The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-12
REe|hE'NT Of
TROOPS GUARD
CA|RO's JILL
The Efforts Of Mob to Lynch
Negro Aocomplioe Were
Frustrated
CLOTHED n POlCeMAHS
UNIFORM ne ESCAPED NOTICE

Searched the River Bank and Rail.
road Yards for the Fugitive-Prin.
cipsl Hanged Last Night
: Chicago, Nov. 12.-Governor G. s.
Deneen retired at o'clock this MORN
ing at his apartment in the Union
League club after directing Acting
Adjutant General Dickson ut Spring
field to make arrangements for rush
ing second regiment to Cairo early
today In case of another violent out
break of rioting. following a night
of terror In which two men. we're
lynched by mob of Illinois citizens
Just before he went to bed the gov
ernor cohversed over the long dis
tance. telephone with Deputy Sheriff
Woodward of Alexander county at
Cairo. Deputy Woodward told him
that the mob still was restless, though
greatly reduced in numbers.
There are at least 1900 men at
the river 'front.'" the deputy sheriff
reported, "and they are searching all
the freight cars in the yards looking
for Alexander, who was implicated
by James in the killing of the Pel1ey
girl"
An entire regiment of troops will
be on the ground by noon.
"This affair."" said the governor, "is
not as serious thus far as 1t might
have been, but 1t is serious enough
now and q disgrace to the state of
Illinois. The disgrace, will be more
keenly felt by the citizens of the
commonwealth because it is the Sec
ond time within few years that
lynching and riots have stained the
fame of the state. The troops are
essential in such disturbances and I,
hope that the presence of the militia
at Cairo today will bring the unor-
ganized mob to its sense"
= '''' Alexander in jail. r. '---i'1-
Cairo, Nov. 12.-Arthur Alexander,
the negro impIicateds in the attack
and murder Of ,s:-, Anna Pelley by
the confession of the lynched negro,
James, was safely lodged in the coun-
ty Jail this morning by the officers.
Alexander was secreted in the city
by the officers who put a policeman's
uniform on him, thus helping him to
escape detection. The mob learned
he was in jail and could easily have
taken him out but made no attempt
to- The city early today was calm
and quiet There we're no visible
signs of the mob's work by the casual
observer.
The Lynching.
Will James, the negro suspected OF
being the murderer of Miss Annie
Pelley, was killed here last night by
q mob. James was strung up to the
public arch, the rope broke and at
least 500 shots were poured into his
body He made partial confession
and implicated the negro Arthur
Alexander.
James was lynched in the most
prominent square of the city and was
hanged to the arch at Eighth and
Commercial streets.
Women present were the first to
pull the rope.
Frenzy of the Mob
When it broke, the frenzy of the
mob VISA uncomfortable and they fired
volley after volley into his 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 Da-
Wis between karnack, ILL.,, and Belk-
nap by the Cairo crowd who went up
yesterday afternoon. The crowd over
powered the officers and took the ne
gro from them, and after conference
It was DECIDED to bring the negro
back to this city and lynch him here
Fully one thousand people went up
to help find the negro and when they
arrived in Cairo they were met by a
bowling mob of at least 5000 more
They marched direct to the akch,
sweeping everything before them.
Many women were out to helm do the
work.
Sheriff Pleads for Negro.
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 80 large that it COW
cred the entire country from Kar-
mack to Vienna, ILL.,, q distance of
about sixteen miles.
When found by the mob the negro
was handcuffed between the two Of
ficers and they were lying on the
bank of a creek. All three were go
weak from hunger and exposure that
they were unable to make much re-
sistance.
Sheriff Davis said that he deplored
the lynching and made every possible
resistance in his power, but that the
crowd was too large.
Escape Was Cut on.
He said that after leaving the train
at Dongola last night he made an ef-
fort to get rig. but found 1t impos-
sible to md One, 40 the news had
been spread over the country and that