In State Theft
The vast majority of crimes being reported in the Montgomery County Sentinel occurred within the state of Maryland, with 35 of the 40 crimes being from Maryland. Of the 35 cases of theft that were reported in Maryland, the city in which the crime took place was unknown. Eight were reported as "Montgomery County Maryland" and the remaining three as "Maryland." For the thefts where the location was given, one was in Cabin John, One in Glen Echo, three in the Bethesda area and four in the vicinity of Silver Spring. There are four each in Rockville, Olney and Boyds, along with one each in Kensington, Sandy Spring and Clarksburg.
With the cases of theft where the location was known, most of the thefts were committed in metropolitan areas in close proximity to Washington D.C. Over the course of 20 years from 1900-1920, there was no significant change over time in the locations where thefts took place.