Official Reports of the rogues and vagrants, as well as of individual professional thieves, in the lands between the Rhine and the Elbe, together with a detailed description of their persons. By a criminal officer of Hesse-Kassel. 1822
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17. Bachmann (Christoph), commonly known as the old pewterer, pewterer's Stoffel, old Kobes, also called old coal miner, allegedly a native of Freyenhagen in Waldeck.
Description.
He is 55 to 60 years old, tall, has brown hair, a short, pointed nose, a large mouth, a round chin, and a scar on his cheek.
He used to travel around, mainly in Hesse, Hanover, Westphalia, and Waldeck, sometimes as a pewterer, sometimes as an earthenware dealer, but left these areas when, around the year 1810, several of his fellow thieves were arrested, and he himself was pursued from Marburg. At that time, he is said to have been staying in Humme (Electoral Hesse); He had previously lived for a time in Dießenrode near Allendorf on the Werra, where he is also said to have suffered defeat again. In more recent times, he called himself Hartmann. His mistress was Anne Cathrine Dette (No. 169 II). From her he had the following children, some his own, some adopted: 1) Elisabeth (No. 21) 2) Philipp Jacobi (No. 434) 3) Anne Marie (No. 18) 4) Charlotte (No. 19) 5) Dorthea Elisabeth (No. 20) 6) Magdalene (No. 23) 7) Margarethe (No. 24)
He was a member of the Lower Hessian gang and participated in their robberies for a considerable time (a).