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Henry Humes

Item

Title
Henry Humes
Source
Montgomery County Sentinel (MD)
Date
4/12/12
page
3
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016209/1912-04-12/ed-1/?sp=3&q=larceny&r=-0.051,0.453,0.342,0.204,0
Crime
Theft
Subject
Larceny
Race of alleged offender
Black
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offenders
Stage of the Legal System
Escaped from jail and then arrested, two others also charged with larceny are still on the run from the law
Location
In state, Rockville and Frederick MD
Length of story
63
Description
Henry Humes, colored, who escaped from
jail here last November, was arrested in
Frederick last Friday and that evening was
brought to Rockville by Deputy Sheriff W.
A. Brooke. He is charged with larceny.
At the time Humes broke jail Samuel Wil
son and Walter Harriss, colored, both of
whom were charged with larceny, went
with him, and they are still at large.