Evening star., 1902-08-04
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Two Men Held for the Lynch
ing Of Craven.
FU RTHER INQUIRY
EFFORT TO IDENTIFY OTHER
PARTICIPANTS
The Testimony Given Saturday After
noon-Expressions of the Senti-
ment of Citizens.

Special from a staff Correspondent
LEESBURG, Va, August 1.-Two men
are under arrest as participants with the
mob in the lynChing Thursday afternoon
of Charles Craven, the alleged murderer OF
William H. Wilson. One of them is Scott
Bradley of Fairfax and the other is Harry
Nipple of Frederick, Md. The name of
Charles Lowenbach, a saloon keeper here,
has been mentioned by number OF wit
nesses, but no effort has been made to
place him under arrest.
The man Paxon who was tried for dis
orderly conduct, and whose name has also
been mentioned at the inquest, is still in
jail. Saturday afternoon he occupied the
cell on the upper floor of the battered prison
with Scott Bradley. He was extremely
anxious to be removed to another cell, as
he feared an effort might be made by col
ored people to avenge the lynching of Cra-
ven, in which event he thought he might
be made to suffer Jailer Laycock informed
him that there would be no such trouble,
and advised him to make the best OF MS
situation. Harry Nipple, who is under ar
rest at Frederick taken into custody
al the request of Sheriff Russell. and Will
be given a hearing Thursday, by which
time 1t is expected, the inquest will be con-
cluded. Nipple is well known here as the
Iron man. by reason of the fact that he
has been coming here at regular intervals
purchasing scrap iron.
There is a decided difference of opinion
here as TO the probable outcome of the in
quest Most of the people are of the opln-
lon, however, that the jury will hold at
least three or four of the men against
whom so much testimony has been given
Should several men be held to answer LOT
the crime more trouble is feared, as 1t Is
currently reported that many of those who
to 1pot n
a trial will attempt jail delivery.
The murder of Mr. William H. Wilson
and the subsequent lynching of his alleged
slayer was discussed yesterday on the
streets, and reference was also made TO the
two crimes in some of the churches.
brother of the victim of the lynehers lives
in town, and is employed by Mr.. Lowen-
bach the saloon keeper, whose name has
figured prominently in the case. He has
been about town since the affair happened,
but has had nothing to say about it.
Local Comment.
In Saturdays issue of local paper ap-
peared an account of the two crimes of tn"
week. the article concluding:
TT was not any more the right of the
prisoner that he should have been tried by
the law than it was the right of every citi-
zen to know that the law protected the So
ciety of the county, which involved the
homes and lives of all our people. We al
have been enacted in this county, when
nothing could have been more certain than
that the murderer would receive the death
penalty for his crime, if found guilty. we
hope such an occurrence Will never again
blot the escutcheon Of this county. Had
there been well-organiZed military com
pany in the town this unfortunate affair
would not have occurred.
We understand that the law officers OF
the county will give this outrage upon this
community and this scandalous wrong to
the county thorough investigation, and
all who ca be with certain evidence proved
to have taken part in this occurance will
be brought under the penalties the law i'm
poses for such case.
What protection have the people for
life and for the sacredness of their homes
if the acts of the mob are to be allowed
to take the place of the law?"
A Preachers View.
In the same issue Of the paper there ap-
peared communication signed by the Rev.
Edwin s. Kinks. rector of st. James
Church of Leesburg, in which he stated
that "a very wide misconception seems to
prevail as 10 the ground on which one man,
or a dozen men can take anOther'S life.
There is such thing justifable hon.
eide. We can with right and impunity XIII
a man in self-defense or in defense of
person being assaulted. In all other cases
the law must take it's own course slowly
and carefully. If democracy be not a fail
ure then it is incumbent upon every citizen
to see the law most jealousy protected.
The lynch law which we have just had in
our midst is a blot and stain upon the fair
escutcheon of our peoples honor Batter
ing down a jail door in broad daylight and
tearing a man from the hands of justice,
to hang and shoot on the public highway,
is to affirm the supremacy Of individual
might and to step back to barbarism.
christianity teaches in very plain terms
that the merciful shall obtain mercy The
man who was hung was given no time for
even a prayer. 1t is no defense to say that
he gave his victim no time quarter, for
this is TO fall to the defense of 'evil for
evil and TO put our passions on the same
plane with the despised criminal. Time
for reflection, for meditation for possible
reformation and conversion in the civil
lied, CHRISTIAN and humane way. There
was murder. yes; we were all incensed
and Mortified, when We heard of the cold
blooded murder of a quiet, beloved, hon
ored and respected citizen, cut down in SO
dastardly a manner. The culprit, who we
believe upon circumstantial evidence, did
this thing, after being loose like a tiger in
the community. had been caught. and
Gagged and the trial. the verdict and the
rope were before him. No jury in the land
would have cleared him
Blind With Drink.
After stating that the men who did the
iynching We're blind with drink the min
lister concluded:
Il say without hesitation that the men
who did the damage were in liquor, and
consequently bloodthirsty, and this act
like many sad tragedies of the past year,
have come upon us with the reopening of
the saloons, But for the liquor these men
would have been counselled, and as to civic
resistance, We all know that a positive
treatment of men in such condition as the
fey wild men who battered the doors away
would have availed; that short, sharp
fight would have sent them out In a hurry
Il think we need the most positive law
upon the men who broke that Jail, and MAJ
God forgive the men who did the lynching. -
Witnesses Examined.
AT tlI inquest Saturday afternoon, after
The StNr's report closed, several witnesses
were examined before the hearing ad-
jOurned for the day. One of the witnesses