New-York tribune., 1903-06-28
PEACE IN WILMINGION.
Precautions Still Observed, but Cata-
Gems BEGINNING to Realise Disgrace.
IRr rE1EsRArH TO TIE TRIBrNE.I J

TELEGRAPH TO THE TkibuNb-1
Wilmington Del June 2I.-Order ana CAIN
have at last been restored, and. with the cioe'hs
of the saloons. public places and even the stores
the city is enjoying the first tranquil night slcs
the lynching. The precautions of last night aie
still observed the rmory is garrisoned. and the
polce are distributed at the danger points. Even
the newshoys have been sienced, but ne gen
eral feeling is that the great menace OF iae
riot has passed. There is still very ie".
danger however, that some little street pFa"i
may develop into a serious affray, and the gen.
eral sense of anxiety continues. though III d
less degree.
The streets are crowded, but the people arc
moving in an orderly fashion, and save Tor
few arrests for drunkenness, there mas peeH
no disorder to-day. Captain Evans, IN charse
of the police at the City Hall, said tonight;
Its all over boys, now" This seems TO De 'he
general impression.
The fact that the moment the authorizes
genuinely put forth an effort to control the
situation they succeeded has not failed to cause
comment. and the sense of the community W
day is that the surrender of the law ana its
processes to the mob in the release of Corneli
was fearful confession of weakness.
The attempt made by some papers to inter-
pref the remarks of Judge Gray as an lnoorse-
ment of lynching provoked an indignant oehiai
from the judge to-day. 10 Ihe Aiip0 W.
RESPONDENT he said: I did not indorse the lynch
ing and 1 do not indorse the lynching. Nothlng
that I said was susceptible Of any such inter-
nretation and It was utterly unwarranted as
well as stupid for any one draw such a con-
clusion."
He further said that he regarded the sltua-
ton as practically ended. Most of the colored
population here pretty decent" he conun-
ued There is a bad element, and they might
go out hunting for trouble. If they do they
will find it,
This thoroughly sizes up the present situation,
with the addition of the fact that there is quite
as strong faction of white rowdes, from whom
disorder might be expected. If these two ele-
,nents are kept apart and sturdy efforts to do
50 are being made by the authorities, there will
be no further disturbance, for public sentiment
;e az last tboroughly awake to The discredit
brought on the city and State by the disorders
here.
The funeral of the italian boy, Pietro Ale
gretto the only white person injured in the as
sault on the workhouse on Monday night, fur
nished a fitting end to the weeks excitement.
The little chap had gone out to see the fun.
He fell rnortally wounded during the shooting.
and afterward a sharp dispute arose as to
whether he was killed by the mob or by the
guards at the workhouse. AS he was wounded
by a rifle the final judgment is that his death
is the sole confederation of the plea of the au-
thorities that they resisted the mob.
The grief of the frenzied mother at the fu-
neral to-day excited the deepest sympathy. 1t
also illustrated the thing the people of VIII
rrington have just grasped. the meaning Of mob
law The inquest to determine the cause of the
boys death has been postponed indefinitely.