Luther Smith, George Wright, Amos Abbe, and Caesar Reynolds
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100 Dollars Reward. BROKE the Hartford County Gaol, Connecticut, on the morning of the 7th instant, the following persons, confined therein for crime, who made their escape, viz. LUTHER SMITH, about 28 years old, 6 feet high, blue or grey eyes, brown hair, straight, well made, and a good complexion and countenance, said he belongs to Vermont.- GEORGE WRIGHT, about 35 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high, lightish eyes, curled dark brown hair, thick set, and of a sandy complexion; born in Windsor, and has lately resided in Hartland in this county.- AMOS ABBE, about 40 years old, 5 feet, 8 or 9 inches high, sandy complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair, thin, and has the appearance of weakness both as to strength and intellect; belongs to East-Windsor, Conn.- CAESAR REYNOLDS, a negro, about 35 years old, stout thick set, very black, and about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high. The above reward is offered for the apprehension and delivery to this gaol of the aforesaid persons, and in addition the necessary charges of transportation - or a reward of Forty Dollars for the delivery of Smith, Thirty Dollars for the delivery of Reynolds, and Ten Dollars each for the delivery of Wright and Abbe, and the charges as aforesaid for their transportation. ZADOCK HINSDALE, Gaoler. Hartford County Gaol, Conn. August 7, 1822.
Citation
Zadock Hinsdale, advertisement for Luther Smith et al., Connecticut Courant, August 13, 1822, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4997.