The Washington times., 1921-01-22
NEAR MUT|NY
OVER Staying
Methods Used by Stool-Pigeons
Against Brown Arouse Train
ing Ship Sailors.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 22.-Bit-
ter feeling against Harry Green.
colored ships barber, because of his
part in the "third degree" given
Henry A. Brown, negro deserter and
confessed slayer Of Miss Harriet M.
Kavanaugh, Naval Academy Hospi-
tai nurse, nearly precipitated q
mutiny aboard the u. s. 8. Cum
berland, training ship for mess at
tendants and stewards, yesterday
morning.
USED AS sToOL-PIGEON.
Green. an alleged "stool-pigeon" for
agents OF the Department of Justice
who were sent here to unravel the
murder, which was a mystery for
four days. had been placed In a cell
with Brown In the brig on board the
u. s. s. Cumberland on Tuesday. hav-
ing been told that he was under ar
rest for fSilure to arrest Brown as
"deserter from the navy" Green was
told that Brown was responsible for
his arrest and that "it was up to him
to make Brown explain what he was
doing in Annapolis on Friday night
at the hour Miss Kavanaugh was
slain"
When Green was placed in the cell
with Brown he accused the latter OF
having got him "into trouble" and Is
alleged to have numerically beaten
and maltreated the suspect for the
beneft of the Department OF Justice
agents, who had rigged up a dicta-
graph to overhear just what trans
pired between the two negroes In the
brig" cell. Two other negroes fol-
lowed Green, each questioning Brown
as to his movements on Friday night.
SLAYER WAS MALTREATED.
That Green maltreated Brown was
admitted by agents of the Depart
ment Of Justice, who declared after
Brown confessed that I'VE left him
actically on the verge Of making q
confession when the Baltimore detec-
tives took charge of him"
Detective Sergts. Peter b. Bradley
and Harry NJ. Hammersla. Of Balti-
more, obtained the confession from
Brown after he had been subjected to
the third degree" by the Federal
agents.
Learning that Green had been prac-
tically responsible for the confession
made by Brown that he had slain Miss
Kavanaugh, other negro mess at
tendants aboard the u. s. 9. Cumber-
land, made open threats of violence
against the negro barrier.
Others OF the crew, however, were
bitter toward Brown, declaring that
his crime had put all members of the
crew under suspicion for more than
four days-until Wednesday when he
confessed killing Miss Kavanaugh.
The disorder, which threatened to
assume the proportions of a mutiny,
was checked by Lieut.. r. r. Smith,
executive officer of the ship, who had
Brown spirited from aboard the train
ing ship Reina Mercedes to Baltimore
in an ambulance. Lieutenant Smith
gave warning to the friends Of Brown
who had threatened Green, and he
declared today that with Brown out
of ANNAPOLIS he felt the disturbance
would be at an end.
BROWN SPIRITED AWAY.
The Navy Department it was
learned, had feared some overt act
against Brown by some OF the Of
Tended enlisted men aboard the vessel
and ordered Lieut.. Smith to remove
the negro to the Baltimore city jail.
When reaching Baltimore, Brown was
placed in the custody Of United States
Marshal w. w. Stockham and later
he was arraigned before Commission
er ]. Frank Supplee, jr., who held him
for the action of the Federal grand
jury which will convene this after
noon.
Commissioner Supplee denied the
request of A. c. Jenkins, head of the
Baltimore bureau Of the Department
of Justice, to permit the negro to
plead guilty to the killing of the
Naval Academy Hospital nurse. The
commissioner declared that Brown had
right to advice of counsel as to how
he would plead.
Brown probably will be tried the
latter part Of next week in the Unit
ed States court in Baltimore, with
Judge Rose presiding.