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Paris Express
Paris, Logan County, Arkansas
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In Herrin, Ill., a grand jury is impaneled to investigate February 8 rioting that killed alleged Klan leader Constable Caesar Cagle and wounded anti-Klan Deputy Sheriff John Layman, plus bootlegging-related disturbances, with instructions to clean up the town impartially, excluding Klan or anti-Klan members.
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TO CLEAN UP HERRIN
Herrin, Ill.-The grand jury impaneled in the Herrin City Court to investigate the rioting on the night of February 8, when Constable Caesar Cagle, an alleged Ku Klux Klan leader, was killed, and Deputy Sheriff John Layman, an anti-klan leader, was shot, was instructed by City Judge E. N. Bowen with the duty of "cleaning up" Herrin.
Disturbances, intermittent throughout the last eighteen months, due to alleged bootlegging and the efforts of liquor raiders, were to be investigated fully, the jury was told, "without fear or favor."
Besides sickness, Judge Bowen said, only one thing would unfit a juror for service, and that was membership in the klan or Flaming Circle, an anti-klan organization.
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Herrin, Ill.
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Night Of February 8
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constable caesar cagle killed; deputy sheriff john layman shot
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Grand jury impaneled in Herrin City Court to investigate rioting on the night of February 8, when Constable Caesar Cagle, an alleged Ku Klux Klan leader, was killed and Deputy Sheriff John Layman, an anti-klan leader, was shot. Jury instructed by City Judge E. N. Bowen to clean up Herrin, fully investigate intermittent disturbances over last eighteen months due to alleged bootlegging and liquor raiders without fear or favor. Jurors unfit if members of klan or Flaming Circle.