Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-19

respondents Of THE EVENING STAR.

Correspondents Of THE EVENING STAR.
GAITHERsBURG, MONTGOMERY Co., Nd,
June 10th, 1885.
The announcement In THE STAR yesterday
that Miss Jenny GIoyd, who was assaulted near
this place by negro on the 27th Of May, had
positively identified her assaflant among the
prisoners in the House of Correction, near Jes-
suPs, while 1t was q surprise to many, was not
unexpected by few citizens who had been
apprised that about week ago the girl
acknowledged that George Neale was the man.
When the excitement following the outrage
Gus assault had subsidized, two or three citizens
who had been actively engaged in the hunt
determined to quietly work out every clue.
Neale, who was the first man arrested. They
ascertafned that when the girl passed the
station station, Neale was there, and as soon as she
passed down the country road he disappeared
In the pines down the railroad, and that he was
again seen at the stations the alarm
QUESTIONING AI skS aL t,l1.' ! ~ "
Going to see Miss Ginyd they questioned her
rs to the man, in the presence of her step-father
Mr.. Lawson, and her mother. The first qdes-
t tion was; WAS the man who assaulted you
Yes" she answered, "he was, brought here
and nrst said that he was the manu- ~
w no was the man?" was asked. .-=s5arle
would go to the bottom of the affair she said:
George Neaie is the man."
Why, you said remarked the party, "when
he was here that he was the man and then
changed your mind. Why did you do sop
II was then excited" she answered. she had
threatened to kill me, and that night when
nrst said that he was the man i saw the men In
the room draw pistols and was afraid that they
S WoS.d N S the him hanl then see it
This interview satisfied the parties that their
suspicious Were correct, and the next move was
who was first arrested and is well known to all
IN the nelghborhood, having lived here a num-
per OF years; He has borne the character OF a
shlftiess fellow When he was in custody on
suspicion OF this offenSe he said q colOred man
named Charles Williams, who was sitting with
him at the station, talked as If he would do
Soch a deed. The girl not having identified
hlm. his story was believed, and Williams, who
mad gone to Laytonsville, was, a few days after
wards, arrested and released. Neale was, how
ever, Kept in custody, and a charge OF vagrancy
being made before Justice Crawford he was
tried on 1t and committed to the house of cor
Tection for twelve months. The citizens who
learned the facts recited above, being satisfied
that Neaie was the man wanted, placed the
case in the hands of the prosecuting attorney
with the view oi having him brought back
10 Rockville to stand trial.
THE TRIP To JEsSUPs'.
The fact that the girl had positively stated
that Neale was her assailant becoming known
on Wednesday night, six or eight of the
younger men went To Mr.. Lawson's house and
persuaded him and the girl to 60 to the House
OF Correction with them. They drove about
20 miles, arriving there Thursday morning
Upon stating their business, Miss Gloyd was
given an opportunity to pick out her assaiiant
II she could. The prisoners in their striped
suits Were paraded before her, and in a class of
dozen she picked out Neale. She was then
asked as to tine clothes worn by him and as stated
In The STAR, she selected several coats and
stated she was certain that one of them was
pile OF twenty hats the one worn by her as
sallant, and it was found that the hat belonged
TO Neale. He also wore one of the coats She
selected. The party was very DESTROYS OF
saving the state the expense of Neale's trans
poriation back to Montgomery, but, having no
legal papers. this offer could not be accepted
and they returned without him.
There is little doubt, however, that some
vile.