Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
MRS. GLENN YOUNG
NEAR DEATH FROM
BUCKSHOT WOUNDS
Police Seek to Connect
Gangster Killed in Her.
rim With Shooting

BELLEVILLE, ILL.,, May 25.-Mrs.
S. Glenn Young, wounded Friday
in an attempted assassination of her
huband, Ku Klux Khan liquor raider,
is in a Critical condition at ST.
Elizabeth's hospital here, DR.. c. H.
Starkel said today.
DR.. Starkel, who is in charge of
the case, declined TO discuss reports
that Mrs. Young might lose the sight
Of one or both eyes, explaining that
tWenty-siX hours would be necessary
to determine that.
Dr. Starkel said Mrs. Young prob
ably would recover unless infection
sets in. She was struck III the head
and face by eighteen to twenty-five
buckshot
Young, who was wounded in the
right leg, will suffer no permanent
ill-effects, barring the possibility of
infection, DR.. Starkel sid. The bone
was splintered by Il AS caliber cop.
per-jacketed bullet which was re
moved today.
Earl Gibson, a khan representative,
stood guard at the door of the hos
pital, a Catholic institution, and
barred all newspaper reporters. Only
close friends of Young were admitted
to see him.
The khan leader told officers he be-
lieved he could IDENTIFY his assail
ants, who fired into his sedan from
a passing touring car.
Young said they were from Will
hanson county, where he made many
enemies as the result of liquor raids
last winter.
CANISTER is KILLED
BY HERRIN CONSTABULARY
HERRIN, May 25.-Offices last
night were endeavoring to determine
whether Jack Skelcher, 80, an al
legged gangster killed Saturday in
a revolver fight with constabulary.
was one of the three or four men
who attempted yesterday to assassi-
nate S. Glenn Young. Ku kluX Khan
liquor raider, near Granville. An
inquest was ordered this afternoon.
Skelcher's companion, wounded in
The right leg as he tried to escape,
was taken to a local hospital where
he said his name was Brown" but
refused to make a statement. Skel-
cher died an hour after he was shot.
without having spoken.
Skelcher is said to have been an
enemy Of Young. He was captured
in one of the Herrin liquor raids
led by Young and was among those
indicted in connection with the riot
last February in which Constable
Caesar eagle was killed and a deputy
sheriff wounded.
The touring car driven by Skelcher
and Brown" was of same make
as the one from whiLn Youngs as
sailants fired.
The revolver fire began when MEM
bers of the constabulary a klan-con.
trolled organization, attempted to
stop a curtained car as it reached
the west city limits about 1890 a.
m, travelling at a high speed. A
fusilade of shots came from the car,
according to reports. and the Off
GERS returned the fire. There were
about thirty shots in all. None of
the officers was wounded.
Brown" the driver, in attempting
to avoid hitting one car callided
head-on with another machine, over
turning both. The driver of the
other car was bruised and was taken
to the hospital, leading to an early
report that three men were cap
tured by the officers.
The wrecked car was found to
contain a machine gun as well as
two automatic revolvers and two
sawed-off shotguns. Two suits Of
clothes and considerable makeup
material, such as lip sticks, also
were found in the car, which bore
the license number of a car of diff
ferent make stolen in Springfield,
ILL.,, about a month ago.
The constabulary stopped every
car at the city limits last night, ar
resting an alleged rum runner and
Capturing ninety gallons of whisky.