The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-18
But SHERIFF HAD FIRST
STOOD Off ATTACKERS
Fulfilled Threat 10 Fire Unless
Mob Dispersed --One Killed,
Several Wounded

tby SdSSOclated PreaSl
Cairo, Ills., Feb. 1S.--Thirty militia.
men this morning patrolled in front
Of the county Jail. where shortly be-
fore one O'clock Alex Halliday. lead
er OF mob attack on the jail. was
shot to death BY deputy sheriffs and
where four others, two OF them not
members Of the mob were wounded.
Halliday, son OF former mayor OF
Cairo, lay for three hours dying be-
side the court house steps. with tho
Temperature few degrees above zero.
During that entire time Sheriff NellIs.
acting on orders from Governor De.
naen, refused to permit anyone TO
remove the wounded man or to allow
a physician to enter the inclosure. The
sheriff says he believed the man was
dead
Mob After Negro Purse-Snatcher
In pitched battle at midnight bo-
twen mob that seeks to lynch a ne
gro charged with purse snatching, aud
twenty deputy sheriffs. who are guard
ing the iail several members OF the
mob were shot down in an attempt 10
rush the jail
There are three negroes In JAIL One
Of them, John Pratt. was arrested yes
tcrday afternoon on charge OF
scratching purses from women. and lat
or confessed. He was Immediately in.
dIcted by the grand jury and It Is be-
lieyed the mob was after him.
The mob began forming shortly af
tor dark and as soon as the talk OF
l.nchlng reached Sheriff Nellls he
appealed 10 Governor Deneen for
troops and swore In twenty deputies.
A crowd gathered about the jail
about o'clock last night but no at
tempt 70 rush the structure was mada
until shortly before midnight.
Ncllis made good his promise to
shoot and. several In the mob went
down with the first volley.
Following the yolley, the mob with.
drew 10 safe distance and began fir
Ing into the Jail, breaking the win
dOws, but injured none.
The injured were carried away BY
friends and the extent OF their in
ialies az we'll as their identity was
concealed.
Among the seriously injured are:
John Malonev. shot through head.
Sam Wersinger. shot In shoulder.
Horton Freehan, shot in leg.
George II. Walker. shot In leg.
Mahoney Is the husband of one OF
The women whose purse was snatched.
Troops ordered Out
Springfield, his, Feb. 1s.--Ciovern-
OF Deneen late last night received q
telegram message from Sheriff Nellls,
OF Alexander county, asking that
company OF troops be ordered out 70
assist him IN preserving order IN
Cairo. where there was fears OF a riot
Governor Deneen ordered Company
X Of the fourth infantry. at Cairo, TO
place themselves at the disposal OF
Sheriff Nellis. who stated that he
had sworn In twenty Deputies.
Sheriff Nells informed Governor De-
neen that yesterday two eolored boys
had been saatchlng purses on the
streets Of Cairo and that two women
had been robbed one OF whom was
relative Of Annie pelley, the girl who
was recently assaulted and murdered
and whose murder caused the lynch
ing Of william James. negro. The
sheriff declared brother OF Miss Pei
lcy's relative had come from Sc. Louis
yesterday and was going around sa-
Icons OF Cairo exciting the habitues OF
the saloons to violence against the cox
osed boys. faer