Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-13

Pocomoke City, Nd, June l4.-Ned
Watson, South Carolina negro who
today attacked and fatally injured
Samuel $. Barnes, n farmer, at Kings
Creek, on the New York, Philadelphia
& Norfolk railroad, was captured near
here tonight aud nearly killed 10y
mob.
Watson had been in the employ of
Mr. Barnes about a yenr. Mr.. Barnes
was not satisfied with the way tue
negro has been working Of late and
told him about noon that he did not
need him longer. They had some
words about wages, Watson contend
ing that he should be paid for a full
months work, and Mr.. Barnes only
paid him for the number of days he
worked during the month. After re-
ceiving his pay Watson seemed TO be
satisfied and followed MIR. Barnes into
the barn and when his back wns
turned Watson picked up piece Of
ucantlin, six hy four inches. and struck
the farmer on the head, rendering him
unconscious. The negro then jumped
upon his body and tramped In his fac3.
Tho only witness TO the transaction
was Mr. Barnes little son, who gave
the alarm and the negro made his
escape 10 o swamp.
Mr.. Barnes skull was fractured and
be was taken TO tho Salisbury liospi-
tai by the afternoon train.
Guards were placed at every entrance
to PocomoSe from the Somerset county
side Of the river TO watch for the
negro, and shortly before O'Clock
tonight Edward Ford and Edward
Gray who were at the railroad bridge,
saw a negro approaching. Suspecting
be was the man wanted they took him
70 the station Of the New York, phila-
-delphia n Norfolk railroad and placed
him under guard until the officers of
the town could be notified.
Mayor Iull and Deputy Sheriff Dale,
with Officers Stroud and McCroady,
soon arrived and closely questioned
the negro. He is said to have ac
knowledged that he was the man that
had been working for Mr. Barnes and
had had fight with him tins morn
ing.
Meantime a crowd Of angry men
gathered outside the station doors,
clamoring for his life IL was the
MAYORS intention to send the prisoner
60 Princess Anne TO he placed in Jail,
but the minute the officers opened the
station door and started for the ira In
VIVA NA' ANAAW NAN AHAAAAMNNM NNnWN
surged around them, and one man un-
known Co the officers reached over
officer McCready and fired shot into
the negro's back.
Failing TO quiet the mob, the officers
concluded TO bring him TO the town
lookup, which they did, with the vic.
lent crowd following, beating the pris.
oner at every step, the officers being
powerless 60 prevent them. Whom
they reached the lookup the man was
nearly dead.
CROWNS WAITING AT STATIONS.
The developments in the double
assault case that happened at Kinp.
Hton, Somerset county, Sunday even
ing, have all centered at Eastville.
Northampton county, Va, as William
Lee, under arrest on the charge of
criminally assaulting Mrs. Barnes and
Miss Powell, was removed there at an
early hour this morning from Cape
Charles City, Va, for safety. A LARGE
body Of citizens of Somerset took the
Norfolk express this morning for Cane
Charles City to witness the ideniiioa-
tion OF the negro by the two women,
who were taken TO Cape CHARLES City
nn the same train, Miss Powell having
recovered sufficiently to make the
trip.
Altalong the line of the New York.
philadelphia a Norfolk railroad. as
every train going North would pull
into the station, numbers of mon
would board IL In search of the negro.
who was expected ON every train. The
negro, however, refused Co be moved
without requisition papers from Gov
ernor Swanson.
IL was rumored that Chief JUDGE
Henry Page, anticipating a recurrence
OF the horrible scene OF few years
since in the town Of Princess Anne.
where the negro would have to be
brought for trial, had ordered him
taken across the Bay 20 Old Point and
thence 90 Baltimore for safety until
the law could take its course Upon
this assumption the angry citizens de-
termined 20 go TO Cape Charles CITY
and save the trouble Of requisition
papers by breaking into the Jail and
lynching the negro immediately upon
Identification.
The news of the negro's double crime
spread like wildfire an over the lower
Peninsula, and when the local train
going south this morning started on
its run the stations were crowded with
men bent upon going 60 the expected
lynching. When the crowds reached
Cape Charles, however, they were dis
appointed 70 learn that the negro had
been taken TO Eastville. Not 10 be-
outdone, most Of them took the next
train north for Eastville, where the
prisoner had been made as secure from
the fury Of a.mob as the Jail building
would permit. The local officers, fear.
ing that they would be powerless TO
protect their prisoner from the de-
termined Marylanders, wired Governor
Swanson for aid.
Had an attempt been made today 20
bring. the negro into Maryland he
would not have gotten as far as Prin-
cess Anne, as crowds Of armed men
had assembled at the towns Of Parks
ley, Hallwood and other railroad sta
tlons bent upon killing him on sight
The only way the negro can be brought
into Maryland will be under a mill
tary escort.