Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
PRISONERS RUSHED
TO BALTIMORE JAIL
CoIored Youths Said to Con-
fess Staying Carpenter
for Pay Envelope.
BY stan Correspondent of The star.

LA PLATA, Md, January B.
While a eoroner's jury tonight was
reaching a decision that j. Edward
Carpenter. Navy Proving Ground EN-
ploye, who was murdered early Fri
day morning for the contents Of his
f91 pay envelope, came to his death
by bullet wound inflicted by Otis
Simmons and Arthur swami the two
colored youths, who were captured as
they were about to fee to Washing
ton, Friday night, were lodged safely
in the Baltimore City Jail, where they
were sent this afternoon because OF
threats of possible violence.
Immediately upon the close Of the
inquest, States Attorney Ferdina nd
C. Cooksey announced that warra MT .
carrying the specific charge OF first
degree murder would be served upon
the prisoners Monday and a special
grand jury will he impaneled Feb
ruary 81. The prisoners will be
brought hack to La Plata then to
stand trial for the murder of Mr..
Carpenter, who leaves a wife and
seven young daughters.
The inquest tonight was condu
by Walter Thompson, the coroner,
and Allie T. Twiford officiated as
foreman.
Feeling at Fever Heat.
The cOroner's inquest last night
came as a climax to hectic day in
La Plata. Since the brutal murder
of Carpenter, early Friday morning
ties in the search for the murderers.
and since the capture of Simmons and
Swami on Friday night, feeling has
been at fever heat.
Many expressed satisfaction last
night that the two alleged murderers
of Carpenter were promptly trans
ferred from the county Jail to the
Baltimore City Jail.
After the two men had given full
statements to States Attorney Cook
sey in the presence Of a Baltimore de-
tectiye and other county authorities,
in which they admitted they had been
responsible for the killing OF Carpenter.
and they had been transferred to the
county Jail, crowd of so to 10o per
sons persisted in hanging about the
doors.
Crowd Persists I'm Staying.
on two or three occasions the crowd
about the Jail was dispersed, but soon
gathered again.
While simmons and Swami both
stubbornly refused to- admit their
guilt when frst questioned Yesterday
morning, they weakened in the face of
the evidence shown them by State s
Attorney COoksey. 1t consisted of the
gun said TO have been used by Sim
mons in the actual shooting. cloth
ing. also the property Of Simmons,
and $2T in money which Simmons
was detected in the act of trying to
throw out of the automobile bringing
them back TO La Plata from ~Pisga h f,
where they were arrested. The re-
yolver, clothing and money were
blood stained. Money in the hands
of the prisoners bore the serial num-
bers of money paid to Carpenter.
At first Swami was questioned. He
said that he was present, but Sim
mons did the shooting. Simmons.
however, in his confession, charged
that IL was Swans idea to hold some
one up. He told the authorities that
swami stood guard while he battled
with Carpenter. and that Swami had
shot him.
Tentative funeral arrangements call
for burial of Mr.. Carpenter at Hilltop.
The brother of the deceased took
charge of the transfer of the body
from Washington. where he died at
Providence Hospital yesterday morn
ing, to La Plata.