Runaway caused death of Chester Grant, 1911
New Jersey Courier 29 Jun 1911
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Reward for runaway, 1818
New Jersey Mirror 11 Nov 1818 Reward for a runaway. Six cents reward offered for the return of an indented apprentice in the farming business, named John Adams, 20 years of age, 5 feet high, light complexion. He took with him an olive colored coat, light cassimere pantaloons, and other clothing. Sarah Lamb, Evesham Township.
Runaway horses in Toms River, 1879
NEW JERSEY COURIER 27 FEB 1879: Two runaways occurred here on Friday, both the result of upsetting sleighs in a snowbank on Hooper Avenue. The damage in either case was the confined to smashing up of the sleighs and breaking of the harness. The occupants of the sleighs escaped uninjured.
STOP THE SWINDLER! (1819)
New Jersey Mirror 7 Apr 1819 STOP THE SWINDLER! Ten dollars reward will be paid to any person who will secure a Negro man, whose real name is Daniel Clark, but has passed under the following assumed names: Thomas Kitchen, Thomas Field, Paul Cuffee, David Mapp, Richard Allen, Jacob Stapler, John Gloster, and James Chatman. He is about 5 feet , 8 or 9 inches high, well set, very black, and looks remarkably well--is very insinuating in his manners and a complete adept in every species of Theft and Swindling. He sometimes calls himself a free-willed Baptist Preacher--sometimes says he is a Methodist preacher--and has preached for both persuasions at different places. When last seen, he had on a black coat and black vest, grey cassinett pantaloons, boots, a common fur hat, and very neat in his appearance.He has reported that he was raised by William Newbold, of Springfield, NJ, but his native place is not known. He took numerous articles with him from Mount Holly. He is probably either in...