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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Notorious mail robber John Reese, traveling under the alias D. Hanover, was caught after rifling mail bags on a stagecoach from Lexington to Maysville, Kentucky, in early August 1823. He was captured near West Union, Ohio, and jailed in Kentucky, where stricter justice is hoped compared to previous discharges in Ohio.
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Extract of a letter to the Post-Master in this place, dated
Post Office, Chilicothe, Ohio, 4th Aug 1823.
"I now have the satisfaction of stating to you, that John Reese, the notorious mail robber is in safe keeping in Kentucky. He went on a few days since by way of Cincinnati, to Louisville, Ky and there took the stage for Lexington, by the name of D. Hanover, but owing to there being other passengers in the stage, he had no opportunity of effecting his villanious purposes until he left Lexington. On his way to Maysville, there being no passengers in the stage with him, he immediately commenced by cutting the Eastern bags, and taking out some packages, and when the stage stopped eight miles this side of Lexington, he went into a corn field, rifled the letters of their contents, and left them. They were soon discovered and pursuit made after Reese. He was taken near West Union, in Ohio, taken back to Kentucky, and is now safely lodged in jail. I hope he will find birds of a different feather in Kentucky from those of Ohio. No effort of the citizens of Ohio could bring the scoundrel to justice, being always discharged by the District Judge, and that too, in the face of testimony, that all others thought sufficient to convict him."
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Kentucky And Ohio
Event Date
A Few Days Before August 4, 1823
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john reese captured near west union, ohio, and lodged in jail in kentucky; previously discharged in ohio despite sufficient testimony.
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John Reese, traveling as D. Hanover, took a stage from Louisville to Lexington, then to Maysville. Alone on the stage to Maysville, he cut Eastern mail bags, removed packages, and rifled letters in a corn field eight miles from Lexington. The emptied letters were discovered, leading to pursuit and his capture near West Union, Ohio, after which he was returned to Kentucky for safekeeping.