The Washington times., 1909-10-23
DEATH SENTENCE
FATE Of NEGRO
No Mercy Expected for Man
Who Attacked Flor
ence Harvey.
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FOR Mrs. Lewis, and jnasmuch as he1
original description Of the negro who at
tackled her tailed with Ford, Captain
Daley was confident that the woman
would fix that crime on the prisoner.
Woman Confronts Prisoner.
without a word OF warning, Mrs.
Lewis slipped quietly into Captain
Daley's private room and confronted
the negro
stand up. Ford" commanded Captain
Daley, as he grasped the prisoner S
shoulders and wheeled him around Sc
as TO face Mrs. Lewis.
rs this the man who attacked you?'
he asked Mrs. Lewis.
He is not" replied Mrs. Lewis with
out a moments hesitation. NO, I am
positive he Is not. The man was larger
and heavier"
This satisfied the pcice that Ford
was not the man wanted for this Of
fense, and arrangements were quickly
made for his appearance in the Police
Court for preliminary hearing. He was
taken before Judge Kimbau at II o'clock,
and remanded to jail under S, 600 bail TO
await the action Of the Maryland au-
thorities.
Chooses Women as Prey.
The arrest OF Ford is hailed with sat
isfaction by the Washington police. who
are convinced that II will. for q time.
at least, put a stop TO rObber1es and
assaults in which women figure as the
victims Ford IS the type OF criminal
who chooses unprotected women as his
prey and. when possible. selects a lone
" spot to do his crime.
There Is no doubt that had Ford not
been brought into the District and
lcGEed in a strong station house cell, he
would have been strung up TO the near
est tree by the enraged Maryland far
mers, who gathered 70 capture him and
to avenge his crime Trembling with
fear and wholly unlike the bold negro
farmers daughter on the road near
LandoVers just eight miles from Wash
tngton, Ford this morning willingly
talked Of the assault He denied that
hehad intended TO mistreat Miss Harvey,
although the police who heard his story
think otherwise.
7 Thought I saw, some money in her
hand. and I wanted that. I wasn't go
Ing TO hurt her" the negro persisted in
saying. when Captain Daley demanded
why he had dragged the girl into a
clump OF bushes.
Girl Struggles Frantically.
Ford said he was on his way to see a
colored woman named Matte Smith. IN
LandOver. when he spied the white girl
ahead Of him. His attention was drawn
to some stamps and postal cards which
the girl carried in her right hand, and
which he assumed was money. Ford
ran up behind her and seized her. The
girl struggled fEantically in the negro 5
Erasp, and cried loudly for helm To
sti1le her cries, Ford put one hand over
the girl s mouth. and with the other at
tempted 10 choke her. BY mighty ef-
fort she succeeded in closing her teeth
IN the negrO's fingers. Whiles telling MS
story this morning Ford exhibited these
Eitten fingers. They were considera biy
swollen, showing the impTints Of Che
girls teeth, and indicating how deter
mined had been her fight TO beat of her
assailants attack.
Ford left his victim lying on the
ground when he heard the approach OF
two men, and then ran through the
woods and down the tracks OF the
Pennsylvaria railroad IN the direction
OF thls city. The news Of the assault
mad meantime spread through the coun-
tryside and was telephoned 10 all the
telegraph stations along the railroad
harvey J: Mills, watchman at the rail-
road toolhouse at KenilwOrth, D. c.,
and the first one to receive word of
the crime. Immediately telephoued to
Lieutenant EalVey at the Ninth pre-
clnct Aiming himself with a rife. Mr..
NILS, together with two railroad men,
waited Tor the incoming negro, and
When ne ran down the track was halted
ana arrested he was then turned
over 20 Sergeant Mccormick and Po-
nceman Strobel and taken to the Ninth
precinct.
Farmers Demand Ford.
Learning Of the negro's arrest, John
Swearer. OF LandOver, cousin of Miss
Harvey, whose home she has been vfs-
iting. together with seven other Mary
land farmers. came 70 the police sta
ton and requested that Ford be turned
over 70 them. II was their intention.
they said to take him to Landover, but
when Lieutenant Falvey assured them
that the negro was IN safe keeping
and would be dealt with legally the
eight farmers were satisfied and wenI
home. They came TO the station IN
armed. and although they displayed
considerable anger against the negro
they cooled down when they realized
that there was no possibility OF his es-
cape.
Ford has already served eight years
and two months In Columbus COhiol
penitentiary, where he was sentenced
20 thirteen years for robbing a house
near the Reform School, on Bladens-
burg road. IA 1893 He was born In
Prince Edward county, Va, and lived
with his sister Mrs. Liza King, at 225e
Ninth street northwest, he told the Do
nce this morning.