The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-03
LYNTHED IN MARYLAND
Marshall f, Price Taken from Jail
by a Masked Mob
AND PROMPTLY HANGED TO A TREE

The Lynohing was Anticipated, and Price
Would Have Been Removed, but Every
Avenue of Escape Was Cut OG, and the
Guards Were Quickly ovorpowered.
DENTON, Md, July 8.-Marshall E.
Price, the murderer of little Sallie e.
Dean, near Harmony, this county, was
taken from the county Jail here last night
by n crowd of masked men and hanged to
a tree near the Jail. Price was to have
been executed Friday, but yesterday Sher-
if Berry received n telegram announcing
that Governor Brown, acting on the adj
vice of Attorney General Poe, had granted
"a reprieve until the court of appeals could
pass upon the case.
When this became known the general
discomfort which had begun to manifest
itself as soon as the appeal proceedings
were commenced broke out into a storm.
and a strong l~ynching party was quietly
and quickly organized. When Sheriff
Berry received official notice of the re-
prieve he withdrew the death N-atch, and
the Jail, which is a poorly con,R uctcd af-
fair, was left practically unguarded. 1t
could not have been defended against IA
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 a great deal of ex-
element 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
until the last. An effort was made to find
some avenue of escape by which Price
could be taken from the reach of the
nnan-fa- ooh I,N -n, nNr~,N Taulin~
from the Jail was found to be closely
guarded by a strong force. A delegation
from the lynchers, all masked, waited upon
Sheriff Berry, and notified him not to at
tempt to remove the prisoner: Then it was
known that the attempt at lynching,
which had been rumored for several days
would be made, was near at hand
Price had been resting quietly in his cell
during the early part of the evening, but
the sudden and unexpected appearance of
the sheriff and his deputies warned him
that something unusual was ~transpiring.
The prisoner became much excited. FL
nally one of the guards told him of the
threatening mob about the Jail and he
cried out: For Gods sake let me out. 1
will hide will not run away"
The lynchers completed their arrange
ments about IL O'Clock, and in a body adj
vanced upon the jail and surrounded it..
They demanded the keys from Sheriff
Berry, and when that officer declined to
give them up they easily knocked open the
door. Once inside, the guards were quickly
overpowered, and soon Prices cell was
reached. The prisoner was in a pitiable
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 a tree near the Jail and strung up with
out delay. The mob stood around for
some time watching the dying man swing
ing in the moonlight, mt When it was
known that he was dead all departed.
Governor Brown, when informed by the
representative the of Associated Press of
the lynching of Price, said he considered
} it a great misfortune that the law was not
allowed to take its curse. 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,
. he could not do otherwise than grant the
respite. He %recounted the suggestion made
in his message to the general assembly of
= incarcerating in the penitentiary in Bal
timore all prisoners under sentence of
death. If the suggestion had been acted
8 upon the two lynchings which Maryland
has been the scene of during the past
$ month would have been averted.