Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-31
I'd EDITION.
HIS CELL YET VACANT.
The 'Recapture of Pinkney Not Yet
Accomplished.
WHAT is SAID At MARLBORO, MD.
Annual Convention Of the Mary
land Diocese.
BISHOP PARET'S ADDRESS.
BISHOP PARETS ADDRESS.
PINKNEY's CELL STILL VACANT.


The kecapture of the Murderer - Far on
ss Ever.
Special Dispatch to The Evening ffar
MARLBORO, Nd. May S1.--The cell of Will
liam Pinkney, the escaped me of the two con-
demned murderers of FrarIcIs NJ Bowie, still
remains vacant, and altho agh the man has now
been at large six days, his early recapture APP
pears as improbable as ever Indeed.
there are not smsl number Of people
here and in this vicinity who seriously doubt
that he ever will be re.aken. Certainly rot,
they say, unless the authorities Immediately in
augurate q much more active pursuit than has
SO far been attempted. These people declare
with great Deal OF emphasis that Sheriff
Middleton should, with a much larger posse
than he has vet gotten together, remain in the
field until the murderer is retaken or driven
from cover
Ii Pinkney is still in the neighborhood. and
both States Attorney Brandt and Sheriff Mid
dleton stated to THE STARS representative
last night that they SO believed, those
people who criticise the seemingly in
activity OF the authorities declare that
onerin middleton owes 1t both to himself and
the community TO remain constantly on the
trail OF the Grim nal and. never for a moment
relaxing his efforts. make the pursuit SO hot
that the fellow would be compelled by hunger
to surrender or-nove of
The great advantages afforded Pinkney by
the almost iEpenetrabie wooded swamp in
which he rs supposed to have been in hiding
since his escape last Thursday morning and the
great assistance given him by those of his own
race are fully recognized by those dissatisfied
Srou of fba nslo "a.
tended that it is because OF these very advan-
effoyt should be made.
For instance, it will not do. it is asserted. for
Sheriff Middleton, after striking such hot
trail as 1t appears he struck in the barn on Mr.
Ben Bowels farm yesterday morning. to leave
the field and spend tine afternoon at a
race meeting, as it is understood was the
case Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon Sheriff
Middleton received dispatch from Harper's
Ferry, W. Va, notifying him that a negro
answering Pinkney's description had been ar
rested there. The sheriff at once sent his dep
uty there, but received dispatch from him
this morning stating that the man was not the
escaped murderer.
A number of men spent last night searching
about here. but returned tins morning both
without the murderer and without any infor-
matlon.concerning him.
MR.. BRANDT TALKS.
Speaking to The STARS representative last
night of bis connection with the case. State At
torney Brandt stated that he had
never meant to be- and was confident
that he never had been, in the least discourteous
to any representative of the press In
conducting the prosecution Of the two
murderers, Pinkney and Barber, he soon
realized that it would jeopardize the success of
the prosecution to permit newspaper men, or,
indeed, any one else, to see or interview the
men.
For that reason alone he had instructed
sheriff Middleton to permit no one to see and
interview the men. These instructions were
carefully followed, and Mr.. Brandt explained
that he not only did not regret the in
structions he had given, but that be would
IN a silnilar case again pursue precisely the
same course. His first duty was to the state.
and he felt confident that he had fulfilled that
duty well and conscientiously. He had set out
TO convict the two murderers; he had succeeded
In spite OF great difficulty, but not until both
had suffered the extreme penalty of the law
would his efforts be relaxed.
With the transfer OF the keys of the prisop-
er g cells from Warden Tucker to Jailer Jones
Mr.. Brandt stated he had nothing what
ever to do. He had given Sheriff Middleton no
Instructions IN that matter. neither had he
even advised him what TO do. The sheriff
mad transferred the keys from Warden
Tucker to Jailer Jones, as he had been
informed, simply as a matter of greater con-
venleace In carrying prisoners from the iaiI to
the cour. house With the single exception of
directing the sheriff 10 refuse every one access
to the jail, Mr.. Brandt stated he had given no
instructions respecting the custody of the pris-
oners.
TEE sHERIFFs EXPLANATION
Sheriff Middleton fully corroborated all tina.
Mr.. Brandt stated and explained that he had
directed Jailer Jones to carefully examine the
irons OF the two murderers at least twice a day
and to never open their cells unless
he was fully armed The taller had.
as he had since admitted disobeved these
and Pinkney's escape was a result
OF that disobedience. The reward for Pink
neys reeapture has not vet been increased,
despite the fact generally conceded here that
the man never will be retaken until the reward
Is substantially increased.
1t Is said that Gov. Brown. believing that all
condemned murderers should upon their con-
victon be incarcerated in the state penitentiary
and there executed, is loath TO interfere through
increasing the reward, believing tha: the escape
CT Plukney being the result of the sheriff 8
careiessness. the sheriff or county should be
left to recapture the man unaided by the state.
ana 1t is generally believed here that the gov
ernor will not increase the reward until the
sheriff or the county authorities have acknowl-
edged their inabihtyto effect the escaped muir
derer's