Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-14
A MURDERER LYNCHED
Shot Down in His Cell by a Mob
of Masked Men.
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
Rilsleader in The Murder Of Edward
Carver Of Somerset County, Md.
THE JAILER MADE A BOLD STAND
But the Mob Battered Down
the Door.
THE STORY TOLD AT THE INQUEST

the Jail at Princess Anne, Md, at 2
O'Clock Friday Morning and Demanded
AdInission--On Being Refused They
Forced an Entrance and shot the MUIR
derer, Isaac Kemp, in His Cell--He Was
aNicious-lookIng Negro, from Key West,
Fla.
Special Correspondenceo Of Gazette and Journa
PRINCESS ANNE, Mp, June S.-SomeI-
set county is generally excited on &C.
count of another homicide. Edward
Carver, q constable Of Brinkley district,
and man with a family, is the victim.
Carver, with companion, was in Prin-
cess Anne, yesterday, in the afternoon
In q condition of partial intOxication,
and provoked an alteration with a
negro, whose arrest followed, but who,
ON investigation by the magistrate, was
released. Later in the afternoon Carver
drove back to Dublin and visited gro
Gerry and liquor store, kept by one
Miller. Here he soon inaugurated fray
with negro-one of crowd OF straw
berry pickers from Nirginia-and the
battle was transferred TO the road in
front of the saloon, where a number of
the negroes took hand in tile melee,
In which Carver was badly beaten over
the head with empty Deer bottles. On
returning TO the store, lie sat down on
bench beside the door, saying I'm
sick" Soon afterwards he lay down on
the bench with his legs toward the door.
Presently one of the negroes came to
the door and slashed him three times
with razor across the legs and lower
part Of the body, making ugly wounds,
which, however, were not the cause of
his death. DR.. Rufus II. Dashiell was
sent for, and on his arrival, near mid.
night, found the unfortunate man in a
dying condition,produced by conclusion
OF the brain from the blows he had re-
ceived upon the head. Carver died about
/ O'Clock yesterday morning About a
dozen negroes have been arrested and
lodged in Jail here, on suspicion of
being concerned in the homicide.
THE JAILERs ACCOUNT.
Princess ANNE, Nd, June s.-Isaac
Kemp, the colored man who was the in-
stigator Of the trouble and tho party
who gave Edward Carver terrible
slash with q razor after lie had been
beaten nearly to death, was shot in his
cell as he lay chained TO the floor about
o'clock this morning by mob of
about IS men. From The wounds thus
inflicted he Immediately died.
At the inquest held this morning
Jailer Dryden told the following story
Yesterday morning l2 colored men,
among them the above Kemp, were
brought TO jail, charged with the
murder of Edward Carver, in Dublin
district, at Charles Miller's liquor store,
last Wednesday night, the particulars
OF which were given yesterday Kemp
being the leader, was confined in a
separate cell and chained 70 the floor.
About l o'clock this morning Jailer
Dryden was awakened by some one
calling his name. He went to the door
and was met by two men VINO told him
: they had prisoner whom they wished
TO place in jail. Not seeing anyone else
and not suspecting anything wrong, he
went to his room, put on his clothes
and returned to the outer door of the
Jail with a lamp.
AS soon as he opened the door nun.
Der of men rushed in, throwing the
lamp to the floor and pinioning him, at
the same time telling him
THEY WANTED KEMP
and ordered him to give up the KEYS.
This he refused to do and demonstrated
with the crowd to desist from their pur.
pose.
In the meantime, Sheriff Sterling and
a young man by the name of Gibbons
both OF whom were stopping in the Jail
were aroused and rushed in the hall
These gentlemen were also Immediately
pinioned.
The mob, after a few minutes, moi
finding the keys, secured an oak beam
two by eight inches and 10 feet long
and by using it IS
A GATHERING RAM
broke down the door and gained an en-
trance to the corridor of the Jail. The,
again asked for the keys to the cells an;
also demanded that Kemp be pointed
! out to them threatening 10 kill ever,
, prisoner in the Jail until they hal
accomplished their purpose. .=..
SHOT HIM IN HIS CELL.
After few minutes they found KemI
and shot at him three times through tn
Z grating of the door. They then pro
ceeded down stairs in the jaller's priyat
room, and after thorough search foun,
/ the keys, and with q hurTah rushed NJ
stairs, threw open the cell door and rid
died the murderer's body with bullets
, about 80 shots being fired.
The mob then wanted to take tn
! body with them, but after some arpu
ment on the part of the jailer they cor
sented to leave 1t. They then file
down the stairs and bidding Jailer Dry
den good night, with hurrah, left Ii
Jail.
None of the other prisoners in tn
Jail committed for the same crime wer
troubled by the mob, their only obje,
being the death of Kemp.
LYScHERs WERE MASKED.
The mob, consisted of about So me,
most of whom were masked, carryin
guns, pistols and rifles. None wel
identified by the people present in til
Jail.
Isaac Kemp was black, burly negro
about 20 years of age,and very muscula
with an extremely vicious countenancl
He came from Key West, Fla, and ws
here picking strawberries for Mr.. Fran
Barnes at the time he committed til
murder. He must have been a yer
tough character for he is
The eleven negroes were taken
baltimore, Saturday, to prevent Lynch
ing.
Wanted to "Paint" the Town.
Chester News, Monday.
John Davis of Wilmington, Del, wa