The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-12
NEGRO MURDERER LYNcHED.

SdlTO, III, NOV IL VIII JdDcSs JUS
negro suspected of being the murder
er of Miss Annie Pelley. was killed
| here tonight by mob. James was
strung up to the public arch. the rope
| broke and at least 500 shots were
| poured into his body. He made par.
| tial confession and implicated the ne
| gro Arthur Alexander. and the mob
has gone out To look for him.
James was lynched In the most
prominent square of the city and hung
| TO the arch at Eighth and CONNER
| cial streets.
| Women present were tho first to
| pull the rope. When it broke the
frenzy of the mob was uncomfortable.
! and they fired volley after yolley into
the body. shooting him to pieces The
mob then dragged the body over the
streets for more than mile to the
scene of the murder. where it was
! burned.
| At least 10000 people witnessed the
| lynching. James was found with
Sheriff Davis. between Kanetka. Ill,
and Belknap. by the crowd from Cairo.
! The officers were oyerpowcred, the
negro captured and after a conference
1t was decided to bring him TO Cairo
and lynch him here.
| Fully 1000 people went in search OF
the negro. When they returned they
were met by a bowling mob OF at
least 5000 more. They marched direct
10 the arch. sweeping everything be-
! fore them. Many women were ont To
help do the work. Sheriff Davis plead.
! ed for the life of the negro, bat with.
| ,,fHo -. a
Davis was taken in charge by a part
of The mob while the rest rushed tho
negro 80 the scene of action.
When found by the mob. the negro
was handcuffed between two officers
All were hiding on the bank Of q
creek. All three were so weak from
hunger and exposure that they were
unable TO offer resistance
Sheriff Davis tonight stated that he
| deplOred the lynchinS and that ho
made every resistance I'm his power.
He said that after leaving the train
at Dongola last night he tried 10 get
| d rig, but found it impossible to find
| one, as the farmers refused 10 assist
him 1t was with difficulty that the
| sheriff could get anything to eat
At every point whittier he headed
| TO board a train he was blocked by a
mob. James was found about o'clock
| this afternoon. Word was sent along
the line to the scattered mob to board
the Big Four train and meet the party
with the negro at Belhnap, The whole
| party arrived here on the Big Four at
7;45 p. IN.
The negro was taken off at Tenth
street and marched through the prin.
cipal streets TO the arch at Eighth and
| Commercial While i'm custody of the
mob al Belknap and coming down on
J the train. the negro would not tell
| about the crime. but when he stood
| under the arch he confessed He said
that Arthur Alexander was implicated
In the crime.
While James body was burning at
the spot where the crime was commit
ted 10000 people danced in glee Be.
fore the mob reached Cairo some pro.
posed that the train be stopped and
the negro lynched at once. but 1t was
! finally decided TO bring him into
Cairo and give the townspeople a
chance to help with the work Rela
tives of the murdered girl took part
| In the lynchlng
hdlpl oDuS Nbul6ul tdbtu Du
| Governor Deneen for state troops To
! restore order here.
J Miss Pelley was an orphan girl %
| years old. Her home was formerly at
Anna. Ill. but for two years she had
made her home with her sister. Mrs.
John Coffman Of Cairo. She was en-,
ploycd as a salesgirl
On Monday evening she left the
store where she worked and walked
| with her chum, Ellen Dolan. as far as
Miss Doan's home. wherc she took
car. ii was raining and to avoid y
| muddy stretch of sidewalk she left tho
car at Tweniy-eighth and Elm streets.
! instead OF at Sycamore street, as was
| her custom.
The finding of the handle of her
umbrella in the front yard of the resi-.
dence of Harry Lipe. at i24 Twenty,
sixth street. three doors from the
Coffman home. indicates that this was
where she was first attacked, 1t ia
| supposed that when she was confront
ed she struck the man with her nm.
brella and the handle flew into the
| yard.
| 1t is believed that the man thrust
the gag into her mouth and carried her
| back to Elm street and half a
block to the alley. Marks on the
| ground show that she was drag
| ged seyenty-1ive feet to the spot
| where she was stranglcd to
death. Her fearfully bruised and lac.
Grated throat and face show that she
fought desperately.
The alley is narrow. barely w,do
enough Tor wagon to pass through