Editing Constable, New York (section)

== History ==
The town of Constable was founded in 1807 from part of the town of Malone. Its territory was reduced later to form other towns: [[Fort Covington, New York|Fort Covington]] (1817) and [[Westville, New York|Westville]] (1829). An early business opportunity involved "line stores", constructed so part of the shop was in [[Canada]] and the other end in the United States, allowing subtle shifting of merchandise across the border without the inconvenience of [[customs]] duties.{{example needed|date=July 2015}}

In June 2015, the town received national attention as [[David Sweat]] and [[Richard Matt]], escaped convicts from the [[Clinton Correctional Facility]] in [[Dannemora, New York]], were the subject of a three-week manhunt in the area. Matt was shot and killed in the nearby town of Malone, while Sweat remained on the run until June 28 when he was captured in Constable, two miles away from the Canada–U.S. border.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rojas|first1=Rick|last2=Goodman|first2=J. David|last3=Rashbaum|first3=William K.|date=June 28, 2015|title=David Sweat, Escaped New York Convict, Is Shot and Captured as Hunt Ends|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/nyregion/second-new-york-prison-escapee-shot.html?_r=0|access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="SweatArrested">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/us/new-york-prison-break/index.html|title=Escapee David Sweat shot, in custody|work=CNN|date=June 27, 2015 |accessdate=October 29, 2022}}</ref>