The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-04-08
SALLIE DEANS MURDER
Startling Developments in Mary
lands Latest Tragedy.
HER SCHOOL TEACHER ARRESTED.

IL Is Charged That He Was the Principal
in the Murder of His Pupil. who Was
Killed to Prevent Her Testifying A gainst
Him.
BALTIMORE, April s-Grant Cochran
the school teacher of Sallie Dean, the II
year-old girl who was outraged and mur.
dered. was arrested by Baltimore detec-
tives near Harmony, Caroline county and
brought to Baltimore. 1t Is understood
that Cochran's arrest was brought about
through a statement In the nature of a
partial confession made by Marshall e.
Price to Chief of Police Frey. Cochran, so
far as known, has made no statement.
The police seem to think they have case
against both men, but surround it with
nh air Of mystery.
Cochran is about 30 years old and pop.
ular in the county He is said to have
been on very friendly terms with tho Dean
family.
IL is charged that Price and Cochran
met the girl on her way to school and Mt
tompted to assault her in lonely spot
She called the men by name and said she
would expose them as soon as she reached
home Then 1t was decided to kill the
girl. Price says that Cochran was the in
btiRHtDr OI bne l3Otl Ol blle accused
are well connected
At the request of the county authorities
Detectives Gault and Seibold were sent
down to help solSe the mystery. They
soon spotted Marshall E, Price, a 2l-year-
old blacksmith of Harmony, who had
served on the coroner's jury and had
shown remarkable eagerness In every wny
to help find the murderer The detectives
encouraged him to talk, and took him
about with them.
He told them that he had been so en-
crossed on tho subject of the crime that he
had dreamed of IL more than once. The
last time he dreamed of 1t was Tuesday
night. Then, in his sleep, a vision of the
scene came over him, and very deeply Inn
pressed him. 1t was very vivid. He told
how he, following the mysterious imagina-
tlon OF his sleep, in company with one Of
the searchers had walked directly to the
spot and dug up the knife-a long keen
and dangerous weapon, with blood still
upon it-with which the child's throat was
cut.
He spoke also OF other articles which
had been buried by the murderer, includ-
ing little piece of ribbon which Sallle
Dean wore that fatal day. He had found
these, he said dramatically, after 3,O00per-
sons had searched the ground over and
obtained no clew. In his statement fur
ther on he became excited, made an ap-
parent blunder, and, turning deathly pale,
would have fallen, but one Of the officers
present in the magistrates room caught
him. He had been seized with a slight
fainting spell, and DIR. Enooh George was
hastily called in. Price then resumed his
statement, which bore little relevancy, oc-
casionally protesting his innocence.
Tho detectives then formally made the
affidavit, charging Marshall II. Price
with having murdered Sarah t. Dean on
the G6th day of March," and Sheriff George
Fl Berry took him to jail, When the news
of the arrest was circulated public feeling
ran high, and the detectives determined to
hurry their prisoner to Denton. The talk
came to the ears of Mrs. Price, the prls-
oner's young wife, but In no way has her
faithi In him faltered She insists OH going
to Denton with her husband and the
officers indulged her.
When finally she became convinced that
he was actually arrested for the crime, the
young wife, who is but 10 years old, broke
down but maintained her faith in her
husbands innocence