Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-28

The next three families to be muir
dered have been told In this paper
Schroeder. Davis and Rudd.
The case has become more myste-
rious Who was the woman n
browns house that night? No one
familiar with the case d|nbfs thar
Browns house was the meeting plac"
OF those who took part in tn" crime,
but the third woman in the case is
surprise. Mamie taylor and Annie
TAYLOR wives OF lshman and Joe Tay-
lor. are known TO nave some guilty
knowledge of the murder. hut until
the testimony OF Maggl" brown WAS
given no one thought OF Il third wo-
man. No or knows how far the
plot extended.
Where Spells Went Unknown.
Not a person living today except
Ishman Taylor. can tell None can
know bul him. who got the sroils OF
this crime or other crimes. lshman
Taylor was the leader OF the william.
ious aggregation and the man who
told them what the members should
do He made John Brown. when
John Brown was Old enough to be his
father. hclJ Il COMM; the most dia'
bolical crime in the history of the
State. and he made Stephaney John
sen. Young enough TO he his son. do
the same.
Brouoht to henrico Jail
I,I,, AND William BRAUN fntbnr an 4
son. condemned in Powhatan county
to The electric chair April )" for the
murder OF Mrs. Mary f.. Skipwith and
Walter G. johnson in that county. and
the turning Of Mrs. Skipwith'~ home.
Southeast" were Thought to tn"
Henrico county Jail ;his morning b.
Deputies TrayiOr md Burch. wher"
tn,y will remain Until hey are ia
ken to the state p'&itrntiary for exc
cution. Both negroes seem TO be In
n tranquil frame Of mind this morn
ing End showed non" OF the nervous
ncsy which is sal. to hav" taken hold
e them when thu H.cr" sentenced.
They will be ken; n tn" Henrico jail
uL:il SOM zine elsa April |. when
the, Will 90 to tn, r"niten,iary.
I. n,arkahlc faIt stated this morn
in. | : William Sim,.Son. a farmer liv-
| ing ear lie SkipW itn farm on which
BLOWN ';>ed ell his GAYS. showed that
all his life John brown has been Il
man of most beastly and unusual spp",
tito. absolutely withnu, feeling or kind
ness and without the slightest con
ccption of affection. as is Illustrated
b. the following incidents:
Fond Of Hog Killing.
"Whcncver he heard there would b"
| hog killing on the farms near his
home" said Mr.. Simpson, brown
made il his business 10 90 to the place
and be there when the hogs were Kill
ed. When a hogs throat had been
cut. as il staggered from the butcher $
hands Brown would rush forward and
I holding the animal with both hands,
would pply his month TO the wound
and drink the hogs blood. TIL" warm
blood. drunken as DraCnla would drink
| the blood OF a human. seemed to have
| the same effect on Brown as the hu
| man Flood had on rhc vampire. and
when he had gorged himself he seem
| ed to be intoxicated AMI sOdden to the
extent that he could hardly move
| around
Mr.. Simpson. who is IA reputable
| farmer living near the Skipwith farm
stated that he had seen Brown Grlnf
at least half gallon of hogs BLOOD
| in a morning and had seen him dc
the thing a dozen times. 1t Is wei
| known fact in the vicinity in which
Brown lives. although It was not
thought necessary 10 bring it out in
| the trial
| In Appearance Brown il not an I'M
usual negro although it Is said that
his brain planned the whole conspir
acy to murder and turn the old SKIP
| with home.