The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-17
CAIRO PASTORS AND OFFICERS
QUOTED BY CHICAGO PAPERS

may ne summed w III Tue StdtehiSht
by Il. ". Thie'eckes editor of a local
newspaper. IN discussing his an
nounced intention of starting grand
iury investigation of the lynchings.
"Cairo's disgrace is not the mob.
he said. but the conditions which
made the mob necessary And for
these conditions the authorities. from
| the judge OF the circuit bench down
to the deputy sheriffs and bailiffs and
the police department of the city, are
responsible.
The lew who say. with Judge But
, Ter. that the leader of the mob
should be punished, declare that if
necessary state olfie,as will be called
in to assist.
They say Cairo is the dumping
Grouud ior tie undesirable and
criminal e,emen, of all the cities
along the Mississippi river from st.
Louis to New Orleans and that the
lax enforcement Of law has resulted
in a disregard OF all statutes and or
der, 1t is openly stated that the re-
moval of many officers of the county
and city will be the first movement
in the clean up campaign.
oaly One Preacher Silent en- Case.
| One minister the Rev. J, G. Dee.
pastor Of thee Methodist Episcopal
church. did not refer to the lynchipgs
/ in his sermons today. All of the
, others did
Cairo stands before the world dis.
gaced." the, Rev. George NJ Babcock.
pastor Of the Episeopa: church, said
! from the pulpit, But the disgrace is
not from the lynchis1a, TIE real dis
grace lies in the fact that the city
has permitted the Iawless element to
control civic affairs.
Unless the public awakens and a
change in conditions occurs the mis-,
sion of the churches ~ the city and
the sacrifice Of Miss Pelly will have
| been in vein
In the same alley in which she
was murdered there have been four
attacks on women in the last year
and other parts of the city have been
/ the scenes of nume' -..s attacks and
holdups. This defiance of the law
! pade the iynchings necessary for the
execution Of Justice. The lynchings
We're the harvest OF the seeds OF law
/ 'essness the city has .eeu sowing for
years
! Lynching Necessary, irays Parson.
! Tie Rev A. s Huchanel. pastor OF
the Presbyterian church. said
In this case it seems that the
llynchings We're necessary to arouse
the people / 10 rot mean to say that
the crime OF lynch,ne is justifable.
| but Cairos citizenship had TO be
startled to a sense OF its own re-
sponsihiIity by some great horror
such as this. There must be a gen
eral cleaning up not only among the
lofficials but house c:ea1ing in our
citizenship as well"
A Priests View. q
| The Rev. Fatner James Gillen pas
tor Of the St Josephs Catholic church
took occasion to criucise Chicago
newspapers. which, he said, have com
lmenteI unfairly upon lie afro lyncn.
linge.
Z understand the press of Chicago
Ireproves the people Of Cairo, he said
for the summary Justice dealt a ne
| gro for the most dastarIly crime
known in history. These papers de-
IDanl an orderly procedure according
to law, The same pa1srs deprecated
the legal process convicting the
anarchist, Ferrer. in Spain, but none
for the 1873 dead and forty wounded
| victims OF the Barcelona riots. We
I have no tears for James in Cairo, nor
, for Ferrer in Barcelona. We do weep
for poor Anna Pely and the defense-
less nuns Of Barcelona, both hunted
! in the darkness OF night to the
grave"