When the armed lynchers gather, we too must gather armed. Rolph retorted that he would "pardon the lynchers". In 1973, Wideman's third novel, "The Lynchers", was published. Lane then ordered the National Guard to Salisbury and to arrest suspected lynchers. " The "Chicago Tribune" said the lynchers were thought to be "railroad men. At daybreak, these four men followed the trails of the lynchers.