The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-10


of young Jas, Coleman by Julian Pillow
at a school house in Dog Tooth Bend on
last Friday night. For sometime past a
protracted meeting has been in progress at
the school house where the shooting took
place, and it has been resort for all the
young men in the vicinity for miles
! around.
| COLEMAN AND PILLOW
were regular attendants, and both were |
known and regarded as quarrelsome
young men. This is especially true as to
Pillow who Is known to be q bad and des-
perate fellow, capable oil doing or COM
hitting almost any crime whenever the
| least proyocation was offered him. Asal
sample Of the way in which Pillow
gets even with those whom he Inagin-
es to have injured him we may mention
his conduct toward his
| MOTHER AND HIS sTEP>TATHER,
one James Ice, gentleman for whom he
seems TO have entertained supreme
hatred. Julian made it so hot for Ice
that the latter sought safety in going
away from home, which he did and staid
for several months. In the meantime Mrs.
Ice rented Julian the farm. Shortly after
this transaction Ice, getting tired of wan.
deriDg about concluded to return home,
and home he came. When Judian found
that Ice had come back, he straightway |
proceeded to set fire to and burn up his |
mothers stack Of wheat; after which he |
took his shot gun and then took after Ice,
who to "avOid difficulty" took to the
| road and came 10 Cairo as fast as he
could. That's the kind OF boy Julian
Pillow is.
THE TROUBLE
| between Coleman and Pillow seems TO
have been OF long standing and they
have had several fights. They met al
church on Thursday night, when Cole
man attempted to stop the wagon in
which Pillow was riding and bantered
him out to fight, but
FRIENDS INTERFERED,
aud quarrel was prevented. On Fri.
day night they met at the same place,
and were among the last to leave the
school house after the services were oyer.
They had no words on this night, how.
ever, and the whole party was about to
leave the place when Coleman was
invited by gentleman to ride home with
him in his, wagon.
| COLEMAN EXCUSED HIMSELF,
saying that lie had promised to ride with
another person, and started to go to the
wagon in which he was to ride. On the
way lie had to pass Pillow. who was
standing few feet apart from all the
others present. When Coleman had got
two or three yards past Pillow, he look.
ed back, and AS he did so he saw
| PILLOW RAISE HIS HAND AND FIRE.
AS soon as the shot was fired Coleman
followed that he was shot. His friends
went to him and he was placed in a
wagon and taken home. Constable
George Ryall, who was present when the
shooting was done. Immediately
ARRESTED PILLOW.
| Alter the shooting Pillow handed his re-
volver to friend whom he told to keep
it for him until he Pillow paid what he
owed him. ltwls at first supposed that
this was the only revolver Pillow had,
but latter when searched it was found
that he had another one in his pocket.
The one he handed to his friend had one
chamber empty, and the other had two
empty. ...
| COLEMAN's WOUND.
Coleman was taken home and Drs.
Perkins and Nowotny sent for. Onex.
animation 1t was found that the ball had
struck Coleman in the back on the right
side, passing through the kidney and
bowels and lodgingjust under the skin OF
the abdoman. Drs. Nowotny and Per,
kins pronounced the wound fatal and
stated that Coleman could not live over
two days. lie died on Sunday night,
proving that the physicians were correct.
A CoRoNER's INQUEST.
Justice of the Peace Nick Hunsacker
was notified, and held an INCEST on the
body. DR.. Nowotny made post morttsn
examination of the body with the result as
above stated.
! THE PRELIMINARY TRIAL.
Pillow, who was all the time kept
under guard by Constable Ryall, was on
Monday taken before Squire Thomas
Martin and q preliminary examination
was had. All the facts in the case were
brought out, and at the conclusion Squire
Martin held Pillow for trial OIL charge
of murder in the first degree.
| PILLOW ESCAPEs-How
After the the trial Pillow was turned
over to Constable Ryall for safe keeping.
The constable, to make sure OF the pris-
oner's safe keeping, placed a guard Of
four men over him. Some time during
the night, while two OF the guards were
asleep, and while the other Two were
evidently not keeping very close watch
over their prisoner, Pillow slipped out of
the house made his escape, and at last &C.
counts he was still at large. There is
certainly some mystery surrounding