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trial be given the wretch. But because the Grand Jury had adjourned for the term, and civil cases had been taken up for trial, Chief Justice Lore refused to act upon a suggestion that the Grand Jury be recalled, the Court of Oyer and Terminer convened and White placed on trial at once. This was the breaking point with the people. They could not dispassionately wait till September, three long months, for the due processes of law. Chief Justice Lore and Judges Grubb and Penniwell are maintaining a dignified silence under the shower of abuse to which they are being subjected. Ghastly Relics on Show Half a hundred persons are parading the streets, ex- hibiting ghastly relics of the dark deed. They were on the ground early this morning after the night's revels, ahead of Deputy Coroner Kelmer, who proceeded leisurely to the smouldering pyre at about 11 o'clock and took charge of what remained of the victim of the mob's frenzy. These are actual facts, and the scenes are laid in one of the centres of civilization, within three hours' ride of New York and amid a people who outwardly are educated and humane. Crimes such as that for which White was so brutally put to death have been committed in Delaware before. In the very jail that the mob sacked last night an- other negro is undergoing imprisonment for a similar offence, yet he was not molested. Women, Too, in the Mob It is impossible that some of those who participated in the outrage were not recognized. Five thousand persons stood by and watched White writhe in his death agony. At least 500 of these assisted actively in the work of his destruction. It is not true that the leaders came masked and garbed in women's attire. The act was committed boldly. Men and women faced one another frankly while they went about the work.