Skip to content

Tag Archives: Burglary

In the Media: EAC on the Radio

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I was recently interviewed by Leonard Sipes about “Early American Crime in the Media” for D.C. Public Safety Radio, which presents audio programs on crime, criminal offenders, and the criminal justice system. The program lasts a half hour and covers the criminal justice system in colonial America, how crime was covered in early American newspapers, […]

Filed in In the Media | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

In the Media: Anthony Lamb and William Linsey Follow-up

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Read my article on Anthony Lamb, who was perhaps America’s most successful transported convict, in February’s issue of The Readex Report: “‘Human Serpents sent us by our Mother Country’: The Transformation of Anthony Lamb, Transported Convict.” * * * J. L. Bell posted a follow-up to my recent article about the burglar William Linsey on […]

Filed in In the Media | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Early American Criminals: William Linsey and the Telltale Candle

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Even though William Linsey was orphaned at a young age, this rough start did not appear to have any negative impact on him. Linsey was originally born in Palmer, MA in 1746, but at the age of two he went to live with Phinehas Mixture in Dudley, MA. By Linsey’s own account, Mixture raised him […]

Filed in Criminals | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Early American Criminals: Joseph Cooper and Philadelphia’s Lime and Onion Burglar

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

In May 1744, Elizabeth Robinson was sentenced at the Old Bailey in London to transportation to the American colonies for her involvement in the theft of 104 China oranges from a warehouse. She was loaded onto the Justitia that same month and eventually landed in Virginia. She ended up in Maryland, where she reportedly continued […]

Filed in Criminals | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Early American Criminals: Matthew Cushing, the First Celebrity Burglar

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

All of you who read these Lines may see The sad and dire Effects of Sin: Therefore if Sinners still you’l be, Leave off to read ere you begin. (from A Few Lines) These lines form the opening of A Few Lines upon the Awful Execution of John Ormesby & Matthew Cushing, one of two […]

Filed in Criminals | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)