The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-01-07

crimes ever committed in the history
of Carroll county occurred on Satur-
day night about o'clock.
William +. Brown, a farmer, aged
2S years. OF near Silver Run, was
murdered by Solomon Sudler, an 18-
year-oId negro, who had been in his
employ for almost two years. Rob-
berry was the motive of the crime, as
Mr.. Brown had between $25 and $50
on his person at the time of his death,
which was missing.
Sudler was arrested at Cumberland
Wednesday evening by Assistant Chief
of Police Clay Wilson. At first he
denied that he was the man wanted
by the Carroll county authorities, but
later made a confession to Chief or
Police J. Thomas Eisenhauer.
About II o'clock Sudler sent for
Chief Eisenhauer and said he wanted
to make full confession. The con-
fession follows:
II am making this confession to
Chief of Police j. Thomas Eisenhauer
of my own free will. without promises
Of immunity. My name Is Solomon
Sudler. | was born in Baltimore and
was sent to a reform school at Chel-
tenham, and then to the farm Of VIII
liam F. Brown. On Friday Mr.. Brown
cursed me because | did not get uI
early and ON Saturday evening be-
tween 6 and $50 o'clock | went to
the cattle shed and hit him with a
large cobblestone in the head. l then
dragged him through the field by my
self
Sudler taking a train at Leicester
Tuesday afternoon led to his arrest.
Sheriff Stoner and son William left
Wednesday evening on the Pittsburgh
! Express from Glyndon, for Cumber-
land and brought Sudler to Baltimore
yesterday afternoon where he will be
held in the Jail until his trial comes
up.
Mr.. Brown had gone to the barn tC
milk the COWS, as was his custom
after supper. He had milked all the
COWS in the stable but the one at the
door and had about started wheI
Sudler who was standing on the out
side of the door with an axe in his
hand stepped to the side of the door
and hit him from behind with tkt
blunt end of the axe, terrific blow
crushing in the left side of his skull
so as to expose the brain.
The body was then dragged from
the stable to board fence, fee
high, which surrounds the barn yart
and thrown over. Afterward he secur,
ed a rope, tied it around the waist
Of the corpse, put single tree tc
it and then harnessed horse anG
hooked it to the single tree dnt
dragged the body about three-quarters
of mile across a public road, through
field to a woods, where he left the
body AS he was returning the
horse to the stable he was seen by
George and Clarence Bankert, two
neighbor boys who were on their way
to Littlestown. Both of the boys
spoke to him But his actions threw OF
all suspicion they might have had
Leaving the boys he went back to the
barn and put away the harness and
the horse, and went to the house to
fill his lantern with oil. Mrs. Brown
said, Il thought you was in bed.
Sudler replied Il am going to bed
after | fill my lantern with OIL" He
locked the door and that was the last
she saw of him. Mrs. Brown noticed
nothing unusual in his talk.
Mrs. Brown took the baby upstairs
and lying down with it fell asleep and
did not waken until midnight. Miss
ing her husband she went to the barn
and called but got no response, and
made five visits to the barn between
y and 5 a. m, in search Of her hus-
band afterward. The night was dark,
with heavy fog, and the nearest
neighbor, more than half a mile dis
tant About a. H., she went to the
house of Murray Masenhimer, and to-
gether they began search. About
Z O'Clock they found the blood stains
in the stable and the track from the
body being dragged through the mud
and followed it to the woods, where
they found the body Of Mr.. Brown.
States Attorney e. o. Weant and
Sheriff James M. Stoner were notified
and hurried to the scene and EN-
ranelled a jury for an inquest which
was held Wednesday with the follow
ing verdict being found:
Sudler after leaving the house
started down the pike toward the
home of Denton Yingling, neighbor,
where he met Truman Williams, an
other colored lad, who was employed
by Mr. Yingling, and asked him to 60
along with him, both taking the Lit
tla8town bus to this city.
The two left this city on the 1890
nus for Reisterstown, arriving at 11.45,
and boarded an Emory Grove electric
car for Baltimore. On the bus they
seemed to be in a hilarious mood as
they kept singing until they reached
Reisterstown.