The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-06
AND COSFRssED THAT ME DID TINE
KILLING.
SHERIFF IRWIN LODGED WYATT
SAFELY IN JAIL Ar MUIR.
PHySBOR0,
But TIE AUTHORITIES THERE
COULD NOT PkUTELT HIN
FROM THE MOB.

night took the negro Wyatt out u the
county Jail and brought him over TO
Mount Carbon. Al Erst
Hr DssIsp
all knowledge Of the killing Of Mrs. Ryan,
and the mob hung him up, but did not lc.
him hang long. When they Let him down
be asked them IL they we're "going 10 kill
him They told Him they we're of course.
10 then ssid, well, don't want to die
with 8 lie in my mouth;
KILLED TEE WOMAN,
aud took her money lie had no more
than said this when q man 10 the crowd
jumped up and threw rope around his
neck and
swUs. HIN rp.
He 10 still hanging and the mob will
not allow any one 10 interfere with the
body. A, II. IgvIs.
From Sheriff Irwin, who returned home
BY the 2:3o train this morning We learn
the following Of has "trip from Cairo 10
Murphystoro
On Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Irwin
took the prisoner, AleI. w yAtt, and taking
the CLOCK train, started tor Car bondsle.
Whom the train arrived ct Villa Ridge,
Ryan, the husband Of the murdered wo-
man. who had jus, returned from the ia.
neral, WAS met by the cher.
III. Ryan went into the car, and seeing
WYATT remarked that he was the muir.
dsrsr Of bis (Ryan'sj wife, and 1t the
same time kicked him in the face, caus-
ing blood TO Gov from his nose. The sbsr.
il in,erfsred and Ryan was removed
to another car. And the train proceeded on
it, way. Before reaching Jonesboro, how.
ever, Ryan re-en,sred the car, carrying in
hi hand . large knife, and attempted to
kill the prisoner, but was prevented from
doing so BY Sheriff Irwin.
The conduct Of Ryan and other parties
Oh the train convinced Sheriff Irwin that
i, would be as good As the prisoners life
to attemp, 20 take hin, through CARBON
dale, and DO concluded 70 leave the tram
Al Ianesboro and place the pris-
oRer in all ,here until some
thing definite could 10 sscertained
With regard TO she true condition Of AZ.
fairs at Csrbondals. Accordingly, wheu
the train reached Anna, Wyatt WAS hus
into . hack and taken 10 Jonssboro,
wksre he was placed in jail.
When at JoLesboro Sheriff Irwin laid
bis plans, concluding to take the Grst up
freight, aud have the train stop
short distance south Of
arbondale, where he would
leave the cars and 60 across the country,
aud thus avoid going 90 Carbondale at all.
According to arrangement the train was
stopped juIt below the college, III the
reader knows where that is) or about
half = mile below the sta.
ton, and Sheriff Irwin and his prisoner,
accompanied by Marshal Mccullough of
Carbondale got of. Mccullough sug-
ges.ed tina. they could go into town
without fear of nolestation from the
mob, but Sheriff Irwin determined to run no
risks; and then Mccullough started to
town for buggy in which to convey the
prisoner to Murphysboro. In the mean
Time tie train went on up
to tho station, and some one,
probably ono Of tn, brakemen,
told some one that the sheriff had got of
below town. The train had not been At
the station but . Very few minutes when
the sheriff could hear the yelling Of pon,
and the c,acking Of pistols, and
in few minutes the hurried
tread of men, indicating that
the mob were coming. The Sheriff WAS
not long in making up his mind that it
was time TO leave his hiding place, and
though Mccullough had not yet arrived
with the buggy, he told the negro to
jump fence near by, and they would
take 20 the woods.
However, when they first got oil the train
they went to house near by and McCul-
Tough raped At the door, and was asked
the Oft repeated question, "Who's there
lie answered, and asked where the men
were and WAS told in reply that they we're
''all down town" Wyatt, hearing this re-
ply, said, "yes dsys oil down
dare waitin' to hang me-"
After getting over the fence, they rsa
through two fields, and finally csme up
| close to the new normal school building,
where the Sheriff halted to listen and No.
certain, If possible, whs. the mob were do
ing. Everything appearing quiet, the
Sheriff took hold ofths prisoners hand and
started in the direction of Murphysboro,
avoiding ~ much ~ possible houses and
public roads. Eve,y now and then they
could hear men following; and just when
they struck the Murpheysboro and
Carbondals road, a hack came along,
an but . very short distance from
them two men came out Of the woods and
enquired Of the driver of the hack IL
"they had yet caugh: the Niger" The
sheriff and his prisoner took to tho woods
and travelled on, several times whom nesr