Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-16
IT LOOKS LIKE MURDER
James Price is Locked Up
Pending an Examination.
SUPPOSED HE KILLED A WOMAN.

Feudln2 an examination.
SUPPOSED HE KILLED A WOMAN.
Her Body Found in che Creek This Morn
ing Price Is Supposed to Have Pushed
Her Overheard while In Jealous
Rage.
Il is generally believed in this city
that sometime during Sunday. q foul
murder was committed here, as the body
of Mary Anna Henry, colored, was found
this morning, with a bullet. wound in the
head, and strong suspicious rest against
James Price, with whom Mary Annie
lived.
About o'clock this morning. bridge
tender Conner Of Market street was
stationed on the bridge, as Is his custom
and also his duty. lie noticed black
object in tho Christina at King street,
being carried by the tide toward
him, When the object wa
within fifty feet of bim he at ono
recognized IL TO be the dead body of a
colorcd woman The body was neatly
clothed and had the appearance of being
that of a once thrifty citizen
The bridgetender at once secured a
boat and started toward the body TO
recover IL. He succeeded in getting the
body and, by means Of rope, he dragged
it up the stream TO Shipley street wharf
He secured the body to the wharf and at
once notified Coroner Sparks Of his find.
lie and the coroner then returned to the
wharf
The Body az the Morguc.
The coroner at once ordered the
removal of the body to the
morgue which was done Later, Coro-
ners Physician Charles f. Baird
was summoned and he nj once made an
examination OF the body On the right
temple just above the eye was found q
scar. which was thought TO be caused
by bullet There were numerous other
scratches and burns over her body. which
the woman undoubtedly received by try
ing to escape from her slayer.
The Crime Fastened ON Price.
James Price was arrested by Sergeant
Chambers and Patrolman Maloney at
Front and Shipley streets, at
$50 o'clock this morning, charged
with committing the horrible tragedy.
He was taken to the police station and
kept in solitary confinement No
one including the reporters, was allowed
TO talk with him. He would not talk
about the affair but said he was limo
cent of the charge
They Lived Together.
Price and Anna Mary, as she was called,
have lived together az Water and Tat.
nall streets for the past four years.
The couple were not married
but wherever they went they
were known MS husband and wife.
They had numerous qurrrels over Anna
Mary going with other men. and Price
nj one time before threatened TO kill her
for the oifense
Wednesday morning last Price again
beat her for some unknown reason and
she told the neighbors that she intended
TO leave him as soon as she
could secure enough money. This after.
ward came to the knowledge of Price and
he upbraiaed her for the saying. Still
things seemed TO go along smoothly
until Sunday night
Mary Anna worked with Frank Har
! lIins who keeps restaurant nc No. 3
East Front street. and Price and she
went ont for the evening. Mary Anna
returned 90 her work ON Sunday morn
/ ing On Sunday evening she
left her employers home and
went out TO her own home. She left
there between and \ o'clock in company
! with her husband and she had not
been seen since until her dead body was
recovered this morning.
lie Was jealous of Her.
Price undoubtedly was jealous of his
so-called wife for, whenever he saw her
i'm company with another man. he would
beat her for it, and It is supposed that
he killed her while in jealous
/ frenzy.
This Deepens the Superstition.
To strengthen that view Mary
Anna had been keeping up correspon-
dence with young man from Chadd s
| Ford Charles knew of the aifqir and
had told Mary that she would have Ia
stop It,
Price Remains Cool.
When the couple were seen Sunday
night together they were walking down
Front street. AT o o'clock, Price was
seen by James Cammile at Front and
Shipley streets. He was then alone. and
that was the last seen of him until the
next morning
Yesterday morning Price came to Mr.
Harlins place and asked If Dutch, hi,
mistress, had come to work yet Mr.
Harllins told him that she had not. Hc
then remarked chat he wondered where sh,
was as he had not seen her since the day
before. Price had also inquired from
number of otherpeople about her where
abonts and i'm every case stated that he
did not kdow where she was
Price at the Wharf
As soon as it was noised about that a
body had been found, the wharf wa.
covered with people, Price was there
among the crowd and he seemed con.
siderably excited when it was suggested
that he probably threw her overheard as h,
had beaten her many times, and had
threatened to kin her.
When the body was removed Price
disappeared but was caught later by the
officers.
Who the Prisoner Is.