Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland
End of Watch Tuesday, March 15, 1808
Add to My HeroesGeorge Workner
Night Watchman Workner was stabbed to death during a jail break of nine inmates from the Baltimore Jail.
The inmates had fashioned pewter keys and picked the locks to their cell doors. Then they attacked the guards with a small knife one of the inmates had obtained. Watchman Workner was stabbed in the side during the escape and died from the wound the following day.
Four of the nine inmates were apprehended and sentenced to death for Watchman Workner's murder. Their execution date was set for April 22, 1808, but they again attempted to escape two days beforehand. That escape attempt failed and they were hung in the jail's courtyard at noon on April 22, 1808.
Bio
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Incident Details
- Cause Stabbed
- Incident Date Monday, March 14, 1808
- Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
- Offender Executed in 1808
Most Recent Reflection
View all 18 ReflectionsRest in peace and Olav Hashalom Night Watchman Workner. Over two-hundred and eleven years ago was your heroic sacrifice!
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 14, 2019
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