The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-27

this seems to have concerned CIR dis
Iturbed His Honor and his committee
livery little or not at all: with refer
fence to this state OF things, these gen
4 tlemen seemed determined to be
warned by "the fate of poor Old Wan'
Ibat Smith who used his brains 10
worry with, and in due time wen'
lcrazy."
/ But when. to their ,complacent
minds an opportunity seemed to pre-
sent itself to administer a rebuke to
| the Bulletin and to discredit its just
complaints and criticisms, there was
| a sudden awakening, The mayor
lcalled conference of his confidential
advisors, among the most trusted of
whom have always been men who
have been most responsible for tne
citys infamous police record under
| his administration, and the ocallei
i"investigation," OF which the Citizens
story OF last evening purports to be
In record, followed.
Now as to the Citizens story To
constant and thoughtful readers OF
E the Bulletin, who happen to have read
last evenings issue Of the contempor-
airy. little. need be said in reply.
The Citizen heads its story THE Bull
letin Was Strung by j. B. Gilmore"
1t Is not true. Toe Bulletin was not
|strung by J B. Gilmore. In its edi-
torfal Of "Wednesday morning, refer
rfns~to Gilnore's proposition that he
and his partner would cause the ar
rest and conviction Of the thieves II
1.-THE Bulletin Co. would offer a reward
OF $50, this paper said: THE propo-
sition was promptly presented TO the
Bulletin management, who, after due
consideration, rejected it for various
reasons which seemed good to them.
In the first place, it was easily under
stood that the motive behind the pro-
position was to still further discreilt
the city authorities; secondly, the
men who made 1t might cause the ar
rest and conviction of some poor tool
or scape goat leaving the principal
rogues. who probably were their pals,
untouched; and thirdly. the Bulletin
did not care to place itself in posi-
lion of service to such schemers did
not care to identify itself in any way
with them and their motives, for the
sake OF BIT of cheap notoriety."
1t would be difficult to frame a
stronger disclaimer of responsibility
or endorsement of Gilmore's propo
sition
The Citizen said: 1.-THE story pub
lished In the Bulletin was without
foundation" The story given in the
Bulletin was that proposition mad
been made to 1t as above stated; and
Gilmore's statement, as published by
the Citizen, confirms this. He admits
that he made the proposition to the
Bulletin, admits that he lied when he
said that the goods he exhibited az
having been stolen were not stolen;
but this does not affect the truth OF
any material statement made In the
Bulletin-it does not In the slightest
degree discredit the Bulletins infer
ence that he and his pals" who laid
themselves liable to prosecution as
accessories to the murder Of Ottersen
nv 1r,iyitjnp tha ,,,,,,JDra. D,,f ~ 4ha
city, might know more about the
thieves and their work in Cairo dur
ling the last several weeks, than they
cared to acknowledge publicly The
Bulletin refused to permit itself to
be duped by or become the instru-
ment or moutnpiece OF this gang and
their intinlates. The Citizen has
been less scrupulous. feo
The Citizen says Police Officers
Hagey and Terry met Mr.. Ellis tcity
editor of the Bulletin) on an owl car
and that Mr.. Ellis told them that a
party had approached him with an
offer, as heretofore stated, Accord
ling to the officers" says the contem-
porary "Mr. Ellis withheld the names
of the party who promised to turn up
the thief Why did not the Citizen
tell its readers the truth. Why did
| II state the fact that Officer Terry
told the committee, in reply to a
question, that he had asked Mr.. Ellis
TO give him the name of the party, and
that Mr.. Ellis had refused to do so;
f, but when Mr.. Ellis himself appeared
before the committee he made the
Iofiicers'cat his words 80 to speak
made him admit that he had not
asked for the name; had not shown
enough interest in the case to ask for
the name--had shown about the same
Indifference or stupidity that has
characterized the police department
In nearly all of the fifty or more
cases complained Of by citizens?
The Citizen says. Alderman Grea-
ney, chairman OF the committee, was
greatly incensed because Mr.. ELLIS
had withheld such Information from
the police, instead OF at once notify.