Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1911-12-27
COMMISSIONERS TO ACT
Order to be Passed Today Pro-
viding for Watchman at Brook
lyn Lookup Hereafter.
JURY MEETS TOMORROW.
Interest in the Tyler Murder Case Over
Shadowed by That in What the
Jury Will do About Lynchinp.

Although the grand jury will meet
tomorrow and the lynching of King
johnson, who was taken from the
Brooklyn lookup on Sunday night and
shot to death by mob, will be pre-
sented to the members for considera-
tion and action, just what witnesses
will 60 before the inquest to tell of
the thing is not known here today.
States Attorney n. H. Green this
morning said that he had nothing at
all to give out about the case or what
was being done toward the action of
the members of the mob that took
johnson out of the unguarded lookup.
He added that while he at present
had no list of witnesses to send before
the jury, he hopes to have a list bv
the time the jury is ready to take
up the case.
Asked if he would request the Coun-
ty Commissioners to authorize the en-
ployment of detectives, Mr.. Green's
reply was that if he were going to
send detective to work on the case,
he would surely not handicap the
gathering of evidence by making
public announcement ahead of time.
While Mr.. Green declines to state
whether he already has or will get de-
tectives to work on the case. the
impression prevails here that this
will be done.
He and Sheriff T. C. Beasley held
4 long consultation with members
of the Board of County Commission
ers this morning. One result of this
conference is that the Commissioners
will during the day pass an order
providing for the employment of
watchman in the Brooklyn lookup at
east on the nights when there are
prisoners confined in the building.
Governor Crothers was asked this
morning if the county had asked him
to detail State detectives on the case.
He replied that the State had no
right to interfere, and had no detec-
tives to tender. However, he inti-
mated that he was satisfied with the
work that is being done by the local
authorities.
Judge Brashears had nothing to
say further than that he had been in
consultation with the Governor, who
seems very much interested in the
matter, and that he would lay stress
upon the outbreak of mob law in his
charge to the grand jury when that
body comes before i'm tomorrow.
While the present situation would
indicate that unless detectives are
employed and some evidence picked up
about Brooklyn, the whole case will
hinge on his testimony, Chase, the col
ored witness of the murder of Schwab,
and who occupied the cell next to
that from which Johnson was taken
to be lynched, still maintains that
he heard nothing and knew nothing
of what went on in the lookup.
Chase is now prisoner in the Anne
Arundel county Jail here, and has been
seen number of times by States
Attorney Green since he was brought
here on Monday for safe keeping.
Sheriff Beasley this morning showed
considerable feeling over the fact
that it did not seem understood that
the Brooklyn lookup and the county
jail are different places, and that he
has absolutely no jurisdiction over
the latter, which is controlled by
the County Commissioners through
their appointee, Chief of Police lr-
win, of Brooklyn.
The trip to Brooklyn yesterday of
States Attorney Green and Sheriff
Beasley did not develop much that
gives anything on which to work when
the grand jury meets. If Mr.. Green
has anything on which to base indict-
ments he is keeping livery close. The
indications are that when the jury
meets tomorrow it will Immediately
take up the case of Albert Tyler, and
after examining witnesses, return ar
indictment charging Tyler with the
murder of his wife, and son-in-law.
With this matter, for which they were
originally called together, disposed
of, the members of the jury will be
forced to take recess until tangi
BILE evidence is gathered to present
them unless list of witnesses is gath
cred by the time the Tyler case i,
/ disposed of