The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-26


who swore that they had heard Fay
previous quarrel.
The coroner's jury deliberated four
hours before returning their yerdiet
and during that time changed tHeir
decisions hree or more times. On the
first ballot the vote stood five for
holding Maley to the grand jury ana
ona for acquittal AT six o'clock the
mry sent for Coroner McManus, stal-
ing that they had reached a decision.
Al thai time 1t is understood that they
all stood for holding Maley but when
Or McManue arrived they had agtlh
switched and the vote stood four Tor
exonerat.on and two for holding.
These TWO jurors refused TO c1ah&e
their ballot and at seyen o'clock an
Other one was taken in when all
voted for eN0nera'ion.
The jury was comps ed of Adolph
Kaufman, f. b Cochran, Edward !"
Gilbert. Edward j. Kob, }, o. Gaskins
and H. NJ. Sullivan.
The jury'S verdict tolloWS'
We the undersigned jurors sworn to
INQUIRE into the death Of Patty Fav, on
oath do find that he came to his death
by a bullet fired from a weapon held
in the hands of Edward Maley We
further find from evidence presented
10 us that the said Edward Malef
acted in .elf defense and we there
fore recommend that he be discharge
from custody
The inquest was commenced at the
CITY han at II o'clock number OF
gIi 4, sgga we're examined nfa the TAX
ing of testimony did not end until
O'Clock. The jury retired and at
o'clock returned the above verdict
The chief witnesses for Maley were
IN addition to himself. his bartender
George Bush. ] Il Haden, james Law
less I. II. Riley. Walter Noonan and
Jerrv Thompson. Bush. who was the
only eye witness to the shooting
swore that Malev had come in anc
zone behind the bar and was JUS
starting out when Fay entered. II
said they began quarreling bu' ina
he paid no attention to them unit
Fav pulled off his hat, threw il upon
nile of beer cases and said TO Maley
"Tye notion to kill you ana made
motion towards his hip pocket. Bust
said that Malay then fired.
Say Fay Threatened MaIey.
NaIev's story was exactly the sam'
oxcept that he told Of the trouble tina
he and Fay had had a. result of th'
alleged theft Of So from the pocket o
Cairo Bill Carroll by Fay last SUNDAY
in Maley's saloon and tina he ha'
heen warned that Fay had threatened
to kill him.
This latter statement was corrobu
rated by ]. Z Haden and Jerr!
Thompson. formerly employed a. bar
tenders by Maley; his brother-inlaw
James I.awless; Maley's negro porter
]. II. Wiley Walter N'oonan. Negro
politician. and Fred Haas, rive man
They all testified that they knew o
the trouble between Maley an1 Fa'
and that they had heard Fav threate.
to kin Maley and that they ha'
warned Maley to be on his guar'
against Fav.
Fay Was Not Armed.
There wa no testimony introdu ei
10 show that Fay was armed. Th'
statement that he made when h en-
tered the saloon of w. c. Steagala %
the corner of Fourth and Ohio streei
after he had beeu shot that Male,
has shot NE aud shot me for nothing
was introduced as wa his statemen
later that Maley had said I've a no
tion TO kin Won" and that he Gay
had replieI well that won't buy yol
ANYTHING and that Maley had thel
fred. wa introduced by the men VIII
were in Steagala's saloon when "a.
staggered in but did not count as
diving statement because IL was al
legged tnat Fay did no, lrow that b.
Wa dying
Saws FAY Wore i1is Hat.
The testimony of Bush and Male
was diccredited to seme extent by n
testimony Of Harry Foster. W !
Papineau and Herbert iilburn W.
said that Fay when ne entered fb
saloon he was wearing bis hat san
Wamble. the bartender in Steaglil
sCloon and Dol Hartman. who eniei
Cd Just after Fay. were questioned o.
this point. but said tina. they wcul
rot say whether Fay had his ha- n
~ was bareheaded.
Bush in his testimony laid tha- r.
bad thrown his hat OF and said iha
Il was stin in Maley's salooH-
Iawless became confused in his te
tir eny and stated t8at the shr7tn
happened at G o'clock an1 gave n
Names nf people as being IL tae salao