The morning times., 1896-05-08


a messenger rushed into police head
| quarters at Z O'Clock last night and placed
| "a uisIatcfi III the haiGs or tiie sergeaht on
| uuty. Anxious fingers hastily tore open
| the envelope and the eyes or group or
! agitated police Officers scanned these
words
Il win leave Harper's Ferry at 9:1a
| with the prisoner.
"BoARDMAN."
This was from Detective boardman
! who had been dispatched TO the scene of
| the arrest on the IIrst train from wash
| Ington after the receipt or the telegram
| announcing the arrest OF the suspect.
Good SAID every man at heauQuar-
| ters The contents or the uIsratcn was
Kept secret, Liat the pubic might not
learn on which tram the prisoner would
reach Washington. This WAS Al prudential
mcaSnre. Should d crowd he present wnen
the prisoner landed a Iynchlng might be
attempted. AT any rate, u Ciowd wOuId
provone sCeHe, anu TINS tie ponce de
lIdrJins ut was ANXIOUS 10 avoid.
Inquiry at the railroad station showed
that the train wnIcn would leave Harper's
Ferry at the tune INDICATED would reach
Washington at l1:25. IL was an express,
whicn was scneLuicu To make DuJ one STOP
tslat at font OF tocks, between Harpers
| Ferry ana this city-
Inc Information leaked out and Travelled
as though enuowed Win wings. One man
WhlSpercd TO another I'LL enough knew OF
IL TO make large crowd.
Soon after 10 O'Clock little knots of
people began 10 cluster dU the staJIon. As
| The moments wore on the crown increased
| III suppressed tones. There was a good
deal SAID about iynching, out there were no
threats OF TINS niiGdfc, Wnlcn might be cor
rectiy termed determined or serious
leautr might have organized q party when
would have attempted TINS rasa measure
1ht rttIiToad OlIiciais learned or wuat
was Transporting and received word that
| the suspect was on the express. They
grew just enough uneasy TO scent danger
Ill the AIR, anu tue pOiIct OeDa rtmeIJ was
promptly informed Juat tne puuiIc Bau
~ N F4fn T.aaa
Was expected ana UudJ CfUwGs We're gdJber-
| ing at The station. inspector HOlilnucrger
communicated With tue rdllToid pcL,1ie
ana IL Was agreed To stop tue express at the
crossing Oh Lcid ware avenue and + street
| i his was dccLncu an eiIgiDie place, Delug
udfk anu usuAiIy uTscrLCd at Jue JIIne oI
night when the express would be que
IHt ponce teiephone was put into action
anu Tue Heil III ponce station 40. uukIeu
| over the wire Inc Inspector directed Lieut.
heiiy 10 nave wagon NO. anu squad or
| man at Tue crossing at 11:zO, and 10 con
Vey the prisoner uIreCLiy 10 HeauquarUers
Nothing was said aauIDiy at the station
about this order, ana a large crowd or
| curious people which had gatnereu ON New
| Jersey avenue, Ill Iront Vi the staIiUa, QId
not learn OF ttc Change In the program until
| ii was too late
! Lieut. Kelly called for the wagon Bay
| lIm, WIuH IiItIoI DTiyrr SnniIh Il , .He oJn.r
| end OF the ribhons, Irotted leIsure!y 10 the
| IRON Cf TIE stdtIOn.
Lieut.. Kelly, Actng sergt Payne, and
| Policemen UIirer, hlmmeli, and ReID-
| linger, III civlilan dress, entered the Of
| ficlal carriage. There was hO haste Inaul-
| lested ana although the assembled people
| looked curiously on. none or them seemed
| 10 suspect the nature OF the proceedings.
! The drive To the selected crossing was
| made III GOOD time. a the crossing We're
| Acting sergt. Langley, nd Policemen
Shultz and Lynch tnIef Clerk Sylvester,
| Policemen OroTT, and schuenberger, and
| Detectives horne. WceGou, Bo,.l, u no
| half "A dozen fran hoo
| were also on the spot. Several pedestrians
! came w, and soon about loo people, mostly
| men and boys, but with i wUIIla here
| and there, were clustered at the gates.
| TIE boom anC roar OF a train sounded
out through tiic night anu the gates, tipped
| with tl.eiI blazing red lanterns, were rung
! own
'IiIrc It comes" said nearly everybody
| in .ae C'Owd.
| Nearly tveryuod yin tie Gro wd was wrong,
fof IL was freight which thundered by.
| MJe people came mp and the crowd grew
| raplfly IEt police formed line and
| cleared the street OF people, FORCING the
on iDt,ilcrS to tie curbIng.
Then rumbilng sounds announced the ap-
! pTOach of anb- her ira IN ami again the gates
came down. People held their breath
An engine headlight flashed around the
! curve. A kissing. sizZhUg locomotive
| steamed by. The noise or the air-hrakes
and the grating and grinding OF the wheels
| Indicated that tne tram was slowing down
The dark baggag and mail cars rolled by.
| Then passed the dInly lighted smoker.
| Next was a dingy passenger coach. The
| Ian, eru OF the brakeman slgnaled To the
| engineer stop ana the long tram stored
The crowd made a rush for the en-
frances TO the car but the police held
them back
Passengers in the other coaches crowded
| to the doors aud hung their heads out
of windows. curious TO see what was about
| to happen.
! ginia officers who were with him, had not
| been notified OF the plan to stop the tram
| before it reached the station. but they
| were made to understand the situation
| without delay.
A switch engine and tender were parked
| opposite the forward steps OF the coach
| in which the prisoner ana his guards rode.
| They climbed down the steps and walked
through the narrow dark way between the
parked engine and the coach
Some keen eyes peered into this strip
of black and yelled:
Here he comes Then there was
| another rush, which the police stemmed
| with some difficulty.
] stand backr' they cried, as they pushed
the surging mass of men and boys.
At the mead or the procession came De
tectlve Boardman, black with the aust or
travel Behind him came Mayor Bur
leigh of Harper's Ferry, with handCuff
on his left wrist, and manacled TO him nj
slouching behind came the towering dark
form OF the suspect.
AS the little group of travellers emerged
into the glare or an electric iIgnt The
| crown tduRHJ SiSiJ Oh lHp UlGeOuS features
OF the suspected murderer.
First tnere was suppressed murmur
of hatred from the crowd. This grew
rapidly louder until one man, dressed in
rope!' The murmur had grown TO an
angry shout, and the cry of Get a rope!'
was taken up in chorus.
HAIR hundred men and boys shouted
| String him up! Hang himi" Lynch
himH' Hemp Is too good" shoot
him!' Put Knife in the Drute!" etc.
10 Nt,fr ion ,,fNfr -
demonstration against the prisoner was
not dangerously earnest at that moment
though II showed symptoms OF increasing
| in violence and intensity.
| There was an ominouS pressure around
the prisoner. and his guards and the police
rallied and formed a circle about their
man. some dra gged him and some pushed
him. he was hustledinto the VIA gon. Mayor
Burieigh sat by his side and Lieut. Kelly
sat opposite. Policemen filled the was gon.
Bay Frank ran to headquarters. This
| was thronged with men of the Metropolitan
| police department.
The prisoner was hurried through the
main office and into the private office of
Inspector Honberger. The door was
closed. Terrible suspense prevailed among
| the men outside. Several minutes elapsed
II was not known whether the suspect was
| Ford.
| The first man to issue from the room was
| Chief Clerk Sylvester. He wore a smile
and said: We've got the right man.
Boyd He S Was 50 Whfsfns SIf wSa peseeye M
g cd to Thee"
This indicated great deal to the crowd,
| and several men shook hands Then
| Tucker was uShered in by Dete ctives
Horne aud Wee don, and the words That's
| Ford were heard through the Gle sed door
| The throng OF men showed a disroSition
to shout. The sweating process was be-
gun. the pistol shown him, and he admitted
his identity.
He said that he had worked for tie people
| in the neighbo rhood of his home. He knew
the Kreglo family. He knew Elsie by