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New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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Marchant, convicted pirate who murdered the captain and mate of the schooner Fairy, committed suicide by hanging in his Boston cell on Tuesday night before his scheduled execution. Accomplice Colson was set to be executed that Thursday forenoon in the City Prison yard.
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We understand that Marchant, one of the individuals recently convicted of the murder of the captain and mate of the schooner Fairy and who was to be publicly executed this day, committed suicide, by hanging himself, on Tuesday night last. He was found dead yesterday morning, dangling at the end of a silk handkerchief, which was fastened to the bars of his cell. Colson, his companion in guilt, will be executed this forenoon, the Patriot says, in the yard of the City Prison.
Boston Gazette, Thursday last
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Boston
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Tuesday Night Last
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marchant committed suicide by hanging himself with a silk handkerchief in his cell; colson scheduled for public execution by hanging in the city prison yard.
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Marchant, recently convicted of murdering the captain and mate of the schooner Fairy, was to be publicly executed but hanged himself on Tuesday night last using a silk handkerchief fastened to his cell bars and was found dead yesterday morning. Colson, his companion in the crime, will be executed this forenoon in the yard of the City Prison.