'' Western Maryland Democrat '' was a weekly newspaper published from March 1863 to April 13 , 1865 in Westminster , Maryland . The paper 's equipment and premises were destroyed by an angry mob in April 1865 in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln , and a few weeks later the paper 's founder , Joseph Shaw , was attacked and murdered . Jesse Glass has written extensively on Joseph Shaw and his murder . The '' Democrat 's '' successor , '' The Democratic Advocate '' , literally rose from its ashes when William H. Davis established the paper in November 1865
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Western Maryland Democrat