John Burnett, Francis Burns, George Cronen, John Ferguson, John Logan, 1789 October 12

guilty and sentenced to jointly hang. The mass execution was
carried out on Oct. X£ 12, 1789 on the Commons and an article
in the PENNA. PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER > Oct. 13, 1789, states
XXEKS ",,..the behavior of these unhappy men appeared penitent
and suited to their deplorable situation,"

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guilty and sentenced to jointly hang. The mass execution was
carried out on Oct. X¥ 12, 1789 on the Commons and an article
in the PENNA. PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Oct. 13, 1789, states
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and suited to their deplorable situation."

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LOGAN, John

‘Burnett, Burns, Cronen, Ferguson and Logan were all transported felons
__from England to Philadelphia where they once again HSE committed

__ city streets with heavy balls chained to their ankles and perform
public works sugh as street cleaning, the dredging of ditches, the

~ digging of cesspools, etc. One night in 1789, they all escaped and, ~

__ accompanied by Logan's wife ma made their way to the house in which _
two well-to-drovers named McFarland lived. When they knockdd on the

~ door, John McFarland answered and they pushed their way inside and ~~

.__bludgeoned him to death. His brother hid and they were unable to.
locate him, so they stole $2,000 which they found and left. Most of

- the money was hidden in Potter's Field (now Washington Square) and
the murderous group went to a lowly dive where they proceeded to
Stage a drunken.orgy. They got into an argument with a group of

~~ sailors and a fight ensued in which the escaped criminals were

| roundly thrashed. One of them was subsequently found in the street _
and he confessed the McFarland murder and named his accomplices.

When they were all-rounded- up, they were-promptly tried, found

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LOGAN, John on anoint

Burnett; Burns, Cronen, Ferguson and i opan were all transported felon
from ingland to Philadelphia where they once again KBE committed
criminal offenses and were sentenced to the County Jail. As part of

_ their punishment, they were required to push wheelbarrows through the

city streets with heavy balls chained to their ankles and perform _
public works sugh as street cleaning, the dredging of ditches, the
digging of cesspools, ? “etc. One night in “1789, they all escaped and,

__ accompanied by Logan's wife mm made their way to the house in which _

two well-to-drovers named McFarland lived. When they knockdd on the

~ door, John McFarland answered and they pushed “their way inside and
__bludgeoned him to death. His brother hid and they were unable to

locate him, so they stole $2,000 which they found and left. Most of |
the money was hidden in Potter's Field (now Washington Square) and

_the murderous group went to a lowly dive where they proceeded to_

sailors anda fight ensued in which the escaped criminals were

stage a drunken.orgy. They got into an argument with a group of

_roundly thrashed. One of them was subsequently found in the street

and he confessed the McFarland murder and named his accomplices.
When they were-all-rounded up, they-werepromptly tried, found

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Burnett, Burns, Cronen, Ferguson and Logan were all transported felong
fron England to Philadelphia where they once again ¥8#K committed
nal offenses and were sentenced to the County Jail.
sir punishment, they were required to push wheelbarrows
city streets with heavy balls chained to their ankles and perform
public works sugh as street cleaning, the dredging of ditches, the
digging of cesspools, etc, One night in 1789, they all escapod and,
accompanied by Logan's wife,m made their way to the house in which
two well-to-drovers named MeFarland Lived, When thoy knockd on the
door, John McFarland answered and they pushed their way inside and
bludgeoned him to death, His brother hid and they were unable to
locate him, so they stole $2,000 which they found and left, Most of
~the money was hidden-in Potter's Field (now Washington Square) and
the murderous group went to a lowly dive where they
stage a drunken.orgy, They got into an argiment with a group of
anda fight ensued in whtch the escaped criminals were
thrashed. Ons of them was subsequently a inthe atneet
and he confessed the McFarland murder and naned his accomplices.
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