Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-03-31
Horrible Murder.

A startling crime was committed near
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges county,
on the Goth instant A dispatch from that
place gives the following details of the oc
currence
This vicinity was thrown into intense ex
element this morning when letter reached
| the town saying that the whereabouts of
Mr.. Frank NJ. Bowie was not known and
| foul play was suspected. At the request of
| Mrs Bowie large crowd Of citizens went
TO his home and passed the morning in
searching his numerous farms. In field
| adjoining the home place, Immediately IN.
| der large walnut tree, almost in sight of
his home, there were indications that Mr.
Bowie had been foully dealt with.
| A large pool of blood was seen and there
were signs that an alteration had taken
| place there. The blood was tracked To a
large ravne some fifty yards distant Here,
at the bottom Of pit, was found large
| locust club about two feet long matted with
blood and hair. The searchers continued
their work through TO the Western branch,
and finally reached an untenanted house
Here in a well so feet deep the body of the
unfortunate man was found.
After many efforts small fragment Of
| clothing was brought TO the surface, and
with graphing irons the liteless body OF
| Mr.. Bowie was brought to the surface. A
| CHASTITY sight presented itself, The body,
| with outstretched arms as if wardng off a
blow, with large cash over his right eye
and the entire chin severed, was terrible to
behold. The frontal bone had been crushed
and a large cash under the chin exposed
the tongue and teeth. There was also found
a confusion on the top of the head and the
skull was fractured, DIR. l.. A. Griffith
was summoned before the jury of inquest,
and pronounced that either OF the wounds
was sufficient TO produce death.
Justice Harris summond jury of inquest
and a verdict was rendered in accordance
| with the facts in the case.
II is known that Mr.. Bowie left his home
| on horseback about 8 L. M. on yesterday to
| see after his sheep, which were in the adjoin-
| ing field. lie was known to carry large
sums of money with him, and having been
| In Marlboro in the morning, 1t is supposed
that this had been observed
His gold watch was missing from his per
son and all his pockets were rifed. Some
distance from the well his hat was found,
together with a large iron chain used in lift
| ing water from the well. An alteration
must have taken place under the walnut
tree, as the ground is well tramped and the
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animal was trying to eXtricate himself from
the hands of the violent assailant. The
murderers, in measure, made every effort
to clear up every suspicion, as the large
pools of blood under the tree show that the
sand had been gathered up here and there
and spread over it.
What is singular in the matter Is the fact
that after the body was dragged to the ravine
there were no signs of blood or tracks leading
to the house, distance of more than eight
hundred yards. A small piece of carpet
found close by is indicative that the body
was wrapped in some such material and
thrown hesdlong into the well.
He was forty three years old and was the
Oldest son of W. b. Bowie at one time the
largest taxpayer in Prince Georges county.
He married a few years ago Miss Ida Hill,
sister to Y. Snowden Hill, internal revenue
collector Of Baltimore. and leaves large
\ family Of children.