The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-13

EIeuGu, oHICtlS w dNG anu JohASeA
were called in turn, as was also q
negro who was claimed to have been
Cahoun's cell companion, There
were some very marked discrepancies
between their statements
Chief Cowen said he left police
/, Headquarters at 6 o'clock Saturday
evening ana did not return. and could
not tell if Wade or johnson We're
there.--Jailer Lutz said the chief
returned to headquarters that night
and was there till $50 o'clock. Being
called back and informed Of the dis
crepancy the chief admitted that he
had "mixei up" Saturday night with
Sunday night,
Night Jailer Hoagland said he was
there all night. excepting few min
utes when he was away for lunch, AMI
that neither Wade nor Johnson went
back to the cell in which Calhoun
was locked UP Saturday night He
had Charge OF the Jail keys and locked
mp the prisoners that were brought
in Johnson had brought in prisoners
twice that night and he tHoaglandl
had taken them back and locked them
up. Wade had not been there at all.
Night Sergeant French said he al.
ways goes to headquarters about
Has at night and stays till 12:45 to-
Permit the night iailer to get lunch
He did this Saturday night, and it
was while the night jailer was away
that Johnson came in with a woman
prisoner. Johnson took the Jail KEYS
and took the woman back and locked
her up himself French did not know
what Johnson did while he was in the
! rear part of the room where the cells
are located. He said the officers often
, take the Jail keys and lock up pris.
oners themselves. There were mum.
Der Of officers at headquarters Sat
j, .urday night when he was on watch.
, Couldn't tell who was there. Did not
lsee Wade.
n The prisoner had said that while
lhe was in the chiefs office undergoing
sweating process Officer Johnson
, vas present. also Jailer Lutz. The
O chief said Johnson merely looked in
/. IT the door, and Johnson denied being
4 there at all.
6 The most Caring contradiction
A came with reference to the allegel
o presence of a fellow prisoner will
! Calhoun. The latter had declared re
IT peatedly and positively that he ha,
i been alone in his cell that night
II Night Jailer Hoagland confirmed thi
e statement of the prisoner positively
"A But Jailer Lutz said he had place,
" Calhoun in the same cell with anothe
N negro prisoner and offered to brin
o aim up to tell his story When thi
a negro was brought up he stated tina
10 ne was put into Jail last Thursda
1e and when Calhoun was brought /
n Friday the latter was placed in tn
Il. lsame cell with him. Witness recite
re glibly conversation which he an
70 Calhoun had, saying he told Calhou
"a that If any one else was involved i
at the murder he had better tell the off
to explain how this thought suggeste
m. itself to him). But the importar
ne point in this negro's statement wS
!. that Calhoun had been in the ce
OF with him continuously from the tin
he he came till Monday about noon whe
rs he was taken to the big jail denyir
re emphatically that Calhoun had bee
i'm out of the cell at any time. I'll
er chief, city jailer and night jailer q
he confirmed Calhoun's statement tn
III he had been taken out oil the cell al
into the chiefs office where he Wi
,ut "sweated."
ars Throughout the statements and d
ad mails of the officers the prisoner s
yas quietly, except when asked by son
civ member Of the committee with reft
to ence to a statement made by W
m. ness when he emphatcally reafffrm
nly his own statement on that point. I
gro ing asked II any one at the big j;
to had urged him to make differe
statement from that which he ma
ere to DR.. McManus, he said no one h
CHIT done So that he had volunteered
ade make the present statement, becau
II the other was untrue and had be
at forced from him under threats
m. death by Officers Wade and JohnsC
day Alderman Nellls informed the co
be mittee that he had warrants for t
arrest of the two officers under
Indictment by the grand jury.
,eir The question of what the comm
hat tee should do in the case was decid
the by Mayor Parsons, who said that
hief der the ordinances he would have
ant suspend the officers pending the