Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. John Pearce” in article pos=6 of The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1864., [Electronic resource]:
...llow named Jordan, slave of Mrs Mary Hill, as one of the party connected with the theft, arrested him on Saturday and committed him for confinement in the second station house.
The hen house of Mr. John Pearce , keeper of the City Almshouse, was broken into on Saturday night and robbed of a number of fowls.
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