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he had witnesses who would give s'sur-
prisfng testimony. and he had been prom
tsed some interesting information.
The latest Information received by the
and. 1t Is thought, the possible clue fur
nished by them may be the means of SOW
ing the mystery.
Brothers and sisters of Miss Smallwood
there again this morning. They are deeply
interested In the investigation
r. II. Vincent. one of the jurymen. was
denied admittance to the jury room this
morning because he was not recognized by
the man on duty at the door. He took the
refusal good-naturedly and was given three
rousing cheers by the dozen or more re-
porters who were on the outside.
1t was stated this afternoon that VIM
field Scott hancock had made additional
statements to Constable Garrison and that
they may be Of interest when told to the
jury.
Conveyed to Marlboro.
winfield Scott Hancock. who occupied
a cell at the ninth precinct police station
last night, where he was Brought for
safe keeping. was delivered over to Con-
stables Middleton and Harrison by Lieut..
Daley soon after O'Clock this morning
The Maryland officers announced that
they were going to take the accused man
TO the marlboro jail.
Enlivened by Personal Encounters.
An exciting election night demonstration
would have been tame affair compared
with what happened in Hyattsville last
night A continuation of the hearing of
the witnesses in the inquest held to deter
mine. IL possible, who caused the death of
Emma Smallwood was scheduled butts a
-for-atl fight took place instead and
a mid 10 a roc
of more than one man. DR.. Charles A.
Wells, the mayor; Attorney Robert w.
Wells, son of the mayor, and counsel for
Winfield Scott Hancock, and Louis o. Wiss-
man, a member of the jury, were the prin-
cipals in the affair.
Two personal encounters occurred and
were tine result of the action of the juror
in trying to enforce the decision reached
last week to conduct the hearing. behind
closed DOORS At the time the invesdga.
ton started last Friday the defendant, Han
cock, was not under arrest, and 1t was
therefore not necessary that counsel should
be employed. AS soon as he had been
placed under arrest, however, Attorney
Wells was employed to look after his In
terests. He was not In HyattSville at the
time the hearing was begun and was sur
prised to learn that Magistrate Carr and
the members of the jury were engaged In
private inquiry. 1t was matter In which
he thought the public had an interest
His employment as counsel In the case
did not cause him to change his mind in
respect of the nature of the hearing and
last night when he reached the town he
was prepared to request that newspaper re-
porters, friends of the accused and others
be permitted In the room. AS matter of
accommodation he consented that the hear
ing should take place in his office, as the
office at Gasch's undertaking establishment
was not large enough to accommodate the
jury and witnesses. Reaching the office
building a short time before the assembling
Of the jury the attorney opened the front
door leading to the hall and was about to
enter when Juror Wssman, who is the
town inspector, attempted to close the door.
"You can't come in here" the juror told
him
ITS my Office said the attorney 'and
I will come in