The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-18
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NEGR0'S DESPERATE FIGHT.
ALLEGED MURDERER KILLED ONE
OF IT'S PURsUERS.

Only Surrendered when Prepara-
tlons Were Made 10 Burn the
House in which He was Hiding.
He Was Wanted for the Murder
of ROsenstcin nt SIideH, MD.
Crowd wanted to Lynch Him, Hut
lie Was Taken 10 Jail.
Washington May lZ-Humphrey Tay-
Tor, negro suspected OF the Rosenstein
murder at sadel. Md. to-day shot ana
killed Police Sergeant Fritz Passau.
wounded Policeman Cow, and kept
posses Of a half dozen officers at bay from
the loft Of house for nearly two hours.
Dozens of shots were exchanged between
the officers and the fugitive who only sur
rendered when preparations were made Ia
burn the premises
Last Saturday morning, Louis Rosen-
stein and hise wife. who kept a small
store az sndel were found insonsible and
horribly wounded in their store room. Ro-
senstein sood died from his Injuries and
the woman is believed 20 be near DEATH
Suspicion feu upon negro named Hum-
phrey Taylor, alias Brown, who had dis
appeared.
negro answering the description os
Taylor was seen last Saturday evening
and information received by the poles
led them to believe their man was liv-
ing in a small house about a quarter OF
a mile west Of Georgetown. Early this
morning Taylor was seen TO enter the
place and word was Immediately sent ia
the nearest precinct station and posse
| of officers hurried to the place.
The men were posted about the house.
white Passau, Cow and another officer
attempted TO gain entrance through the
front door. Finally the Goor was forced.
The two small rooms on the first floor,
were empty ana the officers ascended 70
the second floor
Passnu Shot Dead.
The front room was also untenanted
ana as the men passed into the rear apart
ment, Taylor opened fire from the trap
door of a eoek-loft in which he had taken
refuge.
Sergt Passau sank 10 the floor dead.
with two bullets through his chest. Po-
| liceman Cow opened fire through the trap,
but failed to hit the fugitive. Cow re-
ceived bullet in his right hand, badly
/ shattefnH II. and another struck his metal
badge and glanced downward the entire
length of his coat.
i The reserves OF two precincts were called
out and the house surrounded The shoot-
ing, meanwhile, had attracted several
| thousand persons Occasionally the negro
| would fie a shot al the officers and imme-
dlatey volley- would answer Il. but no
one was hurt
with revolvers in hand they watched
every window, and tried several times to
draw Taylor's Gre lie seemed to have
an unlimited supply of ammunition. Final
ly, concluding hat he would not surren-
der District Commissioner Wight directed
the police to fire the premises. A mattress
was secured saturated with oil and the
officers began to remove the furniture.
Crowd wanted TO Lynch Him.
Seeing his game was hopeless, Taylor
surrendered Surrounded by officers
with drawn revolvers, he was hus-
tied out OF the house to a
patrol wagon, when the crowd surged for
ward with shouts of lynch him. burn
bimp and made a rush for the prisoner.
roue was secured and the mob made a
desperate effort TO place II around the
wretch's neck The GOODNESS OF the officers,
however. saved Taylor. though he was
rather badly ds1gurcd by blows from the
nearest OF he crowd.
Upon searching the premises the police
found $l92, and a gold watch and chains
where he had secreted them. He had n
diamond ring and a small sum of money
on his person.
IL is believed he Is the man the Maryland
authorities are looking for. II Is probables
however that he will be detained by the
district authorities and tried for the mur-
| der OF Sergt Passau.