The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-13
Soldiers Still Patrol Streets
OF Cairo and Companies
Go 10 Champaign
NO TROUBLE is EXPERIENCED

h Champaign. IL, Nov i3.-Arthur
Alexander. alleged accomplish OF
Frog" James IN the murder of Anna
Pelly. Is in jail here, brought early
today under guard OF three companies
OF militia from Cairo.
Mayor Tucker today ordered Chief
OF Police Keller TO watch every In
coming train aud make all suspicious
characters give an account OF them
selves. II they are suspected OF com
ing for the purpose OF stirring up yio-
lenee against Alexander they viii BE-
Immediately lodged In JAN.
Alexander Taken Away.
Cairo. H.. Nov. l3.-Cairo had n
quiet day yesterday after the Wild
scenes OF the night before. Many
people were In the streets. including
many Ia lies. and while all seemed
cheerful and going about their usual
business. the work OF the mob was
the general topic OF talk and the con-
census OF opinion was that. horrible
as il was. Il was yet a good thing for
Cairo In that II served TO intimidate
the lawless element which had come
To have little respect for the officers.
One phase that was commented
upon favorably was that the mob was
not bent on general destruction. but
seemed % have IN mind only the pur-
pose OF claiming "a life for a NE
Although hundreds OF shots were fred
no one was injured excepting those
for whom the bullets were intended.
Some Wild rumors were In clrcula-
ton from time TO time during The
day and night. One was that the
woman. loving Green. who was at
wioklife KY. had been captured
there AM was to be hnched. This
proved to be untrue. A party OF citi-
zens were In Cairo and this led to the
report that they had come 90 get
como one to go over there to identify
her. The visitors laughed at the sug-
eestion, saying they were here to see
what was going on.
Another story was that the special
train carrying troops and the negro
Alexandc- had been held up az Anna.
the prisoner taken on and lynched.
This also proved untrue on inquiry
BY iong distance telephone.
Other stories OF mobs forming In
various parts of the city were also
untrue. II was apparent that these
rumors DID not disturb the people.
The sensation OF the day was the
appearance OF the state militia In
large numbers who came in on nearly
every regular train via Illinois Cen
trail: and this was followed by the
removal OF Alexander, the negro
whose name was mentioned by James
az having been implicated In the muir
der OF Miss Pally, This negro was
In the county Jail and had a narrow
escape from the mob OF the night
before. lie had been pointed out TO
the mob by other negro prisoners in
the cells and work on the door OF his
cell was interrupted by Captain
Greaney. OF Company X, who ordered
them 10 deslst. In FIVE minutes more
the door would have been open and
this negro's life would have been
matter OF but a few minutes
The appearance OF the troops yes
terday morning was the signal for a
general scattering OF the crowd. The
soldiers held them back with fixed
bayonets while the negro was brought
forth. The prisoner. with hands
shackled and In charge OF Deputy
Sherlffs Woodward and Thooman.
was conducted to the street, where
thew were surrounded by the soldiers
and thus marched 10 a special train
at Twentieth street, which left at
1880 D. m, carrying the prisoner.
officers and two companies OF militia,
bound for Kankakee.
The Coroner's Inquest.
Coroner McManus held inauests
yesterday oyer the remains OF Henry
Salzner and william James. who were
lynched by an angry mob OF 5000
people last Thursday night, taking ms
jurors the following men: Joseph w.
Wenger. foreman; Samuel White. ".
c. Lewis. c. S. Bourque. II, II. Ais
thorpe and Elmer C. Owery Their
verdict In both cases was exactly the
same as TO the cause or the death
In the inquest over Henry salzner
they returned the following verdict:
State Of Illinois, County OF Alex
ander S.:
We, the undersigned jurors sworn