The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-11
MISS GRAY'S ASSAILANTC CAPTURED

MISS GRAY'S ASSAILANTC CAPTURED
His Midnight Flight From the Mob-Taken
to Baltimore Jail.
On Thursday the second instant Miss
Kate Gray of Baltimore county, was vio-
lently assaulted in broad day Wight on the
public road. dragged into gully and
seriously injured by colored boy named
Howard Cooper. Since that time and up
TO Monday night when he was captured
bands of men have been in pursuit of
him. determined to lynch him if he was
found.
TO Fred. Young, a colored hand en-
ployed on the farm of Mr.. Edward Rider
near Sherwood, is due the apprehension
of Cooper. Early on Monday night
Young heard the dogs barking, and,
going outside of the house, saw Cooper
skulking around the yard. The fugitive
knew Young. and made himself known.
He said that he was hungry and begged
for food. Young, with commendable
presence of mind, obtained food for
Cooper, and succeeded in quieting all
suspicious in the tugitive's mind. After
Cooper bad satisfied his appetite Young
secreted him in the barn and promised to
assst him in Guiding his pursners. Then
Young hurried to the house and called
young Edward Rider and Joshua Brown,
coored farm hand. While Rider and
Brown watched the barn Y Dung hast
off to obtain additional help. He return
ed with Frank Flunan and Edward Wall.
All five quietly approached the barn.
Young entered first and found Cooper
hid under pile of corn-husks. In
moment the others threw themselves
upon the fugitive, who was too much
frightened aud surprised to attempt to
escape. He begged them not to hang
him. Having securely bound their pris-
oner, Finuan, Young, Wall and Brown
marched him across the country over the
hills, fields and fences for two miles
through the dark. The last of the crowd
that had been watching the Towson Jail
had not been gone five minutes when the
four men arrived On the scene with their
prisoner. Fortunately for Cooper's neck,
the rumor that he had been captured at
Edgewood had thrown his pursuers off
their guard aud drawn them from the
country where lie was rightly supposed
to be hiding. Had Young and the others
arrived at the jail 10 minutes earlier
their prisoner would very likely have
been recognized by the crowd and lynch
ed or tied to a tree and burned, as many
tire atened to do. The captors halted
within few yards of the Jail while Fin
nan and one of the colored men advanced
to recounoiter. 1t was then about II. 80
O'Clock. Four newspaper men had also
approached the Jail. They spoke to the
scouting party, who had little to say, and
thinking that the two belonged to the
mob no further attention was paid to
| them by the reporters. Within 10 min
utes aite" the latter left the Jail yard,
Cooper was inside the walls OF the jail.
The Infatuated people had made a threat
euing demonstration against the jail just
before they left, and it Was deemed I'M
safe to keep Cooper there. few min
utes later he was marching between
Sheriff Knight and Deputy Risteau to
ward Baltimore. The officers avoided
| the public road and made their way across
the fields. Young, Wall, FInnan and
| Brown were detained at the Jail awhile
fan haf ha tn
keep the secret of the capture. The Cen
trail Police Station i'll Baltimore was
reached by 2 o'clock.
When day dawned upon Towson not
half dozen of its citizens outside the
| Jail officials had heard of Cooper's arrest.
When the morning papers reached there
with an account of his capture the people
hardly believed it. The excitement had
been intense. and, while every one re-
joiced, the majority regretted that swift
punishment had been averted, The 5000
reward was divided between the four
who effected the capture. Cooper was
| placed in a cell Oh the ground floor at
the Central Station and mad very little
To say. He sat on ii bench with his head
resting on his hands. lie is sparely-
built youth. scarcely II years OF age.
His ska is light brown. He has coal
black eyes, straight nose and ii round,
Innocent look ing face, he measures . feet
g. inches. and weighs l2S pounds.
Tuesday morning Captain Lannan sent
Tor Il photographer, who took an instan-
taneous picture of tie prisoner in the
gymnasium on the third floor of the sta
ton. Cooper sat in a CHAIR and looked
straight at the camera.
In the afternoon Cooper was taken
from his cell aud given hearing before
Justice Cashmyer. Capt. Lannau stated
that, on information received, the pris-
oner was recognized as Howard Cooper,
the assailant of Miss Kate Gray, of Rock
land, Baltimore county. The youth con-
If Ssed that his name was Cooper, and ac-
knowledged committing the assault.
'What was your object in assaulting
Miss Gray?' asked the squire.
Nothing; replied the prisoner, in
low tone.
did you know that people were look
ing for you in Baltimore county,"
Yes, sir.
II commit you for the action of the
Baltimore county authorities said the
Justice.
Can you read or wrte?' asked the
captain.
NO. replied Cooper.
''Iou are not married, are you?'
The face of the colored youth beamed
out into smile for the first time dis
closing two rows of white, though irreg-
ular teeth. lie answered the question
by sha king his head in the negative.
Cooper was attired i'll IA pair of coarse
canvas pants, IA sack coat of a faded green
color an old Derby hat, plain brogan
~. IL, 10, ,,,yI
He said that he had not been doing
much work lately, but his occupation was
farming.
Cooper sat silently in his cell at the
station until 80, when Captain Lannan
and Captain CadwalIader placed him in
the jai-wason, and after locking them
selves i'll to keep him company were
driven to the Baltimore City Jail. The
prisoner will probably ue kept at the Jail
Tor several DAYS.
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