The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-08
TIE GRAND JURY
GIVEN Bic JOB
JUDGE CUTLER WANTS LYNCt.
ING, GRAFT AND OTHER
MATTERS INVESTIGATED.
LOW PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Also Conduct of City Press Charged
With Responsibility for Mscar-
riages of Justice in Circuit
Court.

The special grand jury empanelled
some days ago reported yesterday for
duty to Judge Butler on the circuit
court bench. Judge Butler charge
the grand jury to investigate careful
~ the two lynchngs, the graft oharg-
es in the departments Of the city GOV
ernment the murders, burglaries, lar
cenies aud forgeries which have been
committed since October when the
I criminal docket was cleared Of all
cases. and stated it was their sworn
duty to 80 into these matters in a
careful aad thorough aaaaer
When the iury reported in the
.mcrning there were only fifteen Of the
twenty-three men present, 50 Sheriff
McManus was ordered to summon
another man to fill the jury. b.
McMenus, Jr. was summoned to a
place on the jury. Several county
members reported in the afternoon,
Deputy Frank German was in charge
of the jury NJ. ]. Howley was chosen
foreman Of the jury and Frank Spen.
,cer, clerk.
Judge Ertler gave his charge to the
jury after they had organized and
made a lengthy speech to them re-
garling their duty and the matters to
be investigated.
81 doubt if any grand jury ever
called in this county had such task
as you have said the court There
has been an appalling amount of
crime committed in the past thirty
lays. 1t becomes yoar duty to go in
to every detail The air has been
pregnant with charges and counter
charges. If they are true the men
who are guilty ought TO be indicted.
If they are not true the men who
made them ought to be indicted. 1t is
la poor rule that does not work both
ways, These things are going to re-
fleet for all time against this cOmmun
ty It is appalling the opinion that
people outside have of this commun-
ity
Speaking Of charges against the
courts on account of miscarriage Of
justice the Judge said that he did no:
have this trouble elsewhere in the
circuit. He said that it was due to
the low public sentiment here coupled
with the fact that on account Of
Cairo's geographical location we got
the scum and riff-raff from the entire
valley. In his sixteen years as prose
cutting attorney of Alexander county
he said that only ten per cent Of the
, crimes were committed by residents
while ninety per cent. were commit
ed by nou-residenti, and Cairo got
the blame for them,
One trouble the court here had.
said the judge in securing convictions
arose from the fact that the press
tried cases and when they reached
the courts, that the business men
had read about them and had v,Apress-
ed an opinions so that they were dis
qualified to act as jurors. He said cIat
too frequently business men purpose
ly disqualified themselves in order
that might not have the annoyance
of serving as jurors. The result was
that the best men could not be secur.
Ell for jury service.
The court advised the investigate on
of the lynchings, murders. graft, the
police department, and also whether
Tor not LOWE Green was in any way
connected with the assault and muir.
der of Miss Anna Pelley The officers
were not to be held to blame because
she was released, although it was the
general opinion Of the citizens or
| Cairo that she is guilty.
Arthur S. Tucker, the court report
er is taking the proceedings of the
Concluded on Fourth Pags.)