Evening journal., 1905-09-14
ALLEGED SLAYER
OF AGED FARMER
IS UNDER ARREST
Negro With Blood-stained
Hands Captured in West
Philadelphia
ASKED THE Policeman
THE ROAD TO WILMINGTON
Special to Tho Evening Journal

Special TO The Evening Journal
Philadelphia, Sept. 1l-A negro. answers
ing the description OF the fugitive farm
hand who is suspected OF killing John w.
Carter. a farmer OF ELAN near Brandy
wine Summit. Delaware county, Pa, was
arrested In West Philadelphia early this
morning. He is now being held to await
the arrival Of the Delaware county au-
thorities for Identification.
Carter was found with his head crushed
In early yesterday morning in his farm
yard. He was lying in one OF his market
wagons. having evidently been thrown
there by his assailant. Robbery was tho
motive for the dastardly crime. as a roll
Of bills amounting to about 800, which he
was knows to have had in his possession,
was missing.
A colorod farm hand, engaged by Car
ter on Monday was at once suspected OF
having committed the murder, and good
description OF the man was teiegraphedl
to the police Of this and neighboring
cities
SUSPECT UNDER ARREST.
AZ $50 O'Clock this morning. as Police
man sahlonder OF the Thirty-seventh and
Spruce streets station. was reporting from
the call box az rhirty-second and Io-
Gust streets. he was approached by coll
ored man who asked to be directed to tho
best road leading TO Wilmington.
Il just walked IN on the railroad" ex-
planned tho negro 'and I'm lost. ia lilSc
TO go back 20 wilmington. but don't
know which road TO take. Can you tell
me which way 20 gor'
Policeman Sahlender looked tho man
over carefully and came to the conclusion
that he bore a striking resemblance to
the negro described as Carters murderer
SO instead OF directing him 20 the VIII
mlngton road. tho officer took the negro
TO the station house. where he was at
once ushered into the presence of Lieu
tenant Ward and Special Oncers Madden
| and Mcdowell.
BLOOD-srAINED HANDS.
T whats your nameT' asked Lieutenant
j Ward. after he had taken the negro's
i. measure.
|. john white" came the reply in sulIen
a tones.
.s ''lyhere do you como fromY"
1 .'Sviimineton. but also worked at
N Brandywine Springs and other places"
Lets look you over" remarked one OF
the special officers. and with that they
began TO closer examine the man and his
+ garments At once the attention OF the
r. police was directed to a number Of dark
q. stains on tho negro's hands. A close in
spoction revealed them TO be bloodstains-
q Similar blotches were found on the mans
shoes and pants.
Asked how tho stains got there, the
negro replied that he had cut himself
, while shaving. Pressed for a further ex-
! planation. he said that he had cut on his
q beard yesterday with a duh razor. and
/. had gashed himself several times
y SLAYER WORE BEARD.
s The statement that he had cut of his
beard further impressed the police, as It Is
known that the man who killed Carter
wore a struggling beard. Asked about his
II movements yesterday and Tuesday tho
b negro gave conflicting answers, and the
Y. police finally decided to arraign him be-
e fore Magistrate Harris in order to make
r his detention legal.
l. He was charged with vagrancy and sen-
e tenoed to five days in the county prison..
A. The prisoner was then taken TO tho City
Han. and County Detective Berry, of
Chester was notified 10 come here TO SEQ
If he can Identify White.
he The suspect is about 80 years old. OF
le stocky build. and has a head shaped ike
an egg.
ANOTHER SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.
The attention Of Policeman Mulholiand,
=, Of the Second and Christian streets sta
/, tion. was attracted at an early hour this
morning to the action Of a colored mans
who was wandering around the neghbor-
b, hood OF Second and South streets. He
- approached and found that the man was
D under the influence Of liquor Upon ques-
10 tionlng him he gave his name as Corne-
Al Illus Wynne. and said that he had come
from Chester yesterday afternoon. COW
erlng the entire distance on foot.
. As he answered the description given
Of the colored man who is accused OF hav-
Of ing murdered Mr.. Carter he was locked
ct up pending an investigation.
NJ WEST CHEsTER's SUSPECT.
It. Special 10 The Evening Journal.
e- West Chester. Sept. 1.-THE negro giv-
ing the name of Steward Queen who was
arrested on a West Chester trolley car at
Ilanrch last night. by Philadelphia de-
oe tectives. and lodged in jail, and is being
as held on the suspicion Of having killed
nd John W. Carter the Concord farmer, was
ed taken to police headquarters, where he
ed was put through a stin examination by
. Chief Of Police Jefferies.
The negro seemed TO be badly scared.
and he gave many conflicting statements.
d. He was able to account for all his move
st ments except on the night that Carter
was murdered. When asked what he was
. doing Tuesday night, he stammered and
gave a very rambling account Of himself.
=. Chief Jefferies is OF the opinion that the
~ negro was engaged in some mischief on
~ that night from which he is trying to
n screen himself.
In some respects the negro answers 10
. the description OF Howard Collins, the
e. man suspected Of Carriers murder. He
claims that he was on his way to Coates
VILE TO look for work when he was picked
n up There is a colony OF Southern negroes
'27 at Coatesvine and Chief Jefferles thinks
TO the suspect may be one Of them. He VIII
put the negro through another rigid ex-
animation this afternoon.