The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-12
outrage in Anne Arundel County


A fiendish outrage was perpetrated in
Anne Arundel comfy. Nd near Odepton
station on tho Balt;noye ana Po,omac
railroad la satnraav ~ pegro man
named John Sims ,non tbe nerson "a.
Miss Addie Jarkson dauohter ~ Iobn
Jackson an old cilizen ~ that seetioo
which created great exeitenent and indig.
nation in the neiebborhood and much
svmnaihv far tho victim ami her FIRMLY
Jabn jackson Il ! farmer sbont seventy
wears of ACE. Ho has family CONSISTING
of wife dauchtay ~ twentv wbo e
married but resides with ber narsn,s two
single daueLter. ana named Addie eioh.
teen wears az ao, and one socd f,gteen
and n son aged twelve years M JacL,
son resides an farm of some two bundled
acres. IN what Il known as the sspinev
Woods - a sonrselv.settled scction hi
honse stands about onc hundred and CIV
Yards from The railroad A son of M
Jackson lives n quarter Of n mile south of
the residence. Retweeu them rms tho
Severn river and seventy Yards of n that
direction Il the snrine from which the
family of Mr.. jackson get water. lisa
hollow. amid a copse Of woods
On Saturday last. at half mast nine in
the morning. Sims called and incurred far
old Mr.. Jackson and learned that he was
from home. The family except The moth.
or. Addie and Mrs Jones. were in the
field replantine corn At eleven o'clock
Addie went to the spriue to get water 10
prepare dinner and while STOPPING down
to dip up the water. the negro suddenly
appeared without hat coat or shoes. and
asked her for drink. which she handed
him. He seized her by the throat md
choking her 10 the ground. accumulated
his purpose. With his hands tightly
clasping her throat she was unable to
resist him or TO make herself heard though
she is strong healthy girl
An alarm was communicated to her
brother. Mr.. Il. G. jackson, who. with
Others, started in pursuit of the negro,
who had fed toward Baltimore. Parties
assembled and commenced hunt for the
negro, Blu. 10 clue TO his whereabouts was
Obtained until Monday morning. when Mr.
Caleb Phelps. living at Stony Run. seven
miles toward Baltimore. discovered that
some one had broken into his hen-house.
Thomas Cole and Columbus Gaylor,
who were in search of him came to the
residence Of Mr.. Phelps Just ut this time
and recognized the tracks of the negro BY
an iron plate on the heel of his shoe. and
following this clue into swamp near by.
discovered Sims eating his breakfast be-.
side fire he had kindled, aud had cooked
provisions which he had stolen from Mr..
Durham and Mr.. Ray, living in the neigh
borhood. The smoke Of the fire also di.
rected the searchers TO their man. Messrs.
Cole and Gaylor were both armed with
shot guns. Sims saw Mr.. Gaylor first
approaching him, and SEEING a gun that he
had stolen from Dir. jackson house before
the Outrage, and which at the time was
lying near by, announced that one man
could not take him. On that Mr.. Cole
appeared in sight with his gun also, and
the fellow Immediately surrendered.
The prisoner was taken before Justice
Elijah C. Jackson, halfbrother Of the
victim, who was also summoned and recog-
nized Sims as her assailant. She testified
to the fact Of the outrage aud the personal
violence she had sustained The prisoner
did not deny any of the accusations.
The magistrate wrote a commitment and
gave the accused in charge Of three armed
men, and warned them not to allow any
violation of the law tn taka nInce rnon tbe
prisoner. The guard and prisoner pro
ceeded to Odenton, arriving there about 8
O'Clock, just as the morning train had left
for Annapolis. On this train were a num-
Der of officials of the State, among them
Gov. Groome, who knowing that there
would be an immediate case Of lynching if
the man was left at 0denton, ordered the
brakesman to stop the train.