The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14

Qf 3Jth and Elm streets at 0 CLOCK this morning. Three arrests followed when one of the men, W. Fall, of
 Cairo. threatened Captain Taylor. of
 the Effingham company. with re- volyer.
 Cairo. Ill.,, Nov. 13.-with only three companies of militia on guard tonight, Cairo was more nearly in a
 normal state than it has been since
 the body of Annie Policy was discov- cred in an alley last Tuesday morn ling.
 Except for the fact that the saloons are still closed and an occasional patrol of soidiery tramps through the streets, there is no surface indication that two nights ago the city was in I the control of a weil-organized mob with the authorities unable to prevent
 a double iynching.
 | Beneath the surface Cairo general | ly Is still prone to congratulate itself 1 that swift justice was meted out to two murders There Is widespread opinion that "Froggy" James and
 Henry Salzner deserved their fates. At least If there is any lingering doubt as to their guilt, 1t is not ex- pressed openly.
 This attitude of the public Is him
 dering State Attorney Wilson and the other officials who are endeavoring to fix responsibility for the lynchings
 While 1t is not difficult to obtain Identification of many individuals who
 were on the streets and close to the
 summary executions. 1t has thus far been impossible to unearth positive evidence regarding the leaders of the
 mob who took the negro from the custody of the sheriff and who bat tered down the door of Salzner's cell. Lynchers Follow system. The States attorney said late today he had been able to establish only the fact that a different set of men per- Iforn1eS the work at slse tail from stituss
 who carried out the hanging and I shooting of James. He evinced this | as proof of the systematic method fol- lowed by the lynchers but said that all of these men had been careful to
 protect the secret of their identity.
 The investigations of the States
 attorney give weight to statement
 inscribed to Mayor Parsons. who told
 some of the militia commanders there was no riotous mob in Cairo. It was a gathering of business men,
 The most bitterly disappointed men in Cairo tonight are the saloon keep CTS. Special excursion trains are to
 be run into this city tomorrow to ac-
 commodate the Sunday sight seers. It
 is expected that thousands of visitors
 will reach the city ebut no money
 which they will bring in their pocle-
 cts will be handled by the barkeep- CTS.
 The saloon men tried to pry the lid
 loose and presuaded Mayor Parsons to request Governor Denson for an
 abrogation of the latter's order clos
 ing the bars. The Governors ansxer
 stated merely that after a conference
 with Brigadier General Wells. he was
 ''of the opinion that the saloons of
 Cairo should be kept closed until Tues
 day and so advice you" The mayor
 then issued a proclamation closing the
 saloons.
 States Attorney Wilson also brought
 the governor into the situation by un-
 earthing a statute, passed In 1905, and
 declaring 1t to be the duty of the gov
 ernor to proclaim the shrlevalty of any
 county vacant when prisoner Is talk
 en from the sheriff and lynched. The
 statute provides that the coroner shall
 succeed to the sheriffs duties and that
 the deposed official may regain his
 place bv making written defense to
 the governor, attorney general and
 states attorney within ten days of
 the lynching. Wilson construed the
 law as being mandatory on the gov ernor.
 Sheriff Must Face Music. If put into effect this statute would put the burden of sending an official representative to the state executive squarely up to Sheriff Frank Davis
 He was not prepared tonight to say what his procedure would be under the circumstances.
 Although the rioting was accom-
 panied by practically no destruction of property, Cairo may not escape loss to its treasury. This will be limited | to $5,OOO, however. and will be con- tingent upon the determination of Henry Salzners father to sue the city I on behalf of the two orphaned child ren Of the lynched man, The law gives | the spouse or lineaI heirs" of moh victims an actionable claim against the municipality in which a lynchlng | has deprived them of their natural supporter. "Froggy" James had no heirs of the class described by the statute. so no claim can be entered against the city because of his death. official activity regarding the mur. der of Miss Policy is practically at a standstin The Investigators found crime Cooper and Loving Green. the negroes and who were allowed to leave Cairo when it became apparent l that thev were In danger of mob vio- lence. Until 1t will be possible to get l further depositions from them. the coroner's inquest over Miss Pelley will
 not be resumed although attempts to establish connection of Arthur Alex ander with the crime will not be abon- doned.
 The deputy sheriffs who accompani- ed Alexander and his militia guard out of Cairo last night returned today.
 They announced that they had deliver ed their prisoner to the sheriff of Champaign county. the arrangements for Alexander's incarceration ip Kan
 kakee having been changed at the last moment.