The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-12
TWO LIVES PAY FORFEIT TO FRENZY
 OF WHITE MOB
Negro Slayer of White Woman Lynched
 and Remains Cremated.
WHITE MAN "NoOSED" OUT
Thrilling Scenes in Illinois Town-Mob Finally Subdued by MiIitia-Female Relatives of Murdered Woman Pulled Rope That Sent Body Up.
(special from united PressN ,

Cairo. H.. Nov 12.-Martial law prevails here today and ten companies of National Guardsmen, their bayonets fixed and the magazines of their rifles filled with steel jacketted bullets. have succeeded in cowing the lawless ele- ment which has had possession of the streets since yesterday afternoon The troops arrived too late to prevent the lynching of Will James. the negro assaIlant of Mss Anna PeIley and wife accused him of inf1icting fatal hurts on her, but the leaders of the mob are to be punished If Cover nor Deneen has his way.
 The civic authorities have been powerless to control the situation eith- CT because they feared to shoot to kill or because they were actuated by sem timental reasons. but the military have no such scruples. The comnRnding officers have been ordered that they must restore order and from the mo- ment the first company landed from the trains these orders have been obeyed and the crowds which have congregated on the streets since the Pelley assault and murder. are now being compelled to remain in doors.
 After James. who was accused of the brutal murder of Anna Pelley. had been hanged and his body cremated, the mop. Sllu InlrSLln8 TUT DlOOu. stormed the jail and took out Henry Salsner, white. accused of the murder of his wife and hanged him.
 Then the leaders began a search for another negro. Arthur Alexander, whom James implicated in a confes- sion made in whispers after the rope had been placed about his neck dn this hunt the mob was unsuccessful. 1t is said the negro is now in East St. Louis. Early today just before the ~t. n rNuw1~N gro said to be Alexander. He was hid- ing in a box car. It turned out later that he was not Alexander and he was allowed to go.
 Ten thousand people heined execute James. The negro was hanged to an arch In the center of the business sec ton of the city and women said to be friends and relatives of the mur- dered girl. pulled the rope that hauled the negro up-
 The lynching was coolly planned by men who went into the woods to bring James back The mob left the train at Carrnack and started towards Bel knap. Between the two places, the ex- hausted sheriff who made valiant efrort to save his prisoner, was found
 Handcuffed between Davis and nis deputy, the negro, trembling with fear was found lying under overhanging branches along the banks of a creek Thei sheriff and party were almost ex- hausted. Thursday night they start ed from Cairo. They left the train when they heard that a mob was af- ter James and would head them off at Anna, the former home of the mur- dered girl. The train on which they had tried to reach Murphysborough was entered and searched for the ne- gro. Davis made every effort to get the prisoner to a railroad where he could be taken to Murphysborough where 1t was believed he would be safe. Mobs organized for a man hunt were reported ahead of him. no mat ter which way he turned and the sher- fir decided to try and hide his man in the woods until quiet was restored. The farmers in the neighborhood had heard of the crime and refused to help Davis in his effort to save the negro.