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Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In Fayetteville, John Y. Thompson was arrested and jailed for attempting to pass counterfeit Bank of North America and United States notes worth about $20,000, plus a $200 Bank of Maryland note. Accomplice Dixon (aka Davis, previously tried in Charleston) escaped, possibly heading to Columbia.
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Extract of a letter from Fayetteville, dated April 18.
'Last week, a person by the name of John Y. Thompson, was taken up and committed to jail in this place, for having attempted to pass counterfeit notes of the Bank of North-America, and of the Bank of the United States; he had in his possession to the amount of about 20,000 dollars, and a 200 dollar note of the Bank of Maryland. There was another of the name of Dixon, (who was tried at Charleston, by the name of Davis) but who made his escape, and has, it is supposed, gone towards your town.'
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Fayetteville
Event Date
April 18
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john y. thompson committed to jail; dixon escaped
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John Y. Thompson arrested for attempting to pass counterfeit notes of the Bank of North-America and Bank of the United States, possessing about $20,000 in counterfeits and a $200 note of the Bank of Maryland. Accomplice Dixon, previously tried as Davis in Charleston, escaped and is believed heading towards Columbia.