Evening journal., 1894-06-09
MARYLAND MOB'S FURY.
Negro Murderer Kemp Terror
Stricken at It's Violence.
HIS BODY RIDDLBD WITH BULLETS

The Mob Rushed Into Prison. Battered
in the Doors and Dealt Out Summary
Justice TO the Brutal Murderer Of
Constable Edward Carver.
PRINcEss ANNE. Md, June Q Isaac
Kemp, the colored man who was the in
stigator Of the trouble and the man who
gave Edward Carver a terrible slash with
a razor after he had been beaten nearly
to death, was shot in his cell as he lay
chained to the floor about 2 o'clock
yesterday morning by mob Of about
seventy five men From the wounds thus
inf cted be Immediately died
The work Of the mob was furious and
complete Jailer Dryden. who answered
the summons Of the lynching party, be-
lieving as he was told that they were
officers Of the law and desired to commit
a prisoner, gave a graphic account Of the
lynching at the coroners inquest.
Mob Employs a Ruse.
His story was 10 the effect that he was
aroused from bis sleep about a. m by
voices calling bis name from the outside
OF the prison Going to the gates he saw
a few men who said that they had a
prisoner. There was nothing suspicious
about their manner and he unhestatlngly
opened the gates 10 admit them He was
instantly seized and overpo@ere
Then the rest Of the mob, which had
been in hiding, rushed into the prison.
The leader demanded the cell keys, and
upon being refused. the crowd, With the
aid Of a beam. which they found In the
Jail, gan battering In tne doors The
doors soon yielded, but they only ad-
United the mob to the corridors Of the
jail
The noise made by the struggle be.
tween the iailers and the lynchers aud
the attack upon the doors had meantime
awakened Sheriff Sterling. and young
man named Gibbons who were sleeplHg
In the prison.
Both came out into the hall and were
Immediately seized by the mob and pin
toned. Thus safe from interference
the lynchers returned to the work of
finding Kemp.
Kemp Terror Stricken.
The miserable wretch had heard the
clamoring Of the mob for his life and
was terror stricken Another demand
was made upon the jailer for the deliver
ancs of the keys. This was accompanied
by the threat that If the keys were not
Immediately given up every prisoner in
the Jail would be killed. This had the
desired effect
After few minutes they found Kemp
and shot at him three times Though the
grating Of the door,
They then proceeded down stairs to
the iaileIs private room, and after a
thorough search found the keys. and
with q hurrah rushed up stairs, threw
open the cell door and riddled the muir
derer's body with bullets, about City
shots being fired The mob wanted to
take the body away with them, out after
some argument on the part OF the jailer
they consented to leave It, They then
filed down the stairs, and, bidding Jaller
Dryden good night, with a hnrrsh left
the jail
None of the Mob Identified.
None Of the lynchers were identified,
rs they wore masks
The mob consisted Of about seventy.
FIVE men, most Of whom were masked
carrying guns. pistols and rifles. None
were identified by the people in the jail
Isaac Kemp was q black, burly negro,
about % years Of age very muscular and
Of extremely vicious countenance. He
came from Key West, Fla aud was
here picking strawberries at the time he
committed the murder.
Kemp's Crime.
The crime for which the negro suf.
fered death WAS told yesterday.
On Wednesday night dozen colored
strawberry pickers went TO Millers
nd raa
LIQUOR. which was refused them. Csrver
was in the store, and endeavored to get
rid of the disordeily negroes They
dragged him out Of the door and beat
him with beer bottle until he bscame
unconscious.
Frank McCready, while trying to res
cue Carver, was badly beaten, and the
infuriated negroes then made another
attack on Carver with rAzors. Dr.
/ Dashiell, Of Princess Anne, was sent for
and arrived in an hour Carvan died
soon afterward. Citizens organized d
posse, and went after the negroes, who
mad scattered Ten of them we're cap
| tured and taken TO all at Princess Anne,
the county seat of Somerset. Pistols,
razofs and knives were found ia their
possession.
Evidence pointed to Kemp as the
actual murderer Of Carver A jury OF
inquest was summoned yesterday by
Coroner J. Warwick. DR. Dashiell
stated that he found Carver in q sta {
Of coma produced by blow on the head
aud that he died from hemorrhage of the
brain. The inquest was adjourned tC
Princess Anne TO be continued to-day
The Jurors are: n. j. Tull, Frank
shivers. r J. Barnes, Thomas Williams
Taswell Jones, J. F. Miles, o. 4. Beau
champ. w e Miles. Sidney King, w. l.
Layfield, William Wilson aud Hiram w
Lankford.
Carver was 80 years old and had 4
family.
Building Permits Issued.
Building Inspector Dohl issued thu
following permits to-day: Newton n
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