The Washington times., 1920-08-05
RANDALL MAY
/. Be CU|LTLESS
Slayer OF Music Teacher Ad-
mits Attacks on Other
( Women.
WILL FACE MRS. GLEASON
Young Negro Denies He Is As
sailant for Whose Crime
Another Was Sentenced.

Is William Henry Campbell, TWEEN
ty-two- -year-old negro, 8 Wiley court
northwest, who confessed early to-
day that he had killed Mrs. Gertrude
Harrison Mann, in Cleveland Park,
on March IL, the assailant Of Mrs.
Bessie Gleason, IA Nicholson street
northeast?
ATTACKED OTHER WOMEN.
Campbell denies he attacked Mrs.
Gleason. but police of the Tenth pre-
cinct believe his confession of killing
Mrs. Mann and making attacks on
other women and thefts from seven
teen dwellings. warrants his being
suspected OF the Gleason crime.
Louis Randall, Washington negro
last Wedne sday began forty'nVe-
year-sentence at the Federal prison
at Atlanta. He was convicted In
the District Supreme Court for the
attack on Mrs. Gleason, although ne
maintained his innocence even TO the
DAY that he entered the prison.
Campbell was arrested on July 2S
by Detective George Darnall. OF the
Tenth precinct, while he was trying
the door Of home in the vicihity
of Eleventh and Monroe streets
northwest Darnall believed the
negro answered to the description of
a man who had snatched the pocket
book of Mrs. Gladys Acker, 3Oes X
street. in the vicinity of Q street
bridge, on July 10.
IDENTIFIED AS THUG.
Taken TO the Tenth precinct police
station the negro declared his inno-
cence, asserting that he had gone to
the door to ask for a colored woman
employed in the neighborhood. He
was later identified by Mrs. Acker
as the negro who had attacked her,
Selling her handbag
When Detective Darnall went TO
CampbelPs home he found satchel
containing more than $4,000 worth OF
1ewelry, hidden in a chimney. The
negro was questioned as to how he
came into possession of the gems.
His evasive replies caused police 10
suspect he was the negro who ter
-rorfzed the northwest section recent.
ly. footfng and robbing! homes ana
stealing pocketbooks from women.
FIND RING IN BALTIMORE.
Information reaching Captain
Thomas Judge, Lieut.. l.. ]. Stoll and
Detectives Darnall and w. c. Adcock
led the officers to Baltimore, where
they found Rosie Douglas. colored
woman friend of Campbell When
she was taken into custody she wore
q two karat diamond ring. similar
to the one stolen by the negro who
had attacked and killed Mrs. Mann.
"Where did you get the ring the
woman was asked.
II got it from Campbell" she re-
piled.
Returning to Washington. the po-
licemen again questioned Campbell.
Early today he confessed that he had
stolen the ring from Mrs. Mann. AL
though he confessed to lying in wait
and attacking Mrs. Mann. Campbell
denied he intended to kill her-he
said he did not know she was dead
until two days after the attack, and
that he sought cover in Baltimore
in an effort to prevent being arrested
for the crime.
SHOWS PLACE OF ATTACK.
Campbell this morning took the de-
tectives to Quebec street. between
Connecticut avenue and Thirty-fourth
street, Cleveland Park, where he
pointed out the spot where he first
attacked Mrs. Mann.
On the day that Mrs. Mann was at
tackled, she was returning through
Quebec street from the homes of
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation OF Labor, $500
Thirty-fifth street, and Claude G.
Otwell, 5000 Wisconsin avenue,
where she had been giving music les
sons.
II saw her come over the hill, and
held on to a club ! had taken from
some houses in course of construction
Iear BY" the negro confessed. when
Mrs Mann got near me, / seized her,
and, swinging the club, struck her on
the head. She fell. but the blow did
not render her unconscious, and she
fought me. l then struck her another
blow, The second blow made her un-
conscious. and then l took watch
from her wrist, the diamond ring
from her finger, and rified her pocket
book, taking about *2.'
EXPLAINS CRIME DETAILS.
The detectives did not point out the
.not for Campbell. He himself, took
them to the place, explaining in de-
taiI how Mrs. Mann pleaded that he
not assault her. The negro denied he
committed an assault
"IIm plad it's all over" the negro
told the police. 81 have worried since
attacking Mrs. Mann. and have been
unable to sleep much
Campbell this afternoon will be
taken to the woodlands where Mrs.
Gleason was attacked by a negro who
not only robbed her OF money, but
a..auIted her, according to her testi-
,nonv in court When Mrs. Gleason
f,rst saw Randall. the negro who was
later convicted of attacking her and
who was sent to the Federal prison
at Atlanta. she said she could not
identify him as her assailant On two
other occasions Mrs. Gleason was In
doubt as to Randall being her as
sailant. hut later gave positive
Identification OF the negro.
TO FACE MRS. GLEASON.
Mrs. Gleason also will be asked TO