Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-17
MAN IN JAIL HERE
IDENTIFIED BY CHILD

Atop of the horrible crime at
Brooklyn a few days ago, followed by
the brutal assault of Mrs. Elizabet.. j.
Gilbert. aged storekeeper at Robin
sons Station. eight miles from An
napols. another attempt to assault
young white girl was brought to the
attention of the Anne Arundel county
police authorities yesterday when
Mounted Patrolman Paul. of the State
Police Force. arrested negro.
charged with attacking eight-year-old
Dorothy Williams. living at Pasadena.
10 bliles from the city.
The negro. who is now lodged i'm
the county Jail here, gave his name as
Edward Beechman. alias BoOzman.
Tie continues TO assert his innocence
of the affair, although the little girl.
before whom he was taken by the
patrolman. positively identified him
by his clothing and the ragged shoes
that he wore.
The attack upon the little girl oc-
CURED. ii is said. on the Annapolis
Baltimore boulevard. about mile
from the home of Charles Ware. at
Pasadena. where she lived She was
returning home from the school when
she was accosted by the negro. who
exclaimed. Now I've got you and
he attempted to drag her from the
side of the roadway In doing so he
Rocked her to the groud. The girl. IT.
is said, let out screams for help, and
her assailant was frightened away by
persons i'm the neighbonhood who
were aroused. Beechman. or Booz-
man. was arrested yesterday after
noon at Armiger. few miles from
Pasadena Beechman is believed To
be the man who twice called at the
Pasadena postotiice for mail under
the name of Edloe Boazman.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Edward Dove,
Sergeants Hartman and Montgillion.
and Patrolman Paul, of the State Po-
lice Force. are now engaged in fur
ther investigation OF this case. as well
as the Robinson's station assault and
robbery. In the latter case the au-
working clue. All they know is that
a heavily built negro entered the
store while two others waited in an
automobile on the outside The man
who entered the store asked to pur-
chase cigarettes and other things, and
while Mrs. Gilbert turned her back TO
proceed to wait on him. he dealt her
a blow over the head with a club that
rendered her unconscious. The cash
drawer of the store was rified of $40.
and the negro fed in the automobile
with his two companions. The affair
was perpetrated so quickly that no
one was able to get the license num-
/ ber of the speeding automobile.
Mrs Gilbert the victim. is now re-
ported in a more serious condition
| than at any time since the occurrence.
Her head and neck both are badly
swollen. it is said. and il required
! four stitches To close the wound on
| the left side of the head caused by the
1 blow dealt her DR. James s. Bill
| Iingslea. of Glen Burnie. is her at
tending physician.
County authorities have become
seriously aroused over the series OF
crimes that have been committed in
the last several days. AMI Judge Moss
stated today that he is considering
seriously calling the grand jury into
special session soon after the Fourth
OF July holiday if sufficient evidence
is developed in these and other cases
pending since the close of the regular
!, April term of court.