Henry Salzner
Henry Salzner, a photographer born and raised in Cairo, Illinois, had been married about two years when he was held in the county jail there on the night of November 11, 1909. Newspaper accounts say a mob broke into the jail, battered down the steel cage and cell door, and pushed the sheriff and deputies aside before taking him out and hanging him from a telegraph pole, where his body was shot. According to the sheriff, he called for volunteers to stop the rioting and, when none answered, asked the governor for troops. A coroner's jury found that he came to his death at the hands of unknown parties.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Cairo jail, took Henry Salzner from his cell and hanged him, and a coroner's jury found he died at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); news reports; Sheriff Davis (the agency that held him).
News reports (9)
- The Montgomery Advertiser, November 12, 1909, page 1
- The Waxahachie Daily Light, November 12, 1909, page 1
- The Sentinel=Record, November 12, 1909, page 4
- Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, November 12, 1909, page 1
- Daily Press, November 12, 1909, page 1
- The Pensacola Journal, November 13, 1909, page 1
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, November 14, 1909, page 1
- The Carlisle Independent, November 18, 1909, page 2
- Virginia Gazette, November 18, 1909, page 7