The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-24

Preside, and our beloved sisters, will not
be sorry, and neither will you
CALM APPEAL PROM GIRLS FATHER.
The popular feeling on the subject
prompted the Rev. f.. r. Bishop, father Of
the murdered girl, to Issue letter beg
ging the people to permit the law to take
its course and to do nothing rash Mr.
Bishops letter was
DEAR FRIENDS; Mrs Bishop and our chill
dren join me in this, expression OF deepest
gratitude. for your Christian sympathy ana
| tender mlnistrations in our a2onizing GRIEF.
| Though comparatively strangers. you nave
been as, dear friends whose hearts had been
10y yeeaS % s BEAR our made
a hnndredfold more intense by most re-
Voting crime Our cup OF bitterness = i,iI
J citizens Of our Commonwealth to relraih from
Thn officers believe that they have all
| evidence necessary to convict the prisoner.
| and wit out doubt az soon as the court can
Rs ssna ne Of c%s
can be legally tried this month. by, ali means
let justice BE- swift bu! Il not; then let us
| remove the vile wretch from society.
Meanwhile, the culprit is shut ny, with .
and ana st ts," With his lie lie ''|''''' " e "
Any other course Of procedure would bring
kind OF glory from those Of his class: would
p"ssib possibly endaneer tho life Of a delicate woman
and certainly dishonor the law" Of our Com
Let US not try to atone for one crime, no
matter how hr!l'sh' by computing another
THE ATTACK on THE GIRL.
The crime for which the negro WAS burned
was committed on Monday, June l5
About clock on the afternoon Of that
day Helen 8. Bishop. the 17-year-old
daughter Of the Rev. E. A. Bishop. d. D..
superintendent OF the Ferris Industrial
School. was found crawling on hands
and knees along the road toward her home
ct the industrial school, which is about
three miles from Wilmington The girl's
clothing was in shreds and covered with
blood and there were three deep gashes
in her throat.
The girl who was pupil In the Whining
ton High School. had left home in the morn
ing and come to this city to make Inquiries
about the examinations. She had been i'll
for = week and unable to attend school
She was on her way home when the assault
was committed.
White was arrested late on the evening
of the same day. A farmer had seen him
following q white girl along the road where
the assault was committed. Three police
men went to the house where White lived. 1t
was q cabin on q farm not far from the
New Castle county workhouse. They
found White in bed. He arose when he
saw the officers and began to dress. He
was not told what the charge against him
hn al Ho
evidently expecting arrest.
Miss Bishop died on the day after the
assault, having barely reeained conscious
meas The police wished to take White
before her SO that she might identify him,
but the physicians would not permit this
to be done.
The police were able to ascertain that the
assault was committed about 10 o'clock in
the morning. and from that time until
nearly o clock in the evening, almost seven
hours the young woman struggled to reach
her home, in sight Of which the crime had
been committed.
A bloody knife was found In the bushes
near the scene Of the assault which was
identified as having belonged to White, and
this was regarded by the police and others
ss strong evidence Of his guilt.
1n0 uoRTO htO u T6COTu. nc
had served four years In a Pennsylvania
prison for felonious assault and six months
for HOUSEKEEPING. and he was released only
a few months ago in Delaware after term
Of hve years in prison for murderous as
sault. He had been engaged recently as
farmland by Edward Woodward, whose
homo 10 near the Ferris Industrial School,
where Miss Bishop lived with her father
JuDoE oRuBB JusrIFIEs THE COURT.
Everybody concerned publicly in tho
case is giving out statement tonight
Judge Grubb Of the Court OF Oyer and
Terniner says Of the refusal to call special
session:
"There was no actual need OF a special
court being held for the trial OF this accused
man. as, according to the uniform habit
and experience Of our courts, he would
have been surely tried and convicted, il
really guilty, at the regular September
term Of court. There were serious and
weighty reasons why special term should
not be held. Chief among these was that
until the intense universal and fierce pub
lic feeling aroused by this abhorrent crime
had subsidized, the accused could not have
the fair and impartial trial accorded to
him by the Constitution and the inherent
principles Of justice.
Moreover. it would have been impossible
to have obtained an impartial jury OF this
county while the high popular feeling con-
tinued. This Is proved by its terrible e1-
tent az shown by the lawless and frenzied
consequences Of last nights popular fury
am sure that this view will be- taken when
the sober second thought Of our people has
returned, and that it was wisest and best
both for the good name of our State and
people as well as for the calm, dispassionate
and impartial administration Of justice.
Time should have been left to our here
tofore reliable jury and court at its regular
September term-not three months distant"
Attorney General Ward speaks in a gen.
eral way Of the future, but the leaders Of
the mob are to be apprehended II possible
and an attempt made to prosecute them
The man who led the attacking force, it is
said is q resident of this city. and those
who followed his lead, after he made an
appeal for help, were mostly young men.
Chief OF Police Black relates how he
and his men were pushed hither and thither
and found that they were utterly unabe
to cope with the surging crowd. He holds,
with others. that the slaughter Of score of