The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-26
TROOPS PATROL
. HERRIN AGAIN
AFTER SLAYING
Investigation Seeks to Clear
Up Death of C.. Glenn
Young and Others
+ O u K WITH ESS E S
Widow Claims They Will Tell
Real Story of the
Killing
20 u Il WITH ESS E S
, CONFLICTING THEORIES

Herrin, Ill.,. Jan. 26.-(By the A..
P.)-4Faced with many conflicting
theories as to the exact manner in
which S. Glenn Young, former Will
Hanson county dry raider, his COM
panions, Ed Forbes and Homer War
ner and Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas,
anti-klan leader. came to their
death in Saturday nights shooting
here, indications today were that the
coroner's jury would be unable to
arrive at any definite explanation of
the affair when it meets tomorrow.
Mrs. Young, wife of the slain H.
quor raider, asserted that eye-wit-
nesses would be at the inquest to
verify an account that her husband
had been lured into trap and shot
from behind.
The body of Young today lay in
state at the First Baptist church, a
Red Cross near the foot of the cof.
fin, and Klansmen keeping vigil
The purple robe of the reputeo
klansman had been replaced b!
street clothes.
The bodies of his two henchmer
and that of Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Young's avowed enemy, were in theil
homes. A joint funeral was probable
According to one version, the figh
followed shot fired from the vicin
ity of the European hotel Saturda,
night. AS the report sounded
] nd A.
investigate.
In cigar store they met Thoma
and when the smoke had clearet
| Young, shot through the heart an,
two Of his followers were dead
while Thomas lay on the floor, dy
ing from wound in his head. De
spite Mrs. Young's statement tha
witnesses would be on hand thi.
morning, none could be found toda,
who would admit seeing the gu,
play.
Four Saw It
! At least four men were known t.
have been present but their name.
f, remained unrevealed. An hour O
two after the shooting the new.
reached Governor Small, who imme
diately communicated with Adju
tant-General Carlos Black, who dis
patched Major R. w. Davis. in charg,
of 40 militiamen, to Herrin from
| Carbondale.
The dawn of new day fount
everything quiet with only shatter
ed window panes and bullet
walls as public testimonial of thu
knights conflict.
| For almost two years Young hat
been considered the central figure ir
the civil strife of Williamson coun
ty, his name being coupled will
fights and rumors Of fights. Las
summer he and his wife were firet
on by unknown assailants in another
automobile as they rode toward Eas
st. Louis, Ill. Young's right kne.
was injured and Mrs. Young wa.
struck in the head by charge O
buckshot which made her blind. The
first open break occurred February
8 last, when Constable Caesar eagle
a Klan sympathizer, was killed.
Following the attacl on Young
Jack Skelcher, coal miner, was slain
Then came day in August wher
pistols again came into action ant
seven men were either killed or fat
ally wounded before the weapon.
once more were put away.
Gained Fame
Young gained fame as beinl
fearless before his varied career in
Illinois. He won recognition when
as a Department of Justice agent, he
captured the Crawleys, gang OF
draft dodgers for whom United
States troops had spent weeks
searching the mountains of Georgia
Carolina and Tennessee. Single
handed, Young met the seven mer
in "Haley's Hell", part of tn,
mountains where few men venture.
ed, and led them captive to Knox
Vile.
Mrs. Young is expected to remain
in Herrin until after the inquest and
funeral, when it is believed she will
60 to the home Of her mother, in Pa.
toka, Illinois, where her two-year
old son, Bobby, has been in safe
keeping.