The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 10, 1906, Page TWO, Image 2
LYNCH NEGROES AT MIDNIGHT.
Mob Makes Short Work of Lyerly
Murderers-Fully Three Thous
and Men Took part in
Lynching.
A mob of 3,000 determined men,
shortly before 11. o'clock Monday
night. forcibly entered Rowan County
jail, ati Salishiy, rIIove therefrom
three of tlie six prisoniers charged witi
the mu1rder of tihe I yerly family, at
Barber Junet ion. .1iny 13. and lynehed
then. Nease dnd Jolin Gillespie and
Jack Dillinghaim, supposed to be the
principals to the crime. were the vic
tins of mob vengeance. Tlie remain
inv negroes. Henry Lee, George Ervin
and ( ella D hilingham, were not mol
ested and liter to-night officers hu1r
ried them off to ("reelsboro.
The mob began gathering at sun
down. Mayor Boydon promptly order.
ed the saloons closed and, with other
prominent citizens, United States Sen
ator Overman, Judge Long, who was
holding the special tern of Court to
try the negroes, and Solicitor Hlam
mer, gathered on the jail steps and ad
dressed the crowd, which at that tim<
numbered 2,000. ''liere were howls
and cat calls from the mob, but for a
time there was no move on their part
They lacked a leader. While citizen
were appealing to the mob, two met
slipped through the crowd and werc
entering the jail with hammers. The
were discovered an(] ari'rested. Th<t
inob contiued its yelling, biut ther
was still no concerted move.
About. 9 o'clock Mayor Boyden call
ed npon the local military company
the Howan lifles, for aid. They ap
sembled quickly, but wer-e Sulpplie<,
only with blank eartridges, having ml
01rders to shoot to kill. Viremanl Mc
London, of Charlotte, a Southern Rail
way employee, was shot in the stom
ach by a bullet. said to have been firei
by a member of the mob. le wa
fatally wounded. Will Troiutimall
a iegro dra.yma1n 11, was also serioulsl
sho lt atboit the sailme tille. Both ar
said to have bl avee identall, occasionl
ed by somle of I le few wild shots fire,
by Iembiiners of tile mob with tihe evi
dnt iitentioin of tr*ighteninig c'itizmill
At 10 Welochk i ler-e was a stir ii
the mwh. It was auimetiiivied by lull
600 mllen, wht aine. it is said, frioi
Whitetiy, where tihe Whitney Bed<li
tion Company is developing tle Yar
kin walter entraice. Tie great crow
out side after their arrival whlen
erowd of fifty. forming a sort <
flyin'ig wedge, Imlade a br eak for t
jail doors, overpilwered Ile oliee
and effected all* entrn mice. The gref
crowd outside surged in belid l t1
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leaders and in a few moments more
emerged from the door with their vie
tims.
The negroes were quietly marched
northward toward Spencer, but a halt
was made at Henderson 's ball gorund,
in the edge of town. There the'negrods
were given time to confess the crime.
They refused to either deny or confess
aind] were so thoroughly frightened as
almost to have lost the power of
speeceh. John Gillespie wept piteously
and begged for his life. Tiring of its
efforts to secure statements f rom the
iegroes. at midnight, the ropes were
quickly brought forward and adjust.
ed and the three were strung up to the
limbs of one tree and with howls and
curses the crowd riddled the dangling
bodies with bullets.
Bv 12 o'clock it was all over ai
half an hour later nothing remainei
of the immense throng that had pack.
ed the streets but a few groups o:
citizens discussing the lynching. I
George Ervin was taken from th
jail with his associates and closel
clnestioned. Then the mob led hin
back to his cell. Nease Gillespi<
maintained his innocence to the end
The other two would neither confes
nor deny (lie crime. Ed Barber,
relative of the murdered man, follow
ed the mob with the prisoners to th
seene of the lyuehing and pleaded wit
(lie Into return the negroes to the jai
and let the law take its course, bu
them to retrun the negroes to the jai
lhim not. Fireman McLendon, wound
ed by a stray hall from the mob, wil
die. His home is in Charlotte. H
was simply an interested spectator o
tie scene.
The evrine witi which the negroe
Were charged and foe which they wer
placed oni trial at, a special term o
lowan County Court, was the murde
on tihe niaht of July 13th, at Barbe
Junction, of Isaae Lyerly, his wif
and two ehildren. Feeling ran high v
tle tine an1d an effort was made t
lynch tIe negroes. They were hurrie
CINVaa 11111 brolught to Charlotte, whei
they remainied until Sunday ni-h
wheni they were alei to Salisbi
for trial.
Wediesday ni.-hi t IIIe comlnpanlies<
Ohe Northi Carolina Nati(.nal Chuari
IM O In pim 111d frioml Slatesvillv. n Conl
a pany of infa11try1( and a hattery of a
- yi ler from Charlotte, surlrouilded ti
jail at Salisbury, Wilile sentries wil
A loadled iuins and orders to shoot
a kill patrol tle four streets that. fli
f the prisol. Tlere have beCen thren
e and rum11ors of threats all day and i
s( to (le night, hul. there has been i
it deollnoistration-only tle general fet
e ing of disquietude and unrest. Crow,
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thronged the city's streets far into
It Iight, but there is little liquor
11 idence and it is believed the
worst is over.
George Hall, the ex-conviet from
Montgomery county, who is supposed
to have led the mob which lynched
the three alleged murderers of the
Lyerly family last night, is in the
jail-the plan to recue him from the
clutches of the law. rumors of which
caullsed Cov. Gleln to hurry troops tc
Salisbury, has not materialized. The
survivimg negroes, Henry Lee, Gcorg(
Ervin and two women, are safe ir
the jail at Charlotte and there is nc
danger of violence to them. Th(
special term of court which convenei
to try the victims of mob vengeance
acting under orders from the govern
or, will not adjourn until every ef
fort to convict the leaders of the mol
has been exhausted. The case is beinj
worked up and many arrests are ex
peeted tomorrow. The governor i
determined to push the matter to th<
bitter end. The cases against the sur
viving defendants, against whom tru
bills were found, were continued un
til the regular term of Rowan court.
4 Long before the sun rose curion
i persons went to the scene of the lyncl
- ing and cut off the toes, the finger
3 and ears of the negroes who were hun
i to the limb of tle big tree oin Hendei
1 son's baseball ground.
t 'Te bodies were badly mutilate
b before they were removed. It look
- as if a lot of sorry fellows. assiste
by a few good citizens from the seen
e of the Lyerly murder, did the worl
When the court was convened thet
i was a slight diminution in the crow<
s i thou.- every seat was taken. Thei
0 was noticeable suffering written o
f the face of Judge Long. his attitudI
r was yet determined. but it was chanf
r ed completely. His references Tuei
e (lay to mob talk were always em
t acterizing it. vaporings, and of ti
0 mllen most iterested here and m11o!
d anxious to see the trial proceed, lie at
'C peared to fear violence less. His di
6 apqointnmeint and humiliation are coi
y Illete.
Tihe first thin.. dispateled was
,(intinnianee of the ease until tl
Sre4unlari term.
Caught Big Sword Fish.
e 'rovidence Journal.
l The biggest. swordfish that has be<
o caught this season off Seaconnet w;
k brought to the Seaconnet. Point wha
ts Wednesday afternon in the big sa
a-- boat T. A. B. by Captain Thomas
1o ihIell. To Peter Blockinger ieion
I- tlie honor of first signtiug tle big fi
Is :-nd of seiin- the harpoon into
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with such good aim and foce that
an hour's struggle by the fish failed
to wrest the barb from its side. The
swordfish weighed nearly 225 pounds
and was more then ten feet long from
its tail to the tip of its long and hand
son.e sword.
With Captain Buell at the wheel,
anld Peter standing in the pulpit, with
eves on the sea and harpoon in redi
Ivss for) quick work, the T. A. B. was
propelled by, gas4lie engine and sail,
while all hands kept sharp watch
to see a big black finl and iail protrud
in above the fater. Suddenly Peter
sang out, ''There's one,'' and pointed
to where not hiirty feet away and just
to the right, a big swordfish lay mo
tionless'at. the top of the water, fin
and tail out, baking in the sun. Capt. a
hIell steered carefully and the boat
crawled towards the fish, while Peter ti
stood ready with barbed harpoon ten
feet long poised ready for a strike.
When the pulpit was almost over
the fish it swam to the right and com
3 meneed to sink slowly. Then with all
the force of both strong arms Peter
sent, the heavy harpoon solidly into
the fish. His aim was true. The
s double spearhead barb went directely
back of the finl, the pole was shaken
lose, the keg at the end was tossed'
overboard and then and there was a
_rraid sight. The bio fish dived down
and the keg churned the water as the C
- ;wordfish. stung by the barb, sought
s to get away. Time and again the keg
a went under after the rod was un
c won(d. Then the fish started to swim
- away and for more than a mile it
e towed the keg with the T. A. B. keep
, ing near. Finally when the keg show
c ed that the swordfish had become tir
n1 ed Peter set out in a rowboat to pick
e up tlie keg and haul in the captive. He
- tossed the ke.- into the small boat and
- began gradually to haul in lie line.
After the slack had been taken out
e and tle fish felt the pull on the line
it started again. Peter paid out the
- rpe a few fathlioms anld then, with
feet braced. stood up in the boat and
- was towed along for neal-ly a mile,
the bmat being sternt forem)Iost.
Iie carefully pulled in and again
i 1wed. At length the fish was hauled
an the rowboat. Tt darted a
w.Y and was played for a while. This
was repeated several times, and aftt
a while Peter pulled thte fish alongside
m and slipped a noose of the rope over
is its tail, thus ending the struggle. The
rf fish was towed to the sailboat and
I- I and lashed secureil to one side. .The
A. struggle wi(h the big fish lasted more
than ait hour. h'lie T. A. B. cruised
h1 arotid anl hour (Ir so more but could
it find nto m1ore sworidfish.
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