The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-22
LYNCHlNG'S AWFUL EN0RMITY
CHIEF JUSTICE LORE DEPICTS
TIN A GRAND JURY CHARGE.

CHIEF JUSTICE LORE DEPICTS
TIN A GRAND JURY CHARGE.
Dwells at Length on the Mob Murder OF
George white At Wilmington. DEL.
and Orders II lnyestigated-sets Fsrth
why Such Crimes Cannot he Tolerated.
WILMINGTON Del. Sept. 2l.-In his
charge to the Grand Jury Of the New Castle
County General Sessions Court this AFTER
noon. Chief Justice Lore recited the lynch
ing Of George White, the negro muI derer
o Miss Hell, n Biz hop. on June %. and said:
.On Monday night, the 22d Of June. mob
gathered at the workhouse, fully armed
and with threats and violence broke into the
| workhovse. overcame the guards, dragged
White from his cell to the scene OF his al
| legged crime and there burned him NJ the
stake.
"The lawless and revolving crime OF lynch
| ing has invaded this State. We are now
confronted with this crime and must meet
IL Shall we invite it's visitation In the nut
ure by acauiescence in its preparation, or
make such crime hereafter improbable
| II not lTnpOSSlDle, Wy uo"AA"o Wv
punishment?
mo good citizen, we are persuaded
can regard the lynching OF George "hl'e
in any other light than as brutal CRIME
and as q fragrant violation OF law. For
time the authority Of the law was dehed'
The militia we're placed under arms, the
entire police force Of the city were kept on
the move night and day to prevent ana
SUPPRESS popular outbreaks and to Keep
in subsection the turbulent classes.
4Rumors of trouble and threats OF violence
filed the air. Bad passions were excited,
turbulent crowds gathered at the danger
points and general unquiet and fear pre-
vailed in the entire city. La@ and order
for the time being were set aside and peace
full citizens we're greatly alarmed.
Gentlemen in this country the people
ma Ike the laws. They are our will formally
expressed 1t is the duty OF every good
man to obey the law himself and to SEQ
that i, Us obeyed by others so far as he may.
aLvnching is crime against the law,
both of God and man. We can conceive no
more dangerous social or civic condition
than mob rule. The mob in it's madness
makes no distinction in the subject OF Its
wrath. Its excuse may be brutal crime,
or il NAV be difference in religion or
political sent iment or any other fancy or
whim that the caprice, humor or passion
of the moment may suggest. Recklessly
human life is taken property Is destroyed
and law and order overthrow. In such
scenes the innocent suffer alike with the
o,,;l,y. ruin and devastation mark the track
of the mob.
There is no rule or reason in the on
sweep of the niaddened masses. There
is no gauge by which the ravages OF a mot
may be measured. Once admit that the
law may be defed with impunity. there
is an end to civil government.
There is no room for both mob law ane
tribunals of Justice in self governing com
munites. The domination of one involves
the extinct ion of the other. Either the
mob must submit to the law or the Law
must submit to the will Of the mob. Cnde
the law. we know what our rights are and il
the main, we find that they are fairly at
tanned and enforced. No human laws o.
inst buttons are perfect. This no reasonable
: man will expect. Lynching and mob law
their promoters and encourager. whethe
they be of high or low degree, should re
ceive no favor at the hands Of thoughtful
and patriotic men.
There must be governmentor no govern
y ment The line of cleavage Is clear. Vi
the one hand we have liberty regulated by
law, with fixed rules and established trl
II bunals for the preservGti ion OF life libert.
and property on the other hand we hav
anarchy and social chaos, with no rule {
guide, save the tickle will OF enraged men
who in lawess wrath reckessly and in
discriminatory sweep away every barrie
<, of safety in civic. social and political life
" On the one hand il law, order and security
on the other is lawlessness, disorder an
:, ruin, in which no interest is safe and
which no one can predict what day M
bring forth.
AN hist DRY teaches that the prevalence
e Of mob law is the end of free government
: Obedience 10 law is the life and breath of on
republic
" -Gentlemen, you are every one OF 70
=. conservat ors of the peace. 1t is not onl
n your duty to act fearlessly and honestl
:, upon all such matters as may be laid befor
= YOU on the part of the State. but it is you
: duty TO impart to the Attorney-Generi
: u and to your fellow members all such know
n edge as may have come 10 you touchin
the violation of law within your juris
1t diction, In the oath you have just take
n YOU have sworn that you shall diligentl
W inquire and true presentinent make OF a
r. such matters and things as shall be give
,e you in charge, or otherwise come to yor
n. knowl.d gc touching this present service
y You shall prcson. no person for env.
Il hatred or malice nor shall you leave m
~ person unpresented for fear, favor, atfe,
ton, reward or the hope of reward. b,