The morning times., 1896-06-12
remarked to the negro, II guess you had
better come with Us.
f. FIRED HIS PISTOL.


"Then Randolph commenced to run and
fired my pistoi' continued the witness.
"The first shot. fired To the right, but
the second was pretty close to him.
Juror Belt asked; ..was lie excited and
frightened" and Mr.. Garrett answered;
He was trembling before he ran"
Opera Warfield, bright cOlored girl,
about seventeen years or age, was called.
She said she was coming to her service place
the morning OF the assault and was walking
down the railroad track and saw smoke
in the. woods. Sue was frightened, and
looking back Ward saw Hailer Moccabee
coming down the track and waited until
he came up with her and they walked along
together, and when nearly to the We DDS
sa W negro ruu Out-a big black negro
whom she afterwa rd identified as Randolph.
She said to Halter Look at that mani
but Hailer did not reply. She stated he
had u black slouch hat on, wore coat and
she noticed his worn shoes.
William Gardner, who yesterday Identified
Randolph test fled that 1t was about
six O'Clock Sunday evening when he Sd W
him saunteriug along the road looking into
his lot and yard ale looked some what
like Clem Johnson said Mr.. Gardner.
When asked if he was oertainthe man he
saw was Randolph, Mr.. Gardner amused
the audience by answering, Il said so,
| think so: know So
Mr.. Gardner's premises adjoins Mr..
Watkins, where the AK was stolen. Mr..
I Gardner said Randolph had Il little patch
OF whiskers OH his chin.
+ James In wson testified 10 having idcD-
titled Randolph as the man lie saw at the
public pump III GaitlIersburg ON Saturday
evening, and thought.he locked like Ford,
the kreglo murderer, and So remarked
20 someone who was near him a t the time
nn,-tI rn r1istn fnst TX IN
identification3or Randolph as being The
man who came ,iDto his store Saturday
night about, 8 O'Clock or $50, and asked:
Boss lave yuu any haDdkerclrefs?
James English said he was awakened
by Mr. Joe Phoebus the morning of the
ssault, and told that a murder had been
committed. He went in the Buxton house
and saw Len Buxton sitting ON the steps
holding a rag 10 his head. Len had a
pistol in his hand, and spea king OF his
assailant, told him, IF this cid thing
had gone or, l would have killed him. :"
} Nr. English stated that he got Mr.; Buxton
| drink OF water'an went into the room
where Sadie and Maud were. lie thought
Sadie was dead. but Maud was crying
He also tYtified 70 having seen tracks
in the field eV
Isaac Frazier corroborated the statement
Of Lawson. aA sto-having seen strange
cOlOred man standpg near the pump Sdtur-
day evening ;indsaid the man was the same
one brought TO Gaitbersburg Monday morn
ing. When seen at the pump he had on a
white shirt and wore the same shirt when
brought to the town. He saw the man go
on toward Mr.. Curlisle's stable.
George A. Phoebus told the jury that he
was awakened by his brother calling him
and he went to the Buxton home. In his
opinion it was Just getting light.
George Selby saw Randolph near the
pump in Gaithersburg and at first thought
it was Glen Johnson.
John Handy, who lives near Derwood,
told of having seen Il man come past his
place Sunday evening. He said the man
was Randolph. On Sunday he was coming
up the railroad track near Derwood and 1T
was between 6 and Z o'clock.
1t was decided to adjourn until tomorrow
at O'Clock to meet in the same place