The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-28
FROCCYS VOICE
|. IS HEARD AGAIN
At BROKEN Main
Voice Warns His Race to Flee
From His Certain
Vengeance.
-
lis HEARD At ARrEIsIAN WELL
SIS /
|superstitious Negroes Leaving in
Droves---P Physical Evidence Of
His Terrible Wrath.
IS HEARD AT ARTEIslAN WELL

The ghost of "Froggy" James like
Shakespeare Banquo. VIII not down
with the surerstit.ous and credulous
negroes of Cairo and the Drainage
District.
Saturday evening his VOICE"
was heard at the Tenth street arte-
sian well warning crowd OF ne
groes who were awaiting their turn
to obtain water. to leave the city
under penalty of loss of their
Hives.
The VOICE" told his hearers that
the waters that overfowed the
Drainage District in 1912 and again
in 1919 were curses brought down
on those who had assisted in his exit
from this mundane sphere.
lie told them Of another visitation
which was to come and warned them
to fee from his wrath.
Sunday night .Froggy made an
other appearance, the VOICE VI
the spirit emanating from q pile of
sand hags surrounding sand boil
that appeared during the recent high
water near the main entrance TO ths
ball park
| 10 cap tho climax last night
wooden plug In q water main az
Fourteenth and Cedar streets blew
out, flooding the streets slightly In
lthe vicinity
The stream OF water flowing out
Of the ground attracted large
crowd Of negroes from the settle
ments In the vicinity.
William Magner Of the Water com
lpany. who arrived on the scene few
minutes later. found over 100 gos
slping negroes gathered In knots
i whispering about the matter. He
heard one negro declaiming to
crowd of interested listeners that
the broken main was positive eyt-
Idence of the vengeance OF ''Froggy'
lclaiming that the high waters of
l19t2 and 1918, the breaking OF the
lbig Commercial avenue sewer AMI
1.-THE tumbling of the stand pipe OF
1.-THE Water company, were all physi-
| cal warnings 10 his race to leave
ICairo Immediately.
| 1t is reported that 20 negroes left
| Cairo Monday on the noan Iron
| Mountain train for Cape Girardeau
TO escape the prophesfed disaster.
| Monday night d large number 1nietly
lieft from the Central Union station
flor the north. THE same exodus was
witnessed last night.
Il An endeavor to obtain statement
frcm negro relative to the matter
is met with secretiveness and Y is
. only by urgent appeals and positive
commands that the darkies are made
to tell what they have heard from
Others Of their race relative TO the
ridiculous story. They dread to talk
about Ii and IL Is with fear and
, trembling that they will discuss tho
, mater AZ eli. some going 50 far as
to say that they haye been forbidden
. TO warn the whites Of the impending
+ hoodo, that eFroggy" has cast over
/, ,iCsiro and It's inhabitants.
Somo Of the more intelligent os
the race are sarcastic and ridicuIe
the story with ali their might when
, another darkcy relates the fable
Such an instance occurred Monday
Z evening, resulting in dispute be-
tween two negroes and eliminating
/. in Eight during which brass knuek;
and knife we're used with the sub
! sequent arrest ard flning OF both
{ part Is 10 the affair
One gentleman in discussing tbs
matter yesterday relative 10 the pos
; sibiiity Of all the negroes leaving
: Cairo except the intelligent class
said It would be A good thing for ths
,eity. declaring that il Cairo should
ever want them to return. all on.
would have To do would be TO reopen
! a relief bureau with plenty Of ths
i Ham What Am" and "Swlfts
I Tsrcmiam bacon which would bring
\ them hack In hurry.