The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-08
BURIAL OF SADIE BUXTON
Whole Countryside Attended the
Services at Gaithersburg.
SERMON FULL OF ADVICE
Citizens Are Chnfing Under the De-
lny in Bringing the Case to Hear
ing-Talk of a Special Term of the
Grand ury-Hints at Develop
meuts Soon TO Be Made.
tFrom a staff correspondent.l

GaitherSburg, Md, June T. Tie bruised
body OF litt,e Sadie Buxton was buried in
Forest Cak Cemetery this forenoon. after
a touching funeral service in tie Methodist
Episcopal Church South
The sadness OF the occasion eYershadowed
any anxiety on the part OF the pei pie as
10 the identity Of the fiend who welded
the murderuus ak The attendance at the
funeral was very large.
Rev. l.. L. L lloyd, who has toiled day
aud night III earnest endeavor TO locate the
guilty party. delivered the sermon and
appealed TO his audieCCe TO be careful and
discreet.
Tie mysterious assault remains today,
as it WAS nearly two weeks ago, the main
topic OF conversational the town ui Gathers
burg, and for miles otside its limits. The
eNciteme at of the first few days has been
supp!anted by a terrible and mysterious
silence. broken only 10y the murmuringS qf
those who are W. rried at the delay i'll
bringing the culprit to justice. They do
not want TO wait until the November term
of the grand jury, and it was suggested
today that II such thing be possible a
special term of the grand jury be held to
consider what evidence is Eow in hand.
IL is not all of the Pee pie WHO believe
tins way, however. There are these who
hint at some important developments which
the next week will bring forth. and sug-
gest tlat Randolph may not. after all, he
the right party.
NO DANGER OF LYNCHING.
They assert positively that he will not
he i'll danger OF lynching should lie be given
preliminary hearing at Gaithershurg, and
that he impression that lynching bee
will take the place OF the judiciary is en-
tirely false Much indignation was man
ifeSted this morning when it was learned
that the Washington oolored people con-
templated requesting u military guard :or
Randolph if he is brought to the county
Threats were even made as TO what would
be done 10 a private deteCtiTe should he
be sent out by the ColOred people 10 inyeS-
tigate the case.
The residents of Gaithersburg are free
in insinuatIous that some people know
more about the case than trey care TO
dvulge.
wcli-known resident OF Gaithershnrg
said today TO The Times that he time
will come very soon when a certain Off
Ciai will be compelled to show his hand.
1t seems that the party has not expressed
himself as freely ON the subject as it was
expected he would do, but Just what
! steps will be taken to compel him to tell
his suspicious and theories is not defi-
! nitely known.
In a group of residents at the funeral
services the opinion was expressed that
| il might lie a good idea to have that person
| and two newspaper men arrested III order
| that they he compelled t. tell what they
| know about the case. There seems to
| lac some influence at work among the reo-
| Pile To draw out from every one his theories
1 and ideas.
SHOULD WORK TOGETHER.
DR.. Waters expressed the sentiment of
many when lie said he believed the people
should tell tie detectives all they knew Or
| found out and the detectives should tell
| the people what they discovered.
| A detective, speaking on this idea, said
| in criticism that that would never do,
| for should the right mau be among the crowd
! he would then be in po ossessiOD Of the theories
and profit thereby.
As vet the assault is as much a mystery
rs it Vas ten days go. II is no nearer Il
solutiun. though tie Baltimore sleGths ax-
| peCt to discover sonnet hing early this week
Long before ii O'Clock this morning the
| little Methodist Church was we'll filled
with people. They came for miles around
the co-ntry and there We're many present
| from Washington city. As tie clock struck
the hour of l. the church bell commenced
its sad toiiing. AT the same time the
funeral cortege started from the Buxton
home about a quarter of mile away.
Lloyd, preceding. recited THE Lord is the
way and the resurrection, by Him ye have
| everlasting life" Behind him came six
little girls about nine years OF age, each
dressed in white and carrying white flowers.
Then followed the tiny bier with its lit
tie burden. When it was placed in the
front OF tie church the choir sang, Safe
in the arms OF Jesus and a little later
DR.. Lloyd offered prayer, in which he
asked God to guide the people Alright and
give them wisdom and discretion. His
sermon was not of the euogistic kind.
1t dealt more with the mystery surrounding
the reason for so many crimes in the world.
Said he
DR. LLOYD'S SERMON.
1T is not TO be expected that man Will
he able to explain all the acts OF Providence
but we often ask ourselves, Why does God
permit evil to exist? Men have tried III
vain TO understand. We know that evil
does exist. Its Ungodly deeds are read
in every land. We find the blight OF
iniquty wherever we 20. You have here
before you the case of little Sadie.
But why does God permit evi! 10 exist:
Its the great tproblem oftheage. Whatdoes
! il all mean? Man is unable to explain, but
we can leave all things in the hands of GOD
and the time will come when he VIII right
all WRONGS, lift all burdens, and make every
| thing all right
At the conclusion of the sermon Wilson
Walker sang i solo and the congregation
filed around the remains and outside into
the graveyard adjoining the church.
The little flower girls were Ethel Pbcehus
May Phocbus, Elsie PhCebus, Buehlel
| Phoebus, Winnie Andrews and EvGw Dubel
1t seems very well understood that {
preliminary hearing will be given Randolph
"Wednesday. States Attorney Kilgour statrt
to The Times representative today that i
will likely take place then, provided Mr.
Buxton will Ec able to te present, but IN
less he could he there it would not take plac"
Some little excitement was created il
GaitherSburg this afternoon upon the re
port that an attempted rape had been com
] mitted at or near Rockville. Where thu
rumor started no one seemed to know, bu
an investigation at the latter place showed
that it had no foundation in fact.
| -
, Corbett to Fight Sharkey.
San Francisco, June flames .-CorEet
! | and Tom Sharkey met last nj ghta signe
articles to meet in u four-round contest a
| Mechanics Pavilion, in this city, jun
% BY the terms OF the agreement i
Sharkey is on his feet at the eni oT th,
fourth round the match is to be declared
z | q draw.