The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-12-30

Last week THE UNION gave in brief the par
ticulars of the brutal murder, between II and
IL O'Clock on Thursday night, of Frederick T.
Rinehart. keeper of the toll-gate on the Du-
lany's Valley turnpike, about two miles north
of Towson. The facts of the crime are sub
stantially thessame.as already related in these
. columns.
The perpetrators are two worthless negroes
Isaac H. Purviance and William Purviance,
uncle and nephew, better known as Wipder-
who, although natives of Baltimore county
and entirely familiar with the section of coun-
try in which they committed the crime, are
residents of Baltimore city. 1t appears that
they had been paying visits to the county and
perpetrating thefts of various kinds and ter
rorizing the people of several communities.
These men, who mostly travelled together,
planned to rob the gate house on Thursday
night and went there about IL O'Clock with
that object in view. What then occurred has
already been told. Mr.. Rinehart received a
death wound in the struggle that ensued,
while he shot one of his assallants, but did
not seriously wound him. After perpetrating
the crime the men evidently became fright
ened and made off as rapidly as possible
towards their home in Baltimore. The next
morning the one that was shot went to hos
pital in the city to have his wound dressed.
He told the surgeons at the hospital that he
was handling pistol and that he accidently
shot himself. The police learned later in the
day, after the news of the murder had reached
the city, that negro had a wound dressed at
certain hospital They went there and got the
name and address of William Winder They
went to his home on Hunter alley and ar
rested him.
They did not experience any trouble in get
ting confession from William. He said he
had been at the tOll-gate the night before, adj
mitted that he had struck Rinehart with club,
but said Isaac Winder was the man who did
the shooting. The police also learned from
William that Isaac had gone back to the coun-
try. They at once secured teams and started
in pursuit They traced their man to the farm
of Mr.. Thomas V. Richardson, near Phoenix,
and were not long, after reaching there, in
finding him hid in hay NOW: He had
female relative employed at Mr.. Richardson's
and went there hoping that she might help to
conceal him, but she refused. He did not re-
sist arrest and admitted that he had been con-
cerned in the crime. He was taken to Balti-
more and confronted with his nephew, Each
accused the other of doing the shooting, but
admitted that they were at the place together
and that they committed the crime. They are
now in the city Jail.
PROMPT ACTION BY THE COURT.
Judges Burke and Duncan met on Saturday
morning and, having ascertained that the
they decided that prompt action should be
taken looking to the trial of the accused and
that it would be inexpedient TO delay an in
vestigation until the assembling of the March
term grand jury. Hence they ordered that
the December term grand jury be reconvened
on Tuesday, January, I'd, 1906, for the special
purpose of taking up the case.
VERDICT OF THE coRoNER's JURY.
fThe coroner's jury, summoned by Justice
Herbert, which adjourned to Tuesday morn
ing, met in the Court House that day. AT
ter hearing the testimony of Mr.. John G.
Schmidt, Patrolman German, Ben Edwards,
colored, and several others rendered the follow
ing verdict
Frederick T. Rinehart was killed by means
of pistol fired by Isaac Winder and William
Winder both colored and we further find
that said killing was a willful, deliberate and
felonious murder, and that said Isaac Winder
and William Winder be held upon said charge
for the action of the Circuit Court for Balti-
more county"