The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-03-01
BLACK is
CAPTURED.
The Accused Negro Caught
on a Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Boat.
Baltimore. Nd. March 1.

. BalGllNOfes MI, MARCH
William D. Black, colored, VINO Is
charged with committing q felonious as.
, sault on Miss Jessie Bradford, yonng
} lady of Aberdeen, Hartford county, las,
"Wednesday, is under arrest, aud was
locked up OF the Eastern Police Station
Yesterday afternoon. He was arrested
aboard an oystor-dredging boat, fifty
miles down the bay. after Captain George
League and Sergeant Win. q. Schaub, of
the Eastern Djstrlct and the crew OF the
ipolice boat Dannan had b9en searching
for him four days in heavy ica and gales
of wind, with only small yacht at their
disposal.
Black denies tho charge againIt him.
He answers in detail tho description giv5n
by Miss Bradford. How Black reached
Baltimore and got down the bay so quick
iy ia a mystery. Ho evidently boarded
Baltimore and Ohio freight train ut a bar-
deon Wednesday and beat his way to Bal
timore He may have landed in the freight
yard at Locust Point, ni u co!orsi man
Iansworlng the description of Black was
in tho Locust Point feery house Thursday.
IIo attracted attention by his nervous
moss, and did not know what TO do with
tho ferry tickets he had purchased Later
Captain League and Sergeant Schaub got
u tip from among tho dredge- boat intcr-
csts along Boston street thnt Black had
shipped on tho pungy Olive Handy. MS n
drelgar, Thursday, and lett port FRIDAY
for tho oyster beds dOwn tho bay.
The information came from such pos
/ I've source, ana the desc riptlons Tailed
so exactly that Captain Loague felt Ju,ti-
lied In taking the police boat and going
down tho bay after the man. Tho lcgu-
lar police boat tho Lannan, was hell up
for repairs Her substitute. tho big yacht
Chilhuweo broke down when mos1 neea-
cd, aud tho small wooden yacht ivanhne
WAS used by the poles. The pnico had no
idea whers they would find tho olive Han
dy but it was decided TO search every oyst-
or boat met on the bay.
CaptaiG Lplgue makes the following re.
port OF the Ivnnhpe's pcrilons journey:
I'VE left Baltimore at Z. NJ. Saturday.
Wheu of Sandy Point we encountered u
SHOWS urm. The wind increased to a gale
forcing us to make ENrbor under Gre"n-
bury's Point at the mUuth OF the Severn
RIVER whore we remained until Sunday
morning at daylight, when anchors were
weighed and we ruu into Annapolis for
shelter At 3 p. NJ. Sunday We loft An
napolis fos tho PA:uxent, but found tho
wind in the bay blowing gallo aud high
seas running. We were compelled to put
under Tolley'S Point and anchor at tho
Bay Ridge wharf. Monday ut daylight
we left Bay Ridge and proceeded down
the Western Shore, We ovo"hnulod all
lrctlgo boats as far down as Point No
Point, eighty miles below Baltimore.
Between Plum Point and Goya Point we
ran out of coal, oil, provi ions and water,
We were supplied by the tug J.s,, llo,kins
The lvauEce returned to the Paiuxent'
where We had to again seek harb1r under
thE cliffs until suni2Nn.
"At dayhrgak Tuesday morning we
made aEothor attempt To get oub III tho
bay, but the gales drove US under tho Cliff
again for sholter. At noon wc hGndca :or
Tar Bay. cppnsi . tho moath
Of the Patuxent, with tho intdn'inn OF
ovGrhauiing all droIge boat between Tar
Bay ana tho Jumps off COLCHESTER Beach.
When near POPLAR Island wo sighted .ev-
cral boats in the Nnirow' siucs i'll tho
Ice Wo found among them tho pungy
Olive Handy the boat wo were looking
for
1--WE boarded her. ARRESTED Black and
put him in irons AMI returned to ENlti-
moro Wednesday, night our vas 'ol jam
med in tho ice OFF Thomas Poht NO
sought shoter under The lower end on
Kent Island, where We remained al! night
with all hands on deck showing running
ice away from the yacht. We were with.
out sleep, food and water for hours NJ II
time. Big seas boarded the yn9ht and
saept the decS, and we had to force our
way through milcs OF ice. To much cred
IL ctHuDl 10 HlFbIl INV ttcN iiS
tug Vulcan led us tDr0u.h lAe ice III tho
PatapscO to port.
When the lvanh Ic approached the Ollvh
Handy, ne crew Of tho latter were On deck
endeuvoring to work her ont Of 'the ic1,
Captain League called the master OF tho
pungy aboard tho yacht ana sail he wan
ted Black, alias Lewis, who WAS aboard
the pungy. The mates OF the bay vessel
was surprised, but mt Black aboard tho
yacht He wps taken in the pilo'-house.
where Captain League found tho identif-
cation marks-the mans initials tatoOcd
on his fora arm. his faco and ono hand
scratched. Little was asked Of Black, as
Captain League was sure he had the man
wanted. Black did not talk during the
run to tho city.
The police did not toll him why he was
arrested lie volunteered the Information
that he was wanted for That Aberdeen
aft air." and said ittle else. When spoken
to bo answered to either the name Of
Black or Lewis. The ,lored runner for
the shipping master who placed B aci
among tho pungy's crow and who gave
the tip to the police was aboard TIC Ivan.
hoe and identified the man as William
Black.
rho Ivanhoe arrived at the foot of
Broadway at three clock yesterday after
noon Black was taken to tho Eastern
Police Station to await the action Of the
Hartford county authorities. News Of his
arrest spread through the Eastern section
of the city, and George p. Cole, Il resident
of A bardeen, who went to school with
Miss Bradford heard OF the mans cap.
turc and called aG tho police station and
identified the prisoner as VIM. ID. Black,
OF Abderde0n.
Black made tho following statement:
~ do not know why i am arrested [
left Paradise, two miles from Aberdeen,
three weeks ago / lived for two weeks
with man named Brown-I do not know
his first nnmo-who has a hut near Bay
view Asylum and makes his living chop
ping wood. Last Thursday ! went dredg-
ing, rs l do every winter l did not out
rage Miss Bradford, ana do not even know
her"
lie sh owed ths initials W. d. d. in In
dia ink on his right forearm. Black has
n scratch on tho right cheek bone. HIS
attention WAS oallod to il, but ho said he
did not know it was on his fuco. Black
state, hat hc Is tSenty.Tour years old
IIc Is u small man, with II copper coiorod
skin. Ho has thick lips and broad nose
with a small black moustnche, small durs
eyes and short kinl hair.
William Black, hut the papers OF tho Olive
Handy show he signed as William Lewis.
As black was being placed in his cell he
said to Patrolman Roch9rford: | guess l
will got o fair trial"
A reward Of $500 hes bOen offered for his
capture.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.