The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-06-25
|LYNCHING IN
| DELAWARE
George White, Murderer Of Miss
Bishop. Burned at Stake.
NE CONFESSED THE CRIME

Mob Of Several Thousand stormed
Wilmington, Del, wcrkhouse, and,
Securing White. Took Him TO Scene
Of Crime and Burned Eim-Prison
Guards Fired on Crowd, Woundins
-Four.
Wilmington. Del, June pa north.
ern mob led by Virginian, burned
negro at the stake within a few
miles Of Mason and DiNon's line
/ The victim was George y White. a
negro Just ont of the workhouse, who
was accused Of havinc feloniously as
ssu,tcd and stabbed TO death Miss
, Ho.5n $ Bishop, the l1-year-old daugh-
/ ter oG the Rev Or. L. A. Bishop. The
crime was committed last Monday az.
tomo1U. and ever since then there
| have been mutterings OF lynching the
man
] An fNNTN was lIfdtlt NNNuNdN hlklA
| "a set White. hut it failed. Last night,
] however. as result OF the laws slow
| ness and much agitation on the part
Of those who cried for vengeance, a
mob that was estimated at 1000 men
and boys gathered in the neighbor
hood Of Prices Corner four miles from
here. They came from everywhere,
/ incmding Wilmington and the small
towns 10 the south of the Prices Cor,
ner
Sunday nights lack of a leader was
supplied by a Nirginian, whose iden.
tity, in the confusion and excitement.
could not he learned. The police of
| Wilmington and the constables tried
10 dispense the growing crowd, but
without avail Il was evident that
hundreds came from mere curiosity,
hut once IN the mob they became in
famed with the spirit pervading the
throne and then actively joined it,
The real leaders we're few in numbers,
but they did their work well. It was
after 10 O'Clock when the march TO
the workhouse. mile away. was
worRhouse and his guards, who have
been on almost constant duty since
the negro was landed in the prison.
had been warned of the coming of the
mob and prepared n defend the man
at all costs
Armed with pistols, shotguns and
other weapons, the mob soon reached
the Jail A battery of railroad ties
soon carried away the great outer
door OF the workhouse. What was
going on inside the lookup was not
known 70 the mob, nor did II seem 10
care. The second third and fourth
doors were battered down by the for.
ward leaders N the attacking party
amid tSe yells and cheers of those
VINO were pressing forward from the
rear Then the would-be lynchers
were mOmentarily halted by & hail
n; bullets from the inside + sreat
nov went W from the leaders. hut
ttHv were pressed forward hy those
Dr. taa ~o1r More shooting v-as Nea-d
a:r there was scramble u cet out.
ru- enc brgver ones IL the attacking
na~'' s'nod their ground IL The ~,
-llai' mat followed four persons fell.
a.. member. Of the mob They were
lui..'' 0g~-'nG q the reEr q 81
tCr .- those who were not brave
s-.uE. ~ be IL the front Three q.
-u' w9uded ware msn Hnt the other
g. r-r N0un n them n the corfu
".0, could he identified except the
boy VINO "a said 70 he Peter Smith,
aged - yearE
i Wa evident that the warden did
not WISH To slaughter the mob IL the
prison "o--idur, 50 ne directed that
30 t~' ilUsr he turned on The crowd
'Tnis also held the moi 10Y /, time
,hw uD' tDr long a general rust was
made the guards were brushed aside
,luu man huut pt the jail was made
l'Ir tle negro
2 There are many negroes IL the prison
nu With the aid ui L man who knew
iWn!t. ho was quickly found I5ls cell
.oror was battered open and the COW
erin" accused man UeryinF for mercy
iwds ragged from the eel ant she
iprisur When the cruwd outside heard
tina success had crowned the efforts
lu tu. 'yuchers q great cheer vas SET
,u, .-lemp!s were made t. shoot
Whit. pr the spot Dul the leaders Ui