The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-07-11
HANGED BY A MOB,
Saihe Deans Murder Avenged b.
Body Of Lynchers.

Body Of Lynchers.
DENTON, Nd, July 3.-Marsal
E. Price, convicted of the murler
of Sallie E. Dean, 14-year-ld
school girl, in February, and an
tenced to be hanged next Frldg,
was taken from the Jail here at i'll
O'Clock last night and hanged te a
tree in the Jail yard. Price begged
piteonsly of the jail officials to pro-
tect him when the crowd battered
down the door of the prison.. but
the jailers were outnumbered fifty
to one and could do nothing.
About IL o'clock the lynchers
advanced upon the jail and sur
rounded it. They demanded the
keys from Sheriff Berry, and when
that officer declined to give them
up they knocked down the door.
Once inside, the guards were over
powered, and soon Prices cell was
reached. The prisoner was in a
pitiable state of fright. a rope
was thrown over his head, he was
hurried to tree near the jail and
strung up without delay. The mob
stood around for some time watch
ing the dying man swinging in the
moonlight, aud when it was known
that he was dead all departed.
The murder of Miss Sallle E.
Dean was in many respects one Of
the most remarkable crimes ia the
history of the State. Sallie Dean
was fourteen years of age and was
the daughter of Mr.. Jacob Dean, g
respectable farmer. On Tuesday,
March Goth, she started to school
about s O'Clock carrying her books
and tin pail containing her lunch,
Her route led her along the public
road leading from Denton to Har-
mony, and on the way she stopped
at the house of Solomon Corkran
who lived by the roadside, to see il
Mr.. Corkran's little son, who usu.
ally accompanied her to school, was
ready to go. He was not ready,
and she passed on toward Harmony
and that was the last time she was
seen alive by any one except hel
murderer.
Between four and five o'clock IN
the evening her dead body was
found. 1t was covered with some
cedar brush, and her throat had
been cut. There were marks on
her head, indicating that she had
been struck, and an empty chloro-
form bottle was lying near. Soon
a crowd of excited citizens were on
the spot, vowing vengeance on the
perpetrator of the crime. A coro-
ner's jury was summoned by JUS
tlce Hudson, but no ore was
implicated. The girls body was
removed to her home, and the
funeral which took place on Thurs
day, was attended by vast throng
of people.
Among those first on the scene
when Sallie's body was found was
Marshall E. Price, a young mar
ried man, who conducted a black
smith shop near Harmony, and
about 500 yards from the scene of
the murder. He assisted in carry
ing the girls dead body home, and
was particularly kind to the family.
He was a member of the coroner S
jury which sat in the case, and
while acting as such some of his
movements aroused suspicion, but
there was no evidence to connect
him with the crime. But the
detectives had spotted him as the
guilty man, and with the finger Of
suspicion pointing at him he became
restless, and began to suggest plans
by which the murderer might be
caught. He grew nervous, and on
the Thursday following the crime
he claimed to dream of the murder
and related his dream to his wife
and others. He talked to the de.
tectives, and offered to help them
in solving the mystery surrounding
the crime.
On the Monday following, April
LIST, he visited Prices house, and