I have no connection to these families and have NO other information. I found this in the Rockland (Maine) Gazette while doing other research:
“CHANGE OF PRISONS. John Hale, who so mysteriously escaped from the Maine State Prison last Spring, was, last week, brought before the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire – at a session held at Dover – on a charge of stealing a horse and carriage of Mr. E. Ham. Hale pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to four years in the New Hampshire State Prison. The Warden of our State Prison now knows where Hale can be found when wanted, to serve out the balance of his sentence in this State.”