The daily gazette., 1875-06-08
A Fiemdish outrage ON q Ysrne
Women.

WOKnen.
T. BALTIMORE, June 7.-On SATURDAY.
afternoon, near Odenton, at the Juno.
ton OF the Baltimore and Potomac ene
Annapolis Railroad in Anne Arundel
| conEsy, a daughter of John Jackson, e
xsrmer, was shockingly abused By an
unknown negro man. The young lady
Is aged about 16 years, most rcspectab-
ly connected, and highly respected and
beloved.
1t appears the members of the family
were absent from the house. They
had all gone into the corn fields and
out to work, leaving the girl alone to|
get dinner, Miss Jackson went to the
spring short distance from the dwell
ling to get pail water. While return
Ing, she was met by the negro, who
seized her By the throat and dragged
her to the bushes, holding q loaded
gun in one hand, and threatening "a
kill her If she resisted.
fought desperately, her dress being
torn in shTeos, and her face and ueck
being terribly cut and bruised. The
negro made his escape, but parties are
In pursuit oil him and if caught SUM
mary justice will be dealt to him.
The negro is little below the me-
dunn stature. He wore moustache,
side whiskers and goatee, and was
dressed in suit of dark plaid cloth
ing, with broad black binding, and
wore u black slouch hat. He had
been in the peighhorbood two or three
days.
THE VILLAIN CAPTURED.
The whole neighborhood soon star.
ted in pursuit of the william some on
horseback. Messrs. Thomas r. Cole,
and Columbus Gayior, came across the
negro in swamp near Stoney Run
He was sitting on o stump of treo
eating breakfast at the time, huge
sheath knife stuck in the bark of q
tree beside him, and Mr.. Jackson'a
gun near by. AS the pursuing party
approached John Sims, such is the
fiend's name,
RAISED THE GUN
and pointed it at Mr.. Gaylor, who
without the least apparent concern, or
dered him to lower the muzzle. The.
fellow did as he was ordered by throw
ing the weapon upon the ground and
then coolly walked toward his pursu-
ers. AS he did so the sheath knife was
observed in his hand. Cole ordered
him to drop that also, but before he I
could comply Gaylor sprang in and &
wrenched it from his hand. He made
no further resistance. The material of
his breakfast, consisting of beef, bacon
and milk, he admitted of having stolen
on Saturday night from the house of
farmer VIM. A. Roy, stating that be
asked the family for food, and as it
was refused he had nothing else to do
but take il. The prisoner was led
without delay TO the house of Mr..
Jackson, and as he entered the farm
yard Miss Jackson, the victim of the
foul outrage exclaimed,
THAT is TUE MAN.
She then burst into q violent fit of
weeping, and positively refused to go
to the office of her step brother, Elijah
G. Jackson, stating that she was afraid
the negro would get loose and kill her
as he threarened. He. glared at he- )
fiercely, but did not say word, and
his captors, seeing that no more could
be donein that quarter, summoned Mr.
Elijah Jackson, who committed the
scoundrel to Jail in Annapolis. Atths
squire's Office, Messrs. Cole, Gaylor
and Phelps tied the prisoners arms
with short rope and then marched
him off TO Odenton to meet the Annaps
oils train Several villagers followed
murmuring threats of vengeance, cut
the depot was reached in safety just as
the train was departing; The loud
cries of Cole and Gayior were, howev-
er, heard by the engineer who stopped
the train and backed up to await thsi-
coming. Then began
AN EXCITING SCENE. q.
All the villagers with the exception
of William Turner, Chas. Turner aao :
Charles Durham, had Jagged behind
on the road and were not present when
the prisoner reached the depot. The
three named had followed close, and
as the prisoner was put upoa the train
they rushed up with ropes IN their
hands and dragged him oil again. The
negro was now almost white with fear,
and appeared desperately eager to
board the train. He was assisted in
his efforts by Cole and Gaylor, but he
had no sooner regained his position on
the steps when the advocates of lynch
law agaia seized him, and prisoner and
avengers went
ROLLING DOWN THE STEEP EssBAEK-
MENT.
AS the party regained their feet at
the bottom Cole and Gaylor again Sc
cured their man and were about put
ting him on the train for the third
time, when Turner and company again
seized him, Durham was in the act
of passing rope around.,nis neck Wnen
the brakeman forced him to desist by y
pushing the muzzle of a revolver in his
face, Before Durham had time to re-
cover from the surprise the train NOV
off, and the prisoner stretched out on
his back in the baggage car was at last
en- route for Annapolis.
+ a BAND OF AVENGERS.
One of the farmers made speechiz
which he said:
Our community differs from comniu-
mites in other parts Of the country
Our people are all working people. A
stranuer might come along at any hour