The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
SENTRY FIRES
ON MARAUD[RS
ATTEMPT TO BURN MILL AT
REELFOOT-NOT KNOW iF
ANYONE WAS HIT.
GUARD IS NOW DOUBLED
Night Rider Spirit Again Abroad il
the Land--Man Who Furnished
Lumber For Camp is
Threatened.

| Union City Tenn. Nov 28-What
is believed to have been a plot to
burn the lumber mill of James Glea.
! son, where troops at Fort Began are
Securing the lumber used in the cree.
/ ton Of their new winter quarters, was
! frustrated at an early hour this morn.
ing by the vigilance of sentries. who
have been posted around the mill for
several nights past, Three or fou"
shots were fired mt a man who at,
tempted to sneak mp to the mill with
bundle in his hand by one of the
sentries. Whether the trespasser was
hit or net by the bullets was not
learned. as he escaped in the dark
ness.
The officers at Fort Rogan were
warned three or four days ago that
there had been angry mutterngs
against Gleason for furnishing theEl
with the lumber for their barracks.
The mill is located in the hills
about three-quarters of a mile from
Samburg and at the request of the
owner a detail has been guarding the
property every night since the warn,
Ing occurred
1t is reported that many of the sym
pathizers of the night riders around
the lake, and no doubt some of the
members of the band who have thus
far escaped the clutches of the law
openly declared vengeance against
Gleason, and have said that unless he
stopped furnishing The troops with
lumber they would fire his property.
Sentry Fires Shots.
The first attempt made against the
property was last night. One of the
sentries around the property saw II
man creeping between the lumbe"
piles, carrying what is now believed
to be a can of oil. He called upon
the man to halt, and instead of doing
so the stranger darted back into the
shadow of the lumber pile.
The sentry ran toward him and the
stranger fed. AS stated, three or four
shots were fired, but owing TO the in.
tense darkness, good craftsmanship |
was an impossibility, and ii is not |
believed that the would be firebug |
was wounded.
Lieut.. Chastain, of Nashville, who |
is in charge of the soldiers on the |
lake during the absence of Capt. C. B. |
Rogan, is taking extra precautions,
and the guard about the mill and lum |
Der piles will be doubled. This is one
Of the incidents which go to show
hat night riding is not at an end
by any means in this county and that
i would spring forth afresh and with
added violence if 1t were not for the
presence of the troops.
The report OF the affair did not
'each here until this morning, and It
,aused considerable excitement. Capt
Ben l.. Capell had his men before
lim this afternoon, and in a few well
directed words impressed upon them
he seriousness of the business which
hey we're now upon. Every precau
ion is being taken here and at the
AXE, and drastic measures will be
,dopted if there is the slightest sign
II any further disturbance.
Contrary to all expectations, the
,rand jury did not present any indict
nents in open court but Attorney
ieneral Caldwell is authority for the
that no less than fifty
viii be made public after the session
omorrow afternoon.
From him also comes the informa
ion that the most important witness
IS which the grand jury has as ye'
and before them we're heard today.
n all the grand jury examined five
witnesses. and two fthem were In
! position to lay bare the plans which
he night riders carefully made for ,
he night OF the Walnut Log tragedy