The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-04
Full Details OF Killing at OBri.
ems Landing.
POSSE is IN PURSUIT
or MAN WHO KILLED THREE
MEN AND A WOMAN--l5
ROAMING THE WOODS
DRESSED IN NIGHT
SHIRT.


! OBrlcn's Landing on the Mississippi
river, IA miles below Cairo. ana shot
and killed one white man. two ne
groes and a negro woman. The dead
are:
james Weaver, white, foreman,
lives at Memphis.
WIN Anderson, negro,
Fred Burt, negro.
Susie Williams, nagress.
.Af;Sr the shooting Geitrell leape >
from the store where the shooting
took place, seized two p:stois as ne
ran and disappeared IN the woods He
was clad only in a night shirt being
both hatless and shoeles3.
The sheriff at Charleston. Mo- was
no,iiied, and a; late hour 4 posse
was Termed to hunt for Geitrell They
expect that he will have to be killed
belare he will surrender The police
\ az Cairo have been asked to assist IN
/ the capture. No olew as 10 the whef
abouts o. the yoane man had been
foand from all reports at a late hour
last night
The Memphis CommercialAppeai
says; The first news OF the terrible
tragedy reached Memphis Sunday
night in the form Of telegram 10 w.
NJ Bates, contractor, who is staying
at the Clarendon Hotel. The message
was from VIII Bates, his son, WHO was
al Cairo At tde time OF the shooting
viii Bates also lives in Memphis,
Ceitrell formerly lived AT Horn
l.aae. Miss, He lad been recently liy-
inc In Memphis AMI was employed by
Mr. Bates about two weeI5 ago to 81
to the camp "a; O'Br.en as q commits
gaiy clerk he "ds higly recommaud
ID and proved 10 be valuable nam
Ah0at -four Jays ago he became III
@ith chiils and fever
Talked lnceherentiy.
Sunday morning his fever wa
very nigh ami he talE2d In a rambling
sor. q way % the attendant Ills
condition was not considered serious
however James Weaver, foreman,
was selling goods to customers in tac /
stole at he time oil the shooting.
Geitreil was In (, back room ly.ns
Oh The bed. The young man sudden /
II took two reviewers framta chest In (
the room ana without warning walked /
into u store whore Weaver was talk.
ing 10 the customers who were the
TWO Negroes ana ne negrcss mention
ed
Geltrell raised his weapons ami
commenced firing. The first bullet en-
tered Weaver Ia the back and he fell
dead on the floor.
All the others were also shot In the
back They We're starting to run and
some Of them were running out of tn.
building as he kept pumping fusll
lade OF shots into them The nero
woman fell in tho doorway
WIN Bates was In Cairo AZ The -
# the tragedy He started home late
in tho evening and was met on the
way by another employe at the camp
who told him of the shooting. M
Bates Immediately returned to Cairo.
where he sent the telegram to his
fathet. MI Bates, the father, had
!cil Cairo for Memphis earlier in the
day
viii Bates Talks.
In an interview This morning VIII
Bates said:
] cannot imagine what could have
Ted Geitrcll 10 do the killing He was
a quiet, peaceable fellow and was easy
to gat along with. He mus. have
been crazy at the time from the best
Information that can obtain from
he camp He was feeling badly
when ! left the camp and had been
having chills for several days.
A man by the name OF Dan Humph-
rey was an eye witness to the tras
edS. | mot him on the road to the
camp Sunday evening and he came
with me here, to Cairo. We will re-
main here until my father arrives
from Memphis. Humphrey said that
the shooting came without the least
warning ana that. Geitrell left soon
after
"CeitreIl had two pistols when he
ran away from the store after the
shooting lie wore only a night shirt
! fear that be Will not be taken alive.
4s Dc Is bent on killing. He may.
though. perish from exhaustion before
the shrrin's posse will succeed in cap
turing him.
-Cei,rell had been with us about
tWo weeks lie formerly lived a;
Horn Lake. Miss. He came to US
very highly recommended and We
were well pleased with his work.
O'Brien is about II miles south OF
Cairo. On the west side Of the Missis-
sippi river. It is said 10 be about 24O
miles nor:h Of Memphis. II
Further Details.
10 an Interview slr. W. N. Bates
gave the following d<Ns about the
tragedy al OBTien's Landing;
] was in Cairo with ny son yester