ca
the place were held in custody on suspicion that they knew more of
the affair than was ‘disclosed in their testimony, The develpments
“at the coroner! Ss inquest tended to discredit the more revolting part
of.the negro's first confession and the negro subsequently asserted
that he had nottold the truth when he said he had relations with the
girl previous to the tragedy." DAILY ‘NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 7-30=
1896 (1-6). J
the place were held in custody on suspicion that they knew more of
the affair than was disclosed in their testimony, The develpments
| at the coroner s inquest tended to discredit the more revolting part
‘ofthe negro's first confession and the negro subsequently asserted iif
that he had nottold the truth when he said he had relations with the
girl previous to the tragedy." DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 7-30-
1896 (1-6). J
the place were held in custody on suspicion that they knew more of
the affair than was disclosed in their testimony. The develpments
at the coroner's inquest tended to discredit the more revolting part
ofthe negro's first confession and the negro subseauently asserted
that he had nottold the truth when he said he had relations with the
girl previous to the tragedy." DAILY NEWS, Galveston, Texas, 7-30-
1896 (1-6).
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SMITH, James ne Oo oe ( pase
Black, hanged Upper Marlborough, Md., on Dec. 18, 1896.
"July 29, 1896-A coroner's jury found James Smith, a colored waiter,
guilty of the murder last night of Marguerite Drown of Point Pleas-
ant, a large country boarding house about 8 miles from Washington,
D. [., in Prince George County, Md,, and late developments in the
case~have added so much horror to the crime that there are numerous
threats of another lynching as soon as a convenient opportunity
occurs. Smith was arrested by the Washington police today in the
northeastern part of the city, and in view of the excited condition
of the people in Prince George Couty, will probably be held until
formal requisition is made in order to permit the excitment to par-
tially subside, The negro made two confessions, partly contradictory,
but each admitting the mrder. In his first confession he said that
he had been intimate with the murdered girl, for whose foster mother
he had worked MBMBRMMMANM for several years, that Mr, Drown had dis-
covered the fact, and had discharged him, but had re-employed him on
his and the girl s promise to cease such relations, and that he cut
Miss DReawn's* throat yesterday because she rejected advances he made
to her again, The doctor who performed the autopsy said the girl
must have been knocked down and rendered unconscious by a blow on
the forehead; that she had then been outraged and kater killed by the
severing of thw windpipe and jugular vein. The negro servants about
SMITH, James mr ;
Black, hanged Upper Marlborough, Md., on Dec. 18, 1896.
"July 29, 1896-A coroner's jury found James Smith, a colored waiter,
guilty of the murder last night of Marguerite Drown of Point Pleas-
ant, a large country boarding housé about 8 miles from Washington,
D. C., in Prince George County, Md,, and late developments in the
case have added so much horror to the crime that there are numerous
threats of another lynching as soon as a convenient opportunity
occurs, Smith was arrested by the Washington police today in the
northeastern part of the city, and in view of the excited condition
of the people in Prince George Couty, will probably be held until
formal requisition is made in order to permit the excitment to par-
tially subside, The negro made two confessions, partly contradictory,
but each admitting the mrder. In his first confession he said that
he had been intimate with the mrdered girl, for whose foster mother
he had worked MBMBBMMEREM for several years, that Mr, Drown had dis-
covered the fact,and had discharged him, but had re-employed him on
his and the girl s promise to cease such relations, and that he cut
Miss DRawn's* throat yesterday because she rejected advances he made
to her again, The doctor who performed the autopsy said the girl
must have been knocked down and rendered unconscious by a blow on
the forehead; that she had then been outraged and kater killed by the
severing of the windpipe and jugular vein. The negro servants about
SMITH, James ‘i
Black, hanged Upper Marlborough, Md., on Dec. 18, 1896.
"July 29, 1896<s coroner's jury found James Smith, a colored waiter,
guilty of the mrder last night of Marguerite Drown of Point Pleas-
ant, a large country boarding house about 8 miles from Washington,
D, ©, in Prince George County, Md,, and late develepments in the
case-haye added so much horror to the crime that there are numerous
threats of another lynching as soon as a convenient opportunity
occurs, Smith was arrested by the Washington police today in the
northeastern part of the city, and in view of the excited condition
of the people in Prince George Couty, will probably be held until
formal requisition is made in order to permit the excitment to par-
tially subside, The negro made two confessions, partly contradictory,
but each admitting the mrder, In his first confession he said that
he had been intimate with the mrdered girl, for whose foster mother
he had worked MUMBBMWENEM for several years, that Mr, Drown had dis-
covered the fact,and had discharged him, but had re-employed him on
his and the girl's promise to cease such relations, and that he cut
Miss DRqwn's throat yesterday because she rejected advances he made
to her again, The doctor who performed the autopsy said the girl
must have been knocked down and rendered unconscious by a blow on
the forehead; that she had then been outraged and kater Killed by the
severing of the windpipe and jugular vein, The negro servants about
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