Theft in the Montgomery County Sentinel

The Montgomery County Sentinel is a local newspaper based in Rockville Maryland. The newspaper was informative in nature,  focusing on various events occurring in or around Montgomery County Maryland as well as other locations in the D.C, Maryland and Virginia area. The Montgomery County Sentinel was founded in August, 1855 by Mattew Field. Field would run the paper until 1871 when he passed away. After Field's death, his wife, Rebecca and their two children Mary and Clay would take over running the paper. The Field family would run the Sentinel until 1932, when they sold it to P.G Stromberg. The paper was later acquired by Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, his family still runs the paper to this day. 

This website will be examining the property crime of theft, as it was reported in the Montgomery County Sentinel from 1900-1920. In order to yield the results being analyzed, the search terms of: theft, larceny and embezzlement were utilized. The search results contain a wide variety in both the crimes themselves and how they were reported.  Some of the crimes were reported as their own stories in great detail. Others were mentioned in sections titled "Local and Personal" or "Circuit Court". The "Local and Personal" section refers to minor or lesser known crimes and events that occurred around the D.C, Maryland and Virginia area. The "Circuit Court" Section mentions crimes and cases that passed through the court system in Montgomery County, along with what the result of their trial was.