Saturday, June 8, 2013

A Run For A Scamp

The City Marshal made an attempt yesterday to arrest a notorious character named Bob Knowlton, who hid himself in a house on Division street.  Being advised however of the Marshal’s intended raid, Knowlton took to his heels and went in the direction taken by his compeer, Pete Mower, a few weeks since.  The Marshal could not overtake him, and he made good his escape.  It will be much better for him to remain at a distance, if he does not desire a glimpse of daylight through the bars of the Gridiron on the North Hill.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, June 7, 1862, p. 2

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