The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-15
More Links Needed in Chain OF
CircumstantiaI Evidence
Around Negro Suspect
POLICE WORKING HARD TO FAS.
TEN THE AWFUL CRIME ON
GUILTY PARTY--NEGRO
BELIEVED lNNo-
CENT.

Unless the police can manage to
fasten a few more links in the chain
of evidence around Charles Williams
young negro, who was arrested yes
terday morning. in connection with
the brutal killing of Bartender VIII
liam Parr, at the Kentucky House Fri
day morning, the case, which is ont
of the most deliberate, cold blooded
and premeditated murders in the his
tory OF Cairo, win probably go down
as one of the unsolyed mysteries.
Several bits of circumstantial evi-
dence led to the arrest of Williams,
and his desperate attempt to escape
from Officer Wilson only added to the
suspicion which already hung over
him, en- account of his threat to get
even" with Parr as a result of fight
last Sunday, during which the bar
tender tsruck him a heavy blow on
the head with a glass.
As stated in yesterdays Bulletin
the only clue that the police had TO
work on was the fact that Parr had
had a quarrel and fight with the me-
gro and that the latter had threatened
him. Officer Wilson secured a &c
scription Of the negro and a systema;-
c man hunt begun.
Every negro dive and all night sa-
loon and lodging house in the city
was searched. Fully a hundred ne
grces were reused from from their
slumbers, while the officers flashed
their pocket electric lights in their
faces They were looking for small
mullatto with an ugly scar on his left
eye. The officers had failed to find
any man answering the description
and had about given up hopes of To-
eating him, thinking that he had lett
town
Officer Wilson. however, was not
content and he began a search of the
freight sheds. box cars, etc. About
$3.50 he found the negro he waited
asleep in the Big Four sand house,
below the Halliday
He arrested him and took him up
the levee, just as they passed the
K. c. restaurant where the negro had
been employed for the past few days,
ne ierked away from the officer. dash
ed through the open door, fiinging II
shut behind him and ran through the
restaurant and jumped off the back
porch. into tho rear yard and ran up
Railroad street. better known as Hal
liday avenue
Officer Wilson started in pursuit
of the negro and reached the porch
just as the negro jumped off. he
called to him to halt and when VIII
ans kept running he fired. Two OF
the shots took effect, one in the thigh
and another one In the heel.
Before Officer Wilson could get to
the street to follow him the negro had
run as far as the rear end OF the Ken
lucky House, No 400 Ohio street ana
had dashed up the back steps ana !
locked himself in room at the enc
Of the hall. One of the boarders saw |
him enter the room and notified Of |
fcer Wilson.
The negro at first refused to come /
out. but upon being told that he was I
surrounded and that there was no /
chance for him to escape. unlocked /
the door and surrendered.
He was taken in the patrol wagon /
to police headquarters and after his 4
wounds had been dressed, locked up. /
His Injuries are of no consequence.
The evidence introduced at the con
)ner's inquest held at the court house
Yesterday afternoon. was in accors.
ince with the facts published in yes