DREDGE HANDS ARRESTED
Item
- Title
- DREDGE HANDS ARRESTED
- Source
- Evening Journal (DE)
- Date
- 3/17/00
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042354/1900-03-17/ed-1/?sp=3&q=assault&r=-0.151,0.786,0.496,0.299,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- Criminal assault, intent to kill
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- male allged offenders
- Race of alleged victim
- white
- Gender of alleged victim
- male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- charged, lodged in jail
- Location
- Out of state, Cambridge MD
- Length of story
- 140
- Description
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DREDGE HANDS ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL
Cambridge, Md., March 16. —George Foster and Moses Burk, colored, were brought to Cambridge last night, tied, and lodged in jail under a charge of assault with intent to kill before Justice Benson. Foster is from Crisfield and Burk from Philadelphia.
They were employed as dredge hands on the bugeye Addie H. Shores and had been on the boat for some time. James E. Pritchet was master of the boat and was at work in Brannock’s bay eight miles from Cambridge. During Captain Pritchet’s temporary absence these men became offended at Otto Wingate, a white boy, 19 years old, who was aboard, and assaulted him viciously and were about to throw the lad overboard when assistance came. They cursed violently and declared they meant to take charge of the boat.
