The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-31
HAYNE. THE BIGAMIST AND
SWINDIER.

lTavnc who Is now in the kcnturkv Prnitcn-
iiarv for several crimes.
"lIaccr>,own, MARYLAND. Is the placc Of his
nativity. an! >rndrv i.,.3, and jacni'.n.fi"y5eS
have contributed TO his education. Wirh d.
versatility of talent As universal as 1t Is a.
rompli>hcl. l. the da-tor can assume any name
that strikes his fancy. and any profession that
promises TO further his ends From the low
est depths of british crime, requiring nn;hinr
more than mere physical strength. to the mos;
complicated ard DARN" schemes of rillanr.
requiring for their successful execution th..
coolest ronra-r. the greatest stli-i'"~>rs>io'
aud the highest order o. ahiliiirs-in all the
regular cra'la,ion> from these extremes, the
doctor is equally at h"nr The haI,i-mal
, name of the nortor i LSso Duncan EEio"
Q"an'rW-a name familiar in the annals of
crime He was name a.ier the distinguished
naval hero of Lake Eric. who was 4 grrat
friend of the family. Qaantrill ha> ran.iered
his own Tanir a. notorious for criminal pui
suits as his distinguished namrSake was re-
nownc,l in onr naval history
! In lSls Qnantrill served Oh. a term Of SIX
wears in the Eastern Prmi;cntiarv of rrnn>,'-
vania. and returned In IIager>tnwn for few
davs. He was sentenced for ten wears hu'.aS
Is generally the ease with him. was rar,lnnri
opt At the expiration ot' six wears Leaving
EIaGer>towr. the next place We hear ot him IL
in Columbia MI where h" fi@ured under
he name of G. Mitchell. His object in visit
ing Columbia was to wreak his vengeance on
lady who had formerly been his wife. lut
whom his criminal cour~" had completely
and again married. Iiavnr attempted to hill
her hv Stran@img. hut She was rescued IN
time to save life and Iiayue WAS sent 10 prs
a.. from whirh hc was I,arlnn"d ,.i condition
Of leaving the State. Beng withor, funds.
he caI,iivatrl youth hv Iii. t;,>rinarin" man
hers. and il,inr,d him to give him hi money
and credit and since. then has hcrnm' "n,. of
the most accomplished >winllcr> and lnllc>t
t1rgcr> OF the day.
The largest portion Of l'~ mfn.io"l has
been spent in prison. He was confined in
one OF the prisons of Mississippi, hut made
hi escape, altlnugh surrounded hv til" ruarlS
From thence h.. went - Cincinnati, hou-'i.
NJ, some >r,.-r'.olts. without !"llar. hargri
one of the Judges OF the Court at his uwa
(thc Judges house, entered INTO some -rr
mercantile speculation. returned from { C
judges house and crossed over to Kentucky
all IN the short space of one day.
ificr hi> first di>ch,rcr from the State
prison, hc went to philadelphia, represented
himself As a wealthy contractor, bought up
what horses he cnuld in the city on credit.
and sent his a.,,nts through the STATE 10 i'rv
where any were for sale. He stated that C
was about to establish stare lines all over TIE
State. that would break up the eld lines ls
holiness alarmed the stage companies, a d
they offered him -, 200 TO co oft.
Quantrill demanded S5o,o"o; AMI they
were about To rive it to l;m {" grt rid Of In
when thr poctur "'.'a< Quantrill ma'lo one
Of his old mistakes; in signing draft he pat
the name of some one else. This WIS 4 ms
take which the law does not favor Guam
triil found Philadelphia too hot icr hun. and
wa> forced 10 lra:c. and the stare COMPANIES
saved their money. H.. was in New orlra
some wears a-er and figured then. a. q.lt:' "
Gently, ~ ~ offensive cotton >itcu,atnr, %r-
He Is not obi, ..rq',ant,,! w,th every di>iIn-
rni>hrd character in the nitr,i States, lut
has even pcr>oiratcd some ont ot the /. :
Before he made the attack on hi> former wife,
he passed himself oil. at ilarPcr> f"rry. w
nina. as the Mexican general, Aimontc, and
very soon troop OF admirers collected around
= the Mexican heir, He then went /" Sharl>-
,, birrr, MARYLAND. and introduced hiu,ert a. d
, wealthy contractor on the Chr>alcakc a
= OHIO canal From th,urc Ia" camc To- Funk,
town. Mary land, where he trok" into the
him the iolluwin. characteristic note:
q ..pcar Sir robbed Your house last l -ht
p of Sl2 IN silver and 80 in -ol' aud climbed
{ in iAc wnIow / ,.rln ia yopr trd. lecA,L
! y"or ,lqcr, and took the 10y a,n."
To this va. appended iicii;i"-s -sHat''ra,
hu, lac ,lii all he say III The mote. ii" nt>a
+ calnc to lla.rrs;own. and 10y WAY oi remind
M, tl,. ,.,,I,l,. "a. ms ,uar,r,.I,i,nt ani thar