| Show V REPULSED V WITH VOLLEY VOLLE I Mob Attacked Cairo III Court Courthouse V house Purpose of Lynch Lynching V ing a Negro I WARNED AWAY BY SHERIFF 1 4 Was Unheeded First Fired Over Their Heads Then Into Their Ranks V One Kill l I ht or of Twelve Deputies Were Vere Negroes I V Militia SOW No on Guard l i CaIro 11 Fob militia men th morning patrolled In front o othe ot the Alexander Aleander county count courthouse where shortly before 1 a m in Alexan Alexander dM der leader o of n a mob attach on the jail was shot not to death eath by b deputy and four others were woun wound wound wounded ed d Halli Halliday d a son On o of a former mayor of Cairo la lay for three hours dying bosl beside e ethe the steps wIth the tempera temperature ture a fow ow degrees above zero During that time Sheriff acting on or 01 orders ders deIs received b by telephone from Gov Deneen Dencen refused to permit anyone anone to toI remove the wounded man or to a I physician to enter the enclosure The says as he believed the man manI I VV as dead who removed his I bod body at i 4 a m in say It was warm In InI I that de death th had come but a short hort time before beton THE DEAD I 1 Alexander d a 35 years ears old j dairyman son On or of former Mayor Thom Thomas as W Yo Halll ay of Cairo shot In eed and bod bodI body THE WOUNDED Sam am former polIceman I I wounded In head bead and shoulder at St I Marys Infirmary John Maloney of oC Mrs Rose ROEe Maloney whose purse was vas snatched by one o of the negro pris sought by the mob Slight wound on cheek Horton wounded On n ankle Georg Th 8 the tho Press t wounded lii the thc leg Crehan was shot when hen he stopped for a moment to learn what the trouble was about Bight of oC the 1 12 deputy sheriffs whose killed and wounded the This tact was others were negroes not definitely known to the crowd which stormed the courthouse but It as suspected and the tho suspicion helped to arouse the racial feeling THE DEADLY VOrLEY The deadly volle volley which the sheriffs sheriff men fired from the windows of the courthouse was wa fired In answer to scattering shots from the crowd and after the deputies In obedience to the sheriffs order had flied one VOne voiley inthe In Inthe the all air allOne airOne One of the bullets fire fired from Crom the crowd grazed the tho right hand causing a blister The Tho mob foil fell back to two saloons ad adjoining adjoining joining the tho courthouse and jail and andI I remained there until the saloons were closed shortly after arter 3 a m on onan nn an order from Crom Mayor Maor Parsons caused b by a messAge from the governor at S Springfield el 1 When the e men were vere turned out of V the saloon It was too cold to remain outside and another r attack on the courthouse was not ventured The militia company ordered out by the tho governor at midnight did not succeed V In M until 4 a m in and at that hour the militiamen relieved deputies CAUSE OF THE ATTACK The mob attack on the jail JaB was the V outgrowth ot of public Indignation over petty pett crimes crimea by negroes particularly purse pure and annoyances to women Mrs Irs Rose Roso Malones purse purEe was snatched da evening She Shet t drew a revolver and fired at the negro but he ran awa away with her purse In her purse purs was a sIlver dollar to which a postage stamp had become attached V Mrs In Maloney Malone told the police of this I tact fact and when tho negro offered such mch sucha n a coin In a store yesterday lie he was V arrested V The negro John PlaU Piatt confessed that lie ho had taken Mrs rs V purse and several days das ago that of off f Mrs Accord Ho said Sall Lincoln Wilson was his hili accomplice and a ne negro neg g gro was vas also a o arrested V Nellie heard talk of In the tho afternoon and evening and at 10 ram pm called up Gov Deneen at V Springfield V Springfield At about midnight an order was to Cairo for tor Capt Greane ot of the local militia company to proceed to the sheriffs aid Thero was deJa dehy In find findIng V Jog Ing Greaney reaney and In arousing the tho V militiamen Thu Tho sheriff called on Mayor Maor Parsons for Cor aid from the police The Tho mayor maor said Iw he would order ordel some of the tho night force orce to assist but Jone or Of the eight night policemen tip ap V colre at the tho courthouse From 10 pm until midnight the crowd In the l saloons and talk or of I lYnching fomented Into an attack I Tho jail was dark darl and the tho mob could not see Reo the sheriff and 12 depUtes guard guald with at the windows owl of oC the two on either side Ide or of the main entrance As th the crowd rushed toward the steps called loudly Stand back or my man will fire firo on you ou MOli IOD l mED FIttED OX ON The first tour mell In th crowd I el declares hail handkerchiefs over theIr taCos lIls drew n a revolver rc oher flad shouting a command to fire lie he fired a aI ashot I shot hot over OCI tiit tho heads ot of the tue mob moho V Tho who Iio hind had ordered ered to fir fire thir first volley olle In thu tho all air V so 10 All As the thc sound dl d away pIstol shots began popping train Crom tile the crowd and tell Cell around the tho sheriff sherif Then th the t cond volley olley a aIho Iho ho had started ip P the steps In adVance ad Vance Inco of oC hili hii fellows was foiled felled b by charges s from nt at If least allt two shotguns He tAll over the railing of oC the and 11 lay III the tho allow The Thc others tell fell back hurriedly no none no o of the wound V fd d men In too serious condition to lea leave leaveAt ve veAt At a saloon Baloon the wounds o of the he four fourr 1 r V men were cud Sheriff was wall called up tip by bv telephone We Ve want to send over oer and gt get that maui who I is 1 hying ln there said uld a voice olce tram roni the saloon You cant come until lve Ive talked to the governor govern III said and he call called called ed up Ho told GO Gov Deneen that the nan man In the snow was dead ashe as ashe he him him to be and asked It Ithe ho he should permit the tue bod body to be 00 re removed moved movell governor advised him Nellie says to walt wait until the militia came caine and to take no chances on a ru ruse e which might result In a renewal wal of the tue mobs attack So when the tue next mc message ge came from the saloon Nellis told his questioner that everyone must keep keepawa awa away SOURCE OF MOB SPIRIT Tho mob spirit has hns novel never died hero here since the murder of oC Miss Annie Pelle I a XO Nov 11 last 11 imy a 1 negro which was a followed b by the lynching ot of ota ofa a no negro to and a white man manTh manTh Th bod body of MIss Pelle hail had been found In an aile alley She bad been nt at attacked tacked and murd murdered William James Jame fL a negro was arrested on suspicion after oHer a hunt for 01 the murderer In which bloodhounds were iere used At AL night 1 a mob formed and took James Jam s from roni tile the jail He waa as hanged hange Inthe In the tho public square and his body rid riddled led ledwith with bullets bullet The mob which numbered thousands also took from the Jail ll V and lynched henry a white man nn who Iho was held on a 11 charge charlo of wIfe iCe murder GO Deneen rushed state troops troop to the tho scene Cene These restored quiet and prevented l the lynching ot of Arthur Al Alexander another negro suspected of complicity In the Poll C murder The Tle Theman man was spirited l away to Champaign for Cor safe keeping and an afterward released re leased on proving hIs Innocence MILITIA I IN CHARGE Company K has relieved Sheriff Ne el ellis his lis and hRS has matters tull fully In hand A AheM heM heavy guard blard o of has been placed around thu tho jail and no one Is allowed to enter the jail yard I Coroner James B 13 McManus began an investigation atlon o of the tho shooting of Alex Alax Alaxander Alexander ander Halliday this afternoon Ar Arrests Arrests rests are threatened i If he finds m as tim tho ph physicians say sa died from tho loss or of blood anti and exposure Members of Company K IC called 1 nn an ambulance and anft Halliday was taken to ton toa n a ho Physicians there said Hal HuI IIda s wounds were vero not necessarily mortal and that his hili probably could have been saved it If ho he had been hoen taken talton from the courthouse grounds Imm dl atel after atter he be was shot The people hero here are loudly condemn condemnIng lag Ing tho actIon o of Sheriff In not allowing the lie body or of to be removed from the courthouse step whore where It lay Iny lit In the tho snow fOl foi several hours and before Capt ST Y P Grenney Greane or of Company Compan K IC finally forced the sheriff sherif to allow him hitti to remove the body |
