ' negro. ''Froggy" .James, ono of tho I (Jj . victims of last night's mob, was sent ' t : ; !w ty au unannounced point north of here 1 j i ' W late this aftornoou. llo was ebf orted ' i 88 from the jail to a special train by ' I '-! iu seven companies of military, two of ' ' 'mI '.' ilffl which, Sl of Champaign and G of Ef- 1 ' i: Ilfi lingham, wore assigned to tho duty of ,( r T'! B guarding the train. ' !lH ' ' III Thoro wero .iecrs and dellanco for Jj i ' v i !fl t ho militia from tho smnlj crowd that I !-i witnessed tho deparluro. Sumo way or ' i ' .'''iff orher the word had gone about Ihe ' ' j -K B town that tho negro was to be spirited 5 V "' m away at -1 o'clock. It was half an hour I f ' I m later that ho was led from his cell F . 1 ij m . and placed between the files of cum- !' " 'i nam puny I of Vandalia. i , '. HI Crowd Still Ugly. ij ' Ui Tint's him " lm Ml onnirt hncV I, j; '') "burn tho nigger,' and "we'll get j, j n'm yt'" en mo from tho spectators. ! ' J'' 1 j jj who had been pressed back a half- (. jj ', I ji block from tho on trance to tho jail 1 i X yard by company 0 of Carbondalo and !l ft company L of Gluey. L K tf Two seta of fours woro in advance ' J l ,,'A of the prisoner, who was handcuired ! I ;,, and flanked by deputy sheriffs. Two i (l! :,Vj ft sets of fours followed. As tho Vanila- j ,,' ' - lia men swung north toward tho rail- jj J . road along Twonticth street, tlireo , ' !' ,'! I companies cleared tho filrcct in ad- f'l ' Vi f vauce of the escort and a Jiko nuni- 1 ' H ' -Ji I . bor followed in tho rear, kconing back . ''ij f .the crowds that wero augmontod at tev- 1 1 : ' f Pr-V ross street of the half-mile march r I' ' 1 1 . 'o the train. ' .( i ". ' 1 rnf "'Usplay of force was greater j' ' y II . than tho citizens of Cairo had antici- ,. ; I f l pated, and wbilo there wero murmur , -! 'all along tho line of march there was '' f j no effort to hroak tho line, j 'f '! I Brifr.-Geu. Frank P. Wells of Doca- j, j.'J if tur, commanding the Hecond brigade if t : ! ll ho Guard, was in charge of tho demon- . , i j g mirations and after it was over ho said K R ho was convinend that the dissplav of j ' military force had had a moet salu- ,t iiljl ' tor-' c&ocl "pen tho town, "jj ' j.'U H Ambiguous ' Statement. ! : 3 Genenil Wnlls and Col. If. .Shaud of 1 '' ,i J tho adjutant -gcueral 's office refused to I . j If ; tejl what they "knew of iho plans for j 11) (if ln0 safekeeping of the prisoner, i, j ! "ijijlf ' "He will not be laken to Spriug- ;4 :'m i nVld, and when he is taken off the i i ' ' l ? I I train ho wiJl be at sonic ppint far 1 .i f.'t! f ' enough north to prevent any attempt : pill ;,i recapture by a mob from this soc- iitfl tion," said Colonoi Shand. J :J 1 The local authorities left the dispo- Tj' ' :i I! sition of the prisoner to the state of- -I'll! ficials and turned thoir ationtion to the V1 l'l I I ' murder of Miss Polley aud tho riots of 'il . :K t last night. Coroner's verdicts wore i ,')" M l(( . rendered on both the men b'nehed, in. 1 ilfi ? cacn caso un j"1' -'nin" "that he i I 1' ' ''ain0 10 n's death by injuries at the I j fl hands of persons unknovn to us. ,r i! .flj i 12a rly in tho day Sheriff Davis, in an J 4 ' t !i interview, told of recognizing several members of the mob that took .lames from his cave last night, llo named Mr. Logan of Cairo as ono of Uiesir individuals, in-dividuals, aiid accused tho postmaster and a storekeeper of Karnak, 111., as having accompanied somo of Iho Hcout-ing Hcout-ing parties tjiat searched tho wondst ill tho vicinity of that town for tho sheriff's party. What steps will be taken to bring llioso implicated iu tho uprising to trial has not boon determined. Mayor Parsons said ho was asleep and heard no shot or other sound to indicate in-dicate that tho city was in the hands of a moli. Alexander M. Wilson, slnto's attorney, attor-ney, states that ho was in sovcrai parts of the city Iryii'tf to quell tho mob spirit, but would not say that bo recognized recog-nized any Of its leaders. "I am ready to do ver3'thiug that my office requiroa," said "tho state's attorney. "'Iho question of calling a special grand jury is one to be decided by Judge W. iT. Butler of tho carcuil court. However, wo shall havo a rog-ular rog-ular grand jury when court convenes here in December, and I shall present to it any evidence that comes into my possession before that time. I don't expect ex-pect to collect that cvidenee mvself, as dotectivo'work is not a part of my duties." |
