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ERRATA

The Morning Register 28 May, 1851

Upon further investigation, certain details contained in yesterday’s account have been found to be in error. The notorious house of vice and sedition in which the murderer was apprehended has been more properly identified as an academy of self-defence which serves also as the office of a laudable Christian charitable organization. The great Scottish brute referred to by our correspondent is in fact a godly Irish evangelist, bearing no similarity whatsoever to Sawney Bean, the Hibernian highwayman and cannibal. Contrary to our report, there were no ancient slatterns on the premises. The Register apologizes unreservedly to the Misses Sherwood, two mature philanthropists of unimpeachable character, who mildly urged members of the police to observe due process and decorum while carrying out the arrest. The suspect Joseph Gummery is not in fact notorious throughout the district as the Devil’s Printer. Rather he is an apprentice in a printing house, or a “printer’s devil.” The Morning Register stands by the remaining elements of the account, particularly those details reflecting upon the industry of the police and the courage of local citizens.