Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. BON MARCHE, 314 and 316 7th St. Closed Saturday, 1 P. M. Tomorrow—20 styles of 25¢. Cho- colates, 19¢. GREAT 5-HOUR SALE Weak Plants Wither in the summer beat, but strong ones grow and flourish even when the earth is like a furnace. ‘Weak men ard women droop and fall sick from slight causes. A little chill or # little overwork ts eucugh, but @ different story is told of bodies petrified with Duffy’s Pure TOMORROW. | Malt Whiskey We intend to crowd a full day business in the five hours tomorrow, as the store will be closed at one Excellent all the year round, this prince of pre- vertives hag a place in every family medicine o'clock. Note the extraordinary at- | chest. It keeps up evergy in young and old, soothes tractions 483 “SAMPLES” PARASOLS. Bro. of Philadelphia, the e manufacturers of Fine world, bave just sent us md line of Parasols —483, a The: ace the styles Introduced this season. 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AVE. my2l-th, f,m2, 6,168 throbbing nerves and increases the power to as- simlate food; ts rapidly absorbed, and shows its good effects in quickened circulation and better tone of the whole system. ‘Tell your druggist or grocer you will have only EW PUBLICATIONS. READY MAY 29. The Century FOR JUNE. TIMELY ARTICLES. BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. GOOD STORIES. Humor and Pathos of Presidential Conventions. By JOSEPH B. BISHOP. The Beginning of Nominating Conventions (1831)— Clay's Disappointment and Wrath—The First “Dark Horse" —Webster’s Hopeless Quest—Lincoln's Con- lence of Renomination—Blalne end Sherman in Defeat—Modern “‘Stainpede" Tactics, ete. “Mir. Keegan’s Elopement.” A Story of Madeira. By WINSTON CHURCHTA:. Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst. Notes on City Government in St. Louis. By DR. ALBERT SHAW, Author of “Municipal Government in Great Bri- tain.” “St. Louls is the most satisfactory exponent of what may be called the distinctively American sys- tem of clty government that the country affords on any similar scheme of magnitude.” How St. Louls Achieved Home Rule—The Muniel- pal Parliament—How St. Louls Achieved Good Streets—Housing the People—Garbage as a Source of Wealth, ete., ete. “Sayings and Doings of the Todds.” A Story of New York. By VIOLA ROSEBORO’. 29C. @| The Story of the Boers. By JAMES BRYCE, M. P. Ia the second of Mr. Bryce’s papers on “Impres- sions of South Africa’’—what a prominent English politician and man of letters saw on a recent trip to the Transvaal. Sargent and his Painting. By WILLIAM A. COFFIN With 11 Illustrations. Mr. Sargent’s decorations im the Boston Public Library, his portrait of Joseph Jefferson, ete.—two pictures engraved by Cole. The Invasion of Russia, In PROFESSOR SLOANE'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. With 14 Illustrations. The Alhambra. A Summer Trip to Spain. By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL, Mlustrated by Joseph Pennell. Chapters of “Sir George Tressady,” “THE NOVEL OF THE YEAR,” By MRS. HUMPHRY WARD, And “The Harshaw Bride,”’ By MARY HALIOCK FOOTE. Editorials on GOLD THE MONEY OF CIVILIZATION. THE UNAVAILABILITY OF TRIMMERS. A DUTY OF ENGLISHMEN TO AMERICA, Open Letters, Ir Lighter Vela, ete., ete. Sold Everywhere. 35 Cents, PUBLISHED BY The Century Co., N. Y. it The coolness ts refreshing; the roots and herbs invigor- ating ; the two together ant- ‘mating. You get the right combination in HIRES Rootbeer. ‘Made only by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A Bec. package makes 5 gallons, Sold everywhere. cu BAN BELLIGERENCY é ) Result of a Conference on the Sab- ject With the President. As a result of the conference between Senators Sherman, Lodge and Gray of the foreign relations committee and the Presi- dent, it Is understood that the Senators have become convinced that nothing fur- ther toward the recognition of belligerency should be done until there is a change in the situation on the island. The President announced his sympathy for the Cubans in their struggle, but held that this govern- ment ought not at this time to be commit- ted to either side. It is also learned that the administration believes that the crew of the Competitor will not be executed, in view of the vigor- ous stand which has been taken by this government. At the same time the deter- mination has been reached that under no circumstances will the United States allow the men who are citizens of this country to be executed, not even if they are found guilty and condemned after trial before a civil court. It is expected, however, that resort to decisive action will not be neces- wary. THE FIRST NOMINEE Joshua Levering to Head the Prohi- bition Ticket. SILVER WEN LEAVE THE CONVENTION They Meet in an All Night Ses- sion. POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT ‘The entire afternoon session was given by the prohibition convention at Pittsburg yesterday to the discussion of the money plank. The arguments were spirited, but by rule of the convention speakers were limited to ten minutes each. It developed that the fight was not so much one of gold versus silver as it was the “narrow gauge” faction against the free silver advocates, Several speakers who opposed the plank expressed themselves as personally favor- able to free coinage. Dr. Louis Banks of New York opened the debate with a speech against the plank, de- claring that if it was adopted he would take no part in the campaign. Ex-Gov. St. John spoke for the plank, declaring that he would vote for free silver pot only because he considered it right, but because his constituents instructed him to. The debate continued until nearly 6 o'clock, when a vote was finally reached, which resulted 387 for and 427 against the plank. The victory of the narrow gauge faction and the defeat of free silver was grevied with wild applause, and It was some tme before the convention was able to proceed with the consideration of the platform. A New Platform. The convention proceeded to the con- sideration of the planks in the majority re- port referring to Sabbath observance and against appropriations for sectarian schools. These were adopted, when the convention was thrown into confusion by the action of R. N. Patton of Ilinols, who presented a substitute for the entire plat- form as far as adopted. The new platform excluded everything but prohibition, even woman's suffrage, and was the narrowest kind of a TOW Sauge declaration. The vote on the silver plank had shown the strength of the ‘nar- rows,” but the broad gauge people made a strong fight against the substitute. After a sharp debate, in which Mrs. Helen M. Gougarr vainly attempted to save the woman's suffrage plank, the substitu:e was adopted by a standing vote, and the afternoon closed in the wildest confusion. The broad gauge people immediately held @ caucus, and there were threats of a bolt heard on every hand. A. L. Moore of Michigan presided, and speeches were made severely denouncing. the action of the opposing faction. A motion was made to adjo the caucus, to meci at 8 p.m., which was the hour for the convention to meet, but upon further consideration this radical action was abandoned and {it was decided to go into the convention and await result pminated for President. The evening session opened at 8 and immediately got down to business. The first order was national committee's hour, but by consent this was sed for the time and nominations for President aud Vice President of the United States were called for. Joshua Levering of Baltimore was nominated by acclamation. For Vice President, Hale Johnson of Illi- nols was named. The broad gauge element left the conven- tion hail and organized a rump convention im another hall. Eleven state chairmen were among the bolters and twenty-four states were represented. Joshua Levering is a leading business man in Baltimore, being a member of the firm of &. Levering & Co., importers of coffee. He has beionged to the prohibition party since 18S4, when he voted for St. John for President. In 1891 he was the prohibition candidate for controller of Maryland, and last year was nominated for governor. He was born in Baltimore, Sep- tember 12, 1845. Hale Johnson, the nominee for Vice Pres- ident, is forty-nine years old. He was born in Indiana and served through the war. He is a post commander in the G. A. R. and a colcnel in the Veteran Legion. In 1884 he was a delegaie to the national republican convention, but shortly after became a_ probibitionist, and has been prominent in its councils ever since. The Candidate Accepts. Mr. Levering spoke as follows: ‘I would be less than a man if my heart did not beat quicker and my whole soul swell with deep emotion, as I stand before you today as the one chosen by you to be your standard bearer in this year's campaign against the stronghold of the legalized liquor traffic. It is unnecessary for me to say how highly I atpreciate this great honor, and from the bottom of my heart do I thank you. I feel my own weakness and unfitness for the position, and would shrink from accepting it but for my confidence in you and my be- lef in the sincerity of your wish and action as expressed in my selection for this honored positicn. Realizimg this I feel emboldened to lay aside my own preference in the matter and accept your call. In doing this I am weighed down with the great-responsibility connected with the position, and feel like crying out, as did that eminent servant of God when called to lead the chosen people of Israel from a land of darkness and slav- ery to the promised land of light and liberty: ‘Who am I that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?’ “At the same time I seem to hear the voice of the Almighty speaking as He did to Moses’ successor, the mighty Joshua, when he hesitated to lead the hosts of Israel across the Jordan: ‘Have not I commanded thee to be strong and of good courage? Be not afraid or dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.’” “And so, trusting in the God of battles, whose cause we fight, and to the loyal and hearty support of those you represent all over this fair land of ours, I accept this sacred trust. In doing so I pledge you to the best of my ability to see that where the contest wages the thickest there shall the white flag of prohibition be carried, and tHat it shall be planted by the time election day rolls around, if not actually in the grounds of the Capitol, at least on such a high hill as to be plainly seen by whatever party takes the reigns of government in hand for the next four years that at the succeeding election the prohibition party proposes to be the winning party, and to administer the affairs of the nation on the basis of pie to all in the name of God, home and humanity, and not for trusts, cor- porations and favored Individuals.” Candidates were nominated and platform adopted, as forecasted in previous bulletin. The convention adjourned. The new party has been named the na- tional party, and its motto is “home pro- tection.” The state delegates have been authorized to appoint two members from each state to form a national central com- mittee. It was decided to appoint a committee of five to visit the national democratic, repub- lican and populist conventions and invite all dissatisfied persons to unite with the national party. The platform will be prac- tically the “broad-gauge” platform report- ed at the prohibition convention, with less of the prohibition feature. It declares for the election of President and Senators by @ popular vote. It is generally conceded that the nominees of the new party will be rg the broad-gauge candidates—Charies 3B. Bentley for President and J. H. Southgate of North Carolina for Vice President. ‘The new national gommittee of the pro- hibition party was in session until nearly 4 o'clock this morting, completing ar- rapgements for the campal; Nomina- tions -for chairman gesulted in the re-elec- tion of Samuel A. Dickie of Michigan. Other officers were elected as follows: Vice chairman, Tag: A. Tate, Tennessee; WwW. T. Wardwell, York, secretary; Samuel D. Hastings) Wisconsin, treasurer: members of the exectitive committee, in ad. dition to the four Bors. A. A. Stevens, Pennsylvania; W. ( Karekadden, West Virginia; John Hipp, Colorado; “Volney Cushing, Maine. The selection of #/place for permanent headquarters of the’committee was refer- ted to the executive committee. COMPOSITE | CHIROGRAPHY . A Normal Signature Established for the Late Judge Holt, The Second Week the Famous Will Trial Brings Out Interesting Fen- tures of Fact und Presamption. ‘The second week of the Holt will case came to an end yesterday, for late in the afternoon an adjournment was taken until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The feature of the week was the introduction of an ex- pert witness to attack the genuigeness of the handwriting in the alleged will. In ad- dition to ghis the caveators brought in con- siderable “additional evidence to show that the relations that existed between Judge Holt .and the members of the Throckmor- ton family during the closing years of the former's life were not of a character that makes it likely he would have left any of his property to Miss Throckmorton, who {s named as one of the beneficiaries under the disputed will. Dr. Frazer, as he spells his name, and not Frazier, as an expert on handwriting Was a revelation in a local court, where, as a rule, so much erudition is not displayed on such a subject. The average handwrit- ing expert expresses his opinion on the general appearance of the writing and its @pparent similarity to a genuine model. Dr. Frazer prefaced his testimony with th. statement that in his opinion that is pre- cisely the way that handwriting cannot be identified. Analysis of Characteristics. It is comparatively easy, he said, to simu- late handwriting so well as to deceive the most cereful eye, but there are always es- sential characteristics, which he spoke of as ratios and angles, which remain com- paratively constant. These are determined by careful measurement, and are found to be characteristic of the particular writer, varying but ttle as between youth and old age en Health and sickness. These essentials ate mot likely to be imi- teted, for they arg Sugh as to escape ob- servation, and can ,enly be distinguished by the clcsest study with the aid of linear measurements and?'the protractor, an in- strument for laving§ of or measuring an- gles. Before venturing an opinion on the genuineness of the handwriting in the al- Kcged will, Dr. Frazer evidently devoted an immense amount of cafeful study to Judge sHolt’s writing. Twenty-four of the judge's letters were examined in every con- ceivable way through “a period of several weeks. Each signature was enlarged by means of photography, and a composite photograph of them all was then made. Then the angles and ratios in each were ecmpared with those in each of the others, and the amount of divergence shown tn each as compared with the normal or mean of them all was measured. Every essen- tia’ in cach signature was measured down to the flve-tenths of a millimeter, and then a@ mammoth chart or table was made of all these results for the sake of comparison. It was by such a system of study 2 that Dr. Frazer reached the conc that the document which purports to fh the last will and testament of Judge Holt was not penned by the same hand that wrote the letters submitted to him for ex- amination Not by the Same Person, Dr. Frazer was a remarkably careful witness. For example, he did not once say that the handwriting in the will was not that of Judge Holt, for, as he said, he had no way of knowing that the twenty-four letters wem cither. All he would say was that they were not written by the same person. If the jury were satisfied that Judge Holt wrote Judge Holt’s letters they could draw their own conclusions as to the alleged will. In th: opinion of those who have attend- ed the trial, the cross-examination, the rock on which expert testimony usually splits, did not seriously impeach Dr. Fra- zer's ‘evidence. He bas been a witness co often that he was able to keep himself well in hand while on the stand and in reply to Mr. Butterworth’s questions he managed to make his position even stronger. He proved that mentally he was quite as alert as his questioner, and Mr. Butterworth did not once succeed in his efforts to trap him. Once or twice even he managed to get in a quiet little dig on the lawyer. On one occasion yesterday Mr. Butterworth made a statement, on some technical and otherwise uninteresting point, and asked him if that was not the case. “You have reached that conclusion by means of the undistributed middle,” re- plied Dr. Frazer, who is also a college professcr, Mr. Butterworth is well grounded on the principles of logic, but it is some time since he last dailied with the mysteries of the syllogism, and he did not follow that line of questioning any farther. What the Cook Knew. Yesterday afternoon, after The Star's report of the trial closed, the direct exam- inution of Judge Holt’s former cook, Emma Foster, was continued. She told of the elder Mrs. Throckmorton’s visits to the house, and stated that upon one occasion she had got into trouble for letting her in. “Will you tell us whether Mrs. Throck- morton ever saw Judge Holt when she called?” asked Mr. Worthington. “No. He told me several times not to bring her name to him any more, but I always Carried it.”* The witness did not know Major Throck- morton and failed to recognize him when he stood up in cbuft. She remembered Miss Throckmorto#!s Visits and repeated the story of her (sj, there when Judge Holt refused to her. After Martha Scott had brought tha message back Miss Throckmorton asked the witness to go to Judge Holt and tefl Wim she only wanted to see him five miftutgs, and he had then consented to see Her. Miss Throckmorton lcoked distracted, andawhen she came down she looked as if she Ivhd been crying. The witness had heard thi#t it was some trou- ble about her fathér. 2. : Interest “in Relatives. She also knew Washtngton Holt and his family, Miss Hynes, ‘Mis. Iglehart and the Steretts, who were; alb well treated when they visited Judge Holt’s house, but she did not know Luke Devlin. She stated that Judge Holt was véiy fhuch worried at the time Washington Hfoltirecelved his second stroke of paralysis, but he had remaked that the family was well provided for. Col. Sterett, she said, used to come into the house without ringing the bell, walking through the kitchen. She used to see him and Judge Holt aitting in the yard talking and laughing, and evidently on the best of terms. —— The Engineers’ Union. Engineers’ Union, 6678, American Fed- eration of Labor, ‘held its regular weekly meeting last evening at Electrical Work- ers’ Hall, 608 11th street northwest. Pres- {dent Joseph P. McCrink presided. Five de:egates were elected, with instructions to meet the joint committees from the Central Labor Union and the Building Trades Council and the trades unions in the city to make arrangements for the. ob- servance of Labor day. A committee of five was appointed to arrange for an ex- cursion to be given in August. -prisopers are given a hearing, SIFTING EVIDENCE The Facts Seem to Be Focusing on Randolph. THE BUXTONTRAGEDY STILL DISCUSSED Gaithersburg Citizens indignant at Newspaper Statements. SEARCH FOR CLUES Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, May 29, 1896. The questton concerning the identity of the person who committed the crime is answered, so far as those cennected with the investigation here are concerned. They all say that Sidney Randolph is the man, and that he was inspired, if not assisted, in the crime by George Neale. It is claimed here now that some important testimony, which will not be made public until the has been found, and the only link in the chain of evidence now missing is the disposition of the clotaing worn by Randolph at the time he committed the crime. Late yesterday afternoon a citizen of Rockville brought here the startling information that Ran- dolph had been located in Charles county near the scene of the Cocking murder, and that he had worked on a vegetable farm there. The same man said it was confi- dently believed that he killed Mrs. Cocking and her sister-in-law, and the similarity of the crimes, with the exception of the gen- eral result, leads the people to believe that there may he some truth in the report. But just how it was learned that Randolph had been down in Charles county could not be ascertained. While the | statement seemed plausible to some of the citizens here, they, for the most part, look upon what was told with suspicion, and call for proof. It ts believed in some quarters that the story was started in the interest of Joseph Cocking, the husband, under indict- ment for the crime, and others are of the opinion that because of the man’s conduct and. the account he gives of his move- ments, he is a deep-dyed criminal, and may have committed a series of crimes almost as horrible as those recently committed by more noted criminals. An effort will be made to ascertain whether or not he was in the vicinity of Hill Top near the Cock- ing home about the time of the murder, and if, of course, he can be connected with that tragedy, he will be delivered to that county. But this is thought highly tm- probable, for it is certain that if he is the man he will make no confession, and no colored man was reported missing about the time of the double tragedy. It is certain, however, that the chain of evidence against Randolph in the Buxton case is tightening as the investigation pro- gresses, and the citizens here have un- doubtedly found enough evidence to hold him on a preliminary examination. The crime was committed, as heretofore told in these dispatches, at an early hour Monday morning, and the alarm was given almost immediately. Not many minutes were lost by the citizens in getting out on the case, and following several trails, ainong them the one which resulted in the arrest of Randolph and Neale. Ever since their ar- rest an effort has been made to ascertain, if possible, whether the prisoners had known each other before the crime was committed. The Motive of Revenge. At first it was suggested that perhaps they had met in the penitentiary while Neale was serving a sentence there for an attempted felonious assault on a white girl, but late developments proved that he had not been in the penitentiary, and that if acquainted they must have met at some other point. No one, of course, dispuxes the fact that Mr. Buxton was instrumental in getting Neale sent to the penitentiary years ago, and for his participation in that case Neale had probably concluded to get even, whether the penalty shouid be death or something less severe. At any rate, this furnished a motive to the minds of the citizens, the oniy motive that they could imagine, and with the sus- picious footprints about the Neale house and the subsequent capture of Randolph, it was thought best that Neale should be locked up. The question now arises whether or not the men had been together before the commission of the crime, and while those who are in a position to know will say nothing, one man was found last evening who expressed the belief that there was at least one witness who knew that they had been together. Neale’s con- duct, however, has been consistent with in- nocence since his arrest. Ever since he reached the Baitimore jail he has con- versed with reporters and others, and the people who have talked are inclined to be- lieve he is innocent, and that if guilty he is a good hand at concealing his crime. But he was just as good at concealing his as- sault on the girl ten years ago, when, al- though fully identified as her assailant, he was the coolest’ man in the court room. At that time it was sald he had also at- tempted to wreck a railroad train near here, but this case was not pressed against him for the reason that he was given ten years for the assault. There seems to be in some quarters a misapprehension of the circumstances at- tending the arrest of Randolph and of the suspictous circumstances connected with him, as well as his contradictory state- ments concerning material points in the case. ‘The ax with which the crime was com- mitted, as heretofore published, was taken from the woodpile at the home of Mr. B. Watkins, whose residence is at one end of the town, while where the crime was com- mitted was at the extreme other end, so that the weapon had to be carried all this distance; and this alone, the investigators reason, shows that the affair was premed- itated and was undoubtedly committed by @ person who had a grievance against some member of the family, presumably Mr. Buxton, The part played in the case by the Rev. L.L.Lloyd, pastor of the Methodist Church, will have an important bearing in the case when the trial is held, as will the prisoner Randolph's wounds and his statement con- cerning his having slept in Mr. Ward's barn Sunday night, and that he had not been in this town until he was arrested and brought here. The Methodist pastor, who had already endeared himself to the people of the county and had become one of its best citizens, had figured in cases of violence when he was pastor of a churca at Roanoke, Va., where at one time he pre- vented a wholesale jail delivery by his nerve and ability to handle a crowd of pris- oners, while on another occasion he pre- vented a possible homicide. A Clerical Sleuth. ‘When he heard the outcry here Monday morning and was told of a suspicious-look- ing man having passed near Ward's store and gone in the direction of Hunting Mill, he went in search of the man instead of going to the house, where he feared he could do no good, and it was not for sev- eral hours that he returned and told of the trail he had followed. He had not then seen the prisoner Randolph, nor did he know that the latter had been shot; but the boot prints, he said, had indicated to his mind that the man was lame in the right leg, for this foot showed that when put on the ground it had the appearance of hav- ing been dragged a little. Sure enough, his right leg had been wounded with a bullet, and this wound has an important bearing on the case. When Mr. Ward, Mr. Garrett and a third man went in pursuit of Randolph they had been told that he had been seen crossing a field, and they overtook him in a field on Mr. Owens’ farm. They did not draw their weapons and begin shooting, nor did they ride over him, as many suppose; but stop- ped and asked for an account of himself. This account was so unsatisfactory that one of the trio of horsemen remarked: “Well, I guess we want you; you will have to come with us.”” At this the negro made an effort to leave them, and then it was that they drew their pistols and fired, they say, in the ground, to frighten him. Right here happened what ig considered another important link. Mrs. Owens, who was at her house and had witnessed the men engaged in conversa- tion, called out: “Don't shoot Clemmy Johnson; he’s done nothing’’—thinking the colored man was a man named Clement Johnson, who is well and favorably known about here. et? Buxton had told some of the neighbors, in the meanwhile, that his assailant looked like Johnson. During the interview with Randolph, whom the men noticed was lame, the Iat- ter declared he had never been here in Gaithersburg, but wes looking for work It Really takes “ tation of being LEE SS ESE SESE SS ESE SS busimess-== Try us ona Summer Serge Suit, Blue or Black—colors guaranteed—Any price, $13—or $15—or $18. 1, Y " y my a Ra <2 906 F Street. et Htaet = iy and had just arrived from Georgetown, where he had spent a week. When asked where he had slept the previous night he said in a barn and indicated Mr. Ward's large barn, past which he had gone earlier in the morning. Asked how he got in the barn, he answered: “Through a hole.” There are two holes in the barn which he might easily have seen and noticed as he passed there in the morning. “Where did you sleep when you got in- side?” he was asked. “In one of the horse's stalls,” was bis answer. Mr. Ward knew that this eould not be true, for the holes in the barn lead only to the part of the building In which the cows are stabled, and there was sc much ma- nure and filth near them that {t_ would have been next to Impossible for him to have crawled through the hole into the cow stale. A Clear Contradiction. The doors of the barn were locked, as it #ppeared from an examination made later in the day, and this of course exploded Randolph's statement in this particular. Then, too, his denial of ever having been in Gaithersburg has been exploded, for there are several witnesses who will tell the magistrate that they saw him here Saturday night. and that he was in Mr. Carlisle's store looking for a red handker- chief. What he did with his clothing ts what is now puzzling the officials and citi- ns, wh; are taking such an active inter- in the case. To their minds he undoubt- edly made a change, and it 1s their conten- tion that this was done at the house of Neale. When he was seen in the store turday night he was comfortably dress- ps and wore a coat and vest, as well as shoes and hat, and when he was arrested he wore only a pair of trousers, an under- shirt, shoes and hat. Who shot him is an important quéstion. Randolph says he wus shot by one of the horsemen when he was captured, but this cannot be tree, cor Mr. J. A. Belt says a very careful examination was made of his trousers, and there was rot a bullet hole in them. This makes it evident that he was shot at scme other time, and that he was not wearing the trousers witich he must have wcrn at the time he was shot. Therefore it is thcught, and reasonably so, that he recelved the bullet from Mr. Bux- ton’s revolver, and then succeeded in zet- ting a ckenge of clothing at the time the Johnson boy tells of the early caller at the house of Neale, who asked for a shirt. Deputy Sheriff Horton Thompson, who accompanied Sheriff Collier and State's Attorney Kilgour on an inspectnig tour to Hunting Fill yesterday, also took them to the home of the Buxtons, where they made a careful exa tion of the premises. They also had with them the shoes of Randolph, which had been brougat from the Baltimore jail several days ago, and they fitted the foot prints in the several ces, leaving no doubt tn the minds of e Is that these particular shoes bad made the imprints. Sheriff Collier also visited the Neale house and hed a long conversation with the old grandmother. An effort to account for Neale’s movements during Sunday night is being made, and the search for Randolph's clothes has by no means been aba ned. “I am so confident now that we have the right men,” said Mr. J. A. Belt, “that I don't feel like bothering any more about the case, although we will investigate every clue we hear of. There has been a great deal said about lynching these men, but the people here have never favored such a thing. So far as the residents here are concerned, the prisoners would be just as safe as they are in the Baltimore jail.” AN INDIGNATION MEETING. The Citizens of Gaithersburg Issue a Statement. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. GAITHERSSURG, Md., May 28, 1896. After The Star’s report closed this after- noon the searching party returned to town with another link in the chain that has been growing in length about the necks of both suspects. While the officers in charge positively denied The Star correspondent an interview, it was stated that evidence had been prccured to prove Randolph was in quest of Neale as he wended his way to Gaithersburg before the awful tragedy. The citizens’ meeting in Masonic Hall this evening, when colored citizens were also present to mingle their sentiments with those of white citizens, was presided ever by Mr. S. T. F. Sterick, and Col. J. G. Capers was secretary. The committee pre- vicusly appointed to formulate a communi- cation for the press reported the follow ing paper, which was adop-ed with che “fhe citizens of Gaithersburg and vicinity in mass meeting assembled, wish to siate to the pubiic that we feel aggrieved at the sensational and anjust manner in which certain papers have cealt with the very distressing events that have occurred here. “First, we object to the charges of ex- eliement and passion made against us. The facts are that a more valm and careful body of men than our officers, chief of whom we name our deputy sheriff, Horton Thompson, and those citizens who assisted him, cannet be found in any community, and while their zeal, energy and sagacity was rewarded by the discovery of a chain of strong circumstantial evidence against the parties apprehended, their voices were egainst taking the law in our own hands or the commission of any violence what- ever; and while it was only human to feel greaily incensed, it is unjust and faisé in the seusation press to insinuate that there is, or was, here a thirst for blood which overrode justice and judgment. “We question the wisdom of those who are responsible for publishing the opinion that those in custody are innocent, and that others are guilty, and we feel that all this arises from the success of our home service and the failure of themselves, and is the expression of their pique rather than of their convictions. We hold the reports for the press responsible for casting sus- picion by ignorant, ungenerous and pusil- Janimous insinuations upon Mr. Buxton, the man who most of all demands our ten- der sympathies In this hour‘of distress. “Beurcely less do these searchers after sensation rather than after truth deserve and receive our rebuke when they reflect upon Mr. English and Mr. Easton by vile irsinuations against the one, and the state- ment that the others had failed to estab- lish an alibi. The only reason for raising a question or for naming Mr. Easton at all was that he was not at home at the time of the tragedy, and the efficient news hun- ter upon hearing that he came into town with Mr. Walker, finding a Mr. Walker, keep fully in touch with the new- ness of our selections---Our repu- bargain opportunities---quantity cutting mo caper---acts as magnet to draw usward the “plums” of the woolen market-=- No matter if the mercury runs up or down you can count on finding this store abuz with * Mertz and Mertz, : : a daily visit to always open to a LESPEL ESE EO LES ES See St ede ia) ee hn re Sey Se Price Makers. dy ee asin tev yo who denied having seen the man in ques- tion, and concluding that there could he but one Mr. Walker, exercised his high privilege, @s correspondent, by publishing the name of his victim as the suspected murderer of his sister and her family. We denounce this as &ross ignorance, impu- dence and malice, and do not feel satisied by the <fotistical announcement in this ng’s Times that they had prove: Mr. Easton an alibi. Aaa sicibon in “Facts sufficient to establish Mr. Easton's innocence were in our hands in half an ur after the vile charge was made pub- We wish in conclusion to Say that a crime has y v | eee been committed in our @ whole family is stricken down by the hand of an assassin. Our people have rot relaxed in their efforts in followin clues already discovered and in searching for other clues that may exist. In this we want the honest,carnest support of the pub- lic, either by detectives or by friends, and we do not want injustice at the hands of those who for selfish purposes are ready to defame us individualiy and collectively.” Before State's Attorney Kilgour returned to Reckville he took occasion to authorize one of the most prominent citizens of the community to attend the mass meeting to- right, and for him to deny positively his participation In the repugnant interviews reported to have taken place with him. He is working hand in -hand with the local authorities in their effcrts to bring to jus- tice the perpetrators of the crime of Mon- day morning, and wants the community to know his position. A committee was a reinted to see that the Washington press received the communication adopted as the sense of the meeting. SEARCHING FOR PROOF. The Maryland Officials Pui auiries in Washingt Yesterday afternoon State's Attorney Kil- Sour of Montgomery county was in the city, and he called at police headquarters, where he saw Detectives Horne and Wee- don, and told of additional evidence he had obtained. He realized the importance of getting the trousers which Randolph wore at the time of his arrest, and telephoned to Baltimore to have them sent to Rock- ville today. An examination of them will be made, with a view to finding if there is a bullet hole in them. As stated in the dis- patch from Gaithersburg, it is claimed there that there is no hole in them, and this settles the question of the prisoner's having changed his clothing after his al- lezed experience in the Buxton house. Detectives Horne and Weedon were asked today whether there was a hole in the prisoner's trousers at the time they inter- viewed him in the Rockville jail, and the former declared that the hole was there, while the latter would not be positive about it. Think Them Innocent. The officers are still of the opinion that the colored men under arrest are innocent, and that there is room for detective work. But they have dropped out of the case, cruse the Maryland people were confident that they had the guilty parties locked up. They also think ‘hat as the crime was committed in Maryland the county au- thorities should hav¢ called in a Maryland detective, who-has some authority in the stete. The authorities here are still at sea for a motive in the case, and b of the nature of the wounds they believe that there was intent to commit murcer. The Family Improy The injured members of the Buxton fam- ily, with the exception of Sadie, the yeunger of the two children, are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Buxton, as well as Miss Maud, are in no danger whatever, and little Sadie is about holding her own. She is still in a dangerous condition, but has held her own so well that it is thought she may recover. > — SUIT OVER FINES, The District to Be Sued on a Water Pipe Contract. The District of Columbia will shortly be called upon to defend an important suit, It is for something over $10,000. The Cam- den Iron Works is the plaintiff, and the hi tory of the case is interesting. During 1s8i_ the District contracted with the Cam- den Iron Works to furnish certain amounts of cast iron water pipe. It was stipulated in the contract that failure on the part of the company to promptly deliver the pipe would work the infliction of certain fines. The Camden company fell behind in its deliveries, and fines to the amount of some $10,000 rolled up. The company furnished the District with $16,350. worth of pipe, but only received compensation therefor $5,20L.71, the balance being retained as fines. At the time the contract was let, the District had an inspector appoluted to see that the contractor kept up with his work, and that the pipe furnished was up to the standard. The company complained that this inspector was too severe, and this con- stituted the defense set up for its failure to carry out the terms of the contract. The District was forced into open market to buy the pipe, and consequently lost con- siderably. The case will be heard some time next month, and promises to be in- teresting. —_-—_— INJUNCTION FORMALLY REFUSHR. Jadge Cox Today Signed the Decree Aguinst the Commissioners, Judge Cox signed today the formal cree in the cases of the Beitimore an@ Ohio and the Baltimore and Potomac rai!- road compan'es against the District Com- missioners, In which the companies sought an injurction restraining the Comm!s ers from enforcing the police regulation requiring sieam railroad trains te stop be- fore passing over street railway crossings Judge Cox rendered his decision in cases reveral days ago, as reported in ion- Star at the time, refusing the injunction and dismissing the cases, on the ¢' a4 that a court of equity cannot restrain criminal proceedings. The val.dity of the regulation In ques- tion, denied by the two companies, will Dow, it is understood, be tested by taking @ case frcm the Police Court to the Court of Appeals.