Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Lynch Law in Maryland," July 6, 1858

Lynch Law in Maryland. – The Charleston (Maryland) News of the 26th inst., gives an account of the seizure of a man named James L. Bowers, by a number of persons, who carried him to the woods, half a mile from his house, where they stripped him, covered his body with tar and feathers, and before allowing him to depart, required from him a promise to leave the State in twenty-four hours. They also took a mulatto woman named Tillison, from the house of a free negro named Butler, and after severely whipping Butler for denying that she was with him, took her some distance from the house and subjected the upper portion of her person to a similar application of tar and feathers.

The offences charged against these persons were aiding in the escape of sundry slaves, or rather enticing them to escape.