Evening star., 1924-08-31
6 KILLED IN HERR|N
KHAN WAR; TROOPS
RUSHED TO SCENE
Five Wounded in FIare-Up
When Men Are Freed in
Murder of Member.
SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES
FIRED ON, HE ALLEGES
Shooting Is 0utgrowth of Factional
Strife Which Started Last
February.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HERRIN, August 30.-While State
troops patrolled the streets of Her
rim tonight. following a renewal of
Klan and anti-klan rioting here to-
day. in which six men were killed
and at least five wounded, one dan
gerously. Sheriff George Galligan
announced that armed klansmen
were coming in from nearby towns
on every road.
The dead are: Deputy Sheriff j.
H Bud" Allison, Dewey Newbolt,
Green Dunning, Chester Reid, Charles
Willard and Otto Roland.
The wounded are: Herman Phe-
mister, bailiff of the Herrin City
Court. shot in the head, and critical
iy wounded; Carl Shelton, Deputy
Sheriff Ora Thomas, Charles Benham
and Harry Herrin.
Follows Murder Dismissal.
Renewal of the warfare which had
died down in recent months started
early this afternoon, shortly after
States Attorney Delos Duty had dis
missed the murder charges against
the Shelton brothers. Carl and Earl,
for the Staying of Constable Caesar
eagle, a klansman, in rioting, last
February s.
Forty or fifty shots are said to
have been fired. The shooting start
ed when Sheriff Galligan went to the
j. B. 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.
"a
his wife near Granville, Ill, last
May %.
The only coherent account of the
affair available was from Sheriff Gal
1igan. a bitter opponent of the Ku
klux klan. The sheriff said that as
he and Deputies Allison and Thomas
entered the garage he noticed Dewey
Newbolt, an alleged Klansfnan. sit
ting in a chair with four guns strap
ped to his waist.
One BystAnder Killed.
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. accordiang to
the sheriff. Roland was a bystander
and was hit by a stray bullet. He
died in the Herrin City Hospital, the
same building riddled by bullets in
the February riot.
Phemister was reported dying to-
night. previous erroneous report
said that he had died.
Carl Shelton was shot through the
hand. Sheriff Galligan declared he
believed Newbolt fired the shot which
wounded Shelton, but said the 1atters
presence in the neighborhood seemed
coincidental. The Shelton boys, he
said, were just preparing to drive to
East st. Louis following dismissal of
the indictments against them.
The dismissal came into Herrin City
Court after jury had been selected
but not sworn. The States attorney
said he had insufficient evidence for
prosecution.
Tim eagle, father of the slain con-
stable, made a dramatic statement to
the court, in which he said he did not
believe the Shelton brothers were
guilty.
Bitter fractional Strife.
Bitter factional feeling resulting
from continued law violations, the
activities of S. Glenn Young ami his
adherents and strong khan and anti
khan sentiment have kept the COM
munity in a state of more or less tur-
moil for several months.
Today's trouble, it is conceded is
T y,
Constable eagle was killed and Depu-
ty Sheriff John Layman wounded
For several weeks prior to this the
khan faction and the knights of the
Flaming Circle, an organization op-
posed to the khan, had been on the
verge of open warfare.
According to accounts of the Feb
ruary outbreaks, Sheriff Galligan and
Deputy Layman went to a hall in
in, 4ff
prevent trouble at a meeting of the
flaming circle.
Reports that klansmen were at
tempting to break up the meeting
caused a riot during which Deputy
LaJman was shot.
Charges were made by the faction
opposing the Klan that Chief of Po-
lice John Ford and two Herrin police
men had fired at Layman and in the
ensuing excitement 1t was reported
that the Klan had assassinated Lay
man. The killing of eagle. an al
legged klan sympathizer. followed.
Young Took Charge.
Young, who was a dominant figure
in Williamson County at the time,
Immediately proclaimed that the Klan
would take control of Herrin and
ordered the arrest of Chief Ford and
his assistants. Militiamen were
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
q special grand jury of the Herrin
City Court. Then followed a series of
charges and counter charges, and
finally the indictment of Young
and 55 associates by the same grand
jury.
Young later left the county and
with his departure matters quieted,
but soon f1arsd up again when news
was received that Young and his
wife were fired upon by assailants in
another automobile near Okawville,
Ill, as they were driving toward
East St. Louis. both receiving danger
Gus 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 Herrin,
acting on advices that the car con-
tanning Young's assailants was en-
route to Herrin, blocked all roads
leading into the city. Later an auto
mobile near Herrin was raked by
bullets. Jack Skelcher, coal miner