The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-01
LETTER INDICTED
By GRAND JURY
Conviction Means a Term In
the pcnitentiary
Kffhnn ~
WARRANT NOT SERVED
FAFMER's EoY TEEEo a COON
NEAR zElGLER AND WAS Fir.
Ed UPON FROM THE
sTocKAoE.

! DnQuoin, u Nov 90 Ii was
learned t1is mornirg hat inaict.
'nfnts were returned Nov IL by the
Perry county grand jury sit ing al
Plneknoyville. against Joseph Letter
and Henry r. Plat. his attorney AMI
personal representative. Each ii.
dletmen' embraces three counts. The
ilrst count charges them with felon
lou " taking men under armed guard
through Perry county on their way
20 Ieigier. Tho second charges them
With having h.rcd armed guards for
the same purpose Tbe third csasg-
IS them with advising, aiding and
abet'lEg the hing Of armed guards
and the transportation III men under
guards.
the penalty under tile law. for d
conviction undor either Indictment n
4 penitentiary sentence of from one
TO five years vita no alternafive of
fine.
Caipases have been ordered. but al
yet have not been issued
States Attorney Criticised.
ln explaining the delay states All.
torney Pope IL Duquuln stated that
lo had been too busy on account OF
closing the affairs Of bis Office. his
term expiring today. AS conse.
quenee. the matter Of Issuing The
eaipasss will 50 over 10 the new al.
ministraiion Which il Republican.
while the retiring states attorney Is
4 Democrat.
When the fact that the indict.
ments had heon returned for nearly
three weeks without sarxiea waa
known IN Dunuoln FAerc was great
deal Of criticism On account of the all,
atofy manner III which the case has
been handled and there were charg-
es OF favoritism freely made.
Two Deaths Result.
A. net result of the claims of the
Letter people that hundreds Of shots
have been fired from ambush on the
town Of Ieigler there has been but
one casualty outside OF the killing of
miner on train outside Of the
town
The one exception Is that of Supi.
9. e. Whittier OF the Zeigier Coal
company, who was severely burned
about the neck whi e operating one
OF the machine guns which was be.
ing fired on supposed ambuscale
Statements as to the amount of
firing from the woods surrounding the
own are widely different. Attorney
platt of he Letter forces claims that
hundreds Of shots have been fired on
the town, while others say equally
positively that tho shooting has been
scattered and that the Letter people
Gave done all .he firing Whenever
shot has been heard at night the
search light on top OF the watch tow
er would be thrown ON tho woods and
general fusllade from the machine
guns and rifles would take place.
Coon Hunter Fired Upon.
An amusing incident occurred last
week that brought out the Letter ri.
hel and machine guns A farmer boy
named Moses Johnson was coon hunt
ing Ia the woods near ZeigIer. His
dog freed a coon and the boy built
fire. while be chopped down the tree.
AS the tree fell she bog shot with his
shotgun. Immediately the machine
guns at Zeigler got busy Johnson
was much surprised at the excite
ment his shot caused aud lost no
time in getting out of range.
W. T. Morris. member of The exec
ltlve committee of the miners union.
In charge OF the strike. ridiculed the
pistol duel which Attorney Platt
claims 10 have taken place between
himself and the former superlntend-
en- Of the Letter properties on one
side and striking miners firing from
! church nesr PlumHe.d last week.
5ushel Of Shells Story.
That church is not over 200 feet
rom the road where Plstt claims the
shots were fired" he says III many
shots we're fired a the men and bug
y at such short range il would be al.
nos. impossible for all toe shots to
Mss both men and the horse.
The story 20 the effect that a bush
I Of empty shells was found in the
woods and that biood-stained trail
vas discovered are not taken seri-
msiy. The miners cain tha. II shells
eero found they had bevn placed
here by the company agents for The
arpOse of conveying a bad impress
ion against Ihe union
Attorney Plat was away from zeig.
sr this morning and it is supposed
has he has gone for gsere men 70 !.