Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-11-25

A Brutal Outrage 1t eppears that thu
terrible and swift vengeance which was
Nfeaked upon the negro Digs in this county
little over year ago, has been forgotten
or has lost its salutary effect upon certain
class of the colored population, for, on Sat
urday night our community was startled by
report that similar crime had been COM
mitted at Monirose, a small, scattered village,
about tive miles from Rockville on the pike
leading to Georgetown, but in the main is
stripped of the horrid and repulsive features
of the Diggs affair. In this instance little
fiye-year old daughter of Mr.. Chas. Lochte
being the victim, and Charles Rigney, a col
ored lad, the culprit
On the afternoon of the day in question,
Mrs. Lochte, while busily engaged in the
domestic duties of her household, supposed
their little daughter was in the store with its
father, and he, that the child was with its
mother, but in this they were both mistaken,
for the negro had enticed her to the stable
by offering her twenty-five cents to accom-
pany him. The little victim was quite
favoritc or pet with the frequenters at Mr..
Lochte's store, and many nckle and penny
fell into her palm from admiring friends.
In her childish and confiding simplicity it
was no wonder she accompanied him and
was by him brutality assaulted and outraged
The little child, as soon as it could escape
the clutches of this fiend, went to the house,
where the mother soon discovered the true
state of affairs and informed her husband
who called the negro out of his store and
accused him of the crime, after which he
proceeded to give him severe thrashing,
and possibly if some cooler heads had not
been present, there would have been darky
funeral in that locality soon after; but the
crowd interfered and saved the worthless
life of the scoundrel. Rigney was then SC.
curely bound, placed in a wagon and brought
before Justice Morgan, of this place, who,
after hearing the evidence, committed him
for the action of the grand jury then in SEES
sion, who found bill of attempted rape.
In conversation with the physician who
attended the little child, We learn that her
injuries are not of serious nature, but this
does not lessen the enormity of the crime
and the punishment it deserves. The intent
OF the villain cannot be doubted, and "A sure
and speedy punishment should follow. The
security Of female virtue demand it, the
morals of every community claim this of the
| law and every ilw-abibin,r CITY an shnuId
see that it is enforced; and shunl IN Irl.
suasion, law, conscience and common lie
cency fail TO prevent a repetition OF his
kind, there is for criminals of this character
terrible ultmatum held in reserve There
is limit 10 all human endurance and pa
tlence, and when that point is passed in
cases like the present a swift retrbution fol-
lows the steps Of crime.
This creature Rigney, says he is about
nineteen years Of age, and it is rumored that
this is the second offence of this kind in
which he was an active participant. II
such should prove to be the case we think IA
| jury could do no better service to the com
munity and the culprit in particular than
to send him to the penitcntiary for term
of eight or ten years. "Out west" it is more
than probable the local newspapers would
briefly report this case in about the follow
ing language: "He was unanimously chosen
by convention of property holders to jump
! from the tail end Of wagon into the sweet
subsequ emily"