Constable
Shot to Death
in Klan Fight
Illinois Guardsmen Take Con
trol—Gun Battle Starts When
Officers Caution Anti
ku Klux Meet.
fl.T Associated Tress.
Hen-in, 111., Feb. 9.—Herrin, scene
ot' ihe miners' riot of 1922, was tak
en over by state troops today as a
result of a near riot last night be
tween "wets'' and “drys,” in which
it constable was killed and s deputy
.sheriff wounded seriously.
The trouble is the result of the
wholesale dry raids which have been
conducted in this (Williamson) county
lccently by reputed members of the
Ku Klux Klan, headed by S. Glen
Young, paid employe of the klan.
A meeting of the Knights of the
Flaming Circle, an antl-klan organisa
tion, waa In session when a. crowd
stormed the hall. The shooting fol
lowed.
Caeser Cagle, a constable, who had
been issuing the warrants on which
the "dry#” conducted the raids, was
shot dead. John Layman, deputy
—
Murphysboro, III., Feb, 9.—
Miners in 12 mines in the territory
between Herrin and Murphysboro
walked out today, with the inten
tion, according to reports here, of
organizing to "oust the klan from
Williamson county.”
Miners from the Herrin district,
were Ihe first to quit, according to
reports here.
CJ
sheriff, who with Sheriff George Gal
ligan went to the anti-klan meeting
to remonstrate with the conferees to
disperse and go to their homes in the
interest of peace, was shot. He was
taken to a local hospital by Mayor
C. E. Anderson and Ora Thomas, an
anthklanainan, and the trio is being
guarded *t the hospital by national
guardsmen.
Battle Waged.
Immediately after Layman was
taken to the hospital a crowd gath
ered outside and began firing into
the institution. Persons inside the
hospital responded to the fire, and a
miniature battle waged for & short
v. bile.
The first guardsmen arrived from
Carbondale at 4 a. m. and the "dry's"
then established headquarters at the
city hall, several blocks from the hos
pital. The guardsmen are patrolling
tiie hospital to protect the mayor,
I.a Jinan and Thomas.
Kite companies of troops had ar
rived this forenoon.
The crowd which visited the meet
ing hall of the antlklansmen were
headed by three of the four police
men of Herrin, and when shouta of
-lynch them’’ “string ’em up" wero
heard. Sheriff Galligan command
eered an automobile and rushed the
trio to Murphy sbortJ. The three arc:
Chief of Police John Ford, and Po
licemen Harold Crain and Sim Ste
phens.
Searched for Weapon*.
Sheriff Calligan en route from
Murphysboro to Herrin, was placed
under arrest at Carbondale, in con
nection with Cagle’s death.
Before the afrival of the troops
the raiders, armed with revolver* and
shot guns, patrolled the streeta of
Herrin denying anyone they consid
ered “suspieiotm” to pass. All un
able to give the klan password were
searched for weapons.
Before attacking the hospital, the
mob -shot out the street lights so
those within the Institution could not
see where te aim.
A number of the patients In the
hospital becama panic-atrlcken, and
were reported as highly nervoua to
day.
A number of wlndowa In the hospi
tal were ahot out, and the building
showed other “battle scars,” such as
bullet punctured drain pipes and
wainscoting.
.Just as the trouble in Herrin was
at its height, Leonard Sterns, deputy
circuit clerk, and son of Cyclops Sam
Sterns, was fired on as he was riding
In an automobile in Marion, the
county seat. A bullet grazed his
back, but he was not injured seri
ously. He is the klan candidate for
circuit clerk. An automobile owned
by John Whiteside, also an admitted
member of the klan, was fired on at
the same time.
Oath of Vengeance.
At an undertaking establishment,
where Cagle's body lay, a crowd to
day took a solemn oath to avenge the
death. Cagle was ahot in the back
and side.
Sheriff Galligan explained he hed
been "tipped" that the Flaming Cir
cle was to meet In Herrin, and fear
ing trouble, attended the meeting with
Layman to exhort the members to be
peaceful.
Shortly after the meeting got under
way, some one shouted the “klans
men are coming" »nd h» and layman
went to the door and were met by the
r.ob, the sheriff stated.
Th* sheriff said he grabbed Crain
and layman got hold of Ford. Sev
eral shots were fired, and layman
tried: “they got me."
The sheriff then placed Ford and
"rain under arrest, and juat outride
:he hall took Slephens in custody.
Cries of ’’lynch them" then went
tll< and the sheriff commandeered a
I jssing automobile, drove to Marion,
tvhere he telephoned the adjutant gen
ual for troops, Hnd then took the
three prisoners to Murphysboro in
Jackson county.
At noon there were no apparent
Indications of a renewal of the trou
ble.
Springfield, III., Hcb. 9—Fifteen
Companies of the Illlnotm National
Gua rd, five of which are already In
Williamson county, are available for
duty In case of further trouble. Ad
jutant General Carlos K. Black an
nounced thla morning.'
■y International Jfewe lertlre.
CarbondaJe, III., Feto. 9.—Sheriff
Oeorgo Qalllgan of Williamson coun
ty was arrested here shortly before
uoon today by Chief of Police Cadia
Adams and lodged In jail here.
The afreet was made on a war
rant aworu out by S. Glenn Young,
Ku Klux Klan paid emissary, and was
Issued by Justice M. Hicks of Marlon.
It charged Sheriff Galilean with com
plicity In the slaying last night of
Caesar Cagle, eooording to Chief
Adams.
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i Pupils to Present Light Opera
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Jack Kerschner will have the part
of Thadius and will sing "When
Other Lips,” in "Bohemian Girl,” to
be presented In Central High school
auditorium next Friday and Saturday
nights and Saturday matinee. Jose
phine Koory will be seen as the
gypsy queen, and will sing "X
Dreamt That 1 Dwelt.” Marjorie
Jones will have the part of Arline,
gypsy girl. "The Heart Bowed
Down.” will be rendered by Charles
Hteinbaugh.
Balfe's opera will be presented by
100 Central High school students of
the music and dramatic departments.
Mrs. Carol M. Pitts, head of the
music department, and Lena May
Williams of the drumatic department,
are directing the rehearsals. Louis
Bexten has charge of the stage. A
selected student orchestra will play
the music. Marie Uhlig will be the
accompanist.
This will be the most pretentious
stage production yet attempted by
students of the school.
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was above btunan justice. This king,
if crossed in his purpose, exhibited
the rage of a savage, and would roll
upon the floor and tear at the rushes
with his teeth.
AVe can understand how these high
pretentions awed and crushed oppo
sition. It is no wonder that a sub-'
ject, venturing into the presence of
one of these Angevin kings with a
rejnonst ranee, should have fallen
dead of fright at his feet.
The personal government of the
Norman kings and their sueeessora
gave little indication of legal prin
ciples underneath the surface. Yet
such principles there were. The king
1y office was elective, as it had been
under (lie Saxons, but this did not
prevent the king naming his suc
cessor, nor the succession being set
aside by the baronage, nor the crown
being snatched by a rival, nor a king
being deposed. AI1 these things hap
Iiened. The barons set Matilda aside
for Stephen. John seized the crown.
Edward II was deposed. Richard II
wag deposed. Henry AH was deposed.
Kdward Ar was proclaimed and then
set aside. I.egal maxims took early
form if they remained Ineffective.
Henry A'I's chief justice pointed out
that the kings office had a dual
nature, one regal and the other po
lilical. In his regal capacity, if that
were hie only one, the king might
alter the law of the land; but, having
a political responsibility ss well, he
was debarred from doing it. This is
the basis of th" modern British con
►titutlonal maxim that the king
reigns, but does not rule. It dates
from the 15th century. The force
of the maxim, was resisted by kings
for hundreds of years, but It stuck.
Kings ruled, whether by force, by
craft, or by bargain. Charles II made
himself absolute by mere blandness.
Under constitutional forms he ruled
like a Turk.
The relations he established with
his subjects, by w4iich he was en
abled to be one of the worst kings
England ever had, may he Illustrated
by an example of court repartee.
Ashley (earl of Shaftesbury) was a
member of the cabal, one of the moyt
corrupt Instruments of government
ever employed by a king.
•‘Shaftesbury,” said f'harles, in ad
miration of his minister, "I believe
you are the greatest scoundrel In my
dominions.”
"For a subject, your majesty,” re
plied Shaftesbury with equal truth
and impudence, "I believe I am.”
It was out of such sn unpromising
slate of affairs that our ancestors
worked and fought their way, with
ceaseless exiiendilure of toll and
blood, to the institutions of govern
mPnt that we have today.
It has been sail that it Is In the
nature of Englishmen to assemble.
Thomas Hutchimon, recording the
meeting of A'lrginia's first assembly,
wrote, "This year a house of bur
gesses broke out In A'irginia.” It vvnH
•pontaneous. This habit of English
men is what gave birth to the Eng
lish constitution, ‘‘the most subtle
organism,” ns (Jladslone said, "that
has proceeded from progressive his
tory." Hefore they began assembling
In parliament—and frequently after
wards—they assembled with arms In
their hands, because It was long lie
fore their kings learned to respect
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ar.y other kind of opposition. When
Henry Vllf laid an illegal tax, his
subjects met the collectors in battle
array. Henry backed down at on«e.
The "strong government of tjjg
Tudors," represented sometimes ss
absolute, was strong in common
sense, too.
The Knglish constitution, said Sir
James Mackintosh, historian of
James Jl's reign, was not made; it
grew. It grew by the processes here
indicated. The king asserted a prerog
otive mid backed it up with judicial
decisions, easy to obtain. If unre.
stated it stuck snd laieame a prece
dent, and if not unduly oppressive
it was likely to stick. Thus Henry II
introduced the institution of scutage,
or shield money, by which a tax might
he paid to the king In lieu of military
service. As this offered a way out
of going to the Crusades it was rath
er a popular ijjetitiition than other
wise. But what the subjects of Henry
did not see was that the king had
obtained a power of taxation. More
than 4<Jh years later the subjects of
Charles l were to see it. wh,en that
monarch made use of that precedent
to levy ship money.
This time the English people—
whose habit of assembly had mean
while grown—resisted; at first In the
courts where they lost, and then in
the field where they won. The Eng
lis.li constitution had grow'n again.
Edward IV had learned from his
legal advisers that the sovereign
could not arrest a subject by personal
mandate. But in that age it was
only a legal maxim. The Plantage
r.ets did arrest without authority of
law and so did the Tudors who came
after them. But when Charles I st
tempted to arrest five members of
the house of commons he found that
the ancient maxim had become a
force. Charles entered the house In
person where he had no right to be.
The house rose and uncovered. But
when Charles demanded where the
members were she speaker fell on
his knee and declared he had neither
eyes to see nor ears to hear except
03 the house directed. The English
constitution had grown again.
What we have to remember is, that
it was this long and slow growth of
the English constitution that sup
plied the political education of the
Englishmen who founded the Ameri
can republic. The English constitu
tion is the parent of the American.^
English law is the basis of our law.
When Washington was president of
the Vnited Stales and the govern
ment sought to enforce his neutrality
proclamation, American lawyers
found there was no statute under
which prosecutions would stand up
As Mr. Beveridge has pointed out in
his admirable ‘‘I.ife of John Mar
shall," the prosecutions were brought
under the English common law.
These are facts to be kept in mind
as we go on.
Boy Diphtheria Victim.
Daniel Nerod. S, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Nerod, died Saturday
morning at his home, 5214 South
Twenty second street, from diphtheria.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by three sisters. Private
funeral services will he held Sunday
at the Korisko funeral home. Burial
will he In (Jraceland Park cemetery.
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Lot 1
9x12 Brussels and
Axminsters
252
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Lot 2
9x12 Brussels and
Velvet Rugs
2A-2T
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9x12 Axminsters in
Large Assortment
292-372
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Lot 4
9x12 Seamless
Velvet Rugs
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9x12 Extra Quality
Seamless Axminsters
472.592
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9x12 Velvets and
Body Brussels
aIso a number of rujrs at 49.00.
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225.00 Fumed Oak Victrola.. 119.00
125.00 Fumed Oak Brunswick. 55.00
160.00 Mahogany t'onsole Victrola. 95.04)
226.00 Uolden Oak Victrola.1 19.4)0 (
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.125.00 Mahogany Brunswick . 195.4)4)
260.00 Decorated Brunswick. 175.4)4)
76.00 Decorated Brunswick.49.54)
73.00 Nursery Model Victrola. 37.50
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