Evening journal., 1904-06-25
TWO GRADUATES
GET DIPLOMAS
Henry c. Conrad Delivers
Address to Big Audience
in the Armory
TOWN HAS MURDER MYSTERY
Special to The Evening Journal

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the two graduates of New Castle High
School, received their diplomas last
evening, bowling gracefully i'm acknowl-
edgement of the enthusiastic, ,congratu-
llations of the hundreds of hands that
clapped warm approval
The armory was tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting. the class colors.
green and white, being conspcuously
draped over the stage. The exercises
were interesting throughout and wit
messed by a large number of citizens of
this city and surrounding country.
The salutatory and essay was de-
llivered by Miss Mahoney, who took for
her subject Forestry" It was his
tory of trees and plea for their pres
lervation, well conceived and well pre-
scented.
What a Woman Can" was the
p topic Of the valedictory and essay by
Miss White. 1t was treatment of the
: ever popular subject, the womans
sphere. It covered the ground in a
? thorough. straightforward manner and
} showed the result of much time and
study.
The address of the evening was de-
b livered by Henry C.. Conrad, Esq, of
. Wilmington. He introduced his theme
J by saying that thirty years ago he was
! made a member of the New Castle
, County Bar in the room i'm which he
stood, and then went on to give a short
history Of New Castle, its early settlers
the Swedes, the Dutch and finally the
English.
New Castle may some day be the
river front Of Wilmington" he said
"or Wilmington may become part OF
New Castle. George Reed. a resident
Of this city, was a signer Of the Dec
laration of Independence. The town
has furnished three governors. two
United States Senators, four Congress-
2 men, two chancellors and three chief
justices"
The history of the public school sys-
tenn was then dwelt on at length, dur
1 ing the course Of which the speaker
said: You might blot out the colleges
I Of this nation without serious loss. but
e its graded schools are among its
q strongest institutions"
2 He complimented the graduates on
e having attained the high honors which
We're bestowed upon them and paid
r warm tribute TO their mental culture.
e Prof. H. V. Hollaway, superintendent
of the school, made a short address and
then presented the class to President /
4, e. Eliason, of the New Castle Board OF
Education During the course of Mr.
Eliason's address he said 1T will moi
be long before we will have higf
school building equal TO those Of othei
cities" He congratulated the class or
having successfully completed the diff
] fcult course and then presented then
o with their diplomas.
3 The musical part of the program
D added much to its interest. Miss Olgs
a. Wise and Miss Beulah Cosden play.
r ed a piano duet which was greatly en-.
y joyed. Charles +. Lancaster, Jr. san
c a solo which struck the popular chord
+ Miss Mary Marshall sang Spring il
Here" and the audience became 81
S clamorous that she responded with an
4 encore
Hushebeck's orchestra furnished thu
- Instrumental music, playing severa
4 selections which We're we'll executed.
s Prof Spaid, superintendent of New
n Castle public schools was an intereste,
spectator and occupied a seat on tn
stage. Prof. Hollaway, assistant prin
q cipal, Miss Clara M. Kast. the residen
Iclergymen of this city and members o
the Board of Education We're als'
: ranged about the stage with the clas
filing the position Of honor in tn
% centre.
Town Has Murder Mystery.
r The mystery surrounding the dealt
of the unknown negro, whose body wa
found I'm Grimes woods on Thursda!
evening is still unsolved and in al
IL al
r There is every indication that it wa
a case of murder. yet so long a time ha
elapsed since il took place that
{ thorough examination could not b.
e made Of the remains. 1t is proposes
) that the body had lain where it wa
{ found for three or four weeks, and /
\ was not only badly decomposed bu
r badly mutilated by the buzzards. Their
was some doubt at first about the bod.
- being that Of a negro, but an examina
81 tion by Undertaken Charles II. Clewel
g. revealed the presence of a few tufts o
n negro hair under the skull.
, The head had become separated iron
o. the body and was bare Of flesh, tn
I bones being picked clean by the birds
o. The left arm was also severed at tn
S shoulder by the feathered scavengers.
a The wound which had evidentl
caused death. was a 32-calibre bulle
n hole in the right temple. No othe
4 wounds were found. A revolver la
r under the left arm and the right ham
: was thrown across the breast as thoug
lit had just dropped the weapon.
search of tho dead mans pocket
a brought to light a Barlow knife and
s small coin purse which contained seve
= cents The body was clothed in dar
% trousers of winter weight, blue outin
- shirt and dark brown check coat tn
feet were encased in pair OF ne'
black shoes which showed but sligh
-. signs of wear. A dark corduroy ca
+, lay near the head.
The spot where the body was foun
!, is about seventy-five yards from IN
road and some twenty feet from IN
fence between the woods and an ad
3, joining field. II lay on its back wit
the head at the foot of a large tree.
Maria Rice and Ella jackson, tn
two colored women who discovered IN
m ghastly remains while out cherryini
~ live i'm a tenant house on the Robei
d. Smith farm along the river road an
y lonly a short distance from the scene
IN their find. The trolley crews ana pee
rs pie who were i'm the habit Of passin
N tho woods have noticed for some tim
IN that the buzzards were attracted b
m something IN the vicinity. a disagree
able stencil was also detected ana CON
mented upon but 1t was attributed
05 the carcass of a dead animal
Inquiry fails to bring 10 hght N