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COONS USED AS DEPUTIES. Z mi SHOOT INTO MOB AND KILLED en OXE WHITE MAX. ass ho Sowml (Uhprs in th?> Mob Wounded. tie Kace Feeling High in Cairo, 111. ?*. en an j Cairo, 111., Feb. 18.?Thirty militamen, members of company K, of sni Cairo, this morning patrolled the , dr< sidewalk in front of the Alexander 2F( county court house, where shortly 3 before Alexander Halliday, leader of , lor a mob was shot to death by deputy CO' sheriffs, several of who were negroes. ' Four other men, two of them not members of the mob, were wounded. stt Halliday, son of a former mayor of Cairo, lay for three hours dying be side the court house steps, with the temperature a few degrees above pu zero. During the. entire time Sheriff CO Nellis, acting on orders received by re? telephone from Gov. Deneen, refused ' to permit a physician to enter the enclosure. / The sheriff says he believed the ye; man was dead. Militiamen who re- th moved his body at 4 a. m. say it was Sp warm, indicating that death had come but a short time before. Ca The Dead and Wonnded. co , The dead: Tt Alexander Halliday, 35 years old, an dairy man, son of former Mayor Thos. W. Halliday, of Cairo; wound- Fa ed in head and body. The wounded: * Samuel Wessinger, former police- 110 man, wounded in head and shoulder; pe at St. Mary's infirmary. John Maloney, brother-in-law of cr< Mrs. Rose Maloney, whose purse was ta^ snatched by one of the negro prison- mi ers sought by the mob; slight wound ou on cheek. Horton Crehan, wounded in ankle; t^1< 1 9 had stopped to see what the trouble was. gu George B. Walker, the Associated cei , Press correspondent, wounded in the tn leg. Racial Feeling Heightened. Eight of the deputy sheriffs whose s shots killed Halliday and wounded 50 the others were negroes. This fact was not definitely known to the crowd I which stormed the court house but it ov t0] was suspected and the supposition helped to rouse the racial feeling he that spurred on the crowd. m< The trouble was the result of the pd attack on the jail here last night by a mob which tried to lynch two negroes who were arrested for snatchlng purses from women. cr< , When the mob, which numbered mere than 200, marched to the jail steps last night SherifT Nellis threw st< open the front door of the courtfr< house, and said: "I am here to protect my prisoners," and at the same time, in an- co th swer to shots, his deputies began 7 jhooting into the mob, killing Thorn- r* as Halliday, son of ex-Mayor Thomas W. Halliday and wounding four others. The mob fell back and the body of Halliday lay upon the steps of the a eourthouse all night, Sheriff Nellis sh tp] refusing to allow anyone to enter the yard to remove the body until dayt light. th: VO This morning the situation is critical as the people are worked up to fever heat. ^ Ne The mob first began forming shortCrf ly after dark last night and as soon cry as the talk of lynching reached Sheriff Nellis, he appealed to Governor De- to neen for troops and swore in five pe deputies. Governor Deneen ordered company K, of Cairo, to as- sa3D semble at once and report to Sheriff Nellis, but Capt W. D. Greany was unable to collect his men until after m( daylight this morning. saj \ Governor Deneen also ordered the 15 ]/p militia company from Effingham to proceed at once to Cairo. lip Sheriff Nellis in asking Governor Deneen for troops said that two m< I 0X< young negroes had Been snatching] purses on the streets of Cairo. Two 1 women have been robbed. One was a relative of Annie Pelley, whose p ' oil murder resulted in the lynching of William James several months ago. , no The sheriff stated that a brother of Miss Pelley's relative had gone about inciting the habitues of saloons to violence against the purse snatchers who were indicted. Mj The deadly volley which the sheriff's men fired from the windows of the sheriff's and circuit clerk's offi- He ces, on the first floor of the court house, was fired fn answer to scatter ing shots from the crowd and after At * the deputies, in obedience to the sheriff's order, had fired one volley in the air. 44P , One of the bullets fired from the crowd grazed the sheriff's right hand, causing a blister, but not breaking Al! the skin. Others fell near him. It was after this, he said, that his men fired directly into the crowd. Th The mob fell back to two saloons adjoining the court house and jail, Ti] and remained there until the saloons were closed, shortly after 3 a. m., on an order of Mayor Parsons, caused 44T by a message from the governor at Springfield. When the men were turned out of up Me saloons it was too cold to remain t side, and another attack on the J art house was not ventured. The litia company, ordered by the gov- i I? lor at midnight, did not succeed in i sembling until 4 a. m., and at that ur the militia relieved the depu- j s- jo' The mob at the jail was the growth j e public indignation over petty j mes by negroes, particularly purse ijt itching and annoyances to women. jj% rs. Rose Maloney's purse was j r atched Wednesday evening., She tjew a revolver and fired at the ne- jE o but he escaped with her purse. In her pocketbook was a silver dol- fC A _x i? j -U ^ I _ to wmcn a postage stamp nau uc-m, me attached. Mrs. Maloney told j ( e police of this fact and when a jj gro offered such a coin in a drug ir >re yesterday he was arrested. a] The prisoner John Pratt, confessed g at he had taken Mrs. Malony's rse and that of Mrs. Accord. He id that Lincoln Wilson was his ac- ^ mplice and Wilson, a negro, was ar- sl 3ted.' a Appeal to Governor. ni The sheriff heard talk of mob law sterday afternoon and at 10 p. m., 45 e sheriff called up Gov. Deneen at ringfield. 11 An order was sent to Cairo for ^ ipt. Greaney of the local militia mpany, to go to the sheriff's aid. iere was delay in finding Greaney d in arousing the militiamen. g The sheriff called on Mayor George 1 xsons for aid from the police. The f< lyor said he would order some of tl e night force to assist Nellis, but s< ne of the eieht nieht oolicemen aD- h ared at the court house. o From 10 p. m. until midnight the n 3wd gathered in the saloons and ii Ik of lynching grew into the deter- ii nation to atack the jail and take d t two negro prisoners. si The building itself was dark and a e mob could not see the sheriff and b; deputies standing guard with shot- ii ns at the windows of the two offi- tl 3 on either side of the main en- ir mce. ei As the crowd rushed towards the b ips, Sheriff Nellis called loudly, si tand back or my men will Are on ti u." / a The first four men in the crowd the o' eriff declared had handkerchiefs h er their faces. Nellis raised a pis- tl I and shouting a command to fire tl fired a shot over the heads of the 3b. The deputies who had been orderto fire their first volley in the air, C i so. As the sound died away, pisl shots began sounding from the >wd and bullets struck around the eriff. E Halliday, who had started up the ^ ips in advance of his fellows, was F led at the second volley by charges r( )m at least two shot guns. c He fell over the railing of the n urt house steps and lay silent in e snow. The others fell back htir- ^ >dlv. rarrvine the wounded men in v. e rush for safety. ) s, From a saloon, where a physician ^ essed the wounds of the four men, w telephone message was sent to the g eriff's office. Nellis answered the lephone. j? "We want to send over and get g at man who is lying there," came a t] ice from the saloon. "You can't come until I have talk- a to the Governor," was the reply. V( (llis called up Springfield and told vernor Deneen that the man in the ^ ow was dead, as he believed him ^ be. He asked whether he should g rmit the body to be removed. p. The governor advised him, Nellis ys, to wait until the militia came, p d to take no chances on a ruse e lich might result in renewal of the g )b's attack. When the next mes?e came from the saloon, Nellis told ^ 5 questioner that everyone must a] ep away. g( Early in the day company K reved Sheriff Nellis and soon had ^ itters fully in hand. The town is cited and the residents assert that b ned is not yet. A heavy guard of soldiers has been iced around the jail and no one is ] owed to enter the jail yard. The fingham company will arrive to- x y. Walking on the Wall. ^ b< r wee one walked the narrow wall? sc What nhilrt hiit hnnciiris thus tn t go?? s ;r eyes alert lest she might fall v On that rough-bowldered pave be- sj low. fa length she stopped, and this her n( plea; As though o'erfull of care her cup: st lease, Daddy hold my hand for me i So when I walk I can look up." rc l-Father, when we walk the ways ca That team with pitfalls for our -m feet, at baby plea of bygone days, Might in our sorest need be meet, red out with watchfulness and ta care, in With strife for paltry bite and sup, h< 'hou hold our hands," we make d< our prayer, to "That while we walk we may look st w ?Strickland W.. Gillian. w LAD KILLED WHILE HUNTING. ody of Elias A. Whilden Found in ? a Field. McClellanville, Feb. 16.?At 12.30 clock Monday night the body of ^ lias A. Whilden was found in a ^ fid, just outside the town limits. _ r is believed that he was accidentalshot, but no particulars have been ? >ceived as yet. The bullet entered j le back and apparently killed him ? istantly. In.the morning he went to hunt >r his mother's cow, taking his gun, ^ 3g and a little negro. At about 2 clock he sent the cow home by the v ttle negro and went hunting. No v ueasiness was felt until dark came, c Qd the little dog returned without p lias. Then the men began search- 0 ig for him. t Elias was the eldest son of Mrs. t ena Whilden and his mother's main- a ay. He was only 15 years old, but f steadier, more manly boy could 5 ot be found. This accident is particularly sad, 5 his father met his death in the ime way about four years ago, belg shot by accident at Porcher's lantation. 1 Slayer Surrenders. 1 Georgetown, February 16.?A nero boy named Myers Rivers, about 8 years of age, came into the city >ot sore and apparently worn out lis morning, and surrendered him- H ?lf to Sheriff Scurry, saying that he ' ad accidentally shot his friend, anther boy, while out rabbit hunting ^ ear McClellanville yesterday morn- t ig and killed him. He stated that, j 1 company with a lad named Whil- ( en and another boy, he went out tooting and all were seated upon ^ log, when a rabbit suddenly ran y. They all tried to shoot it and t 1 the excitement his eun fired and couia meei. ^ Friends say that the objection of datives of her choosing a theatri- ^ tl career was the cause of the shoot- v ig- . ?i Mr. Patterson Better. Washington, Feb. 19.?Representee J. O. Patterson, who has been . the George Washington University ospital for the past week, was toly sufficiently improved to be taken > his apartments out on Fourteenth reet. If there is no change for the orse he will go to his home in Barnell Tuesday or Wednesday. \ t le load struck Whilden, killing him istantly. He was too much fright- , ned to go home, so sent the other oy back with the news, while he truck out for Georgetown. He aveled all the rest of the day and 11 night, reaching here about 8 'clock this morning. Sheriff Scurry as the boy in jail and has wired ae sheriff of Charleston county of ae apprehension of Rivers. BOYLSTON LOSES APPEAL. 'onvicted of Murder in Barnwell, Has Life Sentence. Ralph Boyleston will serve the reminder of his days in the peniteniary for the murder of Cleveland 'aiming. The supreme court has ?ndered a decision affirming the deision of the circuit court, which leans life imprisonment. The murer for which Boylston must suffer as one of the most atrocious in the istory of the State. In the early iimmer of last year young Fanning ras found dead in a road in Barnell county and was supposed to have een shot from ambush. Boyleston was indicted in June of ist year and the jury returned a ver ict of guilty. A motion for a new rial was made by Boyleston upon le ground that there was a total bsence of evidence, upon which the erdict could have been based, that le testimony showed conclusively lat although the defendant had een at or near the place where the ead body was found, in the early art of the afternoon of the night of le killing, yet that he had left the lace and' there was absolutely no vidence of any character showing is return to the place and that the ?stimony as to the tracks and the railing of the hounds was vague ad indefinite, uncertain and not sufcient to connect the defendant with :e homicide. The motion for a new ial was overruled by the judge in le case and Boyleston was sentenced > imprisonment for his lifetime in le penitentiary. MISS ELKINS SHOOTS HERSELF. iece of West Virginia Senator Attempts Suicide. Kansas City, Mo., February 16.? few hours after giving what she jlieved to be farwell parting to a :ore of friends, Miss Agnes Leslie lkins, aged 26 years old, a niece of enator Stephen B. Elkins, of West irginia, to-day attempted suicide by looting. The wound will not prove tal. In a letter addressed to the 3ws papers Miss Elkins wrote: g "I simply was tired of life and the ruggle for existence was more than ^ PAYS HIS PRICE. r. W. H. Brown Released From Custody After Paying Fine. Orangeburg, Feb. 16.?Monday ight Dr. W. H. Brown, well known i this city, was brought here from enmark and lodged in jail. Brown -*as surrendered here by his bondsman, L. G. Shuler, who had stood irown's bond in an appeal case now i the supreme court of of this State rom this city, he being charged nth selling whiskey. The fine which was imposed on Irown by the mayor in the case for elling whiskey was $75. The case va.s appealed to the circuit court, rhich sustained the city court, the ase then being carried to the sureme court. Yesterday, on advice if counsel, arrangements were made o pay the fine in the city court and he appeal to the supreme court was ibandoned. Brown was releasee rom custody. fhe McKa^^ulky Stalk-Cuttei We build the most satisfactory Gutter in America?Simple, Strong tfonest and Durable. No "rattle rap" trinkets to get out of order t genuine pleasure to operate it Competitive field tests invited. Our Cutter won the highest aware .t N. C. and S. C. state fairs over al Western cutters. Has movable boxes which can b< eplaced at nominal cost. A Southern product, built for th< Southern farmer. Forty Cars Sold Last Season. 1 M. 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