The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-14
CARLO UNDER THE GAURD OF TROOPS ALL SALOONS ARE CLOSED AND TROOPS ARE GUARDING
 THE STREETS.
It Is Generally Thought That James Deserved the Fate He Got at
 the Hands of the Mob.

Cairo, ILL, NOV. 13.-Wlth only three companies of militia on guard tonight, Cairo was more nearly in a normal state than it has been since the body of Annie Pelley was discovered in an alley last Tuesday morning.
 Except for the fact that the saloons are still closed and an occasional pa tlpl of soldiery tramps through the streets, there is no surface indication hat two nights ago the city was in the control of well organized mob. with the authorities unable to pre- vent a double lynching.
 Beneath the surface, Cairo, general ly, is still prone to congratulate itself that swift justice was meted out to two murderers.
 There is widespread opinion that "EAoggy' James and Henry Salzner deserved their fates. At least if there is any lingering doubt as to their guilt, it is not expressed openly.
 This attitude of the public is hin dering States Attorney Wilson and the other officials who are endeavor- ing to fix responsibility for the lynch ings.
 While it is not difficult to obtain identification of many individuals who were on the streets and close to the summary executions, it has thus far been impossible to unearth positive evidence regarding the leaders of the mob who took the negro from the GUS bcdy of the sheriff and who battered dow nthe doorsr of Salzner's cell.
 The states attorney said hate today that he had been able to establish only the fact that different set of men performed the work at the jail from those who carried out the hang. ing and shooting of James.
 Official activity regarding the mur- der of Miss Pelley is practically at istandstill. The investigators found that their best witnesses were Cath. crime Cooper and Loving Green. the negresses who were allowed to leave Cairo. when it became apparent that they were in danger of mob violence. Until 1t wld be possible to get furth- CT dispositions from them the cornpr- CTS inquest over Miss Policy will not be resumed although attempts to es- tablish a connection of Arthur Alex. ander with the crime will not be aban. doned
 Te deputy sheriffs who accompan- fed Alexander and his militia guard out of Cairo last night. returned to day They announced they had de- livered their prisoner to the sheriff of Champaign county, the arrange ments for Alexander's incarceration in Kankakee having been changed at the last moment.
 The first alarm that has reached the militia came tonight, when Mrs F. Nellis. wife of the assessor and treas mer of Alexander county, fired sev- eral revolver shots at neglp, whom neighbors had detected proving about her home lass than block from the court house. The shots brought a squad of guardsmen to tho place on the double-quick.
 None of the shots took effect.
 Cairo's week of tragedy and riot is to be cOmmemorated by monu- ment, if the plans of certain citizens are carried out. A scheme was broach, ed today for the opening of public subscription list to obtain funds for shaft to be erected at the place where Annie Pelley was attacked last Monday night This is also the spot where the mangled corpse of "Froggy" James was burned by the mob.
 The men back of the movement are of considerable standing in the com munity. They assert that their idea is to perpetuate the memory of Miss Pelley and to provide permanent warning to the vicious element