The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-19
Court House and Jail Closely
Guarded by Three Compa-
MES of Militia Under Com
mand of Adjutant General.
NEGRO WHO CAUSED THE
RIOT UNDER SENTENCE
Grand Jury Called and Charged
By Judge to Investigate the
Outlook and Bring the Guilty
Persons to Justice,
SHERIFF HAS NO REGRETS

Cairo. H.. Feb. 18.-With three
companies of militia guarding the
court house and Jail, under direct
supervision of Adjutant General
Frank S. Dickinson of Springfield,
this city settled down tonight to COM
plete quiet after a strenuous twenty
four hours. The authorities believe
they have the situation well in hand.
There are many scattered groups
of men In the streets and near the
Jail, but no crowd is allowed to con-
gregate.
Threats have been made against
Sheriff Fred D. Nellis for the killing
of Alexander Halliday early this
morning by his deputies and for the
wounding of four others in beating
back the mob that would lynch a ne
gr) purse-snatcher, but the presence
of soldiers is having a good effect.
\ third militia company was asked
for by the sheriff this afternoon. and
20. NJ of Champaign. was ordered cut.
arriving at $50 O'Clock.
John Pratt, the negro the mob in
tended to lynch and who today was
given an .lndetermindte sentence OF not
more than fourteen years in the Ches-
ter penlJentlary on two charges of
robbery, viii be taken to the prison
tomorrow with twelve other convicted
prisoners.
Lincoln Wilson, arrested as a sus-
pected companion Of Pratt in the
f0Ff Ft
released tonight The grand jury failed
TO return an Indictment against him.
PTattS Indictment and sentence took
less than half an hour. At o'clock
the indictment was returned and ten
minutes later he pleaded guilty and
was sentenced.
investigation Ordered.
A searching investigation of the at
tack on the Jail this morning when
Halliday was killed. was ordered this
afternoon by Judge Butler in a charge
10 the grand jury Immediately after
the disposal of the cases of the two
negroes.
judge Buffers instructions were, in
substance, ii demand that the rioters
be brought TO Justice and made to stand
This sort of procedure must be
stopped he said Law that is not
enforced ceases to be law.
There have been five murders in
Cairo since November II, when we had
another occurrence of mob violence.
These crimes show that mob law is not
a deterrent TO crime and il is your duty
10 see that mob law ceases 10 be"
Coroner James McNanun has called
no inquest into the killing OF Halliday.
He said tonight that he intends to go
slowly i'm his investigation. Sheriff
NeiHs was in close touch with Gov
ernor Deneen by long distance tele-
phone all day and said tonight that
his course has been commended by the
governor
Stray Shot Brought a VolIey.
a stray shot fired by a member of
the mob was the direct cause of the
vOlley from the deputies guarding the
Jail, according to Sheriff NelIis
Il was standing on the front porch
of the courthouse parleying with the
mob, which was demanding that I give
up Pratt" he said, when some one
fired from the crowd.
My deputies, watching the parley
from d second story window, thought
that ! fired a shot as a signal. They
then fired a volley into the air.
THE mob refused to retreat and my
deputies then fired into the crowd.
You know the result. Ny conscience
is easy over the entire affair They
were determined to get me unless I
got them. I did my duty by protect
ing my prisoner at any price"
A dozen broken windows in the
courthouse today showed the result of
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