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FROM KLUTTZ'S STUDIO E. Council St., near Court House, SALISBURY, N.C.
The mob numbered into the thousands that wrenched five black men from the
civil authorities of Salisbury, North Carolina on the night of August 3,
1906. They accused the men of murdering members of a local family, named
Lyerly. The New York Times reported that the victims were tortured
with knives before being hanged and then riddled with bullets. The
authorities in North Carolina, alarmed at what was one of the largest multiple
lynchings of the 20th century, took unusual steps to punish the leaders
of the mob.
After the Governor ordered the National Guard to restore order, local officials
arrested more than two-dozen suspected leaders. One of the killers, George
Hall, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years at a hard labor in the state
penitentiary. The New York Times predicted that, by taking these measures,
North Carolina's Governor Glenn was not improving his political prospects.