Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-04-11
MURDER OF SALLlE DEAN
Arrest of Ulysses G. Corkran
ON Suspicion.
ACCUSED BY MARSHALL PRICE
An Autopsy Made on the Body
of the Victim.
IL Reveals no Motive for the Crime
Price Accuses Corkran OF tho Murder,
But tho Latter Denies the Accusation
--Tho Biacksmith's Statement

BALTIMORE, Nh. April s. Ulysses Grant
Corkran was brought to baltimore from
Harmony ON Saturday by Detectives Gault
and Selbold and was yesterday committed
to the Baltimore jail to await the action of
the Caroline county grand jury. He was
committed on a similar charge to that on
which Marshall Il. Price, the young black
smith of Harmony, is held--the murder
of Miss Sallie Dean.
Corkran is OF medium height, sienderly
built and with sandy hair. He is getting
bald, is sharp-featured, is rs years old and
is IL son of Solomon Corkran, who lives
about 800 yards from the scene of the
murder.
For the greater part of his time since
he grew to manhood young Corkran has
been engaged as q school teacher. He
began teaching in Wicomico county in 1856
and atterward went to Caroline, teaching
one year each at Wiliston, Chestnut
Grove and Laurel Grove From Laurel
Grove he went over into Delaware, where
he spent some time as n teacher.
During the past scholastic year he has
been without a school. but he has acted as
substitute teacher on several occasions,
and on the day after the murder was a
substitute for Miss GoOtee, the teacher at
Laurel Grove, which is three miles from
Harmony.
His manner has always been quiet and
in the neighborhood of Harmony he bears
an excellent reputation. His neighbUrs do
not believe that he had anything to do
with the murder Of Miss Dean. They
think Price alone is the guilty man and
that Price is trying to put tue crime on
the shoulders of some one else, 50 that he
himself may get off with light sentence
PRICE MAKES CONFESSION.
Marshall Price made confession to the
dpfprtiVpl CDrErnn.
accusing the latter of the crime. Corkran
listened attentively,
You are lying and you know it, he
said when Price had finished. why d.
you wish to drag me into this thihg. You
know never had any conversation with
You about the girl"
Price persisted in saying he was telling
the truth.
Corkron turned to Marshal Frey and
the detectives and repeated that he was
innocent of all knowledge of the crime
aud that Price was lying. He said he had
never been intimate with Saliit Dean anG
that he had never said anything to Price
about her.
THE BLAcKsMITH's VERSION.
about three weeks before the murder,
Price said. Grant Corkran met me ant
said Sallie had spoken to him in Il sugges
tive way and he had not taken advantage
of the opportunity, but intended to do 50
and invited me to go with him. On tn,
morning of the murder | went down t
Fowling Creek branch to cut some Woo
with which intended to make pair o
names. While there saw Sallie pass alonl
on her way to school. She was alone am
was walking along swinging her school
books and her dinner bucket. Her sun
bonnet prevented her seeing me. went t
the roadside as she passed and saw Gran
Corkran following her He said; Now
al, NJ. i al |, IA In,
not knowing just what he was going to dc
Grant had a stone in his pocket which h
took out, and when he was within abou
Az feet of her he threw the stone at her.
struck her on the left side of her head an
made that long brnise which extende
from her temple to her ear. 1t was shar
threecornered stone. The blow from tn
stone knocked her down and made hi
unconscious. ! was surprised when h
threw the stone, for he had not spoken
her
Together we dragged the girl into I'll
bushes. Presently she came to and reco
,li2ed him and said. Oh, Grant He ha
her down, and her shoulders wera Resin
On piece of dead timber, with her hea
thrown back lie had his knife out, wit
which he had tried to cut her undergo
ments. When she recognized him he sa
tome, Let me have that razor, and reac
ing over he took from my upper We
pOEket 10y fhSOT WHICH luu pun luGT
having intended to sharpen it, and whiC
he had seen. even then did not kno
what he intended to do with it. As soc
as he got the razor ne made slash aero
Sallie's throat with it. and while she W
lying there he wanted to take advanta
Of her, but would not let him do so. ! "
unarmed, but told him that if he did TN
/ would kill him. He went off and burr
the knife he had left OH the ground al
threw the razor away. also buried t
dinner bucket the books and the stone al
nut some dead bushes Oh the body. so til
the buzzards could not get at it, and thei
went away also.
II had the thing constantly on my mil
ana knew that if it was known bad h
ANYTHING to do with the murder, it won
70 hard with me. So when the detectiv
came along and began TO talk to me
couldn't help talking about it, but thong
could direct suspicion away from me.
talked too much"
Ibid Won ever know or hear that Sal
Dean was not q good girlF" was asked
Price.
t,No," was the response, mot until Coz
ran told me that she might be bad"
"Had YOU ever noticed anything in
conduct or manner that would lead you
believe that Corkran's statements abe
her were irue|"
Nothing at all.
The detectives will return to Harmo
this morning to gather evidence agail
the prisoners to be produced at their tri
NO MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME.
An autopsy was held on the body
Miss Dean yesterday by prs. George, Ha
castle, Clark, Higgnutt and Duhadway
Caroline county, and Drs. Dunning {
Barton Of Easton. "rhe eXaminato
the latter says was private, and the
suit will he given to the jury of invest
ton probably on Monday, although
understood that nothing developed to il
cate Il motive for the murder"
Death of a Well-kn0wn Preacher.
The Rev. jeremiah Pastoriield of Wa
ington. formerly pastor of the Metho
Episcopal Church of Lewes died sudde