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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Abraham Bush was committed to Hackensack jail for murdering his brother-in-law Van Dyck by strangling and throwing him from a canoe into the Passaic River during a dispute while clamming; Bush was apprehended after fleeing.
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Last Week was committed to Hackensack goal in New-Jersey, Abraham Bush, for the murder of his brother-in-law, named Van Dyck, on Friday the 7th instant. They had been a clamming, in Company with another man, and on their return home, a dispute arose between the two brothers, when Bush almost strangled Van Dyck, and threw him out of the canoe in which they were, into Passaic river, after which Bush finding his brother was drowned, swam ashore, and took to the woods, but was soon apprehended. 'Tis said they were all intoxicated.
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Hackensack, New Jersey
Event Date
Friday The 7th Instant
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van dyck drowned; bush apprehended and committed to jail
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Abraham Bush and his brother-in-law Van Dyck, along with another man, were clamming and returning home in a canoe when a dispute arose; Bush strangled Van Dyck and threw him into the Passaic River, leading to his drowning; Bush swam ashore, fled to the woods, but was soon apprehended; all were intoxicated.