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AND MARYLAND GAZETTEANNAPOLIS. MIL, ITESOAY, DECEMBER 2lt;, 1911.I*.— *SAT COUNTY HOMEted Ones Without HomeGenerously Remem- Brooklyn Lock-Up Unprotectedy Kind Citizens.Guards Gone and Mob Dragsayap.6i done good to the heart j .nd woman who contrib-iristmas cheer at theAccused Murderer FromJail.f they could have seen uth which their gener-reeeived.and the pleas-WAS SHOT TO DEATH.ofMercy visited the No CJae lo Party—Lynchers GuardChristmas-eve, notandonheavy rain storm is a long drive and a e, but, despite the bad vs to carrv cheer toSecret - Deed Done Quietly,nniTested today Arundel county,thisted poor ones, withouts and dependent upon he county taxpayers to m.ce of little luxuries them for, while the cm food and a place othes to shield them, It doe* not providewhose headquarters are in this city.and who. by their busy actions, rather than by anything they stopped to say,indicate that they will leave no stoneunturned to get to the bottom of theJohnson, who wasIvnching of Kingtaken out of the lockup at Brooklynto deathies which, once a year,nnapolis public givespackages of candy,oranges, bananas, ap-ipes, crackers, pre-etc.. tor each one ofyesterday morning and shotbv a mob.With the grand jury scheduled tore-as mble on Thursday of this week.State’s Attorney Green and Sheriffs AttorneyBeasley, are working like Turks to gather strong evidence to present tothattthere is every indication hat theid tobaeco’both smok-g tobaccondand pipes aprons, handker-sbawls andmov*beenwheels of justiceswiftlv thanwillhe cas*thewomen and also nd stockings for the re donated especially, i are able to go out any are crippled and e given warm ich man received his itude that was almostre ere eleven whitentv Home, three of tes of the hospitalof whom, old Mr.is in a deplorableand mentally, colored women in thent and seven coloredhelpless, a few are d about, but many of h white and colored, tutions for the feeble-wg lt;regtiThweekrather morein the past when 1 Anne Arundel bet f court.hasnchlt;*u rrcd•enirgrandto re-aof considerir.ury was ordere* ruble for the pitthe cas*» of Albei*ler, the Eastiort wife murderer»nseTy-whois in the county jail here. However, the Brooklyn lynching ca will be presented for its consideration as soon as the Tyler case is completed. according to present expectations.Mr. Green and {Sheriff Beasley lost no time this morning in getting towork.These two conferred together and then held a long consultaton with Judge Brashears of the Circuit Court.thisFollowingState*aconsultation, thethejailwithAttorney went toand there spent a long time Beedbird Chase, the colored man who was a witness to theSchwabshooting for whosepitals for treatment, held by the Guild of to the Countv Home* who were able to par verently and reciteder and the Apostleswere equally divided,ination being the gifts * able to go out ofin revenge killing Johnson was lynched, and who had a narrow escape from being taken out by the mob in mistake for the man they were after.Chase was brought to Annapolis yesterday and lodged in the county jail, where he now is. Up to the present time he has refused to chan re his tes-given sweaters,caps,rous Annapolis public ?d to the Christmas ounty Home, and theof those poor unfor-5 a last resort, aretimonv before the Brooklyn coroner’s jury,to whom he swore he heard nothing of the getting of Johnson, who was in the cell next to him. However, it is thought that now he is safely awav from the easily entered Brooklyn lockup, and behind barswhich will protect him for a time atlest, he will possibly remember some of the things that went on when the other colored man was lynched. What he has to say w ill be the main clue that the authorities now havet the county's charity, irough the Guild ofnd all for the Christ-ladness sent them.i as ye have done itleast of these. My re done it unto Me.• tto present to the grand jury when it meets Thursday.At 2 o’clockMRS. OWENS.. Welch Owens Diesler Hoein Talbottyesterday morning,Brooklyn jail,this county, was broken into by a band of eight white men and King Johnson the colored man otherwise known as King Davis, accused of the murder of Frederick A.Scwhab, white, over a game of pool.ounty.draggedn received here of the lolt;*uP.!? 'nched-her home in Cam-ountv, of Mrs. Annew’ife of Mr. B.is,’ho holds a position inWells, Clerkunguarded. Although it is flanked on both sides by houses, in one of which a policeman was sleeping, the me b found it easy to breakGeorge:urt for AnneArun-the lock from the back door Johnson andFri-hose death onas a great shock toind other relatives, beloved in a largeHubert Chase, alsocolored, who was being held as a witness against him, were in cells stairs.up-In the darkness of early morning the mob almost mistook Chase forJohnson, and w’ould haveears of age husband, isand. insurvivedaughterof a previousding a letter from his Frida}*,Mr. B. WelshIty,’recording clerk in t, received a messageMr£ Emily Owens,at Cam-probablylynched the wrong man, but for the appeals of Chase. The lock was forced off with an iron bar and throw-ing back the door, the men crowded into the small cell. One had an 18-rs old, diedafternoon.fmdDeathwas due toa poem has the sympathyhe re.NT ANNOUNCED.icdcll lo Wed Missfoot piece of clothesline, with a noose already made in it. They tried to slip the loop over Johnson’s neck and hang him to the iron ceiling of the cell.Johnson fought for his life and in his frenzy scratched and struck at some of the men. HeJe Brandt.was finallyforced into a corner and beaten over the head with the iron bar until unconscious. They dngged his body down the stairs, out of thej jail and two hundred yards over 'a field, until they came to a new 'road known as Second avenue. Here the negro waslent of Midshipman ’riedell. United States Maude Ireland Brandtt. J., was announcedrday night 'given bride-to-be.11*mall embankment |and fired four shots intoathis body at such close range that the powder burned his coat. The shots all penetrated his right lung andcaused deatlriedell is from Texar-and is a son of JudgeF. FriedeJl, of thatThe body was discovered at quarter of six yesterday morning. A jury was summoned and Justice Potee andBrookes called a numberthose who livedt the dinner were En-nothing but shotsThe county officials here cised the action of Chief ofcriti-PolieeGRANTEIIrwin in leaving Johnson unguardedBecause of thepart of the night, intenseFinal Issue of Inifeeling, athe homeguard was of Frankracerequested atSchwab, at Fairfield, where the bod\ of his brother lies.Mother GivenThe Circuit Co del countv todavdivorce aAccording to Johnson, (who waslynched) he told the following story when arrested after the crime;of Mrswherebyj from hermensjMauisheibusbar“We had been playing pool in Miller's saloon all the evening. With. with whor Md.. fromevening.Frank Schwab, a brother of Freder-heforeick. I had shot a game shortly nidr.ight, when the place closed up 1 had won and that seemed to makethe other white men in the place mad at me. Some of them began saying things about me,and I told them what I thought of them, particularly of Frank Schwab, and told them I couldbat any of them at {tool.“When I started to go home to Reedbird Chase, another colored man.came along, of squares Frank Schwab cameWe got about a couple from the saloon whenHisup to me. brother, and also his brother-in-law.Thomas Gleeson, were with him. The man asked me why 1 had called hisbrother names in the saloon,and came right up to me and hit me with his fist, fhat staggered me, and as soon as 1cot straight again I pulled out my revolver and shot him. He started to »ack away and I fired two more shots over his head. Then I saw Schwab falln the ground and I went on home.’* Reedbird Chase and the other nu naid they did not see the dead man trike Johnson. Johnson claimed thatall the other men were tum^l away at the time he was struck by Schwab, but they stated that they would have een the blow*.Schwab’s brother and brother-inaw pursued the two coloref! men for a vhile, and upon returning saw that rhe shot had resulted in death. Theywent to a telephone and called the police in Brooklyn. Chief Irwin was afraid that the colored man wouldescape and go to Baltimore,and posted himself at the Brooklyn end of Long Bridge. Officers Alexander Johnson and John Helmer went to thehome of the negro infound him in bed. WithFairfieldhimandChase.ar-in oeu. vvun mm was Both were placed under rest by the officers and they made resistance.noA coroner’s jury, summoned by Mr. John W. Marshall, of Brooklyn, rendered a verdict of death due to afiredhadby King Johnson. I»enetrated the leftThe bullet breast andafter passing through the heart hadlodged in the tissues surrounding thespinal column. Justice John E. Poteeheld Reedbird Chase as a State’s witness.JfThe dead man was about 25 years old and single. He worked in one of the factories near Fairfield, and had been a resident of the town for severalyears. The colored man was also single and 28 years old. He came to Fairfield several weeks ago from St.Mary’s county.THAT CHRISTMAS FORMATIONPlebes Take Rank Over Upper Classmen Christmas MorningReviving a tradition of the NavalAcademy that w as abolished last year, because of the out-of-town liberty given the first class, the usual Christmas morning formation was held.At this formation on Christmasmorning the plebestonby cosent of all parties concerned, take the place of the upper classmen, and act as five-striper, adjutant, captains of companies, petty officers, etc., etc., giving Jorders and commanding the brigade as the “ratey” men of the Academy and ranking middies alone are privt-leged.It was humorous in the extremeto see and hear the plebes order aboutthe second classmen (the first classmen being absent on Christmas liberty) and the plebes enjoyed it aswell. They had their “day’* (everydog has his) and made the best of it.One plebe ordered a second classman to do a “stunt” before the bri-gade^which the doer did not relish apparently but which he did with goodgrace.Aside from the exchange of Christmas greetings there was little else at the Academy yesterday indicativeof the festive occasion.ORPHANS’ COURTJudicial Disposition Of The Affairs OfWidows And OrphansCourt met this morning in regular session, with Chief Judge Tydings and Associate Judges Cusack and Abbott on the bench. Register of Wills Duckett,and Deputy Register Clayton, and Sheriff Beasley, present. The following business was transacted by the Court:Release of Ernest Reminsnyder toton. Md., from t riage to him in earlstil early in Apn the exception of a Since the bill wtober last Dr. Bilof Maryland, and coming county, I is living with herGeorge street, to the divorce, thMrs. Biles permgether with the c eluding proper co Under this dec retwo-year old so Biles, is uncondit the mother. The ihas been the cau:legal action since husband inBBjmi^- April,instituted proceedboas corpus in the for thepossess 10 which the motherIn this latter cicourt retained juichi Id. while in theer under an orderbut by a subsequDecenil*er 6, the revoked itsprevi 28. in order that custody of the inf ually disposed of I This case has iusual attention btnence of the two* _ j,in it.titionThe grounc for A4!ivorlt;proven by the vol filed in the case, aexcessively vicioustion, the dec isiocases in many ju that where a hushcompels his wife t this case, it is notbut by him John S. Strahorn \Mrs. Biles.ANIMALS AS 0Man FiLs Suit FcTkirty-Five CatiNaming as corest man,but thirty-fm Samuel Pomeroy, has filed suit for dasserts in hisfohismarriage.wife added the pet and gave them megave him. Fomerand a Civil War vi• *In all my expeas a soldier,” he to contend with ithose dogs home.*’and c;•IRcsta€los m%I.ADIKft AM*1*151 NORegular DimEVERYTHIN!!PIES. VAopen l'*y »mi Si*IIW*FiarnUb**! U sit* Restaurant, uttetm h«*ftt and bS. 8AMARCA. W. SIOPTlWith R. L. CkMS Mai?Eye-fiia**** fitted-filled. Lentas doTTTiTTTtTTt1ThePrivate DA
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Annapolis Evening Capital
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Tue, Dec 26, 1911
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