Evening journal., 1903-06-29
Fear 1t Might Lead IRE
spOnsibIe Blacks to
Commit Acts of Vic
Ience in the City
Aside From This the Au-
thOrjties DO Not Think
There VIII Be Any
More Disorder

with the SUN today came calm and
peace which the authorities hope will not
be disturbed by any of the scenes of viol-
ence which marked the days and nights Of
last week.
There is only one thing which is dis
turbsng the police and that is that some
colored people propose to hold n mass
meeting in the colored odd Fellows Hail
on Orange street near Tenth street. Chief
Black will try and prevent the meeting.
There are only few colored men who are
in favor of holding the meeting. The chief
will still keep extra men on duty to pre-
serve order.
Big crowds from Chester. Philadelphia
and nearby towns came to Wilmington
yesterday and viewed the scene Of the
murder and the execution OF White.
The field has been tramped almost as
smooth and hard as asphalt by the thous-
ands of persons that have visited the
farm. The only evidence that remains OF
the work of the mob are three cobble-
stones on one of which this inscription
has been placed with indelible ink:
Here is all that remains Of Whitel1
The bushes behind which the assault
and murder occurred have been cut down
for several yards and carried away by
relic hunters. Many of those who Wis
tied the scene yesterday, among them a
large number of women, carried away a
sprlg or branch of the bushes.
Preachers on Affair.
In many Of the churches yesterday the
preachers referred to the case and de-
plored the lynching and the disorder which
followed:
Negro's Sensational Sermon.
In the First African Methodist Episcopal
Church the Rev. Montrose w. Thornton
aroused the negroes by most infamma-
tory sermon.
Among other things Mr.. Thornton said;
"The negro race is no better or worse
than the Caucasian OF any other. The
negro's opportunities and advantages have
been thousandth part as favorable as
those of the whites, but in morals and
good citizenship he stands well with his
white brother.
White Man demon"
81 was charitable to whites, but tonight
I am a convert to anot r doctrine an ad-
vocate Of other method to deal with the
race that is bent on pi. hg its hellishness
upon our race. The white man, in face of
eyes tonight the demon of the world races
a monster incarnate. and who. so far as
the negro race is concerned means to give
no quarter.
''The white man is a heathen a fiend, a
monstrosity before God, and is equal e
any act in the category Of crime. would
as soon trust myself in the den Of a
hyena as in his arms. With the courts, Law
and officers of law in his hands the de.
spised negro can expect no mercy. justice
or protection.
''The negro is unsafe anywhere in thi'
country. He issehe open prey at all times
OF barbarians who know no restraint ant
who will not be restrained.
'There is but one part left for the perse
cuted negro when charged with crime>ant
when innocent. BE a law unto yourself
You are taught by this last lesson OF out
rage ITO save yourself from torture at tn
hands of a blood seeking public. to saw
your race from insult and shame TO b.
your own sheriff. court and jury. and to b.
the outlaw Tracy and die in your tracks
perhaps drinking the blood of your pur
Euers.
Booker T. Washington's charity. hu
manity, advice of forgiveness, love, in
dustry and so on will never be reciprocate
by white men,"
Calls Mr.. Elwood an "lmp."
''Elwood, posing as a minister Of the gos
pei. with bland manner and sensationa
methods, laying aside his priestly robe
and disgracing his sacred cows, called to
gether the hoodums of the city, cham
pioned their cause. invited them to riot
and denounced the high courts of tn
state. advising the people to take the LAY
into their own hands.
"As guilty as White was against the Law
equally so is this imp Of the cloth. Toda
he should be behind the bars with a muz
zle on his foolish mouth. He more than en-
other individual. is responsible for mi
awfn crime that has staggered the sens
biliues Of a city, State and nation. Surel
the God whose word he fasihed will strik
him dumb il he ever enters the sacre
rostrum again. He is a disgrace to tn
church he represents, a shame to an
community, and henceforth can receiN
but little respect from the people, and fs
less from the mob whose hands are steepe
an gore"