The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-11-12
TWO ARE
LYNCHfD

maj hideous by the lynching of VIII
James, n negro charged with the mur-
der of Miss Annie Pelley, and of Henry
SalZner, white man charged with the
murder of his wife. Cairo is compara-
lively auiet this morning. Company
X, of the State Militia, of Cairo. is In
charge Of the city ana although mob
of 1900 people is still congregated n
long The levee and the saloons are
open. no further serious trouble is an
ficipated. At least five more compan-
les of militia will be here during the
morning and Governor Deneen, VINO
Is hurrying TO Springfield from Chica
go. said over the long distance tele
phone that more may be ordered to
Cairo If needed.
Arthur Alexander. the negro imph
Gated in the assault and nurder of
Miss Pelley, by confession of the
lynched negro James, was safely
lodged in Jail this morning, after
night spent with officers dressed in
citizens clothes. fleeing from the fur
ious mob.
Tne mob soon learned that Alexan
der is in jail and could easily have
taken nim out and lynched him, but
the blood lust seemed to disappear
with the coming of dawn and no at
tempt was made to get him.
What the authorities fear more IS
that the prejudices aroused by last
nights lynchings may result in a rep
etition of the riots and destruction of
property that characterized the work
of the nobs al Springfield. and for
this reason troops are being rushed
to Cairo to be kept there until all
danger of trouble is past.
Mayor Parsons said today that he
did not think any official could be
blamed for the lynchings. He said he
majority of the citizens of Cairo de-
plored the lyncnings but believed the
results would be salutary.
There has not been an official ex
ecution in Cairo for ten or fifteen
years." he said. land yet the city has
had it's share of murders. Juries have
failed to convict in homicide cases, or
have convicted only for minor degrees.
In fact, murder in Cairo has, | regret
TO say, been tolerably safe"
James, the negro lynched. was cap
tured al Belknap last night by a mob
which compelled the engineer of a To-
comotive TO take the members up the
road to a place where IL was believed
the sheriff had the negro hiding.
He refused to make a statement un-
I'll a rope was around his neck here
in Cairo. and then he said: Il killed
her. but Alexander took the lead" The
crowd pressed forward and a rope
which mad been thrown over the steel
arch at Eighth and Commercial
streets and which was in the hands
of women, scores of whom were in
tfhe mob. was pulled up and the body
jerked a few feet from the ground
The rope broke and the choking negro
came tumbling down. BY this time the
mob was so impatient that they fell
on the negro and riddled him with
bullets.
The body was dragged more than a
mile through the streets to the spot
wnere the crime had been committed
and burned Before the fire was start
ed. which was done by a young wom-
an. the negroes head was cut of and
placed on n pole, which was stuck In
the ground His heart was then taken
out and cut up into small pieces and
passed among the men as sovenirs-
Pieces of the rope. whicn was soaked
in the negroes blood. were also nand-
ed about This morning nothing was
left of the negro's body but pile of
bones. but large crowds of women are
visiting the spot.
The lynching of Henry Salzner, the
white man. was for the brutal murder
of his wife last August 15tn and was
n rebuke TO delayed justice. The peo-
pie asked for an immediate trial but
ever since the case mas been postpon-
ed. and the dissatisfaction was univer-
sal.
SaIzner killed his wife with an aka.
The mob battered down the steel
doors of the Jail after the lynching
of James and dragged Salzner into
the street. A great crowd of women
In the mob called Justify for his exc
cution. He begged pitsously for his
life but was greeted with jeers and
blows. and a moment later jerked up
and left hanging.
The assault and murder of Miss Pei
ley was one of the most brutal In a
long list of murders in this vicinity.
It occurred last week. She made
terrible fight for her life as was evil
denced by the marks OF the struggle
which extended for two blocks
Percy Hagerman. ]. F. Hinkle and
Insa w Rhaa went nm to ElEiu.s this