The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-29
TRIAL OF BILLY HARRISON
AT MOUND CITY.
HISTORY OF THE BLOODY
TRAGEDY.
Of THE COURT
ESTERDAY.
now THE PRISONER LOOKED.
PALE, BUT FAT AND SACCY AS
EVER.
THE TRIAL or HAIR sos

house a. the corner Of Fifth street and
T Commercial avenue, owned and pro-
prIeturcd by Grace Winsur, having con .
mencei yesterday in the Pdla,ki county
circLlt court, It may not be cut OF place At
this time to give brief account of the
circumstances surrounding that bloody
murder.
During the day preceding the night on
which tue murder was committed both
~ boIA and H,rst,,n had been drinking
,ud were bJtn more or les. under the ia.
, aIsnee Of hquJr In the evening
1h~y wen! to the house
above referred to together,
whether by ar.lmen, or We cannot say
SlorGiy after entering the house Harrison
went out and was gone sometime, and
when be returned found that SwouoIa
bad made arrangements with Miss Ida
Win,Or to stay 10 the house oil night Ga
hearing tbi, Harrison became enraged ami
asked | ia wnelhyr 'sAe was going to stay
with SObJda She replied IN the affirm-
alive, when Harrison struck her in ,b,.
face with bis clenched f,t. making thu.
blood ID" from her nose freely. Mis-.
| NlrsJr ran Out Of the room, and then
/ Harrison turned his attention to Swob,d,
aud asked hin whether he Wa. goin, 10
Keep company win Ida. swoboda -ald he
Was, "nen Harrison -ald, ".f you DO will
shoot you From the statements, mad.
at the time Of the murder, Ly several OF
tue girls no were At tUat time inmates of
tue house, itseefns SwObOda replied ~ Har-
Fison Mat rather than have quarrel VIII
MN, he lSSOOOdiJ would leave the house.
At the same time walking toward II trris.
son, and extending his hand as If to tax.
mold of Harrison At tLIs point Harris
sou puI us h1nd' lntO tue rear p"chet Ui
uis pants AM drew out revolver. and
pointing it at SSaOudas stomach fired,
the bali entering his body shyrt distanc.
above the naval Ater Receiving the
shot Harr son and SwabOda cl"nched ana
fell to the 1,ur. Harrison extrlca,.d him
ssif and jinpir g up sIez ii "a chair, al tue
1870 -" NV VI VIII XIII
the dutch s-n of n 5-h.' O.hvr parties
hearing Tue shot, ran into the house. AND
learning WAL I'D taken place separated
the tau men. HARRISON left The huu.. but
VAS soon alter arresL.i hr Sh.r" Ir"..
ant h,. d-r"'p ."" S-'". D"vDyIt
lived for about two hours after
receiving the shot fired By Harrison.
Tue above Is subitarti,liy t1r evidence
brought out at tins cor MRS ingls,t her.
the same night the shooting occurred and /
Ueto e S"obJda died.
PRocEEDtNOs IL COURT YEsTEID,Y
The greater part OF tue forenoon Was ia.
Ken up IN preparing for trlal, aud II va,
not until ainDs. ten o'clock that Harr,.ou
"a' brought into court,
During the interval that followed the
arrival OF tue prisoner, our repyr.er h,s
an opportunity 10 observe what caan,a-
# any, had iome over Harrison since he
date OF his Imprisonment
TUG PRISONER.
Apparently, Harrison hu, not cbsp,eg
nacn IN appearance. lie Is paler than h..
, used to b" but this change may be ac.
counted Tor by N, TACT that be las bee,
conhaed IN jail upward. OF fourteen
! months. lie wns wrll-drr.sed and has IN.
appearance oiH weIi-isd man. lie wore,
! Iisht blue sack coat, dark vest pt.vi.b
pants and clean, white SHIRT, VIM, cJ
! 'r aud black neck-tle. H., hair w.
to"Oel "IIh scrupuluus care, every A,nr
being IN rs place. Excepting a thin
moustavh, b., face was void d,
anything like wAIskers. II. /
/ wore the same style nj
cap rs when running A. large abou, TIN.
| e''y endeayoring TO sell hI. service. for tb,.
| purpose Of murder. II the nrsrur.s 10,
MS Trial dl'Iurbs his ,4I4nImltv any h.. /
lid not show it yesterday lie wore or
his face the sans cool, deliberate. devil
mr-care expression - churucleri.,ic ot
| MN, and seemingly Vas us ttlecuucerDci
! about what va. Z Ipg on in th. colr,r.o, /
- # be were listening to the trial Of some
poor yngrunt before police court H..
attorney. had little t. LAY to Hmm and ,bo..
! parsons ia the room Who wore on friend,
Ani intimate terms with him b fore h..
murdered ; "obois, scarcely noticed HIM
TUX orr CEKs - ruE COURT
Are Judge presiding, D,vii j. Baker.
clerk l. Uun, and Hyrry Krum.irk,
i"pu'y sheriff. Z. C. kennedy. and -
Wilson, deputy.
tue ATTORNEY,
| In the case are; For the defense, NJ NJ
Wil'un Of Cincinnati, Ono. and ID /
Lln"gHr Of Cairo. Major Blackburn.
noted criminal lawyer Of Cincir matt. has
TI'o been retained Tor tbe defence, ard
Will arrive ab ut Friday or Saturday,. and
Tab" part in closing the casc. For ih.
state, Judge VIM j Allen and $ p.
Wheeler, Esq., of Cairo, and County Al.
t"rn"y II. NJ smith OF Mound CIV al.
pear.
TIpS To QUAsu yESIRE.
Nj. L'nrg.r moved t. discharge the
pet Jury on the ground that they were
illegally and irr'gul.rly summoned; tb,
the shrrli Of the county hal failed 10
make ITuppr return az tn. ,.,.t-.