Evening star., 1894-03-27
As He Did Not Have $4,000, He
Is Again Committed.
THE MANY CASES AGAINST him
His Appearance in Court This
Morning.
FOURTEEN WARRANTS ISSUED
THE SLASHER HELD

ss1 S-tsSsb@ @ss utI@D
There was a Breckinridge-Pollard over
flow meeting held in the Police Temple of
Justice this morning. and those members
of the fair sex who applied were not denied
admittance. The court room on the second
floor was crowded early in the morning
with persons anxious to get look at Jack
the Slasher," or George Taylor, the negro
who was lie cause of the reign of terror
here for so many weeks.
This morning When the prisoner was
taken to court in the patrol wagon from
the first precinct station he was placed in
the cell in which persons held for Jail are
confined. There were several others in the
cell, but Jack" paid not the slightest at
tention to them. He was apparently as
badly frightened as he was the day he was
taken to police headquarters, where he
faced number of officers and others
Then he imagined he was going to be
hanged. and he begged the officers not to
let the crowd kill or hurt him.
Il know they are going to hang me-" he
muttered several times, but don't let them
do It," he pleaded.
He had made the remark, They hang
nigGers in Virginia for robbng houses"
and his actions clearly demonstrated the
leSb lHdl ne lnOuSnt the same unWrltten
law applied to this Jurisdiction
From the cell room to the court on the
upper floor the prisoner went at the pace
OF a disabled cart mule. and when he was
brought face to face with the large audi
ence he trembled like a leaf and then tried
to make himself so small that he could not
be seen.
A razor had not touched his face for E.any
weeks, and George was no longer the neat
looking boy he was when he lived in Vlr-
glnla. Instead of making a neat appear
ance he appeared more like q tramp, and
al'hough he had stolen and destroyed sew
eral thousand dollars worth of jewelry,
wearing apparel and other articles he was
wearing about the worst pair of trousers
ne had found during his early morning
visits to the houses of so many citizens.
Insigniiicnnt Looking.
AS soon as the distinguished prisoner
entered the court sll eyes turned toward
the dock, and a look of disgust was visible
on the faces of those in the audience. They
could not understand how SO ordinary a
looking negro could have balfiad the police
for 50 long a time and caused 50 much
trouble and annoyance to the entire COM
munity. They remembered how bands of
citizens were formed for the purpose of Ge-
tecting the criminal but to purpose.
But the burglarious expeditions of the
siaSher ended as the police predicted. He
was caught in the act of committing a
burglary, and that by milk man ami two
detectives and city police had exerted every
effort imaginable 10 capture him.
But there was the real Jack the Slash
er," poor, insignificant negro frcm the
backwCods of Virginia. And although he
had feigned insanity and refused 20 talk.
he exhibited his shrewdness when arraign-
ed, and showed that he was not so insane
after all.
corps as well as precinct detectives, Of
ffcers Easely and Law. who made the ar
rest, and score of other officers, were in
court to hear the trial.
Precinct Detective Frank Burrows of
Georgetown, who has devoted all his time
since the arrest of the prisoner in invcsti-
eating the case, entered court carrying 4
large black valise. This valise was filed
with old clothes, comparatively new ones
silverware, jewerly and perhaps a very
small amount of cash, all to be used as
evidence in the case. Behind him came
several of the regular detective officers
with small bundles of goods to be used as
evidence
Fourteen Warrants.
Assistant District Attorney Mulowny
was on hand with fourteen warrants, each
of which charged burglary in the night
time, the maximum penalty for which is
ten years in states prison There was evil
dence prepared in eight more cases, while
there was property in seven other cases
which had not even been identified.
ICO- sc tdlleu.OIeGk HOttS, when
the prosecutor handed him over the war
rants. and to the rail inclosing the dock he
was led by Bailif Darr.
Didn't Remember.
With eyes directed iowa IDS the floor the
prisoner stood, and when arraigned ON a
charge of robbing the house of ]. c. Mall
colin on Washington Heights, his response
was reminder of the famous star route
trials. he answering, Il don't remember"
Aor1
except the bailif who impaired the infor
n alton to the court, and it was only after
repeated questc ming that the prisoner even
made the answer he did
~ on Will have to plead one way or the
other" said Judge Kimball, who had re-
lieved Judge Miller because the latter was
one of the early victims of the prisoner.
Then the bailiff said mot guilty" as the
prisoner had muttered to him, and the
proof was heard.
Mr.. Malcolm simply told the court that
his house had been entered and robbed of
silver ware and other articles and De-
tective Burrows told of the recovery of
the goods in an oak tree not far from Mr.
Malcolm's house. There they had been
placed by the prisoner, who gave the in
formation which led to their recovery.
Then the prisoner was arraigned for en-
tering the houses of Lawyer Milton NJ
Holland, Mr.. Lloyd Frost j. L. Cannon
and others. and in each case he muttered
guilty"
But when the case involving the slat cut-
ting at the house of Mrs Hunt in Tenley-
town was reached the prisoner was able to
distinguish it from those in which he had
really entered. 1t was at Mrs. Hunts
house that the officers arrested him, and he
was captured before he had got into the
house.
No one knew this better than the pris-
oner. and he then said Not guilty"
This necessitateS the hearing of the evil
dence in the case.
The other cases were called and in each
of them he plead guilty.
Judge Kimball said it was not necessary
to hear the proof in them
When the last warrant had been read and
the prisoner had plead Judge Kimball in
quired how many cases there We're in all
Mr.. Mullowney answered that there were
fourteen.
He may give $1,000 bail in each case for
the action of the grand jury" said the
court, and the negro who had caused so
much trouble was driven off to jail
OMAHA SOCIETY SHOCKED.