The evening times., 1899-08-18

black face of the terrified criminal ap
peared at the doorway, the cries of XIII
him and Lynch him." became fiercer.
mob OF strong men tried to tear the
captive from the police. The squad hay-
ing Taylor in custody called loudly that
the patrol wagon, which was in waiting
should come nearer. and the police beat
back the vengeful throng with clubs. There
was a wild scene Added to the din of
curses, threats and yells, a few OF the
citizens were shooting off cartridges which
they had hoped to expend on Taylor. The
police formed a flying wedge with their
prisoner in the angle and practically
fought their way through the crowd. Many
men in the mob clutched the bride and
reins Of the patrol horse, and tried 10 hold
back the wheels OF the wagon, but the re-
sistanoe to the police grew weaker and
weaker, and Taylor was soon after locked
in a cell at Police Station Nc. Z.
He was held by a coroner's jury for the
killing OF Passau, but was later turned
over to the Maryland authorities by the
United States District Attorney for the
District of Columbia.
Taylor was removed from Washington
TO Frederick, Nd, for trial. mob violence
being feared al Rockville, the seat of
Montgomery county. He confessed TO the
crime charged against him and in his con-
fession implicated Brown, who up to the
last maintained that he was innocent. w.
i. Belt, Of Chicago, whose slave Brown
was before the civil war travelled to Fred
erick and then TO Annapolis TO invoke the
clemency of Governor Lowndes. The gov
ernor said: IF were convinced that
there is general opinion among the peo-
pie of Frederick that the evidence against
Brown was not sufficient to convict him
OF the crime, l would probably grant
respite"
Governor Lowndes communicated with
Chief Justice McSherry, of the court of ap-
peals of Maryland, who gave it as his
opinion that delay would be wrong He
declared that the execution should go on,
and that there was no reason for respite.
He said that a respite would be demoral-
izing. Chief Justice McSherry said:
"QUite enough guilty men escape pun
ishment because Of erroneous verdicts; hut
il after conviction is secured, and upon
ample evidence and a fair trial the SEN
tence is respited or commuted, not because
any new evidence is discovered, but mere
ly because some persons, who have heard
but fragments of the trial or who have
read incomplete reports Of it in the news
papers, request a respite or a eommuta-
tion. public confidence in the ability of the
courts to deal with crime Will be shaken;
that under the provocation Of a brutal
homicide like the murder of the Rosen-
stems was. men will lose their self-control
and the mob viii usurp the functions of
juries and judicial tribunals Particularly
is this likely to be the case when the lead
ing counsel in q cause has publicly ex-
pressed his belief of the guilt of the pris-
oner whom he defended. But this is not
the only danger incident TO delay in the
imposition of punishment. Punishment to
be effective as a deterrent ought TO be GER
cain, speedy, and severe. Procrastinatlon
makes lis infiiction uncertain and robs it
OF the swiftness which a criminal breads.
Deprived OF certainty and swiftness, ii
ceases TO inspire terror, and then there is
little restraint upon the lawless. When re-
straint is weakened or removed crime in
variably Increases"
The jurors who found Brown guilty
said to newspaper men when the ques
tion of clemency was raised, that even IL
Taylo-'s testimony had been thrown out,
their verdict as to Brown would have
been guilty as indicted. Each man who
had been juror refused to sign a petit
tion for clemency.
BENJAMIN Price, colored of Boyds.
Montgomery county, the next best friend
of John Alfred Brown, who was selected
by Brown to dig his grave and bury him
at Mount Zion Church, near GAINESVILLE
In Montgomery county, was refused per-
mission by the church trustees TO open a
grave for Brown. The trustees said they
wanted no murderer buried in their
ground, and that il was the request Of the
members that no exception be made in
Browns case. According TO this Brown s
request will not be granted and il is said
that all the colored churches are with
Mount Zion Church in this, and his body
must be buried by the county.