The Washington times., 1917-08-13

swear before God, 1 will kill YOU
The boss just laughed and tried to
wave the fellow away. The man
then grabbed the man by the shout
der and repeated:
Remember, will kill you II you
don't give yourself up in twenty-four
hours
stops Many Pedestrians.
Then he went out Of the store and
started across the street I saw him
stop other persons on the street and
try to talk to them. He waved his
arms and was very excited. I am GER
tain he was not drinking, but crazy.
The colored woman I was waiting
on don't know who she was-said:
Mister, what's the matter with
that man? Amt he crazyH He just
got on Of a Baltimore car and he's
acted foolish. stopping people all
down the street.
That was about 2:30 or 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. I knew nothing at
the time of the Lottie Brandon mar
der, but II has since occurred to me
that this man might have com. from
Annapolis that day, numbering the
woman before he came. He kept talk
ing about women.
Gives Full Description.
HE said something in a foreign Ian
guage. 1t sounded like German TO
me.
He was about forty-five years OF
age, with mixed-Eray hair. He was
about five feet ten inches in height
and rather heavily and powerfully
built. He wore a blue suit and a
rather seedy straw hat He held
the hat in his hand while he threat
ened.
His collar was pulled one-sided,
and he had q slight scratch On his
hand, with a small trace Of blood
on his wrist Ny recollection is lie
wore a short mustAche.
when the fellow went across the
street he tried to get into the ma
chine of a man who was coming out
OF q saloon The machine owner pre-
vented him, and he went on down
the street.
Another Clerk Tells Story.
This statement was made by anoth-
er clerk:
About $3.50 o'clock last Wednesday
afternoon a man came into the store
in a very excited condition and walk
ed up to the proprietor.
Il am going to kill you,' he said.
You've been destroying these women,
and IL you don't confess l am going
to XIII you. They know you did IL,
and on my oath to God am going to
kill you before o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon.' As the man said this he
pulled off the hat he wore and threw
1t violently on the floor.
"a colored woman who came IN the
store right behind him said the man
had just gotten OF a big car on New
York avenue and that he had been
stopping people on Seventh street. |
She referred to q Washington, Balti- |
more and Annapolis car.
Blood on His Haada.
The man was about forty-nve
years old. slightly bald. The backs |
Of his hands were scratched as
though someone had clawed him. III
didn't see any blood on his clothes.
although his hands had been bleed. |
ing from the scratches. He was
clean shaver and wore a rumpled l
blue serge suit. His nose turned up |
on the end, like II had been broken |
in the middle.
Il advised the boss to have the
man arrested. but he said, oh, no,
the man Is just crazy
Then a customer came in and the |
boss showed the man. through the
door to the outside. There the /
stranger grabbed a colored man by
the shoulder and they talked some :
minutes. Later the man who was in
the store walked to n drug store and :,
after engaging the attention OF the
clerk on the inside. shook his DIST at !,
him through the window"