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SALISBDRY LYNCHING.4Horror and Indignation SueceedsaSpasmof Frenzy and Lawlessness.Salisbury, Md . May 86.—The lynching of tbv young colored man, (btrflold Kim, at an early hour ttila inorulag bos oroiueJ groat Indignation In Salisbury, whore (be people arc orderly aud law auidlug. The ell lieu* si and to horror that such u brutal cntue was committed under the Tory Doae ot tho court and to bo powerless to a ny theiuoUHuudrods of men stood In group* alwui tho ci'y and discussed the whole affair. People viewed the body as ll lay In thuold engine bouse, where It was ;placed ly Sheriff Uaahlell after bolng cut down‘The horror of the sltuslloo Improved It self upon tho public mind whon (lie bulloi riddled aud m ui Hated corpse of the pcor wretch was soon, utid It was realised what a small chance tho Tlctlm had In the buuds of more than a hundred uncontrolled men. The body creseutcd a most shocking sight, with It* fifty or more pistol ami gun'hot wuuuds all over it. The people wero oagcr forcjnle* of tho Sun, which contained the ouly detailed report of the tragedy.A jury of Inquest was empaneled by Jtistlcc Trader.After hearing tho ovblenoe of Sheriff Dashlell the jury imjourued until Friday, afternoon at 4 o’clock.No tffort has been made to capture any of the lynchers. Many of tho men were unmasked, hut tho cxtromo darkness out-sltlo the prison aud tho .llm light Inside lit.ulo It nlmust ImpoHslblo to distinguish liters. Tho tonlUiu'Ui ol the best people In tho county I* very much against such a is of violence, hut tho fact, that a majority of the lynchers were residents of the outside districts relluvus tbuiu somewhat lor re*pouilblllty.The olorod residents are sullen and nngry, but tho counsel of tho wiser bo.tds mnoug them will prevail to overt any trouble. The declaration of Konney. who was murdered by tho negro, together with the testimony of several other white men, was to tho effect that King deliberately waited 'or Kennoy to cotuo out of the store and shot him ou sight.During tho existence of Wicomico county there have h«*on several murders, none of which resulted In hanging, aud tin* fear that King would oecnpo with a few years in the penitentiary, and poMlble pardon In a short lime, hud much to do wbh lynching, but It was no excuse for euih a shocking crimeSeveral men from tho neighborhood of whero Garfield King lived arrived in Salisbury this afternoon anil visited all tho htoros which sell revolvers and ammunition. and purchased a good lot. They brought the report ihnt tho negroes In tho district wen* massing and had sent out threats against, the whites, and tboito muu came quick fur additional guti9 and am-inuulilon. The whiles say they will qurll any disturbance In their district, oven to the extent of exterminating tho blacks.The rorpso of tho victim of tho lynching remained at the ongluc-hoiiso until lam this afternoon nwaltlng someone toclaliu It. King's .father sent worn ho would bo hero ibis afternoon, hut at I o'clock tho sheriff received u telegram from him laying he could not get here and asking that the bjdv of his son In.* given a decent burial iu the Potter's Held. Tho body was turned over to Undertaker Hill, wiio burled It.A most disgusting lot wero tho relic hunters. Every thread of tho rope used to lynch King was cut up and carried off by crowds. I ho rear of tho court liou*e is riddled tvlih bullots and buckshot that iii)8*e«l ihe victim last night.It Is bellcvod thoro Is soiiio strong Inducement at work to discover the leader ol iholynohcra nud bring hliu aud hisgung to justice.
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Wilmington Daily Republican
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Fri, May 27, 1898
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