The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
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!. TRIAL 10 MURDER ID d /
No Apprehension Was Felt That
There Would BE Mob IL
5fs FL. Violence ]. /.
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N SALISBURY, N CT; August G.--s1'l,e
spcciai term #of Rowan Superior Court
4 ordered BY Governor Glsnn for the trial
/ III thc5negrocs charged with the murder
55 81 isaac 1,yerly, wife and two children,
4 On tho night OF Jnly813tl, con'vcnea8thlsE
morning, Judge III i Long, of X states ;-3
ylllc. presiding, & ind Solicitor Hammer
and aiessrs. Theodore +. 1lluttz and ~,
4 q, Lime, Of Salisbury, appca ring for
5Etlie state; Attorneys Jake &lr.s ewell,
Of Charlotte, and b |. s. y Williams, of Con-
cord, appearing FOR the defendants. The
+ call of Jurors summoned 8forsFthe special
term vas immedintolysgon Into. a grand
a Jury was enpanelled and charged by
" Judge Long, the charge being II distinct
feature Of the days proceedings
After d scssionfo two hours tho grand
Neaae Gillespie Henry Gillespie. John
Gillespie, Jack Dillingham; md Della Dbl
ThcBprlsonels were Immediate
NY brought from tic county jnll ~ Into
court and tho Indictment read Ito them
by Solicitor Hammcr,sc tho wilftl
murder o E four members Of the Lyorly
/ failyt Il y
Each prisonerSinst turn plead not gtlill-
q ty, and IL trial was ordered. Attorneys
4 for the defense made N motion Tor q re-
nioyal Of the Ecas q TO Their county al
6lcging that a. fair trial cannot be had
a In Rowan. THE motion wa opposed by
The soicitorSand theSmotion for removal "a
I was overrulel by Judge Lot a spcclai
vsnjre Of two hundred men were ordered
y n,,mmot1ed from which to- select & q petit q
i,lry. The SIX prisoners We're brought
5 from Charlotte to Rowan jail shortly
\ aftcr4mldnight% this ,nornng.fS& n /,
Anticipating tho arrival OF the alleged 50
nurderers, a. largo mob met the " tram tran 4
I'll hut the sheriff lad left the same m 4 l
suburbs Of the city md q conveyoa \. MS Is
prisoners to a livery stable, where they ':'
we're guarded by a dozen deputies
JUDGE 4 ,ong devoted most Of his charge
TO the subject of@lynching, declaring that
38tho prisoners would be protected ut all
hazards, and that any Interference with
4 such intent would DO summary punished.
At the close Of to-day's sitting of the
Ri court, tho prisoners were taken back 70
q da.l, At this time no prehenson Of
4 mob violence was felt by the authorities.
lSI$ the crime with which tho n egroes were
Isl charged was the murder ON the night
III 81 July 13th, at Barber Junction@o Isaac 1t,
$6l,yerly, Ills wife and two hildren.s Feol-;
# Ing rti, high at tic time, and an effort
ia was made to lynch tho negroes. Il hey
were hurried away and brotight to 4 C1ar-
1otte, where they remained until Sunday
Il tight when they were taken to Sails
. bury for trial. 4s v
The Crime.
Tho cause or the murder was both res
A venge and robbery, Mr.. Lycrly having
discharged one of tho Gillespie negroes
v while 1t was behaved he had four hur- -
4 dred dollars in tho house, for W non ne '
35llad recently sold crops. q n
Tho farmer, hiswift, Il girl and q boy
II were killed With axes md spades. EACH
IF OF tholyictims was given the fatal BLOW
W while aslee 81 ts:S u s3g
Two little girls were asleep III tho sec
y onl story OF the l,uusei aged abOutselgllt
n and ak years, & respectively. lrilosS oldest
Il OF tile two was awakened by the nell
Y OF smoke, and, hand in hand, 4 the little
tots Investigated tho cause, f a M 3s came
G.upon The awful scene of ther, mother,
I sister and brother dead, and the beds
Il and Il floor presenting the most horrible
spectacle of blood and disorder.
2 Sitting Under the he'd was a lighted
n lamp, placed there With a View Of setting
{ The bed #alire and burning the house to
conceal the crime.
A Heroine.
q. The oldest I tile two little girls. with
almost Funconceivabo bravery. ado dressed
Z herself to cx tInguisliing the fire. and sue
cecdedin putting IL out .s3%
Then, iii their night clothes and bare
& footed, they mhde their way TO the near
est ncighbor''s, and told the dreadful tale
E OF slaughter. 3t5s
1t was reported when the negroes were
I first arrested that one Of them confessed
TO the crime, and Eta ted t was their In
tenton TO burn. tha tweH1ittlo girls with
the house, not having, time to KIT them,
for fear they would be detected
1t u.s. perhaps. the first inc In history
& that n fund was raised for tho purpose
of securing the lives Of murderers by lynch
ing. The Lyerly murdGrcrs being In dam
Il ger at Salisbury, were taken to Char
&lottes strong jail for safekeeping,
"a and the feeling against them wns 80
strong that an orgn nlzation was formed
1 in Rowan and other co,ln les, and u fund,
which 1t was said reached $1,000, was
subscribed to pay tho fare of n large
number of determined men to Charlotte,
with Il view of taking the prisoners from
jail there and lynchng them.
The plans OF the mob became known,
however and the arrangements for re-
Elstnnce were so powerful that the scheme
was abandoned.
1t, however seems probable that the
Organization then effected to seek the
lives OF these black wretchcs had Its
y fruItion in last nights awful work.