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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Captain Job H. Pike was discharged from jail in Hartford on March 9, 1798, after being proven innocent of the supposed robbery and murder of Oliver Johnson, who faked his death to deceive creditors and fled to Tennessee with a large sum of money.
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"This may certify. That Captain Job H. Pike, who was lately apprehended and confined in gaol here, for the supposed robbery and murder of one Oliver Johnson, proves to be entirely innocent, and in consequence thereof, he hath been this day discharged from his imprisonment.
There is evidence that Johnson has gone to the Tennessee country, he took passage in a stage at Philadelphia about the 16th of January last, for the Southern States, after informing the Representatives in Congress for the State of New-Hampshire, that he was going to the northward. The letter addressed to his wife which was the cause of the arrest of the said Pike, was contrived and dictated by Johnson himself, with a view to deceive his creditors with a belief of his death ; it is certain he carried away a large sum of money which he received in New-York. Capt. Pike during his confinement, has conducted himself unexceptionably well.
"THOMAS Y. SEYMOUR, Attorney to the State, in Hartford County."
Hartford, 28th February, 1798.
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Hartford
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March 9, 1798
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pike discharged from imprisonment as innocent; johnson fled to tennessee country with large sum of money to deceive creditors.
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Captain Job H. Pike was apprehended and confined in gaol in Hartford for the supposed robbery and murder of Oliver Johnson but proved entirely innocent and was discharged. Johnson faked his death by dictating a letter to his wife, informed New-Hampshire representatives he was going northward but took passage in a stage from Philadelphia about January 16 for Southern States, and carried away money received in New-York. Pike conducted himself well during confinement. Certified by Thomas Y. Seymour, Attorney to the State in Hartford County, dated February 28, 1798.