St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-10
A NEGRO EIEND.
His Horrible Treatment Of q
Young Lady Whilst Robbing
a House.
The Arrest of a Prominent South Car.
Gilman for Completely in
Murder.
A Drunken Saloon Keeper Shoots at His Son
But Hits His Daughter.
A Sunday That Has Heavy Budget of
Crime.

Crime.
New YORK, March 9.-The police to-day
arrested Jesse Williams, a negro eoachman,
and Gertrude Ash, colored servant, his
alleged aceomplice, in one of the most bru-
tai assaults and robberies perpetrated in this
city since the Hull murder in 1873. The
victim of the assault is Maggie Harvey, aged
IS sister of Mrs. George Sloane, whose hus
band is prominent merchant of this city
They occupied a fiat in a large house ut
Thirty-second street and Broadway. Ger
trude Ash was a servant in the family, and
regarded as an industrious and honest girl.
On Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Sloane
went out leaving Miss Harvey in charge of
her little niece, two and one-haf years old.
Miss Harvey retired about 1890,
and Sloane's little 4. girl slept with
her. In the bedroom is
large closet. Miss Harvey had just retired,
when she heard q strange noise. Looking
around she saw the closet door swing open,
and Williams sprang forward, and graspiDg
her by the throat, thSeatened to kill her if
sLe made an outcry. The commotion
awakened the child and it began to cry.
Williams threatened to take its life if Miss
Harvey did not make it keep still. He then
demanded to know where the money was
kept and ordered her to give him the keys
of the various rooms, with most brutal
threats if she did not obey him. When
she said she did not know
where the things were kept, he
dragged her from bed, still retaining his
grasp upon her throat, and threw her vio-
lently upon the floor, stuffed handkerchief
in her mouth and tied towel securely
around her head. He fastened her hands be-
hind her, and tied her feet. He then ran
sacked the apartments, packing up whatever
was found of value and escaped by the way
of the window. which led to a fire escape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sloane returned about II 80.
and noticed the disOrdered condition of the
dining room, and suspected something
wrong. They went to Miss Har-
vey's room and found her as above
stated, unconscious, and she must soon
have died of suffocation. She was with diff
Guilty restored t. consciousness, and told her
story. Her body was covered with bruises,
and the marks of her brutal treatment were
plainly visible about her neck. She was in a
very critical condition to-day. The police
were promptly summoned, and Capt. Will
liams, with two detectives arrived. They
soon found the fire escape led to The room
occupied by Gertrude Ash, the coored ser
want The window was partly open and the
detective entered. He found Williams
under the bed. Going down stairs,
| Williams made frantic efforts
to escape, but several blows upon his head
with billy subdued him, and he was hand
cuffed and taken to the police station. Ger
trude Ash also arrested and locked up. She
denied she knew Williams, and said she was
ignorant of his presence in the house. It
was learned however, from the "negro
colony" that Williams apd the girl were
considered engaged. Williams is twenty
one years old and Ash nineteen. About
5000 worth of jewelry and silverware were
found in pillow case in the servants
room.
AFTER AN OUTLAW.
COLUMBIA, s. c., March 9.-Bogar Cash
has (scaped to the swamps, but Col Cash,
father of Bogar, is a captive. Last night
posse of twelve armed men, commanded by
Chief State Constable Richburg, left the city
under orders from the governor to proceed to
Chesterfield county and capture w. B. Cash,
who killed W. II. Richards, town marshal of
Cheraw, and whom the governor had pro-
claimed fugitive from justice. The posse
arrived at Cash's place early this morning,
and surrounded the residence of Col Z. B.
Cash, father of the fugitive, was arrested
but Bogar Cash, sleeping in an outbuilding,
escaped into the swamps, which are now be-
ing searched. f. B. Cash, discovering the
picket at daylight, armed himself and at
tempted to escape. He ran against mem
Der of the posse, who levelled his rifle and
compelled Cash to drop his weapons.
ANOTHER REPORT.
CHARLESTON, s. c., March 9.-Under
special instructions from Gov. Thompson,
State Constable r. N. Richbourg, with twelve
picked men armed with Springfield rifles
left Columbus at midnight and arrived at
Florence at 8: 80 a. IN. They were there met
by Sheriff Cole, of Darlington, and took
special train for Cash's depot. The force
reached a mile below Cash's depot at a.
IN. Here the train stopped, and the party
disembarked and proceeded up the track on
| foot to Cash's house. Before daylight the
house was surrounded. About @, Cash, the
elder, rose and saw the pickets He armed
himself with a Winchester repeating rifle
and pistols and tried to escape from the
premises. He ran against John II. Pearson,
one of the sentinels, who presented his rife,
demanding his surrender. Cash hesitated and
Pearson said: drop your gun or I'll shoot
you in two seconds" Cash dropped his gun
quickly. He admitted having been taken
completely by surprise. When captured he
was endeayoring to make his way to log
house, where young Cash had been sleeping
every night since the murder. The force
closed in, and searchad old Cash's house
| thoroughly, but could find nothing of Began
Cash The party started for the log house.
When they were half way there, Cash, getting
alarmed for his sons safety, proposed to go
to the log house alone, and pledged his
honor that he would have his son
surrender within two hours. The
proposition was accepted, and the force
recalled. Cash went and soon returned, say
ing his son had left the house an hour before,
and he did not know where he was He
offered, however, if the force would withdraw,
his son would surrender before Wednesday.
He stated he only wanted to come off with
flying colors, that neither he or his son de-
sired to effect the captulation on his own
terms. Bearing in mind the desire of Coy
ernor Thompson that Cash should be cap
tured rather than be allowed to surrender,
Chief Constable Richbourg declined these
terms. Cash's home was then surrounded
by guns, and with instructions to allow no one
to leave or enter. Cash's pistols and rife
were taken from him. Cash protested strongly
against this, but said he yielded to force.
Capt. Richbourg, having determined to lee
nothing prevent the most thorough search
for young Cash, left the most of his men at
the house, and at O'Clock proceeded TO
Cheraw to summon larger posse, with which
to enter the swamp and track the fugitive
At Cheraw about thirty additional men, in
Guiding a number of horsemen, were OBJ
tanned, and these secured the country around
for miles during the evening, but could find
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