| Index Entry | Drummed out of regiment, ex-soldier raped wife of employer |
| Location | Falmouth |
| Citation | EJMP.774.089 14 Sep 1774:21 (1/39) Falmouth, (Casco-Bay) August, 1774. The following melancholy affair happened in this town, between the hours of one and four in the morning of the 20th instant, viz. A soldier having been drummed out of a regiment at New-York, came here and hired himself to Mr. Staples; took this opportunity in Mr. Staples's absence to commit a rape on the body of his wife, . . . [she gets loose, calls for help, he is arrested and put in prison.] |
| Generic Title | Essex Journal |
| Date | 1774.09.14 |
| Publisher | Lunt, Ezra, and Henry-Walter Tinges |
| City, State | Newburyport, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0016342 |