Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-11
MYSTERY OF THE DIXON MURDER.
GAtherlmg Together the Evidence that
Will AveAgo The killing 81 Cant.
Dixon.

The letter OF Mr.. Freund, OF this city, referred
TO In The STAR several days ago. was read by
Justice Morgan TO Biscoe. the colored boy who
Is held In the Leonardtown MAY Jail for the
murder of Capt Dixon, OF the sloop Mary J.
Mr.. Freuud coutradicts Biscoe's statement that
he (Freund) paid him money recently, and
after hearing the letter Biscos stili maintained
that the money found on him had been re-
ceivsd from Mr.. Freun l, and added that Jus.
tice Morgan had not written to the right man.
Justice Morgan says he is satisfied that Biscoe
Is lying about the matter. He is confident that
the supposed murderers divided the money
aud clothes OF Capt. Dixon. The locality OF the
Geoghegau, OF the steamer Sue, and the latter
decided Ii was In the Potomac river. In conse-
Qnence Of this doubt about the locality OF the
await the action Of the grand jury OF ST. Mary o
county. II 10 not probable that Rscoe will be tried
AT this lssptember) term OF the court, on &C
count OF being held n . witness against the
other man who he alleges was concerned In the
murder. Biscoe, in the course OF conversation
said: II have . hali.brother in Washington, u.
u william Dyson, out 1t service At No. 72S
CONTRADICTORY kvIDENck
Stephenson Bro, Of this city, have written
To Justice Morgan Is follows: "Mr. Carter says
that Capt. Dixon informed him about two hours
before he lett here that be had employed two
men to go on his boat Major Biscoe says the
Neither OF them know whether they went with
MIN or not. Mr.. Carter says just before the
boat left he saw Capt Dixob and light-com-
plected colored man going on the W hart towards
The boat, but he does not know IL this was one
OF the men, and he says he would not be able TO
Identity the man again" 1his statement Of
Stephenson Bro. 10 contradicted ny Mr.. Geo.
W. Dixon, nephew OF the murdered man, who
stated that bis uncle told him In Washington,
just before the boat sailed down the river, that
ne mad hired but one man, and he only wanted
one. The Baltimore Sun says: George Heed,
colored, q resident OF Westmoreland county,
Va, says that AS he came down the river Satur-
day noon he saw the sloop Mary j. with Capt
Dixon and two men on board. The captain was
eating his dinner on the hatchway. The mu-
iatto man was standing near him and Biscoe
Was At the helm. With this contradictory evi.
dence IL is impossible to say whether one or
more committed tue murder.
ARREST OF SUPPOSED AcCoMPLIcE.
Purser Thos. p. Garrett, of the steamer Ar.
rowsmith, states that yesterday a young friend
OF his got on board the boat at Colonial Beach
and tod him that the citizens OF Murill, King
George county, Va, last night arrested Stanfleld
Bradford, alias Bradshaw, Tor the murder OF
capt Dixon. Bradford had only reached bis
home two hours prior to his arrest. He answers
The description OF the man wanted. letter
was received at police headquarters in this city
yesterday from Sheriff Mackey, of Cecil county,
Nd, In which the writer says that unless the
murder of Capt. Dixon occurred before August
24th last, Stausbury Bradshaw, coiored, Is not
the murderer, as he mas been in Jail at Elkton,
Nd, since that date for robbing Capt Holmes.
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