"Philadelphia, July 20, 1818=-Confessions, purporting to be those of
Alexander and Hare, convicted of robbing the mail, and sentenced to
death, in Baltimore, have for some days hawked through the streets
of Philadelphia = in which the sentence is said to have been inflicte
on the llth inst. This is a base imposition on the public, the Presi
dent not having yet decided on the case of these unfortunate men,
owing, it is said, to the Judges having omitted to name a day for the
execution, = D. ADV." DALLY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, DC,
July 25, 1818 (2=5,)
"Sentence of death was on Thursday passed on Joseph Thompson Hare
and John Alexander, lately convicted of robbing the mail, Lewis
Hare was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, the higher punishment
which he had equally incurred, haf¥ing been remitted by the President
on account of his youth," INTELLIGENCER, Wash,y DC, 5-18-1818 (2-3.)
See HISTORY.L.AMERICA CRIMES by Triplett, pp 276-32)
"Philadelphia, July 20, 1818-Confessions, purporting to be those of
Alexander and Hare, convicted of robbing the mail, and sentenced to
death, in Baltimore, have for some days hawked through the streets
of Philadelphia = in which the sentence is said to have been inflicted
on the llth inst. This is a base imposition on the public, the Presi-
dent not having yet decided on the case of these unfortunate men,
owing, it is said, to the Judges having omitted to name a day for thei
execution. = D. ADV." DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, DC,
July 25, 1818 (2=5.)
"Sentence of death was on Thursday passed on Joseph Thompson Hare
and John Alexander, lately convicted of robbing the mail, Lewis
Hare was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, the higher punishment
which he had equally incurred, hafing been remitted by the President
on account of his youth," INTELLIGENCER, Washes, DC, 5-18-1818 (2=3,)
See HISTORY.L.AMERICA CRIMES by Triplett, pp 276-32
"Philadelphia, July 20, 1818-Confessions, purporting to be those of
Alexander and Hare, convicted of robbing the mail, and sentenced to
death, in Baltimore, have for some days hawked through the streets
of Philadelphia = in which the sentence is said to have been inflicte:
on the llth inst, This is a base imposition on the public, the Presi4
dent not having yet decided on the case of these unfortunate men,
owing, it is ea to the Judges having omitted to name a day for the:
execution, = D, ADV." DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, DC,
July 25, 1818 (2=5.)
"sentence of death was on Thursday passed on Joseph Thompson Hare
and John Alexander, lately convicted of robbing the mail, Lewis
Hare was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, the higher oer o.
which he had equally incurred, hafing been remitted by the President
on account of his youth," INTELLIGENCER, Wash., DC, Sab 1818 (2-3)
See HISTORY .LAMERICAl CRIMES by Triplett, pp 276-32
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Hare, born in Chester, Pae, learned to be a theif and a hoodlum in
Philadelphia and New York. Just prior to his arrest, he signed on
as a seaman and left the Bast Coast, jumping ship in New Orleans,
He raised a gang and for two or three years was a highwayman on the
Natéhez Trace between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn., robbing
travelers, Hare was reluttant to resort to murder and on ‘one occa=
sion, after taking the pistols and a small sum of money from a dro-
ver, his victim returned with a possee and tracked him down. He
served five years for his crimes on the Trace and, after his release,
he moved his activitiesy to Maryland. In March, 1818, he robbed a
mail coach outside of Havre de Grace, Md., a capital offense at the
‘time, Captured: two da ys later, he was convicted, and, on Sept. 10,
1818, he was hanged in the court yard of the Baltimore jail.
A Pictorial History of the Wild Wast by James D. Horan and Paul Samn
Spawn of Evh}, by Paul I. Wellman, Doubleday & bes Bere City, NY,
196. Pages Wo"
HARE; Joseph Thanpson— i Spears a ein FC raga oth IN
Hare, born in Chester, Pa., learned to be a theif and a hoodlum in
Philadelphia and New York. Just prior to his arrest, he signed on
as a seaman and left the Bast Coast, jumping ship in New Orleans,
He raised a gang and for two or three years was a highwayman on the
Natéhez Trace between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn., robbing
travelers, Hare was relubtant to resort to murder and on ‘one occa=
sion, after taking the pistols and a small sum of money from a dro-
ver, his victim returned with a possee and tracked him down. He
served five years for his crimes on the Trace and, after his release,
he moved his activitiesx to Maryland. In March, 1818, he robbed a
mail coach outside of Havre de Grace, Md., a capital offense at the
‘time. Captured: two da ys later, he was convicted, and, on Sept. 10,
1818, he was hanged in the court yard of the Baltimore jail.
A Pictorial History of the Wild Wast by James D. Horan and Paul Sam
age 15.6
Spawn of Evi}, by Paul I. Wellman, Doubleday & berg Paluah City, NY,
196). Pages 10-11,
HARE, Joseph Thompson
Hare, born in Chester, Pa. learned to be a theif and a hoodlum in
Philadelphia and New York. Just prior to his arrest, he signed on
as a seaman and left the Gast Coast, jumping ship in New Selasie.
He reised a gang and for two or three years was a highwayman o:
Hataes Trace between Natcher, isss; and Nashville, Tenn, ; ebbing
travelers.
sion, after taking the pistols and a small sum of money from a dro-
ver, his victim returned with a possee and tracked him down,
Hare was relubtant to resort to mrder and on one occa=
He
served five years for his crimes on the Trace and, after his release,
he moved his activitiesx to Maryland, In March, 1818, he robbed a
mail coach outside of Havre de Grace, Md., a capital offense at the
time, Captmed two da ys later, he was convicted, and, on Seve 10,
1818, he was hanged in the court yard of the Baltimore jai
A Pictorial History of the Wild Wast by James D, Horan and Paul Sam
Spawn of Evb}, by Paul I, Weldman, Doubleday & bees Geren City, NY,
196l4. Pages 10-1
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