Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-24
The Lynch Law Case in Hartford Coun,r
NATHAN.

henHoD was made Yesterday in tie Str of
special dispatch to the Baltimore SRA from
Beiar. Hartford county, Of the lynchlug OF a
ooioTed man naSaed Isaac Moore, who made a
felonious assault upon young lady, near th1t
town. on Wednesday. IL has since beat, sea-
Iain' that The Young lady is q daughter OF Mr.
\" iliIain Uldtelo, highly respectable citizen
OF HarrOrd county. residing about one and ,
half miles from Belair, and that there was an.
other cotored man concerned with Moore n
the ai'aiT. who has also been arrested. She Was
On her way AZ the time from her fathers resi-
dence 10 Belair. ana when near Bynum's Run
hIldF', on the Church Hill rosd. she was net
by The two. who az once commenced au assent
iron ler, first roobing her OF q sum Of money
fortunately the screams OF the young lady mad
The effect OF frightening the villains away be-
lore thry Dad fully accomplished their No.
iaIloCs designs Notice of the outrage WAS
gwen, ana Moore was su bseQ uently arrested
cno ledSeC IN J'il Great excitement prevailed,
end VIII Moore was brought out before the
magistrate la the afternoon for a hearing, 1ls
stated A. the disp1tch.) he was taken away
itCn ihe oiiieers oy a mot, and carried of and
3 nE- y letter from Hartford county. of the
ga instant, gives the following on the Sub bret.
Il he " hole village has bean thrown into the
Wilctst excitement THIS morning, as Miss
Oidf.td VA coming up the road 20 open her
store. a. usual, vheu near the little stream
nearly opposite Giles, and az the foot Of the
steep blii, two negro men seized her, knocked
her down, dragged her into the bushes, and at
tempted TO violate her person. She gave tharn
All the money she had, which was SPA She
say thsy did not succeed IN their viier pur-
pose. however, and she got away from them
finally, by some means. have not heard all
the particulars. All work is stopped IN BelaIr
biacksnlths, carpenters and storekeepers hav
been out hunting the vile wretches, and hav.
caught one OF them He was taken to jail but
L have 1Dst heard that the crowd have hung
blIn al the spot where the act was committed
Inc rope was wound around has neck at the
lal, aud he was mus carried through the
STREETS amidst the outcries and yengefu
molsfraIions OF the crowd. The man con-
fessed, and said he had been watching his
chance to commit the outrage for some time.
nut Mis- U. always had company With her tall
this morning"
Another letter says that after the negro Isaac
Moore, was arrested. (Which wss in Beiair.)
the sheriff took him down 10 Mr.. Oldfield's
house, here the lady identified him as one of
these who STACKED her. The sheriff resisted
me crowd IN their attempt 20 take the negro
nom him quite molly, and he was got safely in
jail He was afterwards brought out for ex-
animation ar y. m, but before he could be got
To the Justices Office the mob secured the sheriff
and his dspnties, put rope around the negro,s
peck, and carried him to the place where Jhe
offence was committed ard hung him on a
limb OF a tree over the road perfectly naked,
lac having had his clothes torn of in his des-
perate struggle to escape. The negro had IN
he meentIme confessed and told where the
money of which be had robbed Miss U. was
hidden, and also who was the partner in his
crime. The sheriff then arrested the negro he
had named, ben. Preston,) and with great
difficulty prevented the mob from hanging
him also. lie was carried past the spot where
The body OF Moore was hanging, in order 10 get
him 10 all.