The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-24
LEADER OF CAIRO
MOB SH0I! DOWN
BY SHERIFFS men
Coroner Is Investigating Course
Pursued Under Governor
Dement'S Direction.

O0AAS A
situation is quiet here today.
A heavy guard Of soldiers has
been placed around the jail
and no one is allowed to enter
the Jail yard.
Halliday, son of a former may
or Of Cairo, lay for three hours
dying beside the court house steps
with the temperature a few de
grees above zero. During that en-
tire time Sheriff Nellis, acting on
orders received by telephone from
Governor Deneen, refused to per
nit anyone to remove the wounded
man. or to allow a physician to en-
ter the enclosure. The sheriff says
he believed the mai was dead.
M,,,t,amen who removed his o at =
a M saw It was warm, indicating tnat
death had come but a short time petore.
Tho Dead.
ALEX. HALLIDAY, IS years old, dairy
man, son of former Mayor Thomas w:
Halliday. of Cairo; wounded in head and
body.
The Injured.
sam Wessinger, former policeman;
wounded in head and shoulder: at st,
Mary's infirmary.
John Maloney, brother-in-law of Mrs
Rose Maloney, who's purse was snatchee
by one of the negroes sought by the mop
slight wound In cheek.
Horton Crehan, wounde In ankle; he
| stopped to see what the trouble was.
George B. Walker, Associated Press cor
respondent; und In the leg.
Eight of the twelve deputy sheriffs
whose shots killed Halliday and wound.
ed the others were negroes. This fac1
was not definitely known to the crowd
which stormed the court house, but II
was suspected. and the suspicion help,
ed to arouse the racial feeling thai
spurred OF the crowd.
Ono Voliey in Air.
The deadly volley which the sheriff
men fired from the windows of IN
sheriff's and circuit clerks offices, OF
the first floor of the court house wa:
fired in answer to scattering shot'
from the crowd, and after the deputies
in obedience to the sheriff's order. hat
fired one volley in the air.
One of the bullets fired from tn
crowd grazed the sheriff's right hand
causing a blood blister, but not break
was after this, he says, that his mel
fired directly into the crowd.
Mob Falls Back.
The mob fell back to two saloons ad
Joining the court house and Jail, an
remained there until the saloons wer
closed, shortly after 8 a. M, on al
order of Mayor Parsons, caused by
message from the governor at Spring
field.
When the men were turned out q
the saloons, it was too cold to renal
outside, and another attack on tn
court house was not ventured.
The militia company ordered out b
the governor at midnight, did not sue
coed in assembling until 4 a. M, an
at tha hour the militiamen relieve
Nellis' deputies.
Fired Without Orders.
"The deputies fired without order
from Sheriff Nellis, so far as ! hav
been able to determine said Mayo
George Parsons today: Il am assure
the sheriff gave no orders to shoot.
1.-THE sheriff is higher in authorit
than the mayor n when l receive
word during the night that troubl
was pending, I Immediately notif1e
Nellis that l was at his command.
ordered all saloons closed.
Later, l was called on the telephor
by Gov. Deneen who gave me pos
tive instructions to see that all dral
shops were kept closed.
1.-The fellow the mob was after {
John Pratt. He was released last sun
mer under the parole law, which ] a,
glad to say has been knocked out /
the supreme court"
Cause of Attack.
The mob attack on the jail was II
outgrowth of the public indignation o.
er petty crimes by negroes, partic'
larly purse snatching. and annoyance
: to women.
: Mrs. Rose Malonev's purse W
! snatched Wednesday evening. 81
] drew a revolver and fired at the n
I gro, but he lodged and ran away.
. her purse was a silver dollar to whi'
> a postage stamp had become attache
Mrs. Maloney told the police of tn
fact, and when a negro offered SUI
a coin in a drug store yesterday,
was at once arrested.
= The negro, John Pratt, confess
: that he had taken Mrs. MaloneS
purse and. several days ago. hat
Mrs. Accord. He said that Linco
Wilson was his accomplish, and Wilsc
e a negro, was also arrested.
h Sheriff Nellis heard reports yestc
day afternoon that a lynching w
: being considered. This talk increas
s in the early evening so that. at 10
m, the sheriff called up Governor /
neen at Springfield. About midnig
: an order was sent to Cairo for Cal
Greaney of the local militia compar
:, to proceed to the sheriff's aid. The
It was delay in finding Greaney and
~arousjng the militia men.
q Police Failed to Appear.
The sheriff called on Mayor Geor