Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-04-12
HARRINGTON.

On the morning of April eth. Marshal
| E. Price, the supposed murderer of Salli,
/ Dean, the fourteen year old school cir
who resided at Harmony, Caroline Co.
/ Nd, IN company of Detectives Gault anc
Seibald,of Baltimore, and Deputy Sheriff
w. j. Rue, of Denton, took the Norfolk
express for Baltimore, Md They reached
Harrington about 1890 a. m, and took a
room at +. Anderson's hotel, keeping
out Of sight OF every one, until within ten
minutes OF the arrival of the train. He
was then led secretly to the depot, where he
was brought in the ticket office and ept
hid until the arrival of the train There
was only one or two who knew the pris
oner was In town. Price uscaped a lynch
ing only by being brought here BY de-
.Vlous route. Deputy Sheriff Rue said
when it became known Thursday that
Price was IN jail, and the impression grew
strong that he was the guilty man, the au-
thoriues We're compelled to spirit him out
OF town to safer quarters. Your correspon-
dent never saw a man with such nerve.
he Deputy said Price was not uneasy att
all as to the result if they could get him
out OF Denton and let him have a fair trial.
lie was very intelligent looking Young
man Of not over tWenty-three wears Of ace
Through the efforts of Detective N. H |
Hutchins of the Delaware r. R.. a COMES |
sion by Vim Kennedy, the man who
robbed the postOffice and tried TO crack the /
safe here about two weeks ago, has been /
made and he safely lodged in fail For over a /
month there has been several burglaries IN
and down the Delaware R. r and Detec-
i've Hutchins has been quietly working on
his case, and after collecting enough evi.
ience arrested this man Kennedv.who made
confession Of burglaries he and others
lad committed and also about the post
ithce entry here Postmaster Melvin went
o Dover Saturday morning with the whole
urglar outfit and gave them in as evidence
he light he broke open fhe postoffice and 4
tempted to enter the safe. he came to
harrington on the Norfolk Express and
IT by the midnight train only giving him
hrly-three minutes in which to do the
.of he told exactly where he dropped
IS bulf s-eye lantern and why he ran.
Fran lin Bros are working on full time =
wing employment to about one huIsdted
lys They turn out from ten to twelve 5
ousand bas cts perday. A goodly num- n
T OF their baskets are sold TO Southern .
lckers.
About all Of the dogs in town can be
Si wearing muZZle, and all others are q
lied since the mad dog scare. We hare !
inaged to get rid Of about fifty worthless
rs which is a blessir G to this community b
persons can sleep now without being /,
turbed e
The town Of Harrington for once in its ii
tory is clear of debt,and a small amount ~
the treasurer's hands Let Us have a :
2 more street lamps in some of the dark tn
places The town commissioners have <,
le a good work in that respect for the ~
1 two years; the town now has about a
y i've lamps Another suggestion ~
id lise to make,and that is, let All of %
street lamps burn all dark and rainv
hts; it will be a great benefit to stran-
travelling late at night and those tax
the midnight trains, We have an ex-
mt board of commissioners, and they ST..
generally DO anything that is reasona- FL
here will be a teachers meeting in 4ar-
lon Saturday, April 18th, at hi.
object OF these meetings is to discuss
report OF the Committee Of Fifteen.