Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-03
A MOB LYNCHED PRICE.
Little Sallie Deans Murderer Strung Up by Masked Men.
EXECUTION SET FOR LAST FRIDAY.

A Respite by Governor Brown and the Prospects of New Trial Infufriated the
 Citizens So That They Broke Open the Jail and Hanged the Murderer. DENTON, Md, July 3.-Marshall E.. Price, who waylaid; assaulted and mur- dered little Sallie Dean while on her way
 to school, and who on Monday received a
 respite pending an appeal for a new trial, was taken from jail here last night and hanged to a tree.
 Rumors reached the guard early in the evening that many strangers had been seen i'll the outskirts of town and that
 lynching was probably their object. Price
 upon learning this became greatly alarmed
 and begged to be spirited away, but the guards discovered to their dismay that ev. | cry avenue of escape was cut off and were
 obliged by overpOwering numbers to give up their prisoner. Tho leaders wore masks, but several of them are known. Price was to have been executed on Friday, but Tuesday morning Sheriff Ber- ry received a telegram announcing that Governor Brown, acting on the advice of Attorney General Poe, had granted re- prieVe until the court of appeals could pass upon the case. When this became known, the general discontcnt which had l begun to manifest itself as soon as the ap- | peal proceedings were commenced broke | into ;t storm, and strong lynching party
 was quietly and quickly organized. When Sheriff Berry received official nO- | ticc of the rcprieve, he withdrew the death
 watch, and the jail, which is poorly con structcd affair, was left practically un- | guarded.
 It could not have been defended against
 determined mob, however except by a
 strong armed force.
 About 10 o'clock last night a crowd of
 strangers began gathering in town, and | their presence created great deal of ex- | citemcnt among the citizens who had not | retired to rest. Sheriff Berry was notified,
 and he and his deputies gathered at the | jail, determined to defend the prisoner un- l til the last. | Masked Men Surrounded the Jail. | An effort was made to find some avenue | of escape by which Price could be taken | from the reach of the averaging mob but | every street leading from the jail was found to be closely guarded by strong l force.
 A delegation from the lynchers, all | masked, waited upon Sheriff Berry, and
 notified him not to attempt to remove the
 prisoner. Then it was known that the at | tempt at lynching, which had been ru-
 mored for several days would be made and was near at hand.
 Price had been resting quietly in his l cell during the early part of the evening, | but the sudden and unexpected appearance l of the sheriff and his deputies warned him l that something unusual was transpiring. l The prisoner became much excited. Eli nally one of the guards told him of the | threatening mob about the jail. and he 1 cried out:
 For Gods sake let me out will hide
 1 will not run awayv'
 | The lynchers completed their arrange
 ments about Il o'clock, and in a body ad-
 vanced upon the jail and surrounded it. 1 They demanded the keys from Sheriff Ber- | ry, and when that officer declined to give them up they easily knocked open the
 door. Once inside, the guards were quickly l overpowercd, and soon Price's cell was l reached.
 The prisoner was in a pitiabIe state of
 excitement and fright, and his condition | was such that it was an easy matter to
 get him out of the jail. 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 | watching the man swinging in the moon | light, and when it was known that he was
 dead all departed.
 Governor Brown, when informed of the | lynching of Price said that he considered | it a great misfortune that the law was not
 allowed to take it's course. In granting the
 reprieve he said he had only taken the one
 course to be pursued. Exceptions had
 been filed by Prices counsel, and these
 had been sent to the court of appeals As
 this was necessary, according to law h6 | could not do otherwise than grant the re. | spite.
 He rccOuntcd the suggestion made in his
 message to tho general assembly of incar'
 ccrating in the pcnitentiary in Baltimore
 all prisoners under sentence of death. II
 the suggest ion had been acted upon, the
 two recent lynchings would have been | avCrted.
 Ont of Work, So Hanged Himself. NEW YORK, July 3.-BeCause he was | out of work and was unable to get cm