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his rear pocket.
When confronted with this lesti
mony the negro faltered, and when
forced by the detectives, under pres
sure, 10 make an answer, he dropped
to the floor and beSeeched them not
to talk to him OF that day. They
then worked on him and demanded
his confession. but he failed to give
them a satisfactory answer, contn-
ually crying that he had not entered
the Brandon home. Four hours pass
ed and the authorities still subjected
him to rough treatment 10 extract
statement.
During the entire grilling ANXIOUS
crowds surged about the doors OF the
Court House.
Having seen the three detectives
bring him with another colored man
into the Court House shortly after
O'Clock in the evening the word
passed like wildfire throughout the
/ city that the suspected murderer OF
Lottie Brandon had been caught.
! Persons t1ocked from their homes in
! The direction of the Court House and
an extra force Of police was required
/ to restrain the mob that was craning
necks to obtain glimpse into the
| dimly lighted room where every mea-
sure available was being employed
| to clear the mystery of the death Of
the young wife.
While the negro, Bernard Cham
| Der& who was held as witness from
| the ice company plant, was given his
| liberty, States Attorney Green walk
ed a step in advance loudly announC-
| ing that the man just released was
an innocent man and that nothing
rash should be committed toward
him. For nearly a block they pro
| ceeded in this manner with the at
| torney informing all of the mans in
nocence.
Snowden had been in trouble with
the local authorities last year. He
was charged with having assaulted
an old man by the name of Henry
| Cowman and of robbing him of mo-
! ney and then escaping. Later, when
| Snowden was apprehended by the To-
cal police, Cowman testified that he
could not be certain of his Identity.
The assault had been committed in
| home of the old man in the busiest
section of the city.
| The old colored WON I - told
Mrs Spencer Murray tc.Ir ugh
ter really wanted t. g.. he de-
| tectiveS of the "ir.."' ..ireS that
she had witnessed n'It Vas afraid,
| as Snowden had a 'tE lad reputa-
tion and was styled as Il terrible man.
! They feared that if :hry related the
affair to the police and involved the
negro he would PUNISH them.
| After consulting further with the
old woman and gathering every
available fact, Mrs. Spencer Jour
| neyed to the rectory of st AIMS
| Protestant Episcopal CEur' II and in
terviewed Rev. John Ride t. acting
pastor.
She told him al Il 4 come un
| der her observation. the wit
neSSes to the negro e. leen seen
| to emerge from the "a nome on
| the day of the mar p. ! then es-
corted her to the Oil, . States At
! torney Nicholas Gree. .. :IAre she told
all that she had heard. Mr.. Green
| at once called to the three detectives
of Baltimore, and they quickly de-
| parted in the direction of the piers
on the eastern section of the city, ac-
| com panied by Mayor Strange and
| Deputy Sheriff S. X. Lee.
The word quickly spread about the
town that at last the detectives were
working on a clue that would eventu-
ally involve the real murderer of
Mrs. Brandon. a large crowd gath
cred Immediately around the Court
House, where they knew the arrested
persons would be taken, and when
the three detectives, accompanied by
Mayor Strange, appeared with the
| two large negroes a shout went up
Then the gathering crowd be-
gan its tireless vigil until after nine
O'Clock, when Snowden was quickly
brought out surrounded by all the
detectives and placed in the automo-
bile that rapidly drove toward Balti-
more.
1t was not known TO the popuIace
until just shortly before the time
Snowden was spirited away that he
was not to be placed in the Anne
Arundel county Jail. The son OF
Mayor Strange-Robert Strange
drew the large. high-powered car OF
the Mayor TO the entrance of the
Court House and then quickly ran
to nearby store and purchased gas
oline. 1t was then definitely known
to the crowd that the automobile was
going to transport him TO Baltimore.