Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-09
THREE NEGROES ARE|
LYNCHED RY MOB
Blacks Hanged and Riddled at
Salisbury, n. G.
sroRMEo ROWAN COUNTY JAIL
Mob, Composed Of 800 Men, Ran
Over the Soldiers and Battered IT,:
jail Doors oown-Two Members Of
Mob Wounded by Accident.

jail OooTs OOWU-' W. "S'DS'S W
Mob Wounded by Accident
Salisbury, y. c., Aug. S.--A moo OF
5000 determined mea, shorty o,iOit
IL O'Clock Monday nlra,, iurclDN eu
tered Rowan county jail hetv, ro.nON
ed tnerelrOni three vi the five uoer1es
charged wilh the murdc. ot the L!es
~ family, a Barber Juaci!Ju, july 10,
ana lyached ,aum.
Neaso ana JOIN Gillespie aad l,"A
Dillingham;, supposed ~ be- tur pu"C.
pals " the crime were the victims ui
mob vengeance. The rtmaia.Ng NJ
groes-Henry Lee, George Ery" All
Bella Dlllingham-N 90, Npl,.',l.
end later the officers hurried th,D oh
- Greensboro
The mob bo"a" ".thc'.. a eun
down. Mayor Boydvn prompts or.
dered the saloons closed az vi 10
other prom.urn, citizens, uttCI state,
Senator OSermaH, judge Long who
WAS holding the special term OF court
t. try The negroes, and solicitor Ham
mer. gathered On he jail steps daI
aii.essed tir crowd WAicl al TIA,
time Numbered 2,oou.
Thee were aa,.,. aLd cat calls from
. 10 M1J bu, for t.me there Vas NJ
u "e-.hc mob lachirg leader.
Whilo ciuzenH were appealing 70 the
M two men slipped trough the
crowd and were catering the jail Wit
hammers They were discovered and
arrested The mob continued ia yell
ing but there was sin no concerted
move
About y o'clock, Mayor Boyden cali
el upon the local military company.
the Rowan Rides. FOR aid. They as
ssembied quickly bu, were supplied
only with blank cartridges. having no
orders 10 shoot 10 Kill
Fireman McLendJn. of Charlotte. q
Southern railway enploye. was shot
in the stomach by bu.le, said To have
been fired by a member of the mob
lie was fatally wounded. VIII Trout.
imam. a negro drayman. was also seri.
-ously shot about the sA'ne Ame. Both
are said to have been accidents. occa.
stoned By some ~ the fcw Wild shots
fred by members VI the mob With the
evident intention Of frightening clu
Eens.
AZ 10 O'Clock there was sir In
the mob-It was augmented by fully
nye hundred men. who came. II Is
said from Whitney. wdcro The Whit
ney Reduction company b. develop
ing the Yadkin water power u was
but a few minutes after their arr.va
when a crowd u 3d. forming sOr
OF flying wedge. made a break Tor IA,
Jail doors. oyerpowerei the o'lccr'
aud effected an EN- trance Tho grua'
crowd outside surge IN b'tlUt 'u'
leaders. and To feW mlf pol u.,.'
emerged from the door with thor Nc
Sims
The negroes were quietly mIr,t".
northwArd toward spence hui bal
was made n Henderson, bail ground
an the edge of the toWn Th~rr th'
negroes were given tlme ~ cJaless th'
crime They refused 20 either den
or confess aud were ~ thoroughly
frightened a. almost % have loaf Pos
er OF speech.
John Gillespie wcpi ~ cpus!y a.
begged for his life Tifiug - i's n
forts o. secure stat meats from 'ae ne
ErOes. At midhlEhi tie ropes 49,
quickly brought forvsri ari afiuHr
ani tho three scfe s.runE ug - on
limbs o. one tree ant Wi'h tosi' la
sursos TIE cro.d rfiiei M dsuEiia
bodies u!,h bplle;s
W /. - ocinck u sas a. ors- an
hAf kcar later ~ aihg rrurir'i d
fse lmmease 'hreae 'ha' 81 pa
sbe sirsrs pa; a fsv sr'9Fs = rf
Seas dircsss1nz ihs 'frcsfre
Fireman Aci.suana wa1rsef ~
vay ballot frpB tAs naa 81 ~
H's bors 10 Ctfrifr o. "a
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