Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-15
Maryland Lyuchers on Trial.
a CASE OF GREAT INTEREST 10 THE PEOPLE OF
CVMBFRTAND

maryland Lynchers on Trial.
CASE OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE or
CUMBERLAND.
The circuit court OF Allee hany county, Nd
at Cumberland. was busy nearly all last week
trying io get a jury to try four prisoners on the
charge OF lynchlng an insane man. over 2UO
talesmen were summoned, and it was not until
Friday that the twelfth man was secured The
trial j. now in progress, and the sessions of the
court attract crowded ;tudtences daily The
case IS unique and la terestIng-
Edward " bite was cmP!Oye OF the Balti-
more aad OaIO railway shops at Piedmont, Va.
His home was in Western Port, q village oppo-
size Piedmont. on the Maryland sue. soon
after ~ O'clock ON the afternoon OF September
Ia White was ON bis way home 10 dinner. He
put MS foot u ladder that led to a path which
ne was to take, and, iOoNing up, saw David
barreIed gun. Before either spoke Johnson
pointed the gun al " mites head and fired both
barrels. Death followed instantly. johnson
surveyed his victim with tine utmost cooness-
Johnson was IIiddie-aSed man, and gener-
ally supposed To- oe insane. lie Was at one time
an einpiOEe Oi JheBstiiiinOre and OHIO railroad,
ami sexton oil one Of the Piedmont
churches Domestic grief and religious mania,
combined with hOnIcIdaI tendency, aife tied
E.s mind, and the prUpriety OF having MIN
locked up had been discussed, but never acted
on. immediately after the murder he was
placed in the lookup, and an angry crowd COL
!ected around the fiinsy building. The sheriff
Was tele@raphed .OT to go up from Cumberland
and remove the prisoner to the county Jail, as
the people were very much incensed and the
consequences were doubtful. Before he ar
lived johnson was ynched-
The mob became more and more bloodthirsty
until between eIgnt and nine O'clock, hen the
door was battered down. The prisoner was as
saulted with a crowbar and an axe \ rope
was tied around his neck and he dragged
10 a bridge ana hanged over one OF the beams.
Later ON tine body was cut down and kicked
over the rocks into the creek below III
horribly RIangled- The affair created i'll
tense sensation, and efforts were at once made
10 discover the guilty parties. The result Was
Tue arrest OF Michael F. Malone timothy
W bite, John T.. r. White aud Patrick a. Dris-
coil Malone Is charged with being the princi-
p;ii ana the others the accessories. The prose-
eutIon Claims that these men killed Johnson
before they hanged him. The testimony Tor
the state, 80 tar, has been very strong. There
is AN able array of counsel on both sides, and
the case Will be one OF the hardest Ious Int and
most celebrated IN the history OF the state.
ihat ever took place Iii Aiieghany county.
The Papal AeIeEase Talks.
HIS VISIT TO WASHINGToN-GRowTH OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH-THE NATIONAL UNIyER-
STFY-THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Mgr. Siraniero, the papal ALLOCATE and repre-
sentative OF his holiness the pope at the pre-
conization OF Archbishop Gibbons to the car
dinals,te of Baltimore last July, sailed from
New York Saturday ON the French steamship
Bourgogne for Rome via Havre. During his
stay Ot nearly five months IN tins Country Mgr.
SIranIerO Travelled the length ana breadth of
the land. He - : man OF striking appearance,
though only ihirty-three years cid ana his
name is well known Oh botn sides OF the Allan
Tic. The y Y EOr.G Oi yesterday prints IA long
interview with him, III the course OF which he 5
reported rs saying:
"On my way north stopped over in Wash
ingtOn ana WIS received by the President and
Secretary Bs.yard. / found the President
very cordial and L thanked him collectively for
the NOS piJaiity and blindness which HAD been
shOWereu upon me by Americans all over the
country During my travels have seen with
much Joy the wonderful expansion of the Ro-
man Catholic cnurch. / have seen the sign of
the holy cross Ill tine wilderness and in the me-
trOpoiis-eyery where. 1 nave witnessed a Won
derluI growth OF the church. The Roman
Character. Americans judge men by their
works. They have learned 10 revere the JesuIIs
Tor their learning and the other orders Tor their
good works, their schools, their hospitals, &c,
under the guidance OF the great and good men
who now at It's head. and, with the blessing of
Cod the church oil America has before III great
Iutufe. The Catholic university wnich will be
commenced next spring in Washingl ION gives
promise oi great utility Heretofore III has been
necessary 40 send young American priests all
the way To Rome In order that they might per
ieet ti4eir education IN the College the Prop
uganda. Bishop keene, GI Eichinond, Va. ana
Bishop Ireland, oi 1t. Paul, are now on their
way Ia Rome 10 receive the papal sanction ami
blessing Tor this new educational institution
And now 10 the knights OF Labor. As YOU
know the Holy Father has requested all tie
bishops To forward him their ospin-
Ions rs 10 this organization. l have good red
SONS TO believe that few none OF these Opir-
Ions are hostile To the great labor organ Yz;ilion
Personally and judging from my Observ alIons
that the membership of the order is compatible
with good Catholicism But. OF course, the
opinion OF the Holy Father, whatever IL may be-
VIII be final