Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-17
HARD TO LET GO.

resulting from the Quinnemont murder
Five companies of militia are on the
scene. At Hinton crowd of 1910 gather
ed at the station to meet Officer Duke
OF the c. & o. railroad when he brought
in Thomas Raymond. captured in the
mountains, and charged with the mur-
der. The mob uncoupled the coach re-
peatedly, and several shots were fired.
Thirty officers were in the coach with the
accused negro and fought back the crowd
for several hours, number OF persons
being injured.
A report states at 10 o'clock this morn
ing Raymond was secretly returned to
Hinton and Gov. Glasscock today sent
100 soldiers there, with two gatling
guns. All saloons in Summers and Fay
ette counties have been ordered closed.
Allies was employed by the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad and fellow-trainmen
refused to run the special train from
Hinton to Charleston TO take the negro
to safety.
At 1890 today three companies OF mill
tia had been ordered to stand in readi-
ness at Huntington to rush to Hinton,
as the crowd Is reported to be growing
more desperate.
Washington Police After Suspect.
The local police are endeavoring to find
a colored man who applied at Providence
Hospital about o'clock Monday night
for the treatment of an injury to his foot.
The man gave his name as ]. Halton, and
said he lived at 3O6 I'd street southeast.
but no colOred persons live at that ad-
dress and the police naturally believe the
giving of fictitious address indicates
that the injured man feared the law.
Halton as the patient gave his name,
tallies with the description received from
Deputy Sheriff Payne Monday night OF
the man who was thought to have come
to this city from Hinton. He said he
was a fireman.; that he was born in
Michigan. and that the injury to his foot
was caused by burn. Surgeons at the
hospital thought the wound may possibly
have been made by bullet.
Detective O'Brien was sent TO the hos
pital last night by Inspector Boardman.
The surgeons who dressed the wound
said they were not positive that the
wound was the result OF burn. Ii may
have been bullet wound, they said.
They discovered there was a hole in the
shoe Of the colored man. They also said
the wound might have been received
two or three days before the negro called
to have II dressed.
Fails to Return to Hospital.
The surgeons told the police that the
man was to have returned to the hospital
yesterday morning at o'clock, but he
failed to materialize. Inspector Board
man was so much impressed by the Incl
dent that he sent a message to all the
precincts last night directing that special
efforts be made to apprehend the sus-
pect.
In the message received from Hinton
Monday night il was stated that the
deputy sheriff had good reason to be-
Iieye the murderer had come to this city.
II is the presumption that the man re-
ferred to in the message was seen to
board an eastbound train at Hinton early
Monday morning.
At that time lit was not know the crime
had been committed. The message also
contained the statement that the fugitive
was probably suffering from an injury,
bloodstains near the scene of the crime
indicating he had received a wound.
Halton was suffering from wound Of
the right foot, and his wearing apparel
and complexion tally with the information
the police received regarding the fugitive
from Deputy Sheriff Payne. He appeared
at the local hospital about O'Clock Mon
day night. two hours after the arrival of
a Chesapeake and Ohio train from Hin
ron and il is stated ne could have reached
Hinton from Quinnemont, the scene of
the crime, in time to have boarded the
GA astbound train to come to this city.
Detectives and uniformed policemen are
endeayorfng to locate the man who was
treated at the hospital. He may still be
in the city, the police say. although If he
really is the man who Is wanted in West
Virginia they regard 1t as probable that
he has sought a hiding place elsewhere.