BOWIE, Md. (AP) — The mob hauled Henry Davis out of the county jail on Calvert Street, led him through the Clay Street neighborhood to Brickyard Hill overlooking the end of College Creek and hung him from a Chestnut tree.
Their rage not satisfied, they shot him 100 times or more. A man took pictures of Davis, and sold postcards, two for a quarter. One customer bought 50 copies.
The Evening Capital headline read: "Assault on woman avenged - Davis dragged from jail and lynched - Mob riddled Negro ravisher with bullets."
"The people in the old Fourth Ward heard the screams, locked their doors," s...
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