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His birthplace is as uncertain as his birth date, being variously given as Newry or Londonderry . He emigrated to Scotland and worked as a labourer on the Union Canal . He then moved to Edinburgh where he met a man named Logue. When Logue died in 1826, He took Margaret Laird, Logue's widow, as his Common-law Wife and the two ran a lodging house.

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Hare confessed to the murders and gave evidence against Burke in return for his freedom, while Burke was Hanged . Released the following February, there are various conflicting and unreliable accounts of Hare's later life, none of which records his eventual death:

  • Deciding to lie low, Hare travelled to Kilkeel and eventually sought relief in the Workhouse . His identity was only revealed to the locals when a Dr Reid, a former medical student from Edinburgh, recognized him.

  • Hare migrated to Carlisle, England and disappeared from history.

  • A Lynch Mob blinded him and threw him into a Lime pit.

  • Hare moved to London and died there destitute in 1859 .



BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Bailey, B. (2002) ''Burke and Hare: The Year of the Ghouls'' ISBN 1840185759

  • Douglas, H. (1973) ''Burke and Hare'' ISBN 070913777X

  • Edwards, O.D. (1993) ''Burke and Hare'' ISBN 1873644256

  • Macgregor, G. (1884) ''History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times''