The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-06
HISTORY OF NIGHT RIDERS.
Fehrneer, Seif-Confessed Member o.
Gang, Talks For Hours.

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the states attorneys, officers CT tn
state guards relative Of both Captain
Quentin Rankin, and Col r. T. Tay
lor, the history Of the night riders o
lCbion county, from their incipenc
}until the climax was reached in tn,
murder CT Capt Rankin.
His full confession was taken by {
stencgrapAer and will be sworn TO il
the morning.
Fehringer and his companions
Warden Nor. is and Hirshell Hogg
will be held here and taken before tn.
grand jury this week.
The real investigation into the mur
ider of Capt Rankin viii be com
Imenccd by the grand jury tomorrow
In addition to the three men men.
| toned above, Mrs. Ella Pride reached
here last night in charge of a posse
from Lake county. She is said to be
| the cX-secretary and bookkeeper for
/ the Ree,foot Lake night riders asso.
citation. She will also go before the
grand jury tomorrow. II is confident
y expected that indictments win be
drawn before this week ends, and
may be returned into court as true
or ignored bills next week.
Two Give Bond
Following close upon the heels Of
the surprise prepared by the state
"a uIn 10 l,a1 I,h
came an additional one this morning
when Attorney General Caldwell
after conference with the states
attorneys, authorized the release of
win Watson, the first one of the al
legged night riders to apply for writ5
of habeas curpus,
Both petitions, Marshalrs and Wat
sons, were set for hearing today be.
fore Judge Jones, but the cases were
never called.
Marshalls bond of $25,000 was
signed by T. E. Marshall, Pink Mar.
shall, X. B. Marshall, and j c. Mar
shall, his brothers and B. G. Glover
1t was made late last night and early
this morning Marshall was released
by Col. Tatom.
Watson's release followed a short
time later. 1t had been rumored
around the city that these would be
released and there were but a few
loungers in the court room. The state
has given out little information as TO
its plans or movements and there
were very few here today who knew
that detail of soldiers was to bring
the three prisoners from camp. When
they reached here at | o'clock over
the n, c. e. ST, L. r. r.. it would
have been a difficult matter to distin-
guish them from their guards had il
not been for the rifles and side arms
which the latter bore. The prisoners
wore army Overcoats, and had their |
coat collars turned up about their |
faces. They were not handcuffed or |
chained together and on stepping |
from the train, hurried across the |
platform into the Palace hotel. They |
were in charge OF Lieut.. w. l.. Terry |
lnd two non-commissioned Officers.
Hear The Confession.
Present at the examination of Fen.
'inger this afternoon were Gen. Cali. /
we'll. Judge Swiggart, Felix w Moore.
Maj Hal Holmes. Lieut.. Terry. James
Deason, uncle of Capt Rankin. and
Hillsman Taylor, son Of Col Tay.
or.
Tonight the prisoners are being
leld in the barracks provided by Ma /
'red II. Phillips OF the adjutant gen
rails staff for quartering the detail
4 the enlisted men under the com
nand Of Capt Ben NJ Capell, who
viii reach here this morning from
amp Memo.
In speaking OF the Interrogation Of
'ehringer. Mai Holmes said:
We are not in a position to make
ublic any of the evidence which We
ave received from the men who have ,
iade confessions. II is going to be /
hard fought matter TO try the men
nd II this evidence was published.
would be impossible. as all men
no had read it and formed an opin-
IN after doing so would be barred ,
ON jury service.
We are going right ahead with the .
lvestigation and already the grand
Try has done excellent work. finding l
1f much about the various raids of ! Z
ie night riders The three prisoners
ON Memphis viii be held here and g
90 De taken before the grand jury .
ithin the next day or two. Other {
Important Witnesses viii be brought a
are Al onece and al haste possible 9
90 be made. so that the indictments }
iu be found and the trials com ]
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