Evening journal., 1920-01-06
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Hook last Tuesday and WGs on The high
seas. Although The vessel will not Stop
81. any point enroute 10 Holland Chief
Black win take UP the matter with the
Government Custom Officials and ar
, r3ugements will be made through the
State Department 20 have the vessel
searched on f.s arrival 7t Rotterdam.
That Price could have covered the
! distance between a point above Faulk-
land and Marcus Hook between 80
o'clock Monday evening. December %,
and early the next morning, IS admit
ted. the distance by cross country cuts
being about iJ miles
While the clue unear,hed by Chief
Of Police Black appeared on The surface
to be good. the guards at The Oil Com
pany's wharf saying the strange Negro
was a dark-brOwn skinned man and
poorly dressed other local clues being
unearlhed daily are being run down.
State and city officials are more or less
handicapped at present. however, due
10 the fact that the county courts ore
In session.
Captain Richard Cross, chief warden
Of the New Castle County Workhouse,
was suspended from his duties by the
trustees of The wOrkh0use late yester-
day, pending the outcome OF an
Investigation Of The escape OF Lem
Price from that Institution. The ac-
tion OF the trustees caused little sur
prise.
Leonard Crawford, who retired as
warden Of the institution several years
ago, because of ill health. was ap-
pointed acting warden and assumed has
duties this morning After suspending
Captain Gross, the trustees. who had
held conference with Attorney General
Beinhardt during the afternoon. issued
the following statement.
"Ihe Board Of Trustees OF the New
Castle County WorkhOuse met this
afternoon at The Office OF the secretary
with AttOrney-General Rcinhardt. The
Attorney General stated that ne had
been In conference with the Judges
and il was deemed advisable that the
Grand Jury make an investigation Of
the cause Of the escape of Lemuel Price.
The Board Of Trustees rendered them
selves willing TO cooperate with the
Grand Jury and render any assistance
within their power TO ascertaip and
place the blame upon the proper parties
responsible for the escape Of Lemuel
Price.
The Board Of Trustees also re-
Iuested that the Grand Jury make
investigation Of the system
low in force and which has been in
'Orce for a number q years at the New
castle County WOrkhouse both as TO
he treatment Of the prisoners confined
within the Jail proper and those work
ng on public roads and farms.
I'VE would also like to inform the
public that Of the twenty-one escapes
made during the last year. only one.
hat being Lemuel Price, had escaped
rom the prison proper; the others all
'eing short-tem prisoners used on
outside work
"The trustees have decided to sus-
'end Captain Cross as warden of the
Institution lending the result OF the
Investigation by the Grand Jury"
Officials at the workhoLse ,oday said
hat while Mr.. Crawford was in charge,
.aptain Cross would reside there but
ot in an official capacity.
J. Frank Ball, secretary Of the work
ouse trustees, said Mr. Crawford was
eluctant TO act as warden pending the
nvestgation, and only consented to
erve after the trustees pointed out to
i'm that he would be aiding them and
he public greatly under the circum-
lanccs