Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-09
THREE NEGROES AREj
LYNCHED RY MOB
Blacks Hanged and Riddled al
Salisbury, N. c.
sroRMED ROWAN COUNTY JAIL
Mob, Composed Of 800 Men, Rar
over the Soldiers and Battered IT,
Jail Doors Down-Two Members 2,
Mob Wounded by Accident.

Jail Doors DoWn-Two Members y,
Mob Wounded by ACCIDENT
Salisbury, y. c., AUG >...A l..l vi
5000 determined men, ,.Iu4 ......
IL o'clock Monday night lp,.J. ..
tered Rowan county Ja, her. ,....
ed therefrom three Of the H., Do. ..''.
charged with the murder Of tl. ls.
ly family, a. Barber Junction J... 30.
and lynched them.
Nease and john Gilie,pl, a.t
Dillingham;, supposed ~ De- o.. l..D..
pals to the crime We're Tho yi,'n. u.
mob vengeance The rtmuu.G- 90,
grOes--Henry Lee, George Eil,. .at
Bella Dillingham--wer' u'' w"...,u
and later the officers buu.i &C.. .a
10 Greensboro
The mob began It,l,.. ...
down Mao. Boy'u p....
dered the saloons cu... so.
ether prom.u.n, ci,iz d.. U.... ST..
Senator Oyermau. lU.. ..... ".
was holding he sp'cla ...m ND ..
" try the negroes and s..,'.
mer. gathered IN De- 81. ..., ..
addressed t.t crowd WI... - t.l
time nur"'Heui '"u'
There were bowls a'd .r 'H.. a."
the mob. bur for time ..'.. wae o..
mOve--the mob lachtf I.J'.r
While citizens were dlpuI... '1 tHr
mah--tS0 .uen slipped through iu'
crowd and were entering the Jail vita
hammers they wcr' discover q d.1
arrested The mob continue g.. y.'
ing. but there Vas s.i,. uo contested
move.
About 3 o'clock. Ma'rr boy len call.
ell upon the locHl mi.a. COM any.
the Rowan Rides. for aid It,s a..
sembled quickly bur we're supplied
only with blank cartridge. having NJ
orders 20 shoot 10 Nil
Fireman McLendon, Of Charlotte, a
Southern railway employ. va, shot
In the stomach by "a bullet sa,l Ia have
been fired by member Of the mob
He was fatally wounded VIII Trout
man. a negro drayman. was also sefi
ously shot about the -.lne lime Bo'h
are said To have been accidents, coca
stoned by some OF the few Mild shot
fired by members Of the mob With %,
evident intention OF frightening ell
aens.
At 10 O'Clock there was a sIr 10
the mob--4t was augmented by tuH'
fvs hundred men. who came " j.
Said. from whitney. whcr, 'ar WI
ney Reduction COMPANY Is develop
ting the Yadkin water power Il 49,
bu, a few minutes after their arr''n
when q crowd 81 80. forming q SCR
OF dying wedge, made a break Tor To
Jail doors. overpoWerel thu pflcer'
and effected an entrance. The gr'a
crowd outside surgcd In behind 'h
leaders. and Ia fee minutes mon
emerged from the door With their VIC
tina
The negroes were quietly mArcAe
norshSard toward Spencer Dat BAL
va maize a. Henderson, bal, Kroul
"a the edge 81 the ,9wn There -
negroes were given time 10 cDnisss -
crime. They refused 10 either den
% eonfess ahd vere % thorough
friEhtsned - almost % have lost pos
"a of speeeh..
yohn Gillespie sept piieousiy s.
begged for his life urlnE % l's d
forts IN secure saienlen;s from the n
gTOea ~ mianight the ruP~t 49,
quickly brOzghs forward and sflus's
and ne three we're struaG ~ 20 =
limbs % oos tree Eaa with ko~h a.
curses TIE erOsd Fftflea the aaaEi.r
bodies wifs suilctA
ny 70 - osisk & vss az osef e.
saa h01F later hofhknx Fsnaafnsf
ths imm~rts fAruak taAI lad pses.
tsa sire~as but q fsu Ero1ps a ei
Gras aiseussirg ~ Gnshsnn
Ftre11r Mci.sssoa. Hou19si ~
stray ba,.ss frum 10 mot ~ q
rs h~ns - 10 Cfafiogsa ~ ~
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