Moravians not so good at holding prisoners ...

"Today a well known horse-thief, with three horses, was arrested in our woods, and the next day he was taken as a prisoner toward Richmond. Beyond Bethania he was turned over to a man to be taken on, but he struck the man from his horse and escaped. (A week or two later he was seen on some of the farms near us, and that night our stable was entered, and the above mentioned three horses were taken our. Finally the thief was re-captured, but again he managed to escape, for some time horse-stealing has been general in this neighborhood, and it seems very difficult to put a stop to it."

September 18, 1785 - the Salem Diary