The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-15
MARYLAND'S MURDER
A Young Meuoal Student Charged
with the Crime.
IMPORTANT EyIpEsoE SECURED.

IMPORTANT EVIDENCE SECURED.
A Revolver Carrying Bullets of tho
Same CaIiber as Those Used in the
Shooting Found In His Possession.
Part OF q waistooat Button Which
May Prove Invaluable
ELKToN, Md, April 15.-Cecil county
is still in fever of excitement over the
shooting at Colora Of J. Granville Rich
ards, ex-member of the legislature, and
his wife,.
Detective G. G.. ottey, Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, of which Joseph T.
Richards, brother Of Granville Richards,
is an officer, together with Constable A.
Richey, placed under arrest DR.. George
A. Bran. Bran, who was until re-
Gently q medical student at the Uni.
versity of Maryland, was stopping at
his fathers house, near Rowlandville,
Cecil county, about three miles from
where the crime was committed. He
was in bed when the officers knocked
and went to the door in his night clothes.
When the policemen told him they
wanted him Bran replied, "Not to-
night" The officers grabbed him and
told him he must go.
Bran then surrendered. The officers
drove to Rising Sun, and, fearing a
lynching party, telegraphed for special
train, which brought Bran to Elkton,
where he was lodged in the county Jail
yesterday morning.
A 32-Caliber Revolver.
1t was not necessary to swear out
warrant charging him with the Rich
ards murder, as one was issued several
weeks ago charging him with larceny of
money from William Riley.
A 3s-caliber revolver carrying cart
ridges the same as those used in the
shooting was found in his possession and
three of the chambers were empty,
Bran told the sheriff that he could
prove by number of persons that he
was in Baltimore on the night of the
shooting.
He has asked to see Albert Constable,
the noted Maryland criminal lawyer, but
the states attorney will not allow any
person to talk to the prisoner. It is said
that an effort will be made to secure Mr..
Constable for the prosecution, as Rich
ards has wealthy relatives. Bran is
tall young man of slender build, but
muscular, and has some reputation as
boxer. He has a light mustache and
brown hair.
An Ex-Elcction Repeater.
He is about "a years old. Bran is
noted for trying to live on his wits. He
is said to have boasted of having made
more than half hundred dollars in Bal
timore by acting as repeater at one cleo
tion. He once had suit against the
Columbian and Port Deposit railroad,
and would have secured damages but for
boasting of his slnartness.
He was one of a number of lads who
jumped on trains at Colora, and the
railroad officials, tiring of it, kicked
them off. Bran, seeing chance to
make tidy sum, one day bought
ticket and got on the platform as if
stealing a ride He was promptly kicked
off by q brakeman and then brought
suit against the company for damages.
One of the most important clews to
the murderer has been discovered in
half button torn off his waistcoat by
Mr.. Richards in the struggle.
Mr.. Richards VIII Recover.
The funeral of Mrs. Richards is ap-
pointed for tomorrow The doctors do
not think that the wounds of Mr.. Rich
ards will prove fatal. One ball entered
the back at the lower border of the ribs
on the left side, followed the ribs around
for about six inches and made its exit in
front. The second ball struck him in
front above the abdomen and about in
line with the posterior wound, and is
supposed to also have made an exit in
the back. There are four holes, two of
them being taken as evidence that the
bullets did not lodge in the body.
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