![]() ![]() ![]() Harris was found to be wearing soiled clothes, and his thumb had been lacerated, confirming Miss McIlvaine's assertion of biting the attacker's hand during the struggle. After a short search, Harris was found, arrested, and transferred to the local jail house. A hat was left behind at the home of Anne McIlvaine, and it was confirmed that it belonged to Harris. As Miss McIlvaine gathered herself after the attack, she went to the home of Sheriff Kinhart for treatment and to report the incident. When McIlvaine opened the door, she testifies that she was forced from her home, and as she screamed for help, a neighbor came to the scene and chased Harris off with a shotgun, missing his one shot fired at the attacker. on the morning of March 25, supposedly in search of some medicine for a toothache. Newspaper accounts, Harris knocked on the door of Miss McIlvaine's residence at 4:00a.m. Harris was arrested and charged with the assault ofĪnne McIlvaine, a resident of Harford County. Lewis Harris, an African American man, was lynched by a mob on March 27, 1900 Lynched in Bel Air, Maryland, on March 27, 1900. Lewis Harris, MSA SC 3520-13952 Archives of Maryland ![]()
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