Suspects Arrested
Item
- Title
- Suspects Arrested
- Source
- Montgomery County Sentinel (MD)
- Date
- 3/9/00
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016209/1900-03-09/ed-1/?sp=3&q=theft&r=0.201,0.947,0.317,0.189,0
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- Theft
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male and female alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- Main suspect and significant other arrested and committed to jail in Rockville.
- Location
- In state, Boyds
- Length of story
- 204
- Description
-
Suspects Arrested -A dispatch Irom
Boyd’s, dated March 6tb, says
John W. Williams, special officer, and
Deputy Sheriff White arrested this after
noon, near Boyd’s, John Braxton, alias Geo.
Johnson, on a charge of theft and being an
escaped convict Irom the Maryland House
of Correction. Braxton, it is also claimed,
tallies with the description of the negro
wanted in Washington for the attempted
murder aud robbery of Moy ding, a China
man, there on Saturday morning last.
Braxton was In the vicinity of Gaithers
burg yesterday aud was seen by Deputy
Hberiff Gaither, but succeeded in escaping
arrest,and Deputy Gaither notified Williams
at Boyd’s yesterday to look out for him and
gave his description He succeeded in local
ing him in the railroad depot at Boyd’s this
afternoon and went out, leaving the negro
aud his companion in the station while he
made an effort to communicate with the
sheriff’s office at Rockville. While Williams was out Braxton and his companion
i became suspicious and left, making toward
Barnesville, following the railroad tracks.
Williams notified Deputy White to come
down the track and meet them, which he
did, placing the couple under arrest. They
were committed to jail at Rockville this
evening.
