Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-02
DEPUTY SHERIFF F.
TELL Of ATTACK IN
WHICH THREE DIED.
SURVIVOR TELLS JURY OF KILL.
ING SCHUYLER COUNTY SNER.
IFF AND TWO DEPUTIES BY
GREEK SECTION GANG.

Rushvile, H. May 2,-Cby \. PJ--
The umor was persistent here today
during the funeral of Sheri1 Edward
I.ashbrook that the removal To Rush.
vile Of the thirty section hands who
are charged with the murder Friday
night Of the sheriff and two deputies
had been ordered for some time TO
night
The men are in the Morgan County
Jail at Jacksonville, where they were
taken when a mob threatenend them
in Beardstown
Future developments states Attor
ney Paul Morning announced would
depend entirely upon the Investigation
and report OF the grand jury.
Prisoners Seek Funds
The States attorney was unwilling
TO say what witnesses had been sum.
moned 4 number OF the prisoners
have written 10 Kansas City FOR funds
and have obtained lawyers from 81
Louis to defend them, Mr. Morning
said he had heard
Chief Deputy Sheriff James NJ Kelly.
sole survivor Of the quartet attacked
by section hands AT Frederick, today
gave a detailed statement OF his testi.
mony before the grand jury.
"AIl the shots fired at US came from
the section gangs bunk ears and from
hohnd their barrcades," said Mr.
Kelly
after a cali from Deputy Frank
Ia yr H..lF
protect the section gang, Sheu1 Lash.
brook and / went down We called
for Utter and then Deputy Carl Neft
who had talked with the foreman of
the gang We arrived shortly after
s p. m.
AS we four neared the station. two
shots, followed by the yoley from the
bunk cars, came | dropped behind
a barrel and started shooting Lash
brook fell He was lying partly on the
railroad tracks pulled him off as
the whole gang ran toward ne.
Greek Consul to Aid
81 ran into the water shooting as
| ran | saw one of the gang drop.
when | heard the Burlington train
ed him to wait but he suggested il /
was better to telephone Beardstown
and have the whole crew arrested. II
got in touch with Deputy Scullior OF
Cass County, and the train pulled out
with most OF the gang on it"
a telephone message from Jackson
vile indicated the Greek consul from
St Louis would appear before the
grand jury, under orders from the
Greek legation in Washington
Find Deserted Hand Cars
Rishvlle, H., May BY A. p
States Attorney Paul Morning of
SCHUYLER county informed the grand
jury investigating the mu Ter Friday
night ofSheriff Edward Lashbrook and
two deputies that three deserted hand.
cars taken from Downing had been
found outside of Frederick near where
the three men fell.
Discovery of these hand cars by
rOadmaster Stewart of the Burlington
railroad who had charge of the section
hands who are held for the shooting
was taken as indicating that an attack
on the section gang had been planned
for that night, and that the ,herif's
company bent on protecting the gang
arrived Just at the moment to suffer
the retaliation the section gang in
tended frOr their assailants. Furraer.
more the inquiry in this direction it
was declared likely that rOadmaster
Stewart would be called before the
jury and that four additional witnesses
two men of Frederick and two Of
Browning would be heard this after
noon. 1t was planned to conclude the
grand jury session before night
Three representatives of the section
hands today conferred with State At
torney Morning, Offering their assist,
ance in getting to the bottom of the
trouble. One OF the men is a repre-
sentative Of the Greek legation in
Washington, another a Greek consul
from St Louis and the third a Mr..
Wright, a lawyer from Chicago.