The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-30
SNOWDEN TAKES
WITNESS STAND
IN BRANDON CASE
CONTINUED from First PaE.l

Al ~ minutes TO l. O'CLOCK. gong 10
his sisters house next door. and
stopped there and talked to his sis
, ter's little girl for about five minutes.
then crossed a vacant lot and
walked by Mr.. Williams house on
second street. continued Snowden.
Il saw Williams on his back porch.
He was STOPPING over as If he were
picking up something
walking on down the street
heard some one call Nuts Dorsey.
/ stopped and looked back saw
a wagon but did not see anybody"
SnOwden said he walked on up the
street and that he saw Mrs. Florence
Baker on her front porch and spoke
to her.
Mrs. Baker testified early in the
trial that she did not see Snowden ON
that day.
Snowden said that he continued on
his way TO Martins bar. where he
found several negroes and treated
them to drinks.
At Bar Until i 80.
Il stayed in the bar until after ] 30
o'clock. watching some other men
play pool.
! FAT l:40No'clock. or a little after. +
returned home and ate lunch. Edna
was there. and she acted so strangely
that ! asked her what was the mat
ter. She said she was going to the
hospital, but never did tell me what
her trouble was. / stayed at home
all the afternoon"
Asked when he had first learned OF
the death OF Mrs. Brandon. Snowden
said that some one had told him OF IT
on that same night.
Anonymous letters to Judge FraHlI
l. Duncan, presiding at the trial. and
similar communications to States IA
torpey George Hartman as well as \
Theodore Brady, leading counsel for
the defense. are being received, it be-
came known today.
These communications are beirc
sent from Baltimore. Washington.
and Annapolis. and in each case sug-
gest the possibility that another per-
son and not Snowden is guilty. Some
Of them even ask that the court d.
rect that certain persons up 10 thisI
time having no connection with the
case, be hailed into court
Into WASTE Baskets.
The communications are finding
their way to the trash basket. II is
said. Some of the charges m them
are so serious as to be obviously
libelous. To those familiar with The
case they are grOundless.
Attorney Brady, during the course
OF the States cross-eXamination OF
the Rev. +. s. Williams. coIored. pas
tor of the AsbUry Methodist Church,
of Annapolis. stated in court that the
negroes had been raising funds with
which TO defend Snowden.
Saw None NJ Brandon..
Williams, whose home was near
that Of the Brandons in Annapolis on
the date OF the murder was placed
on the stand by the defense to give
testimony that he WAS sitting on his
front porch from $50 o'clock on the
morning OF the murder until o'clock
in the afternoon OF the same day. and
that he saw no one at the brandon
home in that period. and heard moth
ing in the Brandon house to indicate
anyone was there.
States Attorney Nicholas H.
Green. OF Anne Arundel county. di-
recting the prosecution, asked Will
Hams II he did not call a prayer meet
ing Of his congregation after Snow
den's arrest to prepare for his de-
tense and rate money for him.
During the warm verbal battle be-
tween Brady and Green that followed
Brady said:
Yes. he called a meeting, I'll an
swer that myself. Further ! will tell
you what he called II for it was to
raise money 10 pay me to handle this |
case"
Remarks Ruled Out.
The court -GIed out the remarks OF
the attorneys on this point. IT t.
known also that money has been
raised by negroes in Baltimore Tor
the defense of Snowdeh. and each day !
OF the trial the Courtroom has been
crowded with leading negroes from
that city.
The defnese sought through viii
liams TO contradict the testimony
given by twa star witnesses for the /
State-Mary Perkins and Edith Cred /
lit, two negTesses-who swore they
saw SnOwdrn leave the Brandon
hOfAe between II o'clock and noon
On the day e 'he murder. 81
Williams swore that a few hours
after the body of Mrs. Brandon was
found dead he heard Mary Perkins |
say that she Thought IL strange
that Mrs. Brandon had not been seen
all day. / have heard nothing going |
on over there today, and l just won. |