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Domestic News
August 14, 1805
Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
What is this article about?
The Alexandria Expositor doubts a Baltimore newspaper's report of a mail robbery attempt by three black men and one white man, claiming it may be a hoax to distract from recent villainous attempts on the Baltimore and Georgetown banks.
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[Alex. Expositor.]
We seriously wish that the Baltimore paper, which first noticed the attempt to rob the mail, by as it was said three black men and one white man, would inform the country on what evidence the fact was stated, it being believed by some men of the first information, that no such attempt was made on the day stated, and that the whole is an imposition on the publick, with a view to draw their attention from the persons implicated, in the villanous attempts lately made on the Baltimore and Georgetown banks.—Ibid.
We seriously wish that the Baltimore paper, which first noticed the attempt to rob the mail, by as it was said three black men and one white man, would inform the country on what evidence the fact was stated, it being believed by some men of the first information, that no such attempt was made on the day stated, and that the whole is an imposition on the publick, with a view to draw their attention from the persons implicated, in the villanous attempts lately made on the Baltimore and Georgetown banks.—Ibid.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Mail Robbery
Bank Attempts
Baltimore
Georgetown
Hoax
Where did it happen?
Baltimore
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Baltimore
Event Details
Skepticism expressed about a reported attempt to rob the mail by three black men and one white man, believed by informed sources to be an imposition to divert attention from persons implicated in recent villainous attempts on the Baltimore and Georgetown banks.