Evening journal., 1891-02-12
P2tCTOR AND YOUNG.
Lindsay's Murderers Will
Hang Tomorrow.
BOTH PERSIST Il THEIe STORIES.

Young Said Ahht FrOctur caused hheil
Victims Death, bur Proctor saws That
He Was simply Witness OF tho AfaIr
Both s1eu Talk Freely aud nre Reai ,
TO Die-Proctor wiu sing .'Come lie
Sinner" ON the soamold.
staff Correspondence EvENINo JOURNAL
DOVER. Feb. 1.-THE greatest ex-
citemens prevails here over the hanging
to take place Friday The execution viii
re made between II and 9 O'Clock The
hours are from 10 to ?, but it is gsner :
ally supposed that it will not take place
until afternoon
Work upon the gsllows has not yet
begun. II is awaiting the discussion OF
the governor IN the matter of resDiting
Fred Young. Should he be respted adou BILE
g2llows would OF course be asuperAuity
The matter will be settled tomorrow
and as soon as the decision is given work
will begin
The gallows will be erected at the rear
Of the jail iu tbs prison garden No eff
fort will be made to have the execution
private, and it Is estimated that fully
4 GOO people will be In town on that day.
The amount Of morbid curiosity is as.
tonishing. They will come from all
points within a radius OF thirty miles.
The action Of Sheriff Cole in securing
such an experienced man as Captain
Israel Riding Of Mew Castle to erect the
galiows and perfect the arrangements Is
generally commended.
visit 10 the Prisoners.
The EVENING JOURNAL correspondent
sasaA ~ go = :. =
tas prisoners The jail was full of visi
tsrs, male and female, old and young
Both OF the condemned men ara on the
west side OF the prison in the upper tier
Of cells Proctor occupies cell No 16,
and Young cell No. Is The cells are the
same IS those occupied by the other
prisoners, hut have none OF the con- forts
with which the long termed prisoners
have surrounded themselves. They have
nothing bnt mattresses filed with straw
not even chair to sit down on. While
the reporter was interviewing Fred
Young, negro prisoner was shaving
Proctor in his cell.
Fred Young's Statement.
Young was standing at the heavy iron
door when the reporter reached his cell.
de looked through the grating, and when
asked for an interview gave IL without
hesitation.
Well, Fred, are you ready to got' was
the first question.
mo, sir; but am tryin to git ready
"Yon still stick 70 the state ment that
you struck Lindsey with the stalker
''Yes, sir.
"RoS many times did You strike him29
Il struck him three times
do yen still assert that after You
struck him Jesse Proctor turned him
over and stamped aud ehoked hing'
Yes, sir.
"But Jesse says you struck him again
after he was down, and then you stamped
him Ia the throat Is that trueYn
mo, sir. Jesse tdrued him over
kicked him IN the stomach and choked
him. e
"Who took the watch from the bodyfn
Jesse, took the money from his
pocket There were two bills and some
change.
did Jesss ever say anything to you
before that day in regard to killing
Lindsey"
mo, sir; he never said a word.
"Why did you strike himg'
Jesse begged me to do it. aud told me
to go and get the heavy stake. He said
Lindsey had a roll of money as big as nv
legs, and that he had seen il. told him
didn't want to do IT, After I got the
stake he told me how to strike him. The
first time I struck Lindsey lie fell. Then
he looked up and asked me what I was
striking him for 7 struck him again.
and then Jesse jumped in and stamped
and choked him. ! struck him twice
after that and he never moved Ithiuk
he was dead after Jesse got through with
him
do you expect TO be reprievedg'
Il don't know. sir
Where were You born"
Near Frederick My fathers mama
was Sack Young, and my mothers
mare was Jane Young My mother died
when was a little baby, and my ather
has been dead about three years.
How old are you2"
Grandmother says | am iS ="
"N here did you liver"
81 lived part of the time with Nathan
iel French, and part of the time with
James Sullivan.
Have you ever been in jail beforeg"
"No, sir.
"Do you know what hanging isS'
"No, sir; all know is that it kills you.
| never seed anybody hung myself"
"Haye any Of your relatives been to
see youl"
mo, sir Yesdey has. Two cousins
don't know their names.
Have you any word Of thanks to send
to those who have been kind to you7'
"Yes, sir. thank them that has been
kind to me, and the ministers, and
everybody who tried to get the governor
TO rsprieve me. You jes fix it up for
me.
Young impresses all visitors as one
who Is mentally deficient. He is a rela
tive Of Edward Young, who was hanged
in Dover in 1871 for killing a peddler
along Emerson's mill pond, about three
miles east of Frederica The scene of
this crime is only little over four miles
from where Lindsey was killed. The
family has produced many bad charac-
ters. One OF the members was suspected
of having murdered his wife. She dis
appeared suddenly and her husband said
that they had had quarrel and parted.
Posses searched for the body OF his
wife, but it was never found 1t is gem
orally supposed that he killed her and
buried the body in one Of the dense
swamps that abound in the neighbor.
hood
Jesse Proctor Cheerful.
When the reporter went to the cell OF
Jesse Proctor, who is supposed to be
The chief conspirator in the crime, he
was in very cheerful frame Of mind
He is a mulatto about feet inches tall,
slight build, and has a shrewd, intelli-
gent face. He has good flow Of eonver