Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-18
STREETS Of CAIRO
Scene Of R|O||NG
RACE WAR BREAKS OUT IN ILL
NoIs CITY AND DEPUTIES
FIRE INTO MOB.
FORMER MAYORS SON DEAD.
FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED
Negro Deputies Among Those Who
Who Poured tvoIIey Into Crowd
Which Threatened to Attack Negroes
Confined in Jail-Wounded Man Al
lowed to Die Of Gold in Street.

Cairo. ILL. Feb. 1s.-company K, Of
this city. this morning patrolled the
sidewalk in front of the court house,
where shortly before a. m. Alexander
Halliday, leader Of mob in an attack
on the Jail, was killed by deputy sher-
IFS, and where four others, two Of
whom We're not members Of the mob,
were wounded.
Halliday, the son of former mayor
Of Cairo, lay for three hours dying be-
side the court house steps with the
temperature near zero. During that en-
tire time Sheriff Nellis, acting on or
ders received by telephone from Gov
ernor Deheen, refused to permit any
one to remove the wounded man, or
allow physician to enter the enclos-
ure. The Sheriff says he believed the
man was dead. Militiamen who re-
moved the body at 4 a. m. say it was
warm, indicating that death had come
short time before.
Dead and Wounded.
The dead and wounded are:
Alexander Halliday, aged 35, dairy
man and son Of former Mayor Thomas
w. Halliday, of Cairo, shot in head and
body.
Samuel Wessinger, former police
man, shot in head and shoulder.
John Maloney, brother-in-law OF
Mrs. Rose Maloney, whose purse was
snatched by one of the negro prison
ers. slight wound on cheek.
Horton Crehan, shot in ankle, when
he stopped to see what the trouble was
George B. Walker, Associated Press
correspondent. wounded in leg.
Negro Deputies Shoot.
Eight Of the twelve deputy sheriffs
whose shots killed Halliday and
wounded the others were negroes. This
fact was not definitely known to the
crowd which. stormed the court house.
but It Was suspected and the suppo-
sttion hSlped arouse the racial feeling
that spurfod on the crowd: The deadly
volley which the sheriffs' men fired
from the windows of the court house
was fred in answer to scattering shots
from the crowd, and after the deputies
obeying the sheriff's orders, had fired
one volley in the air. One of the bullets
from the crowd grazed the sheriff.
right hand, and others fell near him.
fred directly into the crowd The mob
fel back to two nearby saloons and
remained there until the saloons were
closed. shortly after a. M, on order Of
Mayor Parsons, caused by a message
from the governor at Springfield.
Gold Disperses Mob.
When the men were turned out of
the saloons 1t was too cold to remain
outside and another attack on the Jail
was not ventured. At o'clock the,
militia relieved Nellis' deputies.
The attack on the jail was the out
growth of public indignation over petty
crimes by negroes, particularly purse
snatchings and anoyances to women.
Mrs Rose Maloney's purse was
snatchings and annoyances to women.
a revolver and fired at the negro, but
he ran away with the purse. In the
purse was silver dollar TO which a
postage stamp had become attached.
Mrs. Maloney told the police of this
fact, and when a negro, John Pratt, Of
fered such a coin in a drug store yes
terday he was arrested. Pratt con-
fessed to taking Mrs. Maloney's purse
and several days ago that of Mrs. Ac-
cord.
Halliday Led Attackers.
Pratt implicated Lincoln Wilson and
he also was arrested. When the sheriff
asked the mayor for assistance the lat
ter said he would send the night force
Of police. but not one appeared at the
court house. In the meantime thess ssher-
in swore in dozen deputies. who
stood guard in the dark end of the win
aows AS the crowd rushed toward the
steps the sheriff ordered them to stop
or the deputies would fire. The mob
continued to advance and the guards
fred a volley in the air. Some one in
the mob responded and the bullets fell
around the sheriff. The second volley
was fired into the moD anu Halliday, ,,
who led the attackers, was felled by,
charges from at least two shot guns.
He fell over the railing of the court
house steps and lay silent in the snow.
The others fell back, none of the
wounded men being in too serious con-.
dition to leave. At saloon DIR. Gordon
dressed the wounds of the four men.
Took Governors Advice.
The sheriff was asked over the tele-
phone to permit the removal of the
man lying in front of the court house.
The sheriff ,telephoned the governor,
asking his advice and telling the COVER
nor ne believed the man was DEAD. The
governor advised him, Nellis says, to
walt until the militia came and take no
chances on q ruses which might result
IN q renewal Of the attack Nellis then
told everyone to keep away and the
body remained where it was until the
soldiers removed 1t this morning.
The situation Is quiet this morning.
A heavy guard OF soldiers has been
placed around the jail and no one is
allowed to enter the Jail yard.
halliday Died Of Exposure.
Coseaer .McManus began an investi-
CATION today of the shooting, Of Halli-
80 AsaaAfe are threatened X he finds,
~ the physicians stated, that. Halliday
died from loss of blood and exposure.
Members Of Company K called an ann
bulence anA Halliday was taken to st.