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TP r U. - Ll FIR U A 1 THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. a VOL. XXX NO. 6388 CHARLOTTE, N. C. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1906 PRICE: 5 CENTS - - (SHALL BR NG TO i hree lego Pasture t JUSTICE MEMBERS LUST KIT'S MOB Governor Glenn Wires Judge B. F. Long and Sheriff Julian of for tm I uraeirs A Mob of Several Hundred Stormed the Salisbury Jail Last Night and Secured Three Prisoners, Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham. They were Hanged to a Tree. Mob Formed Outside the City at 8 O'clock. The Members Refused to Lis ten to the Advice of Prom inent Men. All Three Prisoners Swung From Same Limb. Srecial The News. Salisbury, Aug. 7. There is little u remind one at this hour of the ter rible and ghastly doings of a mob of infuriated citizens last night near ir.is city. All is quiet today, though : great many visitors from nearby t t ints still remain in the city. The fact that the three remaining prisoners who were indicted by the fiand jury yesterday afternoon were returned to the Charlotte jail this morning lessens the interest con siderably. At the reconvening of court this morning Judse Long in addressing the grand jury, stated he would not discharge them because he was sure tfcat there was work ahead of them, and that they would be called upon to pass upon some very important asfS. He said, however,' that in iev of the excited condition that court would take a recess until to morrow when he hoped that matters v.ould so adjust themselves and that indictments would be issued for those v;ho eoniDOsed the mob last night. It is known that all the power in- at Raleigh will be used to single out those who were in the mob of last r ight. Governor G.enn has informed Judge Long that it is his desire to ascertain every member of the mob and that if necessary he will come to Salisbury and assist in the prose cution. The Governor has issued a denial from Raleigh stating that he did not command the military not to shoot and that the whole matter was left entirely in the charge of Sheriff Julian. Judge Long was interviewed this morning by a News representative. He greatly deplores the turn of affairs last night. He says that after speeches were made by prominent citizens at the jail last night that the crowd was quiet. He had been ?-csured by prominent citizens of Salisbury that no lynching would take place and. that all the people c.emanded was that the guilty par ties should hang. He does not be lieve that the mob of last night was composed ol men from the neigh borhood in which the murderers were committed. He firmly believes that the mob was made up at one ol the manufacturing plants outside the city limits last night about 8 o'clock. He has been told that some of the rr-ob were from Whitney. Senator Overman was interviewed today. He denies that he was stricken with a missle while ho was pleading for peace last night. He tays that the appearance of the Row sn Rifles on the scene did good, and t'id not incite the mob to wreak ven-ean:-e on the prisoners. He further ftatts as soon as the militia appear ed on the scene the crowd quieted 'own and there was an air of rest i nj quiet for some little while. Con tinuing, the Senator, said: "The truth may as well be told now as hereafter. The real reason v.hy the militia did not shoot last night was because the men in uniform fiid not care to shoot down white l-eople who were demanding1 the lives of negroes they were satisfied v. ere guilty of a henious crime." It is said here that another reason that no shots were fired by the militia was because they had no crders to do so. No one was left it- charge of the company, Sheriff Julian having left mem temporarily. 1 was at this moment that the jail v as stormed and the prisoners were taken therefrom. What Judge Long Says. -Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 7. Court did not assemble until 11 o'clock today. Solicitor Hammer asked for a cou 'inuance of the cases against the three prisoners, Henry Gillespie, Delia iJiilingham and George Erwin from Cay to day as the prisoners were in tf'e Charlotte jail, where they were sent at 9 o'clock this morning. Judge Long then called for the iand jury and said: "I will want you gentlemen to stay with me a while longer this term. I here is still a God in Heaven and ihis court will not adjourn until this hing is thoroughly investigated." The special dismissed and the court took a re cess at 11:30. Judge Long told the grand jury he would have more to say to them today. J The injured as far as can be learn ed are Engineer Frank Mnnnpv Will iiouMimn, engineer McLendon and another man who is said to have disappeared after being shot. McLendon is still alive, but the full extent of his injuries are not known. ASKS FOR 100 MEN Sheriff Julian Wires Gavernor for 100 Men at Once. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 7. A telegram from Sheriff Julian at Salisbury just received at 2 p. m. by Governor Glenn says: "Send 100 men here at once to assist me in maintaining order' In compliance with this appeal the Governor has sent hurry orders to the military camp at Charlotte and States ville to go on special trains to Salisbury. PRISONERS ARE BACK. Henry Gillespie Makes Confession to News Representative Henry Gillespie, George Ervine, Delia Dillingham and Fannie Gillespie-, the four prisoners who are said to be implicated in the Lyerly murders and who escaped the vengeance of the mob last night at Salisbury, are now safe behind Mecklenburg prison bars. They were brought to Charlotte on one of the morning trains in charge of deputies and were placed in the care and keeping of Sheriff Wallace. It is safe to say that no mob will try to take the prisoners from Mecklenburg's jail. This afternoon a News' reporter visited the jail and had an Interview with Henry Gillespie and George Ervine. Henry Gellespie says that he heard Jack Dillingham tell the negro prisoner Massey, that he knew who had committed the crime. He said that he (Dillingham) and John and Nease Gillespie were responsible for the murder of the Lyerly family. Henry Gillespie further stated that as soon as Nease Gillespie learned that Dillingham had told Massey who had killed the Lyerlys that Nease gave Massey a dollar to keep his mouth closed. Gillespie says that he saw the dollar pass and-George Ervine corroborates him. Henry says that John Gillespie told him that Jack had said, previous to the murder, that he would fix Mrs. Lyerly if they kept on fooling with him. Henry said that he heard this told while in jail. Henry also says that John Gillespie told him who had com mitted the crime saying that Jack had made the statement that he would fix one of the Lyerlys before he left. Jack Dillingham it seems knew the prisoner Massey before he met him in jail. All of the prisoners are frightened into an inch of their lives because they feel that if they will have to go back to Salisbury to stand their trial. Henry Gillespie as well as the rest of the prisoners seems to fear that if they return to the Salisbury jail they will meet the fate of the other three pris oners. BAD MEAT AND BREAD. Supply at Navy Yard Not in Good Condition. by Associated Press. Washington,, Aug. 7. Secretary Bonaparte has received the prelimi nary report concerning the supply of fresh meat and bread at the Nor folk navy yard and similar conditions to tha: existing in the New York yard has been found. The contract ors failed to furnish these articles in as good condition as the department demands. Probable the contracts will be cancelled. SEARCH FOR HIGH BANK OFFICIALS President Stensland of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Probably be Arrested when Found- Deposi tors Losing Hope of Recovering Their Money. By Associated Press. Chicago,--Aug. 7. President Stens land, of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, will probably be arrested as soon as he enters Chicago or can be found. Bank Examiner Jones said btens land surelv had knowledge of the looting of the bank. The depositors are gradually losing all hope of re recovering the $4,200,000 they en trusted to Stensland's care. Detec tives are seeking Cashier Hering, the alleged embezzler. The call for additional police was made through fear that the deposi tors and their friends would storm the bank and precipitate a riot when the rumors spread that the contents of some of the safety deposit vaults had been tampered with. Persons with money in the vaults were said to have found their savings gone. J. GILLESPIE'S CONFESSION. j Henry Gillespie this morning J stated that Jack Dillingham had made a confession while J in the Charlotte jail that he J- J and Nease and John Gilles- -j J" Pie murdered the Lyerly fam- J J ny. ONE LYNCHER ARRESTED. Others to be Arrested Charlotte Military Company to go to Salis bury to Guard Lynchers. Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug. 7. At 1 o'clock this afternoon Governor Glenn received a telegram from Judge B. F. Long, at Salisbury, to the effect that one per son had been identified as a mem ber of the mob which lynched the murderers of the Lyerly family last night and was placed in jail. Also that evidence was in hand against others and that the investi- j gation is being pushed as rapidly and thoroughly as possible. The Governor, at the request of Sheriff Julian and and Judge Long, telegraphed an order to the military company at Charlotte to go to Salis bury at once and guard the jail to prevent the liberation of any lynchers arrested. FEELING AGAINST COUNSEL. Some Entertain Feeling Against Messrs. Newell and Williams. Special to The News. Salisbury, Aug. 7. It was said this r-fternoon. that Mr. Jake F. NeWell, o? Charlotte, and H. S. Williams, of Concord, the two lawyers who had been retained by the alleged negro murderers that it would be best for them not to remain in Salisbury as feeling ran high against them. The mob spirit does not seem to be ap peased at all. Even the sacrifice of three victims does not in the least seem to satisfy the craving of those who formed the mob last night. Messrs. Newell and Williams ;.aufned when told that there was any tdq hnrt no-oinot t nom ' 1 H r-y cmr thou feeling against them. They say they ' , " " 'Z under stances. They accepted fees from the negroes because they were in need of counsel and, had they not taken the case the court would have had to appoint some ' one to defend them. ZION'S INDEBTEDNESS. A Detailed Statement Issued Last Night A Total of $5000,000. By Associated Press. Chicago, Aug. 7. The first detailed statement of the indebtedness of Zion City was given to the directors of Zion City last night, showing a total of nearly $5,000,000 which it is propos ed by Overseer Voliva to pay by funding the entire indebtedness for eighteen years and to issue bonds bear ing six per cent. The proposition has been accepted, there being but two dissenting votes. It is proposed to relieve the present financial difficulty by a mortgage on 40,000 acres of undivided land of the city. CALL OFF STRIKE Workmen's Council Decides to Call Off Strike. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Aug. 7. The Work men's Council has decided to call off the strike in St. Petersburg. The an nouncement will be issued tonight or tomorrow. This act does not apply to the provinces but there is little doubt the workmen tkere will follow St. Petersburg's example. Workmen Return. More than half of the factories here resumed work this morning and while the employees of some of the establish ments at Moscow are out none of the predictions of the parties who oreflni ad the strike movement were fulfilled. SOLID FOR BRYAN Big Fight Over Nomination for Govern or All Delegates Favor Bryan. By Associated Press. Waterloo, Iova, Aug. 7. The entire interest of the Democratic State Con vention is in the nomination for Gov ernor. State Senator Clyde Porter con sented to be a candidate. Friends of Geo. Ball and John Denison were active and confident and prepared to carry the contest into the convention." All' the delegates agreed that Bryan be endors ed for the Presidency. INDIANS JOIN NAVY Among Recent' Recruits for the Navy r -':,ils Number of Indians. By : Associated Press.1 - . . Washington, Aug.' 7. Among the re cent recruits for the Navy have been a number of young Indians who were educated at Carl Indian school in Penn sylvania. Edward M. Ellis, grandson of Red Cloud, a Sioux Chief, is one of these. He is a petty officer. Two Deaths in Patterson. Special to Tj j News. Patterson, N. J., Aug. 7. Owing to the hot weather a number of factories were forced to shut down. Other mills are running half time. There were sev eral deaths and many prostrations. Salisbury to Make Every Effor to Bring to Justice Members of the Mob. Governor Denies Statement tha he was Cause of Mililary Com pany's not Shooting. Says he will Goto Salisbury it Needed to Aid in Investigation. Special The News. Raleigh, Ang. 7. urgent telegrams were sent this morning by Govenor Glenn to Judge B. F. Long and Sheriff Julian, of Salisbury, insisting that every effort be made to identify and bring to justice the members of the mob which participated last night in the lynching of the three negroes on tiial at the time for the murder of the Lyerly family at Barbers Junction. Govenor Glenn denies the statement sent out from Salisbury that the mili tary company could not fire into the mob and prevent the lynching because they had no authority from the Gov ernor to shoot. He says that on August 2nd., he wrote Sheriff Julian placing the military company under his orders in the event of any -trouble and that he has a letter from Sheriff Julian to the effect that there would be no necessity to call out the military as all the peo ple seemed anxious for the law to take its course and that to call out the military would serve only to incense the people. The next that the Governor heard was when he was called out last night by a long distance telephone mes sage from Judge Long stating that a great mob had gathered at the jail. He ordered the Greensboro and Charlotte military companies to Salisbury but before they could even start another message came that the negroes had been lynched. The lynching, the Governor declares to be a great blot on the State and he has called on all good citizens to aid in bringing tQ punishment the lynchers. T " " He has telegraphed, the authorities at Salisbury that he will come at once if needed to assist in the prosecution of the members of the mob. WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS. Hold Third Annual Conference at Co penhagen. By Associated Press.-- Copenhagen, Aug. 7. The third an nual conference of the International League of Women Suffragists opened under the chairmanship of Mrs. Car rie Chapman Catt, of New York, pres ident of the League and will hold daily sessions until August 11, inclusive. Twelve countries were represented, American delegates including, besides Mrs. Catt, Miss Hay, Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Rachael Forster Avery, Miss Lu cy J. Anthony and Mrs. Ida Husted Harper. LOADED ELEVATOR FELLJ1 YARDS hlevator with Nine Miners Going Down into Mine Dropped 900 Yards, Killing Occupants Ir stantly and Smashing Car into Pieces. By Associated Press. Charleroi, Belgium, Aug. 7. An elevator with nine miners who were going down the Marehinnes coal mine dropped 900 yards, smashing the car to atoms and instantly killing all the occupants. CHARTERS GRANTED. Company at High Point and One at Winsto-n Chartered. Raleigh.August 7. A charter was is sued for the Durham Hosiery Mill No. 3, of High Point, with a $200,000 cap ital authorized, $37,500 subscribed by J. S. Carr, Jr., W. F. and C. M. Carr. Another charter is to the Winston Industrial Association Company which has no capital stock and will do a mu tual insurance business among ne groes. TRIED SUICIDE TWICE. Bride of Two Months Confided Her Secret to Mayor. ' Norfolk, Va., Aug. 7. Having deter mined to get out of the world, Mrs. Rosa White Diggs, wife of Policeman Diggs, of Portsmouth, has made two efforts to leave it. Today in Mayor Reed's office, she swallowed a quanti ty of laudanum, but stomach pumps kept her alive. Last night she threw herself in front of a rapidly approach ing train, but her husband dragged her out of danger. . Mrs. Diggs revealed her secret to Mayor Reed, and no one else. The mayor refuses to talk and every one else connected with the case is silent. t f WHY MILITIA Jiu NOT FIRE. Salisbury, Aug. 7. Senator Lee S. Overman said today: "The truth may as well be told now as hereafter. The reason the militia did not shoot on the mob was because the men did not wish to kill i white men while protecting .J. -y ixc5iW prisoners, . cnargea j $ with such a henious offence." 4 j. BLOCKADERS DESTROYED. Revenue Officers Get Two in Durham County Raleigh's Comunication With Fayetteville. Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug. 7 Mr. R. M. Phillips announces that he will accept the sec retaryship of the Greensboro- Chamber of Commerce. To this end he today tendered his resignation to the Raleigh Chamber or Commerce and Industry, a position he has filled since last Novem ber. For the first time the state capital is in direct communication with the his toric city of Fayetteville. thanks to the enterprise of President and General Manager J. A. Mills of the Raleigh and Southport Railroad Company. The double daily service was inaugurated yesterday morning and the train from Fayetteville and the one from Raleigh carried good crowds. A special rate of one fare for the round trip is al lowed for Sunday. Under the new schedule a citizen of Raleigh may leave home at 7:50 a. m., reach Fay etteville 10:45 and returning leave Fayetteville at 3:40 p. m., arriving at Raleigh at 6:30 p. m. While the citi zen of Fayetteville can leave home at 6:15 a. m., arrive at Raleigh at 9:05 a. m., spend the day at the capital, leave Raleigh at 4:05 p. m. and be home in Fayetteville at 6:55 p. m. State Superintendent of Public In struction J. Y. Joyner has returned from Elizabeth City where he attended a district conference of county su perintendents of public schools. He will attend a similar conference for the southeastern district at Wrights- ille beach Wednesday and Thursday of this week. " ,' Revenue officers returned today from1 Durham county where they destroyed two blockade distilleries and captured two prisoners. The prisoners are Rob ert Roberts and James Roberts. They were captured in connection with a sstill that was destroyed near South Level where an eighty-five gollan still, twelve fermenters and two barrels of whiskey were destroyed. The other still was fortv-five gallons in the Braham district, fourteen miles from Durham. Six fermenters were also destroyed at the latter place. The officers in the mid were Deputy Collectors u. c Downing, W. G. Pool and J. B. Jordan. W. G. ALLEN RESIGNS. Runt of Roads of Robeson Resigns Confederate Monument at Lumber- ton Snenial The News. Lumberton, Aug. 7 W. G. Allen, for the past 16 months Superintendent of tendered his tiitr vuuii vm,vi. . rociVnntirm tf the board of commis sioners to take effect today week. Mr. Allen has been an efficient officer and his derision is regretted. He will re turn tn his home in Wake County. The contract has been let to The MrNeili Marble Co. of Spartanpurg, S. C, for furnishing and , erecting a Confederate monument in the court house yard here at a cost ot $,ou. The monument will be unveiled May 10, 1907. HEAT CAUSE OF TRAGEDY Man Crazed by heat Kills Wife and Then Shoots Himself. Rv Associated Press. New York, Aug. 7. Crazed, it is be lieved, by heat, James Lupo, agea a a tailor living in East Twelfth street, shot and killed his wife, Agurora, aged 20 and sent a, bullet through his own brain inflicting probably a mortal wound. Nine Deaths From Heat. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Two deaths occurred from heat before 8 o'clock, making a total of nine fatalities since the beginning of the present hot and humid wave. Forty-three cases of prostrations are in the various hos pitals. SEVERAL PROSTRATIONS Though There is Promise of Relief in the Weather Two Fall From Fire Escapes and are Killed. By Associated Press. New York, Aug. : 7 There; as : some relief from torrid veather conditions of the last few days, and, jtheweather bureau p;ave promise of; , stijl further relief by thunder storms,' T.wo persons sleeping on, fire escapes fell to the street and were killed. A few prostra tions were reported early. A BLOODLESS DUEL Two Generals Finht Duel Today Still Unreconciled. By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 7. Generals Andre' and Negrier fought a duel with pistols. Andre' fired -without totting "his op ponent and Negrier declined to fire. The principals left the field unreconciled: SIMMONS CHAIRMAN Was Re-elected State Chairman at Meeting of Democratic Executive Committee Last Night. Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug. 7 The State Demo cratic Executive Committee met here last night at the call of State Chair man F. M. Simmons and organized for the. impending campaign by re-electing Hon. F. M. Simmons, United States Senator, as State chairman, and Alex J. Field as secretary. Senator Simmons in accepting anoth er term of office as state chairman re viewed the former campaigns that he has conducted covering a period of twelve years, congratulating the party especially on the fact that the race problem had been eliminated and the action of the party had the real ap proval of the best people of the coun try over so there is no probability of the working being undone. He said that there were those who predicted that when the race problem was eliminated there would be a division in the Demo cratic party so that there would be two strong parties in the state. "I say," said Senator Simmons, "that time can never come in North Caro lina until the men who invite white men to leave the Democratic party are themselve respectable and fit for self- respecting white men to associate with." He expressed deep appreciation for the honor conferred on him in the re election to the chairmanship and pledg ed his most zealous efforts. The election of the central commit tee resulted as follows: First E. F. Lamb, Elizabeth City; W. U. Hampton, Plymouth; R. B. Win born, Murfreesboro; H. T. Greenleaf, Elizabeth City. Second T. W. Mason, Northamp ton; J. W. Granger, Kinston; H. A. Gil liam, Tarboro; I. E. Green, Weldon. Third C. E. Foy, New Bern; N." O'Perry, Goldsboro; E. M. Koonze, Jacksonville; T. C. Whitaker, Trenton. Fourth H. A. London, Pittsboro; F. S. Spruill, Louisburg; B. H. Bunn, Nash: E. C. Beddingfield, Raleigh. Fifth J. S. Carr, Durham; j. N. Wil son, Greensboro; R. L. Holt, Burling ton; C. O. McMichael, Madison. Sixth J. D. Bellamy, Wilmington; W. A. Stewart, Dunn; J. D. Croom. Maxton; E. J. Hale, of Fayetteville. Seventh S. W. Finch, Lexington; D. E. Mclver. Sanford; W F. Gibson Gib- son Station; N. G. Williams, of Wil liams. Eighth Col. P. B. Means, Concord; Edmond Jones, Lenoir; R. A. Dough ton, Sparta; Z. V. 'Long, Statesville. Ninth Dr. R. J. Brevard, J. H. Wed dington, Mecklenburg; . Major H. F. Schneck, Cleveland; T. L. Jones, Mad ison county. Tenth Lock Craig, Asheville; T. W. Whitmire. Brevard ; G. L. Jones, Frank lin S. Gallert, Rutherfordton. In making up the central committee nominees from the Sixth district Ma jor W. H. Bernard of Wilmington was the only committeeman present and he named the committee which was adopted as given above for the Sixth district. . There was another proxy present committed to E. S. Hall, of Cumberland as against E, J. Hale, nam ed by by Major Bernard. It was on motion of P. M. Pearsall that the com mittee nominated by Bernard with Hale as a member was adopted. Chairman Simmons announced the following advisory committee of eight members: Lee S. Overman, C. B. Ay cock, L. Banks Holt, P. M. Pearsall, W. I. Everitt, R. N. Hackett, W. N. Webb, and Plato Collins. There were thirty-four out of forty members of the executive committee represented in the meeting last night in person and by, proxy. Charles S. Cary Dead. By Associated Press. Olean, N. Y., Aug. 7. Charles S. Carv. a leading lawyer and a solici tor of the treasury under Cleveland is dead. FIERCE STRUGGLE FORJJFE BOAIS When the Captain Sprang from Sinking Syro into LHe Boa Fierce Struggle Began Among Crew for Lite Boat and vBelts. By Associated Press. Madrid, Aug. 7. According to tne statements of some of the survivors of the lost Italian steamer Syno the cantain of the vessel came from his cabin immediately following the first shock, hesitated whether to go to the bow or astern or mount the bridge, and then turned and jumped into a life boat crying "Every one for him self." There upon began a terrible scene of confusion among the passen ger who engaged in a fierce struggle for possession of the ' boats and lite belts. The crew with knives between their teeth and officers with revolvers in their hands saved themselves. William ImHe Dead. By Associated Press. Liverpool, Aug. 7. William Imne, one of the founders of the White Star Line, is dead. It is Claimed by Some that Dillingham and Nease Gil lespie Made a Confession to Members of the Mob Last Night Before they were Hanged. The Ears of the Victims were Cut Off and their Bodies were Riddled with Bullets John Gillespie Declared his Innocence to the Very Last. Special The News. Salisbury, Aug. 7. After the wild fury of the mob had spent itself in three short hours Salisbury grew sud denly calm as a country village and only an occasional officer patrolled the streets from midnight to dawn, while the bodies of Nease Gillespie, his son John Gillespie and Jack Dil lingham hung unguarded at a lone ly spot on the roadside, suspended in a bunch from the limb of a large cak. The scene where the lynching oc curred is located about three-quarters of a mile from the center of the city, at Henderson's Cross Roads, east of Salisbury. The three corpses are terribly mutilated and are punctured from head t fot with bullets. The method of the lynchers was rather unusual. Each of the dead men has a rope tied about his neck, then running over a huge limb only 14 feet from the ground, while the other end of the rope is tied to the right ankle of each of the three negroes. This caused each body to come to a steady position with the right foot and leg pulled up to a level with the men's heads while (feet' from the ground. Both of the Gillespies' ears are cut off. John Gillespie'sYieft ear j3 trimmed close off and th$ index and little finger of the left hand and the little finger of the right hand are gone. Dillingham has three fingers cut from his left hand and one from his left hand and one from the right. The onjy mutilation done to the body of old man Nease Gillespie is the trimming off of the rear of his left ear, evidently cut off as a ghastly souvenir of a fearful night's work. The bullet holes in the bodies are too numerous to be counted. The arms, legs, bodies and breasts o the dead men are literally spotted with little holes from some of which the blood trickles. The bodies are hung as follows: Dillingham's next the huge oak trunk, Nease Gillespie's in the middle and John Gillespie's in front. Six strands of rope of various sizes and roughly pieced together, hold the bodies by the necks and heels over the limb of the tree. The bodies were stripped of cloth ing to the waist and are so closely huddled together that it is impossible to see Dillingham's face as one stands in front of the awful spectacle, look ing in an easterly direction towards John Gillespie's face. The three men were strung up one at a time. Jack Dillingham's first and with the back to the tree. As each body was hung by the odds and ends of ropes used by the mob, a volley of shots was fired into it and the next negro would be strung up with his back to the face of the victim behind him still warm and bleeding from. uncounted bullet wounds. The rope about old man. Nease's neck is very loose, not touching the front of the neck or windpipe at all and if this is the position in which he was first strung up he could not have died from strangulation. He bears enough bullet wounds to have killed a score of men, as blood oozed from many wounds from one over the eye, with the arms, chest and abdomen shot every few inches down to the feet. The faces of the dead negroes bear little trace of agony, old man Gilles yie apparently having his features the worst contorted. The right eye is half closed but the left is wide open, with a wound over it disfigur ing all that part of the side of the head. . The frightened negroes were taken from their cells after the mob had broken in and knocked off, the locks to the cell doors with 'sledge ham mers, the cells beins ori the second floor. Judge Long, Senator Overman and Sheriff Julian remained in the jail until it became apparent that further delay would be almost certain death as stones, bricks, pieces of coal and bullets flew in at the rear of the building which faces Main street just north of the county courthouse. For some strange reasm the mob did not take the other prisoners. 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