Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-08-09

Salisbury. Y. c., August "a mob
of three thousand determined men
shortly before IL o'clock tonight forcl-
b1v entered Rowan county jail at Sails
bn,v. removed therefrom three OF the
six neorons charged with the murder of
the Ikerly family at BARRIERS Junction
Julv 13. and lynched them. Nease and
1obn c,illespie. and Jack Dillingham;,
sunnosed to be the principals in that
crime were the victims of mob ven
geance.
The renaining negroes, Henry Lee,
c.aoroe Erwin and Bella Dillingham;
were not lnolested, and later tonight
officers hurried them off to Greensboro.
The mob began gathering at sun
down. Mayor Boyden promptly or
dered the saloons closed and with other
nroninent citizens. including L. ).
Senator Overman, Judge Long, VINO
was holding the special term OF court
to trv the negroes, and Solicitor HAM
mer. gathered on the jail steps and ad-
dressed the crowd, which at that time
numbered two thousand. There were
hoyyls and cat-calls from the mob but
for a time there was no moVe-the mop
lacked a leader.
While citizens were appealing to the
mob, two men slipped through the
crowd and were entering the jail with
hammers. They were discovered ana
arrested. The mob continued yellng
but there was still no concerted move
g About nine o'clock Mayor Boydeh
called upon the local military company
the Rowan Rifles, for aid. Ihey as
sembled quickly but were supplied
oo1v with blank cartridges, having no
orders to shoot to Kill.
Fireman NIcLendon, Of Charlotte
southern railway employe, was shot IN
the stomach, said to have been hred oy
member of the mob. He was fatally
wounded. Will Troutman, negro
drovnan. was also seriously shot at
about the same time.
Roth are said to have been accidental,
occasioned by shots fired by members
of the mob with the evident lntentloh
of frightening citizens.
At 10 o'clock there was STIR IN the
mob-it was augmented by fully oo0
men. who came, it is said, from Whit
new. where the Whitney Reduction
Company is developing the 4adkln
water power. 1t was soon afterWard
that a crowd of fifty, forming sort OF
fving wedge, made break for the jail
doors. overpowered the officers ana el-
fected an entrance. The great croWd
outside surged in behind the leaders
and in a few moments more the leaders
emerged from the door with their vic
tins.
Sheriff Julian and his assistants
plead earnestly with the mob to allow
the law to have its course, but to nc
avail.
The blow to the community is keenly
felt though the officers are not blamed
When the crisis came Sheriff JuIlaf
exclaimed, "They have got the prls-
oners and you men of property IL
Salisbury will suffer for it.
The officers made brave and noble
effort, but were outnumbered by the
angry crowd Time after time the moi
surged and yelled till the doors flew
open.
Then came shrek after shrek from
the inmates of the prison.
"They have got them," came in re-
sponse from one in the entrance to the
prison, and the infuriated mass o
humanity seemed pleased and salts
fed.
The officers could have killed many
but there seems to have been no au-
thority for such a course.
The negroes were quitely marched
northward towards Spencer, but {
halt was made at HendersOn's bal
grounds, at the edge of the town. There
the negroes were given time to confess
the crime. They refused to either deny
or confess, and were so thoroughly
frightened as almost to have lost the
power of speech. John Gillespie wept
piteousIy and begged for his life.
On the way to the scene Of the
lynching, it is stated that the negroes
were horribly mutilated by knives III
the hands Of some of the mob. Reach
ing the spot selected, the prisoners
were given an opportunity to confess