The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-13
SOLDIERS ANTICIPATE
 FURTHER LAWIESS ACTS
Prominent Citizsns Participated in
 Carnival Of BIoed.
seeoad Negro Implicated is Crfns i, With LyncherS victim, Held Under strong Guard of Trssps --Await Unsn the sol-
 dsers Ger


 Alexander. last of the persons arrested Monday last of Miss Annie Policy. safe- ly out of town and some $50 members of the 4th regiment of the Illinois mili- tia on guard in the streets and about the jail tonight, the mob spirit that has held Cairo for four days Is quelled ;.
 No crowds were allowed to gather fin any part of the city and every known point is occupied by the troops. Bayo- nets ruled where twenty-four hours before the rope, the torch and the pfs- toi had been in evidence.
 Alexander. who was reported to have been implicated in the murder of Miss Policy by the dying statement of "Froggy" James, one of the victims of last nights mob. was sent to an unannounced point north of Cairo late this afternoon. He was escorted from the jail to special train on the Illi- nois Central Railroad by seven com panies of militia. two of which. M of Champaign, and Of Effingham, were assig gned to guard the train.
 There were jeers and defiance for the militia from the small crowd that witnessed the departure.
 The word had gone about town that the negro was to be spirited away aE V that he was led from his cell and placed between the files of Company l.
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 That's him! He'll come backF 'Burn the nigger," and wen get him yeti" came from spectators who had been pressed back a half block from the entrance to the jail yard by c and L companies.
 Two sets of fours were in advance of the prisoner. who was handcuffen and flanked by deputy sheriffs. and seta of fours followed. As the Vandaifa mon swung north towards the rAti- road, along Twentieth Street. three companies cleared the street in advance of the escort and like number. fol- lowed In the rear. keeping hack the crowds that had gathered at every cross street of the half mile march to the train.
 The display of force was greater than the Cairoites had anticipated. and while there were murmurs all along the line Of march, there was no effort made to break the line.
 Brigadier-Generai Frank P. Wells of Decatur. commanding the End brigade of the guard. was In charge of tha troops and later declared himself con- vinced that the display Of military force had had a most salutary effect on the town.
 The destination of the prisoner was kept secret. Sheriff Frank E. Davis. who was anxious to accompany the prisoner north. and remained only on the representation of the militia com manders, that his presence was re- quired here expressed ignorance of the intentions of his deputies who were in nominal charge of Alexander.
 Mob Members Not Known.
 The local authorities left the dispo- aition of the prisoner to the State ofii- cials and turned their attention to the murder of Miss Pelley and the riots or last night. Coroner's juries on the men ivnched, In each case found that Che came to his death by injuries at the hands of persons unknown to us'
 Sherin Davis, in an extended Inter view, told of recognizing several mem bers of the mob which took James from his care last night. He namsu "Mr. Logan" of Cairo. as one. and ae- cused the postmaster and storekeepe. of Karnak. Ill. as having accompanied the men who searched the woods TOT the sheriff's party.
 Just what steps will be .aken " bring to trial those implicated in the uprising, has not yet been determines. Mayor Geroge Parsons said he was asleep and heard no shot or other sound to Indicate that the city was in inc grasp of lawless horde.
 Alexander M. Wilson. States At.or, ney. stated that he was In several narts of the city trying to queH tne mob spirit, but would not say thah ne recognized any of it's leaders.
 "I am ready to do everything that my own office requires of me in the premises" said the States Attorney. aThe question of calling speciat grand fury is one to be decided by the Circuit Court. We shall have reg ular grand jury in December. ana shah present to 1t any evidence that comes into my possession. don '; e ,<ac, to collect that evidence myself as detective work Is not part or my ou- ties."
 vvh,la the local authorities had pre- ,,,ouslv declared that the evidence aqaInst ''Froggy" James was pureiy | circumstantial. today they laid stress upon new evidences of his guilt. fhe work of the bloodhounds which traceu tho negro's movements had been cor raSorated bv several witnesses, they declared. They asserted the gag used on the girl had been practically tnen- tieaa as one of James handkerchiefs. {
 The only grounds for holding Alex ander was declared to be the ahekeu dvInq declaration of James
 The police searched for the miss.ns money. handbag and bracelets [ g, .ns murdered girl. They found notnihg.
 Blame for the riot conditions is gen- o,alIv ascrfbed by the officials to an inadequate police force and the tacs that many men accused of felonies have .s heen acquitted on trial here, despite seemingly strong evidence agalnst them. ,,, not have stopped the work or lass and sheriff Davis echoed this senu- ment adding: There would have been wholesale bloodshed had soldiers been here last night"
 The sheriff, after detailing his wan derInrs in the woods. told of leaving James with . deputy while he went to Karnak to get food.
 .'The postmaster at Karnak. also tho storekeeper there. recognized me, said Mir. Davis. Therefore, we made A tour about the town and walked east
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