Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
If Caught Effort May Be Made to
Lynch Him.
NEGROES MAKE DEMONSTRATION
Hurl Insults at Funeral Train Of
Alexander Halliday.
MOURNERs NcENsED BY ACT
Some Plan at Once Upon Revenge,
but Cooler Heads Prevail
Preacher Encourages "Des-
perEte Deeds"

CAIRO, ILL.,, Feb. 2O-Police officers are
searching the city tonight for negro sus-
pected of purse-snatching. and another
clash between the authorities and the citi-
zens is feared If the man is caught.
Feeling Is still running high against the
negroes and intensity was added to this
sentiment this afternoon when negroes, it
is charged. made insulting gestures at per-
sons in the funeral procession that was
following the body of Alexander Halliday
killed Thursday night in an attack on the
Jail, to the cemetery.
Nearly 900 persons attended Halliday's
funeral and accompanied the body to
Mounds. ILL.,. in a special train. AS the
train was passing through the negro district
Of Cairo. negroes collected on the streets
to watch its passage. At Thirty-first street
members of the funeral party charge an
insulting demonstration was made.
An effort was made to organize party
on the train during the return trip to, Cairo
to wreak summary revenge on the Hegroes
but no disturbance resulted.
An unidentified man created a disturb
ance at the, cemtery by demanding perms-
sion to make q speech over the grave, but
he was hurried away He said he was a
friend of Halliday and that he had been
run out OF IOWH ny lHO pOilSC
Negro Friend of Pratt.
The negro the police are after tonight is
believed to have been associated with John
Pratt the negro who escaped lynching
when Sheriff Nellis defended the jail at the
cost of one life and the injury of several
others in the attacking party If he is
caught an effort may be made to take him
away from the police before the militia has
an opportunity to interfere. The militia
continue to patrol the streets tonight at
! regular intervals. Several small crowds
were dispersed during the day, but no dem
onstration took place of any moment
The bitterness of feeling against the
negro element is manifested in threats and
rurnors u future demonstrations Women
generauy are carrying revoivers and are
urged by their husbands and male rela-
tives to shoot to kill IL attacked.
| The special grand jury, which has been
instructed to investigate the riot, prob
ably will be dissolved tomorrow morning
when 1t reconvenes Judge William Butler
who instructed the jury, conferred with
Sheriff Nellis this afternoon and later
announced that he would decide whether
new jury is necessary.
There are four negroes on the jury.
The home of Sheriff Nellis is guarded
by the militia and he is given military
escort when he leaves the court house
Popular feeling is against him for using
negroe deputies and allowing Hallday's
body to lie in front of the Jail for three
hours.
Adjutant General Dickson, Governor
Deneen's personal representative. declared
this afternoon that Sheriff Nells was not
ordered by the governor to permit Halli
days body to lie on the ground until the
militia arrived
Mrs. Nellis, wife of the sheriff, col
lapsed this afternoon under the strain ant
is now under a physicians care. She 1,
one of the women who are carrying re-
| volVers.
The ministers in their pulpits for thu
most part today united in urging the citl
zehs to support the law. Rev Franl
Thompson Of the First Christian churci
said in part:
mo American whose heart is filled Will
rfcsion for the commonwealth can APPROX,
of mob law, yet things have occurred il
Cairo which IL they had not moved Cairo
men to deeds-daring and desperate deeds
ard Cairos fair women to tears. would
have lowered them to the level of the un
feeling OK which calmly feeds as his com
Tade suffers or dies"
Tfis, in a way, is the feeling in Cair,
amorg the masses.