The times., 1899-05-26
THE REQUlSITION HONORED.
Armistead Taylor and John Alfred
Brown ArraiRued Mt Rockville.


Brown ArrniRued Mt Rockville.
Armistead Taylor, colored, who killed
Police Sergeant Passau, in Georgetown,
on Wednesday, May II, was yesterday
turned over to the Maryland authorities on
requisition from Governor Lloyd Lown-
des. The prisoner is wanted in Mont
gomery county for the murder of Mrs.
Dora Rosenstein on the night of May u
last.
The release of Taylor to the Maryland
authorities was resisted by Messrs. Foun-
tain Peyton and Thomas l.. Jones, coun-
sci for the prisoner.
John Alfred Brown, who is also under
indictment for the same crime as Taylor
and who has been confined in the Dist5ict
! jail, was also taken to Rockville, the
| county seat of Montgomery county, Nd
The requistion was directed to Chief
Justice Bingham, of the Supreme
! Court of the District, who, upon no OBJ
lection being made by Henry E. Davis,
| United States Attorney for the District of
| Columbia, honored the request that Tay-
lor be delivered. The .requisition for Tay-
| lor was brought by Horton G. Thompson,
| Sheriff of Montgomery county, Md, who
was accompanied by States Attorney Alex
ander Kilgore.
The matter was laid before Chief Justice
| Bingham by District Attorney Davis, and
after a brief conference it was decided to
surrender the prisoner to the Maryland
authorities.
| The requisition is based on an indictment
returned against Taylor and one John AL
| fred Brown by the grand jury OF Montgom-
cry county, Md, charging them with the
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenstein in the
town of slidell, near Boyds, Nd, on the
night of May u last. The Indictment is
| signed by Asa NJ. Stabler, foreman of the
grand jury for Montgomery county, and
states that the deed was committed by
Taylor and Brown. without the fear Of
God in their hearts, but on being insti-
| gated by the devil.
1t will be recalled that Taylor was ar
rested in Georgetown last week by the Dis
| trict police. Before he was arrested. how
ever, it will be remembered, he fired upon
| his pursuers and killed Police Sergeant
Passau, of the Seventh precinct station.
At u o'clock Mr.. Davis called the mat
| ter TO the attention Of Chief Justice Bing-
| ham, sitting in Circuit Court No. 2. He
said that the requistion and the accompa-
nying papers were all in proper form and
| properly attested by the authorities OF
Maryland Mr.. Davis stated that the re-
| lease of the prisoner was determined upon
after a conference between him and the
! officials of the State of Maryland, where
! the crime with which Taylor is charged
was committed. So far as there might be
| any danger of personal violence offered to
the prisoner Mr.. Davis said he thought
there would be none. as every precaution
had been taken for Taylor's safe transfer
| to Maryland
Messrs. Peyton and Jones appeared for
the prisoner and resisted the honoring of
the requisition on the ground that it was
not properly certified to by the Maryland
authorities.
The objection was overruled by Chief
Justice Bingham and an order signed trans
ferrng Taylor from the custody of the Dis
| trict authorities into the keeping of Sher-
iff Thompson, of Montgomery county. Nd.
| The prisoner, Taylor. was present at the
proceedings, having been brought in by
Deputy Marshal James Springman. Taylor
was dressed in suit of blue overalls over
/ which he wore dark sack coat. Deputy
| Springman accompanied Sheriff Thompson
| to the Baltimore and Ohio station with the
| prisoner.
The Montgom county officials were
accompanied from this city TO Rockville,
! Md, by Harry Given, Chief Clerk to
| District Attorney Davis, and Ralph Given.
| The party left the Baltimore and Ohio
| depot at 1880 p. m. and arrived at Rock
| vile on time. Sheriff Thompson walked
his prisoners from the railway depot TO
/ the courthouse, where they were arraigned
! before Judge Henderson, who assigned
| them counsel and remanded them to Jail
| to await trial.
There was no demonstration on the part
of the Montgomeryites to molest the Off
GERS or the prisoners as they were on their
way from the railway depot to the court
house