The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-02
SHERIDAN TRIAL
WILL | BEGIN
VIENNA TODAY
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According IL Il l5ns sd,a,anes sels-
phone message Last nisht from state
Representative Geofge III. EngIish
Of Vienna ID Tho Bnlictin, the tfial
~ states Attorney Thomas Ii. Bhefl-
dan, charged with the murder III
Harry Thacker, VIII Nv com ktsufed
this morning in the J6hRson county
circuit courtat that place JudEe W.
w. Duncan of Marion presiding.
Cairo attorneys kfe Interested In
the case, Senator Reed Green apd
Angus Lcek being employed BIZ ,s.e
deronse AS also are states Attorney
p. r; liartwelf and George White III
Marion. Prosecuting. will be BATH
~. Cowen. who was appointed by
Judge Butler shortly after the crime
assisted BY heprcscntative Gtorfe
VI. English. former Comfy Judge
W. An Spann. former states Att3r-
ney James LinElc q .ronhsboro. with
IN, A. Cranston as jas counselor IN
the case. Seldom has such ayaarrss
~ legal talent been Interested IN
trial in tits end of the state.
The crime Gas committed s1ptsns
hsr 10, 1910, III Vienna, al tue news.
paper office OF sheridan whot ii buls
Usher Of the News. the account Of
Il as given to The Bulletin IL shet
time By Sheridan was as follows;
Call for Cut.
THE sfathero the young isan mel
me near my office and asked me for
a cut Of him that had in my office
i saw his son standing near but pail
no attention TO him. / went ND
stairs to get the Clt for Mr. Thaeksr
and brought 1t down stairs to. i,ifn.
returned up stairs and was followed
by young Thacker, half way IN the
stairs, abusing and then assatiltins
me. striking me several times ase
then shot him. fired only or.
shot and he fell. and | gave mysst
up TO the sheriff.
& According to Representative Emf
lish, Frank Thacker. the father whS
demanded his picture. was formerly
chairman of tho johnson county
Board of Commissioners, and the cur
had been used By Sheridan over af
article attacking Thacker for his
conduct in office.
Sheridan was brought 20 Cairo
few hours after the murder an
placed In the county Jail. where he
was confined for some time, Attors
neys Leek and Greense securing his re-
lease on writ OF habeas corpus. AZ
the time II was reported. sentiment
In Vienna was strongly against him.
The trial was TO be held at The
last term of the johnson county cir
cult court, with ex-congressmap
Thomas J. Jett of. Hilisboro on the
bench, but was continued until tla
present time.
Sheridan Prominent.
Sheridan has been quite pfpmi.
nsut inhis home county since hire
movai there from Goleonda, about
twenty years ago He has hDeu
state senator. county supcrintpnd.
ent Of schools, county Judge andSin
1908 was elected states attorney.
4 In 1906. on tho face of the no.
turns. he was, declared county Jude,
over w. A. Spanu, but contest ID
the latter won for him the position
but two years later Sheridan VIZ
elected states attorney. and declar,
his previous defeat was the result
of fsctional feeling In tn ,uubli
can party, and scored the coutcst
suit by which he lost the cosiui,
lie is editor OF the News
an influential weekly paper,
Although Republican, SheridsS
has made many fights on the cor M
trolling element of his party, and for
these criticisms In his newspaper
he is said TO be unpopular with ccs
tain OF the politicians there.
Fight Over Indictment
The grand jury voted the indfct-
ment against him BY majority Of
one, aud the ! defendant said
that the only personal enemy he had
on tie jury was appointed foreman.
Representative English declared
might be some time before jnfy