The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-26

Wilmington. Del. June 23.-The ex-
element attending the gruesome
tragedy enacted last night outside the
city limits when George White. the ne
gro ravisher and murderer OF 17-year-
old Helen s. Bishop, vas burned at
the stake. has subsidized. Public senti-
ment appears to deplOre the resort to
mob violence, but the consensus of
opinion IS that summary vengeance
alone could atone for the brutal outrage
upon the life and honor of the young
glrl. 1t IS generally believed hat had
the courts brought the murderer to
speedy trial last nights tragedy would
have been averted.
1t IS not known as yet what action
the state authorities Will take. Cover
nor HUM says he Will confer with At
torney General H. H. Ware The lat
ter made a brief statement tonight N
which he laid that the state will await
the result of the c%Oroner's inquest and
hat every effort would be exerted to
ascertain the names of the leaders.
Coroner Mccormick mas rot fixed the
date for the inquest.
Deputy Coroner kilmer who today
VIsiter Prices corner, the scene Of the
lynching, found little to show. ALI
se~InbIances of the human form in
Whites body had been Obliterated by
the avenging fire and the morbid Gu
riOus relic hunters. A small portion of
the trunk and one or two Charred n
were recovered and taken to the NOR
que. OF the hundreds Of persons who
today visited the spot where the flu
neral pyre was lighted scarcely one left
without some CHASTITY mementO. One
man carried away a foot hat had nos
been consumed. Fragments of clothing,
pieces OF wood. cinderS and any articles
that bore mute testimony of the mob's
work were eagerly sought.
One arrest was made tonight by State
Detective Frances. The prisoners name
was not d~ivluged by the police. but it
is said he IS charged with having been
a party to the lynching. The police Of
ficIalS have little to say regarding the
affair. 1t is said that state n city
detectives were in the crOWdl last night
and recognized some of those who par
~tiCipated in the burning. Other arrests,
it is believed. Will follow.
During the show of resistance made
by the police and jail officials when
the mob attacked the New Castle our
ty work house, Peter Smith. a 12-year-
old boy. was shot in the back. The
bullet which struck him evidently came
from a pistol in the crowd and it is
CLAIMED by the prison warden that his
guards fired over the heads of the
lyncherS. Smiths condition is critical
and he is not expected to live. AnOth-
CT young man. whose name is unknown.
was slightly injured.
Mrs. Bishop. mother of the murdered
girl. IS in 4 state of nervous excite
ment. White was put to death within
a few hundred yards of the Bishop
home and the glare or the fire and
hOWls Of the mob could be plainly seen
and heard at the house.
JUDGE EXPLAINS COURTS POSI-
TON.
Judge Grubb. OF the cOunty cOurt to-
day made q public statement III which
he deplOres the lynching of White and
its consequent reflection upon the good
name of Delaware. Judge Grubb also
explained the action of the court in re-
fuSing to call a special session Of the
grand jury for the indictment of Miss
Bishops murderer. He says the trial
would have been attended by such pub
lie clamOr and prejudice that a fair
trial would have been impossible. and
the court would have been compelled to
grant the motion Of the priSOne
for a change of venue. INC the prs
0ner was moved to the insecure jail of
Kent county, or Sussex county, ne
might have escaped.
At the county work house today
everything wa quiet. Warden MeserVe
with his guards was on duty and had
hundreds OF callers to whom they re
fused &dmittdnce. The large double
doors at the main entrance have been
carried away entirely. and not a YES
tIge remains.
CLERGYMEN PASS RESOLUTIONS.
Nearly all the cIergymen in the city
held a meeting today and passed resO-
IutioDS saying:
We put on record our sense of Sor-
row. Indignation n shame AT the law
lessness and an~archistic demonstration
that has brought reprOach upon our
CommurItv"- and insisting upon the
sanctity of the law and the necessity
for COufding in the integrity Of our
OuTts Of justice.
DELAYS OF THE LAW.
Wilmington. Del. June 23.-Rev.
Robert a. EIwOOd. pastor of the OliveJ
Presbyterian church. preached a ensa-
tiOnal sermon on the probable lynChing
OF White last SUNDAY evening. He
took his text from Corinthians '. IS:
Therefore put away from among our
selves that wicked person.
After referring to the delay in bring
ing White to a trial Nh. Elwood said:
Should the murderer Of Miss Bishop
be IyncnSu. Yes. out Only under one
condition. n that is thiS-if his trial
shall be delayed until September and
then. though he be proven guilty.
through some technicality of the law
or any undue influence upon either
judge of jury lie be not gwen capital
punishment. then the citizens of the
state should arise in their might and
execute the criminal and thus uphold
the majesty OF the law"
Mr. F1wood said TODAY.
I am very sorry it happened as II
did believe the man should have had