Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-06
THREATS AGAINST BUXTON.
RumOrs of Sensational Sort Disturb
Rockville and Gafthersburg.

RumOrs of n Sensational Sort Disturb
Rockville and Gafthersburg.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE. July 6-Rockville and
Gaithersburg were excited last night over
runners that q crowd of negroes were COM
ing to this town to lynch Mr.. Buxton, who
was stopping at the residence of his bro
ther-in-law. MIR. John Hilton. Mr.. Buxton,
who was considerably alarmed, was driven
by Mr.. John Kechner to the formers
home in Gaithersburg, and the coming of
the negroes was awaited, but they did
not msterialize 1t turned out that a young
man named Dove, who is said to live in
Gaithersburg, heard an Intoxicated negro
say they We're going to lynch Buxton. and
then saw several negroes at the Rockville
depot, and when he went to Gaithersburg
told what he heard There was instant ex-
element there and measures were being
taken to send body Of citizens to Rock
Vile TO help protect it when the falsity Of
the rumors was established.
Later III the evening another rumor was
circulated that a body Of negroes was COM
Ing from Sandy Spring to hang Perry AL
other colored man two or three weeks ago.
In order to quiet the excitement and re-
store confidence to the female portion of
the population, which was nervous and I'M
stru1g, twenty-one deputies were sworn in
by the town council and armed and assign
Cd to various parts of The town. The fever
ish condition of the public mind here
makes it impressionable to a superlative
degree. and in view Of the feeling of in
security on the part of some of the citi-
zens and all the weaker sex, it is possible
that special deputies will be kept on duty
until the present excitement is allayed.
officers from Milledgeville are expected to
reach Rockville tonight or early in the
morning for the purpose of seeing If the
dead mans body in Humphreys undertake
ing shop is that of Ben Temple. There is
said to be a reward of $500 for the latter,
dead or alive, and If Randolph Is thor
oughly identified as Temple the body may
be sent to Georgia, instead of being buried
here tomorrow as now intended
Randolph's body has been viewed by hun
dIeds Of people, white and colored. The
physicians who have seen 1t and Under
taker Humphrey declare the remains to
present the most perfect physical develop
ment of any they have ever seen. Ran
dolph was six feet two inches in his stock
ing feet and weighed 200 pounds, without
half ounce Of superf1uous flesh on him.
His wrists were small aud his fingers ta-
pered remarkably for one of his race His
| shoulders were enormous and the muscles
behind them stood out like punches III
cords. Those vino believe him guilty and
who have seen his body are astonished
that any of the Buxton family survived.
Those who doubt his guilt point to his Ri-
gantic frame and the evidences of his enor-
nous strength and declare he could not
have been the wiclder of the OK without
doing more murder than was accomplished
in the Buxton house.
There are fumQrs III circulation here that
word was sent Friday morning to some of
the residents Of Montgomery county be-
tween Redlands and Derwood that Ran
dolph was to be taken out that night and
hanged. and it Is also said that invitations
to join the party were refused by several
persons.