The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-18
Cooper Makes Hasty Visit to Towson-


town.-Eearly this week the Grand Jury in
dicted Howard Cooper, the fendish young villain
who committed the brutal assault on Miss Kate
Gray, near Rockand, on the I'd inst. The wit
nesses were DR.. H. L. Naylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Gray
and colored man to whom Cooper is said to
have made full confession of the crime. The
young lady was not present. On Wednesday
Sheriff Knight very quietly went to the city, ac-
companied by Deputy Risteau and C. Lewis Cross.
A few minutes before one P. M. they appeared
in front of the city Jail with pair of fast horses
harnessed to a light vehicle. In few minutes,
and with every precaution as to secrecy, they
had Cooper in the carriage and were driving to-
wards Towsontown at a tree-minute gait. They
arrived here about o'clock, slipped their prisoner
into O side door and then to the Courtroom, in
which there were very few persons. The formali-
ties of arraigning Cooper and reading the indict-
ment required but a few minutes when he
again rushed out to the carriage and off they flew
to the city, reaching the Jail in about two hours
from the time they left it. Cooper, of course,
plead mot guilty." and his trial was set down for
the 9th inst. When the Court asked him if he
had counsel he replied in the negative and asked
that one be "'pinted" for him, which will be
done. So quietly was the whole business done
that not even the clerks in the Court House knew
that the villain was in the building, and learning
afterwards that he had been arraigned, opened
their eyes with wonder at what they thought a
pretty neat scheme.
1t is believed by many that Cooper will not be
brought to Towsontown again. but will, through
his counsel, make application for a removal of
his case to some other county, which can be done.
we understand, by his making the necessary
affidavit in the city that he cannot get affair trial
in Baltimore county. Ifthis is done the indignant
people of the third district may never have an
opportunity to wreak their vengeance upon him.
Another Wonderful Gown the local
columns of THE UNION last week were published
the full particulars of the recent butter test of the
Jersey COW Princess I'd, of Mrs S. NJ. Shoemaker's
Burnside Park herd, she having produced 46 lbs.
l21 ozs. Of butter in seven days. Oxford Kate,
another cow belonging to the same herd, was last
week given test under the supervision of Andrew
Banks, Esq, of this county, who was delega lated
to act by Mr.. John I. Holly, president of the
American Jersey Cattle Club. At 4 p. M, April
LIST, Mr.. Banks had the COW MIXED dry. She was
then MIXED at a. IN. and p. m. on each day
for q week. The milk was carefully preserved
and the cream was churned at stated times. Her
daily feed combined consisted of IL quarts of pea
meal 16 quarts of ground oats, quarts of linseed
oil cake, quarts of wheat bran, with q bountifu
supply of clover hay, beets and carrots. Her
production of butter, unsalted, was 3S pounds 2
ounces; sailed 80 ponds, 2 ounces. Oxford Kate
was calved February 20, 1879, and is consequent
ly little more than years old. She had calf
in January of this year.
The record of Princess I'd stands at the head of
the list, and Oxford Kate is her only rival. A
Jersey COW belonging to Mr.. Fuller, of Montreal,
Canada, holds third place, with record of SO lbs.
ozs. in a seven days test. We find that there
some persons who affect to believe that there was
some crookedness about these tests, but we will
continue to believe them entirely accurate until
some good evidence is produced to prove that
they were not.