Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-12-15
THE NEGRO STILL At LARGE.
Mrs. Reds ASsaiIant Makes Good His
Escape From Justice.
NO TRACE OF THE BRUTE HAS As YET
BEEN FOUND.
A DastardIy Assault On White Woman In
Broad DayIight-..Victim Is Said To
Be In a Very Serious
Condition.

Condition.
Although the search for the uniden-
tilted negro who yesterday afternoon
attempted criminal assault on Mrs.
John Reid, of this county At point
about three miles from Annapolis, was
resumed this morning by Sheriff
| I.inthieum and his deputies, as well
as the residents of the neighborhood,
no definite trace of him has been
| found.
| The descriptions of the assailant
are vague and rather unsatisfactory,
as the only persons who saw him
| were Mrs. Reid, and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Brice worthington, whose approach
| frightened the brute off. The latter
only saw his back as he made across
| the fields, and Mr.. Worthington, who
is in n weakened condition from a
| long illness, was incapable of taking
up the search and following the man
at once. On this account considerable
valuable time was lost in starting the
pursuit.
Mrs. Reid was reported this morning
| TO be recovering from the effects of her
| fearful experience, although she was
sadly battered during the rough hand
| ling he received. Talk of lynching
is prevalent in Annapolis today, and
even conservative citizens express the
hope that the negro may be disposed
of before he gets under the protection
of the law, provided that he may be
identified beyond any doubt.
The country surrounding the local
ity of the crime is not thickly settled
and means of communication are but
few For this reason the news of the
crime spread slowly. Many of the
countians coming TO Annapolis from
directly around the section were in
| ignorance of the occurrence. For
this reason the capture of the man
is frought with difficulty. The gen
eral supposition now is that he is in
hiding in the dense woods which ex-
tend for several miles from the scene
of the crime towards Chesterfield.
Sheriff Linthicum made two trips
out to Iglehart's this morning, and
the actual search through the sur
rounding country is in the hands OF
| one of his best deputies, RUBEN
Smallwood. A clew was hit upon late
| last night and n negro followed into
Annapolis, but satisfactory account
of him and his whereabouts during the
afternoon removed suspicion from
him. THE Annapolis police, under
Chief George Hahn, and County Con
stable James Small, who is possibly
better acquainted with the faces of
| the negro criminal classes than any
other man in the county, are keeping
a sharp lookout in the negro quarters
of Annapolis.
Mrs. Reid was on her way from
| Iglehart's, where her hubsand con-
I. ell 20. nj &c MI
assault occurred. 1t was learned
subsequently that stout colored man
about 20 years of age was seen to walk
down the road shortly afterwards.
| The roads at that point are hilly and
i soft and it is probable that Mrs.
Reid drove slowly and the man had
no difficulty in overtakingsh her. Mrs.
/ Reid is in a serious condition, but
| has been able to tell most of the in
4 cidents of the affair to Sheriff Linth-
icum and others.
q Mrs. Reid states that the man ac-
costed her and vilely insulted her.
She tried to drive away from him, but
he grabbed her and pulled her from
| the buggy. She fought him with the
buggy whip and in every manner pos
sible, but was dragged to the ground.
/ She was beaten about the face an d
breast and is now covered with bruises.
| The brute also tore away much of her
clothing and INFLICTED severe injuries
upon the lower part of her body.
Mrs. Reid continued to scream,
though threatened by the man, and
fortunately Mr.. Brice III. Worthing-
ton approached in buggy, accom-
panied by his wife. The man heard
the team approaching and left, leav-
ing his hat by the road. He went in
to the woods to the east Of the road
and in the direction of the village
of Chesterfield.
Mrs. Reid was taken TO her home and
her husband promptly telephoned to
Sheriff Joshua Linthicum. The Sheriff
summoned Deputy Rueben Smallwood
and the two drove to Iglehart's as soon
as possible. It is believed that the
negro is a stranger to this community.
None of the persons who saw the man
4 had seen him before and Mrs. Reid,
| who knows most Of the colored people
of the vicinity by sight by having
seen them around her husbands store,
does not think he belongs here.
The feeling of Indignation at the
crime seems to be shared by the color
ed population of the section. Several
colored persons who had seen the sus-
pected man before the commission OF
the crime, described him to the OIL
GERS of the law and colored women
were among the first to render assist
ance to Mrs. Reid when she arrived at
her home.
The last case of the sort took place
in 1891, when Ernest Forbes, young
colored man, assaulted a young white
| woman in the lower part of the
county. He was legally executed for
his. crime. The next crime of the
character previous to that was COM
mitted by a eolored man named
Syms, who was lynched about mile
and a-half from Annapolis.