The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
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81 sALIsBURY,8N. N. ca u gust
O'clock to-night an II furiate ed mob
several thousand 81 ci tizens% from Sails
bury and surrounding count try over DOW
cred Sheriff D. RI ulian al Ter IN
Ilrider, and about + o fl cerg, and took
from the jail three Of the negroes charged
with the nur er5& 81 he II ssLyerly family,
near this city, three weeks IA $50. The
the outskirts q of the A city 81 here they
were lyme he'd. The 4 local IN ltnry cons
pany wa s called out. hut was powerless$
In the face OF sthe howl In b mob bent onsf
the destruction of the cri ,inals
he first a ttac ck SO vera shots were
fired in& tn ri jail door and sEn gineer X
McLend sperlc "a trenans 4 I Sells and
Private Maxwell of N the Rowan "a fes s
was also shot Sin ttesl foot.
TheS firing offs pistols becanle q $promis sou;
GUS, and the NIL itia lot haVi ing aut thori itYs
from the GaYernor to- ahontsf LETT It'll yscenes8
The arcs II round lie IN were
knocked out by mol & Il ter which the
Eprisone oorl y hurt
darkness sss
E Sheriff JUN an and his ass stants plea eds
earnestly for the mob 4 to a llow the law
to have q Its course 81 but 4 to no ayai {. eTS
4blow9;to the communlt ty # Is keenl ySs felt t$S
5thugh the officers are. not blamed
Property Will Stuff e,
#ss When 4 The & crisis came, Sheriff NJ ulian$
exclaimed \: They have so 4 the prisoners
and you men OF pro perty In ga lisbury VII
suffer for ~ sssss
efrort I but were outnu1n hered by tile h;
angry crowd. Il. SBs
s58 time after time the mob surged and
yelled tll the jail doors ew8 open. hen Il
came shrek after shrek from the In
mates OF sthe prlson. q They have got $!
sthem!s' came the response g from one y In SS
the on trance to the priso n Il and the in-.j Il
|3turated mass sof hnmani tyS seemed ap-@
peased and satisfied M ss l
The officers could have xii ed many. but II
there seems to have been no aut hority43
for sue O course. ifias ss.3s
SE$ Parties returning from the scene OF the N
|ilynchIng at 70: 80 n % clock, report that ttgs
the bodies OF tho victims ire being burned Is
one mile east Of the city. M The location
has been the scene OF several lynching gs.isSs5s
ssThe ilynching tonight terminates the&s
trial began to-day. but It Is mot known
what steps will be taken by Judge geE Long q
and Solicitor Hammer now on the ground. III
as to the prosecution OF a the mem berss
Bof the mob. NJ u " 5fS $s
Immense Mob. $$,S.f I5S#S
The ynchlng5 took place one mile from vi
Salisbury and while from one to two s
thousand persons surrounded the jail at S
the time 1t was stormed, a very m UGH s5ss
smaller crowd accompanied 4 the II egroes ssss
to the place OF execution. The mob treat
ed, the covering swret tches with the great -&s
est ferocity. cutting them With knlves and u
otherwise torturlng them. 4 Tho prisoners #
were dragged to the scene with ropes u!
arouad their necks, crying and pleadlng I'll
for mercy. ii ". s's x,
Rope Broke. ssss sSS5 81
AS soon as d convenient spot Waa D
reached one OF the Glllespl le negroes was S$
strung up, but the rope broke, q nd he II
fell to the ground, Whilei preparing to e
swing him again, some one suggested that B8
e'be given an opportunity to pra he g
crowd them IVA ted several minutes. while n
the negroes II prayed aloud, and then 81
swung them to IA single limb and fred 4
hundreds Of shots from pistols into their
The crowd was made up Of citizens
from Salisbury and six or seven couns
ties around. and there were a number OF si
persons also from other States IN { the isi
!lynching pnrtS. sssffS2 2sS Il,
Feeling Of Horror.
The affair has caused the greatest
feeling OF horror here. and all action Of BS2
authority seems paralyzed Nease and Y
John NJ Gillespie ana JACK l3llllhshan, 3A
supposed to be the principals In tho
crime, were tho Victims of the lnoh's SS
violence, I4
It Is said the mob was augmented by i8s
fully 400 men from Whitney, where tho 5s
Whitney Reduction Company Is develop. 3a
Ing the Yadkin water power II WAS sal
10 have been this crowd that helped form
a sort OF flying wedge made q break for S@ @
the jail doors oyerpowered the olhcets #
and effected an entrance!
The great crowd outside surged IN A@5 ~
behind the leaders and In few moments -
the leaders emerged from the door VIII s6
their victims. @ &
Maintain Innocence u
4 ftar5 hs lynch!ng. George Irwin ,Ras a
taksn from the jail With his associates
and closely aasstioned Thsa 4 lS aya,a Saa 9
maintained his innocence TO the end
Barber ,r rsla,Iys MT Sf tSsI Mn nrnF, fs
prisoners to the scene OF the lynching
and ar a pleaded With them 20 return Z nc 51as'
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