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Name Murdered In Date
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHartford County, MarylandAugust 1868
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSalisbury, MarylandDecember 6, 1931
Armwood, GeorgePrincess Anne, MarylandOctober 18, 1933
Biggus, JohnFrederick, MarylandNovember 23, 1887
Bowens, JamesFrederick, MarylandNovember 17, 1895
BriscoeJacobsville, MarylandNovember 21, 1884
Brown, HezekiahClarksville, MarylandDecember 12, 1884
Burns, WilliamCumberland, MarylandOctober 6, 1907
Carroll, JamesPoint of Rocks, MarylandApril 17, 1879
Cooper, HowardTowson, MarylandJuly 12, 1885
Davis, HenryAnnapolis, MarylandDecember 21, 1906
Diggs-Dorsey, JohnDarnestown, MarylandJuly 24, 1880
Green, AsburyCentreville, MarylandMay 13, 1891
Hance, BenjaminLeonardtown, MarylandJune 17, 1887
Harris, LewisBel Air, MarylandMarch 27, 1900
Henson, JacobEllicott City, MarylandMay 28, 1895
Johnson, KingBrooklyn, MarylandDecember 25, 1911
Juricks, ThomasPiscataway, MarylandDecember 12, 1869
King, GarfieldSalibury, MarylandMay 26, 1898
Kemp, IsaacPrincess Anne, MarylandJune 8, 1894
Moore, IsaacBel Air, MarylandJuly 22, 1868
Peck, George W.Poolesville, MarylandJanuary 10, 1880
Price, Marshall E.Harmony, MarylandJuly 2, 1895
Quinn, JimBetween White Hall and Jarrettsville, MarylandOctober 2, 1869
Ramsey, WilliamRosedale, MarylandMarch 8, 1909
Randolph, SidneyPrincess Anne, MarylandJune 9, 1897
Reed, JamesCrisfield, MarylandJuly 28, 1907
"Scott, John HenryOxon Hill, MarylandMarch 3, 1875
Simms, JohnAnnapolis, MarylandNovember 29, 1875
Snowden, NicholasEllicott City, MarylandSeptember 18, 1885
Taylor, JamesChestertown, MarylandMay 17, 1892
Thomas, DavidDenton, MDOctober 1854
Townsend, CookWestminster, MarylandJune 2, 1885
Smith, WrightAnnapolis, MarylandOctober 5, 1898
Whitley, CharlesPrince Frederick, MarylandJune 6, 1886
Williams, MatthewSalisbury, MarylandDecember 4, 1931
Williams, StephenUpper Marlboro, MarylandOctober 20, 1894
Wilson, JimDenton, MarylandNovember 1862
Vermillion, JosephUpper Marlboro, MarylandDecember 3, 1889

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