Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16
PAYS PENALTY FOR CRIME,
Will James. SIayor Of Miss Annie Pe|Isy,
Is Swung Up to Public Arch.

James. the negro who murdere
Miss Annie Policy, was killed her
tonight by mob. James wa
strung up to the pull lie arch, tn
rope broke aud at least five hun
dred shots we're poured into hi
body. He made q partial confes
sion and implicated another ne
gro, Arthur Alexander, whom tn
mob is now searching for.
James was lynched in the mos
prominent square of the city, ant
hanged to tbs arch at Eighth ane
Commercial streets.
Women present were the first te
pull the rope. When it broke,
the frenzy of the mob was uncon
trollable and they fired voIley
Into James body, shooting him
to pieces. The mob then dragged
the body over the streets for more
than a mile, to Twenty-sixth snsI
Elm streets, in an alley and burn
ed is where the murder was COM
mitted.
At least 10000 people wilma s.
ed the lynching.
James was found with Sheriff
Davis between Karnack, Ill, and
Belknap. by the Cairo crowd who
went up this afternoon. The
crowd overpowered tils officers
and took the negro from them and
after conference it was decided
to bring their prisoner back +
this city and lynch him.
Sheriff Davis had been fleeing
the mob for "a hours with the pris-
oner. Driven from town to tow:i
by menacing crowds, the sheriff
had taken to the woods with
James, but the persistent search
of the summary avengers proved
effective at last.
Fully thousand persons went
out to find the negro, and when
the pursuers arrived in Cairo with
their quarry, they were mat by a
bowling mob of 5000 others lent
Oh Staying the negro.
They marched the negro direct
to the public arch, sweeping the
street like fl ock of sheep might
tread a narrow lane. Many wom-
en- were in the crowd, anxious to
help do the work.
Sheriff Davis, having been foil
ed IN his attempt to hide the negro,
pleaded for the life of the pris)n-
er, but without, avail. When
Cairo was reached, Sheriff Davis
was taken in charge by part of
the mob, while the rest rushed the
negro rapidly to his funera! pyre.
The mob that chased the sheriff
and the negro was so large that it
secured the entire country from
karnack to Vienna, ILL.,, a distance
cf about Is miles.
= When found by the mob, the
negro was handcuffed between two
officers and all three were ljlng
on the bank of creek. All three
were 30 weak from hunger, expos
ure and the futile attempt to eIude
the mob that they were not able
to make much resistance.
Sheriff Davis tonight said that
he deplored the lynching. He
had made every possible resistance
in his power, but the crowd was
30 large that he could do absolute.
ly nothing.
He said that after taking Jams
from Cairo he had to leave the
train at Dongoia last night to
elude mob waiting for him at a
town ahead. He made al effort
to get rig at Dongola but found
it impossible, as the news had
spread over the country and ever,
one knowing the crime that the
negroes had committed, refused
to give assistance in eluding the
pursuers. They even refused fooc
in many cases.
At every point where he triee
to board q train be was blocked
by a MANAGING crowd.
After long, exhaustipg. food
less walk, the sheriff aiu his de
putty had iail. down with the D. is
cher to Test. At dusk scouts O
the searchers found the three au,
news was sent along the limo t
the scattered mob to board BIZ
Four train at Belknap. This orde
was obeyed and a numerous crow
was on the train when i reache
here about 8 o'clock,
The negro was marched righ