Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-06
WEAVING THE MOOSE
Damaging Evidence Against Armistead
Taylor at Frederick.
Witnesses Identify the Shoes Pur-
Awny-Henry Hebron's Evidence.
Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.

FREDERICK, Md, July 6.-The criminal
court convened again at $50 this morning
in the trial of Armistead Taylor for the
murder of the Rosenstein family. The first
witness placed on the stand was Mahlon
T. Lewis of Boyd's. who testified to Taylor
purchasing shoes at his place on the morn
ing of the murder.
VIM. Brewer, freight brakeman on the
B. and o. railroad, testified to picking up
the cut shoes that Taylor threw from the
Hagerstown train at Germantown.
Great interest centered in the testimony
of Henry Hebron, the colored man who
put the officers on to the track of Taylor.
Hebron testified that he lives just back of
Georgetown College, and says Taylor rent
ed the adjoining house on Monday. ana
he was in the house talking to Taylor on
Tuesday when Taylor showed him a new
revolver, calling 1t a smoke wagon, and
saying that was his standby.
He identified Armstead Taylor as the
man. Taylor showed him an amount of
money, saying that he wanted barrel Of
-four and asking Hebron to get 1t. Hebron
said he would bring it. Taylor said he
might take two barrels and had enough
money to buy all the -four the d woman
had. Officer Easeley, who captured Taylor,
identified Hebron as the man who said
that Taylor told him he was the man
wanted for the murder In Maryland.
Damaging Evidence.
After The Stars report closed yesterday
James Baxhall told of the discovery of the
bodies of Rosenstean and his wife. He had
gone early to the house. and found there a
young son of Walter Carlin, who told him
Rosenstein was behind the counter in the
store. He went in and saw a man lying be-
hind the counter. but. not suspecting what
had happened, he went home and got
breakfast Afterward he went back to the
l. N.,li tain
of Baltimore. a peddler and friend of Ros-
enstein, the two went into the store, and by
the light of matches found Rosenstein lying
in pool of blood, struggling, but uncon-
scious. Going upstairs they found Mrs.
Rosenstein lying upon bed, unconscious
and covered with blood.
Abraham Goldenstein testified that Ros-
enstein had between six and seven hundred
collars at the time of the murder He found
upon the top of a bureau in Mrs. Rosen-
STEMS room several pocket books, which
contained only two checks and a promis-
sorry note
Mrs. Walter Cariin, who SAID she lived
near the Rosensteins. testified that about
$50 o'clock on the morning OF the murder
she saw Brown pass her house, but saw
nothing of Taylor. Later in the morning
she went to the scene of the murder, saw
the bodies. and observed that the drawers
of the bureau in Mrs. Rosensteins room
were open.
The Rod Identified.
DIR. Stonessreet of GAINESVILLE. who was
the first physician to see the bodies. de-
scribed the wounds.
Moses Rosenstein and Louis Silverman
of Baltimore. relatives of the Rosensteins
testified to going to SEden and taking the
dying man and woman to the Maryland
University Hospital in Baltimore.
DR.. n. G. Kerle of the Maryland Unver-
sity Hospital described the wounds. which
he said were necessarily fatal. He was
shown an irol rod which had been found in
Mrs. Rosensteins room, and said that 1t
could have made the wounds. This rod was
identified by Frank Gibson. deputy sheriff
of Montgomery county, who said that when
he found it in Mrs. Rosenstein's room one
end was covered with blood and bore the
imprint of mans hand.
Property Identified.
Charles Kingsbury testified to finding a
pair of boots near Rosenstein's house which
are claimed to be Taylor's, and which
ktngsbury identified in court. A coat and
shirt found one mile from Slidell were also
identified by kingsbury. Moses Rosenstein
identified a watch found near the house as
one having belonged to Rosenstein.
Bradley Worthington, baggage master Of
the Baltimore and Ohio train that passed
Boyd's station shortly after o'clock that
Saturday morning, testified that he saw
Taylor get on the train at Boyd's and leave
it at Forest Glen. Edward Moore, postal
Sici on tHe SdAle tidH also teStlIlSO
seeing Taylor on the train, and said he
changed his shoes while on the train.
Stephen Day. colored boy. testified to
seeing Taylor get on the train at Boyd's.
Thomas Jackson. colored who said he had
known Taylor for long time, testified to
having met him early in the morning of
May II between Slidell and Royd's station.
He hailed Taylor and talked with him for a
short time. but Taylor seemed to be ner-
vous and anxious to get away. AT this
point court adjourned until tomorrow