The evening times., 1899-07-25

| G. Thompson, of Montgomery county, ar
rived in Frederick yesterday with the
death warrants of Armstead Taylor, who
shot and killed Police Sergeant Passau in
Washington while resisting arrest. and
John Alfred Brown, the two negroes who
were condemned to death in the Frederick
circuit court for the murder of Dora and
Louis Rosenstein, at their home at Siidell.
Montgomery county, and who are confined
in the county jail for safe keeping. and
where the court says they will remain un-
| til the day before the date set for their
execution at Rockville. Sheriff Thompson
visited the Jail at o'clock in the after
noon and in the presence of Deputy Sheriff
Croft and the death watch, read the war
rants TO each of the condemned men, thus
officially apprising them of the few re-
manning days they still have on earth.
| The warrants were read separately 10
| each and they both stood the painful or
deal with remarkable composure. Taylor
actually laughed at the reatiing of the
document and subsequently remarked that
| SheTfh Thompson must have lots to co to
come here from Rockville and tell him
what he already knew. That thing didn't
hurt me Bit he said. why. that was
no news to anybody l know I've got to
die and that settles it. Why make So
much fuss about it?''
Brown was more serious and did not
make so light of it when informed Of the
fate that awaited him. However, he did
not seem to be affected TO any extent, as
was expected. He had hoped his pastor
| to be with him TO help him bear up under
| the ordeal. but the priest was detained
by sickness.
| A newspaper correspondent visited The
prisoners yesterday. Brown said: Tell the
| people ] am innocent and that Hump
| Taylor did the deed. i am sorry that 1
am here but / cannot help it now. My
life was in the hands of my lawyers and
as they deceived me up to the last minute
by promising to let me go on the stand end
testify l feel that they are responsible for
my life.
| ''0f course il is right hard to lose your
life. but l have about become reconciled
to my fate. i was right smart worried
up to last Friday and could not cat or
sleep well at all. but now / rest very well,
indeed, and feel contented since | have
made my confession and been baptized.
| Up to that time / felt pretty shaky and
bad, but now | feel more satisfied.
Well. Brown, why not tell me what
you had intended to tell the jury on the
witness stand?"
"Oh, it won't make any difference now;
| it is about all over with me, ! guess.
have confessed to the priest, and he can
tell you, if he wants to. but you will find
l didn't kill Louis Rosenstein, and knew
nothing at all about ii. | feel lonely to-
day, as Father Coleman has not been over
since Friday, and / would like very much
to see him. / feel better when he is around
and prays with me. / like him, and am
going to ask him TO do me big favor.
whats that. Brown" Why, am go
ing to ask him TO go along down to Rock
vile with me and be with me on the gal
lows when / am 10 be hung. hope he will
! do il. but ] am afraid 10 ask him, as he
may not like TO go, and he is not feeling
well now, they tell me. Ny cell must have
been too warm for him on Friday
Scan you not tell me anything about
this case?" NO, indeed. l have nothing
to say 1 am spending all my time now
preparing my soul TO meet God. That is
about the best way / can spend my time.
When ] wanted TO tell the people what
knew about the murders my lawyers would
not let me- so il will be of no use al this
late day to tell it.
Il am forty-two years old," said Brown,
''and have wife and eleven children liv-
ing in Washington. They separated from
me four years ago when | went and lived
; with Nell Turner. Nell told all she knew
about the case | reckon but then she is
,
stand and got a little mixed at times.
didn't mind what anyone else said against
me, but when | saw that niger Taylor
come / felt kind of funny. But when he
spoke up and told all them lies on me then
felt like breaking his black neck. But
: Hump is a bad niger and will do any
: thing to get people into trouble. Why he
served fourteen years of his life in prisons
!. two terms of five years each for burglary.
know his record well enough and it is q
: bad one at that
Taylor, who is known to have killed thre;
people and perhaps. a fourth one. was in
. the best Of spirits and as gay as a lark.
: Hello Taylor, how are you?' said the
: reporter
Hello, how are you?" Taylor replied
. with loud laugh. Say, mister" he ad,
ded, Il can't understand why everybod,
!. wants to know how | am. l am well ant
: contented and not bothered about nobody
If everybody hasn't heard of me by thi:
time they never will. So you is a news
paper man. Well. ! seen 'nough of EN- il
Washington and / sepct you want me Il
tell you something. ! am thirty years ole
and have Lo father. Ny mother lives al
Dickerson Station and works for former
Sheriff William Collier a. that place / was
member of the Methodist Church, but
Rev. Osborne Ingle of All Saints Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, has been coming &c
see me ana praying with me. He is a gOod
man and has given me the ten Command
ments to learn, but, say, that's no good tC
me. i want picture papers and books.
want something that / like
Taylor, l suppose you know that Brown
says you swore his life away on the witness
stand"
Nov, see here. mister, that makes me
| mad. Why that old black coon shoult
have been hung ten years ago and Mel
Turner should have been lynched long ago
| and / would not have been here today
You cont know them niggers like / do
| That old murderer Brown, has got 10 b.
SO good that he don't want to be in tn,
cell next to me. Well, think of it. h,
: couldn't get close enough on Thursday an.
. Friday nights when he planned and ar
I ranged for the deed TO be done. / hav,
Il nothing more to say than what | have al
| ready told. But you can tell the peopl
1 one thing, and that is / am not afraid {,
l die. We have only got TO die one time
| and death has no horrors for me. Tel
4 them people that swore TO more than the,
l knew that | am going to come back an,
I haunt them after / am hung and max
j their lives miserable. / guess everybod
in that hayseed town will sleep better af
l ter | an stretched up. Tell them all t
/ come and see me dance; it will do then
1 good. / ain't afraid 10 die but, say,
= would like to come across some of ther
Washington detectives. l wouldn't do
A thing TO them, and that old coon owe
/ there in his cell is daisy. But the
4 ought to let US out there in the hall to
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