Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-29

amounting to upwards Of II ,000-the ninth
VAS also hetween Pensacola aud Eaton Ron..r
where icy robbed ceutlemano OF about d. OO1
dollars. Ia gcid-ihr tenth wasLear Eas Vile
Tennessee, where they robbed traveller ot
970 iollatS-the eleventh was ia Franklin
comfy, Virginia. where he himself robbed :,
dover Of $50 dollars aud his horse, Tor whicn
he was apprehepGed aud sentenced 10 ,icht
years COZ fiuen,eut IN The L onitentiary OF Viz
eiha, Il, Ot which he served, When lie WIS
liberated for lis good cOndnct-ti,e twelfth
vas between New ok aud Boston, where
they robbed two a-"ticn.en from New York of
j,TOo dollars mo>t,v "a Erslish suineas-in
New York, Hare stole i hand some pair OF
carriage horses heiOnsii.g 20 the ernor--in
Washington ci,y he attempted 10 sell a horse
for "A man WHO had stolen him, for which he
was ,hi own into tati, wEcte hc lay Tor several
months u htn Ia" Was released on condition that
he Mould Jan ihc ;;trhs--v tale III ,he army lac
n.editnted GeNN sin: President MadiSon TO
Adnilai 0ohhuu. hose lVetwaS;h,u az The
FatuNonI-NEiCh Ite wVn.u A"S. done 81 he
could have communicated iuS ,i.cn.e to Tie
ASin.ra {: hCccu'lur dissatisfied. howcser with
The army, I've !;ired a bUfse ana gi. IA George
town deserted, AND sold them Il lie thi,,.sinh
was IN GhtSt,rCOuHtl, ia. whc,e he entered u
tavern iUuui AID robbed NO Ge,maus OF lUC0
,toDarS--tbs fourteenth was near lancaster,
tcilnsN lvauja, NliVie ;Hey rUti',d Il diuver, Of
the name of Scot, OF rigitecu hundi e,i hosiais
the 18th was al ii tavern about three miles
! trCm Boston. where he robbed a mau OF futr
hundred dollars-,i!e sixteenth Was al fsinoe-
lunk OF $4,000 dollars, tor abich he Wds tried
| al SummerNiiie corri house, aud sentenced TO
Ike state prisoniUr ti,e Soais Nv 9 Of " hish he
served, When lie WAS again iibe,aied for his
good conduct--the aeSentee; IN aE1 last robbie
| ~ III which he was concerned, u as that of the
United States mali near HaNre-le- Grace of
| nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars, fur
which he was hung, Together with John Alex
| ander II was their intention TO nave robbed
| both tie northeru anh sontlIeiH mails, as both
mails had TO pass the spo, on which the rob-
| berry was committed wiihin-abcu, an hour or
| two OF The same time, but one OF the company
making way with the ropes intended to tie the
| driner ana passengers, they permitted the
| mail to- pass unmoeSted.
Hare w:ss man OF great strength and cOu-
| rage, anu possessed more generosity than is
| generality met with among robbers: he always
! acted an principal in the robberies in which he
! was concerned The following il the conc!ud-
! ing paragraph of Ills confession, written by
| himself while in Baltimore Jail
! The circumstances OF Uur trial, and our
! sentence, are already known 20 the citizens of
Baltimore, Since ther have been confined in
/ dreary dsngeOn, heavily ircned,- without
/ hopes OF any mercy here, but looking forward
ior n ciowhot everlasting glory in the world TO
| come through the tntercessIon of my blessed
Saviour. My offences have been great and
| many FOR the last fourteen years of my life,
l have been highway rokber, and have rol,-
| bed on larger scale and been more success
| fnl than any rubber either in Europe or in this
| country, tina, have ever heard of; bat have
| ,he consolation OF rejecting, that never nil.
ca or wounded any man, and that TO mans
| hicod is upon my head have employed NV
| sell in my confinement, in writing tins comics.
sion, which, soiemuly declare 10 the world.
; ana rW repeat under the gaiic,cs, is a true aud
faithful. history OF my lite and adventures, aud
| hope II may serve caution to other per.
| sons. TO" they follow the same course Nav
the God OF Mercy pardon and receive my
| soui."