The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-29
DRAWN
TO WILMINGTON
Morbidiy Curious People View
Scene of Whites Execution.
RELIC HUNTERS IN EVIDENCE
PRESBYTERIANS SUSTAIN REV
ROBERT ELWooD.

L 444A4A-NCA O-Ns Oel-s June %
w Thousands of persons today Wis
tied the place where George +.
White. the negro, was burned to death
last Monday night by a mob for the
murder of Miss Helen Bishop. They
came from all the small towns in this
vicinity and hundreds 1Ourneyed TO the
execution place from Chester Pa. and
Philadelphia. A trolley line runs 20
about three-quarters of a mile of the
scene. and bus drivers and others own
ing vehicles did a thriving business
carrying passengers to the place and
explaining TO them the events OF the
last two weeks. The burning took
place on freshly plowed field. about
fifty feet from the roadway. which IS
hidden by high bushes. The field has
been tramped almost as smooth ana
hard as asphalt by the thousands CT
persons who have visited the farm
The only evidence that remains Of the
work of the mob are three cobbie
stones. on one of which this inScrip-
ton has been placed in indehble ink;
Here is all that remains of White
Hordes Of Relic Hunters.
The bushes behind which the muir
der occurred have been cut down for
a distance of several yards and car
ried away by relic hunters.
Many of those who visited the scene
today among them d large number OF
women, carried away sDrlg or
branch of the bushes.
Discussion Of the events Of the past
week is rapidly ending. although the
affair was the text of some clergymen
today The preachers without eIceo-
ton condemned the lynching. notWith-
standing the fact that public senti-
ment is overwhelmingly on the side OF
the lynchers.
Rev. Robert EIwood. the Presby-
terrain minister who has come in Tor
much criticism for his sermon of last
Sunday night. in which he suSSesIe.I
lynching in case the negro escaped
speedy punishment at the hands Of thu
law. did not refer to the lynchng OF
the criticisms today
Pastor Sustained.
These criticisms were answered ny
his congregation today. when the fol-
lowing resolutions were read during
the services:
We. the officers and members OF the
Olivet Presbyterian church, WilmlIlS-
ton. Del. realizing the unjust criticism
being made Of our beloved pastor Kew
Robert FlwOOd. by a large proportion
of the public press. do place ourselves
on record in the following resolutions
First. we express our firm BELIEF IN
our pastors honesty, integrity ana
Christian character; our appreciation
of his ministerial labors in our congre-
H.
" Christian courage as expressed oy
his pulpit messages and his lie IN our
midst
Second. we record our belief that mis-
message of last Sunday evening was
both timely and true, sensible ana
scriptural and in no wise can the &C
tons of the citizens on Monday night
be chargeabIe to that sermon
Third. we order n copy of these reso-
Iutions placed on the seasonal records,
read in the church services of the SOM
ing Lords day, and given to the press
for publication"
Wilmington remains quiet The po-
lice department, however, has not re-
Taxed its vigilance and is prepared 10
meet almost any emergency It is not
believed that any further trouble VIII
be started by either the whites or the
blacks.
White Man a Demon"
The Rev. NIontrose w. Thornton. coll
ored. pastor of the First A NJ. Z.
church of this city. preached a sensa-
tional sermon to his congregation to-
night. He said in part:
.'The white man in the face Of his
boosted civilization stands before my
ewes tonight the demon of the world ;
races. a monster incarnate, and in so
far as the negro race is concerned
seems to give no quarter The white
is a heather. a fiend, mOnstroslty be-
fore God, and is equal to any act in the
category of crime I would sooner
trust myself in a den Of hyenas as in
his arms With court, law and OFF,
GERS of law in his hands the desDised
negro can expect no mercy, Justice or
protection. The negro is unsafe any
where in this country. He is the open
prey at all times of barbarians who
know no restraint and VIII not be re-
strained.
There is but one part left for the
I prosecuted negro when charged with
crime and when innocent Be a law
unto yourself You are taught by this
! lesson of outrage to save yourself from
I torture at the hands of the blOod-seek-
ing public. Save your race from insult
and shame Be your own sheriff, court
and jury as was the outlaw Tracy Die
! in your tracks. perhaps drinking the
blood Of your pUrSuers- Booker T.
Washington's charity, humanity, ad-
/ vice Of forgiveness, love, industry and
so on viii never be reciDrocated by
white men"
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