Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-04-18
CORKRAN FREED FROM JAIL
Declared Guiltless of Sallie
Deans Murder.
INDICTMENT OF MARSHALL PRICE
His Trial Set Down For Tues
day, April 3oth.
Result Of the Grand Jury's Investigation
Into the Murder OF Sailie Dean-Not a
Particle of Evidences Against the school
Teacher, Corkran-Price Indicted for
the Crime.

DENTON, Mn, April 1.-THE grand jury
yesterday finished its work of inyest.
eating the Dean murder case Detectives
Gault aud Seibold being the principal wit
nesses. the grand jury found true bill
of indictment against Price. There was
not a particle of evidence duplicating
Corkran in the tragedy. and States
Attorney Jump telegraphcd to the authori-
ties in Baltimore to that effect and asked
for Corkran's release from further custody.
The Indictment charges that ''Mars hall
Everett Price on the 18th day of March,
1895, with force and arms did felonionsly,
wllfully and of malice aforethought as.
sault Sarah Elizabeth Dean, and that the
said Price, with certain knife made OF
iron and steel did cut the throat of the
said Sarah u. Dean, inflcting mortal
wound i've inches long and two inches
deep, from which wounds she instantly
died; ana the grand jurors upon their Oaths
do present that Marshall L. Price is guilty
of the crime.
The case has been set for trial April 30th.
Russum and Lewis will appear for Price
and Z. ii. Brown of Centreyllle, will assist
the State.
THE RELEASE OF coRKRAN.
BALTIMORE. MD., April ll.-Ulysses
Grant Corkran was released from the
Baltimore city jail soon after o'clock in
the afternoon. The fist information
which he received of his release was from
reporter. 1t was u complete surprise to
him, and as soon as he heard it his eyes
filled up with tears. 1T has turned out as
| expected" he said, although it has been
very hard for me to stay here these few
days. ] am innocent OF any connection
with Sallie Deans murder, and felt sure
that my innocence could be established, y
PRICE STICKS TO HIS STORY
Marsl,nl f,.E ~ tI,. IPnf
police, was notified OF the order for the re,
lease of Corkran, and went over to the jail
and had another long interview with PrlCe.
Price was told that GOrkTan was to be re-
leased and that he would be held. Price
insisted, however. that Curkran was the
man who cut the girls throat and stuck to
his original story. lie would not admit
that he alone was guilty. Corkran says he
cannot imagine why Price should wish 10
implicate Inn, and says that every state
ment Price has made connecting him
| (Corkran) with the murder is Il lie and has
not the slightest foundation in fact
GROUNDS OF THE RELEASE.
The telegram from States Attorney
Jump OF Caroline county, on which Cork
rams release was secured, was received by
Deputy States Attorney Campbell about
o'clock. II was dated denton, Md, via
Ridgely, Md and read as follows.
-NO plOOA uEhllloL u pluhl NpThTAIl UuU
Prices confession. Grand jury have not
presented. | consent TO amt order his re-
lease il approved by you. Notify Marshal
Frey Immediately
Corkran's counsel. i. w. and Howard
Bryant, were soon apprised OF the CON
tents of the telegram, and not long after
ward Mr. Campbell andJ, w. Bryant went
| to the city court, where the writ of Iabeas
corpus in Corkran's behalf had been
sued out before Judge Phelps. Just before
| court adjourned, at 3 o'clock, Mr.. Camp
bell and MIR. Bryant had q short conference
with Judge Phelps, who was shown the
| telegram. An order was at once signed
| under the writ of habeas corpus disCharg-
ing Corkran from custody, 'tbe States ut
torney for Caroline county consenting,"
as the writ stated.
C0rkran went from the Jail dieect to the
office of his attorneys on Lexington street,
where he again asserted that he was
entirely ignorant of any motive Price
could have for inputing the crime to him.
He freely answered all questions asked
him, but showed traces Of the ordeal
through which he has passed. After leav-
ing the attorneys office he went to the
house of friend on Battery avenue to
return some books which had been lent
him. He intended to return to his home e.
in Caroline county, last night, but missed
the steamer. lie expects TO leave for his
home tonight.