The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-06-26
BUT THE MOB OF FOUR TIA.
SAND WOULD NOT q.
CHEATED OF PREY,
BODY RIDDltD With Bluln,
COVERING WRETCH coNses.,.
TO CRIME OF MURDER Ann
ASSAULT,

Wilmington, Del, June ga nor.
ern mob, led by a Virginian burma .
negro at the stake last night with, /.
few miles Of Mason and Dixon'a H..
The victim was George F, Whit !.
negro just out of the w~orkhouse ~
was accused of having feloniously :.
saulted and stabbed to death M.
Helen Bishop, the seventeen.vearou
daughter of the Rev. DR.. E. A, Biaho.
The crime was committed last Man.
day afternoon and ever since n.
there has ben mutterings of lypcbin,
the man. n
An effort was made Sunday night !.
get White, but 1t failed. Last night
however, as a result of the laws SLOW.
Isl and much agitation on the mar
of those who cried for vengeance
mob that was estimated at 1000 M.
and boys gathered in the neighborhoa
of Princes Corner, four miles from
here. They came from everywhers
including Wilmington and the smaller
towns to the south of Princes Corner
1t was after 10 o'clock when the march
to the workhouse, a mile away, was
taken up. The chief warden of The
workhouse and his guards, who have
been on almost constant duty since
the negro was landed in the prison
has been
Warned of the Coming
Of the mob and prepared to defend tho
man at all costs.
Armed with pistols. shotguns and
other weapons, the mob reached tho
Jail. A battery of railway ties soon
carried away the great outer door Of
the workshop. Then the would.hs
lynchers were ~momentarily halted BY
a hail of bullets from the inside. A.
great howl went up from the leaders
but they were pressed forward b!
those in the rea More shooting was
heard and there was a scramble to get
out, but the Drawer ones in the a.
lacking party stood their ground. ID
the fusillade that followed four per
sons fall, 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.' u
was evident that the warden did not
wish to slaughter the mob in the pflt
on corridor, so he directed that the
fire hose be turned on the crowd. Tnls
also held the mob for a time, but MOI
for long. The general rush was MADE
the guards were brushed aside and
man-hunt of the Jail was made Tor us
negro. &
There were many negroes connneo
in the prison, but with the aid OIL
man who knew White he was quick!
found. His cell door was battero
open and the covering and accusA
man,
Begging for Mercy,
was dragged from the cell and "s
prison. Attempts we're made TO snO"
White on the spot, but the leaders "
the crowd would have nothing out ND
life at the stake. 80.
With torches to show the way, W
negro was led to the road and "%
most the very spot where the asssu.
took place. White was given d -.
chance to speak, and he confesseu
the murder of the girl. A STAKE J.
been arranged by an advance su's
White was quickly chained TO INC r.,
and the dry underbrush, soaked w.,
Oil. was ignited, and the horrlo'o !.
ecution was on. White, surerins :
tense agony, tainted and MS W. y.
hung limp. Shots were fired INV :,
body and the victim of the mop "
o On dead. a..
Satisfied with it's nights worh' :.
greater number of the lyncheis =,
mediately left the neighborhooo'
of them fearing arrest. However,
large number of persons loi'eieO
the scene, awaiting Developments. "a
The failure of the county coul.t
give White a speedy trial is III
measure responsible for the traseD'