New-York tribune., 1909-11-12
TEN. THOUSAND
HELP LYNCH TWO
BURN NEGROS BODY
At SCENE OF CRIME.
Hanged IN Public Square at
Caro-, W.-Uhite Nan
Dies Nert.

Cairo. III. Nov. tf-~wir' James. The
negro suspected OF being the murderer oe
Miss Annie PeIIey here Monday night.
vas lynched by a mob here tonight
After James was strung up 20 the publio
arch. the rope broke and ar least fv.
hundred shots were poured into his BODY.
which was then dragged through tf>
streets TO the scene OF the crime and
burned. He made a partial Confession
ard implicated another negro. Arthur
Alexander.
After killing James. the mob vent ~
the county fail and after catering down
q steel cell took out Henry Salzner. =
white man. charged with the murder OF
his wife last August. and dragged him
up Washington avenue. where h4 Was
also Iyuched
At midnight n was reported that Al.x<
ander. the negro implicated BY James n,
the murder OF Miss Pelley. had been
found by the mob and that they wers
bringing him into town 20 lynch him
Salzner was a photographer. who. 10
was charged. killed his wife last July
with an axe. He was hanged TO a tele-
graph pole and his body was riddlet
with bullets.
The mob gave Salznsr a cFance 10 con
fess after the rope was around his neck.
but he was 50 frightened that he could
only humble that his sisters had killed
his wife.
The mob became furious ar this. and
n was hard work % keep them OF Salz-
ner long enough TO give him a chancs
70 pray. The mob finally subsided. and
a short religious service was held. after
which he was strung up. the rope being
placed over a telegraph pole at 21sr
and Washington streets Salzner cried
and begged piteously for his life. and
was met By cries and blows from tbs
mob.
INTERCESSION NEARLY FATAL
When SaIzner was asked for his LAST
statement. a man. stranger In thu
crowd. stepped forward and said he be-
Ieved Salzner was innocent. whereupou
the mob fell upon him. kicked him and
finally knocked him down. and IL was
only the pleas OF cooler persons with the
mob that saved his life. He was com
PEELED 10 beg for mercy from the mob. and
announced in a loud voice that Salzner
should be iynched. after which he was
driven from the mob and all attention
was given to Salzner,
After Salzner was hanged. and Wills
the body was being riddled with bullets.
the rope broke and the body fell 20 the
ground. where II now lies. the mob going
away and leaving IT,
James was Iynched In the most prom
inent square OF the city. The arch Occu-
pies the plaza at Sth and Commercial
streets. At least ten thousand persons
witnessed and aided in the lynching-
Women present were the first 70 pull
the rope. When IL broke. the frenzy OF
the mob was uncomfortable. and they
fred voIley after voIley into James.
body. shooting him 10 pieces The MOB
then dragged the body over the streets
for more than a mile, TO the alley ss
2Sth and Elm streets. and burned "
where the murder was committed
MOB OVERPOvERS SHERIFF..
James was found with Sherih Davis
between Karnak. III. and BeIknsp BY =
Cairo mob. which went there this after
noon. The crowd overpowered the or
GERS and took the negro from them.
After a conferences IT was decided 20
bring their prisoner back TO this city and
lynch him
Sheriff Davis had been evadinz tbs
mob for twenty-fOur hours with ths
prisoner Driven from town 20 town ry
menacing crowda the Sheriff had taken
70 the woods with James. but the per-
sistent search OF the summary avengers
proved effective at last
Fully thousand persons went our 20
find the negro. and when the pursuers
arrived IN Cairo with him they were net
BY a howIing mob Of I'VE thousand others
bent on vengeance
The mob that chased the sh.rf~ ara
the negro was so large that it secured
the entire country fsorn Karnak 20
Vienna. III. distance % about sfx-.-,
niles
When found by the mob TIRE u.x-,
was handcured between two officers ara
all three were lying on the hank OF a
creek All three were so weak from
hunger and exposure that they were NOT
able 70 make much resistance. Sh.rf~
Davis said tonight thar he dspIor-d ths
lynching- He had made every rossfoI.
resistance IN his power, but N. -,ob
was so large that he could do absoluraly
nothing.
NONE WOULD HARBOR SHERIFF..
He said that after taking James ron,
Cairo he had 70 leave the train at Don
COLA last night TO elude a mob thar vas
waiting for him az town ahead He
made an effort 20 ger a rig az DonzoaA
but found IL impossible. as the news sal
been spread over the country and every
one knowing the crime thar the negro
had committed refused 20 give assistance.
n eluding the pursuers. They even re-
fused food IN many cases.
At every point where he tried 20 boart
a train he was blocked BY a nisnacinz
crowd. After a long. exhaustinz. food
less walk. the Sheriff and his deputy had
lain down with the prisoner 70 rest
At dusk the scouts OF the searchers
! found the three. and news was sent along
the line 20 the scattered mob 20 board
q Big Four train az Belknap. This u-der
: was obsycd. and a numerous crowd was
on the train when IL reached Cairo. about
s o'clock.
The negro was taken OF az 10rh street.
and marched right through ths principal
streets OF Cairo 70 the MOST public place