The Washington times., 1905-10-16

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On the charge CT being an accompiice
to the fact in the death Of Emma Small
wood. warrant has been issued for
Mrs. Amanda Mackail. a sister of Win
field Scott Hancock She has not been
arrested as yet, and It Is stated that the
warrant will not be served until after
she testifies before the coroners jury
this afternoon.
Col John Hancock. father OF the &C.
cused. is heart-broken, and the friends
or the family are fearful that the shock
may prove fatal to him. Concerning his
sons arrest. he vows that if his SON u
guilty he must suffer
Mother Defends Them.
The mother is differenr. She stoutIy
claims with all signs OF q mothers love
and confidence that neither the son nor
the daughter has any knowledge of the
Woman's whereabouts during the time
Emma Smallwood is alleged to have
Deen absent from the Hancock home
Inc woman came here to die she
saio. and l am sure this VIII all come
rlsnt when the case is finally settled
NIhneio Scott Hancock. charged with
"il1uiiy and feloniously numbering En-
ma Smaliwood on or about October IL
isee' oy committing an Illegal operation
on the victim, from which she died. was
locked up In the HyattsviIle tail vester-
day morning by Constable Garrison
The warrant was sworn out for his ar
rest Saturday night on evidence adduced
by Garrison
Hancock Nervous
Hancock refused to talk On, tHe s1,r,
1ect- Today. for the first time, he be-
trayed nervousness. His face was
drawn, and sitting or a stool In the
jail, with his head bowed, he presented
pitifuI appearance.
Mrs. Mackan knows more about
the affair than she has told" is what
the majority OF the people of that ordt-
narily quiet suburb say.
All day yesterday and up to a late
hour last night a score of citizens OF
1yattsville, the coroner, members OF
the jury, town authorities. and a eroup
OF reporters. were collecting evidence
OF where and when the victim of the
plain crime had died In a woodshsd
some distance from the Hancock house
= Wad OF cotton which gave evidence of
having been besmattered with blood
was found This bit OF evidence was the
most sensational development of yes
terday's long search
Stained Mattress.
A mattress. said to have been the one
that was on the bed when the Small
wood woman was first seen by outsiders
after her death had been reported ON
Thursday night. showed signs OF stains.
The carpet under the bed in the room
where the victim lay dead looked as If
| it had been saturated with blood
On this and some addiriOnal evidoDoo
the warrant was issued last night by
Coroner Carr for the arrest OF Mrs.
Mackall.
II was said last night, on the best of
| authority. that Hancock had approached
one OF the eolored men in his fathers
employ. either on Tuesday or Wednesday
OF last week. and offered the man 3
sum of money to bury the body. The
colored man is said TO have rsfussd =
! take a hand in the case. He has been
summoned TO appear before the coron-
er's jury tonight.
Have Woman's Clothes.
The shoes and part OF the clothing
the woman is supposed to have worn
when the Hancocks claim she returned
to their home Thursday night. have been
turned over to the Coroner and win
be exhibited in court tonight.
In the testimony that was adduced
last Friday night from one witness.
whose name is held secret. ii was
proved that Hancock and the SMALL
wood woman were very friendly and
that they were seen together in obscure
places frequently The witness. it is
said. stated that they were seen drink
ing together. Last Friday they visited
a ladies furnishing store in Washing-
ton and purchased about So worth OF
goods.
The jury will re-convene at Z o'clock
tonight 1t is expected that some
startling developments will be an
nounced.
Coroner Talks.
Coroner Carr feels hurt by complaints
OF the secret session or the jury Friday
night. Today he said:
When this thing is ready to be made
public. il Will be seen that | acted right.
There was nothing adduced at thnt ses-
sion that we could give out, and YOU
will see the reason why. One thing.
however. 1 Will say that may be of in
terest Is that I was from the beginning
in favor OF putting the best detectives
obtainable Oh the case. but that motion
was oVerruied. / think we will eyent--
al-v do it. however. The case warrants