Newspaper Reporting on the search, capture, and lynching of John Diggs-Dorsey

These articles were accessed from the D.C. Public Library, “Go Digital” database, provided by ProQuest (valid library card required for access).

From the Baltimore Sun:

“Terrible Outrage,” July 26, 1880, p1.

“The Montgomery County Outrage,” July 27, 1880, p1.

“Lynch Law in Maryland,” July 28, 1880, p1.

From the Washington Post:

“A Negro’s Brutal Crime,” July 26, 1880, p1.

“Caught and Confessed,” July 27, 1880, p1.

“A Summary Execution,” July 28, 1880, p2.

“Suspended at Sunrise,”  July 28, 1880, p1.

From the New York Times:

“A Brutal Negro Lynched,” July 28, 1880, p1.

The following articles were retrieved from the Library of Congress, “Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers” database. 

Evening Star (Washington, DC) July 26, 1880 (“Terrible Outrage in Maryland”)

National Republican (Washington, DC) July 26, 1880 (“A Tale of Brutality”)

Evening Star July 27, 1880 (“The Montgomery Outrage”)

National Republican July 27, 1880 (“To Be Lynched at Dawn”)

Tennessee Public Ledger (Memphis, TN) July 27, 1880 (“The End of Diggs”)

The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE) July 27, 1880 (“A Tale of Horror”)

The Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE) July 27, 1880 “Shocking Outrage by a Negro”

National Republican July 28, 1880 (“Diggs Lynched”)

The Daily Gazette July 28, 1880 (“Judge Lynch”)

The Daily Republican July 28, 1880 (“Lynch Law in Maryland”)

Aegis and Intelligencer (Bel Air, MD) July 30, 1880 (“The Montgomery County Outrage”)

Montgomery County Sentinel July 30, 1880 (“A Fiendish Outrage”)

Reporting on the Grand Jury session, the comments of Judge Richard Johns Bowie and opinions expressed by the Montgomery County Sentinel and the Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser (November 12-19, 1880)

(Retrieved from the Library of Congress, “Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers” database. 

Montgomery County Sentinel November 12, 1880 (“Judge Bowie’s Charge to the Grand Jury”)

Montgomery County Sentinel November 12, 1880 (“Judge Bowie’s Charge”– editorial)

Montgomery County Sentinel November 19, 1880 (“A Daniel Comes to Judgment”)

Montgomery County Sentinel November 19, 1880 (“Grand Jury’s Charge”)