Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-23
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Conductor Halter Goes Farther Than Any
One in Connecting Him With the MUIR
der of Mrs, Richards.

der of Mrs. Richards.
ELKToN, Mp, April 19--"That is the
man whom ! saw at Perryyille station
about IL o'clock last Monday morning."
said Conductor William I. Haller, after
he had taken searching look at the face
and person of DIR George A. Bramm,
who is suspected of the murder of Mrs. j,
Granville Richards, near Porter's Bridge,
last Sunday morning. This goes further
toward connecting Bramm with the crime
than anything that has yet been positively
ascertained.
Dramm claims that he was not in Cecil
county for weeks until he arrived at his
home shortly after o'clock, on Monday
evening last Being compelled TO admit
that Bramm left Baltimore on Monday
afternoon, the theory of the prosecution
has always been that he committed the
crime and returned to Baltimore on Mon
day morning.
Conductor Haller is, and has been
during 10 years past, connected with the
Frederick division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, which runs from Perryville, Md.
Monday last at his nome in Perryville,
being off duty. He says Bramm, when
at Perryvillc, had on a light suit of
clothes, light overcoat and high silk hat.
He was walking slowly on the platform
on the north side Of the station between
the tracks of the Baltimore Central rail
road and the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore. Haller did not then know
Bramm's name, but he had frequently
had him rs a passenger on the trains of
which he had charge, and knew his face
we'll. He says that Bramm generally got
off the trains at Perryville, Port Deposit
or 0ctorara Junction, the latter being
where Bramm would change cars for his
home at Rowlandville.
Tho tUI,Dfl IIallnr mn RrnIl1Ifn fnnn
to face in the sheriff's office was an in
teresting one, The deputy went to the
Jail door and called TO Bramm, who was
on the second corridor: Put on your hat
and coat, George, and come down. This
Bramm did speedily. His nerve upon en-
tering the office was admirable. He, smil-
| ing, greeted the occupants of the room,
| and removing his hat was about to place
it on desk when the deputy told him to
put it ON his head again. While Conductor
| Halter was gazing intently at HIM, Deputy
Mackey said: George, did you ever see
these gentlemen before?"
Bramm, coolly looking in the face of
EACH said that he had seen the sheriff's
son and the reporter, but thought that the
time. Then, looking at Halter, he said !;
"This gentleman looks very much like
| a photographer that | knew in Elkton
while helping build the Cecil county tele-
| phone line"
ELKToN, April Colt is now thought
that three persons were engaged in the
burglary which resulted in the shooting
Of Mr. and Mrs. j. Granville Richards,
and it is expected that another person
besides Bran and Ferguson will be placed
under arrest soon. The delay is said to be
owing to the inability of the prosecution
to fully determine ON the identity of the
third person, The accused were not given
a hearing to-day, 1t is now. thought that
the hearing will be on Wednesday al the
sheriff's office before Magistrate A. i.
Scott Ex-State's Attorney g. C. Crothers,
it is said, will defend Bran, When first
committed he asked for Albert Constable,
the well-known lawyer, to visit him, but
Mr.. Constable did not seem inclined Ia
take hold Of the case. He is said to have
told Bram's father that he would defend
him II he decided that he was innocent.
Sheriff Boyd has notified 1.-THE Chester
county authorities, who have charge of
| larceny against Ferguson, that they can
have him after the Cecil county officials
discharge him. A young man from Ok
ford Pa, wanted admission to the Jail
yesterday to photograph Bran with q
pocket camera, but was refused. The con,
dition of Mr. Richards is much improved
His physicians have no doubts of his re-
coyery. Sheriff j. Albert Boyd left town
in his carriage about 6 o'clock this morn
ing for the vicinity of the murder to in.
yestigate clues. The sheriff and his deputy
Harvey Mackey are untiring in theii
efforts to probe the mystery.
EIKToN, April 2l.-The murder of Mrs
Lizzie J. Richards, wife of J. Granville
Richards, at Porters Bridge, this county
on the morning of April 18th, is still 4
mystery, although there are two men now
under arrest. There is not the least eyi
dence to convict either of them. Bran
and Ferguson. the men under arrest, were
not arrested on the charge of murder, but
on the charge of stealing. The question
now arises, who are the guilty parties ant
will they ever be brought to justice.
Detective Ottey and the local officers ar,
utilizing every available means of appre
bending the perpetrators of the dastardly
crime. Detective 0ttey is still in thu
neighborhood of where the murder wa