The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-30
Negro Stays White Man
and Pitched Battle
Follows
POSSE is IN PURSUIT
Murder Ends Negro Picnic--Reign of
Terror Caused ny Many Acts
of swlessness In Near
by Towns.
Special 10 The BuIletiu.

Special TO The Bulietlu.
trIlin. III. July 29--As a climax 70 \
the reign Of terror that mas been
caused in this county by repeated acls
II lawlessness by negroes Homer
Harris. white man, was shot fo
leath at 10 O'Clock last night hy VIII
lam Mcdaniel. a negro.
A pitched battle in the dark ioi
owed between friends cf the murder
ID man and negoes SO far as W
snown only one person, a negro sas
| lurt. The blacks escaped under Y
elnning fire and have been pursued
~ Sheriff Jim Weaver aud posse
al day
Tonight d report from tho scene af
the trouble rays thai they have found
Tho trail of the negroes ana that
,loodhounds have been sent for
The shooting occurred ut negro
picnic Ave miles above here ana grew
lout of the refusal OF Mcdaniel fo pay
for riding on a merry go,rolind Whifh
was being operated by Harris When
asked 10 pay nickle fer riains Nc
iDanieI refused and when Harris tod
Ihim he would have to get off. drew y
knife and made rush for him. iiarris
Iknocked him down with club ana
lhad the merry go-round stopped
The negro jumped of and ran
laranud the machine. I3apria waAl
standing on tho ground when Nc
iUaniel win two orner neSres's' =
1roached One Of them aid, Lev
iim have IT, Mcdaniel then pulled a|
N caIibre revolver and fired iiyo@
shots into Harris. He fell dead az
tho negro's feet WITH tSa buiiaaF
trough his heart and he others ~
liffereni parts of his body.
The three negroes then rushed
hroneh the crowd but as they ran n
white man drew a revolver and speL
,ne of them In the arm. The other
negroes returned the FIRE. Several
white men drew Their reyolvers ana
lred number of shots at the ne-
J groes
, The negroes escaped going ~
he direction of Cairo. The body o.
I Harris was brought to Ullin and t0-
I lay shipped to Mound City. His wiic,
Mrs. Beulah Harris. was in Cairo ~
the time Of the shooting but has been
notified and has gone 10 Mound cry
g where she ard her husband made
: heir home.
: sheriff Weaver WAS Immediately
iotilled Of the murder and With sev-
+ ,rai deputies came here aud took ~
. he trail Of the negrcoes. Hounds were
cent for but heavy rain sci In Just
% efore they were started out.
= A messenger from the scene OF the
d shooting late tonight states that the
? negroes have returned to the place
q and that they had been seen
o nd that the posse IS after them and
,xpects to capture them before day
light.
~ The white citizens OF this part 81
u he county are greatly exc ted over
5 he murder and today the negroes
J. might have been violently dealt
t with n they had been capiuieu' -"
" night however. there Is no tax OF
lyuching.
.d The murder of Harris Is the third
,ne that has oCcrrred near uilin IA
~ he past two months In each case
r. white persons have beer shot by ne
u erocs Al summer the citizens of INC
.c small towns in this section have been
ierrorizod by negroes who esideniiy
have NO fear or respect for the law.
p At villa Ridge recently seyeTal
~ crimes and robberies were eommti'
" ted and blood hounds were sent to'
81 anh The hopes of running Nn tha
.d reern who WAS Thought Co have been
j guilty The trail was losf hoWeyec
2" aud there are many who think that
p he was connected In the Harris maf
- der