The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

This neighborhood has come ante
more than usual prominence by tn,
/ mysterious murder Of a stranger som'
weeks ago, whose identity is still nm
\ known, although a clue seems to hay,
been found which might lead to some
thing definite if it were properly fol
lowed UP by those in authority; an,
perhaps the best idea Of life in wild
I Cat Chute can be had from detail
ed report Of this crime which ought
not to be left 20 pass out Of mind as
long as the perpetrators remain a,
large
One night, quite late, one OF the le.
male denizens Of the place was hur.
rying down the street for some pur.
pose which need rot be stated here
1t was dark ana she had gone but 4
short distance when she stumbled
over a mass OF something lying IN
her way. She stopped 10 investigate,
passing her hands over the object,
and found ii was the body of a man
She was not much startled by the ais.
coyery because such Incidents were
common there Drunk, she thought,
md then she felt for his pockets to
find something worth having. But
her hands came in contact with warm
blood which had saturated the elota-
ing and ran in streams over the lie
walk, anu the man was dead She ran
70 police headquarters aud gave the
alarm, and officers hurried to the
icene They found the man lying On
his back. with his arms stretched
from him, and in one Of the open
hands a pocket knife lying loosely
Blood was flowing from two wound
the breast and il had made a trail
from the corner OF Twelfth street to
where the body lay, showing that the
nan had been stabbed at or near the
corner and had pursued his murderer
until death overlook him and he fell
The body was taken charge Of by the
,0roner the jury viewed ii and turn
"a ii over to the undertaken ANA i!
vas buried at the county farm un-
identified The verdict OF the jury i'm
dictated a negress named Sallie Near
IN, alias "Pit-a-Pat," and two negroes
me named Frank Lewis, the other
known as big Boy" The woman
md big Boy" were arrested, but
Frank Lewis escaped and has not ye
been found. Both the prisoners have
been acquitted and the only hope thar
the person guilty of this hienous
crime may be punished now lies in
the capture Of the fugitive, who Is be,
iieyed to be the man that struck the
fatal blows
From developments at the two
trials Of the woman in this case, itI
seems that Sallie "Pit-a-Pat," big
Boy" and Frank Lewis left theii
lonse, after some hilarity. with the
intention of getting some beer. They
saw the stranger approaching under
4 gas lamp which was some distance
away. and the men left the woman
who was to lure the stranger on. The
stranger and the woman met al the
corner Of Twelfth and Railroad
streets and walked up the street a lit
tie ways: some Of the residents heard
them quarrel, the man demanding his
money, the woman denying that she
had robbed him The man was drag
ging the woman by the arm saying.
I'm take YOU 10 police headquarters.
and The wamon cried for help. A
number Of windows were raised ana
men and women looked out, but none
yentured to 90 to the w0man's aid
for they suspected what the trouble
was and didn't care 10 be mixed up
with It, Al the corner of Twelfth and
Railroad streets, the woman called
for Lewis, who answered her Thl
stranger heard the response and hur
ried the woman across the street to
ward police headquarters. "Whar is
you?" demanded Lewis as he came
running down the street Here | is.
1e man Is chokin me- Lewis reached
the woman and ordered the stranger
10 release her: the stranger refused
demanding the return Of his money
angry words were heard. a scuffle on
sued, then Lewis and the woman We're
seen coming up the street on run
and that was practically an the wit
nesses knew The police investiga
lions developed the fact that the day
after the killing. "Salle PitaPat"
had planted $l7 with an Acquaintance
In the upper part Of The city. which
was recovered, and which was an.
louhtediy the money, or part Of IL.
which she had stolen from the
stranger The knife which was found
lying loosely in the hand Of the dead
man had been placed there after he
had died. elge il would have been grip
ped tightly; and il was seen in pos
session Of the woman several daya be-
fore the tragedy.
This, in the main, was The evidence
presented to the two iurie5 which
tried "Sallie PitaPat7 on the charge
Of mnrler I'm cnnneciinn u-iih thin