The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-17
with one OF the boys who set them
up From there we went up Poplar

elitct " ihlitecH IL uHn hioppcu
235. which Is a house of prostitu ion
1--we went in ANA | went into the hacl
parlor and talked with one Of tn
women there were four or Ave Il
there and all were talking and langh
ling and iollyng;; Boren went as IA
. as the door and stopped; he alked ;
little bit with woman In the hal
Iand then went ont to the front door,
did not see him strike or push ths
woman, he called me; he said Come
o. let's go" Iwent out and he was
talking o the landlady. Alice Par
ham; Dcren was laughing and joking.
he said Call the police and see ii
care" and laughed thought re
was Joking; be was IN good humor all
the times he said II can whip all the
police around here and laughed; |
thought he was jollying her becau5e
he was laughing We LETT and he was
in the lead; started toward Conner
cisl; Eoren did not say "I'll kill the
1 police and kill You while was
here; he had no knife in Alice Par
nam's hos se, would have seen It n
he had We stopped at 2S3 and
s'ayed five CT six minutes Eoren
/ stopped at the door and said to me
Heres girl PLAYING with a dog;"
4 ssie girl was inside the lattice she
gaid there s no Hse coming IN hoe
hors' the girls arc all busy; Borea
said We can 20 in and ser cam
we?" went in and said to the wc-
man: Why cant you pet ne il
stead Of thai dog?' | looked around
the 70 m and said: There's no car
pc on the floor wen get spliaters In
9u feet here" | came cut ANA noroa
Yves etill talking to the woman wita
Tic deg, tollying her about having n2
carpe. on the floor. said Lets
Go +" ana star ed for the gate; 30 en
was talking to the woman. iollyin
her; lie was at the door outside the
lattice jollying her about running
spllnters in our feet. As stepped o
the gate met the officer. He said
"You fellows come out of here,
wan YOU" He put his hand behin
him and showed me; he said: Get on
of here; he showed me hard 10 that |
went bsur or five feet | sail,
There's no use arresting us, we
haven't done nothing. lie went to
Marvin and said: Come here. III
vent W ard grabbed him Marvin |
said what's this for? Hold oni" The |
ofticer said; Come on, want you"
and took hold Of Marvin and dragged |
him to the gate. Marvin pulled back
and said No" and the officer sruck |
him with his club. Marvin had not |
struck the officer; | heard and saw
the blow; it was struck with the club, |
il was a hard blow on the head; the |
officer pulled at Boren and then Mar
vim pushed or lprched forward anA
struck at the same time. (The wit
ness here, on request of Attorney +
Green, Illustrated how the two mex
struggled, Mr.. Green representing the
,fficer). He said the officer had hold
, fthe lapel of Roren's coat with his
eft hand; the first blow didn't have
much effect on Marvin but he went
iows under the second blow sort Of
ct down; the blow was on the heal, ,
rushed Up and said; Here, fellows,
lon't do that; no fighting; stop this
ighting;" | caught them by the arms
md tried to keep them from iightngs
hey were struggling and moving ,
long the sidewalk; Marvin's hat had +,
allen off and was Hnder my feet;
hat was the first time | went near +.
he officer-the first time after | had
net him at the gate. | did not strike Z
i'm nor aim any blow at him; went ),
n to stop the fight The second blow
vas on Maryin's head: | got hold of
iarvin and officers arms and said:
Hold on. fellows, quit this fghting'
handed Marvin his hat and said:
Come on, quit this fighting and lets
0 down to headquarters. Boren said
II right; fbut let him quit hitting me Q
18th his club. Marvin took his hat in
ight hand and was putting it on his
cad when the officer struck him
gain. Marvin said: "By God, don't
it me no more with that club
TODD few seconds and there was q
lore fighting and | said by God. c'
lat's got to stop" saw no knife IN Il
oren's hand then and had seen none e.
went up to them and took ihem by G.
le shoulders and kept shaking hem u
, get their attention TO me; the po- @
ceman said don't make me use
ln; | did not strike the officer;
hen the officer said don't make me
Sc gun | stepped back; the officer
ut his right hand down to his side; d'
stepped away because If he was =
Ding to shoot didn't want to get the of
lllet intended for somebody else; ~
ter | stepped away about ten or pl
teen feet they struggled back and nj
nth few moments, and then the "
ficer stepped back and fell. I never
ruck or attempted to strike the Of r
,er. After the officer fell Marvin j
arted running up the street; | went
'wn Poplar and TO police headquar-
RS; went straight to police head
IarIo<s: | think Hoagland was
ere; said: Where is JIM
meaning the night sergeant, jim
'welD; one of your men is in trou.
e; he is heEt bad; couldn't get up"
hen the officer fell stood and look w
at him and then at Poran. thor.