Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-02
People at Gaitharsburg Believe Ban
doiph Guilty.
/ REASONABLE SUMMING Up
His Own Story Untrue and Several
Witnesses identify Him.
NE ALE MO TI'V E


past two or three days. SO the people here
think, and the matter OF his guilt is not
even questioned All doubts in the minds
OF the officials and others have been dis
PEELED, and it is certain that when brought
here from the Baltimore city Jail for q
preliminary examination he will be held
tc answer for the Buxton crime unless
there are some startling developments in
the case in the near future. When De-
tectives Pohler and Seibcld returned here
IL st evening from their investigating tour,
Detectice Pohier admitted that suspicious
pointed strongly to Ra..dolph If Ran
dolph is guilty, however, they think that
Neal must have been implicated, for
stranger, unless insane. could have had
NO motive in entering either the Buxton
or the English house. The motive the
Baltimore detectives think, vas certainly
not robbery, for i'll the same neighborhood
there are much finer houses, in which r.
stranger would naturally have expected to
find more money. Then, too these houses
are so small that one could hardly enter
without making noise enough to awaken
che occupants.
The Theory Now.
The theory of the officials as well as of
| citizens interested in the investigation, has
been and still is that George Neale went in
the English house, while his tramp COM
p;non did the bloody work in BuXtons
but this theory to the minds of one of
the invest gators was almost upset when
he went to the English house with the
knife taken from Randolph at the time of
his arrest and concluded that 1t mad been
used to cut the window sash there. There
are several Gasnes IN the blade of the knife
and the cuts in the soft pine window sash,
it is said. show their imprint. If this be
trIe 1t is in keeping with the theory of
Detectives Horne and Weldon that Ran
dolph entered the English house and not
the house of Buxton. The latest informa
ton OF any Importance came to States At
torney kjlgom from the baltimore peni-
Tertiary yesterday, which was to the eff
feet that while serving his zen years sen
tence for a feionious assault on a girl,
Neale uttered threats against the Ruxtons.
Ihis infoIma ton the states attorney con-
sidered valuable in fixing motive for the
crime Oh Neale. So much Importance was
attached 20 the informal ton that the at
torney went to Baltimore last evening to
make further inquiries about the threats
and get language used by the prisoner
In making the threat nearly as possible.
Another feature of the case which is re-
garGed as extremely good piece of evil
dence is the TealarSa CT Buxton: He look
ed like Glenn Johnson" coupled with the
remark OF Mrs. Owens at the time of his
arrest Don't shoot Glen Johnson, he
| hasn't done anything.
Randolph Probably Identified.
And in addition to the many suspicious
circumstances, it is fully believed here tina
Mr. Buxton fully identified Randolph at the
hospital. While this statement has been
given out by some of the citizens as au-
thentic, none of :, the officials will say
whether ii is true or mot. There are still
some few people who believe that the man
who committed the assault did not mean
murder He was afraid to deal the blows
too hard. said one man. for fear there
would be too much blood drawn, and that
the presence Of blood on his clothing might
lead to his capture and conviction.
hnr 1a nrrJ,t
Randolph has not told the truth about his
! movements here and about the time of his
arrival. He was certainly in Rockville Sat
Irday morning, for he had something to
eat at three houses at least, as well as a I
a house on the Frederick road between
Rockville and here. Then, Saturday night
he was here in Mr. Carlsle's store, and pre-
tended he wanted to purchase red hald-
kerchief. Then he made other statements
which are not true, and in view of the time
he was seen here he could not have slept in
an old mill in Georgetown at the time he
said he did. He declares that he stopped in
| bakery In Georgetown Saturday night
| and bought a loaf Of bread, and says he can
| point out the bakery.
| The statements of Mahala or Hal" Nc
Abee, under arrest and confined in Jail are
| still being investigated, as is that of Opera
| Nariieli, the coiored girl who was with
| him at the time. AS heretofore stated the
man says he saw a white tramp near
| WARDS station Monday morning, about an
hour after the assault committed,
while Opera declares she saw Randolph
| cross the track and enter the woods near
| the field across which the footprints were
| tracked.
Whit the Girl Saw.
Il was coming down the track to my
! service place. she said when saw some
| smoke beside the track / thought there
| might be tramp there. and so / became
scared. Looking around l saw Mr. War
I tod for, nj
got down near Mr. MmM's place l saw the
| Dig black man come out Of the woods and
cross the track"
ana would you recognize him now?"
Yes, sir, she answered. without any
hesitation. Hes the man Randolph 1 af-
terward saw under arrest. and he had on
the same slouchy Old shoes
ohe Is girl of much more than average
| intelligence, and she declares that she can
not be mistaken The. detectives were very
much impressed with the girls manner,
and are inclined to the belief that she is
telllns the truth. 1t is true however, that
| IN the direction opposite that in which the
SHl says she saw him going. But 1t Is
thousht that Randolph, being a stranger,
nad become confused. and was doubling on
nlmseii. The footprints in this field showed
tnat they We're made by shoes the exact
size worn by Randolph, and the impress
slons IN the soft earth showed a protruding
nan IN the sole of the right shoe. This nail
III S1Oe 10 correspond
| win mat IN the imprints in the EARTH
! ME opera Warfieid is positive that she
| Is asserting the truth, Mahala McAbee is
equally positive. He saw no colored man. he
| says and he don't intend to say So be-
cause some people want him to. The man
! Mhom ne says he saw MAS a white tramp
ana ne was seated near the fire, which was
not many feet west of the railroad track
ms statement about the white tramp has
been corroborated
Mans Story Confirmed.
Mr. Beall, who lives near Wards, saw
the tramp, who was s, young man. and
says that when the cutlery was made he
(the tramp went to the. Buxton house, and
| was lhere Tor some time. This tramp is
nov badly wanted man, not that he il
suspected OF the crime but that he may
| nave seen the colored man cross the track
| and may be able also to identify him. But
ne IS not likely to Be found, for he would
probably be afraid Ne wis wanted on sus-
plcion OF being participant in the hor-
rlpie aifalr and not his a. witness.
II was supposed. Of course, that the fire
| may nave been made in the woods for the
purpose OF destroying blood-stained cloth
| ing, and although there may have been
some buttons left in the ashes and charred
| wood. none of the officials made a search