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James Wilson (Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice.)

Hamilton County, Ohio, fugitive from justice. Convicted of burglary and larceny in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in February 1865. Escaped from the Hamilton County Jail on February 2, 1865. Fugitive from justice from February 1865 to March 1865. Arrested for burglary in Mason County, Kentucky, in March 1865. Returned to Ohio in April 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

"Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 1, 1865, p. 2.

"Escaped from Jail," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), February 3, 1865, p. 3.

"Recapture of the Burglar Wilson," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), March 28, 1865, p. 3.

"Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), March 31, 1865, p. 3.

"Law Report," Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), April 5, 1865, p. 2.

Citation

Wilson, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214104 (November 12, 2026).

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