Aged 69 years, 10 months. Lived in Alameda, CA.
Hooked on Family suggests that using a tombstone birthday calculator and the data entered, his birthdate calculates out to Sept. 25, 1806.
The following was contributed by SuzanneTF (47458435):
103-Year-Old Letter Reveals Story of Wild Stage Coach Chase
Springfield, Ill. (UP) - A wild chase by stage-coach, a poker game for high stakes, a lottery ticket worth $25,000 and a confession to grand larceny made up a story revealed recently in a 103-year-old letter found recently in the archives vault at Springfield.
The letter was writte in 1839 by Orin Hamlin soon after he had stolen $11,500 of state funds. He told John Dixon of the State Board of Commissioners how he had fled on a river boat and had subsequently lost $8,000 of the money in a poker game.
Dixon and a companion immediately started a pursuit by stage-coach that carried them through most of the Eastern states. Unable to locate Hamlin, they renewed the search in Canada. Eventually they picked up his trail in Connecticut. He still evaded them, however, and they gave up the search.
When they had returned to Dixon, Ill., Dixon learned that Hamlin already had raised the amount stolen and had repaid the state.
Some time later, Hamlin won $25,000 in a lottery and returned to Galena, Ill., where he set up a store. Dixon then sued Hamlin for 11,500 and interest and won the suit. Hamlin had to sell everything he owned to pay the state for the cost of the search.
(Brooklyn Eagle - Wednesday, January 13, 1943)
Hooked on Family suggests that using a tombstone birthday calculator and the data entered, his birthdate calculates out to Sept. 25, 1806.
The following was contributed by SuzanneTF (47458435):
103-Year-Old Letter Reveals Story of Wild Stage Coach Chase
Springfield, Ill. (UP) - A wild chase by stage-coach, a poker game for high stakes, a lottery ticket worth $25,000 and a confession to grand larceny made up a story revealed recently in a 103-year-old letter found recently in the archives vault at Springfield.
The letter was writte in 1839 by Orin Hamlin soon after he had stolen $11,500 of state funds. He told John Dixon of the State Board of Commissioners how he had fled on a river boat and had subsequently lost $8,000 of the money in a poker game.
Dixon and a companion immediately started a pursuit by stage-coach that carried them through most of the Eastern states. Unable to locate Hamlin, they renewed the search in Canada. Eventually they picked up his trail in Connecticut. He still evaded them, however, and they gave up the search.
When they had returned to Dixon, Ill., Dixon learned that Hamlin already had raised the amount stolen and had repaid the state.
Some time later, Hamlin won $25,000 in a lottery and returned to Galena, Ill., where he set up a store. Dixon then sued Hamlin for 11,500 and interest and won the suit. Hamlin had to sell everything he owned to pay the state for the cost of the search.
(Brooklyn Eagle - Wednesday, January 13, 1943)
Aged 69 years, 10 months. Lived in Alameda, CA.
Hooked on Family suggests that using a tombstone birthday calculator and the data entered, his birthdate calculates out to Sept. 25, 1806.
The following was contributed by SuzanneTF (47458435):
103-Year-Old Letter Reveals Story of Wild Stage Coach Chase
Springfield, Ill. (UP) - A wild chase by stage-coach, a poker game for high stakes, a lottery ticket worth $25,000 and a confession to grand larceny made up a story revealed recently in a 103-year-old letter found recently in the archives vault at Springfield.
The letter was writte in 1839 by Orin Hamlin soon after he had stolen $11,500 of state funds. He told John Dixon of the State Board of Commissioners how he had fled on a river boat and had subsequently lost $8,000 of the money in a poker game.
Dixon and a companion immediately started a pursuit by stage-coach that carried them through most of the Eastern states. Unable to locate Hamlin, they renewed the search in Canada. Eventually they picked up his trail in Connecticut. He still evaded them, however, and they gave up the search.
When they had returned to Dixon, Ill., Dixon learned that Hamlin already had raised the amount stolen and had repaid the state.
Some time later, Hamlin won $25,000 in a lottery and returned to Galena, Ill., where he set up a store. Dixon then sued Hamlin for 11,500 and interest and won the suit. Hamlin had to sell everything he owned to pay the state for the cost of the search.
(Brooklyn Eagle - Wednesday, January 13, 1943)
Hooked on Family suggests that using a tombstone birthday calculator and the data entered, his birthdate calculates out to Sept. 25, 1806.
The following was contributed by SuzanneTF (47458435):
103-Year-Old Letter Reveals Story of Wild Stage Coach Chase
Springfield, Ill. (UP) - A wild chase by stage-coach, a poker game for high stakes, a lottery ticket worth $25,000 and a confession to grand larceny made up a story revealed recently in a 103-year-old letter found recently in the archives vault at Springfield.
The letter was writte in 1839 by Orin Hamlin soon after he had stolen $11,500 of state funds. He told John Dixon of the State Board of Commissioners how he had fled on a river boat and had subsequently lost $8,000 of the money in a poker game.
Dixon and a companion immediately started a pursuit by stage-coach that carried them through most of the Eastern states. Unable to locate Hamlin, they renewed the search in Canada. Eventually they picked up his trail in Connecticut. He still evaded them, however, and they gave up the search.
When they had returned to Dixon, Ill., Dixon learned that Hamlin already had raised the amount stolen and had repaid the state.
Some time later, Hamlin won $25,000 in a lottery and returned to Galena, Ill., where he set up a store. Dixon then sued Hamlin for 11,500 and interest and won the suit. Hamlin had to sell everything he owned to pay the state for the cost of the search.
(Brooklyn Eagle - Wednesday, January 13, 1943)
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