The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-19
CAIRO QUIET
after RIOTS

Cairo, Ills. Feb. lS.-With tbre,
companies of militia guarding IN,
court house and jail, under direct su
pervslon Of AdJutant General Frank
Dickinson OF Springfield. this cfty
settled down tonight to complete
quiet after n strenuous twenty.four
hours. Authorities believe they have
the situation well in hand There are
many scattered groups of men in tho
streets and near the jail but no crowd
Is allowed TO congreeate
Threats have been made against
Sherin Fred y. Nellis for the l5Iuyng
OF Alexander Halliday early tbIs
morning by his deputies and for the
Nounding of four others In beatlor
back the mob that would lynch a no.
FRO purse snatcher. but the presence
OF soldiers is having a good effect.
A third militia company was asked
for by the sheriff this afternoon and
company NJ, of Champaign was or.
oored out, arriving at $50 o'clock
Negro Is Sentenced.
John Pratt, the negro the mob In
tended to lynch and who was TODAY
given an indeterminato sentence Of
not more than II years In the Chester
penitcrtiaTy on two charges of rob.
berry, will he taken 40 the prison 10
morrow with twelve other convicted
prisoners
Lincoln Wilson, arrested as a sus.
pected companion Of Pratt in the
snatch'ng Of women's pocket books
was released tonight The grand Jury
ialied to return an Indictment against
him. Pratts Indictment and sentence
took less than half an hour At 3
o'clock the Indictment was returned
end ten minutes later he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced.
Would Punish Rioters.
searching investigation of tho al
tack on the jail this morning when
Halliday was killed, was ordered this
afternoon by Judge Butler In charge
OF the grand jury Immediately after
the disposal OF the cases OF the two
negroes.
Judge Buffers instructions were. In
substance, demand that the rioters
be brought to justice and made TO
stand trial for rloting
This sort of procedure must be
stopped" he said Law that Is not
enforced ceases TO be a law"
There have been FIVE murders In
Cairo since November IL, when we
had another occurrence of mob yio-
lencc These crimes show that mob
law Is no deterrent to crime and # Is
your duty 10 see that mob law ceases
TO be
Sherlff's Conscience Easy.
Coroner ameS McManus has called
no inquest into the killing of Halll-
day. He said tonight that he intends
10 go slowly In his investigation. Sher-
ifi Nellls was In close touch with Gov
ernor Deneen by long distance tele-
phone all day and said tonight that
his course had been commended by
the governor. a stray shot fred by a
member Of the mob was the direct
cause OF the volley from the deputies
guarding the jail. according TO Sheriff
Nellis
Il was standing on the front porch
OF the court house parleying with the
mob, which was demanding that give
m Pratt" he said. when some one
fred from the crowd
My deputies, watching the parley
from second story window, thought
that / fired a shot as a signal. They
then fred n volley into the air,
The mob refused TO retreat and
my DEPUTIES then fired into the crowd.
You know the result. My conscience
Is easy over the entire affair They
were determined 10 get me unless
got them / did my duty by protect
Ing my prisoners at any price"
Negroes Aid Defense,
There were six negroes in the party
OF fourteen armed deputies that de-
Tended the Jail The defensive party
numbered twenty, but there were not
gums enough to go around. Nellis had
great difficulty In enlistlng deputies
aud negroes were impressed into ser
vice. he says. because he could not
set enoUgh white men.
Despite this explanation. the sheriff
ir being criticised for deputizlng ne
groes to fire on white men and the
malcontents are using the incident as
an argument for further demonstra-
tions.
Mayor Parsons has ordered the sa-
looms to remain closed until danger
o. further disturbances Is passed
The Halliday FANNY said tonight
that they have retained an attorney
TO sue the sheriff and the county for
damages.
Halliday. who was son of former
Mayor T. W. Halliday, was shot
through the neck and lay on the
ground near the court house porch
nearly three hours before the sheriff
would permit mlitiamen to remove
him to hospital He died two hours
later
Nells replies to criticisms of his
refusal to permit the injured man to
be moved by saying he obeycd orders
from governor Deneen to permit no
persons near the building.