Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16
city arch at Eighth and CONNER
cial streets.

SlSbI SuICopo.
Il While in custody of the mo
coming here the negro would no
| talk about the crime, but when b
stood under the arch he weakene,
, and confessed that ho slew Mis-
J Polley. He said that Arthur AL
exander was implicated in th'
crime.
The attempt at hanging fol
lowed quickly; the growing of the
mob, the grinding of the rope an1
the struggles of the negro were
stopped a moment only by the
swapping of the rope. The 10000
persons who had looked on and
danced in glee, shot forth armed
men almost magically and they
filled the negro with bullets.
Then, not satisfied with ven-
geance, the mob dragged the body
to the place whore Miss Pelley's
body. bound, gagged and bruised,
/ had been found. A roaring fire
was built and the body was incin-
Grated.
James, who came from the
South, said MISS Policy had been
assaulted and murdered after
terrific fight. Sheriff Davis to-
night sent to Springfield for State
troops.
Springfield. ILL.,. November IL
Sheriff Frank E. Davis of Alexan-
der county wired here to Governor
Daneen for assistance in quelling
disorder tonight after the riotiAg
at Cairo and the lynching there of
the negro James. Governor De-
neon was in Chicago and could
not be reached Immediately, but
Alexander was declared to bs the
dying confession of James.
In all effort to clear up the
murder of Miss Policy the police
today searched the honses fre-
quented by James and Alexander
for the: .:missing money, handbag
and Lracelet of the murdered girl.
They found nothing.
Blame for she riot is generally
ascribed to an inadequate police
force and the fact that many men
accused of felonies have been &C
quilted despite seemingly strong
evidence against them.
Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. 12 Henry
Salzner, white, a photographer
who killed his wife last July with
an axe, was taken from Jail at
II 40 o'clock last nighht by
mob aud hanged to telegraph
pole and his body was riddled
with bullets, This lynching fol-
lowed closely on the lynching of
Will James, a negro who earller
In the evening had been hanged
for the murder of Miss Annie
Policy.
CAIRO IN HANps OF TROOPS.
Cairo. ILL.,, Nov. 12.-With Ar
thur Alexander, the last of tbs
parsons arrested in connection
with the murder of Miss Annie
Policy, safely out of town and the
Fourth Regiment of the Illinois
National Guard on guard IN the
streets and about the jail tonight,
the mob spirit that kept Cairo
ablaze with excitement for four
days was q aelled.
No crowds were allowed t. gath
er at any place tonight and every
known danger point was occupied
Dy troops. Bayonets held sway
where twenty-four hours before
the rope, the torch and the pistol
had been IN evidence.
Alexander, implicated in the
murder Of Miss Policy by the dy-
ing statement of "Froggy" James
one Of the victims of last night 8
lnob, was sent to al unannounced
point II 2rth of Cairo late today,
He was escorted from the jail to a
special train on the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad by seven companies
of militia, two of which guarded
the negro on the train during the
trip.
There were jeers fer the militia
fr, 10 the small crowd that watch
ed the departure.
| Fwo sets of f urs we're in ad
vance of the prisoner who was
handcuffed and flanked by deputy
sheriffs, and two ssts of fours fol
lowed. Three companies of bay
onets cleared the street in advance
, Of the escort and like number
, followed in the rear. kaapinq back