The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-20
REAL NEWS VS.. FAKE.

An apt Illustration of the manner 4
which the newspaper reading publ
Of Cairo is impofed upon by a certain
local daily was presented in The Is
sue of last Saturday of an afternool
paper IN prominent place on rh,
local page of he newspaper in ques
ton, under the caption Beneath
Hangman's Noose,' and within seasa
tlonal sub-hcads appeared an alleg
account Of he execution Of Eli Bugg
the Mound CITY murderer nj Mound
Cry las Friday morning. The article
was AZ follows
Nopad cay. llj, Fob rs. One
~ The uost dramatic incidents in
connection wish she history Of
capital panishment, and Ger ainIy
In NOS dramatic In he history
of Maaad C51y yook place Friday
Hoess1g when 5im Festley q ne
$40. weS banged
TAe death punishment was in
a<ao3 Ia connection With q mur
Far s1sae timae ago, hni Fesiley
u1s onsy al accessory
Fae cenEse au uhlch resulted
Sn saa tAe execution, 0as secured
envirvy anon dreams antal evi
6aaee a.asy thar evidence was of
q mgst caas saenE uztaFe Mound
Ciyy ana vicinity bai been arous-
"a fer SOME time over the case,
gucl sen. p M having been pro
yoked again th3 hanging. be
cause absolure proof Of she mans
gait was lacking. ami race preiu
dice was entirely erased in the
minds of many. VINO would have
had Festley serve in prison in
stead.
Festley bad announced that he
would make a speech from The
gallows. and this resulted in vast
additions to the crowds lat gath.
cred TO witness the hanging
The condemned negro. with the
death nco but a few feet away
launched into a sem eloquent ora
ton, which became nervously mel
odr9matic .Gward he conclusion
when Festley pro eated against
his own fate and against the
crosses his race is called upon 70
bear
As win be readily understood the
lcge wicrd tale originated in the
ate service for which the particular
swsnaper subscr hes in lieu of late,
Ithentic news. It appeared in print
me hlrty hours after the event i
'etended to describe had taken place
ID a day later than an entirely diff /
rem account of the execution by the
Hae newspaper. That he item Is
correct in almost every particular,
ON the name of the prisoner to the
rne~ IN which he met his death,
III be readily recognized by every
De who followed the Eli Bugg case
"a read Of his execution but the OBJ
Ut III r Eulletin Ii Ga Ing atten
on t. tre car .essn2sg and inaceur
~ Of TIE contemporary is not SO much
evnose It's methods as It is to call
r. attention Of discerning public
he difference IN Geographic service
tween the Newspaper hat is obliged
rely upon plate" for its news and
G channels through which The Bull
tin daily presents its readers the
inpenlngs Of the world. On one
de ancient history and mass of
,surd inaccuracies and on the other
e G.00O word service of the A socia-
d Press reaching every quarter Of
q globe
As The measure Of success enjoyed
, The Bulletin is fully in proportion :
the patronage received by its con-
mporary as the service of one COM I
lres 10 the other, The Bulletin has I
Try little complaint to make. It is ]
e public that is deceived for in case
news more remote and of greater /
lportance the same degree Of mac Z
racy may be expec- ed. The only I
inclusion that may b. safely drawn !
en-, is that in order to learn the real !
sws abroad as we'll as at home it is ,
scessary 10 read The Bulletin and
ad II every day