The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-11
II is Not Known Yet at Cairo
Where Prisoner Was Taken
Last Night...Mob Searched
Jail After He Was Gone.

The crew OF the Cairo passenger
train saw Will James, the negro the
Cairo officers spirited away last night
on fast passenger train No. s OF the
Illinois Central railroad at East Cairo
The negro was in the rear of one of
the coaches, his hands were hand
cuffed and he was chained to the
seat and surrounded by the sheriff
and several guards armed with guns.
He was carried north in Illinois on
the train to prevent a lynching.
Early last night the officers in
Cairo realized that James would not
be alive many hours If he was left in
the county Jail. and plans were made
to get him out of the city. Accord
ing to the story of the guards, a
buggy was driven to the rear of the
jail, and while a humber of men
were at the front of the Jail James
was spirited out the back. window
was removed in order to get him out,
and then he was placed in the COW
cred buggy and taken to Fourteenth
street, where the fast passenger train
stopped to pick up the sheriff. The
guards refused to state their destina-
ton, but talked freely and said that
James had confessed he was guilty of
the crime. but so far he had refused
to tell where he had hid the pocket
book and parcels. The negro said
that when ne struck Miss Pelley she
dropped the articles she was carrying,
and in the graphing he did not get
the purse. However, the officers are
pressing MIN close and believe he Sc
cured the purse,
Engineer VIII Burch and Conductor
George Harvey. who saw the negro,
describe him as being about 80 years
old. heavy set, with mean express
sion upon his face. James seemed to
be excited and was drawn down under
the seat like he wanted TO hide.
Mob at Barlow.
At Barlow the Cairo train was met
by about 100 men armed with guns
and pistols. The Ballard county men
had learned that a race riot was on in
Cairo and had determined to go
However. before the train left a tee
phone message was received by the
men that there was not a race riot
and the mob did not make the trip.
Feeling is high in Cairo and Mayor
Parsons made a speech last night
and at bis suggestion a committee
Inspected both the county and city
jails, but that was after James had
been spirited away. Angry citizens
watched several of the trains and q
number of the men went out on the
Mobile & Ohio trains, as they felt
sure the officers would go over this
road. However, the mob was out
witted by the railroad officials per
hitting the stopping of the fast train
to take on the prisoner.
Cairo. H.. Nov. 1.-THE storm o
Indignation following the Pelley muir
der is not quieted, and men bent oil
llynching Frog" James. are still
hunting for Sheriff Davis and the au
thorities who are believed to be II
hiding In the woods waiting for thu
lynch spirit to abate Many declar'
they will lynch him on first sight.
was learned today the sheriff ant
party left Dongola afoot and hurrie,
away. Davis is said to know all tn
roads and by-paths.
Cairo. ILL.,, Nov. 11.-Willian
James the negro suspected of tn
murder of Miss Anna Pelly wa
taken away last evening on the Hi
nois Central train going north a
1915 o'clock. This step was deeme'