The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-06-27
WILL ARREST LYNCHERS
Police After Leaders Of Mob who
Burned George White.
BALTIMORE MAN LOCKED UP

Lynohing and Secured Sma'' Tor
ton of Body and One or Two Bones
Victims Confession Was Complete.
Wilmington Del. June 24.-The ex-
ritement attending the gruesome trag'
odv enacted Monday night outside the
CITY limits. when George F. White. the
negro rausher and murderer OF Il
vearold Helen 5. Bishop. was burned
at the stake. has subsidized.
The swift and dire punishment met
ed out TO the perpetrator of the terri
BE crime is the sole topic of conversa'
ton. but the details are calmly re-
hearsed. Public sentiment appears 10
deplore the resort 70 mob violence, but
the consensus OF opinion is that sum
mary yen1eance alone could atone for
the brutal outrage upon the life ami
the honor of the young girl. 1t is
generally believed that had the courts
brought the murderer 10 speedy trial
the tragedy would have been averted.
The iulces who had postponed action
mon the case of the confessed assail-
ant of Miss Bishop explain their action
bv stating that popular prejudice and
indisnation would have precluded the
possibility OF a fair trial for the cui-
pr.t
II is not known as vet what action
the state authorities will take Gov
eruor HUM saws ne will confer with
Attorney General Il. II. Ward. The
latter made q brief statement in
which he said that the state will
await the result Of the coroner's in
quest and thar every effort would be
exertod to ascertain the names OF the
leaders Coroner Mccormick has not
fixed the date for the inquest.
Dourtv Coroner Ki'imer. who visit
ol Prices Corner the scene OF the
lvnch.ne. found li'tle TO view. All
semlianae ol the human form IN
Whites body had been obliterated by
the ayeneinr fire and the morbidly
curious relic hunters. A small por-
ton Of the trunk aud one or two
Charred bones were recovered and
+ol.., ~ -t. r,orene OF the hun.
drs7s NJ no~sors who visited the spot
where the funeral pyre was lighted
scarcely one leit without some CHASTITY
memerto. one nan carried away a
foo, tro+ r.f MT been consumed
r. ~.,.-..s ot clothing pieces of wood.
,.-5o~s ON, .-, article that bore mute
..s+ir,o.v ~ DO mob.s work were
COL, .....t.
A-+rr~ C.~weu was arrested bv
c+oto Detective r-arcis lie came from
baltimore ana IS charged with having
loor , marty +o ,na lvnching He IS
hoi5 an Obi. charge Of murder. The
,oi,ca officials have little TO saw re-
rorsi-r .-. affair r is said that
s+o.o ami o.., detectives we're IN tho
c,o,r1 ,r.rr.~ -fgb+ and recoeDized
come or ,r.se who nartioinated in the
br-,t-, Colonel lanes NcComb a
wealthy retired canitalist. OF Clay
mont called on the police authorities
and -o'a them he would go bail for all
rorso1g arrested IN connection with
tho lrrchi-~ When he heard OF the
arrest De ,rain called NJ the police
station and offered TO 20 bail for the
.nrisonsr tr- ,t,s-t, outbo-itles would
NOT allow
Attorney General Ward said that he
ev,e.-.1 more arrests that there were
l19 leaders IN the mob and that they
would De arrested as soon as the Do
. lice could locate them.
No attar,-- o.. saorocv was made nv
Tho hundreds who were IN the crowd.
One witness +o ,hr burning said. "The
mob WAS NOT romnosai Of tbe CITY riT.
raY II was mostly made M of hard.
WORKING mon and some Of the best Of
the county. saw many business men
IN the crow4~
The ARRANGEMENTS for the horrible
execution Of Utra were comnlete
pursia- NJ s.~.v ,re~o secured from
q nesrl,. b,~o o,d r,o, tbese were
nire1 d., ,,1,rh~,,sb rorco ra,le
49, e.,t. All .1ro1 90 .ho r,.-o
Which ,r,s ,ho~o,oti,. soai,o1 With
"el'' D 'e nero was 'hen oounu
nun a",i'.'s 'o ie't WIN d hea'y
Iope anu 'Hio"N upon lhe olaz'ns
p.e
D.''' 'u. ''i'" was appheu Whiue
Conlts't- his gum and prayed Ter
'en''5 loT mercy. tbs confession was
nlpie'e ADMISSION OF everything
that had been charged against him
ana even more. In the main 1t was
"s IOiio"s'
J. was sent oy NT- woodward down
70 'ne CoIDI.id 10 try some corn ana
l sa" Mf. WooaWard s daughter and
INTENDED 70 assault Ler. but a couple
Ol men came along IN a wagon and
ulu not men / saw the Bishop girl
"uu iO'.'" W N'.' / seizeu her anu
~, .'.' d. '.'' i@u any money sne
- h.7 ~ ''1 ~ .'' "e' go one gave
D,oooe r. 80. ,'.' ,"o H's-on'
rrtod. epiao.' 49,, - no' anu sns
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