Evening journal., 1903-06-22
TO KEEP GUARD
ON ARM0RY ARMS
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At Front and Union streets there were
about ten men standing around, but there
were no signs Of the large mob that was
reported had gathered there to so to the
Institution.
After passing the city limits not per-
son was seen along the road until Prices
Corner was reached. 1t was unusually
foggy.
In the small shed along the trolley line
az Prices Corner which is but short dis
tance from the spot where the unfortunate
girl was assaulted and murdered the first
signs OF the would-be lynching party was
noticed. About dozen men were stand
Ing there but no remark whatever, was
made as the Journals representative drove
past. From there until the worl1house
was reached several squads Of men were
noticed along the railway tracks, but they
were coming from the direction Of Green
bank and had evidently dispersed when
the police arrived.
When The reporter arrived az Green
bank, day was just breaking and Chief of
Police Black ana several other local po-
lice officers We're talking TO a party of
about ten men standing in front of the
workhouse grounds.
One Lyneher Had Violin.
These men told Chief Black that they
had heard something was going TO be DO
ing and that they had walked out from
The city to be on hand in case an attempt
was made TO get White out Of the work
house. One Of the men carried a gun and
another one had violin. The man when
questioned by the officers as to why he
had the gun with him said that he carried
1t along for protection.
il was stated that about / o'clock when
some of the mob started away they shout
ed to the guards at THE workhouse and
told them they would be back latter
When the reporter left Greenbank at Al
O'Clock yesterday morning, the man with
the sun and his companions We're sitting
on the bank opposite the railway station
there. The men talked freely and one Of
them remarked that it was a long while |
before September and that something |
might happen to White yet. The man with
the FIDDLE started to play a selection on the |
instrument. which he said was the dead
march.
Coulu hepuise liOOO mens
1t would be next to impossible for 1000
men to get into the institution if the au-
thorides mean business and they do.
There is force Of twenty men at the
Institution and are not lacking for want
of firearms and ammunition.
White Behind Strong Doors.
White is behind closed doors and in or
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for mob to break I'm five steel doors, |
which would be next to impossible. The
doors are of the best known i'm Jail con-
struction and could not be sawed open in
less than ten hours, which would cool the
lrdor Of the mob even should it secure
admission by overpowering the guards,
which could be done only after some one
was injured or killed.
While the mob was at work saving the
doors it would be possible to get out the
Wilmington police force or even the militia
IL necessary.
5attering Rams of No Use.
The doors of the workhouse are locked
with large keys and also with dead
latcnes. There Is In addition a combina-
tion lcck. The door leading to the cor
ridor in which White is confined is locked
by a large key and a combination. In ad-
ditol the key to the big lock is deposited
IN the safe in the office OF Chief Warden
Meserve, who has the combination Of the
safe and no one else. 1t would be impos-
sible TO use battering rams for the pur-
pose of knocking down the doors because
they are too strong and there is not room
enough ITO use the battering rams. OF
course each door is well guarded and as
already stated there is plenty of ammu-
milton and a large number of riot guns
and revolvers for the guards of the in
stitution. The discipline is also such that
each man knows his place and would hold
it.
Elwood Condemned.
4 On all sides today sensible and level
headed men We're condemning the ac-
tion of the Rev. r. A. Elwood in preach