Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-02
SIX SHOT TO- DEATH
AS KHAN WARFARE
FLARES UP AGAIN
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of Constable Caesar eagle, a klans-
man, in rioting last February s.
Forty of fifty shots are said to
have been fired The shooting start
ed when Sheriff George GalGgan
went to the j. III. Smith garage With
two deputies on instructions from
States Attorney Duty to seize the
car alleged to have been used by
the assailants of S. Glenn Young,
khan liquor raider, and his wife, near
Granville, ILL.,, last May %.
The only coherent account of the
affair available early tonight was
from Sheriff Galligan, bitter OPP
D nent of the ku KluX Khan. The
sheriff said that as he and Deputies
Allison and Thomas entered the
garage he noticed Dewey NeWbolt,
an alleged klansman, sitting in a
chair with four guns strapped to
his waist.
Galligan said Newbolt fired upon
them and they returned the fire.
The dead are all of Herrin and four
of them-Newbolt, Dunning, Reid
and Willard-are klansmen, accord
ing to the sheriff. Roland was a by
stander and was hit by a stray bull
let. He died in the Herrin city hos
pital, the same building riddled by
bullets in the February riot.
Seventh Man Dying
Phemister was reported dying
early tonight. A previous erroneous
report said that Phemister had died.
Carl Shelton was shot through
the hand Sheriff Galligan declared
he believed NeWbolt fired the shot
which wounded Shelton but said
the latter's presence in the neigh
borhood seemed coincidental. The
Shalton boys, he said, were just pre-
pairing to drive to East st. Louis
following dismissal of the indict-
ments against them.
The dismissal came in the Herrin
city court after a jury had been
selected but not sworn in. The
states attorney said he had insuffi-
Gent evidence for prosecution.
Tim eagle, father of the slain
constable, made dramatic state
ment to the court in which he said
he did not believe the Shelton broth
erS were Su1lly.
Bitter factional feelings, resulting
from continued law violations, the
activities of S. Glenn Young and his
adherents and strong khan and anti
khan sentiment. have kept this com
munity in a state of more or less
turmoil for several months.
Today's trouble, it is conceded is
10 oh JIrh
Constable eagle was killed and
Deputy Sheriff John Layman wound
ed For several weeks prior to this,
the khan faction and the knights of
the Flaming Circle, an organization
opposed to the khan, had been on
the verge of open warfare.
Trouble in February
According to accounts of the Feb
ruary outbreaks Sheriff Galligan and
Deputy Layman went to a hall +in
Herrin in an effort, they declared,
to prevent trouble at a meeting OF
the Flaming Circle. Reports that
were ATTEMPTING to break
up the meeting caused a riot during
which Deputy Layman was shot.
Charges were made by the faction
the khan that Chief of Pc
lice John Ford and two Herrin pO-
licemen had fired at Layman and in
thA ensuing excitement is was re
ported that the khan had ass9ssi-
mated Layman. The killing of Ca
gle, an alleged khan sympathizer fol
lowed. Young. who was a dominant
figure in Williamson county at the
time, Immediately proclaimed the
khan would take control of Herrln
and ordered the arrest of Chief Ford
and his assistants Militiamen ere
rushed to the town and quiet re-
stored
Later it was reported that Carl
and Earl Shelton had fired the
shots, which resulted in the death
of eagle. Subsequently both were
indicted by a special grand jury of
the Herrin city court. That was
followed by a series of charges and
counter charges and finally the in
dictment of Young and fifty-five as
sociates by the same grand jury.
YOung's Shooting Next
Young later left the county and
with his departure matters quieted,
but soon flared up again when news
was received that Young and his
in another automobile near Oak
vile, Ills, as they were driving to-
wards East st. Louis. Both re-
ceived dangerous wounds. Mrs
Young suffering the loss of one eye,
while Young's right leg was smashed
Just below the knee by bullet.
Special deputy constables at Her.
rim, acting on advices that the car
t1.iy re.
en- route to Herrin, blocked all roads
leading into the city. Later an a l.
tomobile approaching Herrin was
raked by bullets. Jack Skelcher,
coal miner of Williamson county,
was slain and his companion, mar
named Brown" was captured.
This act Immediately caused
flood of charges and counter charges
a gainst members of the Khan and
others. The two Skeletons and
Brown, however, ere indicted by a
grand jury and bound over to the
November term of court.
The automobile in which Skelche"
was killed was taken to the J. n.
Smith garage where it has reposed
since 1t was this machine, accord
ing to Sheriff Galligan, that States
Attorney Duly olueIeu Hlhl " ""
tain TODAY.
ALL QUIET, SHERIFF SAYS
ON ARRIVAL AT MARION
MARION, H., Aug. 30.-(By the
Associated Press. With state
militia in control the situation in
Herrin is quiet, Sheriff George Gal
ligan said late tonight upon his ar
rival here. He denied reports he
had been barricaded in the Herrin
city hospital and said all of the
wounded men had been removed
from the hospital except Herman
Phemister, reported dying.
Il merely stayed at the hospital
a few hours to protect theT wound
ed. pending arrival of troops" Cal
ligan said.
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