Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-10
THE MARYLAND OUTRAGE.
A Visit TO the Annapolis Jail-Inter.
view with the Prisoner.
Especial Correspondence Of The Star :,


Especial Correspondence Of The Sgou.,
OpENToN, ANNE ARUNDEL Co., Mp
June Ctr, ISIS
Editor Of The S'oT.-The excl cement caused
by the preparation of the outrage nv the
black man. John Simms, ON Miss Adelaide
Jackson, op saturday lest and mis- captnre
ON Monday, mas suhsld-ed in a great degree,
and Odenton has released into its accustOmpd
quiet. The residents hereabouts are now
mostly at their homes attending to their
spring WORK or hauling strawberries, cherries
and early vegetables to this point for shin
ment TO Baltimore and Washington. About
train time" and during the evening how
Watts and Murray's stores and discuss the
afa1r- During the early part of the week the
country, almost 20 man, would have turned
ont 10 march on Annapolis. Judge Miller
who resides in Annapolis, contemplates
tution)
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COURT
as soon as II is known that the witnesses can
appear, and this action on his part will meet
Win universal approval, and goes very far
towards allaying the excitement and the
desire for resort to Lynch law" With
this object in view, Judge Miller Yesterday
requested the sheriff, Mr.. p. Dorsey Carr, aud
the states attorney, Mr. James Revell, to see
The witnesses, and they arrived here this
morning: and have gone up 10 Jacksons.
=. win the view OF hearing any statement
the prisoner had TO make, your correspond
ent last night took the train for Annapolis
after SIX O'Clock, and soon found that the
principal topic of conversation among the
passengers was the late outrage. The gem
eTal sentiment was
1HE MAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRUNG
Up
before he reached any officer of the law. Not
"a lew condemned the action of the train men
and the conductor Capt. Brown and his men
rrpel any insinuatiOn that they favored the
taking of the prisoner TO Jail and insist thai
they refused TO back the train to get the pri-
Soner on board until after Governor Groome
mad, as the executive of the state given NO.
remptOry orders to do so.
Arriving in the ancient burg of circles and
sharp angles shortly after seven O'Clock and
proceeding few hundred yards north of the
depot to
THE JAIL
your correspondent found himself in front of
three-stOry brick building about 30 by 35
feet. painted yellow, with the windows
grated, and met the sheriff, Mr. Carr, on the
portico, to whom he applied for an interview
win the prisoner, and was informed that the
prisoners followed the good old rule early
TO bed and early TO RISE but received an in
tmatlOn that the request would be granted
named.
Public sentiment here was decidedly in
favor OF lynch law if il could have been APP
piled before the prisoner was i'm the hands of
The law officers; but here, as at OdentOn the
proposed action of Judge Miller is having q
good effect, and most people have come TO be
sailShed with speedy execution of the law
secured quarters near the JAIL so as TO be
on hand early in the morning but did not
steep much, for there was wedding party
'sOing il" near by, and what with the music
OF violin inside the house. and a grand chO-
rus of pots and kettles, horns and yelping
dogs outside, but little sleep was enjoyed.
MORNING CALL.
Few minutes past five o'clock | was at
the lail again, where i was received by Sher-
i'll Carr and Warden White. The prisoners
nineteen in number, Qncluding two cOIorei
and one white wOman.) are confined i'm ten
rooms, about - feet square each, four on the
second and third floors and two on the first
Most of them Were up. walking back and
forth in the rooms, some making their tOi-
iets' as II expecting company. After look
ing INTO several of the cells. to which there
are heavy wooden doors, as also doors of |
heavy iron grating, / was ushered into the
cell IN the southeast corner OF the third floor
Here was Andrew Morris, a cOlOred man con-
Nlcted al the last term of the court i'm April
OF rape on an aged cOlOred woman i'm the |
third district, but not yet sentenced. in CON
sequence OF having had one of the i've cases !
OF similar character against him removed tn
baltimore for trial. The sheriff called out |
"Sinl1nS, are you asleep yet?' and some one |
upon the floor rolling over, the sheriff said |
10 me, "There's your man." This was mn
necessary, for j had seen him shortly after
his arrest, and recognized him at once. He |
mad both legs I'm irons QOcked), and a chain |
about 2H feet long, made fast To large |
staple in the floor, confined him TO a very |
small space.
sIMMs' STATEMENT.
IN reply To my questions he stated that |
his name is John Simms; that he was born
in HenricO county, Va. and was a slave of |
captain Jenkins; didn't know how old he |
was; thought he was p. but was not certain.
don't know anything of his parents: had NOT |
seen them since he was a mere child: had |
been working several years on the oyster |
boats; last fall worked in Baltimore COUNTY:
never was about Washington; came 10 Anne |
Arundel walking down the Baltimore and |
Potomac railroad about three or four weeks |
ago, and worked up about StOney run; was |
never arrested before for anything.
HE CoNFEssES THE ASSAULT, BUT DENIES |
THE OUTRAGE.
Q-Nhat have you 10 say about the charge |
against you?
Al suppose as she says I'm the man. |
mat III have 10 stand il.
Q.-EOu were at the spring?
Al eS; was AT the spring, but / didn't |
90 no rape; that part is not true; its true |
mat was at the spring when she came |
down, and / asked her for a drink of water
ana got IT; then asked for piece of bread. |
ana she said: al amt got none for cOlorcd |
people; go away or I'll throw this bucket of |
water on You" / gave her a shove but / |
dldn't do anything else; that's false. / had |
TWO or three drinks in me, but was NOT so |
lar gone as didn't know what was about |
/ then went of.
81 suppose you were glad to get on the |
cars and get away from the people who
wanted to hang you?
Ayes, indeedy, COMPATIBILITY
breakfast AT this time being Announced
lie Interview terminated. C.