Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
RANDOLPH IS HELD
The Strange Negro Found Respon-
sible for Sadie Buxton's Death.
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HAD An UNKNOWN ACCESSORY
Cumulative CircumstantiaI Evidence
% at the Inquest. $50
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MR.. XTOR'S story


ROCKVILLE. Md. June 49, 1896.
The second act in the mysterious Buxton
tragedy at Gaithersburg was concluded
yesterday evening when the coroner's jury
rendered a verdict that little Sadie had
come to her death by reason of a wound
in her head, inflicted by Sidney Randolph,
who had an accessory unknown to the
jury.
Squire Baughman called Richard L.
Buxton as the first witness.
He said he was lying face downward on
his bed on the early morning of the 18th Of
May, and was awakened by being struck
on the head. He tried to get his revolver,
which was on a chair, but it fell off on the
floor He scrambled out to get it and pick
ed it up, when ne was struck again, and
this time the pistol fell to the floor and ex-
ploued. His wife said: "You have shot the
baby" Then he was struck again and be-
came unconscious. He came to his senses
in few moments and raised the window
and cried murder.
Can you identify the man who struck
your queried Squire Baughman.
II cam replied the witness. He was
tall and stout, and bad sort of mashed
in face-sort of lorsided.' ---..-,. .....
Positive Identification of Randolph.
Squire Baughman inquired: Have you
seen the man since that morning."
Eyes, SIR replied the witness; lat the
hospital in Washington and at the jail in
Rockville
What is his name!'
Randolph"
what is his first name?,
II don't know"
Witness did not see the man until after
the second blow was delivered on his head.
Then he saw him distinctly.
Randolph's Wounds.
DR.. re. Mccormick who had been called
upon to dress Rando!ph's wounds after he
was captured and brought to Gaithersburg,
described the wounds in the right hand and
at the back Of the right leg as having prob
ably been made by the same bullet.
THE wounds had been inflicted several
hours, probably two and half or three.
1t was $50 o'clock when he was brought
to me-" he said.
"Could they have been inflicted inside OF
half an hour?'
mo, SIR
The coroner asked If the witness had no
ticed any blood on the man when he was
brought to him.
There was blood on his face and neck"
he answered THAT on his face looked
IKE fine spray; as If 1t might have been
blown there by an atomizer. There was a
splotch Of blood on his throat, 1ut no large
spots anywhere else"
Appeared to De Arterinl.
DR.. Mccormick saidohe didn't think the
blood could have, possibly come from Ran
dolph's wound in the hand. The wound
was not bleeding when he came to the wit
ness and no blood cpme until the probe
was inserted. Besides, the blood on Ran
dclph's face and neck had the appearance
OF arterial blood, while only venous blood
did come or could have come from the
wound in is hard. oThe wounds were
made from the rear: the man could not
David Virts, who testified the day before
was recalled He swore to seeing George
Neale crossing field near Martha Neale's
house. Witness Nhoffered" at him four
times, .S when heasIopped. Witness told toll,
in Gaithersburg, and that he must go back
with witness. Neale did not ask who was
killed or anything about It.
George Phoebus corroborated Virt's tes-
timony.
The States Attorney Rebuked.
At this point States Attorney Kilgour
was about to ask question, when Squire
Baughman abruptly stopped him.
'Mr. Kilgour,' said the squire, slowly
and deliberately, eff you have any ques-
lions to ask the witnesses, you will please
reduce them to writing and submit them
to me first; and please do not prompt
the jurors to ask questions. do not think
it is proper"
Erasmus West testified to seeing Ran
dolph come out of the bushes near Mr..
Wards barn about o'clock on the morn
ing of the murder, of which he had just
heard. Randolph was going as fast as he
could without running. He had on no
The witness testified to keeping the man
In sight across omen fields for 500 Yards