South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-07-30

Also had officers guarding The approach
es TO this city in the hope or arresting
him.
Diggs Is described rs being very black.
with round face. He wore q SLOUGH
ha, and dark clothes. lie stammsrs in
speaking. and is known by the police
here as n bad man, having figured in
several cases. He is about five feet six
or seven inches in height and can. /. is
thought. easily be identified by the de-
scription.
Mrs. Tschifrsly is ''terribly disfgured.
her face being horribly bruised and her
neck much swollen. Sue has. however,
fully recovered consciousness. and is
Able 10 give all the information neces-
sary about and identify the man who
committed the act"
This Is the first outrage OF this kind
that has taken place in Montgomery Co.,
For many years.
Loier.-Mr. TschiG5ly keeps drug
store at Darncsiown. He was in Belts.
vile to-day and did not know of the
outrage on his wife until informed by
telegraph this evening. The negro
when he first came in the house demand.
cd money. Afterwards he broke open
OF silvervarc, but upon reconsideration
he did no, take il with him. He forced
the lady to remain in bed with him all
night. 1t was during the night that she
managed TO get away. when he caught
her in the field and forced her 10 return.
Diggs had worked on the place for sew.
cral months.
| ROCKVILLE, July 2G.-persons who
visited Mira, TsclitFely this afternoon
found her suffering very much, but
DIR. White, who is in attendance on
her, thinks that she will recover,
though her injuries arc even greater
than first reported.
Capture OF Digs at Mechanic svillc--IIe Con.
fesses iiis Crime Preparations for Ills Hanging
| ROCKVILLE, MD.. July 27-Fi,tccn
minutes after the crowd had dispersed,
and when but few men were or the
streets of Rockville, q buggy was
seen coming into town by a back
road. As it went towards the jail it
was followed by q few persons. When
nearing the Jail it was found to con-
tain Diggs, who had been captured
| by Zachariah Davis, near Mechanics
vile, some twenty miles distant
Edward Davis, Il son of the capturer,
was in it also. Diggs was regularly
turned over TO the jail authorities and
locked up. He was seen by Davis
walking along towards Mechanics
vile. AS he ncared him Diggs said
he was looking for work. Davis ask
ed him to get in and ne would give
him work. Upon arriving at Me
chanicsville Davis secured q rope, with
which he securely tied him. After
eating supper with his son and the
prisoner be drove to Rockville.
| The capture took place about sun.
down. Davis knew Diggs by the
published description. A number of
reporters interviewed Diggs as soon
as they could gain admittance to the
jail. lie admitted that he did what
was charged against him, bat said he
was drunk and hardly knew what he
was doing. Tie denied striking the
lady. 1t was not long before many
i'll Rockville knew of the capture, and
preparations were begun immediate
ly TO carry their intentions into effect.
Mr.. Tschitfely was sent for so that he
could be present at the ending of
Digg5, which will take place before
daylight, IS ii has been decided to
take him out Of Jail rs soon a. all the
members Of the vigilance committee
have been notified and are on hand.
AT 100 this morning there were
not over dozen persons about the
| jail. Sheriff KetchncT, with the jail
or, are on the inside and refuse adj
mittance to any one. The sheriff
summoned nearly all Of the crowd as
deputies Other deputies have up.
pearcd in front Of the jail door with
shot guns and say they viii not allow
anything unlawful TO take place. One
reporter got several quilts and blank
cts and has laid down for nap in the
jail yard, waiting for developments.
Parties from Darnc5town cannot
reach here before daylight, so it is
probable the attack viii not be made
and the prisoner demanded until five
o'clock or later. Digs anticipates
death, and IS preparing himself accor-
dinghy, at the suggestion ofone of the
men in Jail. The sheriff says he will
not surrender the prisoner, and is pre-
pared for long siege.
John Digzs, colored who outraged
HRS. TsohiGsly, OF Montgomery county,
Maryland, was taken from tho jail al
Rockville at en- early hour on Tuesday
morning last, by determined body Of
men and hung about half milo from
the town. Sheriff Ket 3h0er and tho
jailer did oil they could 10 keep him in
their possession, bat they were so tho
roughly ovcrpowored that they were
/ forced 10 succumb.
Reports from Frederick, Md, states
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