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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
TELL Connected STORY.
Statement of Parties Accused of Aid
ing i'm SlideII Murder.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE Md. May 1S.-To the cor
respondent Of The Star John Brown, the
negro in Jail here on suspicion of having
been implicated in the Slidell murder, and
who was yesterday accused by Taylor of
having committed the deed, gave a detailed
account of his movements from the evening
before the tragedy until his arrest dis
claiming any knowledge OF the crime. His
state ments regarding his movements do
rot vary in the slightest. He also told of
no effort to shield him. The woman Nellie
Turner. Browns alleged wife. was also in
terViewed. and her statement tailed with
that of the man. Neither has yet been in
formed of Taylors accusation as to who
committed the deadly assault
Some people here hold that Brown has
guilty knowledge of the Rcsensten murder
but in the absence of Corroborating evil
dence no one pays any attention to what
Iaylor has said in regard to Browns con-
nectlon with the tragedy, and the general
belief is that Brown has told the truth
about Ii.
The killing of Sergt. Passau by TAYLOR
has greatly increased the Indignation of
the people of this county, and II is believed
to be fortunate for the criminal that he is
in the District Jail instead of at Rockville.
There is not much talk against Brown. and
1t Is not likely that any effort will be made
to do him violence until more eliminating
evidence against him is obtained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

friSoheT MAINTAINS silence.
Taylor, who had been brought in before
the inquest opened, maintained stOlid
silence all through the session. He was
evidently somewhat uneasy. and glanced
frequently at the faces of those in the
room. as though fearing that harm would
be done him. He was without a hat. and
wore no shoes. He wore pair of blue
oVeralls and a Shirt of the same material
the clothing being comparatively new.
Taylor, have you nything that you want
to say?" inquired the coroner
The thick lips of the murderer murmured
haIf-intelligible reply.
What is your Nance inquired DR.. Carr.
"Armstead Tay or was the answer
Have You anything tEat you want to
say? You do not have TO make a state
ment, but If you want to you can" was
the information impaired to him bv the
coroner
No, sir. | don't care to say anything"
was the reply.
This closed the testimony at the inquest
Iaylor was led away and taken back to his
cell. and the room was cleared of an snac-
tators, while the jury deiberated upon a
verdict P "
Inside of quarter of an hour they re-
ported their findings. holding TavloT for
the action of the grand jury. The verdict
reads:
That Sergeant Frederick NJ. Passau died
AT NO. FoWlers Hill, May IL 1894
about i1:20 am. from hemorrhage due To
pistol shot wounds Of the chest and aorta
produced by bullets fired from a pistol in
me hands of Armstead Taylor alias
Humphrey Taylor, alias Humphrey Brown
| We direct that the said Armstead Tav
ior De held for the action of the grand
| jury" " eou
The verdict was accepted with general
satisfaction. -
Conveyed to Jail.
The triple murderer, as soon a. the verdict
I of the jury was rendered, was committed
to the District Jail. The return of the iurv
| was made about 1920, and at 12:45 Taylor
was placed in the patrol wagon and driven
| directly to the Jail, where he will probably
| be kept until the time for his trial. He
was securely handcuffed before he left the
| station. The patrol wagon of the seventh
| precinct was used to make the trip. and
| with Taylor We're Policemen Burrows
| Pratt, Davis. Hess and Fisher
1t was expected that there would be some
little trouble, but in this the police were
| disappointed. There was a large crowd in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
DERIVATION OF GRAPE
NUTS.

1houeht was applied and experiments conducted
ior ABOUT Two years, seeking to perfect food
Easy TOT the intestinal digestion and yet make
VI ihe carbohydrates, albumen and phosphate Of
potash obtained from the grains
success came. and luckily the scientific food was
FOUND TO have most delicious and delicate sweet
'ha' OF the grape-sugar to be seen giistening on
Inc granules That suggested the first part of the
no" famous name The last part Nuts is puerly
iahciui' the compound word Grape-Nuts, being a
eoihed WORD, having no actual meaning, neces-
sary feature to conform to the rules of the L. S.
fateht ONCE on the registration Of trade marks.
Grape-Nuts is a duly registered trade mark
protecting the most famous food of the day from
cOunterfeitera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

front of the station, but no demonstration
was made, aside from theStaik INDUCED in
The patrol wagon was driven around to the
front of the station and the prisoner
brought out surrounded by police. He was
given a seat in the wagon and was on plain
view to the general publicJ Yesterday when
he was captured he was made to lie down
in the middle of the wagon to prevent his
being a target for some of the MANY peo-
pie who carried revolvers at the time
AS Taylor left the station there was lots
of talk of lynching. He could not help
hearing it, and he was extremely nervous
The patrol wagon was followed for a num-
Der of squares by a good portion of the
crowd, but the horse was driven at such a
rapid pace that the wagon soon outdis-
tanced the pursuers.
Police Commended.
From all sections the police have re-
ceived words of commentator for the good
work done yesterday in effecting the cap
ture Of Taylor without further loss of life,
after Sergeant Passau had been killed. 1t
is believed there were about fifty policemen
on Fowler's Hill before the murderer was
finally taken into custody, and, as pub
lished in yesterdays Star they Were all
heavily armed. From the time of the kill
ing of the officer to the capture every win
dow door and other opening about the old
ice house. which had been converted into
q dwelling, was covered with guns and
pistols.
When Major Sylvester was made ac-
quainted with what was going he called
on Commissioner Wight and the two Off
Gals drove to the seventh precinct and
learned the full details of the affair. 1t was
due to Major Sylvester that Passau was re-
Gently promoted from the ranks, and on
their way back to the District building he
and the Commissioner settled upon the
question of granting the widow $50 a month
A recommendation to this effect was made
in writing to the Commissioners. and the
recommendation was promptly approved.
This amount is larger than the usual pen
sion granted to widows, but, under the cir
cumstances, both Major Sylvester and the
Commissioners thought the increase was
juStifiable.
Feeling Against the Prisoner.
The excitement incident to the arrest of
Taylor yesterday, the police assert, was
the greatest in the history of the force.
Not since the arrest of Tom Smothers, COL
ored, for heinouS crime, a number of
years ago, until yesterday has there been
such an outward demonstration against a
prisoner. When Smothers was arrested an
excited crowd followed to the old sixth pre-
cinct station and uttered threats of lynch
man, who was afterward given a thirty
years sentence, was spirited out the back
way and taken to the first precinct for
safety. Later, when Policeman Fowler was
murdered by John Langster, big crowd
was in pursuit. but while threats were free
ly made, no violence was actually at
tempted
The police investigation of the MUIR
derers career shows that his true name is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
Interior Department Changes.

The following official changes have been
made in the Department of the Interior:
Office of the secretary-Mr. W. Bertrand
Acker. chief of the patents and miscella-
neous division, has bean continued on duty
as confidential clerk to the Secretary.
General land office-Resignation: James
c. Cunegan of Illinois, clerk, 81 200
Patent office: Resignation: Joseph H c.
Hoilns of MARYLAND, copyist, SI2O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Comm ss toner's Pension Widow and
Children of Sergeant Pmssnu.

About the frs official act of the District
Commissioners today was the approval by
them of the recommendation of Chief of
Police Sylvester that the widow of Serg.t.
Fritz Passau, who was killed yesterday
morning by Taylor, alias Brown, the negro
murderer, be placed at once on the pension
rolls at the rate of $50 a month, and the
two children of the dead officer be pen
stoned at the rate of $40 a month each until
they reach the age, respectively, of sixteen
years.
Mrs. Passau was married to the officer
March 20, 1893, her maiden name being
Sebastian. Two children survive their
father. Frederick. born March s. 1894, and
Mabel, born January ID, 1898. The widow
of the officer is but twenty-four years of
age.
Relief Fund Proposed.
A communication has been received by
The Star from Mr.. George F. Zeh suggest
ing that fund be raised by popular sub
scriptfon for the relief of Sergt. Passaus
family. Mr.. Zeh says:
Sergt. Passau is dead, the bread winner
of that family has been sacrificed for a
desperate, and his widow and children will
now have to shift for themselves, with the
assistance of a small police pension, which
in nowise will support and educate the
children. Citizens of Washington take this
situation to your own homes. Think of
Ied'!HS your ldHilly III tne morning and
being hauled home dead in few hours
Il would suggest that in view of these
facts The Star start popular subscription
for the purpose of procuring a home for
that hero's family. OF our 270,0OO popula-
tion We ought to have 10000 subscribers
giving 81 each. by the first day of June.
Enclosed find my subscription for ST.
Good Suggestion.
Mr.. A. D. Tucker, under date of today,
writes The Star as follows:
las a peaceful solution to any squabble
in claiming the reward of $500 offered by
the authorities of Montgomery county, Md,
for the capture of the murderer OF the Ro-
sensteins, l would suggest that all claim
ants waive their rights in favor of the
widow and children of the brave officer
who lost his life. and who no doubt would
have been the one to capture the guilty
wretch had he not met his utimely end
HUNTERS ALLEGED OFFENsE.
Accused Of Interference When Taylor
Was Arrested.
The hearing in the case of William H.
Hunter, colored, who is charged by Officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
Personal Mention.

Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has re.
turned to this city after a few DAYS rest
and recreation at Barnegat Bay, N j.
Mr. George c. Wing of Cleveland. Ohio
formerly of the Departments of State and
Justice, is at the Shoreham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
Dismissed Upon His Own Statement.

Charles Minor, colored was today
charged by Officer f. G. STANCE with riding
his bicycle without light last night. He
pleaded guilty when questioned by Clerk
Harper.
Il want to tell you about this case" said
the policeman to the court. This fellow
deliberately ran his bicycle between my
legs and knocked me down"
When, however, Minor gave his version of
the affair, Judge kimball allowed him to
withdraw his plea OF guilty and told him
to go.
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CONTINUED COOL WEATHER.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Frida,
With Easterly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, continued cool and partly cloudy
tonight and Friday; fresh easteriy, shifting
to northwesterly, winds
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Lavish With Money.

Since TaylOr's arrival here at noon Sat
uIday he has spent considerable money and
given away large amount The officers
VINO nave been conducting the investiga-
uon are able to account for more than 800,
and this leads them to believe he had no
dCcofnPilceS IN the RoSenStein murder and
robbery.
After walking from Forest Glen to Silver
Sprlng and coming to the city on a Bright
wood electric car Taylor reached PhilIin's
court Just as the bells were ringing the
hHur of noon and he ate dinner with his
former friends He made the house of
Anne Nelson, his cousin, his headquarters
ana curing MS brief career he visited many
women III the alley and spent money as
freely as would millionaire In addition
ne gave away a large sum, a number Of
children receiving S. gold pieces from him.
re contributed $50 to the defense of Wyatt
frazer, VINO was then under arrest for
alleged rape. Frazer, it appears was to be
married to niece of Annie Nelson and
Taylor was anxious to help him. The
money contributed in this way may have
gone toward attorneys fees and 1t is be-
hevei to he beyond identification and re-
coVery.
Taylor's presence in this city lately was
discovered by Policeman Heare of the third
precinct ana Detective Parham. These Off
GERS learned that he was here Tuesday
AFTERNOON and they soon tracked him to
his cousins house. In this house they as
certained he had some of his wearing ap-
parel, and they knew he intended to re-
turn and get it. They concluded that he
was the Taylor who was wanted in Mont
gOmery county,
1t was known that he would return to
the house, and for this reason the officers
Kept within calling distance while the
house was being Swallowed. While this
mouse was under surveillance the George
town offlcers learned of Taylor's presence
on FoWler HILL and the exciting scenes
OF yesterday followed
Five Killed In TIA nnt,.
since the organization of the metropoli-
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Weather conditions and general forecast
Inc disturbance which has been moving
slowly eastward over the country since
Monday is central this morning north of
Lake ontario, and second disturbance has
appeared over the middle plateau region.
Showers and thunder storms have oc-
CURED during the last twenty-four hours
from the middle and upper Mississippi val
ley to the middle Atlantic and southern
New England coasts, and showers are re-
ported from Montana over the north Pacific
coast districts.
The temperature has fallen in the Ohio
and upper Mississippi valleys. and light
frost is reported this morning In Iowa at
St Paul, Cheyenne, Rapid City and Winnie
mucca.
Showers will prevail in New York, New
Jersey and New England tonight, and will
continue IN eastern New England Friday.
In the middle Atlantic states showers will
be followed tonight by fair weather. In the
south Atlantic and gulf states and the Ohio
valley the weather will be fair. Showers
are likely to occur tonight in Tennessee and
Arkansas.
Along the New England coast the winds
will be brisk from east tonight, and will
shift by Friday to southwest and west. on
the middle Atlantic coast eastcry winds
will shift to sOutherly tonight and TO south
westerly by Friday morning. Fresh west
erly winds Will prevail on the south Allan
tic coast. Thunder squalls may be expected
on the middle Atlantic coast this afternoon
and tonight.
The following heavy precipitation. in inch
-. has been reported during the past TWEEN
ty-fOur hours: Woodstock Va, %; Brook
Vile, Pa, IT.; West Newton, Pa, 10:
MahOning, Pa, LIP.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
al > pm. yesterday:
eter-May Il, pm, 81 S pm.
"a. i midnight. ~. May Is, / am So s
m, SO; l. noon, 80: > pm, 60.
Maximum, 6}. at / pm. May II; mini
mum, -, II midnight, May II.
BaTOmeter-May II. / pm, 1856; g p.m
5000; II midnight, 3o,o5. May is 4 am
iu.tH; am, 1909, noon 1900, pm, - 90
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, Is: cOndi-
tion. =; receiving reservoir, temperature, 20;
condition ut north connection, Il, condition
vOir, temperature, 81; condition at nfiuent
gate house, ~; effiuent gate house, 81.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, so am. and 9:12 pm
high tide, a. IN. and 2:o1 pm.
TomOrrow-LOW tide, 9:4S am. and 9:5S
pm; high tide, 2:4S am. and 2:3G pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. 4:42 am; sun sets, 7:l0
p m. Moon sets, 10 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, AL am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by S:13 pm; extin-
gushing begun at 80 a m. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Are lamps lighted at 500 pm; extinguish h.
cd ut 4:0I m.
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to the location of Taylor. The man refer
red to was named Henry Hebron, and yes
terday morning at o'clock he appeared
at the station and conveyed his informa
ton to Sergeant keefe. who told Witness
According to Hebron Taylor acted very
suspiciously. He had plenty of money and
was spending it freely having purchased a
diamond ring, a revolver and a box of car
tridges and ether articles. The negro rent
ed the house a day or so before and had
secured new furniture, which he put in
place, and had also ordered more.
He gave the name of Sam Johnson, and
said he was from Seneca, Md, where he
kad made plenty of money. and that while
he did not have a woman, he would shortly
get one.
Feeling certain that the man was no other
than the fugitive from justice. witness
watched the house yesterday morning 50 as
to BE- sure to catch him in the place. He
made arrangements with Hebron, whereby
the latter informed him that the supposed
murdered was in the place Witnc IS tele-
phoned to the station, and five men in niti-
Zens clothes Were sent out. Sergt. George
Hess of the country mounted force was also
in the locality at the time.
Heard FusiIiade.
While Sergeant Passau and Policeman
Cow went into the house after forcing an
entrance witness remained at the foot of
the outside steps to guard a nearby door
to prevent the negro from escaping in that
direction. He heard fusillade of ten
twelve pistol shots and rushed into the
house He saw Sergeant Passau at the
head of the steps, and inquired
Which way is he going, Fritz"
He received no reply, but Policeman Cow
told him he thought the man in the att
was trying to escape by means of the roof
Witness then saw that Sergeant PaSSau
was shot, and, mounting his wheel, he
Went after the wagon
Detective Burrows testified also that
when in the cell last evening 'T1Nl1r I'm,
ted to him that he had committed the as
sault on Mrs. ROSenSt Elm, and that he had
struck her across the head with an iron
drill
The prisoner had also told State sAttornev
Kilgora of Maryland the same thing The
negro had been identified by about a dozen
people as being the culprit wanted in Mary
land. He had denied that his name was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
Details the Circumstances.

Precinct Detective Burrows was next
called, and he detailed the circumstances
leading to the raid He stated that yester-
day morning he received information to
the effect that negro supposed to be Tay
lor was living at the house and he inves-
tigated.
After looking into the NATTER said the
detective Il was firmly convinced before
starting out to capture the man that he
was the Maryland fugitive. He answered
the descriptions furnished to letter.
Witness stated that the man living in
the adjoining portion of the double frame
house gave him the information which lead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Armstead Taylor, and that be has many
aliases. Cousin Dump was the alias by
which the local police knew him so well
and some of them recognized him as
"Dumpy.' About seven years ago he was
prominent among a number of petty viola
tors of law who hung about Philips court
While he was known as a drunk and dis
orderly" and a crap shooter, it was not
until about eight months ago that he was
suspected of having committed a serious
crime. He went from here to Maryland and
remained for a time. Less than a year ago
he returned here, but did not Stay long
During this brief stay he made two small
c"lored girls. Blanche johnson and Jo-
Sephine Butler, drunk and attempted to
assault them.
because of his absence prior to the COM
mission OF the last named offense he was
known only to a few people and these
would not reveal his identity. He suddenly
disappeared and remained away until after
the murder at SlidelI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
Prisoner Maintains Silence.

Humphrey Taylor but said it was Arm
stead Taylor, and sometimes he was known
as Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Whatever may be wanted can be secured
in the quickest and cheapest way by USING
the Want columns of The Evening Star
Those wanting anything are sure to scan
them closely every dav
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THE JURYS VERDICT
Continued from First Page.)

mo, sir, we had on sack coats"
Did you tell Taylor you were police
men?"
mo, sir l don't think we did
Was there any one else in the house,"
continued the coroner
No, sir. Taylor was the only one there"
The witness also stated that the raiding
party consisted of Sergeant Passau, Police
men W. ]. Trussell, Antony Fennelly and
William Hess, Detective Frank Burrows
and himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18
CHANGES HIS STORY.
TayIor's Last Version of the Murder
at SiideII.

Today Taylor the alleged murderer of
Sergeant Passau. changed his story of the
Montgomery county tragedy. He said he
went to Rosenstein's store with John Al
fred Brown, who is in Jail at Rockville.
When Farmer Linthicum passed the store
and saw him at the door Brown. he said,
was inside. Brown killed Mr.. Rosenstein
ana he tTaylor) struck the woman
Lieut. Swindells said to a Star reporter
this afternoon that his officers had ac-
counted for about 500 in Taylor's posses
sion, or about one-half the amount ALLEGED
10 nave been taken from Rosenstein,S 81 ore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Buying Mantels&S Tiles Here
is a pleasure \ big variety II different de
si.rs-aud every one ~ Them are lit Idorn
II palace, Particularly strong in our line at
from 81, To- 500,
Washington Manfcl and Tile 60. gl3 q st.
GEO. ". BARRY. MANAGER my1GSd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-18

Gas lamps all lighted by S:13 pm; extin-
gushing begun at 30 a. m. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted al SOP pm; extinguish-
ed at 4:0T am.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-08-31
SSSOS'SSVVVV
So Grain and Chaff. =
Crops and the Weather.

The weather is dry and delightful
could not be better for threshing-
and the threshing machines all over
the county are busy shelling out the
golden grain. AS far as reported the
yield is very good, ranging from
twenty to thirty-five bushels per
acre. The quality also is good, the
berry being nice, plump and of good
color, and grading No. 1 Hard and
No. 1 Northern. The wheat threshed
is of the earliest sown, and it may be
that later sown wheat will not turn
out quite so we'll. At any rate, the
crop is a very satisfactory one, and
the people OF Marshall county have
reason to rejoice. If this glorious
weather continues threshing will be
done in short order.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-08-31

The Minnesota State Fair will be
held next week. Unfortunately this
event comes at a very busy season
with us in the northern part OF the
state, and hence few farmers find it
possible to attend. 1t would be we'll
if there could be a more general at
tendance OF farmers at this annual
Industrial festival, where dwellers in
city and country meet to rejoice over
the triumphs OF peace, which are no
less honorable than those won on the
battle field. The State Fair is a
school where the farmer can learn
many things that will be Of interest
and profit to him in carrying on his
work. New ideas will come to him.
Those who can go will find that this
years fair has been made specially
interesting and practical, and that
the cost of attendance is money we'll
invested.