Richmond planet., 1896-07-18

have promised to meet the other fell
lows"
There had been light shower earli-
er in the night. and the tracks made
by the wagon wereplainly discernahle !
and were easily followed through West
End Park to the Frederick Road and
thence to the spot where Randolph
was hung, by Messrs. Anderson and /
Riggs, who had lantern and tracked :
the vehicle.
THE WAY THEY WENT.
From the scene of the hanging the
vehicle went directly toward Gath
ersburg, and had it been thought de-
sirable, could have been as easily fol-
lowed to the point of its final destina-
tion.
Sheriff Collier, who lives sixteen
miles up the country, at Dickerson's
Station was not apprised of the rumor
in circulation last night, because no
one believed il, and knew nothing OF
the lynching until this morning.
sHERIFF's EXCUSES.
He said when he reached Rockville
and proceeded to the scene of the
hanging that he would have taken
Randolph to Baltimore at once had he
heard of any such gossip. Mr.. Collier
has all along wished To remove RAN
dolph to safer place, but upon con-
sultation with Judge Henderson, when
} the assurances of many of Gathers
burg citizens that Randolph would not
be molested were made known, it was
decided to retain him in the Rockville
jail.
T ONLY ONE TRUE STATEMENT.
Il Randolph made no confession Ever
! since his arrest he has consistently
: stuck to the story that he told his cap
r. tors, Messrs Garrett testified at the
. Icoroner's inquest that Randolph theT
q stated that he had slept the night be-
, fore in barn, and thought his pur
! surers were after him for SO doing in
! order to give him whipping He tolC
IL the same story later, and has nevel
! told any other He was submitted tt
the most intense "sweating" process
One night he was taken from the jai
and hurried of into the woods, beini
% given the impression that he was go
y ing to be lynched, and was told that
he would tell the truth about what h
10 knew of the assaults he would be Civ
% Ell a chance.
tsf NEVER THERE BEFORE.
n Certain that he was going to be hun
he declared he had never been
ar Gaithersburg to his knowledge befoI
us he was taken there by his captors an
III knew absolutely nothing of the Grim,
"I know I'se going to be hung"
said plaintively. "I'se niger 'ithot
a cent nur fren', but L don't kno
he nothing about hittin' dem people "
DIS To his lawyer, MIR. Ashley Gould,
m. asserted his innocence of and know
ne ledge OF the crime without waverin
Il NJ VOL
N lieve Randolph was innocent.
PoPULACR DISCUSS 1T.
To-day being holiday, there we
- great many more people in to"n th'
"a et, usual, and everywhere could be se
bad groups of men discussing last nigh
md most outrageous affair The pOpul
The tion on all sides are condemning it.
1T. mot sufficient evidence had been q
the duced at the coronor's inquest oN
Be- Sadie Buxton to establish beyo
isel doubt Randolph's guilt in the pub
the mind.
for At nine O'Clock Magistrate Char
Jones impaneled the following jury
inquest: Benjamin @. Riggs, foremt
Samuel Soper, George Emerich, Th
eut McCulloh, Thomas w. Stonestre
was Joseph o Mouldin, F. Cushman Br
nm dock, Wallace +. Ricketts,, William
arlv Pumphrey, Lawrence Flack Samuel
est- Matlock ana Charles Ocgen.
~, A STRIKING SCENE.
Iish The justice and jurymeD procee
by to the scene of the lynching, WI
Randolph's body was still suspend
been The scene was a striking one. Tt
was an immense crowd in attenda
~ which had been attracted by cuTios
D and it was motley throng. Farm
cials in their wagons, summer bOarder
the carriages, men, women and boy
the vehicles, on horseback, on bicycles