Evening journal., 1912-11-12
CONFESSION
IMPLICATES
NEGRO PAIR
Matthews Tells Police Pals
Committed Awful Crime
on ROSedaIe Woman
AGED VICTIM SHOT
AT AFTER ATTACK

After two days in Kennott Square
and vicinity. Chief OF Police Black is
home having materially assisted in
solving the assault made by negroes
upon Miss Mary Emma DilNorth, a
white woman about so years Of age,
who lives with her aged parents, near
Rosodale on Halloween night Chief
Black said today that the assault was
the most brutal he had heard of since
the time a similar affair occurred
near Prices Corner hero. resulting In
the lynchng of the perpetrator of
the crime
Il was learned today that il was
through the efforts of Chief Black
that the Pennsylvania authorities OBJ
tanned clues sufficient TO cause the
arrest of three negroes. all Of whom
live near whore The affair occurred.
The prisoners are Thomas Matthews,
Henry Crone and William J. Ashury,
employed as farmhands Chief Black
received a clue In connection with
the case on Saturday from a friend
at kennott Square. who told him to
come there which he did. After get
ting what facts he could he laid them
/ before District Attorney II. l.. Sproat,
OF Chester county, and the result was
the arrest of The three negroes. AT
Mr. Sproat's request, Chief Black re-
turned 20 kennett Square yesterday
and as result OF sweating Mat
lthews is said to have made confes-
sion. duplicating the other men under
arrest
Matthews says that on Halloween
/ night he was iu Kennctt Square and
after having had several drinks. start
ed for homo he said that on the way
he met Cronc whom he had known
but two months and Asbury. accord.
ing to the alleged confession Tho,
said Lets 80 down 10 The Hollow.
Crhat rs where The Dilworths live.
flo said they walked along talking
aboul ordinary things aud he though
they were going 10 Dilworlh's aftc
some liquor hiddcn there Upon al
ii,ne al the houec they Told hin
hr mid, ,hnt hc sq're geine 70 et
ass i1Wcfia art inatrOctcd aim I
stand watch at the gaic. Matthew
! said the Two men won't up 10 the hous
and pounded on the door and vhrl
Miss Dilworth put her head out OF tn
window they attempted 10 lure he
down with some story about sick
ness. She refused TO open the doc
for them. however and they immcd
lately began 10 throw stones througl
the house The woman was fnall,
persuaded TO come down stairs. tn
negroes telling her they would throw
no more stones. She opened the doc
, and came out on the porch telling tn
L.. a
wish any HalloWc'cning She thei
: went inside and closed the door. Mat
thcws said that Cronc and Asbur
broke down the door and he heard
tusslc inside aud heard Miss Dilworti
scream. shortly afterWard he sal
his TWO companions emerged draggin
the woman after them. one havin
hold Of each OF her arms.
Matthews then related a horribl
story OF how both men assaulted IN
woman, and hove one OF them sac
at her, the bullet grazing her hea,
, According TO Matthews. when The
, completed their assault they calle
to Matthews to come inside the sar,
I nut he declined and went home
Magistrate paXson. of Kennel
Square has committed an three me
TO the county Jail az West Chester
The assaulted woman lay uncor
scious in the barnyard until morning
Her aged parents were invalids. Th
affair has aroused the entire countr1
side and had the negroes not bee
taken away as quickly as they wcy
j a lynching might have occurred Mis-
' DilwOrth may lose the sight of or
eye as a result Of the shot wound sh
q received