The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEGRO AND WHITE NAN TAKEN
FROM JAIL AND HANGED.
Negro Assaulted and Killed a White
Girl.-White Man Killed
His Wife.

His Wife.
Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. 11.-Will James.
the negro suspected of being the
murderer of Miss Annie Pelley, was
killed here tonight by a mob. AS
James was strung up to the public
arch, the rope broke and and at least
500 shots were poured into his body.
He made a partial confession and
implicated another negro, Arthur
Alexander, whom the mob is now
searching for.
James was lynched in the most
prominent square of the city and
hanged to the arch at Eighth and
Commercial streets.
Women present were the first to
pull the rope. When it broke, the
frenzy of the mob was uncomfortable
and they fired volley after volley into
James 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 burned it where the muir
der was committed.
At least 10000 people witnessed
the lynching.
James was found with Sheriff Da-
Wis between Karnak, ILL.,, and Belk-
nay, by the Cairo crowd which went
up this afternoon. The crowd over
powered the officers and took the ne
gro away from them, and after con-
ference it was decided to bring their
prisoner back to this city and lynch
him.
Twenty-four Hour Flight.
Sheriff Davis had been fleeing from
the mob for "a hours with the pris-
oner. Driven from town to town by
menacing crowds the sheriff had
taken to the woods with James, but
the persistent search of the sum-
mary avengers proved effective at
last.
Fully 10000 persons went out to
find the negro, and when the pur-
suers arrived in Cairo with their
quarry they were met by bowling
mob of 5000 others bent on Staying
the negro.
They marched the negro direct to
the public arch, sweeping the street
like a flock of sheep might tread a
narrow lane.
Many women we're in the crowd,
anxious to help do the work.
Sheriff Davis, having been foiled
in his attempt to hide the negro,
pleaded for the life of the prisoner
but without avail. When Cairo was
reached, Sheriff Davis was taken in
charge by a part of the mob, while
the rest rushed the negro rapidly to
his funeral pyre.
The mob that chased the sheriff
and the negro was so large that it
secured the entire country from Kar-
max to Vienna, ILL.,, a distance Of
about s miles.
Made Little Resistance.
When found by the mob the negro
was handcuffed between two officers
and all three were lying on the bank
of q creek. All three were sick from
hunger, exposure and cold and wea-
ried by the futile attempt to avoid
the mob, so that they were unable to
make much resistance. Sheriff Da-
Wis tonight said that he deplored the
lynching. He had made every pos
sible resistance. in his power, but the
crowd was so large that he could do
absolutely nothing. He said that
after taking James from Cairo he
had to leave the train at Dongola last
night to elude mob waiting for him
at town ahead. He made an effort
to get rig at Dongola, but found it
impossible, as the news had been
spread over the country and every
one knowing the crime the negro had
committed, refused to give assistance
in eluding the pursuers. They even
refused food in many cases.
At every point where he tried to
board train he was blocked by
menacing crowd. After a long, ex-
hausting walk, the sheriff and his
deputies lay down with the prisoner
to rest.
Crowd Finds Fugitive.
At dusk scouts of the sarchers
found the three and news was sent
along the line to the scattered mob to
board a Big Four train at Belknap.
This order was obeyed and a numer-
GUS crowd was on the train when it
reached here about o'clock.
The negro was marched right
through the principal streets to the
most public place under the city arch
at Eighth and Commercial streets.
While in custody of the mob COM
ing here the negro would not talk
about the crime, but when he stood
under the arch he weakened and
confessed that he slew Miss Pelley.
He said that Arthur Alexander was
implicated in the crime.
The attempt at hanging followed
quickly. The growing of the mob,
the grinding Of the rope and the
struggles of the negro were stopped
a moment only by the swapping of
the rope. The 10000 persons who
had looked on and danced in glee,
shot forth armed men almost magi-
cally and they filed the negro with
bullets.
Then, not satisfied with vengeance,
the mob dragged the body to the
n1aca whore Miss pe11ev'c hodv