New Britain herald., 1925-01-26
FEUDISTS SLAIN,
 PEACE EXPECTED.
Young and Thomas and Two
 Others Killed in Herrin, III.
TROOPS POLICING TOWN
Citizens Of Little Illinois City Hope Reign Of Bloodshed is 0yer-sfrs. Young Says Husband Was Shot From Behind.
By The Associated Press.

From Behind.
 By The Associated Press.
 Herrin,s Ill., Jan. 26.--S. Glenn Young. picturesque young William son county dry raider and Ku Klux Klan leader, two of his companions and his avowed enemy, Ora Thomas, deputy shcrlsf, and anti-Klan leader, lay dead here today, and in their passing citizens found hope that Herrin's days of bloody turmoil were ' over.
 Peace Seems Likely
 State militiamen again had cus- tody of the town, although on many sides it was insisted that, with the leaders fallen, none would be found to carry on the struggle,
 Many conflicting theories faced officers seeking to establish the pre- else manner of the fatal meeting, but 1t seemed that from them this was the best reconstruction of what occurred.
 N clI6lO bHOL Was Illfu IHG vicinity of the European hotel. about $40 o'clock Saturday night. Young, Ed Forbes and Homer Warner left Q nearby restaurant to investigate.
 Four Die in Battle
 In the hotel cigar store they met Thomas and when the smoke had cleared, Young. shot through the heart, and Forbes and Warner were dead, while Thomas lay on the floor dying.
 Despite Mrs. Youngs. statement that witnesse would be on hand to- day, none could be found yesterday.
 At least four men were known 10 have been present but their names remained unrevealed. An hour or two later the news reached Cover nor Small and he immediately di- rected Adjutant General Carlos Black to send militiamen to Herrin from Carbondale, few miles away.
 Today found everything quiet with only shattered window panes and bullet-scarred walls as a public tes- timonial of the nights conflict. Much of the bitterness and desire for retaliation which had marked otheS clashes within the county fseerriei lacking. 4s
 No Verdict Returned
 The investigation of the state marked time pending the inquest. A coroner's jury impanelled yesterday viewed the scene of the shooting, but returned no verdist, pending further investigation.
 States Attorney Arlie Boswell. on his arrival, gave no intimation of the course the state would pursue.
 Sheriff George GaIligan, who was in Marion at the time of the shoot ing, said he expected to see peace and quiet restored in his county, as did the mayor of Herrin.
 The downtown district was almost deserted last night. The national guanlsmen cleared the streets at 3 o'clock.
 The shootings were mentioned i'll many sermons yesterday, Young be- ing eXtolled as a martyr in some, while others merely urged the neces sity of peace.
 Young Prominent Figure
 For almost two years Young had been considered the central figure in the civil strife of Williamson county, his name, being coupled with 6rrb+. ,.,,,,oopc Of
 Last summer Young and his wife were fired upon by unknown assail- ants in another automobile as they drove toward East St. Louis, Illinois. Young's right knee was injured and@ Mrs. Young was blinded permanent ly by charge of buckshot.
 The first open break occurred on February 8, last, when Constable Caesar Cagle, Kan sympathizer was killed.
 Following the attack on Young. Jack Skelcher coal miner, was slain. A little later pistols again came into action and seven men were killed before the weapons once more wcrc8 put from sight.
 KIGnsmCn on Guard
 The body of Young today lay in state at the First Baptist church, a rcd cross near the foot of the coffin and Klansrhen keeping vigil, the purple robe of the reputed Klans- man had been replaced by streei clothes.
 The bodies of Thomas and the other two victims were in theii homes,
 Young won recognition when. as 2 department of justice agent, he cap tured the CrawIeys, gang of draft dodgers. for whom United States troops had spent weeks searching th mountains of Georgia, Carolina a1 Tennessee.
 Took Seven Single Handed
 'Single-handed, Young met q seven men in "Halcy's He'll" par of the mountains where few me ventured, and led them captive Knoxville.
 Mrs. Young is grief-stricken. Sl ! but recently returned Iroh Alaht 1 Ga., and Rochester, Minn., where sh underwent treatments that had fail ed to restore her sight.
 what have l done 10 be widowa this way?" she cried last night. Fl, played the game square, know be cause I was with him all the time He never fired a shot in this couni} until this light"
 Mrs. Young maintained Young was lured to the hotel and shot from behind.
 Versions of Duel.
 Versions given today by two pro fessed eye witnesses of the gun fight were that Young fired but one shot and that Deputy Sheriff Thomas ff-.-tF.,tra ,, pcra FThlY4aeat