The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-31
A Horrible Outrage.

Another horrible murder has been com
| mitted in this county. The scene was
| Seat Pleasant, which was located Just be
ynnd the limits of the District of Colum-
bia. The victim was Miss Marguerite
Drown, a handsome young lady, an adopt
| ed daughter of Mrs Drown who keeps a
house for summer boarders The perpe-
| traitor of the crime is a colored man, named
| Jim Smith, who was IA trusted house ser
want Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock Mrs
Drown and boarders were in Washin gton
| on business Miss Marguerite went to
her room to dress for dinner. What hap
pened there is only known from the evil
dence and from Smith confession A few
| minutes after she had entered the room a
scream was heard. A moment afterward
Smith descended the stairs. Lucy Garrett
| the cook, called to him What's the mat
| ter up stairs ~ II told Miss Marguerite a
story and she laughed" Calmly he picked
| up a small basket and said "he believed he
| would get some eggs. No suspicious en-
| tered the minds of his fellow servants as
| he went out into the dusk.
Mrs Drown returned from Washington
| about o'clock. She called her aughter
| from the front door, but received no an
| swer Thinking Marguerite was sleeping
| Mrs Drown went to her room and attem-
pied to open the door. Finding it was
| locked, she called her several times. DR.
| Adolphus Miller, who was in the house,
| went to her assistance, but Mrs. Drown
| forced the door before he reached the room
She had been dressing when Smith enter
ed the room, and was apparently standing
near the bureau fastening her gown
| Smith was captured in Washington early
| on Wednesday morning. and made Il full
| confession.
He says he was born and grew up in
Berkely county, W. Va, and that he was
raised by Mrs. Evcrsole who lives at 80
East Capitol street W ashin" ton, where he
was captured. 1t is said that he was at
one time Il Pullman car porter.
The murdered girls name is Marguerite
Alexander, and she was born in Ansonia,
| Conn. On the death of her mother she
went to Washington and was adopted by
| Mrs. Drown She assisted her foster moth
er at first ih IA lunchroom on North Capitol
street, and latter in her boarding house at
| Seat Pleasant. She is described as a quiet
unassuming, industrious girl
Deputy Sheriff Warng summoned a
jury, and an inquest was held W ednesdav
Mrs Drown testified that Smith had al
| ways been good servant, respectful aud
reliable She told how he had attempted
to kiss the young lady some days ago and
how he was afterward DISCHARGED She
had taken him back on his promise to be
have himself.
The doctor who performed the autopsy
said that his examination of the body
showed that the girl first had been knock
ed down and rendered unconscious by q
blow on the forehead, and latter killed by
the severing of the wind pipe and iugulal
vein
Bland and Bryan, the colored farm
hands, and Lucy Garrett, the cook, were
brought here Wednesday by Messrs Jos
! Tayman and Charles Dumhart, who haG
been deputized by Deputy Sheriff Waring
They will be held as witnesses The De
putty Sheriff has gone to Annapolis t.
procure the necessary papers from Gov
ernor Lowndes, and will remove Smith tC
the Baltimore City Jail