Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05

determined to defend it, by force, if nee
essary. Gen. Lingan and Gen. Henry
Lee. the latter the famous Light Horse
Harry of the revolution. both devoted
the young editor. determined to use their
friendly offices to temper the rasflness Of
youth. and yet to give him full benefit OF
their experience if the mob attacked.
The story of that frightful night of
August %. 1872, has been told faithfully
by every historian Of that and later
times. When the mob burst into the jail
where Editor Hanson and his devoted
friends had been placed for safe keeping.
these men were hustled to the door. where
John Mumma. butcher. who led one fac
ton of the mob. stood with a club and
struck them down. Hanson. Lee. Lingan,
Hall, Nelson. Kilgore, Musgrave. War
field and H. G. Gather were thrown down
the steps. where they. lay In a heap TOR
nearly three hours, during which time the
mob continued to torture their mangled
bodies The suggestions to cut their
threats, to throw them into Jones Falls
finally gave way in favor of the one to
hang them next day and dissect them
posed to treat in this way were men like
Gen. Henry Lee. whose dashing services
thrilled the hearts to this day, whose low
ing lips had framed the eulogy on Wash
ington. First In war, first in peace, first
in the hearts of his countrymen': Lingan.
who had spent his youth. his strength and
blood for his country, and who had gone
through the living. death of prison ship;
Warfeld, son of that Peregrine Warfield,
the first citizen in Maryland publicly to
propose separation from England. and
who directed the burning of the Peggy
Stewart.
Rest Were Saved.
The brutal decision of the mob en-
abled Dr. Hall to save their lives.
UD;,.l-1
Owen and one whom they called the
Boston Beauty" he took them off to
places of safety.
But Lingan was dead. and it seemed
likely that his heart had been broken
as we'll as his skull fractured. For
Thomas Reyburn of Baltimore described
his death to Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey,
mother of Mrs. Ella Lorraine Dorsey,
great-grandniece of General Lingan,
lows:
When Lingan was driven to the door
his appearance was greeted with cries
of Tory. traitor; tory, traitor" He tore
at these scars 1 got them fighting for
your liberty Do they look as if / were
a tory or traitor? But the words
had hardly left his lips when the blow
from Mumma's club felled him to the
Scharf. in his history of Maryland.
says: After receiving the fatal blow
he reached his hand to one Of his COM
panions and said, Farewell. / am a dying
man-make your escape: return home
and take care there'-death prevented
the completion of the sentence. But il
was doubtless some charge as to his
wife and children. But he did not
leave his family destitute. as Scharf was
led to suppose, the one item in his will
dedicating thousands of dollars each to
two of his daughters settling this point.
Body Lay in Street.
The mob refused to give up his body,
and it lay until noon of the next day ex
posed to their cruel gaze; and when finally
they consented it was on condition of an
obscure burial: but later. September ],
1872 when funeral services were held In
Georgetown, no church or building was
large enough to contain the throngs. and
the services had to be celebrated In Par
rott's woods. now Oak Hill cemetery.
where, under Gen. Washngton's tent. the
orator, the clergy of the different denomi-
nations, Lingan's comrades. Musgrave,
still disfigured by his wounds and ban
dages; Stoddart. Stewart Che who, with
sixteen men, led the forlorn hope at Eu-
taw) and others made all reparation that
love and justice could to his memory.
The city and church bells were tolIed,
minute guns were fired, and the ship
then building by Kurtz & Bowie, the first
10 De DullI Ill ScOi SCtoWu WdS HdIIlcQ tIS
Gen. Lingan in honor of his memory.
One Of the most curious incidents in his
tory relates to this Baltimore massacre.
The story is given In detail in Harvey's
"Reminiscences of Daniel Webster but
told i'm brief 1t is as follows
1.-The coach conveying Mr.. Webster to
Washington broke down some fifteen
miles north of Baltimore. He had a case
before the Supreme Court, and felt COM
PEELED to push on. He hurried to the
nearest tavern to get private convey
ance to Baltimore. While his supper
was being prepared Mr.. Webster told his
host of his haste and the reason for. II.
The landlord objected to the darkness. the
distance and the hour. but finally said he
had found a man willing to 60 This man
proved to be Mumma, the murderer OF
Lingan, and Mr.. Webster said that the