The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28

FIRST COmpletc Account Of the L:nehine
Tho Anair Especial, Not ew0rthy a.
nein< the First Case OF burning a,
the Stake In the North-The MOb Or.
aanlIeti without OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ncssIike Methods Of the Rioters In
( storlnlng the .Jaii-Exactiy How the
Negro Was Put tn Death
WILMINGTON, Del. June 2,.--No de-
tailed consecutive story of the lynching
OF the negro George White, has been printed
~ To- this tine The late hour at which
he was burned alive caused all the accounts
OF tho affair published to be fragmentary
~ that the excitement prevailing in
Wilmington caused attention to be turned
from the lynching itself to its saqueI-.
Hero, then, il the story told for the first
ii ne II is worth telling, because the burn
ing Of George White was the first lynchng
Of the kind to occur in Northern Statn
His crime was committed on Monday.
Iunc H. He was arrested the same night
and the newt day was locked up in cell 10
~ the workhouse prison. three miles from
the city. On Wednesday lie confessed
his guilt to Chief of Police Black.
For that confession the Chief had worked
from the moment he first got the man
under lock and key. Only the Chiefs
tact and knowledge Of the negro character
brought abou; This result
lie encouraged Write to talk about re-
ligon urged upon ni,n the importance of
telling his sins il he would hope for future
forgiveness Br Tuesday night the man
WAS wavering
If you have done something wrong
George said the Chief. why don't you
tn! it and ask God to forgive you?"
i's' got something powa hf,l bad on
m" mind" replied the negro. But I
w"n't tell yet can't tell yet"
The CONFESSION.
\gain on Wednesday the Chief labored
VI h him. Success came quickly.
De l.awd cane to me in my coll las
night" said the negro in sort Of ecstasy
If religious fervor. 1and tole me to confess
all An Use gwine to do 1t! Use gwine
70 do It! Praise de Lawdl"
Then In torrent Of words, not omittins
sfnEIe SHOCKING detdn. but rather DWELL
ing upon each of the inoidents and going
hack and repeating them over and over
again. the negro told what he had done
1t was confession SO shocking that the
police officers who heard 1t could barely
control their rage at it's recital
1T was all I could do said one Of them
afterward. ito keep from smashing my
fiat into his face My fingers tinsled to
grab him by the throat and stra ngle him"
FURY RorsED RY WHITES STORY.
This confession had much to do with
h..,. .sS- r
details got abroad it probably would be
idle to ask Who it was of those who heard
the negro tell his story-and there we're
several in his audence-that rep ~ ed
those portions of it which got to the J. die
is not now material The negro's own
narrative Ct his atrcciiy did In certain of it's
worst details, Become public.
That was sufficient. These details were
lublic as early as Friday. BY Saturday
I ey wore matters Of common notoriety.
tll cay Friday and Saturday the com
IL unity heard and heard again this tale.
Ind running cOncurrentlv with the rage
j excited there was another inciteme To
q tbreak. That was the fact that Chief
.'"s'ice Lore and Judges Grlibb and Penne-
Vii Of the Supreme Court had denied an
;lrlication for a special session OF Over
'nd Tcrmirer OF which to try White. and
lint consequently the negro could not be
tried before next September
WHITE $ DOOM SEALED
This ives tho condition Of af,airs on
Saturday afternoon when tho thousands
q men employed in shops and factories
we're free on their holidavto meet toget her
and talk upon the topic on which pract-
"a. lily the entire attention of Wilmington
and of the people for miles around in the
country was now concentrated Wbet her
'hc sensational sermon which clergyman
raw At to preach in an open field on the
following Sunday was potent factor
n bringing about what happened may be
doubted. Perhaps 1t had its influence.
but for four days back events acutelv
calculated to undermine the law-abiding
habit of the community had been steadily
ut work
II the clergyman's sermon was inter-
preted as putting the Endorsement of a
religious and moral instructor on what
was in contemplation. possibly some who
were still wavering gave way and went
with the tide. But to all intcnts and pur-
poses the fate of the negro murderer was
settled by Saturday night, If not indeed
Of HE confession and the refusal of the
oourt to grant speedy trial were known
On Sunday the preparations for the
ynching were begun with deliberation and
fxedness Of purpose. Meetings were held
in Brandywine, Christian and Mill Creek
hundreds and In half a dozen or more
places in Wilmington.
While there was no ostentation in these
gatherings, likewise there was little or no
conceelment about them or about their
object. Spontaneously and simutane.
ously the pent-up wrath Of thousands of
people. spread over many square miles of
territory. instead OF venting itself in angry
talk and denunciations, concentrated into
organization for action
PREPARATIONS TO STORM THE JAIL.
There was plenty OF loud talk plenty of
vaporings. This came from the windy
ones, not from those who were going to
do things. The last were saying nothing.
they were preparing for work
Without any distinct leader to direct,
men Of different trades organized to bring
their craftsmen's skill and their crafts
mems tools to bear most effectively upon
the storining Of the steel and iron fortress
which must Be carried before the criminal