CRIME IN THE PAPERS Jonathan Jewett, a black man, has been condemend to be executed for the murder of his father-in-law      (Nov 1815, North American Review) John Francis Knapp was executed 28 Sept for murder in Mass.      (4 Oct 1830, National Intelligencer, sub. by K. Torp) A Mrs. E. Wright, of Mass., was robbed of $6,000 worth of jewelry at Saratoga, a few days since, by a supposed fashionable female who gained her confidence. The robber has not been arrested.      (Illinois State Democrat, Wed. Sept. 19, 1860 submitted by Candi H.)

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