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1734: John Ormesby and Matthew Cushing

Posted on 17 October, 2018 by Headsman

If the attached A Few Lines upon the Awful Execution of John Ormesby & Matthew Cushing intrigues, get to know America’s “first celebrity burglar” via a profile from friend of the site Anthony Vaver (author of Bound with an Iron Chain and Early American Criminals).

On this day..

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  • 1902: Jim Buchanan, escaping lynching
  • 1976: Masacre de Los Surgentes, during the Dirty War
  • 1968: Harun Thohir and Usman Janatin, for the MacDonald House bombing
  • 1677: John S., William Fletcher, and Robert Perkins
  • 1817: Maggie Houghtaling
  • 1698: Six Streltsy of rank
  • 1934: Harry Pierpont, Dillinger mentor
  • 1859: Danford Balch, inadvertent PDX benefactor
  • 1999: Zein al-Abidine al-Mihdar, Yemeni terrorist
  • 1409: Jean de Montagu
  • 1622: Anne de Chantraine, young witch
Posted in 18th Century, Capital Punishment, Common Criminals, Crime, Death Penalty, England, Execution, Hanged, History, Massachusetts, Murder, Public Executions, Theft, USA | Tagged 1730s, 1734, boston, broadsheets, john ormesby, matthew cushing, october 17

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