Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-29

and had just arrived from Georgetown,
where he had spent week. When asked
where he had slept the previous night he
said In a barn and indicated Mr.. Wards
large barn, past which he had gone earlier
In the morning. Asked how he got in the
barn. he answered: Through a hole"
There are two holes in the barn which he
might easily have seen and noticed as he
passed there in the morning.
Where did you sleep when you got in
side?' he was asked.
answer.
Mr.. Ward knew that this could not be
true, for the holes in the barn lead only to
the part of the building in which the cows
nure and filth near them that II would
have been next to impossible for him to
have crawled through the hole into the
cow stable.
A Clear Contradiction.
The doors of the barn were locked, as it
appeared from an examination made later
in the day, and this of course exploded
Randolphs statement in this particular
Then, too, his denial of ever having been
in Gaithersburg has been exploded, for
there are several witnesses who will tell
the magistrate that they saw him here
Saturday night and that he was in Mr..
Carlisle's store looking for a red handker-
chief. What he did with his clothing is
what is nov puzzlfng the officials and citi-
EeNS, "nE are taxing such an active inter-
est In the case. To their minds he undoubt-
eddy made a change. and IT is their conten-
ton that this was done at the house of
Neale. When he was seen in the store
Saturday night he was comfortably dress
ed and Wore coat and vest as well as
shoes and nat, and when he was arrested
he wore only pair of trousers, an under
shirt, shoes and hat
Who shot him is an important question.
Randolph says he WIS shot by one of the
horsemen when he was captured, but this
cannot be true. tcr Mr. ]. A. Belt says
very careful examination was made of his
trousers. and there was rot a bullet hole
in tEem- This makes it evident that he
was shot at some other time, and that he
WAS not wearing the trousers which he
must have worn at the time he was shot.
Therefore it is thought. ana reasonably so.
that he received the bullet from Mr.. Bux-
toms revolver, and then succeeded in get
ting a change of clothing at the time the
johnson boy tells of the early caller at the
house of Neale, who asked for shirt.
Deputy Sheriff Horton Thompson. who
accompanied Sheriff Collier and States
Attorney kigour on an inspecting tour to
Hunting Fill yesterday. also took them to
the home of the Buxtons. where they made
a careful examination of the premises.
They also had with them the shoes of
Randolph, which had been brought from
the Baltimore Jail several days ago. and
they fitted the foot prints in the several
places, leaving no doubt In the minds of
the officials that these particular shoes bad
made the imprints.
Sheriff Collier also visited the Neale
house and had long conversation with
the old grandmother. An effort to account
for Neale's movements during Sunday
night is being made, and the search for
Randolph's clothes has by no means been
abandoned.
Il am so confident now that we have the
right men," said Mr.. j. A. Belt, that
don't feel like bothering any more about
the case, although we will investigate
every clue We hear Of There has been
great deal said about lynching these men,
but the people here have never favored
such a thing So far as the residents here
are concerned, the prisoners would he just
as safe as they are in the Baltimore Jail"