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

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gotten to the wagon yard, heard
shots.
Mart s. Egan. chief of police, testi,
! fed saying he got to court house
about 2 O'clock; no one around court
house; when he got there walked w
/ to court house heard sounds like
groans close by and called the sheit
iff; he answered and let him in: went
In and asked him who's that lying
In the yard?";; he said II don't know,
IT might be dummy or it might be
la body and he said "let me 90 and
see, ! understand that one OF the
bunch OF fellows that came UP here
was shot" The sheriff said mo you
can't CO.. my orders are not to let
anybody 60 near the body Egan said
1t might be some imnediatae atten.
ton would save his life if he isn't
dead :"tsheriff said Il will not let you
60; walked into circuit 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
l went into the court house and tele-
-phoned Dr. Walsh to go to the hos
pital,
Alderman Frank ]. German, who
lives across the street from the. court
house 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 fret
on the west side OF street; shots fired
in the air.
Horton Crehan testified; was In
middle Of street; had come from al
dance, was on his way home; did
not get shot; there were no shots
close to him; thought he heard bul. |
let's whizzing and ran across the |
street and ducked into an alley and |
back of the building and stayed therel
until the shooting stopped. Did not
see anyone shooting towards court /
house; stayed there Is minutes until /
everything was quiet; sounded to himI
ike volleys shooting fast; there were I
! few scattering shots.
\ Capt, w. r. Greaney OF Co X.
stated Co. X. had smoker and drill
L Armory; stayed at Armory until
lbout 1890: went home some time
Utter; while at home Nellis called
lin up and said he. was wanted; told
i'm would come Immediately menti
nut 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 his
men; took bugler with me to court ,
ouse; told sheriff am here ready to I
eport for duty; sheriff asked" when s
re your men coming?" said am get ,
ing company together as fast as
an; said understand there Is bodyi
the yard, he said he had inIorma-
ion from governor not to let anyone
isturb that body un;s company
anne; said he was there to report as h
ompany commander; sheriff said
hen your company comes you canI
Ike the body got automobile; got |,
$ many men as could and reported Il
r sheriff and said | would take |
barge OF body, which in my judg- !
lent thought was alive; didn't
earch the body; no weapon visible .
\ body
Rose X. Maloney testified: am one
no was robbed by John Pratt last
eek; had no talk with Alex Halli-
ny within past six weeks; the state
tent which appeared in the Post.
ispatch is untrue that she had met
alliday on Thursday and he saidl
Rose I'd take my life in my HANDS
" you, I'm ready to lead mob to {
nch the negro that robbed you; he
artainly deserves lynching," ETC.;
lid she had nothing to do with the
OBJ: her only regret was that she
dn't kill the man and save this
orrible tragedy.
John Thistlewood testified: Went D
Armory at O'clock; not affiliated Il
it'll Go. X. now; Capt. Greaney told Q
m there might be trouble and U
light be called out; while going down =
street car; went home at about q
40 to II o'clock on stree; car; saw I
nief Egan on one side OF car, Sheriff \
ellis on other side and several p
lored men who supposed to have y
zen deputy sheriffs: don't know a
here they got off whether at court u
'use OF not; paid no further atten.
IN to them. %
VIM. H. Sullivan testified Went d
town about time of shooting; saw fe
ovid standing on corner; rev OF ca
em in saloon; went in saloon; came "
7; all moved toward court house: ~
t about middle of crossing on Twen- Ia
tn street when shooting started.
apped behind bill board on corner;
out so to rs men were In front Of u
urt house; saw some Of crowd go
side gate; heard no one saw what