The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-15

ia rlllllM JAMES KILLED.
a@sgS -.A
Coaossd Poetor Employed Il FRS
National Rank Was Killed In .
Fusilade OF Shots.
William James, a&former porter
and janitor In the First Nationa
bank, created quite furore at Eas'
st. Louis. Ill.,. Tuesday, July 6, &C
cording to an account printed in the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat of the 7th
q copy OF which was sent to O. L
Branson BY the states attorney OF
that county.
James held q part of the police de
partment at bay with a big revolver
and was finally shot and killed when
the firing commenced.
Mr.. Brans0n received a letter from
the states attorney making some In
Quirles about James. as to his char
acter. a letter from Mr.. Branson was
found % the body Of James. which
leadSto the correspondence. James
has beeaS working ct the bank for the
past year. and two months ago he
leftsthe employ Of the bank and went
70 Brooklyn. nj. MI. Branson said
that James. = long as he was In the
employ Of the bank. did not show the
least disposition to be quarrelsome,
that no was indeed q fine man. He at
tended 70 his work promptly, and was
very seldOmSout nights. When James
left Mr.. Branson asked him why he
vas going and he replied that the
Lord had called him to return to
work for the church; that this was
the second call and while he had
disobeyed the first call he felt that
he must respond to the second. Ask
ed by Mr.. Branson how the Lord
manifested his presence, James said
that he appeared to him in a dream.
ms conversation at another time on
religious matters, James told Mr..
#BTans0nSthat he asked the Lord why
faWas thatss he was having so much
trouble and why he could not get
alelgMbetter. James said that the
Lard told him to 80 to this vicinity
insnli1ois and that much good would
cone &c II, but II seems that James
eoksintoSall sorts Of trouble when he
rsackedSthepoint near East st. Louis.
ne Nsllostag account Of the shoot
tneJSaRraylsI % taken from the st. Louis
NGtObe.Nemocrat:
v hiskeyA Chute was blue with re
1s#Eyyolyer smoke yesterday afternoon be
fore the East St. Louis police had
surrounded and fatally shot William
James. ! negro from Brooklyn, ILL.,,
who had terrorized the neighborhood
bigsreyolver In his anger at
making aalosing horse trade. During
The general fusiIlade r. I. Byrnes, 9
stock shipper from Olney, ILL., was
q shot IN the right hip, and William
agRice. printer employed by the Haps
Printing Company, was shot in the
left hip. The negro made his las
stand ina mule pen and fell from
shot fred by Chief of Detectives P
Ryan. He had three bullets in hin
athe finish. One of these was fire,
Sbys#Ryan, another by Detective Hes
IAN the third lis not accounted for
TwpoS bullets were In his head and on
the abdomen. He died three hour
latersat st. Mary's Hospital.
ssThe negro lived In Brooklyn, Ill
2nd Vas = huckster. He traded horse
yesterday with Birckhead & Jone
IL SO sc. Clair avenue. He was give
chahcea7t TO try the new horse, an
s4~fteradriying him around for 9 Will
h gcame back and agreed to trade hi
horse forsthe new one and $1s
fhis was done and James drove Of
Iater ne changed his mind and cam
ack saying that he wanted to ca
tketrade on. Frank Birckhead tol
h I'm that e was too late, and til
NJ negro then$sdrove away, very angr!
she next appearance of the negr
sssuhenhe drove up to the stabl
nk Birkhead & Jones and walked ]
nth u big revolver III his hand. Cove
eyipig Frank Birckhead and his brotl
erssNat. ne demanded his horse, an
thne4tened to kill either OF them ths
we toward 9 weapon. Will
they; we're held up by the negro the
called man from the stable an
tolds him 10 bring out the horse.
ssssSs5s Got Drop on Officers.
sass. When this had been done Ii