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Show NEGRO BOY'S BRUTAL DEED. Beat to Death Two Aped and Defenseless Women. Upper Marlboro, Md., March 21. Mary A. Clark, aged 53, was beaten to death, and her sister, Annie Clark, aged 45, was fatally beaten last night at Bowie, Md., a village near this place, by John Perry, a 15-year-old negro boy. The deed was a ferocious one, the aged and defenseless woman being surprised by the boy and literally beaten to a jelly with a club. Miss Annie Clark saved herself from instant death by promising to give the boy 100 and pledging herself not to betray him if he would spare her life. Berry was arrested aud confessed his guilt. For fear that he would be lynched he was taken to Baltimore tonight for safe keeping. |