Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23
PEACE IN JUNE
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The Legislature being IN session. they
consider the moment the psychological
ono for putting forward the need of such
n thing as n State constabul larry. But If
! this cannot he secured at once ut least
\ the State can take some immediate means
/ of protecting the neighborhood and break
| ing up the thuggery and outlawry, which,
I they sav, is likely To result IN murder
! nj any time.
/ Persons who live within the thug
/ infested zone are afraid 10 bc caught out
of doors after dusk. since they know not
/ what moment thcv may be attacked
The result is that they keep very much
within the shelter of their fircsides But
this had not III any way affected the
operations Of the highwaymen, who do
the most Of their work in the ncighbor-
hood Of Il q clock. choosing as their victims
workmCn on their way home or To work.
METHOD IN THE ATTACKS.
Tho attacks of Tuesday and last night
of this character, and So far rs the facts
would show seem 10 have been the work
of the same band four men who are
believed 60 have been Negroes. In each
case the same method was followed
sudden swift and overwhelming assault
successful before the victim had "A chance
to rcallzc what had happened and then
an equally swift getaway Whether thcv
would leave their victim alive or dead
seems not to have entered into the cal
culatIous of the highwaymcn, who appear
10 have only one idea tho quick beat
my ot the victim into uncOnsciousnesss so
that his robbery can prove AN easy matter
Edwards who was robbed ON Tuesday
night, had gotten of a Wilmington and
Chester car at \eruun'S Corner, the hour
bong about C. 20 He had proceeded only
few yards from the track on his wav
hruc when his asSailants suddenly piled
themselves upon him and proceeded TO
hummer his head The attack was so
sudden and the hammcrng So efficient
tlat Edwards hadn't chance When he
aWoac to consciousness. with this head
hummInC and huzzing from the beating
Il had gotten, and covered with blood from
wounds, he succeeded IN crawling to the
nearest house on Vernon Road, the home
oi x family named Iioop,s The dwelling
Was only few wards away. hut il was rs
much ~ ldWards could do 10 reach IT,
Ihcrc hc told his story, found he had been
robbed 81 SlJ, and was given such aid MS
the lIoopcsrS cond furnish Then he was
sent a. the Chester Hospital
FISHER robbed last night. ut the very
~lmc hour 81 the Edwards affair. was
attacked near the Ice cream plant ol +.
4 Vernon onlv short distance from
WHORE Edwards was robbed He was IN
ht~ way 10 ms home, near the henzol plant
oi tho National Anllinc Co. IN which he
formerly worked and had come straight
from thc Norti steel plant where he had
W,t drawn two-wechs pay envelope
iat with Sl3N III Uncle Sans currency
Like Edwards again. his asSailants seem
- have sprung from nowhere and they
made Iust as short work Of him and his !
money MS they did Of their Job oi the night
hciorc Incidentally, they broke his I
JAW a~ the result oi beating hm and ram !
ming his head and face in the stony road |
The guards oi the hcnzol plant, the |
chcnncal company and the Worth plant |
have tccn alert 90 catch tho thugs, but |
they Lave httlc Or no opportunity to got |
outside the property thcl patrol and |
operate on the public roads Therefore |
thoir efforts 10 apprchcnd the highway |
mon have been fri, tlcSS Last night |
the hcnzol plant officers picked llp four |
Ncgroes trcspaSsIng on the property 81 |
the company, but they are not supposed |
to hc the mon wanted They viii get a
hearing today on charge of trcspass.
before a PcnnsN wanna justice Of the peace |
NcanWhlic, who Is a. be the next victim |
and when Will tho Stsfc ~ Delaware |
adequately police a region where police |
arr vcrN specially needed