When was it published?

May 25, 1786 in Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News May 25, 1786

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What keywords are associated?

Highway Robbery, Footpads, Attorney, Cheshunt Wash, Huntingdon

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

On the previous Friday, attorney Mr. Haywood and his servant were robbed by two footpads at Cheshunt Wash while traveling from Huntingdon to town. The robbers took nine guineas from Haywood and two from the servant after a brief exchange.

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Last Friday, as one Mr. Haywood, an attorney, was coming to town from Huntingdon, he was stopped at Cheshunt Wash by two footpads; one held a pistol to the servant's head, while the other went up to Mr. Haywood, and demanded his money. Mr. Haywood asked him, how he dare stop a lawyer? The fellow replied, it gave him pleasure to do that: For do not you rob your clients? And therefore it is only one thief robs another. But, says the footpad, this is not a time to talk; your money immediately, or the contents of this pistol, which will spoil you for a lawyer; and robbed him of nine guineas, and his servant of two guineas, and then bid them ride on.

What sub-type of article is it?

Highway Robbery

What keywords are associated?

Highway Robbery Footpads Attorney Cheshunt Wash Huntingdon

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Haywood

Where did it happen?

Cheshunt Wash

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Cheshunt Wash

Event Date

Last Friday

Key Persons

Mr. Haywood

Outcome

robbed of nine guineas from mr. haywood and two guineas from his servant

Event Details

As Mr. Haywood, an attorney, was coming to town from Huntingdon, he was stopped at Cheshunt Wash by two footpads; one held a pistol to the servant's head, while the other demanded money from Mr. Haywood. After a verbal exchange where the robber justified robbing a lawyer as thief robbing thief, they took the money and let them go.