The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-18
CAUSEY
HELD FOR TRIAL
coRoNER's jury FINDS HE WAS
NOT JUSTIFIED IN KILLING
GEORGE WOODEN.
EVIDENCE CONTRADlCTS
Strongest Witnesses Agree That Ne
Was TRYING to Escape From
Wooden and Was Knocked
Down Before He Shot

Coroner McManas YESTERDAY hi1
Ian Inquest upon the boly q Cere
1 Wooden the negro exp9lice cnlcc
lvho was killed ha eveang before liy
iIosepa Cagsey BE track foreman w
Etae Cairo Traction company rAe
Nry heail the eTiaence of fanFtrea
witnesses eat ~ W who wcea Br seft
deellneing % hear more Al tbey fait
they had enough Evidence fo reach 4
dcci ion and thay fauna thaf fle
prisoner was not justified IN he kili
! ing and thai he should Be hell pniil
1aisehafpel BIZ due process III faw
The iury was composed of hn
Snyder. W II sullivan VIM. Mil'er,
clyde Leslie, Jacob Young AMI R1fs4
Gardner, three white moa ana th-e
negroes The testimony was some
what conflicting, causeY himsa3 was
present with his head bandageI. fa
ldeelined to mako Il statement usan
advice IF bis counsel. Atlorney Ang
Eeek. rba principal other wtnesss
we're Sam Beard, the m0torman If ill
cas which drew The construction caF
on which the troabl started, Osefe
Davis, Henry Christmas. anl Ffaasf
jackson. The latter being Tho negro
boy about whom the shooting oc-
/ Il tts
fHcting. Davis who ~ from gaa
idusSy and Is employed on the street
| railway said ne saw Causey clfs
the boy toward the store. thpg raa
atr ross The street ana back u t'fe
store Wooden erahbad caAssy bY
4 tlle arm ana slnng him out og Ute
A,aIafe. tlie man flreil rha hn Mas
ausIsg Ey tina sas fga
| lpassed 'ne csnssing and canscy
1 augh tle 10y hy the head AMI palie.f
him on the ca the boy goi lo7sa
and went hack after his bat AMI pieS
i ga np d cinlef; when Cause startaH
toward The store he second time he
drew his gun from his pocket there
was fighting in the store: witness
was standing within six feat when
CauseY did the shooting. was ON his
knees wher he fred he first shot
ANA just as quick IS he could cock
hi4 Gun he fred again he was Then
Iin about he Same position Woo5eu
grabbed him and thew were scaffllng
and Wooden took the gun away from
him
The boy Jackson said Canssy
rabbed him and pulled BIN oto the
car he broke away ami pickei un
his hat and a clod Of dirt: Causay
chased him and they ran into toe
| store where Causey struck al him
bur missed him and he struck cH'sey
ii the face. he claims that capsy Y
Knocked Wooden against he wall OF
the store and when the latter recov
cred himself he showed Causer out
side of the store, just outside Of the
store Causey shot over Woodsa's
mead. the latter again showed or
kuocked Causey down and as the lat
ei 20 up he fred another shot
which took effect in Wooden's aA
lomcn
Henry Christmas, the nesro who
Isrested Causey. was ON bis WAY tn
he store and SAYS be saw what hap
lueneI outside the store iusl befoie
. tac sh0oting He saw Causey come
.nt of the door with Wo1len after
lhm end Causev sho as ho ram th
bot lodged iu the ceiling Of the
ure. Wooden then van toward
ausev and showed or knoeked him
cSn 8nd ehcn Cmsey fired tse sec
nd shot be was half down or in 'hc
-ct OF getting up Wooden saecccAei
Fin getting the pistol ont Of C1usoy's
+ rnd and taen Christmas rres'el
Ihm. Henry Wcofen. son oi DE
wounded man then raa ont 90 i1e
store and struck and kicked Cameo
a bit of sensation va c7us-d in
be- course Of the esamiuaiion OF VT
ncsses when Coroner McMauus %
lsred r. a. HeaI. tbe nrgro psit -laf
.ui of tbe ro1m The coroner desiIei
eacn witness to siea the sfeuo-
anhers notes of De testimony and
Do neafo witnesses ail declined o. 20
o. unu Tho notes ha1 been read fo
'hem Tm. was done in ssverai
eases Dat f 90 hal been done in al i-
omI hare taken an daF TIE coro
lar suspected tbaf someone Bad in-
.trrcied the Ul sls to tenFnl
Ihiz ana Do resented i as "a HHi1r
Interference in tha p+oceeiine- ~ fhr
rnufr BE felt be- lad s-rurS rea-
s,r to believe that Head vas fhe
uiHr party and olde'el hin ol-
Irfrad laf wi h0uf protest.
CsusrF case Nll nrrah'F 81 over
|Ht Gre 1niy term af rlart 81. anaifer
I-rraI ersnI ieH Tii r-ahsHif ar
Fee u4aeref lor ihis i-u Hai tar iar
iunder uhieh the states attorney may
lsct xtl not 20 into sTect FIJI JaiT /.