Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-11-29
TAX COLLECTOR
SLAIN AND BURIED
MuTdererS Confess and Lead
Way TO His Body.
VICTIM MISSING TWO WEEKS
Was Found Buried In Lonely Woods
After slayers Accompanied Author.
tiles to the Spot.

tiles to the Spot.
s. Lewis pinkcrtOn. the missing Del,
aware county tax collector and farm
superintendent. was found murdered
and buried In a strip OF lonely wood
land half way between Wawa and
Darlington near Media. Pa HE
head had been beaten until his lea
lures were almost understandable and
his arms and body were cut and
bruised.
The body which had been buried
by the murderers. lay in shallow
grave, whore K had rested since the
night OF Novmber Z. when Pinkerton
had been slain. on top OF II was a
bloody blackjack which had been used
10 beat Pinkerton TO death In a stable
on the Brick House Farms" OF G
Soaring Wilson. at Glen Mills. twelve
miles away Pinkerton was superin
tendent OF four farms belonging tc
Wilson.
District Attorney Haunum, of Della
ware county. and O'Toole detective
were led to the place whore the body
had been hid by the confessed muir
derers. They are Roland $. Pennng
ton. a twentyyearold farm hand on
the Wilson place and George H. March
thirty.two years old, employed by VII
son as dairyman. Both are now
confined IN the Media Jail
The arrest OF Pennington and March
occurred after the former had con
fessed and implicated March. Al first
the latter denied the crime. but when
he was confronted by the mutilated
body at the grave. broke down and
admitted the murder
After the District Attorney and
O'Toole had wormed the narrative OF
the murder out Of Pennington he
agreed TO lead the men TO the body.
Both Pennington and March had beer
"sweated" in the stable where the
murder had taken place. and from
there the four, in motor car, started
on their chastity search
Pennington did the directing. and
the party started to follow the routf
trayersed by Pennington and March
with The body on the night of the
murder.
pennlngton's eyes were almost
bursting from his head and he scanned
the roadway ahead. revealed in the
glare Of the motors search lights
About n mile and half from Waws
he turned to O'Toole.
Were getting near II now" he
muttered stop here"
The motor halted, and the four men
got ont Pennington led the way
with a lantern held high over his
head. District Attorney Hannum
O'Toole and March followed. the first
two carrying lanterns and spades
They crossed the old Darlington es
tate. covering about half a mile OF
field. meadow and woodland. scramb
ling over fences and stumbling
through the darkness. coming 10 o
wood.coyored hill on the farm of Mrs
Mary Crosby.
Entering one strip Of lonely woods
Pennington stopped. swung his lantern
around and finally kicked at some
loose earth.
Dig here" he said TO O'Toole.
The district attorney stood guard
over the two prisoners. but there was
no need. Pennington and March stood
limp and trembling. Incapable OF mos
ing. while the detective dug into the
moist earth He had penetrated about
two feet when he began 10 go more
carefully. lie was digging around q
long. still object Then he called 70
Hannum. Together they lifted the
thing out OF the hole. Pinkerton's
body lay before them.
District Attorney Hannum still be
lieves that March has not told all the
truth. The man still maintains that
robbery was not the motive for the
crime. Pennington declares It was o
motive and that the money found on
pinkerton, with his signet ring. were
taken by them and division made
Pinkerton had between $500 and 5000
with him when he disappeared.