Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-02
AFTERMATH OF LYNcHINC CASE
Suspect Arrested And Subsequently
Released After Sweating Process.


While the police Of Brooklyn still
deny that any arrests have so far been
made in connection with the lynching
OF King Johnson, colored. which oc-
Cured early Christmas morning, il
was learned that a man was locked Up
Saturday afternoon and was later re-
leased.
However, neither Chief Irwin nor
any Of his men, when asked whether
or not the man had been arrested in
connection with the lynching affair,
would say anything more than that
he was locked up for acting in
disorderly manner. 1t is the general
belief of the residents of Brooklyn
that the man was locked up as a sus-
pect in the case and that after severe
sweating by the police was released,
as he could give no information which
might lead to the arrest of the guilty
party or parties.
/ Although Chief Irwin and his men
have run down every possible clue
which the anonymous letter received
by Justice John Potee contained in re-
gard to the lynching, the authorities
last night were just as far at sea as
/ to WHO were concerned in it as they
We're on the morning the deed was
Ncommitted. Each of the seven men
whose names were mentioned in the
! letter, which was mailed from Balti-
more, were questioned yesterday by
the chief, and in each case the person
seen by the head of the Brooklyn
| force denied having any knowledge of
the affair.
| Rev. Mr.. Malice, pastor of the indie
pendent Methodist Church of Brook
| Ign, who severely criticized the au-
thorities for not apprehending the
members of the mob on the night the
/ lynching was committed, was also
visited by Chief Irwin yesterday.
At first it was thought that the minis
ter would be summoned to appear be-
fore Justice Potee to tell the facts
which he knew relative to the case.
Following a lengthy conversation
with the clergyman, however, Chief
Irwin was satisfied that he did not
know anything that might lead to the
arrest of the person or persons i'm
plicated and therefore did not think
it advisable to have Rev. Malice sum-
moned.
Rev. Malice, when seen by repre-
sentative of the press late Satur-
day afternoon, reiterated his state
ment that the lynching rumor was
! spoken of by Mr.. Harry Tonga mem
! Der of his congregation on last Sun
day night
Ibid he tell YOU of it?" he was
asked.
"No," he replied. my wife over
heard the conversation, and did not
tell me anything of it until the follow
ing morning, after the deed had been
committed Monday night, however,
! | spoke to MIR. Long and he then told
me about what he had heard.
Mr.. Long said that while coming
home from Baltimore Christ mas Eve
well-dressed man, whom he had
never seen about Brooklyn, but whom
he thinks he can readily identify
| should he ever meet him again, was
| speaking of it on the car. Who the
man was, or where he was going at
the time, Mr.. Long does not know.
From what know the rumor of the
lynching was spread all through the
community, and do not see why the
police were not notified
81 do not think that the lynchers
were residents of Brooklyn, for neith-
er Schwab or Johnson was well
known in this section, and | do not
see, therefore, why any of the resi-
dents of Brooklyn should want to
get revenge. If | had any informa-
tion that would benefit the police
in any way. Iwould be glad to give
it to them.
Mr.. William c. Crane, of Anne
Arundel county, representing land
and fertilizer interests and presi-
dent of the Rock Creek and Marley
Telephone Company, said yesterday:
In my business in the upper end
of the county in the past few months
/ have met several responsible citi-
zens who have told me they were
offered jury duty presumably as a re-
ward for political activity, and at the
hands of the Democratic bosses in the
county.
Judge Brashears may think he is
right in denying Rev. Mr.. Craig's
charges, and / see by the paper
tldl lhe idlAST SSnIIeUdn mas incurred
his statements. If the grand jury,
now in session, will summon me, will
gladly give them the names of the
gentlemen who have reported to me
these jury duty facts, and they can
prove or disprove them if they will.
IF the proper official will per-
form their duties, as they are sworn
to do. our grand old county will has
tily redeem itself from the stigma it
rests under. Unless Brooklyn and
Curtis Bay can make better showing
from a governmental standpoint,
many of the best citizens of the other
end of the county would wish their
hasty annexation to Baltimore city. "
Admiral PORTER Injured.
Rear Admiral ViII;ar, d po+ta,