Evening journal., 1919-12-30
Condemned
Murderer, At Large


bile 10 Buck Bridge and then 10 Mid
dletown but did not ind the Negro
described by Stlltz and the watchman.
Preacher Tells His Story.
The Rev. John w. Ware, OF NO Oily
Windsor street. preacher and under
taker who had been calling on Price
al the wOrkhOuse 90 read the Bible 70
him and give him spiritual consola-
tiOn. has convinced the authorities that
he had nothing whatever TO do win
! Prices escape Ware voluntarily called
on Chief Black and Sergeant OF Detec-
tiyes Green this morning and told IN
detail OF his visits to Price After the
conference with Ware, Chief Back and
Sergeant Green announced that they
were satisfied that Ware did not aid or
encourage Price in any way 10 escape,
and that there was not the least thing
tending to involve the Negro preacher
in the murderer's night Chief Warden
Cross. Of the workhouse, also said
Ware was innocent Of any partlcipa-
tiOn in the escape.
A representative OF The Evening
journal talked with Ware at noon to-
day The preacher said: 81 arrived al
the prison somewhere about noon. !
cannot be sure OF the exact time | ar
rived there. ! asked to see Lem Price,
and one Of the prison Officials. / do
not know his name, told me that he
4 was at his dinner, and that | could
3 wait q short time. | waited a length or
e time, judge was anywhere from
e twenty minutes 10 half al hour, and
{ the same ofllcial came back and took
/ me 10 Lem Prices cell.
70 When asked how many doors were
q unlocked by the prison official in TAX
4 ing him TO Prices cell, the minister
said that There were three
I Ware continued, "The keeper unlocked
e Prices cell door, aud I stood outside
r in the corridor. while Lem Price stood
v in his doorway. The guard stood there
all the lime.
r. Price had little TO say. He seemed
= in a religious mood, for he listened IL
e ne read the Twenty-third and Ninetieth
G Psalm in a respectful manner, and
Joined in with me in singing Brightly
5 Beams Our Fathers Mercy" "R1ch Ol
. ages, and "Jesus is All the Wo:ld Il
{ Me" No word passed between us
ave th8l Of a spiritual nature. Afie'
. ihs .crvice. left the prison, AMI cam,
back 10 Wilmington.
BOtn my wife and were much sur
prised Wien the police came TO ou
Y home early this morning. ! was two
n doors above. at the time, embalming ,
s body WARE Is now in the undertaking.
e business) when my wife came to ta'
q door and told me that the police wer'
t there at the house.
o Il got Judge Balls permission "a
s visit Price, and have made several
@ trips to the prison
Ware is a minister Of the Free Bap-
er tist Church, having been ordained, ac-
l. cording to his statement, in Virginia
sr about 10 years ago. He IS a graduate
u OF StOrer College, Harper's Ferry, w
10 Va. he SAYS, and while at that insti
al tuition served as assistant minister L
s. the principal, Nathan Cook Bracket.
Warden Cross, when told at noon TO
day that the Rev. Mr.. Ware has state'
III that when he arrived at the wOrkhOus
- Yesterday 10 see Price, one OF tn
~ guards told him "he Is at his dinner
" YOU cannot see him at this time sal
= the minister must TO have misdndeI
1t stood the guard.
II.
n badly told Mr.. Ware was that the pris
st oners were at dinner and that there
fore ne could not see Price at tina
re time. There is a rule which forbid
an anyone being taken TO see a prisone
10, during the dinner hour, as all IN
)r. guards are in the diningroom at tina
II time"
be Price. Mr.. Cross said, had his Dime
p yesterday in his cell before the othe
II prisoners went 10 dinner, and 1t wa
I'D the custom every day for his meal
en- to be served in his cell just before th
ne other prisoners went TO dinner.
e DR.. w. II. Stocks, Of No. iiO6 Wes
.o Fourth street, who visited the work
house in the absence Of DR.. WilliaI
on II. Kraemer. the workhouse physical
.as was the last person 10 see Price
nj the cell DR.. Stocks stopped in fror
an Of Prices cell with a "trusty' VIII
,as asked, How are you feeling. Lem
nj The murderer replied. Fine" j
at stocks said he had a good view Of PriC
hel and Is sure he was in his cell at tn;
rm time. which was shortly before fN
IN o'clock.
if Chief Warden Cross is OF the opiI
is ion. however, that Price was allowy
he TO escape from the corridor on III
/. first tier during the exercise period
he the afternoon by a "trusty" who thre
h the lever at the end Of the cOrrido
ar- once outside this corridor, Price cou
YER have secreted himself, according
lat Warden Cross until 4.30 o'clock, whe
al he knew the prisoners and the maio
he ity Of The guards would be in the dll
er- ing room. He could then have pick'
len up a bsg OF flour and made his wa
are TO the doorway Of the center corrido
me guarded by Chief Clerk Suddar
ere through which he passed TO freedoI
ion Warden Cross today said, while
believed there was cOllusiOn b
ing tween the convicted murderer a
noe some one inside the building, he
the mot believe any OF the guards to
ore involved in the plot.
,nd After passing through two doors
his escape from the corridor Price e'
IDENTIFY went TO tho east wing where
Of passageway lead 10 the lower floor a
an store room. 10 was there that {
for flour was kept in 100 bags. AT
hal shouldering one OF them, the Neg
ion would still have two doors TO pa
he through, one Of which was locked a
yed both under the eyes OF guard
chief clcrk In the main Offices.
TO Suddard who admits opening
aid locked door for the Negro TO pa
ice through. said that he did not recogn
d. Price when he approached him carr
-. i,o- fho -eocE of norr on his should