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WR.732.014
16 Oct 1732:21 (56)
From the Rhode-Island Gazette. Thomas Hammets, under
sentence of death for the murder of Katherine Cook, found
means to get off his irons, and yesterday towards night . .
. [he escaped in his wife's clothes.] Upon which notice
was given by beat of drum in the town, and the sheriff with
several officers of the militia, rode out on the Island in
quest of him, but he is not yet found. This morning the
militia of the town are in pursuit of him. The bonnet was
thrown over the prison wall last night . . .
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