Mob Threatens To Lynch Fiend
Murderer Of Girl
Guards Have Hard Time Keeping Mob Back in Philadelphia
A Fiendish Crime
Confessed Slayer Led Police to Tiny Body Frozen in Creek
Philadelphia, Feb 27 -
A fiendish crime was revealed here at midnight last night when Wylie Morgan confessed to abducting Lillian Gilmore, a six-year-old child, and directed the officers to where the body was found.
When the facts in the case were learned, Morgan narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an angry mob.
The body of the six-year-old victim of the fiendish kidnapper was found frozen in a creek near Croyden, Penn., at midnight last night. Morgan, the girl's self-confessed abductor, will as a result be formally charged with the murder of the little girl. When it was learned that Morgan had confessed and following the finding of the girl's body, a crowd of several thousand people gathered at the police station here and threatened to form a mob and lynch him. Extra guards were thrown about the station and it was with great difficulty that they prevented the mob from taking Morgan and lynching him.
After he had confessed to the crime, Morgan took police to the scene of the crime, where the body was found and recovered. There was every evidence that the little girl had been terribly beaten by Morgan. Her jaw had been broken in five places and there were numerous cuts and bruises found on the body.
Feb 28, 1923
Swift Justice To Be Meted Out
Child Murderer
Detectives to Question Morgan About Other Child Murders
Philadelphia, PA., Feb 28 -
"Swift justice" is to be meted out to Wylie Morgan, confessed abductor and murderer of little Mildred Gilmore, the six-year-old child found by the police frozen in a nearby stream after Morgan confessed to the crime. This is the plan of officials here.
Present plans call for the coroner's inquest to be held Friday, an indictment on a murder charge to follow from the grand jury on Saturday, and the trial of Morgan will begin next week. Detectives from Baltimore and New York are now arriving here and will question Morgan in regard to several unsolved child murders which have occurred in those cities within the past few months.
Jan 31, 1924
Respite For Murderer
Harrisburg, Jan 2 - Gov. Pinchot today issued a respite in the case of Wylie Morgan, Philadelphia, convicted of murder in the first degree, changing the date of execution from the week beginning Monday, Jan. 7, to the week beginning Monday, Feb. 4. The respite was granted because the case is pending in the Supreme Court.
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