"Alexander escaped Sarah Island's secondary penal settlement in Tasmania's West with 7 fellow convicts in 1822. He alone was recaptured 2 months later and returned. In 1823 he escaped again with convict Thomas Cox but again returned alone. He died having murdered and eaten 6 men."
Note from the CD booklet:
"Alexander escaped Sarah Island's secondary penal settlement in Tasmania's West with 7 fellow convicts in 1822. He alone was recaptured 2 months later and returned. In 1823 he escaped again with convict Thomas Cox but again returned alone. He died having murdered and eaten 6 men."
Wikipedia has a brief article on Pearce here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce