Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-19
Threats Freely Made Against
Sheriff Who Fired VoIIey in
to Crowd Bent on Lynching
His Prisoner,
GOVERNOR C0MMENDS
PLUCKY PEACE OFFICER
Grand Jury Asked to lnvesti-
gate Affair and Bring lndict-
mentS Against Those PaItici-
pating in Rioting,

Try Morning journal SDeciei ,sased Wirel
Cairo. H.. Feb. lS.-W'th three
companies or militia guatding the
court house ana jail under The direct
supervision Of .Adjntant General
Frank $. Dickinson Of SprinsHcld, this
citN settled down tonight tu complete
uuict after a strenuous twenty y-four
hours. Tho authorities belieyc they
have the situation well In hand.
There are many scattered groups 81
men in the streets ANA near the jail
bnt no crowd is permitted 20 con-
sregate.
Threats have been made against
Sherir Fred b. Nellis for the killing
of Alexander Halliday early this
norning by his deputies aud Tor the
wonudnr nf four others in beating
back the mob that would have
lvnehed u negro purse snatcher but
the presence of the soldiers IS having
II good effect
\ thira militia company w'ls asked
for by the sheriff this afternoon, ana
Company NJ. Of Champaign was
ordered out arriving at 6.30
John Pratt, the negro the mon IN
tended to lynch and who today was
given an irdeterminate sentence of
not more tllan fourteen years IN the
thester nenitentintY on each Of two
charges OF robbery will be taken
secretly 10 the prison tomorrow morn
Ing with twelve othcr convict pris-
oners
Lincoln Wilson. arrested as sus-
pccted companion of Pratt in the
snatching Of w0men's purses was re-
leased tonight. The grand Jury
failed 10 return ae indi, tmcm against
him Pratt's mdictmc Mt and sem
tenco took less than half an hour Al
~ Indictment AN1
turned and ten minutes later he plead
guilty aud was sentenced.
\ searching investigation Of the att
tack on the Jail this morning when
Halliday wac killed was ordered this
afternoon by Judge Butler IN a charge
10 the jury. immediately after the dis
posal of The eases Of The two negoes.
Judge Buffers instructions were in
substance q demand that the rioters
be brought to Justice and made to
stand trial for rioiing.
This sort of procedure must ho
stopped. lie said. LAW that is not
enforced coases 10 be law
There have been IKE murders in
Cairo since November II when Wc
had another occurrence of mob vio-
lcncc. These crimes show that mob
law Is no deterrent to crime and il IS
your duty to see that mob law ceases
TO be-,
Coroner Jnmcs McManus has called
an inquest into the killing of
Holiday tomorrow aftcrnoon He
said that hc intends To go
Nellis wax in close touch with Coy
eruor Denoen by long distance tele-
phone all day and said today ;hat his
course had bceu commanded by the
governor
y stray shot nrcd by member Of
the mob WAS direct cause for the vol
ley from the deputies guarding the
Jail, according 90 sheriff Ncllls-
II was standing on the front
porch OF the court house parlcyiug
with the mob. which was demanding
that | give up Pratt" he said tonight,
when someone fired from the
crowd"
My deputies, Watching the parley
irom q second story window thought
that fired Il shot as a signal They
then fred y voilcy into the air.
'The mob refused to retreat and
my deputies then fred into IT, You
know the result. MY conscience is
easy over the entire affair They were
determined To get me unless | got
them ! dld my duty by protecting
my prisoner at amy price"
a dozen broken windows in the
court house today showed the result
OF the shots fired into the building
ty the mob but no serious damagc
was done. Sheriff Nellis received n
slight wound in the hand. All of the
party with him in the Jail escaped in
jury.
There w,re six negroes IN the party
Ga fourteen armed deputies defending
the Jail. The defensive party num-
bcrod twenty. bat there were not
gems enough 10 go around.
Nellis had great difficulty in en-
listing deputies aud negroce Ner. inn
pressed into service. h.. says because
he could not gel enough white men
Despite this explanation the sheriff
a. being criticised for dcputizing
negroes 10 fire on whites and the mail
contents are using the incident as ar
gument for further demonstrations
Tho conflict between city and
county authorities that marked IA.
November lynchings is again in eNi-
dencc. Mayor Parsons says he was
not notified OF any trouble until =
oclock. and then he ordered the
Police 10 60 TO the assistance Of the /
sheriff.
Captain CREAMY Of Company X. th, |
Cairo militia company that WIS
ordered cut at 10 O'Clock last night I
by Governor p-necn ana dill not re- I
bort until O'clock said he did not
rec i've the governors orders until /
. clock. Mayor Parsons has ordered 4
The saloons closed until danger of /
inrther disturbance is passed
The Halliday FAMILY said tonight I
tilaf they had retained an attorney TO- /