The evening times., 1896-05-27

uD IhlthDOtc Dy 6utEitl SOiucT W IICNcut
a possible lynching, have been committed
to the city Jail.
Tile prisoners were arraigned before
Justice Sultzer at the central police sta
ton, where they had spent the night.
Sheriff Collier made a formal charge gainst
each OF having committed the crime and
Justice Sultzer committed Neale aud Ran
dolph to Jail for the action OF the Montgom-
cry county authorities.
Prior to the commitment She riff Collier,
Special Deputy Sheriff Ecclestou and Dep
uty Sheriff Horton G Thompson had "a talk
with the prisoners. Although closely ques-
toned neither Neale nor Randolph let drop
a single word OF a directly eliminating
character.
Deputy Sheriff Thompson came from
Rockville yesterday and brought the news
to Sheriff Collier that the members of
Neale's family had been placed under ar
rest. They were Neale's sister. Emma, and
her husband, John, and two children.
Even when confronted with this sta tement
Ncalc maintained the same stolid indiffer-
ence that has cha racteriZed him since he
reached Baltimore. He stoutIy denied hav-
ing committed the c.ime, and in reply to
questions said:
II don't know anything about it. went
to bed carly Sunday night and did not get
up until Z O'Clock Monday morning. My
sister, Emma, was sewing on her baby's
petticoat. and her husband, John, and my
grandmother were present"
1t was at this point that the Officers
told Neale OF the arrest of his relatives
and in the hope OF getting something from
Neale, Deputy Thompson said why,
George. the Others in your house say YOU
were not home ut that time" NeaIe re-
Piled: Il can't help what they say. Mr..
Thompson, l can prove what l say" Neale
also denied knowing Randolph. and said
Randolph was not at his house Monday nor
did he change his shirt.
The Officers also questioned Randolph
He said he spent Thursday, Friday and Sat
uriay nights of last week in Georgetown,
but did not know with whom he sta yed, nor
what street the house was on, as he had
never been in the place before. He said
also: Il walked on the pike to Rock
vile, and had not been in the other place
before" what other place." said the
sheriff. ''The place where was arrested,
and where they shot me-" he replied.
Randolph stoutly denied knowing any,
thing about the crime for which he was ar
rested. He admitted he had once served
term In the House of Correction near
Philadelphia, which was the only time he
was ever arrested.
The bloody undershirt which Randolph
wore when brought to Baltimore was ia ken
from his back and his shoes from his feet.
The officers say they can prove that the
RI IN a frnrr los
shoes will fit the telltale tracks at Bux-
toms, left by one OF the men who is sup
posed to have committed the crime Dep.
uty Sheriff Thompson said the shirt was
exactly like shirts he found at Nealc:.
house, and after measuring Randolph's
shoes, said he was positive the measure
ments were the same as the tracks.
Sheriff Collier and his deputies, after
weighing all the facts so far in their pos
session, expressed themselves as being con-
fident that in Neale and Randolph they
have the perpetrators OF the deadly as
sault on the Buxton family
The prisoner was taken to the city jail in
the Central district patrol wagon, and
Police Capt. Gilbert accompanied them.
At the Jail Deputy Sheriff Thompson
made Randolph place his foot on a piece of
white paper and the deputy drew pencil
around the foot, thereby getting the ex-
act dimensions. The foot measured ex-
actiy inches in length and 3-S inches
across at the widest point. Sheriff Collier
and his deputies then bundled up shirt,
shoes. and the few things taken from the
prisoners, including several keys, letters,
etc, which will be used in the further prose-,
cutiou of the case
The sheriff Of Montgomery county and his
deputies lef. Baltimore ON the 2:4O train
from Camden Statinn The prisoners may
be conveyed to Rockville within a few
weeks for preliminary exa miDation before
the court but they cannot be tried
until next fall. as the grand ury for Mont
gomery county will not meet until Novem-
ber. The sheriff said Mary Neale,' aged
seveE.y-five years, who is Neale's grand
mother. will be closely watched and may
be placed under arrest. He thinks that
eventually she will be made to tell what she
knows of Neale's movements.
Warden Weyler, of the penitentiary, and
Deputy Warden Diffenbach saw Neale and
Randolph at the central police station. They
identified Nealc as the man who was re-
ceived in the penitentiary in June, 1887,
after having been convicted of criminal
| assault. June 8, of that year. in the court
of Montgomery county and sentenced to
serve ten years. He was then twenty years
of age. and was released December 20,
1895. the allowance in time heing for good
behavior. They said>he was quiet. sub
missive prisoner. They had never seen
| Randolph before. Rev. L. F. Zinkhan. of
She Prisoners Aid Association, also called
| to see Neale.
A tall negro, who gave the name OF
George Jennings. was arrested in the east
eru district as suspicious character and
was sent to the central district under tht
supposition that he might be connected
with the Buxton assault. He was closely
questioned by the police and Sheriff Col
licr. All his statements we're straightfar
wand. and the officers were confident that
tho man knew nothing of the crime. He
was released