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VICTIM OF A MOB’S WRATBGarfield King, Colored. Taken From Jail and Lynched.STRUNG TO A TREE AND SHOTOno Hundred Bullets Fired Into tho Corpse.Till ff f nrliiiiB Orrmrril nt SalUbniy. M4,. F.arif 11*1* liiriiiH|-Uhtii il»* Lynch«rt Kni.rod lli«* I«II. (lie N#bv» Uii« un Ilia Korrf, Hrccms I «r Mrrrjr.Salisbury, Md., May 9—Garfield King, thr* negro who **hot and lulled llrrmin Kan nay Sat onlay night last, wam takrn from tba jail here this morn ing nod imaged to u tre«* 10 front of the jail yard.Lite lent night several men rod* Into town from Trappe distriot and halted in front of the jail. Krarjr few minutes men drama in gum trouiere, tarpaulin bate anil gum boot* could bt eecn going around the courlboute in the direction of the jail. At midnight, when tha electric light* were abut off. a cheer .vent up. and abortly afterward signal* nould tie hoard.liy this time tba crowd had awelled to over 1U0 quiet determined men, talk* ing in whisper* and awaiting tb**ir lender. At 12.: 1C a. m. tb»» Issuer arrived with a shotgun, accompanied by three other men with largo clubs.At 13.'ft ton men curuo up with a telegraph jiole and tho leader rapped on the door, calling to Sheriff Daabieli to open. Tba request being refused, the telegraph pole whs brought into action an a ram. The Mmi blow wae given •mid cheers and curses. After 10 minutee of bard wurk the dour wa« battered down acd the crowd uiounted tho steps and called for a light, HborilT Uaahiell having extinguished all the lignts in the jail as soon at the attack waa made,A lantern wav procured and anarch begun for the negro. The crowd was •o anxious to get bold of the right man tbat repeated criaa of Get the right man’' were beard on all aide#.Sheriff Dashiall refused to give up tho key* to the cell, and the leader, traducing a sledge, broke the lock, while the men were breaking open the door tba negro waa on bia knees bagging for mercy.The crowd draggad him from the cell, ana someone said, Shoot him,'* but the crowd down stain*, not wishing to be cheated out of tboir revenge, ■bouted. No, bring him down.**A call was made for a rope ana some delay was occasioned, hut tinally a rope was procured and pi seed around the prisoner’s neck. lie was then dragged downstairs fighting for hie life. At this time some one blew out the light. Fearing the murderer would escape ono of the crowd struck him with a club.Another light waa procured, tbe prisoner all tbe while wan fighting bis cap tor* and crying out for mercy, before be could be strung up several of tbe gang kicked and stamped upon him.Tbe prisoner wan then dragged to a tree and tbe line thrown over a limb, but aa soon an tbe man was hauled up tbe rope broke and ho fell to the ground. Some one then ahui a bullet through the poor wretch, who waa atill alive, lie was pulled up again, s man oiimbiug the troe and catching tho rope.After making tho knot secure tbe second time, tn«» loader called for tbe crowd to aland on this aide and lineup, boys, after which mors than lOfl bullet* andguoshola were tired into tbo dnngliug body.Hutue ooe culled for three cboers, which were given.Tbe loader of tbe crowd called bis followers to fail In and they marched • way.Garfield King, a colored youth of IB, shot sud fatally wnund«u Herman Ken nay, a while boy, at Twigg's store, near Ail*n. io Wftcomi . Batordajoigbt. Tba boy died yesterday. Tbs trouble was caused by a gang of 1C negroes attacking savers! white boys ir the store. On going out of doore tb* trouble wan continued, when It is ul leged King pulled out his pistol am shot Kenney in tbe ohdomen. Hhenf Daehlvll arrented King tiunriay morn log and placed him io baliabury jail lie admitted tbe shooting but said bi did It in self defence.Kenney's father ia a protninan farmer living oo tba Wicomico Kiver Great excitement prerailed nroum A lien, where tbe joung man wns favors bly known.
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Wilmington Delaware Gazette and State Journal
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Thu, Jun 02, 1898
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
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