Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
DEATH RESULT OF ROW
LOUIS HOGAN, CoLoRED, THE VIC
TIM OF ASSAULT.
Three White Men Arrested, Given Pre-.
uminary Examination and Lodged
in Marlboro Jail.

far from the saloon conducted by the Nc
Neys at the cross roads. and in whose en-
ploy the dead youth was. Immediately fol-
lowing the crime the participants in the
affair ned. Officers of the county were
in pursuit Of them all the night and yes
terday morning about o'clock Charles r.
Osterman. a member of the Washington
police force attached to No. 6 station, took
into custody the three men who were later
held by the coroners jury as having know
ledge Of the crime. These men are Ernest
Allen. Joseph Sansbury and Jesse Sans
bury. all white. who reside with their peo-
pie In small habitations near the District
line not far from Congress Heights.
Officer Osterman. who was at his home
near the District line on sick leave, was
requested by the law onncials Of tho county
to aid them in pursuing the alleged GRIM
inals After being given description of
the men suspected the officer had but little
difficulty in tracing them to their respec-
tive abodes. and he soon placed them in
the custody of tho Maryland authorities.
Osterman. Constable John H. Webster and
Deputy James Grimes accompanied the
prisoners through the woods to Oxon Hill,
where coroners jury sat the greater part
OF yesterday in hearing evidence the out
come being the holding Of the three sus-
poets referred to for the October term of
the court at Marlboro.
Great Excitement Results.
The tragedy aroused residents of Oxon
Hill district particularly the colored citi-
zens. to higher pitch Of excitement than
has any occurrence in years. No violence
was attempted. however. Nevertheless, the
sentiment was freely expressed by the col
ored men that The prisoners had better
be taken away from here before night"
ana so the officers concluded to act upon
the suggestion.
There is general evidence among those
residents OF Oxon Hill who were acquainted
with Louis Hogan to show that he was re-
garded as an inoffensive youth and one
who was never known to have been In any
trouble. His father lives at Oxon Hill
village and his mother resides at zoos LOU
doun place southeast
Young Hogan had been in the employ of
the Moneys for a month. Saturday night
george Hatton. colored citizen of Oxen
Till gave musical entertainment in
grove on Oxen Hill road, and a company
OF negroes assembled to attend 1t was
while the crowd was in the act of passing
up the road to the place Of entertainment
that they came In clash with the white
men, who were coming the other way, with
the result stated.
Different stories concerning the killing
have been told. one of them being that the
Sanspurys have had bad feeling toward
the Moneys. and toward any one known to
be In their employ for several months as
the outcome of some difficulty in the saloon
in which Benoni Sansbury. the elder, SO it
40 oAS6COb ~oS WOIStcO, anu III WHICH, IL lS
claimed. pistol was used. One theory is
that the Sansburys and their friends, recog-
nizing Hogan as being employed by the
Moneys, singled him out of the crowd of
Rocks and stones Of all kinds were freely
used, some Of the missiles striking houses
IN the neighborhood with terrific force,
but the battle was suddenly ended by the
cry: They've killed Hogan"
Hogan had in the meantime fallen in a
ditch. from where he was dragged dead.
His body. 1t developed later had the ap-
pearance of having been stamped upon in
an outrageous manner. DR.. c. H. Parker
of Oxen Hill pronounced him dead. Fol-
lowing the discovery that some one had
been killed there was a general fleeing of
all who had taken part in the fight. The
officers of the county took up the trail. as
stated, while Magistrate Waring and other
citizens prepared for the holding of an
inquest.
Jury Impaneled.
When the prisoners were taken to the
scene of the crime by officers Osterman
Webster and Grimes the following jury was
impaneled by Judge Roberts: s. s.
Adams foreman; John Washington, Harry
w. McKim. Guy Grimes. John D. Locker
Hugh Thompson. ]. Alfred Butler, John c.
Burrows, E. May, tr.: silas Talbert and
William Brown. OF these Washington,
Locker. Thompson, Butler and Brown are
colored.
The inquest was held in an unoccupied
house to where the body had been removed
DR.. Parker described to the jury the in
juries that had caused death, he having
made an autopsy. The intestines and gen.
eral appearance Of the interior of the alb
domen indicated that Hogan had been
struck with large missile at that point
and had been stamped upon as well. The
principal wounds were at this point.
The other witnesses examined were John
Money. Edward Money. ST.: Morris Cox
Dean. Lemuel Jennifer. Robert Thompson.
John A. Baden. Thomas r. Money. John
H. Webster. William Proctor. Harvey Tai
bolt. Miss Addie Sansbury, George Allen.
general statements of the witnesses as to
the meeting of the two bodies Of men in
the roadway agreed. as did their state
ments as to who threw the rocks. Some of
them saw Hogan fall.
Miss Addie Sansbury, daughter of WILL
lam Sansbury who works at Giesboro' and
lives in Oxon Hill, stated she was walking
along the road with Joseph Sansbury just
before the attack began. She ran to her
home, nearby, when the tumult assumed
dangerous proportions.
The prisoners were brought forward and
examined. They admitted having taken
part in the fracas, but only as a matter of
self-defense, they said. and denied throw
ing any missiles. 1t was their claim that
they had been accosted by the negroes
while passing along the roadway with Miss
Sansbury.
Jury's Decision Quickly Reached.
It required but few minutes on the part
of the jury to bring in a verdict holding
the three men named. They were later
placed in a wagon, and accompanied by
Constable Webster and others, were re-
moved to jail at Marlboro. Robert Proc
tor. Amos Dean and Robert Busch, the last
named colored, were held in nominal bond
as witnesses. The action Of the jury was
evidently pleasing to both white and colored
residents.
The prisoners took their arrest coolly.
Allen whose mother Is a sister of Benoni
Sansbury the father of Joseph Sansbury,
Is about twenty-one years old. His father 1
was killed on Congress Heights several
years ago by another man. Jesse Sans
bury is twenty-four years old, and his
mother Is Mrs Annie Sansbury. Joseph
Sansbury Is twenty-six. When arrested
their clothing bore evidence Of the owners
journey through woods. mud and water.
They were arrested at Ernest Aliens house.
All three are unmarried
The body Of the dead youth was removed
last evening by his people from the inquest
room. It was delivered to Undertaken
George H. Mason Of Hillsdale for burial,