Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-02-13
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
The COnSta able "knOW'S WHY"

The Constable "knOW'S Why"
FRosrBr re-, MD, Feb. II, 1892
TO the MINING JOURNAL.
A local article in the Frostburg
Leager of last week is 50 untrue in state
ment and unjust to me in every respect
that | beg permission to correct it
through your columns.
Referring to my failure to arrest
Robert Stewart for the attempted
shooting of Dir. j. c. Pfeitfer, the
Ledger says:
On Thursday morning following the shoot
ing DIR. Pteittcr was called to Mt. Savage on
professional business and as a consequence the
warrant was not issued until Friday morning
On that morning the warrant charging
Stewart with assault with intent to kill was
delivered to Constable England. Stewart
was in town at the time Friday passed away
without the warrant being served by the
constable.
And 10 one knows why.
Saturday came and Saturday went and still
the constable failed to serve the warrant.
And no one knows why.
Then in due course Sunday came, and it,
too, was numbered with the past, and no ar
rest was made.
And then on Monday morning the con-
stable went to William kenne,lv'S house
W
the warrant est, and stated that Stewart
had jumped from the upstairs window of
Kennedy house and escaped.
But people who believe the story are pretty
scarce.
samuel Furlow, Il boardcr at Kennedy's,
came down to the Hitchins Bros. Co.'S store
while England was at kennedy's house, and
wanted to send message to Carlos for Stew
arts father to go on his bond. The message
was not allowed to be sent and Furlow re-
turned Then the constable returned with
out his prisoner.
matter. They want to know why the war
rant was not served the same day it was is
sued or at least sooner than Monday.
Could Stewart have had better chance to
shake the dust of Frostburg from his feet
than was afforded him?
rant?
Stewart is still at large and is thought to he
in Frostburg.
The facts which can be substantiated
are:
|, The warrant was not issued until
late Friday afternoon, together with
several others, accompanied by the
magistrates request that none of the
parties be brought before him that
evening.
=, Saturday was compelled to be
out of town all day serving sheriff S
summons on parties to an equity suit
to appear in Cumberland Monday.
3,With one exception | have never
served warrant on Sunday, and |
will not do so unless on extraordinary
occasions.
t, Mouday morning | went to
Kennedy's house and was Informed
that Stewart had not yet arisen. On
being told that | wanted him, he sent
down Il request for permission to eat
his breakfast, to which | assented.
After waiting some time fol HIM to
come down, Mrs. Kennedy went up
stairs to see why he didn't come to his
breakfast. Returning, she called her
husband. In Il few moments he called
me and stated that "SteWaFt is gone
A window was Mp, but he did not go
out on that side OF the house. Assur-
ing myself that he was actually gone,
| gave up the search.
:, | did not return the warrant
''non ed," but have IL still in my
p0ssrssiou ready TO serve when | can
find my man,
have apprehended more desperate
men than Stewart and | feel certain
there is no respectable person in Frost
burg who will accuse me OF fear IN the
discharge of any official duty.
submit this statement out OF respect
only to that small portion of the people
who n.ob be impressed by the Ledger's
untrue statements and unjust lnslnua'
tions; OWEN ENGLAND