Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-22
ALL THINK DAVIS
GOT JUST DESERTS
People of Annapolis Approve
the Crime Because of the
Negroes Confession.
NO ACTION AT ALL LIKELY
1t is Not Thought That Any One Can
Be Found Who Will
Testify.
MRS. REID STILL VERY ILL
Took Trip to California to Try and
Overcome Nervous Terror-Hus-
band Fears She May Again
Suffer Nervous Collapse.
MRS. REID STILL VERY ILL


demnation of the action of the mob
in lynching the negro Davis is
heard. The sentiment of the en-
tire community seems to be with
the lynchers, and the opinion is ex-
pressed that it is very unlikely that
any one will be brought to account.
Great difficulty was experienced in
finding all undertaken to bury the
body. An investigation will be
started, but it is doubtful if any
one can be found to testify. Mrs.
Reid, the victim of Davis infamy,
is in an extremely nervous condi-
ton.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, December PA
mound Of clay and sand is all that marks
the resting place of what was left of Henry
Davis, alias Chambers, colored, who was
beaten, hanged and shot at an early hour
yesterday morning after he was forcibly
taken from the county Jail, as stated in a
dispatch to The Star yesterday. The mob
having accomplished its purpose the coro-
ner proceeded with the formalty of an
inquest. In this Formally he was assisted
by a jury of twelve men. Thomas Basil, a
respected business man, was foreman, and
George E. Woolley, ]. Oliver Martin, James
F. STANCE, j. L. Davis, w. r. Shields, Lewis
Martin. Paul A. Payne, L. L. Chichester,
]. T. McCarter, Charles A. Tindall and j.
T. Small, jr., members. There was no
lengthy deliberation by the jurors. nor
the hearing adjourned to give the sheriff
and constables opportunity to find
single one of the hundred and more
men who composed the mob or that the
testimony of an eyewitness might be heard.
Similar inquests had been held before. and
the citizens seemed satisfied with the YER
dict: THAT the deceased came to his death
at the hands of parties to this jury I'M
known by being hung by the neck and
shot after being taken from the Jail, where
he was confined charged with rape"
There is no official in the city who feels
that he was in any manner negligent, and
there is scarcely a person to be found who
does not justify the work of the mob.
I'VE are not lawbreaking community"
is heard on all sides, but Davis merited
just what he received
Made Full Confession
Davis had made a full confession of hav-
ing committed an assault upon Mrs. John
Reid, who lives near Iglehart, only
few miles from this city. She is sixty
years of age and although the assault
occurred week ago she is still confined to
her bed and her condition has not improved
materially since she had her frightful ex-
perience with the man. who had served
term of two years in the Maryland peni-
tertiary for a similar offcnse committed
upon the wife of colored man named
Adams in 1860 and not far from the spot
where Mrs. Reid was attacked last week.
I'm glad of it and l feel relieved" was
the comment of Mrs Reid yesterday morn
ing when she was informed of what had
been done by the mob.
And said her husband, I'm only sorry
for one thing, and that is that l was not
there to help the boys. l would have killed
him when my wife identified him last Fri
day, but somebody had taken my pistols,
The parents and other relatives of the VIC
tim of the mob who had lived not a great
distance from the scene of the assault upon
Mrs. Reid, were not in the city yesterday
to look after the body of Davis, but Mr..
Reid, the husband of the victim, was here.
Il came to see the face of that villain"
he said to Star reporter. Il have no doubt
about his identity; but it would be a source
of qualification If 1 could return home and
tell my wife that l have actually seen
him.
Mr.. Reid was disappointed, however, for
the body of Davis had been buried.
1t was too late for Mr.. Reid to gaze upon
the face of the man who had brought SO
much distress to his family. Mrs. Reid,
he stated, had suffered from a nervous af-
Fiction, and she had been home from Cali
fornia only about three weeks when she
was assaulted on the road and almost de-
prived of her life Now her nervous trou-
BILE has returned, and her husband fears
she will be in worse condition than she
was before she went away.
Mr.. Reid is a Scotchman by birth, and
he has been living in Anne Arundel county
for only about four years. For a number
of years he employed as a typesetter
on the Public Ledger in Philadelphia, af-
terward working in newspaper offices In
Baltimore. Four years ago his eyesight be-
gan to fail and he bought place at Igle-
hart, where he conducts a general mer-
chandise store. Speaking to a Star re-
porter yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Reid said
he frequently remarked that he feared
some trouble would occur in his section,
and his advice to his neighbors was that
they go armed.
But" he said, little did I think that
my family would be the first to suffer"
Seized From Behind.
Last Friday afternoon. he said, his wife
left home to drive to Annapolis, distance
of only four or five miles. and when not
more than one mile from her home and
while driving through deep cut. almost