Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-02
SIX SHOT To DEATH
AS KHAN WARFARE
FLARES UP AGAIN
Seventh Man Near Death.
Sheriff One of Those
Struck by Bullets

MARION, Ill, Aug. 31.-John l..
Whiteside, head of the ku KluX
Khan of Williamson county, was ar
rested here Sunday night on
charge of murder in connection with
. the street fight at Herrin Saturday
in Which eight men lost their lives
ana many others were wounded. 1t
was the first arrest following the
riot.
Whiteside requested that he be
taken to another county, declaring
that ne feared mob violence if held
| in the Williamson county Jail here.
| His request was granted and the
! khan chief was taken to HARRISBURG
county seat of Saline county, where
he was locked up.
Fear of new outbreaks of violence
in Bloody Williamson" county were
| expressed as a result of Whiteside's
arrest. Reports that klansmen
j throughout southern Illinois would
attempt to deliver their leader from
the Harrisburg Jail were circulated.
HARRISBURG, ILL.,, Aug. 81
| (By the Associated Press.)-Nlne
men, all alleged members of the Ku
| Kllx Khan, were brought to the
! Saline county joil here this evening
t from Herrin, where they had been
arrested on charges of murder in
| connection with yesterdays dis
| turbances there during which six
! men were killed and another wound
| ed.
r; go alxy SIN
rounded by u force of deputy sher-
! ifs sworn in by Sheriff John Small,
to protect the prisoners against any
attacks from the outside. "A force
| of alleged klansmen gathered about
the Jail, but no signs of hostility to-
ward the deputy sheriffS was dis
played by the klansmen.
! The nine prisoners were brought
here this evening by a squad of
| national guardsmen on duty at Her
! rim since yesterday and Immediately
| after delivering their prisoners to
| Sheriff Small the troops returned
to Hcrrin.
HERRIN, ILL.,. Aug. 31.-By the
Associated, Press.(-State troops
patrolled the streets of Herrin last
night after a renewal of khan and
anti-klan rioting here today in which
six men were killed and at least five
wounded one dangerously.
Troops arrived late Saturday from
! Carbonate, and others were expect
ed momentarily from Cairo, Mount
Vernon and Salem. Tension tonight
was reported high, but military au-
thOritieS hoped to be able to cope
with the situation.
The dead in today's fatal CLASH
were: Deputy Sheriff J. II. CBud')
! Allison, Dewey Newbolt, Green
! Dunning. Chester Reid. Charles Will
! lard and Otto Roland.
| The wounded are: Herman Phemis-
| ter, bailiff of the Herrin city court,
| shot in the head and critically
wounded: Carl Shelton, Deputy Sher-
| Tiff Ora Thomas, Charles Benham,
and Harry Herrin.
| Carloads Of armed men were re-
ported pouring into Herrin tonight
! from all directions. Sheriff Galligan
| said he was informed lllansmen were
coming from Marion. Benton, Mount
| Vernon, and other nearby cities
Prior to the arrival of troops, CALI
gan had ordered extra guards
! around the hospital
How Trouble Began
The renewal Of the warfare,
which had died down in recent
/ months. started early this afternoon
| soon after State Attorney DelOs
| Duty had dismissed the murder
charges against the Shelton broth
ers. Carl and Earl, for the Staying
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