The Penn's Grove record., 1903-06-26

George White, Colored, Taken
From New Castle Co. Work
house and Roasted.
George White, the colored brute VINO
outraged and murdered Helen 5. blsnop'
aged II, on Monday Of last week lou'
miles from Wilmington, was taken ilon
the New Castle Work house on MONDAY
night by citizens Of the surrounding
nelghborhood and burned at a staks
IN the presence OF q crowd, varlously esti-
mated to have been 9, 900 or 4, 900 Citizens.
The people were SO enraged at the heln-
Gus crime that Attorney General Ward
was urged to ask for a special term OF
court to Immediately try the culprlt ana
remove him from existence, but the Court
refused and his trial would not come OH
until September. There were rumors
that the workhouse would be broker IN
to and White taken on Saturday and Sun
day night. Several men congregated IN
that neighborhood, but it was thought
that it would be too great an undertaking
and not ~countenanced in a community
SO far north.
An inquest was held on Monday and
much evidence was taken which liked the
crime on White. The brutal manner IN
which White assaulted and mutilated
Miss Bishop, which is too vile for public
print, 0 spread all over Wilmington
and the surrounding country. On Mon
day word vas passed around that White
would be lynched that night and for the
| people to meet at the workhouse at ~
! o'clock, People began to go by dusk and
the trolley cars on the Brandywine
| Spring road went loaded.
POLICE CALLED.
The Wilmington police department was
notified and % policemen under Chief OF
Police, George Black went to the work
house at 8, where there was a crowd OF
1000 men, who hooted and jeered them.
The mob grew larger and advanced to-
wards the building. Chief Black came
out and told the crowd there to keep out
and if they advanced some would be
shot.
Nathan Baker, one of the leaders,
stepped forth and told him to shoot. Ii
| there were twenty-five men who would
follow him they would take White. The
officers retreated into the workhouse and
| a fusilade of bullets from rifles and re-
volvers rained upon the building, as soon
as a shot was heard from the workhouse.
THE uILDING BROKEN IN.
The authorities were requested to open
the doors and upon their refusal a rail-
road tie was pressed into service as a bat
tering ram. The stout doors, unable to
withstand the force of the heavy blows
showered upon it, fell in with a crash.
The officers after consultation decided
not to shoot as it would be a massacre Of
many citizens and death to them as the
attacking party were armed and some
had dynamite which would have blown
up the building. Unwilling to pour a
| volley of bullets into the dense crowd in
side the workhouse gate, lest there should
be a fearful mortality, the police turned a
hose on the mob, and this served to drive
a portion Of the attacking force back.
Others, however, only jeered at this meth
cd OF defense and redoubled their assault
upon the prison doors.
Captain Thomas Kane was struck by a
| black jack in the hands OF one of the in
vaders and 6hfEsR3eek was u E used
| by the mobfo an instant. The latter
was wedged in a corner for a moment by
the battering ran and upon freeing him
self was struck upon the head by a stone.
Peter Smith a boy OF is was shot in the
back. Some others also sustained injur-
les. Smith died on Wednesday
Tearing down every obstacle in it's way
the mob slowly but surely advanced.
Iron bars and steel rails were no barrier
to the determined men. Blacksmiths
with cold chisels and other tools quickly
opened doors pointed out to them by a
| young man named Wood, who has on
| several occasions served time in the insti-
tuition.
WHITE FOUND.
Upon marching to cell 10, it was found
to be locked, but again the blacksmiths
were called into service and quickly open
| ed the door. The first man in the cell
was Nathan Baker, a motorman. He was
| struck a vicious blow in the face and
| felled to the floor. Before the prisoner
struck Baker, however, the latter had
him covered with a revolver, but the ne
gro, by a quick movement struck the
weapon from his hands.
Three other men then went into the
| cell and brought White out. Before he
was brought down stairs the leaders COM
manded many of the invaders to leave
the building, fearing that the negro would
be shot. From the porch a man announ-
| ced that White had been secured and re-
| quested that nobody shoot him as it was
decided to burn him at the stake. Bring
/ him down." was the shout Of the mob
and then the procession started for the
! place of execution.
The attack on the building was begun
ar 10 o'clock and White was brought out
at 1905. They broke through five steel
doors but as it vas done by expert iron
workers, the damage was not very great.
WHITE CONFESSED.
When found White was told that he
had better confess and he made a full
confession, some of which was too vile to
print. He had been sent by farmer
| Woodward to thin corn. When he saw
| Woodward's daughter along the road he
intended to assault her, but two men
came along. He attacked Miss Bishop
| soon after when she came in a brutal
manner and when she said she would
tell on him he stabbed her three times
~v;+h : Lr;fo from the effects ~ mb;oL