Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-23


whether the authorities viii take ac-
ton looking toward the arrest and pun
q ishmcnt of those who were prominent
in the lynchlng Of George White early
today That many Of them are known
cannot be doubted for they were seen
by the thousands who witnessed the
affair It Is also known that the mel
were invited to participate and given
notice of when and where to assemble
Ii is q fact that public sentiment 81
generally approves the lynching that
It would be hard to secure the conVic-
ton Of q lyncher even If arrests are
made. which Is doubtful
During the day thousands Of persons
went In the drIzzling rain to the scene
Of the lynching many of them intent
upon securing CHASTITY relics In this
however. they met with little success,
az the burning had been so Ptfcctual
ms 10 destroy every vestge of the VIE
tins body. The only remains were
pieces of his bones
Judge Grubb of the county court To-
day made a public statement, In which
he dcplores the lynching Of White ana
"A its consequent reflection upon the good
name OF Delaware. Judge Grubb also
explained the action Of the court In
refusing to call a special session Of the
grand fury for the indictment OF Miss
x bishops murderer lie says the trial
would have been attended by such
c public clamor and prejudice that ran
4 trial would have been Impossible ana
the court would have been compelled ia
grant the motion Of the prisoners Coun-
eel for a change Of Venue.
ALL QUIET IN WILMINGTON.
An Is quiet In this community to-
day following the horrible lynchmg OF
George White. Helen Bishops confessed
SLAYER. IT an early hour this morning,
OF the large mob that overpOwercl
the authorities. stormed the Newcastle
county worlihoUgc and dragged from a
cell the trembling wretch ana burned
him at The stake the Identity Of only
one ~ publicly known. That person s.
Peter Smith O. hoy Of 70 years who fcil
when the Workhuusc guards fred %
Volley into the ranks of the attacking
mob. The lad, who was shot In the
back, IS seriously wounded and VIII
probably die.
After the mob had completed IT,
work Of vengeance the body OF the ne
gro rawsher and murderer was LETT
chained 10 the stake with the fire bum
Ing all around It and the members Of
the lvrching party went home.
A rain which began railing later eX-
tnguishcd the fire and at daylight the
charrca body stll hung limp In plain
sight OF passers-by.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT APPROVES.
Public sentiment here, SO far as ex-
pressed. appears TO approve the lynch
hg Of White and It Is not believed there
viii be any arrests
Whites confession, made just before
NE torch was applied to the pile Of oil
loaked bushes around him, was an adj
mission Of even more than had been
charged against him. He Is stated to
have said
WHITES CONFESSION.
81 was sent by Mr. Woodward to the
rornheld to Try some corn. ! saw Mr.
Woodward's daughter, and intended to
assault her but couple of men came
along. and ! did not disturb her Then
! saw the bishop girl and | followed
her ! seized her and asked her IL she
had any money she would give me 10 let
her go She gave me 60 cents. Teen !
again seized her and she cried, Please
don't hurt me- | choked her and nc-
cOmplished my purpose, Then ! asked
her n she was going TO tell on me. Sh
said she was, | gave her hack In
the throa: with my knife and asked
again II she was going to inform on
me- She said she was, and when | cut
her throat twice again and left her, Az
ter that went back to Mr.. Woodward
and told him there was no good water
10 drink down there and he sent me
somewhere else. went back at once,
but coon left. Then | went back to tn
house I'd put on white hat instead
Of the cap / wore You would not do
this II was a white man and did that
The negros confession rendered the
already incensed crowd even more des-
peratc and some wanted TO tear him
lnh from limb before they reached the
scene Of his execution The negro
begged piteously not TO be burned. Al
though his sufterings were terrible,
White remained conscious and rational
10 the last.
While at times during the night there
Mtit AT ltuNl utVNP Ithllt uiNNUu Alit
WORK house. the men who actually took
part in the lynchng did not number
over 500 The leader was a man who
said his name was Baker and that he
was from Virginia His face YVES ia
nillur 10 most Of the people and II is
believed he Is a resident Of Wilmington.
although some say he had ten IN
ported for the purpose OF leading the
mob.
LYNCHING WAS PLANNED.
The lynchng is believed to have been
the result OF plot which was concoct-
ei several days ago aud was TO have
been put into execution Saturday night
but on that occasion there was a mis-
understanding and the attempt failed
Early yesterday morning word was
passed around that the attack was IA
be made on the prison at 10 O'clock last
night and that the men who We're Ia
participate were 10 meet at Pieces Cor
merit half an hour before that time. As
a result Of the reports people focked
toward the workhouse early IN the eve
nina, but The majority We're there out Of
curiosity The police department was
advised during the day of the coutem-
plated attack and 80 policemen were
sent to the workhouse at $3.50 last night.
There We're several thousand persons AT
the prison at the time and the officers
were rowercss against such large num-
bers, so they entered the building Ia
assist the guards In an effort 90 pro-
tect the prisoner.
AT THE wORKHoUSE.
Upon arriving at the workhouse the
mob advanced INFO the front vestibutt
or reception hall and demanded admit.
lance 20 the Jail Their demand was
wfusei by the guards and they Were
deluged with streams Of water from
tho fre hghiing equipment OF the In
ril.ution. This dld not lessen tn,
oagerness Of the beslegers, who i'm