The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-20


composed oil the following.
JOHN M. PARHAM, FOREMAN. 4
cHAS. r. MILLER. .
losI VI GREANEY.
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The Jury viewed the remains at the
home OF Parker Halliday on Twenty
seventh street and went to the circuit
court room to take testimony. The
first witness examined was Sheriff
Nellis. He said his first information
that there was likely to be trouble
came from prominent citizen by
telephone; lie went down town 10
make inquiry ard the Information was
confirmed by talk that he heard IN
some OF the saloons and other public
places. He hurried to his office and
used the telephone to summon aid,
calling up number of citizens but
could get no response from any of
them. Tie called up a number OF his
deputies and some of the country
constables and requested them to
come to the court house at once He
had thirteen men in the court house
hy II O'Clock, armed with different
Kinds Of shooting irons; had no time
to examine what kind of guns they
had, but all were armed with pistols
or guns. He had the court house
darkened and he stationed the men
In the four corner offices Of the court
house, on the main floor He had in
structnd them not to shoot until he
gave the signal by dscharging his
own pistol, When the mob arrived
and Were coming up the front steps
of the court honse he met them and
told them that they would not be
permitted to come in; that he was
sheriff and would do his duty to pro.
tect his prisoners. One Of the mob
cried you Go to He'll and the men
then fired by the mob and at the first
shot the deputies fred from the win
dows. Shots flew past aim, some of
the bullets passing close to his legs.
He went inside and c.osed the door
Asked If he did any shooting he re-
piled, yes, did" Asked why he did
not summon citizens when he was
down town he said it would have been
useless and .unsafe-had he attempted
to summon aid by telephone at Sc
billes saloon he would have been
mobbed himself At Asnleys saloon
he met Mr.. Miller, one Of the jurors,
who ADVISED him to go homesm to The
Halliday and go to bed He had fire.
quentSScommunication with the gov
ernor; was talking to the latter when
some one told him a man had been
killed and was lying in the court
house yard; he 50 advised the gov
ernor who told him it would not be
safe to permit any one to come into
the yard for any purposes considering
the small force he had, until the
militia arrived, and it was on this
advice that he refused to permit any
one to take charge of the body. Did
not know who the dead man was;
suspected for a time that 1t might be
a dummy placed there as a ruse to
4 deceive him. He refused to permit
Chief Egan or Capt. Greaney to take
the body or to stop to examine it
under the orders from the governor;
demanding that Capt. Greaney come
first with his soldiers to take charge
Of the situation. When Capt Grea-
ney came with a squad of men he re-
linquished his authority to them The
shooting was done about l2:1a Friday
morning
Dr. w c. Clarke one of the physi.
clans who performed the autopsy de.
scrbed the wound found on the dead
man, saying he bullet entered the
right side of the neck and emerged
from under the left shoulder blade,
the course being downward; that the
chord column was severed which
must have caused instant death, a
man could not live with sucn an IN
jury, it being equal 70 breaking the
neck He believed the bullet was fred
from an elevation of from IL to Is
feet and that it must have been a
steel bullet, as no lead bullet was
ever made that would plow its way
through mans body as directly as
this did, striking the spine, without
being detected
DR.. Walsh said he was called to St.
Mary's lniirmary to attend the dead
man. Found the body lying on the
floor in the hall; the man was dead;
rigor mortis had not fully set in; there
was no rlgidity of the muscles; could
not tell how long the man had been
dead; time at which rigor mortis set
in varied considerably according to
conditions. Agreed with other sur.
geons that If spinal chord was severed
death must have been instantaneous.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Fuller said he
had charge Of the jail; mad come from