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M. r. Ksn^StfriiUcnS. C. N. XVAMH. WcrPru. A.C. MV*M. taikier. CAPITAL sao.ooo THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OAtTONIA, N. C. Accounts of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Farmers Invited. Literal Dealing along Conservative Unas. SAVINGS We have added a Savings Department, in which we pay 4 Per cent., compounded every three months. If you have not already opened am account in this department we invite you to do so: ML lfEWEiX OH LTWCHWO. gfladrtf; Ckaik Mr. Jake P.. Newell, who. -wit* Ms taw partner, Mr. M. S. Williams, of Concord, was to have rsprskaMad the alleged murderers of the Lyerly family at SaHabary yesterday, retoraed to the city last bight. Mr. Newell is very pronounced in hi* views oo the lynching and speaka in rather ©Ism terms of the canaes leading up to the atrocious crime which has been laid at the doors of Rowan county. He believes firmly that at least one innocent negro has been pat to death and be' at tributes the lynching to the blood-thirstiness of slawless and d sap crass mob. In Spanking to an Observer reporter last night, Mr. Newell had this to say: "I wrote to Governor Glenn last week and told him that I anticipated trouble at Salisbury. m tpyhsd time Hi i n iIlls, there had fwarad him that there would be no dangtraud fBaYtie bad ordered them to taka what • SsSK?® rarest? ... . r4igfied.“ Retaking' tbeaeriom anm of the situation, 4 made a - xttttsJB ss."afe r%£r&3LrifflSi i re Loog’e attention to the 1 , that my clients were not obi* io< danger bf ’Ut deXlt £ tftei&’&SflE! IjMi apecdal etna* an .the point that a fair and impartial trial cpuld mot poaaibly be held. M|mw that then would be abso litaly no dahtht af tflbhbnigMBt that tho prison era would be giv eh a fair trial. On thb aasor Btice. Judge Long overruled my notion and art the trial lor 10 of clock this morning. I had ; tbrmiaaion u> exaaaiae the Set* • witnesses far.{all and down; shortly altar eight . Already hot there -When1 talked to the 80mrda, they informed aw that ‘ZSSJZZ ♦ I (' * * * little order was restored, the BthUry company walked oat of the jail yard, leaving tt entirely In the bands of the mob and al leging that they did go became th«T,P*d no authority to ahoot to kill. Mr. Newell waa naked bis opinion In regard to tbe imme diate cense of tbe lynching. "It wu reported jo Charlotte to-day that the lynching would have never occurred if tb< military company had not appeared dn the scene. Some believe that the soldiers infuriated the mob. What Is your opinion about that? . r*?'’ .***• Newell replied, "the lynching was due primari ly and aolely to tbe blood-thirst iness of a lawless, desperate de ment of Rowan county. That crowd want to Salisbury for the purpose of killing those three negroes. Tbev had been there mil Am mrn ___ sad nothing hot more military protection woujd have deterred them. I aaw a number of drank fellows on the street yesterday and there were many threats that violence would be done.” *Ia U-tsoe that -PiMihi -mmrr madcugai—t yon end Mr. Wil* MarnalT — ssbad Mr, Me—11. "Yea," was the reply. «No Oft had come 16 oa direct, bat some of the officials had Men told by drunk®— that we woald srhjssgj?*" h““ Jolla*,sent ns ■mor^pg that it ----- vuaftt^ior as to appear on the "Who is to blame for the ant rage, Mr. Newell?" JVWaO, that is not. for me to H’, The.-lftH is'Somewhere, not I think that too ranch praise X—apt.be given Judge Long (or hit bold add determined stand for the preservation of lair and freenj^teryAby , My other|ha is fearless man. If any . byun — was oommtttod it was been m Jodgc Long bad been decei ed — •— the ■ trua»situation- 'he gjftjnay M aaid of Go*n or ; "I believe," Mr, Newell p * tinned, ^"that not —ffidet* *d. deuce had Man Itatrodnaed < to Ac have sent the case to * H>ry and in any other county than Row—, — acquittal would have bags* result. In the case of Sffldfc:.-, j, who atootiv pleaded ^Innocence, we*o£ d Weahddlahsd a completfc aRbi —>d w« feci perfectly sate that* lea* one Innocent man him been .. Sobocfibc for Tn Omtokia THREE LYNCHED BY HOB AT SALISBURY. Held (or the Lyerly Harden, Three lfefro Prieeaen Are Taken Proa the leaia el the Court and Pat to death Unlawfully. Salisbury, August 6.—A mob of over two thousand determined me» catered Rowan county jail shortly after 11 o’clock to-night, ”r1*‘™ed therefrom Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dilling bam, charged with the murder of tmly family at Barber Junction. July 13th. and march ing them to the edge of town, strung them np to a tree, rid dling the dangling bodies with M lifts. George Ervin wss taken from his celT with his associates, but after closely qnestioning him, ft? food*'* of the mob returned him to his cell. Befote getting in its work the mob gave the three victims so opportunity to confess the crime. Dillingham and Nease Gillespie refused either to confess or deny the crime. John Gillespie; in tears, maintained his innocence to the end. Salisbury, August 7.—Had a stranger entered this thriving little city without having read the papers, be would not have dreamed or imagined that three dead negroes dangled from lynch men’s ropes within taro miles of the Rowan county court bouse. All wss quiet save the marching of a few l^uciuiiDI BDQ ioc mouoiou OJM call of the soap-seller. The mob bad completed its work sad scattered to the lour comers of the earth. Here and there in popular gathering places groups bad assembled and were discussing the crime of last night. Many curious men were going about the jail examining the ah altered windows sad the ballet marks on the outer walla of the jail. At Henderson’s base bail grounds, far removed from the business auction of the town, a swarm of human vult ures cut fingers, toes and ears traps the victims of the mob. By 10 o'clock the remains of Neaae and John Gillespie hod bean so mutilated that they were grewsome to look upon. Thou sands oi people went out to the scene of the lynching. tux story or TUI MOB. The 'mob hen last night was ■ ,d*ll^I*te one. Its progress might be likened to the cloud that precipitated the flood that de stroyed the entire world except Noah's ark and iu inhabitants. It grew from a small knot oi quiet men to something Hke 3,000 howling maniacs. Minute by minute the crowd swelled, increasing by the street-car load. At 7:30 o’clock a few peaceful ly king citizens leaned on the iron, fence in front of the jail and talked among themselves. Them seemed to be amiable men. who bad foregathered there to look at the sheriff's guard. But as the night came «> thf number grew. Prom a half docen the party increased to a down, a balf-hnndred. a bundred,.two hundred, Sve baa wed, then a thousand, and on to three thousand. Por hoars the crowd was noth, jag more than a large, unwieldy, Ufek» aeatmblace of people. No veil a hnf —- .1 ... Ll.J was sttMad. The throngs Uiat •preml aU ova* Mala street, be twoea, Council awl Liberty, moved ia small circles, and talked bat Httls. The yelling did not begin until after 9 o’clock. Tbe* a few boys ia ■boit pants began to give vent to pent-up .feelings. As tbe nan .Shoots became more gnu enl and more frequent the crowd b«c*n»* more compact and more animated. Again it can be likened kf a dark and threatening cloud. U grew darker and 1 tiger. Han. dreds of men came in from Speo otram tbe one tide and Chestnut tim on the other. Every rail, road train emptied car-loads ol Stanley, Cabarma, Davidson Sad Mecklenburg, men in the city. Everybody Joined tbe mob, some to look on end others to partici pate in tbe lawlessness. , By 10 o’dook those who have §*gj* Senator Overman. Solicitor Hammer, Thomas Van dofwd. John Jt. JnHau, Mayor ? *f*Ses. and many other rsFSarfe fenders la «ba crowd. The same go up. Tbadangerous men bad not yet arrived. Tbe officers ■ad about concluded tbat tbe multitude bore no ill will to any one, bnt had assembled to see wUt some other fellows were going to do.. Hosts of beardless youths and collar!ass laboring men sat on the alley fences, tbe curbstones end adjacent door steps. ‘ UBTKKMINXD MU APPUX. Bet ». few determined men ®*d* their way to tbe back door of tbe jail, where they were re putedly beaten back by tbe dep uties and plucky citizens. So licitor Hammer made a strong speech, warning and threatening the mob. Three men carrying sledge-hammers had catered tbe kitchen of tbe prison bail ding, bet were soon arrested. Later, wbea the leader of a small bancb outside promised to desist if tbe thp officer* were advised to tarn oat the newly arrested prisoners. The man who had effected the entrance with his sledge-hammer bad nun. When be got on the outside he mounted the steps and made the following remarks to those who had been with him; "You would not follow me and 1 want to say to >on that yon are all a set of cowardly e b—-a." • He then shook bands with Mr. Hammer, much against the latter’s win, and joined the retiring crowd. Although Mr. Hammer had prosecuted this nun in Montgomery he could not recall hia name nor bis me ord last night. This morning, howeser, he bad him arrested. Therefore, when Hall and his gang retreated it was more of a sham than anything else. He and tha quiet leader, who was •tth hlmbut did *not get inside theffaiL were backed by a little band of dangerous men from the neighborhood of Whitney. They composed the radical ele ment of the mob which later broke into the jail and secured the negroes. The conservative element, the men who saved the doabtfnl defendants and the wo man. came from the neighbor hood of the Lyerly murder. The mob that did the work mast have numbered about 500 man. The ET throng was oat to see and j WOMEN WITNESS DKED. Many women followed the surging crowd in all of Its meandering*. Some of them went to tha place of hanging and saw the negroes swung to the limb and shot to death. Htd tha guards uaed their gnaa they could have kept back the lynchers, but many on-lookers would have beta killed. IKmaiATED THE LYNCHERS, Close to midnight Capt. Max Barker apd bit military company left the court house. The guard of deputy sheriffs bad already gone. This virtually left the Dttildluj protected. Sheriff Julian Instructed tha sot diets not to fire until be told them to do so. The mob who shooting oot the lights, the win dows and peppering tha jail. Tha defence offered did no more than inflame or Infuriate the lynchers. Instead of bolting tit Kowtn Kin emeu Du gan to fira blank cartridge* they moved oa the jail. Three men had been shot, one of whom waa mortally wounded. The lory of the law-breakers waa hrcreaied at the sight of Mood. Therefore when the soldier* qait the jail yard the at oh bad a cleat laid. It waa not leaf before the grat iag of iron, twisting and break - iag staples sod locks. The si* lege* -that fell oA the crowd that remained outside while the leaders weal in was appaUlag. Instead of bet eg merry aad aoiey the throng had baeoma serious aad solemn. The Lycrly murderers were oa th# third floor, ■ Hearn aad Jeha OiUaspie. Oaorgs Beria and Xaek Dillingham were ia tba call with a number of other settees. Thei heaters climbed tba narrow winding stairway sod found the rtrbt plana. Tba door w a ■ fortad aad Urn negroes healed oat. It waa thee that seam cheerful fallow announced to the crowd below that ha had Urn The gaiety had eeawd and aumy wanted to turn aad tea from the — i— — - 1 1 ■1 fire that they bad encouraged. The men with their iuu came running, tumbling dm the steep steps. The negroes urate jerked, cm Bed nod kicked until they lauded on the ground. WOMAN WAS UUm. Della Dillingham wan ia as outbuilding. Several strong fel lows forced the door and entered -and beat her with their fiats. She carried a number of braises from the effect of blows received. But she wu not removed from tbs room. Having taken Georgs Brain two blocks away some conser vative members of the party qoeetioeed him and then decided to let him go. Ha was about to be turned loose when some one declared that he would be ia danger of being hurt by soma section of the mob. KAON TO SAY 1TOR PAAVKUS. After going up Swain struct far •Osee distance the procession tamed last to the Henderson place aerom the Southern Rail way. The negroes west led ton large oak tree on the Henderson baseball ground. Thera they were made to bunker down and •ay their prayers. Each one was given an opportunity to make a confession. Neste and Jack Dillingham declared that they would neither own or dieown the nine. 'John, Nease’s 1&-year old bey. proclaimed that be was innocent to the very last. Mease was knag first. The limb being done to the ground, bis feet were . coupled to bis bead. Jack followed, sad then John. Several men pleaded for a trial for John n_a. .L_ — a *_a __r m 0 mm a and blood they bad. At |2:30 lbs tha bodies of the these negroes daggled in tbs moonlight. They were riddled with ballet*. The young fellow who climbed the tree to receive the ropes amoked a cigarette sod blew oat rings of smoke while the negtoe* was having their lest rey on this earth. , For two home after, the but gnn was fcred' groups of dost stained, tired pedestrians marched through the town, going to tbeir homes. The men carried then coats oa their arses and their hots in their hands. These were not the lynchers but the spectators. On* thing can bn said aboot the mob: It was aot a negro, bating mob. The negroes In the streets were unmolested; The word "nigger" wpe not been) in the cries. The mob was composed of lawless area who would have hang white. Salisbury, Aug. 7.—There bee been considerable talk here this afternoon about revenging tad retaliation oa nccoaat of tha shooting la# night of Mr. Mc Lendon. the engineer, and the arrest tbit morning of Georgs Hall. Montgomery, a leader of the mob that lynched the ne groes. H is not known who shot McLendon, bat sofaeof his friends charge Jailer Hodge Krider with it. When shot Mc Lendon man beating'in a window It was sahl that a mob would try to taka Hall and at tha same time even ap for the shooting ©f the engineer. It ia certain that Mr.Krlder did aot shoot Mc Lsudon. The Jailer bat at e different part of the bnildiagat the time. Aa attack aa Ibelad post indicated, weald he a very diHerent proposition fro* the easiest night ot defending the children. The Utter defence omM be ter a cause that la ter totha hearts of law-abidingcfc •dber good officer sbonld ha harased, At this tea ot the ■i»ht, 8:30 o’clock, there dre abeolptely no signs of approach log violence. A ftp ta thbpiovt Piaacndir This has not hoea aa eveotfal asttsss a step la the right direction. Early this reaming Ur. Hammer area told that a mb who was U ^»»b*jSSnd,,thst hatted OM«f the ropes mid ***** t« hang oaa ■roia. The asaa was „ Strtto the soUckor sad he ogaUsd him aa the fctev •«ih WfWi • Wljr llw liM last eight M'WV>h that fellew?" asked -OeoUTHall la his eate,” I MADE1 IN i OWN $HOPS. | T ———i—■ x ♦ New Tailored Sklrta J 4 New TiBowl Wetat ♦ ya£» vmm + New Week Saif ♦ ova artistic acwiaccoeaa «f, claw qealkiea wUeb will ef» We invite yea to mc | JAMESF. YEAGER
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