The evening world. Newspaper, June 23, 1903, Page 1

| “Cireulation Books Open to At”” | __ ea seems mess | “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ } ! PRICE ONE CENT. “NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1903, NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE 15 MILES FROM NEW YORK Mob of Thousands in Wilmington Stormed Jail Under Fire of Guards, Dragged Out Colored Youth, Who : Confessed Brutai Murder of Miss Bishop, and Put Him to Death. : (Special to The Evening World.) f' WILMINGTON, Del., June 23.—Nothing but the charred und mutilated body remains of George White, the negro who con- fessed last night that he was the murderer of Miss Helen Bishop, daughter of the Rev. Dr. E. A. Bishop. The young woman died -as a result of a brutal attack last Monday a week while she was on the way to her home at Price’s Corner, four miles from this city. Within 125 miles of New York and barely a stone’s throw from Mason and Dixon’s line a mob of 4,000 whites took the negro from jail late last night after four of the attacking party had been wounded in a fight with the jailers, and after burning him at the stake riddled his body with hundreds of bullets. Public sentiment approves the deed, and it is not believed that there will be any arrests. gat Much of the responsibility for the lynching is laid upon the Rev. Robert A. Elwood, of the Olivet Presbyterian Church, in this city, who on Sunday preached a sermon from the text “Should the murderer of Miss Bishop be lynched?” THRONG VISITS SCENE OF LYNCHING. ‘To-day thousands of persons went to the scene of the lynching, many of them intent upon securing ghastly relics. In this, however, they met with little success, as the burning had been so effectual as to destroy almost. eevry vestige of the victim's body. The only remains were pieces of his bones. Judge Grubb, of the County Court, to-day made a public statement in which he deplores the lynching of White and its consequent reflection upon the good name of Delaware. Judge Grubb also explained the action of. the Court in refusing ‘to call a special-eession of the Grand Juty for the Indict-~ ment of Miss Bishop's murderer. He says it would have been attended by @uch public clamor and prejudice that a fair trial would have been impossi- ble, and the Court would have been compelled to grant the motion of the prisoner's counsel for a change of venue. Once the prisoner was mosed to the insecure jail of Kent or Sussex County he might have escaped. Chief of Police Black said this afternoon: “We did all in our power to avert the lynching, but we were of no avail the hands of the tumultuous mob. The court refused to give White a speedy trici, although we had his confession. Then came the flery words of the Rey. Mr. Elwood in his sermon on Sunday, Bullets flew by the score and thre) c! them came close to my head. The big doors were of no avail before the battering rams. - “Capt. Kane had his chin split open by a blow of a blackjack and his ‘back injured by a blow of the battering ram. Capt. Evan@' received bruises bout the body and I received my share of the blows, but am pleased that no more of our men were shot. Had the police and guards fired on the\ ~mob the lives of many on boch sides would have been lost. Nothing could gtop the people from avenging the murder of Miss Bishop.” ; Nearly all of the clergymen in the city held a meeting at Y, } Hall to-day and adopted the following: “Whereas, A revolting and fiendish crime has been committed in our community; and, ' “Whereas, The erime has been violently and ficndishly expiated by lynching the self-confessed perpetrator; and, “Whereas, The execution of the law has thereby been taken from the courts of our State, and their majesty and dignity dishonored; therefore be it “Resolved, That we put on record our sense of sorrow, indignation and shame at the lawlessness and anarchistic demonstration that has brought reproach upon our commonwealth; that we call upon all classes and condi- tions to condemn and repudiate such lawlessness and inhumanity as have Cc. A. shocked not simply our own people but the nation at large; that we, in and|T: through the pulpit, insist upon the sanctity of the law and the necessity for confiding in the wisdom and integrity of our courts of justice.” The Rev. Mr. Elwood dictated the following statement: “I am very sorry it happened as It did. I believe the man should have had a legal trial, but I also believe that he should have had a speedy trial, ‘The lesson we can learn from last night's outbreak is that the People are tired of the delays of the law. Certain terrible crimes require stern and speedy punishment and when the machinery of the law is not set in mo- Lion the people, impatient of the delay, move themselves. I personally de- plore the lynching. I believe, however, if the judges yesterday had an- nounced that they would call a special session of the court and try the man at once, the lynching would have been averted.” MADE A COMPLETE CONFESSION. 3 White's confession, made just before the torch was applied to the pile Pr «ot ofl-soaked bushes around him, was an admission of everything and more than had been charged against him. He is stated to have eaid: “I was sent by r. Woodward to the cornfleld to try some corn. I saw Mr. Woodward's daughter and intended to attack her, but a couple of men came along in & wagon and I did not disturb her. Then I saw the Bishop girl and I followed her. I seized her and asked her if she had any money whe would give me to let her go. She gave me 60 cents, Then I again weized her and she cried: - ‘Please don’t hurt me.’ ‘ “I choked her, Then I asked her if she was going to tell on me. She paid she was. I gave her a hack in the throat with my knife and asked ‘again if she Was going to inform on me. She said she was and then T cut i ‘her throat twice again and left her. After that I went back to Mr. Wood- qward and told him there was no good.water to drink down there and he gent me somewhere else. I went back once, but soon left. Then I went| back to the house and put on a white hat instead of the cap that I wore, (You would not do this if I was a white man.” } The negro’s confession rendered the already incensed crowd even more )@esperate, and ebme wanted to tear him mb from limb before they reached be burned, a gene of his execution. The negro begged piteously not to YACHTING , BASEBA LL AND RACING NEWS. INFLEXIBLE WANS SURF Whitney Colt Picks Up 129 Pounds and Gets Home in Front in a Hard Drive, Ridden | by Burns, MONSOON IN SECOND PLACE. Redfern, for His Failure to Ride tn- flexible to Orders Saturday, Is Put on Mimosa and Comes In Sixth. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Toscan (7 to 1) 1, WILL RUN | SUBURBAN OVER AGAIN SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK, June 23.—Because of the dissatisfaction that exists in regard to the running of the Suburban on June 18 it is announced that the race will be run | over again on July 2. The same conditions will prevail. That is, all horses who were eligible on the day of the start will be eligible to start again in the second, providing, of course, they make good their entry fees and whatever obligations were incurred by entring. Ten thousand dollars will be added and the same scale of weights King Pepper (3 to 1) 2, Astarita 3, Time—1.16 3-5, SECOND RACE—Thorneycroft (15 to 1) 1, Highlander (even) 2, King- reine 3. Time—1.58, THIRD RACE—Inflexible (7 to 5) 1, Monsoon ( to 1) 2, Yellow Hammer 3. Time—1.07. FOURTH RACE—River Pirate (16 to 5) 1, Yardarm (6 to 1) 2, Mackey Dwyer 3, Time—1.25, FIFTH RACE—Flara (8 to 1) 1, Bar Le Duc (5 to 2) 2, Scoffer 3. Time—1.45, SIXTH RACE—Dr. Saylor (5 to 1) 1, Colonsay (5 to 2) 2, His Eminence 3. Time—1,55 3-5, (Special to The Evening World.) TRACK, SHEPPSHMAD BAT, June 2%.—In spite of the fact that In- flexible was penalized with 129 pounds the Whitney colt won the Surf Stakes in gallant fastion this afternoon. As a punishment for having ridden Inflexible {n bis last race Redfern was to-day given the mount on the second best while Burns rode the winner. There was a heavy play on August Belmont’s Gallant, put ‘he was never Prominent, and finished outside the money. Monsoon, wno finished close up to the AVAitney pair in the Foam Btakes, was necond, with Yellow Ham- mer, a 15 to 1 chance, third and com- ing strong. he Swift Stakes saw the defeat of a hot favorite in Charles Elwood, who showed so well in the Tidal, Bullman had the mount and he kept Charles ti- wood In front to the stretch, where ne faded away, River Pirate, the second choice, then went to the front and won easily by a couple of lengths from Yard Arm, who was close up all the way. The race wi etter than the tr Was probably due to the fact strong wind was blowing behind the racers out of the chute The Coney Island Jockey Club to-day announced that a renewal of the Sub- urban would be run on July 2 The same conditions will prevail and $10,004 will be added. The arsoclation nounces that this renewal is given he- cause of the dissatisfaction at the re- sult of the Suburban race on account of heavy track. FIRST RACE. Bix furlongs. Dettin; qwhts., Joc! HILFin, Bir. Ph Burns, ot ee Lett tReet 3 1 Cinquevaita, ‘106, fe yg Be John A, Scott,105,R ied enaed ert Start ‘good. Won easily, Time—L16 3-5, Toscan beat the gate and made all the running with King Pepper until they reached the turn. There Toscan drew clear and was not caught thereafter, | winning cleverly by two lengths from King Pepper, who was a length and a half in front of Astarita. SECOND RACE. Mile and @ furlong. Starters, whts,, Jocks. sti ria, ‘et TE Thomeyerott, 105, "0" atyat Ig Highlander, 101,” ancl 0 Be evan 05, Neha eb Ot sah $$ Gee 4 ‘Sart good. Won dfving. Time—t.58. Highlander and Thorneycroft racea away together and ran like a team to the far turn, with Royal Pirate and Kingraing heading the bunch. On the far turn Thorneyeroft raced to the front and holding the lead the rest of tho| route won In a drive by a length trom| Highlander, who was four len| front of Kingralne. Knlght of th ter was off badly. ths in @ Gar- THIRD. RACE, Five and one-half furloras. an-{1 will prwvail. y This is without precedent. Africander won the Suburban at 15 to 1. oa sop LATE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS. Fourth Race—Taby Tosa 1, Kaffir 2. Jack Young 3. Pama eI AT WASHINGTON PARK. Fourth Race—Gregor K. 1. Bondage 2, Linguist 3. pele tinewl Shae cube a ST. LOUIS, 3; BOSTON, O—NATIONAL LEAGUE. ST. LOUIS .....---0000000000 33 BOSTON .... - 000000000000 HERVARD PLAYS YALE AT NE W HAVEN. HARVARD .. . YALE) oe AMERICAN LEAGUE. INVADERS AT CLEVELAND—POSTPONED—RAIN. At Chicago—End of sixth: Washington, 0; Chicago, 7. At Detroit—End of sixth: Boston, 0: Detroit, 0. At St. Louis—end of second: Philadelphia, 3; St. Louis ,2, ace “LEAPS TO DEATH beat Yellow Hammer a length and a half for the place. FOURTH RACE. Seven furlongs. a | 4 i 1 3 2 | 5 Charles Elwood, River Pirate and Yard Arm raced In a close ounch to the ben, where Bullman, who Frodo Charles Elwood, was seen to go to the whip. He soon fell back berten, and} | River Pirate and Yard Arm turned tnto the stretch In close company. In the run he Iver Pirate drew away and Unidentified Man Jumps from the Promenade, Lands on a LIPTON TO CET HERE TO-MORROW Committee Headed by Gen. Cor- , bin Will Meet Sir Thomas at Quarantine and Escort Him Up the Bay. GREAT WELCOME FOR HIM. Famous Yachtsman Will Be Guest of Honor at a Banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria in the Evening— To Live on the Erin. A committee of citizens, headed by Gen. Corbin and John D. Crimmins, will receive Sir Thomas Lizton to-morrow when he arrives at Quarantine on the Oceanic. The committee consists of Mr. Crimmins, Gen. Corbin, John Ar- buckie, James H. Smith, E. C. M. Rand, Mr. Reed, M. Barrett and Henry Siegel. " At 6 o'clock to-morrow morning tne committee wili board Mr, Smith's yacht Ttivateer at the Battery and go down the bay to uQarantine. There they will be transferred to the revenue cutter con- taining the health officers and with them will board the Oceante. It was necessary for the committee to obtain permission from the Government | to go aboard the Oceanic at Quurantind with the health officers, This permis- sion was obtained by Gen. Corbin. Sir Thomas Lipton will leave the Occante at Quarantine with the Recep- tion Commitiee and with them will then go aboard the Privateer. Then ‘he will be taken to the Erle Basin or any other place he| may select to visit. In the evening Sir Thomas will be the guest of honor at a dinner at the Wal- dort-Astoria, Not more than thirty, the majority of them multi-miliionaires, will attend this banquet. Tt will be the most elaborate of the kind ever given in the city, This réception plan has been arranged je with Sir Thomas Lipton per- After to-morrow he will re- rd bis yacht Erin until the lon of the international Then he will be a guest of York Yacht Club at @ banquet. interim be will accept no invitations any kind. SUN MAY SHINE ON NEW YORK TO-MORROW ne of Weather Man Makes a New Guess, but It Will Be Well to Be Prepared for an Emergency. WEATHER FORECAST. Foreeast for the hours ending at 8 P. M. thirty-stx on Wednesday generally fair; f brisk to high east winds, slift- a half Jangeths three lengths Train and Bounds to Front Street in Brooklyn. An unidentified man Jumped trem the promenade of the Brookivn ridge this afternoon on the Brooklyn alde over Front street, that borough. He landed ‘pon the top of a pridge train going from Manhattan, and from there pound- ied to the street below, , | Bar Le Tue, 102. | Sch | Seomter, 100, Muihotland. Farley & 9 4g 1010 19 25 Time—1.45 2-6. Start poor. Won Reformer jumpet away in front he was so outrun by Scoffer and Flara. who made the pace to the far turn, where Par le Duc moved up Into third place, In the run home Fiara, easily held her own and won by six lengths from Bar le Due, who was two lengths In front of Scoffer, SIXTH RACE Mile and a sixteenth. Jock! In his fall from the train to the streat he dropped between the cars and his body narrowly missed stri porsdns who were on the at cars. As the man drooped {nty the atrest he narrowly missed striking several chil- dren, Tartine. whim, ‘ore, An ampulance was ca geon arid the man’s sku tured Death Med and tie sur- had been frac- vas instantaneour. Thre was nothing on the body to give @ clue to the Identity emept a pawn ticket. ‘The body was dressed in dark cheviot cont and vest and dark striped trousers, A tintype of the man and two women, evidently taken at some seaside Start good, — COMPROMISE ON IRISH LAND BILL. Landlords Accept Amen:ment and Measure Likely to Be Soon ree NN : Ranaca: etort, was in his pocket. LONDON, June 2A compromise was reached this afternoon between the Nationalist landlords and the Govern ment, whereby serious opposition to the Irish Land bill js withdra’ and, un- less unexpected diMfculties arise, the measure, which comes up again |in the House of Commons to-morrow, is Ikely’ to be speedily passed. ‘The compromise consists in the land- lords’ acceptance of an amenement clause 1, — enlargi tho pure’. nis of the tenants, —— -- PARSONS CAN KEEP HIS CHILD. Jersey City Court Decides Against Grandparents in Suit for Custody, The petition of Mr. and Mrs, KE. F. proceedings “rought by them to secure | Bettin Starte Bir Ie 3 rhe a ag 50 83 2 4-5 1 Th 38) 5 ire i 4010 Time—1.07. | Won driving. Monsoon cut oxt the running, followed ite by Inflexible, Mimosa and W! Plume in the first part. Gadlant was slow begin, but in the run to the stretoa closed on the jeaders, followed hy ¥ to he low Hammer, In. tne. last. fur Burns, closed ita, inflexible, and ined lande yhitney colt ‘a winner ‘by palf a trom Monsoon, who_ New Fish for Aquarium, ‘The Aquarium recetved to-day the firat specimen of a Port fe man-of-war, a denizen of the water seldom caught a8 far north os this. The soccimen was the custo2y of thelr six-year-old grond- | child, Kenneth Parser was dismissel this afternoon by Vice-Chance’ fie. | Veen tn Jerney Chis The Court made an order caught by_« fisherman on the steamer it yee Fal ieg ‘Angier. Portugusse raan-of-war| the ould, which has besn has long feslers like tho’ the octo-; the Court * ach snaped- atl] and stepmother, Mr. and M J, Parsons, Mr. Parsor Paterson, where be does business as un 4 . Optician, ‘ Swrin, of Boston, in the habeas corpas| dent has ordered a tt OBA ote This Information {s given for what tt ‘s worth. It Is not The Evening World's one-horse wire, and no guarantee goca with It In case any money fs bet on it. At 5 o'clock this afternoon the weather forecaster in answer to a question if thi prediction for the next twenty- hours had been sent out for a Joke, said {t had not been and that there was} every prospect of falr weather to-mor- row. If this ‘aolds good and the eun ts shining in the morning get up early, have the crease put back in your trousers and have the wrinkles ironed out of your coat. Lay aside the black derby and get out the straw headgeur. At least prepare to help give the Pression to the stranger that New Y does ave a few summer di Tf atill suspicious, you might wrap up. the umbrella Ughtly and carry ft to be nrepared for trouble in case the pre- fiction strould be at fault. —_—.— RAIN INTERFERES AT POLO GROUNDS. Game Netween the Giants and the Medes Called Of on Account of the Weather, (Special to The Evening World.) POLO GROUNDS, June 22.—The vail game this afternoon between ¢ N York Glants and the Cin postponed on account of ROOSEVELT TO SIFT INDIAN AFFAIRS. ri jm Investigation Based on Complaints Concerning Kiowa and Coman- che Reservations. | jee WASHINGTON, June 2.—The Prest- tion of the affairs o! WATROUS BURIAL SEC | brother’s widow she will receive all due consideration, but she, will have to furnish incontro- vertible proof of her marriage."’ | protably keep her from the funeral, @l- —Henry Watrous. | ueral this afternoon, was met at \the door by Henry Watrous and} | Was escorted by him to a seat) rye undertaker opened the door body. the of Walter Wil | great deal of secrecy ment this after cause the deed to the Watrou iw. nutopsy, prompt quires lawn Comotery third § [Grand Central 8: {hours after the ca agh investiga: | services the Kiowa and] she is NIGHT EDITION ..) “ : — HET; WIDOW ALLOWED AT BIER $e In Spite of the Announcement that the Interment Would Be Postponed, the Body Was Hurried to Woodlawn Without Notice to the Woman Whe Claims Him as Husband. MRS. WATROUS’S LATEST PHO10O, TAKEN ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO> Photo by Eddowes Bros. ia my) the coMin, gazed for a moment at the “If Mrs. face of the dead man, and then left the Ballou hortly after noon hen sister announced that the rain and cool weather would | though she was anxious to go. Her de- parture from the Holland House was $0 { timed as to make her arrive at the house of death within a few minutes of the time of the funeral services, Met by Marry Watrous. The woman attended the fu- che three women went up the steps, They wero met by Harry Watrous, brother of tas } Welter Watrous, He bowed without speaking and escorted them to the parm lor, where they seated themselves near nd was periiitted to sez the With the evident intention of decetving woman who tobe the widow rous there was & about the inter- n conducted were brief. In his prayer he men= 4 the mother of the deceased and fends and relatives, but he made sion to the widow. n, was announced before the funeral! ces were he!d at the house that the 1 would probably be postponed be ‘0O.lawn could not be found. so to (he rumor that there wo but Harry Watrous Jenial, It appears that the deed was really istaid, but Harry Watrous made a re- aMidavit at the oifise of the Wood Company, in Twenty- and permission for the in. gs! went with the rest. Mrs. Watrous ! stopped and her frame shook, but the jsound of her sobbing could not’ be heard in the room, From the Watrous home. stead she drove to her apartment at Na, % Bast Twenty-sey: treet. Owing to the fact ‘that rhe deed for the Watrous plot in Woodiawa Cemetery has | heen mistald. the Interment did not take place immediately after the funeral ser the body will not be house until to-mor= * Mineral an Evening bk J 1 an Interview with ¢ her sister, di naister wad Vatrous?”* made ment wa spevtul car he. to the f the funerai The y woman who says s. Watrous was tgnorant of this D a World reporter, ly married to Mr. Comanche Indian Reservation in Okia-| arrangement. and, consequently, did not Cire exactly what Em Kah © J has appolnted Francis E.j appear at the traln, {¢ Indeed she had i 4 Telph. af thie ely to make the inveas| any Intention of 40, dolng y mean by legal. mariage « he charred Widow Attends Fanera?, rie ; made by ng, Inoiud-{| Accompanied by her sister, Mrs, Maude ing Delow WA, iIV-| Spaccer, of Sin Eranclsco, and another ing at Hobart, that the 2.759 allo ap Wanua oepte faae Cael ET RL purporting to! Comanche and 6 act approved June 6, 1 of the allotments wee illegal and more allotments were inaderan thers were Indians, ments made to’ per belong to the <io oa! 1.85 o'clock. ' After the ceremony she. walked up to cl cea. She he away here. to-n be aad. she ara J tatement behind her “a Tepe tive who will #08 avid ehh the er t No, 852 Lexington avenue in 4 oa the Holland Hols, arriving at er N house, sobbing quietly. Er 2: