Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-04
THE EVENING STAR
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE AND MURDER.
ESciteme nt n Dc nton. Md.-Thp Murderer
tnng by a Nob-HiS Il ody tut to Pieces
and Burned.

hVAhlBLE OF TRACE AND MUIR DER.
Exciteme nt NJ De nton. Nd.-Th. Murderer
sns hy Mot-His Body tut to Pieces
and Burned.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Amerit AM
DENTON, CAROLINE COUNTY, Md, Nov.3.-
our county for several DAYS pat has been me
scene OF the wilsrst exclt. m"nt. The most
Iearfui Passions OF q portion OF our cltizens
have been unloosed, and the spirit Of mob
violence IN its worst phase has Developed ITSELF
amongst law abiding and loyal citizns. .
public MIND. and caused our hitherto qai~t and
Tss.reahie ritz, ns TO take the law into their own
hands. are simply these: ..-...
On "Wednesday last, a most brutal murder
WAS p.r,etrafed upon the person of little girl,
adanghfer OF Mr.. Edgar Plummsr r, residing IN
the upper district of this rosnty, ased httie
over eight years. by mulafto-a felsd In M,
man sfapr-naued Jim Wilson. The little girl
was returning from school on the evening III
"wednesday last, when she was oyertaken IN
the road by the mulatto named above. her pei
son violated, and afferward brutality mt,rti red.
wilson was arrested and charged with the
crime, TO W hich he plead guilty. He was given
INTO the custody,Of the officers of the law and
sent TO the Jail at this place, and taken into safe
Keeping by Sheriff Salisbury, where he ac
knowiedged his guilt. Upon being asked why
he committed the deed, he stated that "the devil
prompted him To the deed" that he " deserved
death, and ought to be hanged"
Thus things remained until saturday night
last, when the Indignation Of the citizens OF the
county reached lis eliminating point. IL was
plainly TO be seen by our citizens, before night
st in, that something more than usual WIS
astir. Numbers OF people began TO gather. and
before half-past q clock the town was crowd
ed. At about o'clock the jail, where the pris-
oner was confined, was surrounded by some
three or four hundred persons. In q few mo-
ments IL was entered by the crowd-the door of
the prison forced open-and the prisoner taken
into custody by the mob. A few moments more
and he was swinging to q limb Of tree on the
public square IN the rear of the Jail yard. He
had scarcely been raised above the heads of the
crowd before fifteen bullets had perforated his
body. He was Immediately cutdown, his thro It
cut, dragged through some of the more quiet
streets OF the town, hung again in front OF the
negro church in a state of nudity, then cut 70
pieces and burned until the charred and black
sned remains could not be recognized rs those
of a human being.
proposition was started by those partici-
pating in this brutal and Inhuman treatment
towards the remains, after life was entirely ex-
tinct, 10 place it in the negro church and de-
stroy both The church and the last remains OF
the criminal; but through the mild and per-
snasive influence of Mr.. VIM. q. Nicholson and
Mr.. Thomas Urry, they were forced 10 yield To
their r, quest, and removed the corpse from that
vicinity of the town.
This is awful tragedy, and one we are
proud to know that no citizen Of our town par
ticipated in. The Sheriff and our people were
oyerpowrred, and could not have reyentid
the preparation of the act had they attempted
10 use violent means. Mild and persuasive
means were resorted to- but proved of no avail
Had forcible means been tried there is no tell
ing what would have been the result. Our
town, no doubt, would have been lain in ashes,
our best citizens brutality murdered in the
streets, and riot and mob violence ruled the
hour.
II is but justice TO remark that our worthy
Sheriff done all in his power to protect the pris-
0ner. He attempted in an early part of the
evening to remove him TO an adjoining county,
but pickets had been placed on every road lead
ing from the town to prevent his escape. A
posse coaitctas was then summoned to protect
hut
and nothing could be done but submit to mob
violence.
Our citizens do not endorse the act, and the
whole moral sentiment of our people condemn
it in the strongest terms. The proceedings
were wound up by giving three cheers for
StonewaI Jackson.