Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
FUGITIVE DORSEY FOULTZ
well-Autheuticated Reports Of His Preseno'
in the Suburbs.
A Man Relieved to Be the Murderer
Attends Divine Service at
LittOnville Church.

Dorsey Foultz. the slayer of Charles
| Robinson, has been, for more than three
| months. eluding the officers, and, for all
| the officials know, he may have formed a
| &C mbination with Lucius johnson, Frank
Herdeman. and the other celebrities who
| fled the city for similar offenses.
1t is confidently believed that Foultz has
been for several weeks in hiding in the
country between Tenleytown and Rock
vile. Several persons who knew him IN his
better days declare they have seen him
! there. Sunday night. 1t is reported, he at
tended open-air religious services near the
| Littonville Baptist Church. This village IS
| In Montgomery county, Maryland. only a
short distance from Linden station, on the
Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad. There is a little frame
church on the north side of the village,
facing row of houses which are occupied
by colored people. The Rev. Henry New
man, the pastor of the church, is one Of
the most prominent colored men IN the
county, and although he is not acquainted
with the fugitive, he has reason to believe
tnat Dorsey has been guest at his house.
Inc pastors wife conducts a dining room
IN connection with her husbands grocery
store, and she Is morally certain that
ROUTE has eaten at least two meals in her
bcrhood are equally certain that he has
neen In the village and they also believe
he Is hiding in the woods.
Positive Testimony.
Il know Dorsey Foultz WE'LL" a colorel
resident of the village volunteered to a
Star reporter, land I've seen him here sew
eral times. Last week he stood out on the
| road and talked to some people for a long
time"
Where has he been stopping?" the citi-
zen was asked.
Some people say he hides in the woods
in the day time" he answered land at
| night he sleeps in box cars"
A box Car standing on the track short
distance down the railroad from the sta
ton was pointed out as the car in which
he had been sleeping.
1t appears that the man supposed TO be
Dorsey FoultZ called at Mrs. Newman's
dining room Thursday evening and got his
supper He was accompanied ny larger
man. and the latter paid for what he had
to eat 1t was reported in the village that
his big companion had also committed a
crime in this city, and had gone out in
Maryland to elude the police.
They left aS soon they got their sup
per- Mrs. Newman said, but they came
back early Friday morning and got break
fast"
Mrs Newman has not seen these men
since, although she had heard it remarked
that Dorsey was in the mig crowd at the
religious services held Sunday night. When
the man supposed to be the murderer called
at MIS- Newman 5 he wore blue OverallS
and SLOUGH hat. He carried his coat on
his arm The color of the trousers he had
under the overalls could not be :old.
Came From Chevy Chase.
People in L;ttonville had learned that
Dorsey had come there from Chevy Chase.
and that he had also been seen in Tenley-
town. They believe he is the man whom
the police pursued last week. On the dairy
farm of Mr.. Wise, between Littonville and
Chevy Chase, the supposed Dorsey Foultz
had done half days work in the corn
field. When he finished in the evening he
asked for an advance of ~ cents, saying
he wanted to go 10 the city, but that he
would return in the morning. He did not
return, however
was learned that the supposed fugitive had
visited houses at Chevy Chase, and when
a Star reporter reached the circle it was
evident that Dorsey had preceded him. or
at least, the people believed he had, for
every child in the village seemed to know
the story of the colored mans visit there
last week. The MEN at work on the rail-
read had also known of it. and they, too.
believed that the stranger was the much
wanted Foultz.
Attended School With Him.
Lethia Simms. colored domestic in the
house of Mr.. Richardson, who knew Foultz
several years ago, is positive she him
call at the house of Mrs. Marshall Thurs
day, about dinner time. and get something
to eat.
Il went to school with Dorsey about ten
years ago." said Lethia. He lived on Will
son street, in the camp and 1 lived on
Sumner street. Both of us attended school
en- 10th street, and We walked to school
together almost every day. The man l
at Mrs. Marshalrs was the same Dor
sey Foultz."
1t was stated at Chevy Chase that the
man had been seen about there several
times, and that he had been given food by
a number Of persons before Lethia Simms
saw and recognized him. When she saw
him, she says, he dressed in dark
brown clothes and had a SLOUGH hat pulled
down well over his face. He carried a coat
OF his arm. She was surprised, she says
at his shabby appearance, for when she
knew him in the city he always dressed
well and presented neat appearance.
A resident of Gaithersburg called on In
spector Mattingly at police headquarters
this morning and told him of the suspicious
conduct of colored man who mad been
seen lettering about the village since Satur-
day. He had an idea that the man was
FoultZ; but his description did not tally
with that of the fugitive. For this reason
the inspector did not send an officer out to
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