The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-30
HAIR MARGUERITE DROWN
ACOOMPLISHED BRIDGEPORT crxH
 MURDERED BY NEGR0.

She Died to Save Her Honor-soene Q
 Crime a Little Town in HIaryland-Ths
 Victim Handsome and Talented-Mur-
 derer Makes a Full Confession With
 out a Fang of Regret-says the Girl Would Not Do as He Wanted-He Was
 Servant.
 Washington, July 2s.--James Smith, the negro who murdered Miss Margue- rite Drown, at Seat Pleasant, Md, last night was captured this morning by Sergeant Bryan of the Washington po- lice force at BIO East Capitol street. the city residence of the mother of the murdered girl
 Smith made a full confession of the
 crime, and is held awaiting requisition
 papers from Governor Lowndes Of Maryland. He admits attempting to
 assault Miss Drown. who resisted until
 he choked her into insensibility. Miss Marguerite Drown, not Margar-
 ct Brown, the victim of the negro's crime, was native of Bridgeport,
 Conn.,, and is described as handsome
 and accomplished girl of twenty two. Both she and her aunt are said to be
 well known in Bridgeport. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Drown, the
 aunt and adopted mother of the girl,
 had business in Washington and she left home about noon, leaving Miss Marguerite to look after the house. Af- ter luncheon Miss Marguerite went
 with her book and spent the afternoon in hammock near the house. It was about 6 o'clock when the young lady went into the house to dress. Her
 room was on the second floor, the win-
 dows of which faced the road, but too
 far from the public highway for noise to be heard.
 One of the other servants saw Jim Smith, the man now under arrest, when he went uD the stairs at 6:30. but his going attracted no especial attention for he was the house servant and had a right to go anywhere in the house. While he was upstairs the farm hands
 and cook heard noise on the upper floor. Whether the noise was a laugh or cry they could not tell, but 1t was
 enough to attract their attention for when Jim came down Lucy Garrett
 asked whats the matter up stairs?"
 Whats the matter?" echoed Smith. tsNothing at all," he added. s'Was Miss Marguerite laughing or crying?" he was asked.
 1ox np yn<t ! his quick response.
 Smith seemed very much excited and | had on his arm small basket. The cook asked where he was going, and he l responded: I'in going over to get some eggs.' This answer wassa plausi- | ble explanation of his movements. for
 he had been in the habit of going for
 eggs in the afternoon and so nothing
 wrong was suspected. The murder was not known until o'clock, when Mrs.
 Drown returned home from the city.
 Smith has made a number of contra
 dictory confessions.
 One of them is to the effect that yesterday afternoon when there was nobody upstairs but Miss Drown he went up to her room and catching her by the neck choked her severely. Then | leaving her lying on the floor the man
 descended to the kitchen and picked up a. knife. It was sharp kitchen knife used for pairing potatoes With this he returned to Miss Drown's room "when you went up stairs" Smith was asked this morning. twas 1t your intention to commit murder?" "Yes, meant to kill her." was his reply, ''the girl made me mad, because she would not do as I wanted her. Smith told the police what disposition he made of the knife after he had mur- dered Miss Drown, and described the horrible affair in great detail and
 without a sign of regret.