Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16

from there through Maine with two
men who were going to Canada. They
discovered that these men had a
large sum of money in a trunk, so
just across the border they held them
up and got away with $14,700.
In New York city Hare conceived
a great liking for pair Of horses be-
longing to the governor. IF he had
been a poor man 1 should not have
taken them," he says in explaining his
lapse from virtue. He broke into the
governors stable one morning, and,
mounting one of the horses and lead
ing the other, he made for Trenton.
Near Trenton bridge the led horse
bolted and got away from him, but
he rode the other all the way to
Washington and sold it there. An
other stolen horse which he was
obliging enough to dispose Of for
friend got him into Jail, and he only
got out on promising to enlist.
He became one of the presidents
guards, and even considered the feasi-
bility Of Kidnapping the chief execu-
tive and handing him over to the
British whose sloops Of war were at
that time near at hand. He fought
and got the better of man in another
regiment, who boasted that he could
whip any soldier in the army. Il did
not pull off my jacket" he says of
the affair He then stole gig and
deserted, and after going to New
York for the winter he came to Phila-
delphia and became the manager of
a band of thieves, who committed
common robberies."
Soon he married and went to Bos-
ton with the idea that he would give
up the old life altogether, but the
loss of his money drove him back to
1t again, and, having sent his dear
companion" on to New York, he rob-
bed n traveller outside of Princeton
of 100000 But he was soon taken
and given five years.
After serving two years he was par
doned and met in Philadelphia GER
tain Alexander, IAN honorable thief
They planned to hold up the North
Carolina mail, and with Lewis Hare
Joseph's young brother, they built a
fence across the road three miles out
side of Havre de Grace. When the
stage stopped at this obstruction they
pointed their pistols at the heads Of
the driver and the single passenger,
and afterward tied them to some
trees, while they went through the
mail. Hare was most polite to the
passenger. He told him that had he
only known that he was coming he
would have put off robbing the mail
till another night, and he begged Alex
ander to keep a little of the gin for
the driver and the passenger, but he
adds sadly: "It was like trying to keep
a child f.om n honeycomb.' Il told
him." he continues. referring to the
passenger, that his watch was an
elegant one, and put 1t back In his
pocket: he said 1t was a family piece
and thanked me for my politeness."
Two mornings afterward at Balti-
more Hare records: II had bought
one plaid cloak at the price Of $35,
and one cloak in the style Of an off,
Ger. very dashy. when we were arrest
ed by two men that the owner of the
shop had sent for, being suspicious
of our appearance"
All three were found guilty Lewis
got off with a sentence of few years
on account of his youth but AleXan-
der and Hare were condemned to be
hanged. On the way from the court
to the Jail Hare in crossing stream
on a fallen tree made a desperate at
tempt to knock the officer off into the
stream and escape, but the attempt
failed.
Lewis was not so heavily ironed as
the others. and he somehow managed
to pry off his chains with knife and
get both the others free. They placed
themselves in the corridor and when
the turnkey entered they made a rush
and got out of the door, but they were
so weak from confinement that they
soon fell exhausted and were easily
retaken. Hare kept his nerve to the
end. and both he and Alexander died
game.
Thus lived and died this most pic
turesuue gentleman Of the highway
the last of the good old school,
Milwaukee Sentinel.