The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-17
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ASSAULT AND MURDER

ASSAULT AND MURDER
a Fsersssa, British Negro Afts.
Coafesstas 70 tie Crimes Of As
saui.ins and Aurtering Ms
Pesle5. Whose Body Was Founs
IN al Alley, Lynched and Scrned
VIII James. the negro suspected
o: being the murderer Of Miss An
ME Pelley. was iynched at Cairo
Illinois, Thursday night h5 mob
He was strung up to the public arch
the rope broke asd as least SOC
shots we're poured into hts BODY.
James made q confession. inplieas-
Ing another aeeeo: Arthur Aie-an
Ger. The synehins TOOK place Ia she
most prominent part OF tie cay ana
vas witnessed By ten thousand peo-
pie.
Women present were The srst to
pull the rope. When It ssose. the
frenzy Of the mob was uneon,1o!'sa'e.
and shey a,ed volley after volleJ
into James body. shooting him to
pieces. The mob thea dragged the
body orer the streess for more saaa.
a mile to Twensy-sixeh aud Elm
streets, In an alley. and burned A
where the murder wss committed
James was found with Sacsic pa:
Wis be.weea Kar.ak. IL. and SesR-
nap. by the Cairo crowd. Who went
no THURSDAY afternoon The CROWD
ove,powe,ed the o3cess and eooS
the negro from them. aoa after 3;
conference &. was decided to bring
thesr prisoner bact 20 Cairo and
lynch airs-
Sheriff Davis had been fleeing
for, the mob for tweney-sous hours
with the priscnes. Driven from eoSn
% town by nenaciaS crowds the
sser,S had taken TO sae woods With
James, but the persistent search o.
the sunnrsry avengers proved eSee-
tive at last.
Fully thousand persons Teat oct
TO And the negro. aud when the pur-
srers arrived in Cairo with their
Quarry. they were net by bowling
mob OF 5000 others bent on Staying
the negro. /
They marched the nesro direct 70
the public arch. sweeping sAe streets
IKE q Cock OF sheep might tread
a narrow lane. Many women were
IA the crowd and anxiors 20 se'p DO
the wo-s-
Sheriff Davis having been fo!led
in his attempt to hide the negro.
pleaded for the life OF tie prisoner.
nu. without avail. when Cairo Was
reached. Sheriff Davis was taken 10
charge BY q party of the mob. which
rushed the negro rapidly TO a's
funeral pyre-
Tho mob that chased the sheriff
and the negro was so large that It
seoured the entire country from
Karaak 70 Vienna. NJ. distance
os about sixteen miles
When found By the mob the ne
x,o was handcrsed between two OF
ecers. and all three were lying On
thu bank OF a creek AL three were
&c weak from hunger. exposure ana
the futile attempt TO esude the @eo
shas they were 3os' able TO maze
much resistance,
White in ero,oay OF the moo con-
,ng to Cairo the negro woele oos
salk asous tas crime. bet waes So
stood ansss tie arch be weaSeaed,
aaa ecnssssea :aas BE Slew Asss; -;
pe,ley. He sid snat A:ehus Alex,
ansses was isapGcatea ta the crsrse,
TIE attempt a. hsnsipg sosieFes
quickly. Tie ortssS Of snc noe.
tse grinding of she rope and tas
struggles es tbs .negna xe.:s ssop''ee
q mosaeas onfy oy shs soasPi.s CT
the rope. ..s,nsSi o,eee persens eho
had loaked on and danced IN si@
shos sorsb armed cea atDost aasssss
ally. and they HsseS Fsha negro ~sss
nrliets.
Then. nor satisfied with vengeance.
,he ro5 dragged TIE body 90 tie
place where sHiss >eesless BODY
souna. gagged and bruised. bad eeea
found. 4 roaring ATE was bulk aae
the body .zas sacsnesassa.
James, who came from the Sousa.
said Miss Pelley had been assault
ed and murdered after . terrific
ssht ge Is reported shat Alezances:
the negro implicated by James u
the murse- Of Miss Pel!ey. has been
found ey the mob. and that they
arc bringing lin Into town to isaea
him.
Governor Deneen appealed to at II
O'Clock By Shec!. Davis. who decias-
ed the aob was storn:us the 3s''
and volunteers would not assist aim
ordered ten troops Of militia 20 pro
coed at once 70 Cairo 70 restore
order.
AN CSFIyiszSEB FACLT.
an;,der Refuses to Take OFT Pesnaii