New-York tribune., 1910-02-21
CAIRO WOMEN ARM
MORE SOLDIERS SENT.
Feeling .fgainst the Negroes
rs Still Bitter.

,-s,-o M. Feb. 3-PoHce officers are
searching the city tonight for negro
x,,snacted Of purse sustchins. ana aiio'iiei ~
clash between the authorities and 'he 0iu-
,s-,s l. feared If the man IS caugh'-
,>on,nauv II. Of Shelbyvilie. Of the I'M
nofs National Guard. was to-nlsh' oroe' .''
20 r,epo,-; here by Adjutant General licN-
%, The S1,elbyville company Will arrive
here tomorrow on special tram
.a;,,a,,t General Dickson and SheF'il
Nellis conferred tonight. and the oroei 70
80 additional militiamen was the result
t-oalin., * sill; running high against me
negroes and intensity was adaed 10 'h'
sentiment this afternoon when negroes 1t
is charged made insulting gestures Al tie
r,srsons in the funeral procession foito" .iie
70 the cemetery the body OF A'eNH"u'
HALLIDAY. who was killed on ah"i SOo'
ri9h1 in an attack on the jail
~esrlv SIX hundred persons ATTENDED lre
r,.-e-s1 and accompanied the body 10
Mounds III in special train. AS 'he
rain mas nsssing through the negro ois-
.-i-- ..s1 n cairo negroes collected on 'he
s--ee-e - watch it, passage. II was mere
mem hers Of the funeral party charse' 'iial
9, 7,e,,7-inc demonstration was made AT
s~orr was mace TO organize party on the
train during the return trip 10 caro- 10
v-resk summary vengeance on the negroes
bur no disturbance resulted
An unidentified man created ois'uFp-
srce At the cemetery by demanding per
mission 10 make a speech over the grave
hui he was hustled away He said he was
= friend of Halliday and that he had been
run out Of town by The police
The negro The police are after tonight Is
believed 10 have been associated WITH JOHN
Pratt 1ha negro who escaped lync1ing "hen
Sheriff Nellis defended the Jail at the COST
of one life and the injury of several olherS
n the attacking party III he is caught an
effort may he made 10 take him away from
tbe rolioe before the military has an op-
Tor7unitv To interfere
The military continued to ra-rol the
streets tonight at regular intervals Sew
eral small crowds were dispersed during the
dsv. but 10 demonstration took place Of any
moment
The bitterness Of feeling against The ne
gro element is manifested in threats and
--lr1ors o. future demonstrations. Women
generally are carrying reNolvers and are
urged By their husbands and male relatives
10 shoot TO kill if attacked
The special grand jury which has been
instructed 70 investigate the riot probably
VIII be dissolved tomorrow morning when
IT -econvenes. Judge ". NJ. Butler, who in
s--ucted the jury. conferred with Sheriff
NeHis this afternoon, and later announced
10 would decide whether a new jury is nee
.ssar-- There are four negroes on the
75-y-
The home Of Sheriff Nellis Is guarded by
the militia and he is given military
escort when he leaves the courthouse.
Popular feeling is against him for using
negro deputies and allowing Halliday's
body to lie in front Of the jail for three
hours
Adfutant General Dickson. Governor
Deneen's personal representative. declared
This afternoon that Sheriff Nellis was not
ordered bv the Governor TO permit HaIli-
dav's BODY 10 lie on the ground until the
militia arrived
Mrs Nellis wife Of the Sheriff. col
lapsed this afternoon under the strain and
IS now under physicisn's care. She IL
cne of the women who are carrying re-
lolvers
The ministers in their pulpits for the
most part to-day united in urging the citi-
aens 10 support the law The Rev. Frank
Thompson of the First Christian Church.
said in part
No American whose heart is filled with
passion for the commonwealth can sp-
prove mob law. Yet things have occurred
in Cairo which. II they had not moved
Cairo's brave men 10 ,!eeds-darins and
desperate dcedS-and Cairo's fair women
20 tears. would haye lowered them TO the
level q the unfeeling on. which calmly
feds as his comrade suffers or dies"
This. IN WAY is the feeling in Cairo
among The pppll4Ce