Wednesday, December 1, 2010
[display_podcast] Note: This post follows “Henry Tufts’s Thanksgiving.†Henry Tufts returned to his family in Lee, NH after slipping away from Mr. Pickard, who in good faith had released him from the Old York jail. When Tufts arrived in his home town, though, he discovered that his reputation was as bad as ever, especially when […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
[display_podcast] Stephen Smith was born a slave in 1769 in Virginia. His last name was originally Allen, but he changed it to Smith in order to escape from the master who owned him, William Allen. Smith’s father was a religious man, but his mother encouraged him to steal. With her prompting, Smith committed several small […]
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
[display_podcast] On Friday, December 4, 1789, William Mooney Fitzgerald and John Clark were scheduled to appear before the court in St. John, New Brunswick. They were to learn their sentence after being tried and found guilty of burglary the day before. That morning, Rev. Charles William Milton entered their prison cell and later wrote that […]
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Also tagged Animal theft, Burglary, Canada, Convict Transportation, Counterfeiting, Execution, Imprisonment, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Punishment, Rape, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
[display_podcast] Note: This post continues “Thomas Mount’s Crime Tips.†Long before Nicholas Pileggi wrote Wiseguy and revealed the inner-workings of present-day organized crime, Thomas Mount in 1791 disclosed the secrets of the Flash Company, a gang of burglars, thieves, and highwaymen. As a part of his revelations, Mount asked that the language and songs of […]
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Also tagged Burglary, New Jersey, New York, Organized crime, Pennsylvania, Pickpocketing, Prisons and Jails, Punishment, Rhode Island, Robbery, South Carolina
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
[display_podcast] In April 1791, Thomas Mount and James Williams were thrown in the Newport, RI jail to be held until their execution for burglary. Williams was reticent to discuss his life or the crime that the two committed, but Mount not only willingly talked at length about these topics, he divulged the inner-workings of the […]
Filed in Criminals
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Also tagged Burglary, Connecticut, Imprisonment, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Organized crime, Pennsylvania, Punishment, Rhode Island, Virginia, Whipping
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