The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-11-19
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An ARRAY took place on Saturday NIGHT
Bel Air which resulted in The il stan ..-
death Of Samuel Howard, resi-. efabIa e,.'.
man. The affair occurred in q Ii ..-"H, ..
to Mr. Isaac Amos and oclu . .g .i.a
Turner an aged negro, and his emily. il
situated on the easter,y sic OF .D1- s.
near Baltimore and mmediG: acio.u.. '
the old shops of the Enterprise |s-iar,f',
pany. The excitement anon rae "r
people was intense, aud for W -..r
summary vengeance We're freely inlu'u
rs soon as the murder haI bac,. cuurn:...
Justice Clifford c. Barnes was notii!.. AID
a jury of inquest was emp1nEeleG. It
consisted of John s. Richardson, IT., foreman.
James c. Young, Augustus Neumaun, Jam
Richardson, David Rumsey, Joseph Z. Coal,
Ambrose Wildason, Elijah j. B. Moore, Ed
ward Ferry, Charles Bode, Charles T. Brown
and John Thorne.
After viewing the remains, the jury al
journed until the next day, when the test
mony of Harry Turner, Matilda Turner anC
Mary Turner, who were the only witnesses to
| the affair, was taken, and the accused commit
| ted for the action of the grand jury.
1t appears from the evidence mat the muir
dered man had called at the house on that
evening, as he had often done, to spend SO
cial time with Mary Turner, and was engaged
| in conversation with her, when Anderson,
| who was considerably under the influence OF
| liquor, entered the room and demanded that
| Howard should treat him to a drink of cider.
| This was refused, and he Immediately became
very abusive, calling Howard by the vilest OF
names. The latter and the woman got ul
| and retired to an adjoining room. And rsuI'
| followed them and catching Howard by tie
arm again demanded treat. He was again
| refused and became violently angry, calling
| Howard, among other things "chinch -
l---.' Springing to his feet Howard wat
about to resent the insult but Mary Turnel
interfered, begging him to pay no attention
to the man. Turning to Anderson he asked
him If he meant what he called him, and re
ceiving the affirmative reply, Howard strucI
him blow on the breast, knocking him
short distance against barrel. Anderson a
once drew pistol and fired, the ball entering
the right eye and passing through into How
| ards brain, causing instant death.
Drs. Z. Hall Richardson and j. Camp Butler
who made the post-mortem examination, ties
| titled that the ball was fired from 22-calibrt
revolver, and that it entered the corner of Jh,
right eye, took an upward and backward
course, and entered the right hemisphere 0
the brain, thus causing almost instant death
The jury rendered verdict that Samue
Howard came to his death ON Saturday, Nov
| of
feet of pistol ball in the right eye; said pts
tol ball having been fired from pistol in tn
hands of Charles Anderson, IT. colored.
AS soon as he realized what be had done
Anderson ran through the door and escaped il
he darkness. He only enjoyed liberty for
, short time, however. Hewss apparently aid
ed in his flight by four OF his comrades, whit
Emmorton. Two of them shortly afterward
, left MIN and returned to Bel Air, where the
/ tnotilcd the authorities, and DcYu.r 81 Fl
! Forsythe started il pursuit. rccomg snie. ,
: ! the town baiif, Mr.. W. L. Lingan. III
| overlook the party about two miles from low
: aud Anderson was brought back and long,
Z in Jail.
90 samue! Howard the victi4 os l..... .
. ! VIZ, d native Of the county, ...l.
{ and rais i uyoa he farm. .s ..,. d.. --
= song, for whom .s worked g.. ra~ .
{ tLirty-ige years .. aLe. lie .... .l4--.
. i good character and "Is -..
. BY HE Industry AID prudaa,
Y Cd a LOT u groUDI aaI aI.-,.
r self aud his aged mother, 2..,pt. ....
l. }v paid for.