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Anonymous. Charles Peace, or The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar
Charles Peace, or The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar
Table of Contents
CHARLES PEACE
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
CHAPTER I
OAKFIELD FARMHOUSE—THE BURGLARY—DESPERATE ENCOUNTER—VILLAGERS TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER II
CAPTURE OF THE BRISTOL BADGER—MURDER WILL OUT—CHASE AFTER CHARLES PEACE—HIS MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE
CHAPTER III
COMMITTAL OF GREGSON—JANE TELLS A TERRIBLE TALE—BROXWELL GAOL
CHAPTER IV
PEACE RETURNS TO BRADFORD—THE SLEEPING BEAUTY—HIS DISGUISE AS A ONE-ARMED MAN—THE ROBBERY AT DUDLEY HILL
CHAPTER V
THE CONCERT.—PEACE AS A PUBLIC ENTERTAINER.—THE SURPRISE
CHAPTER VI
BBOXWILL GAOL—GUILTY OF WILFUL MURDER—PEACE SEES THE LAST OF GREGSON
CHAPTER VII
THE OLD FARM HOUSE—THE MASTER PASSION—JANE RYAN
CHAPTER VIII
PEACE HAS ANOTHER NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE
CHAPTER IX
PEACE RETURNS TO HIS LODGINGS.—A VIOLENT SCENE.—THE ACCUSATION
CHAPTER X
PEACE HASTENS UP TO LONDON—CUNNING ISAAC—THE JEW “FENCE”—THE VISIT TO SHEFFIELD
CHAPTER XI
THE PROPOSAL—MRS. MAITLAND BECOMES COMMUNICATIVE
CHAPTER XII
THE BURGLARY AT WOOD-HILL—AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XIII
THE DRUNKARD’S HOME—THE ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIV
THE FLIGHT—A CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND—THE ROLL OF NOTES
CHAPTER XV
PEACE MEETS WITH A TARTAR—THE CAPTURE, AND ITS RESULT
CHAPTER XVI
THE EXAMINATION AT THE POLICE COURT
CHAPTER XVII
THIEVES IN THE LOCK UP—A HORSE-STEALER TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER XVIII
PRISONERS AWAITING TRIAL—THE ASSIZES—PEACE’S DEFENCE
CHAPTER XIX
PEACE’S PROVINCIAL TOUR—THE “OLD CARVED LION.”
CHAPTER XX
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PARLOUR—A CONVIVIAL PARTY
CHAPTER XXI
PEACE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH THE LANDLORD OF THE “CARVED LION.”
CHAPTER XXII
PEACE’S BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS—A VISITOR FROM THE HALL
CHAPTER XXIV
LORD ETHALWOOD—A CHRONICLE OF PAST EVENTS—THE SHADOW ON THE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXV
THE CHILDLESS MAN—IN THE HANDS OF FATE
CHAPTER XXVI
THE SOLITARY STUDENT—THE FALL OF AN ANCESTOR—HIS RESTORATION BY PEACE
CHAPTER XXVII
THE END OF THE INEBRIATE
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE WORTHY VICAR—A FRIENDLY COUNSELLOR
CHAPTER XXIX
THE NOBLEMAN AND THE DETECTIVE—A CONSULTATION
CHAPTER XXX
MR. DETECTIVE WRENCH AND CHARLES PEACE
CHAPTER XXXI
THE HOME OF THE WORKING MAN—THE ARRIVAL OF A STRANGER
CHAPTER XXXII
THE RETURN TO BROXBRIDGE.—A MIDNIGHT ALARM AT THE “CARVED LION.”—A CHASE, AND AN ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE MORNING AFTER—A VISIT TO LORD ETHALWOOD—THIEVES AND “THIEF CATCHING.”
CHAPTER XXXIV
LORD ETHALWOOD AND HIS SOLICITOR
CHAPTER XXXV
THE LOVERS—PEACE BECOMES FURIOUS—VIOLENT ALTERCATION—PHILIP JAMBLIN TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXVI
A YOUNG POACHER—THE INDIGNANT AGRICULTURIST
CHAPTER XXXVII
ALF’S RESOLVE—HIS MEETING WITH THE WHITECHAPEL BIRDCATCHER
CHAPTER XXXVIII
PEACE IS INTRODUCED TO A GAMBLING CLUB
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE TWO PERILS—LONDON BY NIGHT
CHAPTER XL
PEACE PAYS A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE—THE BOY BIRDS-NEST SELLER
CHAPTER XLI
THE LODGING-HOUSE IN WESTMINSTER
CHAPTER XLII
AT BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE TEMPTER AND THE TEMPTED
CHAPTER XLIII
THE THIEF AND THE THIEF CATCHER
CHAPTER XLIV
PEACE PURSUES HIS LAWLESS CAREER—THE BURGLARY AT HIGHGATE
CHAPTER XLV
A VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE—THE UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XLVI
ALF PURVIS IN HIS NEW HOME—A FRESH LINE OF BUSINESS—PEACE AND LAURA STANBRIDGE
CHAPTER XLVII
THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT THE JEWELLER’S—PEACE HAS ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XLVIII
JANE RYAN—THE CLOSE OF A TROUBLED LIFE
CHAPTER XLIX
LAURA STANBRIDGE AND HER PUPIL
CHAPTER L
A VISIT TO THE BLACK MUSEUM—PEACE AND BANDY-LEGGED BILL—THE BURGLARY AT DENMARK-HILL
CHAPTER LI
MISS STANBRIDGE AND HER PROTEGE—A VISIT TO A THIEVES’ HAUNT
CHAPTER LII
THE EARL AND HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER
CHAPTER LIII
THE ALLUREMENTS OF WEALTH AND RANK—THE DESPAIRING HUSBAND
CHAPTER LIV
PEACE’S LIFE AT SHEFFIELD—THE ROBBERY AT CROOKES-MOOR HOUSE—TRIAL AND CONVICTION
CHAPTER LV
AFTER CONVICTION—A GLIMPSE AT PRISON LIFE
CHAPTER LVI
THE LOVERS—A WARNING VOICE—THE MURDER OF MR. PHILIP JAMBLIN
CHAPTER LVII
THE RIDERLESS HORSE—CONSTERNATION AT STOKE FERRY FARMHOUSE—DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF THE MURDERED MAN
CHAPTER LVIII
AFTER THE MURDER—THE INQUEST
CHAPTER LIX
MYSTERIOUS MURDERS
CHAPTER LX
THE EARL AND THE FARMER—MR. WRENCH ENGAGED
CHAPTER LXI
ANOTHER GLANCE AT PRISON LIFE. PEACE’S NEW OCCUPATION
CHAPTER LXII
MR. WRENCH’S WANDERINGS—THE SEARCH AFTER A MURDERER
CHAPTER LXIII
MR. WRENCH AND JOE DOUGHTY—A VAGRANT’S LODGING HOUSE
CHAPTER LXIV
THE HIRING FAIR
CHAPTER LXV
THE BENCH OF MAGISTRATES—EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER
CHAPTER LXVI
THE COMPANY AT THE “SHOULDER OF MUTTON” INN
CHAPTER LXVII
REMOVAL OF A BATCH OF CONVICTS—PEACE TAKEN TO DARTMOOR
CHAPTER LXVIII
GILES CHUDLEY IN PRISON
CHAPTER LXIX
AT BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE EARL AND HIS LAWYER
CHAPTER LXX
THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF THE LARCHGROVE-LANE MURDERER—THE PLEA OF WITCHCRAFT
CHAPTER LXXI
THE LAST HOURS OF THE CONDEMNED
CHAPTER LXXII
CHARLES PEACE LEAVES DARTMOOR
CHAPTER LXXIII
LAURA STANBRIDGE AT HOME—A CONFERENCE AND A SCENE
CHAPTER LXXIV
PEACE RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN, SHEFFIELD—HE TAKES UNTO HIMSELF A WIFE
CHAPTER LXXV
PEACE AND THE TRAVELLING SHOWMAN—THE COMPANY AT THE “BLUE DOLPHIN”—THE SHOWMAN’S LEGEND
CHAPTER LXXVI
THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ARNISON AND CO.’S
CHAPTER LXXVII
THE DESIGNING WOMAN AND HER VICTIM
CHAPTER LXXVIII
HUNTING UP EVIDENCE FOR A DIVORCE—MR. SLINGSBY SET TO WORK
CHAPTER LXXIX
THE EARL AND HIS LEGAL ADVISER—A WIFE’S TREPIDATION
CHAPTER LXXX
HOME LIFE OF CHARLES PEACE—A MUSICAL EVENING—THE DETECTIVE’S STORY
CHAPTER LXXXI
THE RETURN TO BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE FARMER AND HIS DAUGHTER
CHAPTER LXXXII
THE NOTTINGHAM SILK ROBBERY—HOW PEACE DID IT
CHAPTER LXXXIII
STOKE FERRY FARM HOUSE—THE LOVERS—A CONFIDENTIAL TETE-A-TETE
CHAPTER LXXXIV
PEACE’S LAWLESS CAREER—CAPTURE, TRIAL, AND CONVICTION—HIS ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM WAKEFIELD
CHAPTER LXXXV
PEACE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH THE INTERIOR OF MILLBANK PENITENTIARY—A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRISON
CHAPTER LXXXVI
LORD ETHALWOOD AND HIS ADVISERS—MR. CHICKNELL MAKES A PAINFUL REVELATION
CHAPTER LXXXVII
PEACE’S DISCHARGE FROM PRISON—THE RETURN HOME
CHAPTER LXXXVIII
PEACE’S LATER CAREER—THE WHALLEY RANGE MURDER
CHAPTER LXXXIX
CHARLES PEACE AND THE DYSONS
CHAPTER XC
THE BANNERCROSS MURDER—PEACE’S ADVENTURES AFTER THE DEATH OF MR. DYSON
CHAPTER XCI
PEACE’S DOINGS IN LONDON AND THE SUBURBS—HIS HOME LIFE AT EVELINA-ROAD, PECKHAM
CHAPTER XCII
AN OUTCAST IN LONDON—THE GIPSY’S TRIALS AND TROUBLES
CHAPTER XCIII
THE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY—HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XCIV
BILL AND THE DOCTOR’S WIFE—A TALE OF SORROW AND MISERY
CHAPTER XCV
MR. WILLIAM RAWTON’S CUNNING DEVICE—THE MISSING PAGE
CHAPTER XCVI
THE GIPSY AMD MRS. BOURNE—THE SURPRISE
CHAPTER XCVII
WATCHING AND WAITING—A TETE-A-TETE BETWEEN TWO DETECTIVES
CHAPTER XCVIII
THE WOUNDED MAN AND HIS BETTER HALF
CHAPTER XCIX
MR. DETECTIVE SHEARMAN IS OUTSPOKEN—A STORY OF WOMAN’S WRONGS AND MAN’S BASENESS
CHAPTER C
THE INQUIRY—THE END OF A MURDERER
CHAPTER CI
AFTER THE DEED—THE SALE BY AUCTION—MRS. BOURNE PAYS A VISIT TO MR. THOMPSON
CHAPTER CII
DOMESTIC SQUABBLES—BILL RAWTON PAYS A VISIT TO THE EVELINA-ROAD
CHAPTER CIII
BURGLARS AT BLACKHEATH—THE SURPRISE—THE STRANGE MEETING
CHAPTER CIV
CHARLES PEACE IS CHECKMATED
CHAPTER CV
THE TWO DETECTIVES—CAPTURE OF A SMASHER—PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DETECTIVE
CHAPTER CV
AT “SANDERSON’S HOTEL”—RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE
CHAPTER CVI
A GLANCE AT BROXBRIDGE—THE ROBBERY AT NETTLETHORP—A VISIT TO MOTHER BAGLEY—A STRANGER AT THE FARM HOUSE
CHAPTER CVII
THE STRANGER IS COMMUNICATIVE—BREAKERS AHEAD
CHAPTER CVIII
KITTY’S SUSPICIONS—HER RENCONTRE WITH FORTESCUE
CHAPTER CIX
A YOUNG WIFE’S DANGER—THE DENOUEMENT
CHAPTER CX
MR. ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES—THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT
CHAPTER CXI
THE SURPRISE AND ESCAPE—A DRIVE FOR LIFE
CHAPTER CXII
A PAINFUL SCENE—THE DEATH OF TOMMY—PEACE’S GRIEF
CHAPTER CXIII
MISS LAURA STANBRIDGE MAKES A MISTAKE—CAUGHT IN THE ACT
CHAPTER CXIV
THE PRISON CHAPLAIN
CHAPTER CXV
LAURA STANBRIDGE HAS CONFEDERATES—A VISIT TO THE PRISON
CHAPTER CXVI
THE YOUNG ENTHUSIAST—A WOMAN’S WILES
CHAPTER CXVII
THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE—MURDOCK, THE SMUGGLER
CHAPTER CXVIII
THE INJURED MAN AND HIS ATTENDANT—A PIRATE’S YARN
CHAPTER CXIX
LAURA STANBRIDGE AND THE CHAPLAIN—AN IRRESISTIBLE APPEAL—THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER CXX
DEATH OF MAT MURDOCK—THE LAST BEQUEST
CHAPTER CXXI
MISS STANBRIDGE’S PEREGRINATIONS—HER VISIT TO CHARLES PEACE
CHAPTER CXXII
THE TRIAL OF THE DETECTIVES—PEACE’S VISIT TO BOW-STREET
CHAPTER CXXIII
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CHAPTER CXXIV
STOLEN LETTERS—AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE’S STORY
CHAPTER CXXV
THE YOUNG EARL OF ETHALWOOD
CHAPTER CXXVI
FURTHER ENTANGLEMENTS
CHAPTER CXXVII
THE RIVAL LOVERS
CHAPTER CXXVIII
THE HOSTILE MEETING—A DUEL TO THE DEATH
CHAPTER CXXIX
AFTER THE TRAGEDY
CHAPTER CXXX
CHARLES PEACE AND HIS UNLAWFUL GAINS—A VISIT TO MR. SIMMONDS—A SURPRISE AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER CXXXI
THIEVES AND RECEIVERS
CHAPTER CXXXII
PEACE HAS A FEW FRIENDS—A MUSICAL AND ANECDOTAL EVENING
CHAPTER CXXXIII
TIED TO THE TRACK—A STATION MASTER’S STORY
CHAPTER CXXXIV
LORD ETHALWOOD’S RETURN HOME—REGRETS FOR THE PAST—NEWS FROM ABROAD
CHAPTER CXXXV
SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A LONDON THIEF
CHAPTER CXXXVI
THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THE PRISONER
CHAPTER CXXXVII
MR. SUTHERLAND IS TRIUMPHANT—THE AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT
CHAPTER CXXXVIII
THE FASHIONABLE GATHERING AT LADY MARVLYNN’S
CHAPTER CXXXIX
SIR WILLIAM’S TALE—A MUSICAL MELANGE
CHAPTER CXL
THE SURPRISE—CHARLES PEACE’S NEW PANTOMIME TRICK. HIS UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE ON THE SCENE
CHAPTER CXLI
THE VALIANT FOOTMAN AND THE DESPERATE BURGLAR—THE PRISONER IN THE STABLE—UNEXPECTED RELEASE
CHAPTER CXLII
CHARLES PEACE RETURNS HOME—THE BARRISTER’S STORY
CHAPTER CXLIII
A VISIT TO A PRISON—SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
CHAPTER CXLIV
A GLANCE AT STOKE FERRY FARM HARVEST HOME
CHAPTER CXLV
PEACE’S LAST BURGLARY—A BRAVE POLICEMAN—PEACE’S CAPTURE BY ROBINSON—A VISIT TO NEWGATE
CHAPTER CXLVI
PEACE’S EXPERIENCE OF THE INTERIOR OF NEWGATE
CHAPTER CXLVII
VISITING DAY AT NEWGATE
CHAPTER CXLVIII
THE TRIAL OF CHARLES PEACE FOR BURGLARY
CHAPTER CXLIX
THE TROUBLES OF MRS. PEACE
CHAPTER CL
A VISIT TO NEWGATE—IDENTIFICATION OF PEACE—MRS. THOMPSON’S PERSONAL HISTORY—RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS
CHAPTER CLI
A VISIT TO WHITECHAPEL—THE STREET OF WOMEN—A MOTHER SEEKING HER SON
CHAPTER CLII
A POPULAR WATERING PLACE—THE RENCONTRE, AND FEARFUL DENOUEMENT
CHAPTER CLIII
THE STOKE FERRYMAN
CHAPTER CLIV
THE UNEXPECTED MEETING—LAURA AND MRS. GROVER
CHAPTER CLV
IDENTIFICATION OF PEACE—CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF MR. DYSON
CHAPTER CLVI
OUTSIDE THE POLICE-COURT—EXTRAORDINARY SCENES
CHAPTER CLVII
THE EXAMINATION OF CHARLES PEACE UPON THE CHARGE OF MURDERING MR. DYSON—SCENES IN COURT
CHAPTER CLVIII
PRISONERS AND THEIR CUSTODIANS
CHAPTER CLIX
SCENE AT STOKE FERRY—LAURA STANBRIDGE LED INTO AN AMBUSCADE—A LOVE STORY TO UNWILLING EARS
CHAPTER CLX
THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST LAURA STANBRIDGE
CHAPTER CLXI
PEACE’S LAST NIGHT IN SHEFFIELD—HIS REMOVAL TO WAKEFIELD—INCIDENTS BEFORE THE TRIAL—A TRUE BILL FOUND
CHAPTER CLXII
THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF CHARLES PEACE
CHAPTER CLXIII
AFTER CONVICTION—PEACE AT ARMLEY GAOL—INTERVIEW WITH HIS RELATIVES—PEACIANA
CHAPTER CLXIV
MRS. DYSONS DEPARTURE—AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCH AND SELF-VINDICATION
CHAPTER CLXV
PEACE CONFESSES HIMSELF TO BE THE MURDERER OF A POLICEMAN NEAR MANCHESTER—THE CONVICT AND MRS. THOMPSON
CHAPTER CLXVI
THE CONDEMNED MAN VISITED AGAIN BY HIS RELATIVES—PEACE CONFIRMS HIS CONFESSION
CHAPTER CLXVII
THE CONVICT’S CONFESSION
CHAPTER CLXVIII
AFFECTING FAREWELL LETTERS &C., FROM PEACE TO HIS WIFE AND FAMILY
CHAPTER CLXIX
SKETCH OF THE CONVICT’S CAREER
CHAPTER CLXX
PEACE’S EXTRAORDINARY CAREER
CHAPTER CLXXI
EVENTS BEFORE THE EXECUTION—LETTER FROM THE HABRONS
CHAPTER CLXXII
THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES PEACE
CHAPTER CLXXIII
THE EXECUTIONER’S STORY—A QUIET CHAT WITH MARWOOD
CHAPTER CLXXIV
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT—MERCIFUL AND MERCILESS MODES IN DIFFERENT AGES
CHAPTER CLXXV
CONCLUSION
