The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-11-12
BY Associated Press.

Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. 12.-Arthur Alexan.
der, the negro implicated in the as
sault and murder OF Anna Peley was
safely lodged in Jail this morning He
was hidden in a private houseboat,
last, where he was taken, dressed in
a policeman's uniform, thus escaping
detection by the mob The city is
quiet today. the mobs fury having
abated, and the presence of the militia
is exercising a calming influence
Mayor Parsons in an interview to-
day, expressed regret for the affair
last night, but declared there could
have been possibly no other termina-
ton. He declared that Cairo had not
had an official execution in fifteen
years and that the juries in homicide
cases had repeatedly failed to convict
This he said, caused feeling among
citizens that justice had not been
done and the feeling against crime,
that has SO long been suppressed,
found vent in last nights affair He
expressed the opinion that Cairo
would be law abiding hereafter
viii James, the negro, suspected
of being the murderer of Miss Annie
Pelley, was killed here last night by
a mob. James was strung up to the
public arch The rope broke and at
least 500 shots. We're poured. into his
body. He made d partial confession,
and implicated a negro named AlexanF
der and al mob has gone out to look
for him.
James was lynched in the most
prominent public square in the city
and was hung to the arch at Eighth
and Commercial streets. Women were
present when he was first pulled up.
When the rope broke the frenzied
mob became uncomfortable and they
fired volley after volley into the body,
shooting him to pieces. The mob
then dragged the body over the streets
for more than mile to Twenty-sixth
and Elm streets in an alley and burn-|
ed it where the murder was commit
ted
At least 10000 people witnessed the
lynching. James was found with
Sheriff Davis between Karnak. H.,
and Bellxnap by a Cairo crowd who
went up yesterday afternoon The
crowd overpowered the officers and
took the negro from the train After
a conference. it was decided to bring
the negro back here and lynch him.
Fully 1000 people went to help find
the negro, and when they arrived in
Cairo they We're met by a bowling
mob of at least 5000 more. They
marched direct to the arch, sweeping
everything before them Many women
were out to help do the work
Sheriff Davis pleaded for the life Of
the negro, but without avail, and when |
Cairo was reached, Davis was taken |
in charge by part Of the mob, while |
the rest rushed the negro rapidly to |
the scene Of action The mob after
the negro was so large that it COW
cred the entire country from Karnak
to Vienna. H., a. distance of about six
teen miles.
When found, the negro was hand
cuffed between two officers. They |
we're lying on the bank of a creek and
all we're so weak from hunger that
they we're able to make but little re-
Sheriff Davis said after
leaving the train at Dongola lastl
night, he made an effort to get a rig
but found it impossible to find one
as the news had been spread over
The country and the farmers knew the
crime the negro had committed and
he could get no assistance and hard
" anything to eat.
At every point where he headed for
i train he was blocked off by a mob
James was found about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and the news was
sent along the line to the scattered
mob to board the Big Four train and
meet them at Belknap. The whole
larty arrived on the Big Four at 7;45
,. N. The negro was taken of at
Tenth street and marched right
through the principal streets of the
iity to the most public location under