Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-01-22

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named Jake Thompson. turned IN,
corner. and looked up in a startled
T. way Ii The iast outburst. They lar
evidently come up the street in earn
esi converse ion. during tht conlpara
iiye.y quiet lin OF Pats recital ana
had no, noticed The presence OF tbs
group until the lasl roar
Jake. who WAS the sou Of 4 very
respectable old darkey in tile town
aad ene CT Mr.. Smithers especial pro
teges under whose able guidance ne
had become $ leading agitator among
the negroes. and MIS- known TO be ~
slansible for much OF the insoience
and lawlessness OF the race was
walking arm in arm with his chief.
Thcy both turned and would have
made of unohserVed II possible: but
II was too late, for Pat had already
seen them
'Arrah An here comes me frin
Smithers he cried. an his twin
brither! Me frin Brownlow Smithers.
that his mither called him Low for
short An faith she moight hev
lit off the smithers' too. an twould
hev been an ilIigiat name for the GIN
tlenan.
] Before Pat had finished his sem
| tence, Mr.. Smithers was retreating
rapidly down the street. muttering
something to Jake about having the
drunken scoundrel arrested "
went on my own way then. leav-
ing Pat still firing epithets at the de-
parting smithcrs. and the group about
him laughing boistcransly
That was the last ever saw OF
old Pat When j rode into school
| the next day. the first thing I heard
was that Pat was dead. and that the
negro constable, sam Small. another
protogee OF Mr.. Smithers was under
arrest
This was the first serious crime
that had occurred ia Below and II
created great excitement In all classes.
] For fear OF lynclling. the constable
was removed the same day to Spartas-
Vile, under a guard Of soldiers: and.
a few days later underwent there
a form OF trial. and was triumphantly
acquitted
Just exactly how Pat met his death
was never absolutely known; for the
trial under the Judge then holding
Office was mere farce, and only his
slayer had actually seen the deed.
From the evidence that was obtained,
however. ii appears that Pat was TO
have been arrested al the instigation
OF Mr. Smithers, aud that the con-
stable and his deputy had gone To
make the arrest after Pats friends
I'llad left him. and he himself had
fallen into 4 drunken sleep. 1t seem
ed that he had walked up as he wag
being dragged to Jail. and that he had
promptly Knocked down the first Of
his captors that met his eye who
proved 10 he the deputy The CON
stable. Small. then Immediately drew
revolver and fired. and though he
may not have intended to kill OUT
right. he succeeded only too we'll, for
PAT dropped dead on the spot. with q
bullet hole through his heart. The
pistol sirot had awakened some Of the
nearest neighboTs. who had run out
and found Pat alone dead on the
street. the constable and deputy hav-
ing run away Small being afraid OF
lynching, bat having nothing 10 fear
from the existing authorities. had
promptly given himself up. and been
tried with the result already related
self defense being the plea on which
| he was acquitted.
| Ii was Monday night that Pat was
killed. and Friday OF the same week
that his murderer was acquitted.
During the whole week. though every
! thing was very quiet on the surface,
there was a strong undercurTent oil
Suppressed excitement among the peo-
pie, noticeable to even so tiloughtiess
and caSeless an observer as myself
/ There were no outbursts. no loud talk
| in public. no fuss of any kind. But
on the faces of all the native whites
especially among the friends and as;
sociates of Pat. there was a look o.
intense earnessness that BODIED III for
somebody. should justice miscarry il
| this great crime. as il had 50 otter
done in the small ones.
was down town for the mail tina
Friday when the. news came of thu
muraererss acnuitaI. Hardly Wort
/ was spoken in the group on the court
house steps, and little was said on tn
/ streets as the news passed rapid!
/ through the town BY the tine has
gotten the mail and doLe the errant
or two ! had in hand, all the mel
j about the court house and streets ha'
/ dispersed TO Their homes, and | rod
i out OF town through almost deserte'
i streets; for the negroes had not beer
so much IN evidence since the murder
The next Saturday, Ihad arranget
to spend the afternoon and might j
town with arnold Campbell. and rod
in Just before dinner time. As ] pass
ed Mr.. Sniifhers bureau was sur
prised TO sec sam Small coming out Q
In for sa one had tas0ueh4 he wOaii