Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-12


 tonight by mob James was strung up to the public arch the rope broke and at least 800 shots were fired into his body. He made a partial confess sion and implicated another negro Ar thur Alexander, for whom the mob is now searching.
 Lynehed in city's Prominent Square. James was lynched in tLe most prom inent square of the city, and was hang ed to the arch at Eighth and Commer- oial streets.
 Corpse Dragged Through Streets.
 Women present were the first to pull the rope. When it broke, the frenzy of the mob was uncomfortable. and they. fired volley after volley into James body, shooting him to pieces. The mob then dragged the corpse through the streets for more than a mile u Twenty sixth and Elm streets, and burned it where the murder was com mitted
 10000 Persons Saw the Lynehine.
 At least ten thousand people witt messed the lynching of James, who was found with Sheriff Davis between Kar- nak, H.. and Belknap by the Cairo crowd who went up this afternoon.
 The mob overpowered the officers and took the negro from them, and after talk it was decided to bring the prisoner back to this city and lynch him.
 Sheriff Davis had been fleeing from the mob for twenty-four hours with the prisoner. Driven from town to town my menacing crowds. he had talk en to the woods with James, but the persistent search of the avengers prov ed effective at last.
 Fully a thousand persons went to find the negro and when the purSuers arrived at Cairo with James. they were met hy a bowling mob of 5000 others bent on staying the negro
 They marched the negro direct to the public arch. Many women were in the mob and they were anxious to help do the work.
 Sheriff Pleaded With the Mob
 Sheriff Davis, having been frustrated fin his attempt to hide the negro. plead cd for the life of the prisoner, but with ont avail When Cairo was reached Sheriff Davis was taken in charge by port of tte tnob,. while the rest rushed the negro rapidly to his death.
 The mob which chased the sheriff aud the negro was so large that it secured the entire country from Kar- nak to- Vienna. H., a distance of six teen miles.
 When found by the mob. the negro was handcuffed between two officers,
 
 of the creek, and so exhausted from hunger and exposure that in the first futile attempt to elude the mob they were not able to make much resist ance
 Could Do Nothing with the Mob.
 Sheriff Davis said tonight that he deplored the lynching. He made ev- cry possible resistance in fifs power. he said. but the crowd was so large that he could do absolutely nothing. He said that after taking James from Cairo he had to leave the train at Dongola last night oiAhide the mob that was waiting for hiEn at town ahead. He made an effort to get ye- hicle at Dongola. but found it impos- sible because the news had spread over the country, and everyone know ing the crime that the negro had com n1itted, refused to assist in eluding the pursuers. They even refused food in many cases.
 At every point where he tried to board a train he was blocked by a threatening crowd.
 After a long exhausting, foodless tramp. the sheriff and his deputy had lain down with the prisoner to rest.
 At dusk, scouts of the searchers found the three, and news was sent along the line to the scattered mob to board a Big Four train at Belknap The order was obeyed and a big crowd was on the tra in. when it reached Cairo about o'clock.
 Negro Weakened and Confessed.
 The negro was taken off at Tenth street and marched right through the principal streets of Cairo to the most public place under the city arch at Eighth and Commercial streets.
 While in custody of the mob com kta~r k<~ r,t- L. -..k TI- about the crime. but when he stood under the arch he weakened and con- fessed that he slew Miss Pelley He said that Arthur Alexander was im- plicated in fhe crime.
 Spectators Danced in GIee.
 The attempt at hanging followed quickly. The growls of the mob, the grinding of the rope and the strug- gles of the negro stopped only a mo- lnent, owing to the snapping of the rope. The 10000 persons who had looked on and danced in glee. produced armed men almost by magic and they filled the negro with, bullets. Then not satiated with vengeance the mob dragged the body to the place where Miss Pelley's body. bound. gagged, and bruised. had been found A roaring fire was built and the body was burn- ed up -
 James. who came from the south. said Miss Policy was assaulted and murdered after terrific fight.
 State Troops Called Out.
 Sheriff Davis sent to Springfield flor state troops tonight.
 Story of the Crime for Which Negro Was Lynohed.
 Cairo. Nov 11-Miss Pelley was an orphan 22 years old Her home was formerly at Anna. H., but for two years she had lived with her sister, Mrs. John Coffman. of Cairo. She was em- ployed as a salesgirl.
 On Monday evening she left the store at six o'clock and walked, with her chum. Ella Dolan as far as Miss Dolan,s home, continuing alone on the way to her yelling
 The discovery of the handle of her umbrella Tuesday in the front yard of the residence of Harry Lipe. three oS0rs from the Coffman home, indi- oates that this was where she was first attacked. It is supposed that when she was confronted she struck her asssilant with her umbrella and the handle flew into the yard.
 It is believed that the man thrust the gag into her mouth and carried her half a hlack to an alley. Marks on the' ground show that she was dragged sevcnty-fre feet to the spot where she vas strangled ts death.
 Her fearfully hrriAad ana heerated