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

and IS little used, and It was after 8
o'clock the next morning before tho
body was found.
Katherine BoreD. the three-yearold
daughter OF w. c. Boren, crossing the
alley to visit her grandmother, came
upon the body Tuesday morning and
ran back to call her father.
Miss Pelley's clothing was almost
completely torn from her body. The
deep lmprints of the fingers that had
throttled her were on her throat.
Beside her was her hat and her
broken umbrella. Not far away was
found her book of street car tickets.
Some post cards she had been carry.
ing in her hand were torn in two. Her
hand bag and dress pattern she had
purchased were gone.
That THE Frog" as flames was
known, did not hang from the Hust-
lers arch at Eighth and Commercial
streets last night was due 10 tho
cIeveTness OF Chief OF Police Egan and
Sheriff Davis In getting him out OF
the city The departure of the train
was we'll timed to carry out the plans.
Scarcely q score of men were about
the station at the time. He was huSt-
led into the patrol wogan which was
dashing up Twelfth street before tho
watchers realized what had happened.
They started on a run after IL.
Sheriff Davis and Deputy Fuller had
arranged to have the train stopped az
Fourteenth street. The wagon and
train reached Fourteenth street al the
some time. The trainmen were on
the steps ready to assist Chief Egan
and his men, but the wagon had dis.
tanced the purSuers and James was
hurried on board and the train pulled
out as the first pursuers arrived.
Before the rear lights of the train
were out OF sight a dozen men had
hurried up to the telephones on the
second floor of the freight house and
were calling Mound and Anna. One OF
the men called friend at Mound and
urged him to notify people at Anna
that the negro was on the train.
When connection with Anna was
obtained a man there was told to or
ganize mob and take James from the
train.
Sheriff Davis and his man left the
train at Cairo Junction. The destina-
ton of the sheriff and his prisoner
NdS SuDlOStu W DC NIul Dly oBOips buN
telegram from Anna informed him
that mob was gathering at ADna,
and he left the train at Dongola and
drove in the direction OF Mill Creek
on the Mobile e Ohio railroad
a crowd of several hundred was at
the depot. the former homo of Miss
Pelley, when the train reached there.
but no attempt was made to search
the train for the negro
When the mob began to gather in
front of the Cairo police station after
the negro had been taken. most of tho
crowd refused to believe that the ne
gro was not there The men were Sc.
lected to look through the station. They
were told they could not do so until
Chief Egan returned When Chief
Egan returned Joe PeHey, brother
OF the murdered girl, made his way
TO the chief and said:
"Chief. ] am brother of the girl.
l want to look through the cells"
Pclley and another man were per.
mitted to go through. While they
were searching the mob outside made
rush into the police station. Chief
Egan and his mon made a stand at
the door of the cell and stopped the
first rush there
After leaving the train. the sheriff
his deputy and the prisoner hid in the
woods near karnak, twenty-seven
miles from Cairo A train passed
through Karnak n little later and the
conductor telegraphed back from the
next station that he had seen the dep.
uty and the handcuffed negro beside
the railroad track a mile beyond Kar-
max.
When 4 telegram was received by
the brothers OF Miss Pelley that the
trio were in the woods, box car train
was seized by a mob of 900 men. who
rode IL to Karnak Soon the negro
was captured and brought back to
Cairo
-Four arrests were made by the po.
lice here Tuesday night. after six
bloodhounds had led the police from
the alley where Miss Pelley met death
to negro shack 4 negress named
Green, tenant of the shack, and three
negroes, VIII James, Arthur AleXan.
der and Will Thomas. were arrested
and later all but James released.
Bloodhounds were tried on James
early Wednesday morning and the
evidence pointed to him, as he could
not account for his Whereabouts at the
time Miss Pelley was killed. The city
Jail was Stormed several times Wedn
esday and Wednesday evening James