The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-24
Delawareans Generally
Approve Death of White
ONE ARREST IS MADE
Believed That Other Arrests VIII
Follow Soon All Quiet
Today.

Wilmington, Del, June 24.-The ma
ural and interesting question Is wheth-
er the authorities win take action look.
ing toward the arrest and punishment
of those who were prominent in the
lynching Of George White. That many
or them are known cannot be doubted
for they were seen by the thousands
who witnessed the affair. 1t is also
known that the arrangements for the
lynching were talked OF iii advance
and that men were invited TO partici
pate and given notice OF when and
where to assemble. II was this fact
that gave publicity 70 the lynching, fol
the news that it was to occur was cir
culated around Wilmington, with the
result that the thousands who went out
did SO with the knowledge that the az
fair would come on according to ar
rangements.
1t Is a fact that public sentiment sa
generally approves the lynching thai
it would be hard to secure the conyic
tion Of a iyncher even IL arrests are
made, which seems doubtful.
Visit scene OF LymehInG.
During the day thousands of persons
went to the scene of the lynching, many
of them intent upon securing ghastlg
relics Ia this, however, they met witt
little success, d the burning had been
50 effectual as to destroy almost every
vesuge of the victims body. The only
remains were pieces of his bones.
In order to reach the scene many of
these people walked three miles from
wilmington in the drizzling rain, and
those who rode on the trolley cars had
to walk mile before they reached the
spot. But nothing could abate then
aftlor ana I'LL day there was a constant
stream Of people travelling along the
road.
Judge Grub OF the county eourt
made d public statement IN which he
depiores the Iynching Of White and its
consequent reflection upon the good
name Of Delaware. Judge Grubb also
explained The action ii the court ID res
fusing to call d special session of the
grand jury for the indie nent Of Mis-
Bishops murderer He says the trial
would have been attended hy snch pub
lie eIamor aud prejudice that fair
trial would have been impossible and
the court would have been compelled
to grant The motion of the prisoners
counsel for a change of venue. Once
the prisoner was moved to the insecure
jail of Kent county or Sussex county
be might have pscnnpd
Confessed HorrId Crime.
Whites confession, made just before
the torch was applied to the pile Of oi
soaked bushes around him, was an ad
mission of everything and more thar
had been charged against him. He i
stated to have said
II was sent By Mr.. Woodward to til,
eornheid to try some corn. | saw AIr
Woodward's daughter and Intended t,
assault her, but a couple Of men cam,
along III wagon and | did not disturb
her Then | saw the Bishop girl, ans
/ followed her seized her aud aske,
her If she had any money she woul,
give me 10 let her 90. SHE gave me G.
cents, Then | again seized her. ans
she cried, Please don't hurt me-
II choked her ana accomplished III.
purpose. Then | asked her if she WA
going ID tell on me, She said she was
gave her d hack In tile tbroat viii
my knife and asked again Ii she wa
going to inform on me. she said sh
was. and Then | cut her throat twlc
again and left her.
After that went hack to Mr., Wood
ward and told him there was no goo,
water to drink down there, and he sen
me somewhere else. j went back once
but soon left
"Then / went back 70 the house an
nut on i white hat instead Of tile ca
that wore You would not do this
was a white man and did that
Mob Rendered Furious.
The negro.s confession rendered iii
already fneensed crowd even more des
perate and some wanted to tear hill
limb from limb before they reached th
scene of lis execution The negro bes
ged piteously not to be burned, but n
mercy was shown the eulprit, and a
though his sufferings were terribi
White remained conscious and rations
to the last.
While at times during the night ther
we're at least 5000 people around th
workhouse, the men who actually too
part in the lynching did not numbe
aver 500. The leader was man wh
said his name was Baker and that h
was from Virginia
His face was familiar to most OF th