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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Eight criminals escaped from Baltimore gaol early on May 27 by blasting a hole in the wall, fleeing past a sentry, eating in the gaoler's quarters, and scaling the outer walls. They remain at large. Names: Alexander Badger alias Beatty, Andrew Anderson, Lewis Smith, Jno. Thompson, Abraham Hoppe, James Brown, Captain Miller, Porter.
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Between three and four o'clock this morning, as we are credibly informed, 8 criminals made their escape from the Baltimore gaol by means of powder, with which they effected a breach in the wall that admitted their entrance into a passage leading to the department of the sheriff and keepers. A sentry, who was there stationed precipitately fled, and they were suffered, without interruption, to regale their appetites at the expense of the gaoler, for about half an hour. After having refreshed themselves fully to their satisfaction, they scaled the walls encompassing the prison, and have not since been heard of. Their names are, Alexander Badger alias Beatty, Andrew Anderson, Lewis Smith, Jno. Thompson, Abraham Hoppe, James Brown, a Captain Miller, and a man by the name of Porter.
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Baltimore
Event Date
May 27
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the eight criminals escaped and have not been recaptured.
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Between three and four o'clock this morning, 8 criminals escaped from the Baltimore gaol using powder to breach a wall, entered a passage to the sheriff and keepers' department, fled past a sentry who ran away, ate in the gaoler's quarters for half an hour, then scaled the outer walls.