The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-22

WHO Hdu deem 10 dance, Sh0ftl!
after they left before they could hay,
gotten to the wagon yard. hear,
shots,
Mart s. Egan, chief OF police, testi
! he'd saying he got to court house
about 2 O'clock; no one around eourl
house; when he got there walked u
to court house heard sounds like
groans close by and called the sher
/, iff; he answered and let him in; went
| in and asked him whose that lying
| IN the yard?"; he said Il don't know
| It might be dummy or it might be
| a body and he said "let me no and
see. ! understand that one of the
bunch of fellows that came up here
was shot" The sheriff said no you
can't GO: my orders are not to let
anybody go near the body" Egan said
1T might be some immediatae atten.
ton would save his life,.- If he isn't
dead" sheriff said II will not let you
go;" walked into circnt clerks Office
looked out OF window to see the body:
couldn't tell who it was. because body
was lying face down. Had no infor-
nation that mob was forming; when
the militia was picking up the body
| went into the court house and tele-
.phoned DR.. Walsh to 80 to the hos
pital.
Alderman Frank J. German, who
lives across the street from the court
honse testified; saw crowd OF us Or
80 men. more or less, standing on cor;
ner after the shooting: was not out
In front at time Of shooting, the firing
was over when got out on !. the
street; six or seven shots were fired
on the west side of street; shots fired
in the air.
Horton Crehan testified; was In
middle of street; had come from Il
dance, was on his way home; did
not get shot; there were no shots
close to him; thought he heard bull
let's whizzing and ran across the
street and ducked into an alley and
back of the building and stayed theres|
until the shooting stopped. Did not
see anyone shooting towards court !,
house; stayed there Is minutes until |
everything was quiet; sounded to him
ike volleys shooting fast, there were
! few scattering shots.
! Capt. w. P. Greaney or Co. K. |
stated Co X. had smoker and drill
It Armory; stayed at Arnory until
abont 1890; went home some time
after; while at home Nellis called
lin up and said he was wanted; told
lim would come Immediately mentI
'ut to get men; left Lieut.. Thistle
wood at Armory, told him to send
men out in details; went to saloons
md other resorts looking for mis-
men; took bugler with me to court
louise; told sheriff am here ready to
eport for duty; sheriff asked" when
re your men coming?" said am get
ing company together as fast as
an; said understand there is a bodyi
the yard; he said he had inIorma-
ion from governor not to let anyone
isturb that body un;. companyI
anne, said he was there to report as
ompany commander; sheriff said
,hen your company comes you can
AXE the body; got automobile; got
> many men as could and reported h
j sferiff and said would takel
harge OF body, which in my iudg-I
lent thought was ailve; didn'tl
earch the body; no weapon visible
II body /
Rose K. Maloney testified: am one
ho was robbed by John Pratt last
eek; had no talk with Alex HaIii.
ay within past six weeks the state
lent which appeared In the Post.
fspatch is untrue that she had met
Halliday ON Thursday and he said
Rose I'd take my life in my hands
u you, I'm ready to lead mob to I
nch the negro that robbed you; he
srtainly deserves lynching,' etc:
Nd she had nothing to do with the
Job; her only regret was that she
idnt kill the. man and save this
1rrlble tragedy.
John Thistlewood testified: Went .
Armory at s O'clock; not affiliated +
18th Go. X. now; Capt. Greaney told Q
I'M there might be trouble and Z
light be called out; while going down :
I street car; went home at about
':3O to II o'clock on street car; saw y
hief Egan on one side OF car, Sheriff =
ellis on other side, and several ?
'lored men who supposed to have u
aen deputy sheriffs; N don't know q
here they got of whether at court =
'use or not; paid no further atten-
IN to them ID
VIM n. Sullivan testified: Went d
town about time Of shooting: saw i
oWd standing on corner: rev Of c'
EN- IN saloon; went in saloon; came y
e; oil moved toward court house; =
t about middle OF crossing on Twen. y
IN street when shooting started;
epped behind bill board on corner;
out SO to rs men were in front OF y
urt house; saw some Of crowd gol
side qatat hoard W oro - Y