Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-18
CAIRO MOB WAS
LED By WOMEN
LYNCHED NEGRO AND WHITE MAN
AND BURNED NEGRO HOMES.
RIDDLtD WITH BULLETS
10000 Enraged Citizens, Thirsting for
Blood. Mreak Horrible Nengeane
Upon Murderers Of Two Women.

CAIRO. -Special.-TrOOps
hogan TO pour Into this city early
Friday. coming by special trains
and the mob OF 10000, led by
women. which had lynched ne
gro and white man, burned ne
gro homes and defied the county
officials. was confronted by glis-
tening bayOnets and loaded rifles
Martial law prevailed everywhere:
Ten companies has been rushed
10 the scene by Governor Dcnecn
upon the appeal OF Sheriff Davis,
who called up the Governor I'm
Chicago. over the long distance
telephone. saying; The streets
are filled with people and they
are crazy. They are storming the
fail now and trying TO batter
down the doors called Tor VOL
untecrs TO suppress the rtoting.
but not a soul would help me.
must have the troops.
All night long the mob had been IN
control OF the city. Leo oy Won1el,,
some OF them the wives OF leading
citizens. they hanged, shot ana burned
William James. a negro. VINO conte ss-
ed he had killed Miss Anna fehey,
Then they broke into the jail and
hanged Henry Salzner. a white man
who was accused OF killing his wife
James. before he was lynched. lmph-
Gated Arthur Alexander. another ne
gro. in the killing OF Miss Pelley. a
part OF the mob az once started in
search of Alexander.
Alexander IL Taken Away.
The police caught Alexander. and
dressing him I'm police clothes. got MN
through town unmOiCsted.
The horrors OF race war ha'
broken ont during the night Peace
able citizens mad begun 10 rear re
petition of the Springfield rlo's on l.s ,
year. when two NEGROES were lyhcneo
four other persons killed and slAt
Tho $500 men roaming the
To- many saloons which remained
omen all night Mayor Parsons
and the chief of Police were shut
up I'm their homes by the mob.
Soldiers of the Cairo militia IL
naIIy went TO guard the homes OF
municipal officers and kept the
rioters iu some restraint Com
spicuouS in both lynChtngs were
many women. In fact the women
ehccrcd the men on. when they
were hanging and shooting the
negro james. and they stood by
and watched "a his body was
hurled into a fire heap IhcA
continued Ca hook or a. it siriV-
clcd up and burned
sister struck Match.
Mis- r-iley's brother tied the
rope about James neck. and
when ti4, trc was started a Nouh-
woman. aid Co be the sister OF
the giri James murdered, step
ped rornar and lighted "a. lhcn
while tltr men hurled the body
into O. h.axc.
>ogro, ..e fleeing from the
FOR thrr lI..s carrying what proper
they cam n th them. The m"n "
piled tn. tN ia and uames 100 SIEVE
sections 'e nesro guar z, -.
ms " -s e"'v-,il T,r,.e aI
0TT, ,. 80 az r,..-o slav.
~ NrI4- r...., After ana attempt
Shcrin Frank Davis Co save him, Jan
was cauElt ov mob 90 Cairo men
the wv".- .SAi n, N.' e. ~ D.
olN.N"1 , p. l,,..nr' tN tl,s most rro
i~.-f s.--.... 10 fIe citv and strung
az. r.-.. i...I.. and the man was b
Frr ,rf-r f,.II.fs The body was %
(-.--..f 3d.. r.a rome Tor "a mile to
e-e,7e I'D fr. rrIuIt and burned iu
-,r...,... of .r Toast 10000 ret0Ic
1.r-.r-
Noutrn fn crowd.
MANY Women we're ln the crowd.
SOM. Faln,d to hang the negro and
49, fIe bra- Part of the mob G
eons-rt Other. negroes Another on
offer hatteriu.- down "a steel coli ia
wife enc .nencd , nm c--c,,,i5 ynfl