Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-27

Cockiilgs were concerned, 2Ae said they
We're people of good character and nothing
mad ever been said asailfs1 them. He
hoped that whatever hae,, bean the cause of
the sad affair the ,citz4Als. would DO ,clltii 9
which would put an everlasting blot on the
county. '.-.. 81
During the services the choir sang appro-
PIRATE hymns, concluding with Nearer
My God. to Thee" At the grave both Mrs
Miller, mother of the dead women, and
their brother, John ". Miller, were over
come and had to be carried to their car
rl&ge. The pallbearers were John w Gold
en-. John Green. George w. Price. Chas
Miller, j. Marbury Carpenter and John T.
Ma;tinSly for Mrs. Cooking and Lee. Will
lam and Robert Hanson, Clyde Miller w
M. Albrittain and T. Miller for Miss Miller
When the funeral ceremonies were con-
clrded the citizens seemed even more de-
termlned than ever, and the crowd at the
Cooking house increased AS many as 300
people, white and colored, congregated in
the road all anxious to gain admittance to
the mouse ana inspect the rooms in which
the women had been murdered
In the meantime the sheriff had taken
advantage of the funeral attraction and
had removed the prisoner to La Plata, in
stead OF putting him in jail at Port Tobacco
A stop was made a the sheriff's house, and
Henry Medley. manager Of the Port To-
baCcO Times was deputized to take care
of the prisoner in the hotel The news
paper men from Baltimore were deputized
to assist him, as they had to remain until
morning to take the train for home. This
morning Sheriff Wade reached the hotel be-
fore O'Clock, and formally turned the pris-
oner over to Detective Gault. Cooking was
very weak from loss of sleep and want of
food. He has taken no nourishment since
his arrest. While he was pale and weak, he
dld not present the appearance of q man
who had been SO near deaths door as he
claimed he had The scars on his forehead
made, 1t is thought, by his wife's finger
nails during the struggle, were still visible
but the scar over his eye was hardly notice.
able.
Now that the victims have been buried
and the prisoner has been taken to a place
Of safety the officers are today making
strenuous efforts to obtain additional evil
dence. Until yesterday there was positive
~ no evidence to show motive on part Of
the alleged murderer, but now it is
thought that his motive was to get rid of
her because of their strained rela TONS
Three children had been born to Them and
MRS. Cooking, whose health was not the
BEST thought the family was as large as
she could properly care for The husband
did not share in this belief, and was so an
gered at his wife's conduct that during q
struggle he killed her. Before this strug-
gle, 1t Is said, he took the child from the
mothers bed and carried him to the bed
IN the little room where he (Coeking) had
been in the habit of sleeping. His sister
ln-laW, he feared, would prove a dangerous
witness against him. and so he killed her.
SrHclni Disntch TO The Evening Star.
BALIlMORE, Md, April 27.-Detective
Iauit reached here this morning between
$50 and 8 o'clock with Joseph Cooking, the
aIleged murderer from Charles county ard
sa1ely lodged him in jail He will be kept
mere until the case is fully investigated in
mares county and thegrand jury takes
some action His trial may take place here
IN event of the grand jury returning an in
dictment.