The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-13
CIRCUIT COURT
OCTOBER TERM
LOUIS NELLUM. NEGRO WHO
KILLED White MAN, GIVEN
81 YEARS.
Taken Up BY Grand Jury-Dauehter
OF Murdered Woman Examined
Judge Lewis Preaides
Today,

Judge Butler opened circuit cou
yesterday in this city and lefi last
might for Pope county, where he viii
open court for Judge A. w Lewis OF
Icounty, who will preside here Judga
Butler passed on the case of the ne
lgro Louis Nellum. who was convicted
| at former term OF court OF the muir
!der of a white man on Commercial
lavenue, striking him on the head with
la pick, after the latter had shot at
him, The jury had fixed his punish
Imeut at hanging but the court set this
aside and permitted the prisoner to
plead guilty. sentencing him to twenty
one years in the pententiary Mel
lum's aged father was here from Ten
Inessee
Judge Butler empanneIled the grant
Jury which organized with Chas S
Carey, foreman, and H, s. Antrim and
.Chas Cunningham as clerks.
The court adjourned at noon, leay
ing the grand jury at work.
The bailifs for the term are Z. W
Abernathie, Capt, Mueller P Thoman,
Chas Williams, Benz Jones and Al
bert Frost
The Grand Jury
The grand jury is composed of rep
resentatiye men of the city and county
as follows
First Precinct-John L. Parham.
Second Precinct-Frank Armstrong.
Third Precinct-W. F, Gibson
Fourth Precinct-W l.. Bristol.
Fifth Precinct-Chas Bowlar.
Sixth Preeinct-Chas Cunningham
Seventh Precinct-C 5. Carey
Seventh Precinct-H. S. Antrim
Eighth Precinct. j. Wester.
Cache Precinct-C. p. Martin.
Beech Ridge Precinct-H. II. West
Unity Precinct L. Wright.
Sandusky Precinct-Wm. McCrite
Elco Precinct-lW w White.
Delta Precinct--Mnus Honey
Clear Creek. T. Mcclure
East Cape Girardeau--W 5. Knight |
Tamms-Charles Wilson.
Thebes-John King.
Santa Fe--Andrew Honey.
Olive Brauch-Geo W. Childers
Goose Island-Waldo Lavender.
Lake Milligan--John Royal, Jr.
The jury has an unusually heavy |
ask before it at this term of court |
here being six murder cases and sew
,ral assaults to kill It got down |
o business yesterday, hearing testi-
nony in some OF these cases. There
5 only one white man accused Of
murder Walter Davidge, two other
white men, the Causeys, are accused
If attempts to kill. The other pris-
,ners in the Jail are all negroes.
Some consideration was given yes
erday to the Davidge case, Miss Ben
lie McClarney, daughter OF the dead
Woman being one of the witnesses
Examined. II rranspires that Day-
lge's belt was found in the entrance
D the basement OF the High school
here he was standing when Mrs Nc
larney came upon him The en-
rance way is excavated several feet
al is covered with concrete. Day
lge was therefore standing several
.et below Mrs Mcoarney when pc
bot her which accounts for the fact
lat the bullet which struck her rang.
D upward. II is evident also that his
lind. if not his hand. was on his
istOl when she came upon him and
be- girl. and that b. decided what he
ou.d do while she was talking to him
MI to her laughter. trying 10 induce
b. latter 10 90 home with her, and
hen because be refused TO permit
Io girl to 20 home with her mother. /
lsisting on taking her home himself. A.,
be displayed a pistol. he had his gun
.ady for business and fired so quick d
tha THE girl though Their mother !
iH fred the shot until Dayidgp shot | d
.e second time and the woman fel
Miss McClamey is said to have told O
IL same story before the grand jury d
.sterday which she gave to the cor / o
iers jury. Z