The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-02-18

On the evening of Ne. Years day.
William T Brown, a Young farmer.
was brutaIly murdered II hi home
about one mile north o Silver Run.
The crime was not discovered until
the next morning. Sunday. Suspicion
at once fell on Solomon sndler. = col
ored youth. whom Mr.. Brown had
taken from the Gheltenham House o.
Reformatio1 about two years ago II
work on his farm and about the
house. MH. Weant. The States Al
torney. was at once notified, aud with
Theodore +. Brown. Eel, acting a.
coroner. sent Immediately % the
thIeket to which Mr.. Browns bodY
had been dragged. and where 1t VIA
then lying. A Jury WIS empannelled
and viewed the body md Dr. Lewis
WeIzel made an external examination
and found that the skull had been
crushed II It's base on the left side.
The jury adjourned 10 meet On the
following Wednesday afternoon. and
Mr.. NeanI with his accustomed en-
ergy set into operation every posa=
ible means for the tracing of sndler.
On Monday morning. William l.
Seabrook VAS sworn In ~ States Al
toTney 10 succeed Mr.. NeanI. and
took charge of The eaHe, requesting
the Court 70 appoint the latter TO as
slat In the prosecution. BY wire and
telephone these gentlemen kept in
touch by day and by night for zeYeraI
days. in fact until the arrest waa
made. with the police departments Of
cities far and near. and through the
,.tt4 YunaHa ~ uHIHIsnaHa nd
and elsewhere gave accurate deHcrinz
tion of the man who was wanted. II
was soon learned thai sudler had
left the Brown farm about SIS o'clock
on Saturday evening and thai he had
stopped At Denton Yingling's. where
he was Joined In his flight by Truman
Williams. another cheltenham eolored
youth who worked for Mr.. YIngling
They were traced as having tonne b.
auto bus In Westminster. thence to
Relaterstown and by the trolley line
TO Baltimore. On Tuesday Nj. Sea
brock went before the Beard OF County
Commissioners and that body. agree
ing with him thai the murderer must
be captured, consented In offer a re
ward equal In amount TO whatever
sum the father Of the murdered man
would offer. Mr.. Seabr0ok then goI
into communication with Mr.. Brown.
who hxed the first sum named BY him
at $50. This news was then flashed
far and vide, that reward Of $500
was offered for the arrest OF sndler.
On Wednesday night about o'clock
he vas captured IN Cumberland. Sher=
IN stoner drove his automobile to
Glyndon. caught the Chicago express
and reached Cumberland about o.
clock. On Thursday he reached Mar
shal carters Office, Baltimore. with
the prisoner. There he was joined
by Messrs. seabrook and Weant. who
arranged for the safe keeping Of Sud
Ter in the Baltimore jail. Williams
was arrested at the home Of his
grandfather at Gatonsvllle, on Mon
day evening. but could not or would
not give any information by which
Sudler could be traced. In cumber=
land. at Marshal Carriers Office and
on the following Monday in the Balti-
more City Jail sudler confessed that
he had killed Brown, and said that
he had done 1t With stone with
which he had struck him. Williams
Uersisten1ly and in repeated inter-
views declared that he Enew nothing
of the crime and that sudler had not
talked to him about IL. On Wednes-
day, January 9Th. the Jury OF inquest
found that the death had been caused
by a blunt instrument In the hands
of Solomon 5udler On Tuesday. Jan
uary 18th. lhe grand jury of the No
vember term was brought back and
an indictment found against sudler.
charging him with murder in the first
degree. The first count OF the In
dictment charged that the killing was
done with stone. the second count
charged the killing generally without
naming any instrument Of death.
Trial Day Fixed.
The Court desiring Ia give IN the