Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 8

' plight. PAGE EIGHT. At OLD WASSACRE IS BLIGHT ON HERRIN PEACE HERRIN, Ill ings, depre: lawlessne private, altho mention of the subject in an audible voice is taboo. Ter rorism since then has been Herrin’s stock in trade and open voiced op- position a eignal for serious trouble. «© unpunished slayings of Men near here 21 month ago gave Williamson county the personalities of her present feud, brought depres- jon at the mines and lald the ground work for future bitter antag onisms. It is credited with having created the general scorn with which local people regard law enforce ment and the hopelessness with which the disinterested population looks for an aswured return to nor- mal. This crime also gave the coun- ty her present sheriff, George Gal- ligan, and his principal deputy, Ora ‘Thomas. It marked District Attorney Delos Duty, who prosecuted the ac cused men and set up Dr. J. T. Black and the Herrin hospital for future attack. There, too, w: taught the first lesson in lawless. nets to the few additional ring lead- ers who form the core of the pres. ent murderous feud, The whole fight here is regarded now as a matter of largely person- alities with Sheriff Galligan the principal object of attack. The sher iff was elected by the IaBor vote because of his connection with the outbreak in 1922. Two of his rela- tives were defendants at that time. ‘The sheriff, a former miner, looks like anything but a fighting Irish man. On more than one occasion he has appeared one of the most fright- ened men in the county, a short, heavy set, very excitable man. His enemies accuse him of countenanc- ing lawlessness and thus leading to the Ku Klux Klgn wholesa'e liquor raids of the pasfi winter, which led to the first killing of the present feud. When in trouble, the sheriff has a habit of calling for the nat- ional guard and then retiring to the confines of the county jail until the trouble blows over. It so happens that hin principal adviser is Ora Thomas, organizer of the Knights of the Flaming Cir. cle, counter-organization to the Klan ‘Thomas was an investigator for the defense after the Herrin massacre and is reputed to be a former St. Louls gangster who will deny the local charge that he operated a drink parlor and gambling joint before getting into his present trouble. He is a suave, urbane gentleman and good looking, with a mild manner that is most pleasing. But this gen- tleman {1s of the three gun variety, During last Satur _Yy's affray, he operated a trio of guts and, accord ing to the sheriff, whistled a tune while he did it. Thomas has a young wife to and a boy for whom he wishes provide a ollege education, he ised the wrher. Then there are Shelton boys of the sheriff's clan. ‘Ghosts of Murders Committed In 1922 Stalk In Strife-Torn Region With Fresh Killings as Outgrowth BY O. L. SCOTT, taff Correspondent of The Casper Tribune, Copyright, 1924, Consoljdated Press Assn. , Sept. 4.—The Herrin massacre of June, 1922, rises to plague Williamson county in her present That slaughter is now exacting its toll in new kill- ssion and regret—the price paid for organized So the leaders of the community here will tell you in They were accused of killing Con- stable Caesar Cagle, the first klany mun to die in the feud. There two rsons are genuine hard-bol’ed quite unapproachable, They were acquitted last Saturday of the Cagle killing. District Attorney Delos Duty, whose duty {t to prosecute law vio- lators in Williamson county, is up to his neck in trouble just two months before his term expires. He prosecuted the men charged with the Herrin massacre, all of whom were freed. Attorney Duty, like Thomas, is very close to the sheriff. He is a fighter, and according to local rep- utation, an excellent lawyer. His office at Marion, 10 miles from Her- rin is a well armed fortress, with admittance a precarious business for the unacquainted. Those constitute the anti-Klan leader—every one a marked man, be- Neving for all the world that his life is not to be prolonged much longer. Over on the klan stqe stands Carl Nellson, Herrin cyclops. the leader, now that S, Glenn Young has gone with a shattered leg to the more quiet business of lecturing for the kluxers. Young's attractive wife was blind- ed and his leg broken by assailants who ambushed his car a few months ago. Then there is John Smith, garage owner and another hard specimen, sought by the anti-k:an forces. His garage is the klan assembling place and was the center of the battle last Saturday when six men were killed. Claims are made that the Smith place of business is consider able of an arsenal, but Mr. Smith constetently refuses to talk for pub- lication on any subject. ‘These meh make up the group of leaders on both sides, principally concerned over the disturbances. Neutral people in the city will say with one accord that if this group wou'd call off its fight, the county would start to settle back to nor- mal, With the sheriff aligned on one side and the klan with its claimed 9,000 membership in the county on the other, there is a feud with which any local authorities are powerless to deal, Sheriff Galligan freely ad mits his‘own impotence, but Insists on serving out the two more yeary of his term. So the holocaust of 1922 brings tt: return in punishment, the voters say, for their approval of a lenient attitude toward that slaughter. Con tinued trouble means, they say, con- tinued depression at the mines, con- tinued unemployment and probably an even more bitter feud. 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The story of the hardships which he suffered during the time that he was lost in the desert south of San- derson, Texas, for four days, rivalled the best fiction seller, led, his uniform in tatters, d by a week's growth Lieutenant Pearson on the 9, staggered Into a railroad station at Sanderson, i! and asked for a telegraph This was given him and he able to &cribble off a message to his parents and to his army comrades at Fort Bliss, noti- fying them of his safety. Following this he was given food of beard night of Febr “xas, 4.—The and denth of Lieutenant Alexander Pear-] where he immediately retired. lodging at a Sanderson hotef Be. cause of his trying experfences dur- re-| ing the time he was lost on the des- ert, two soldier guards were placed on duty at his room to prevent his being disturbed. On the following day, he recounted for newspaper men and army officers, the story of his experiences on the desert. According to Lieutenant Pearson he was forced to make a landing early in the afternoon of February 10, about 8 hours after his departure from ElPaso, Texas, for SanAntonio. He was on his way to Pablo Beach, Florida, at the time of his mishap from which place he was to make an attempt to cross the country from Florida to San Diego, Calif, with but two stops. Shortly after leaving ElPaso, his engine developed trouble an’ eten- tually stopped on him, forcing him to glide to the ground. Before he could -make a landing he had been driven a considerable distance south of his planned route and at the time of his, landing was unable to tell whether he had landed in Mexico or still was in the United States, The place where his plane was brought to the ground, he declared was an uninhabited portion of the country. a UWELL. T GOT MY DoueH UP on) YouR HORSE GUT I HaDdA GWE Two Te ONE = THAT FAs0O°F Tu KNOCK OFF lone OUST PAY -FoR MY OPERATION = “To SHOU ou CY APPRECIATION. GBARNEY.IM Gonna Blow You To A SWELL SUPPER—— After landing he waited for the water in his radiator to cool off and then draining part of it to use for drinking purposes he started to find place where he could notify his su- periors of his accident. For three days, he is declared to have walked finally reaching the Rio Grande river, too tired to at- tempt a crossing, he slept on the bank of the river that night and early the next day started to swim the river. The current was too strong and grabbing a floating log he floated down the river for more than an hour. At that time, notic- ing two men on the opposite bank he hailed them and they aided him to the shore, where he made known his identity. The men, brothers, ranchers, fur- nished him with a burrow which he used in reaching Sanderson, Texas. His water and ration supply be- chme exhausted during the three days’ walk before he reached the Rio Grande and his condition was pitia- ble when he finally reached Sander- son. 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