The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-02
THE INQUEST.
Testimony Of witnesses In the Lane.
NtOrfass ktl1imE.
Lane in the Discharge Of His Duty a. {
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by the several witnesses examined ut the
inquest over the body Of the negro
Elijah Storiass, mot Stafford. as We had 1t
yesterday, who was shot by James X.
Lane on Tuesday evening.
Lizzie Walker, Cairo, Illinois, being
first duly sworn, said Was standing on
the corner of Fourth street aud WASH
ington avenue heard a man tell Jim
Lane, Here, take this man In charge"
meaning Storiass, the deceased. jim
Lane said to I. Walder, "Havc you a
pistoly" Valdez said, "Ycs," and Lane
said, give It to me-" Valdez handed 1t
to him Storiass was in front Of Lane !;
Lane followed and caught up with him !;
Storiass said to Lane, Don't put your
hand on me-" Lane told him (Storiass)
to stop; Storiass turned down sixth
street towards Walnut street, and mo
toned to Lane not to follow him. Mr..
Sargent then brought Storlass back :,
Storiass said, mir. Lane, did you call me
d--n black son Of n b-h? l don't
take that of Of no man." Saw them 70
along little ways and jim Lane shot
him, (Storiass).
Patrick Carroll, CAIRO, Illinois, upon
being sworn, said Saw John Taylor
and Jim Lane with Storiass StOriass re-
fused to 60 with them he said he didn't
want any man to come out Of a whisky
saloon to take him, and he wouldn't go !;
he resisted all the way to the corner of
Washington avenue and Sixth street:
then he made fight; saw him draw his
arm TO strike Lane, and advanced to-
ward Lane; Lane backed up few steps.
and then heard the report Of the pistol,
and saw that Storiass was shot.
John Taylor, being duly sworn said -
Storiass and some one else were fighting /;
Sargent came down and tried to separate
them. and couldn't do it; so he called
for assistance to a number OF parties /;
Sargent then called on me to help him
make the arrest; went over and tried
to separate them but couldn't do it both
parties were very strong; ! then asked
Sargent for his whistle and he went to
the corner and blew it several times for
assistance; Storiass and the man he was
lighting with became separated, and 7
met Sargent and le told Inc he had
placed Storiass in charge OF Jim Lane !;
Sargent told me TO go to Jim Lane and
assist him in making the arrest. When
] came up with Lane he was about
twenty feet behind Storiass, who was
going toward the Mississippi levee; he
was walking very fast; Lane told him to
stop several times that he was author
lied 10 take him to the justice and he had
to dot; Lane didn't catch up with him ;
he stopped and commenced arguing, and
said he would die before he would 20
h used that expression several times and
also threats he said there were not
men enough to take him; Lane and
then took hold of him and he jerked loose
a number OF times In succession; he
dropped piece of gum on the sidewalk
and asked me TO pick ii up Tor him;
told him to stand aside little and I
at the same time he had himself in posi-.
ton to strike me; both jim Lane and
talked TO him and reasoned with him for
some time. and told him there was no
Use of resisting, that we were deputiZed
to take him: e said he wouldn't 20 with
I.nc but would 60 with me; he said he
wouldn't go with son of b--h that
was selling whisky; but was resisting me
all the time; Storiass tried to get by me
n, though he wanted to get ut Lane:
Lane then said he would have TO take the
d--n black son of b-h; that he was
authorized 10 take him and he would be
Obliged to do it. Then he (Storiass) tried
to get at Lane and struck him over my
shoulders: he started of then and said he
would not go TO Jail; that he would kill
the son of b-h before he got to Jail,
and made pass at Lane; then he walked
about eight or ten feet up Washington
avenue. and turned around and called
Lane son Of b-h and said he would
Tie first before he would go to Jail, and
struck at Lane. then felt a sting on
my arm and heard report OF a pistol,
but don't know who fired it. then let
go of him and stepped to one side and
then saw Jim Lane shoot him. Storiass
walked about six or eight steps after the
first shot was fired.
DR.. j. j. Gordon being sworn, said: ex-
amined the wound Of Elijah Sloriass. and
found that he died from the effects of in.
ternal hemorrhage, caused by a gun-sllot
wound in the stomach and bowels.
Philip lisey, Of Grceniield Landing
No., was sworn and testified Saw on
Sixth street, near Walnut, two white men
and one negro saw there was some diff
ficulty between them, and after stoppin:
| saw that 1t was Mr.. Taylor, James
Love and a negro man; the white men
were trying to arrest the negro, and he
resisted, saying; "Iwill not bc arrested
! will not go to jail;" he said further
"iou have no authority to arrest me,
and will not go with YOU" Mr.. lay.
Tor then turned up his vest collar and
showed him something and said, IL have
the authority to arrest YOU" and he said
then, ~ will go with you;" he then
walked a lew steps and said, ~ will moi