Evening journal., 1909-07-28
WILSON SAYS
he SHOT BOON
Full Confession to Cecil Au-
thOritieS, Tells Details Of
Attack on R. R. Detective

ELKToN. Nd, July 2s-Robert will
son. alias Norfolk Bob" one Of the
four negroes arrested and lodged in
the Cecil county Jail here. charged
with numbering Special Railroad DE-
tective Harry II. Boon, at Perryville.
on the night Of June 30 last. Is said
TO have made a ful confession Of the
crime, taking the blame for the affair
upon himself and exoneratinR the
three other negroes (Elmer Johnson,
Hartford upshur and Charles SMITH
who were in the gang.
He is said to have given States xt-
torney Constable. Detective German
and Deputy Sheriff McAilister. in ths
presence OF John ]. Hartnett. the court
stenographer. who took down his
statement, fun account Of his doings
IS hours prior 10 the murder and mp
TO the time he was arrested IN Baiti-
more and brought TO the Jail here. He
denied, however, that he robbed the Of
/ hcer after he shot him. notwithstand-
ing Hartford Upshur one OF the gang,
says he saw him do g. The 32-caiibre
l revolver found on Wilson. he says. he
got from a friend at Seaford. Del. The
officers believe the weapon was that Of
| detective Boon. and Detective German
ltaeys that he has man at PerryVnle
who was intimately acquainted will
Boom and who had several times fiiee
on the weapon. who will swear thai
the pistol of that OF the dead oficer.
All the negroes arrested for the crime
we're given a sweating yesterday af-
ternoon and they all stated that Wn-
son was the man who shot Boon. VIII
son will be tried at the September term
of court.
Wilson'S statement is said to be as
follows:
II don't want anybody else punish
ed for a crime of mine. / am the one
that did IT," He then said that he and
the other three negroes boarded a
freight at Baltimore, riding to Princi-
pio and then walking back to Perry
Vile. Continuing he said;
when Detective Boon and the other
man came up to where we were. they
said. What train are you going on?
We said. We want TO catch an up
train He didn't say anything. but
pulled out q gun and then said, 'All
YOU march down in front of me TO the
station. Everybody ran but me. iIa
shok twice and I shot He shot the
third time. but / think he was hit
when he shot the third time slot
the gun from upshur that night The
gun / had on me when I was arreDted
I got from a girl I'm East Baltimore.
4 fired as many times as there were
bullets I'm the revolver; don't know
exactly how many times. I ran as
soon as I was through shooting Heard
\ somebody hollering, 'Oh, CharlieH
did not go up to the wounded man; did
not take a pistol. blackjack or any
thing else away from him.
''The detective fired the first shot.
then pulled out my gun and fired.
was on my way 20 Philadelphia for the
purpose OF taking the Ericsson Limo
steamer back TO Baltimore. wanted
TO get in the craps games which are
always a big thing the last OF the
:, month. which is payday. got the.
gun I had on me when arrested from
VIII Jeffers. OF Seaford, Del
/, Wilson also stated that he and one
of the other members of the gang
walked across the new Baltimore and
Ohio bridge that night; that he walk
ed to Edgewood where he got on a
train and rode into Union station.