The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-23
DELAWARE MOB
BURNS A NEGRO
AT THE STAKE.
Continued From PAGE One.

| ing of the mob and prepared to defend the
| man at all costs.
Armed with pistols. shotguns and other
| weapons, the mob soon reached the jail.
| A battery of railroad ties soon carried away
the great outer door of the workhouse.
| What was going on inside the lookup was
| not known to the mob. nor did 1t seem to
| care.
! The second, third and fourth doors were
battered down by the forward leaders in
the attacking party, amid the yells and
| cheers of those who were pressing forward
| from the rear. Then the would-be lynchers
| were momentarily halted by hail of bull
! lets from the inside. A great howl went up
| from the leaders. but they were pressed for
| ward by those in the rear.
| More shooting was heard and there was
scramble to get out but the Drawer ones
in the attacking party stood their ground.
In the fusilade that followed four persons
fell all members of the mob. They were
quickly carried to the rear and attended by
those who were not brave enough to be
at the front. Three of the wounded were
men and the other was a boy.
MOB WOULD BE SATISFIED
WITH NAUGHT but BURNING.
1t was evident that the Warden did not
wish to slaughter the mob in the prison
corridor so he directed that the fire hose
be turned on the crowd. This also held the
mob for a time. but not for long. A general
rush was made and White was found and
dragged from the cell and the prison. Then
the crowd outside sent up a great cheer
Attempts were made TO shoot White on
the spot, but the leaders of the crowd would
have nothing but his life at the stake.
Then the march to the place of execution.
just as though it were a march to the gal
lows in a prison, was taken up. With torch
es to lead the way and with 1000 persons
following the negro, he was led to the ROAD
and to almost the very spot where the as
sault took place
White was given last chance to speak,
and he confessed to the murder of the girl.
A stake had been arranged by an advance
guard. White was quickly chained to the
post and the dry underbrush, soaked with
OIL was ignited, and the horrible execution
was on. White. suffering intense agony,
tainted and his body hung limp. Shots were
fired into his body and the victim of the
mob was soon dead.
The failure of the County Court to give
White a speedy trial is. in great measure. |
responsible for to-night's tragedy.
ATTACKED WHILE on
HER WAY FROM SCHOOL. |
The crime for which White was lynched
was one Of the most revolving in the GRIM |
inal annals of Delaware. |
The victim. Miss Helen S. Bishop. daugh- |
ter of the Reverend z. A. Bishop, superin- |
tendent of Ferris Industrial School. would
have been IS years old next October.
She was a student of the Wilmington High
School. and was on her way home from the |
school last Monday afternoon when she was
attacked. The industrial school, four miles |
from here, where her parents made their |
home, is about three-quarters of mile |
from Prices Corner. where the girl usually |
left the trolley car when she came from
school,
Late Monday afternoon n farmer, work. |
ing in the field, saw young woman stagger |
and fall in the road. She got up and fell |
again. and then she tried to crawl.
The farmer and his sons went to her as |
sistance, but when they reached the girl |
she was lying unconscious in the road. They /
learned that she was Miss Bishop. She had /
three ugly gashes in her throat her body |
was badly scratched and her clothing was
torn in many places.
In one hand she clutched a small pen. I
knife. which she used at school in sharpen
ing pencils.
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