Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-01-28
HERRlY KLAN II
AVOID TROUBLE
LEADERS Clam
Probe Of Saturday A
fra y Continued
Coroner; Thomas
Buried by Friends
(By The Associated Press.l


HERRIN, H., Jan. 2s.-Until the n
eral cortege Of s. Clam Young. n
Klux Klan liquor raider who. within
Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and two
others. was slain in last SATURDAYS
shooting affray here, leaves the city
limits tomorrow afternoon and arrives
at the cemetery, every possible effort
will be made to avoid anything that
might prove irritating. Klan officials
said. Young will be buried with the
Klan ceremonial they added
The inquiry into the death of two
leaders in the factional strife and into
the death of Ed Forbes and Homer War
ren, reputed Klan sympathizers. con
tinued today with number Of witness
es said to belong to the .anti-Klan faA
tion subpoenaed to appear. YESTERDAY ,
sympathizers of Young had their day
before the jury. All the witnesses
told stories similar to the version OF
Young's widow who contends that her
husband was luvd to his death. BY the
mysterious shot which preceded the
shooting and stoutIy denied that Young
fired the opening shot. She named
Ross Lizenby, night policeman as the
man who, by lone pistol shot. lured
her husband to his death.
Her friends testified that the flash
of the gun was very close to whhre
Lizenby was standing. that he fell and
as he arose he put gun in his pocket
Jack Rowe testified that when he an
rived in the cigar store where the kill
ings occurred, Thomas walked out to
n,,I IL
Glenn said to him don't pull that
gun, Ora-dont pull that gun and kept
stepping back" Rowe testified soy
kept moving up and Glenn kept slippi
back" he continued "Glenn was "a
ing him at an angle. Then Thorn
fired.
Thomas fired and Young for the ii
time in his career fumbled his drs
He was wounded but on second
tempt got his gun and fired Rowe
not watch Thomas, he said, after Il
first shct, keeping his eye on Your
He said that Young fired three times
No definite idea as to how Forbes
Warren came to their death was offe
ed. Warren's cap was exhibited
Several witnesses. maintained tn
shots were fired outside Of the bull
ing. One man. John Fitzgerald asser
ed thay came from the direction
Judge Bowens office across the street
E. N. Bowen is the Judge who declar-
ed $4,000 of Youngs bonds forfeited in
the Herrin court.
Meanwhile Rev. John Meeker. Presby.
terian minister said the last rites overr1
Ora Thomas, famous two gun leader of
the anti-Klan forces Of the county.
Services we're held from the front
porch of the residence. the crowd sur.
rounding the house. Floral remem-
brances were received in such number
from mine unions in all parts Of Illi-
nois and from lodges that MANY wreath.
were laid in the snow across the from,
Of the house.
Rev. Meeker dwelt en- the question o.
peace in the county. saying "if these
dead men could return today they. would
say have faith in God. Criticise your
own faults and let your neighbor take
care of his own" Nothing but per
sonal religion can save Herrin, he
stated.
Mrs. Thomas. prostrated with grief
was unde< the care of a physician, bul
came to the porch and standing bs
Sheriff G. Galligan in the midst Of
ring of deputies. she watched the mer
bers of the local union to which Tho,
belonged, file past for long |,
look at their former neighbor.
An hour after the funeral processi(
started cars were still wheeling out Of
the side streets. The processien
stretched from the Thomas home on one|
side Of town to the cemetery on the
other.