Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-29

EIlicott City, Md, May 2S.-Jacob
HENSON, under sentence of death for
the murder of Daniel f. Shea, was
hanged by lynchers about l o'clock
this morning.
Ellicott was wrapped in slumber
when the desperate men began to as
semble. There were 20 or 80 OF them,
and all were masked They came by
twos and threes and assembled near
the Jail. 10 alarm was given. and the
first information Chief Of Police Va
SAINT had of their presence was when
Che leaders of the throug demanded ad-
miJtance to the Jail He attempted to
parley with them, but il was OF no use,
I've have come for Henson, and we
mean to have him. was the only an
swey given to him.
Nansa9t refused to omen the jail
doors. but @ heavy stick Of timber
proved as CGccual as q key, and the
mob was soon inside of the little pri5-
/ en-. Henson covered in mis- cell, and
when ne caught sight of the black
/ yelled figures rs they were revealed by
the dim light of O. single lantern, he
| slriekCd for mercy sWC3rius~thaJ he
| had never killed Shea.
/ IL was useless. Half Q dozen deter
miDel men broke open the cell door
/ and placed q rope around the negro S
/ neck. He was more dead than alive
| when dragged from The cell. He fell
! upon his knees and alternately prayed
and cursed, but determined hands were
at the other end of the rope, and he
/ was dragged face downward down the
Jail steps
Once in the open air. he seemed to
revive, and struggled determnedly for
life. For moment or two there was
desperate struggle, but Henson was
/ quickly overcome and was half drag
gej, half carried from the centre Of
the town. On past the place where the
| murder was committed the mob hur-
riCd him to his fate.
Nerrick's Lane seemed to offer a cont
veniont place for the last act of the
| tragedy, and Henson was hustled along
until PatapscO Institute and its sleepy
inmates were left behind. Then the
| end of the rope was thrown over the
branch of a ree-tnere was final
shrek. ending in O. CHASTITY rattle, as
the murderer was pulled clear off the
| ground and the tragedy was over. No
shots were fired, ana the mob dispersed
as quietly as it mad assembled.
A pi2card was left pinned to Hen
sons breast On which was written:
We respect our court and judges
Governor Brown forced the law-abid-
| Ing citizens to carry on. the verdict
OF The jury. Whitecaps"
The lyucbers feared that the Gov
erncr of Maryland nigrt be induced
10 interfere and commute the dead
mans sentence for life imprisonment
! The grounds for the apprehension cam8
| from the recent repeated visits to the
! Jail Of one or two specialists in mental
! diseases 20 inquire into Helsou's san
fly, and the reported intention Of Gov
| Brown himself 20 come out here for
the same purpose one day this week.
The murder Of Daniel t. Shea was
| committed about three weeks ag0.
| With no other incentive than robbery.
! the negro beat his employers head with
! an iron bar and left him dead in q
room over the Iayter's store, where he
/ had lived alone. Heue0u's arrest. trial
ana conviction followed. An applica-
t.cn for new trial was refused by
/ Judge Thomas jones' on April /. on
which day Henson was sentenced to be
hanged.