Time Machine: The 1879 Duer Trial.

The year was 1879 and a tragic incident that occurred the previous year involving two young Pocomoke City women was in  the news coast to coast. This real life soap opera-like drama  resulted in the death of one of the women and was being recounted in court proceedings in Snow Hill. The following 1879 newspaper articles published May 21 to July 7 were from The Times of Philadelphia.

(Published May 21, 1879)

Footnote: The articles don't mention the location of the Hearn home but an article on the case published fifty years later stated the home was on Willow Street and by that time had burned down.  

(Published May 22, 1879)

(Published May 23, 1879)

Note to Pocomoke Public Eye readers: We think many will find the following articles that reported on the daily trial proceedings quite interesting. If you prefer only to view the article on the outcome of the trial scroll down to the article published on June 20th.

(Published May 30, 1879)

(Published May 31 , 1879)

(Published June 3, 1879)

(Published June 5, 1879)

(Published June 6, 1879)

(Published June 7, 1879)

(Published June 20, 1879)

 Note to Pocomoke Public Eye readers: We've omitted the headlines from this concluding article on the trial so that you can learn the outcome as you read the article.

(Published July 7, 1879) 

The Times (Philadelphia)

Published July 23. 1879

 Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, Pa.)

Below is the story introduction in the Philadelphia newspaper attributing Lillian Duer as the author. A corner of the archived page was missing.

November, 1881

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pa.)

 

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.