Charles Peace

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Author: Anonymous
Title: Charles Peace, or The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar
Credits: Carol Brown, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language: English
LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject: Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography
Category: Text
Project Gutenberg: eBook-No. 65464
Release Date: May 29, 2021
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

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2.Transcriber’s Note:
3.CHARLES PEACE
4.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
5.CHAPTER I. — OAKFIELD FARMHOUSE—THE BURGLARY—DESPERATE ENCOUNTER—VILLAGERS TO THE RESCUE.
6.CHAPTER II. — CAPTURE OF THE BRISTOL BADGER—MURDER WILL OUT—CHASE AFTER CHARLES PEACE—HIS MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE.
7.CHAPTER III. — COMMITTAL OF GREGSON—JANE TELLS A TERRIBLE TALE—BROXWELL GAOL.
8.CHAPTER IV. — PEACE RETURNS TO BRADFORD—THE SLEEPING BEAUTY—HIS DISGUISE AS A ONE-ARMED MAN—THE ROBBERY AT DUDLEY HILL.
9.CHAPTER V. — THE CONCERT.—PEACE AS A PUBLIC ENTERTAINER.—THE SURPRISE.
10.CHAPTER VI. — BBOXWILL GAOL—GUILTY OF WILFUL MURDER—PEACE SEES THE LAST OF GREGSON.
11.CHAPTER VII. — THE OLD FARM HOUSE—THE MASTER PASSION—JANE RYAN.
12.CHAPTER VIII. — PEACE HAS ANOTHER NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE.
13.CHAPTER IX. — PEACE RETURNS TO HIS LODGINGS.—A VIOLENT SCENE.—THE ACCUSATION.
14.CHAPTER X. — PEACE HASTENS UP TO LONDON—CUNNING ISAAC—THE JEW “FENCE”—THE VISIT TO SHEFFIELD.
15.CHAPTER XI. — THE PROPOSAL—MRS. MAITLAND BECOMES COMMUNICATIVE.
16.CHAPTER XII. — THE BURGLARY AT WOOD-HILL—AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE DRUNKARD’S HOME—THE ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY.
18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE FLIGHT—A CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND—THE ROLL OF NOTES.
19.CHAPTER XV. — PEACE MEETS WITH A TARTAR—THE CAPTURE, AND ITS RESULT.
20.CHAPTER XVI . — THE EXAMINATION AT THE POLICE COURT.
21.CHAPTER XVII. — THIEVES IN THE LOCK UP—A HORSE-STEALER TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.
22.CHAPTER XVIII. — PRISONERS AWAITING TRIAL—THE ASSIZES—PEACE’S DEFENCE.
23.CHAPTER XIX. — PEACE’S PROVINCIAL TOUR—THE “OLD CARVED LION.”
24.CHAPTER XX. — THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PARLOUR—A CONVIVIAL PARTY.
25.CHAPTER XXI. — PEACE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH THE LANDLORD OF THE “CARVED LION.”
26.CHAPTER XXII. — PEACE’S BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS—A VISITOR FROM THE HALL.
27.CHAPTER XXIV. — LORD ETHALWOOD—A CHRONICLE OF PAST EVENTS—THE SHADOW ON THE HOUSE.
28.CHAPTER XXV. — THE CHILDLESS MAN—IN THE HANDS OF FATE.
29.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE SOLITARY STUDENT—THE FALL OF AN ANCESTOR—HIS RESTORATION BY PEACE.
30.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE END OF THE INEBRIATE.
31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE WORTHY VICAR—A FRIENDLY COUNSELLOR.
32.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE NOBLEMAN AND THE DETECTIVE—A CONSULTATION.
33.CHAPTER XXX. — MR. DETECTIVE WRENCH AND CHARLES PEACE.
34.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE HOME OF THE WORKING MAN—THE ARRIVAL OF A STRANGER.
35.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE RETURN TO BROXBRIDGE.—A MIDNIGHT ALARM AT THE “CARVED LION.”—A CHASE, AND AN ESCAPE.
36.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE MORNING AFTER—A VISIT TO LORD ETHALWOOD—THIEVES AND “THIEF CATCHING.”
37.CHAPTER XXXIV. — LORD ETHALWOOD AND HIS SOLICITOR.
38.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE LOVERS—PEACE BECOMES FURIOUS—VIOLENT ALTERCATION—PHILIP JAMBLIN TO THE RESCUE.
39.CHAPTER XXXVI. — A YOUNG POACHER—THE INDIGNANT AGRICULTURIST.
40.CHAPTER XXXVII. — ALF’S RESOLVE—HIS MEETING WITH THE WHITECHAPEL BIRDCATCHER.
41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — PEACE IS INTRODUCED TO A GAMBLING CLUB.
42.CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE TWO PERILS—LONDON BY NIGHT.
43.CHAPTER XL. — PEACE PAYS A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE—THE BOY BIRDS-NEST SELLER.
44.CHAPTER XLI. — THE LODGING-HOUSE IN WESTMINSTER.
45.CHAPTER XLII. — AT BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE TEMPTER AND THE TEMPTED.
46.CHAPTER XLIII. — THE THIEF AND THE THIEF CATCHER.
47.CHAPTER XLIV. — PEACE PURSUES HIS LAWLESS CAREER—THE BURGLARY AT HIGHGATE.
48.CHAPTER XLV. — A VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE—THE UNEXPECTED MEETING.
49.CHAPTER XLVI. — ALF PURVIS IN HIS NEW HOME—A FRESH LINE OF BUSINESS—PEACE AND LAURA STANBRIDGE.
50.CHAPTER XLVII. — THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT THE JEWELLER’S—PEACE HAS ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE.
51.CHAPTER XLVIII. — JANE RYAN—THE CLOSE OF A TROUBLED LIFE.
52.CHAPTER XLIX. — LAURA STANBRIDGE AND HER PUPIL.
53.CHAPTER L. — A VISIT TO THE BLACK MUSEUM—PEACE AND BANDY-LEGGED BILL—THE BURGLARY AT DENMARK-HILL.
54.CHAPTER LI. — MISS STANBRIDGE AND HER PROTEGE—A VISIT TO A THIEVES’ HAUNT.
55.CHAPTER LII. — THE EARL AND HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER.
56.CHAPTER LIII. — THE ALLUREMENTS OF WEALTH AND RANK—THE DESPAIRING HUSBAND.
57.CHAPTER LIV. — PEACE’S LIFE AT SHEFFIELD—THE ROBBERY AT CROOKES-MOOR HOUSE—TRIAL AND CONVICTION.
58.CHAPTER LV. — AFTER CONVICTION—A GLIMPSE AT PRISON LIFE.
59.CHAPTER LVI. — THE LOVERS—A WARNING VOICE—THE MURDER OF MR. PHILIP JAMBLIN.
60.CHAPTER LVII. — THE RIDERLESS HORSE—CONSTERNATION AT STOKE FERRY FARMHOUSE—DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF THE MURDERED MAN.
61.CHAPTER LVIII. — AFTER THE MURDER—THE INQUEST.
62.CHAPTER LIX. — MYSTERIOUS MURDERS.
63.CHAPTER LX. — THE EARL AND THE FARMER—MR. WRENCH ENGAGED.
64.CHAPTER LXI. — ANOTHER GLANCE AT PRISON LIFE. PEACE’S NEW OCCUPATION.
65.CHAPTER LXII. — MR. WRENCH’S WANDERINGS—THE SEARCH AFTER A MURDERER.
66.CHAPTER LXIII. — MR. WRENCH AND JOE DOUGHTY—A VAGRANT’S LODGING HOUSE.
67.CHAPTER LXIV. — THE HIRING FAIR.
68.CHAPTER LXV. — THE BENCH OF MAGISTRATES—EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.
69.CHAPTER LXVI. — THE COMPANY AT THE “SHOULDER OF MUTTON” INN.
70.CHAPTER LXVII. — REMOVAL OF A BATCH OF CONVICTS—PEACE TAKEN TO DARTMOOR.
71.CHAPTER LXVIII. — GILES CHUDLEY IN PRISON.
72.CHAPTER LXIX. — AT BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE EARL AND HIS LAWYER.
73.CHAPTER LXX. — THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF THE LARCHGROVE-LANE MURDERER—THE PLEA OF WITCHCRAFT.
74.CHAPTER LXXI. — THE LAST HOURS OF THE CONDEMNED.
75.CHAPTER LXXII. — CHARLES PEACE LEAVES DARTMOOR.
76.CHAPTER LXXIII. — LAURA STANBRIDGE AT HOME—A CONFERENCE AND A SCENE.
77.CHAPTER LXXIV. — PEACE RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN, SHEFFIELD—HE TAKES UNTO HIMSELF A WIFE.
78.CHAPTER LXXV. — PEACE AND THE TRAVELLING SHOWMAN—THE COMPANY AT THE “BLUE DOLPHIN”—THE SHOWMAN’S LEGEND.
79.CHAPTER LXXVI. — THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ARNISON AND CO.’S.
80.CHAPTER LXXVII. — THE DESIGNING WOMAN AND HER VICTIM.
81.CHAPTER LXXVIII. — HUNTING UP EVIDENCE FOR A DIVORCE—MR. SLINGSBY SET TO WORK.
82.CHAPTER LXXIX. — THE EARL AND HIS LEGAL ADVISER—A WIFE’S TREPIDATION.
83.CHAPTER LXXX. — HOME LIFE OF CHARLES PEACE—A MUSICAL EVENING—THE DETECTIVE’S STORY.
84.CHAPTER LXXXI. — THE RETURN TO BROXBRIDGE HALL—THE FARMER AND HIS DAUGHTER.
85.CHAPTER LXXXII. — THE NOTTINGHAM SILK ROBBERY—HOW PEACE DID IT.
86.CHAPTER LXXXIII. — STOKE FERRY FARM HOUSE—THE LOVERS—A CONFIDENTIAL TETE-A-TETE.
87.CHAPTER LXXXIV. — PEACE’S LAWLESS CAREER—CAPTURE, TRIAL, AND CONVICTION—HIS ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM WAKEFIELD.
88.CHAPTER LXXXV. — PEACE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH THE INTERIOR OF MILLBANK PENITENTIARY—A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRISON.
89.CHAPTER LXXXVI. — LORD ETHALWOOD AND HIS ADVISERS—MR. CHICKNELL MAKES A PAINFUL REVELATION.
90.CHAPTER LXXXVII. — PEACE’S DISCHARGE FROM PRISON—THE RETURN HOME.
91.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. — PEACE’S LATER CAREER—THE WHALLEY RANGE MURDER.
92.CHAPTER LXXXIX. — CHARLES PEACE AND THE DYSONS.
93.CHAPTER XC. — THE BANNERCROSS MURDER—PEACE’S ADVENTURES AFTER THE DEATH OF MR. DYSON.
94.CHAPTER XCI. — PEACE’S DOINGS IN LONDON AND THE SUBURBS—HIS HOME LIFE AT EVELINA-ROAD, PECKHAM.
95.CHAPTER XCII. — AN OUTCAST IN LONDON—THE GIPSY’S TRIALS AND TROUBLES.
96.CHAPTER XCIII. — THE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY—HUSBAND AND WIFE.
97.CHAPTER XCIV. — BILL AND THE DOCTOR’S WIFE—A TALE OF SORROW AND MISERY.
98.CHAPTER XCV. — MR. WILLIAM RAWTON’S CUNNING DEVICE—THE MISSING PAGE.
99.CHAPTER XCVI. — THE GIPSY AMD MRS. BOURNE—THE SURPRISE.
100.CHAPTER XCVII. — WATCHING AND WAITING—A TETE-A-TETE BETWEEN TWO DETECTIVES.
101.CHAPTER XCVIII. — THE WOUNDED MAN AND HIS BETTER HALF.
102.CHAPTER XCIX. — MR. DETECTIVE SHEARMAN IS OUTSPOKEN—A STORY OF WOMAN’S WRONGS AND MAN’S BASENESS.
103.CHAPTER C. — THE INQUIRY—THE END OF A MURDERER.
104.CHAPTER CI. — AFTER THE DEED—THE SALE BY AUCTION—MRS. BOURNE PAYS A VISIT TO MR. THOMPSON.
105.CHAPTER CII. — DOMESTIC SQUABBLES—BILL RAWTON PAYS A VISIT TO THE EVELINA-ROAD.
106.CHAPTER CIII. — BURGLARS AT BLACKHEATH—THE SURPRISE—THE STRANGE MEETING.
107.CHAPTER CIV. — CHARLES PEACE IS CHECKMATED.
108.CHAPTER CV. — THE TWO DETECTIVES—CAPTURE OF A SMASHER—PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DETECTIVE.
109.CHAPTER CV. — AT “SANDERSON’S HOTEL”—RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE.
110.CHAPTER CVI. — A GLANCE AT BROXBRIDGE—THE ROBBERY AT NETTLETHORP—A VISIT TO MOTHER BAGLEY—A STRANGER AT THE FARM HOUSE.
111.CHAPTER CVII. — THE STRANGER IS COMMUNICATIVE—BREAKERS AHEAD.
112.CHAPTER CVIII. — KITTY’S SUSPICIONS—HER RENCONTRE WITH FORTESCUE.
113.CHAPTER CIX. — A YOUNG WIFE’S DANGER—THE DENOUEMENT.
114.CHAPTER CX. — MR. ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES—THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
115.CHAPTER CXI. — THE SURPRISE AND ESCAPE—A DRIVE FOR LIFE.
116.CHAPTER CXII. — A PAINFUL SCENE—THE DEATH OF TOMMY—PEACE’S GRIEF.
117.CHAPTER CXIII. — MISS LAURA STANBRIDGE MAKES A MISTAKE—CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
118.CHAPTER CXIV. — THE PRISON CHAPLAIN.
119.CHAPTER CXV. — LAURA STANBRIDGE HAS CONFEDERATES—A VISIT TO THE PRISON.
120.CHAPTER CXVI. — THE YOUNG ENTHUSIAST—A WOMAN’S WILES.
121.CHAPTER CXVII. — THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE—MURDOCK, THE SMUGGLER.
122.CHAPTER CXVIII. — THE INJURED MAN AND HIS ATTENDANT—A PIRATE’S YARN.
123.CHAPTER CXIX. — LAURA STANBRIDGE AND THE CHAPLAIN—AN IRRESISTIBLE APPEAL—THE ESCAPE.
124.CHAPTER CXX. — DEATH OF MAT MURDOCK—THE LAST BEQUEST.
125.CHAPTER CXXI. — MISS STANBRIDGE’S PEREGRINATIONS—HER VISIT TO CHARLES PEACE.
126.CHAPTER CXXII. — THE TRIAL OF THE DETECTIVES—PEACE’S VISIT TO BOW-STREET.
127.CHAPTER CXXIII. — MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
128.CHAPTER CXXIV. — STOLEN LETTERS—AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE’S STORY.
129.CHAPTER CXXV. — THE YOUNG EARL OF ETHALWOOD.
130.CHAPTER CXXVI. — FURTHER ENTANGLEMENTS.
131.CHAPTER CXXVII. — THE RIVAL LOVERS.
132.CHAPTER CXXVIII. — THE HOSTILE MEETING—A DUEL TO THE DEATH.
133.CHAPTER CXXIX. — AFTER THE TRAGEDY.
134.CHAPTER CXXX. — CHARLES PEACE AND HIS UNLAWFUL GAINS—A VISIT TO MR. SIMMONDS—A SURPRISE AND ESCAPE.
135.CHAPTER CXXXI. — THIEVES AND RECEIVERS.
136.CHAPTER CXXXII. — PEACE HAS A FEW FRIENDS—A MUSICAL AND ANECDOTAL EVENING.
137.CHAPTER CXXXIII. — TIED TO THE TRACK—A STATION MASTER’S STORY.
138.CHAPTER CXXXIV. — LORD ETHALWOOD’S RETURN HOME—REGRETS FOR THE PAST—NEWS FROM ABROAD.
139.CHAPTER CXXXV. — SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A LONDON THIEF.
140.CHAPTER CXXXVI. — THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THE PRISONER.
141.CHAPTER CXXXVII. — MR. SUTHERLAND IS TRIUMPHANT—THE AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT.
142.CHAPTER CXXXVIII. — THE FASHIONABLE GATHERING AT LADY MARVLYNN’S.
143.CHAPTER CXXXIX. — SIR WILLIAM’S TALE—A MUSICAL MELANGE.
144.CHAPTER CXL. — THE SURPRISE—CHARLES PEACE’S NEW PANTOMIME TRICK. HIS UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE ON THE SCENE.
145.CHAPTER CXLI. — THE VALIANT FOOTMAN AND THE DESPERATE BURGLAR—THE PRISONER IN THE STABLE—UNEXPECTED RELEASE.
146.CHAPTER CXLII. — CHARLES PEACE RETURNS HOME—THE BARRISTER’S STORY.
147.CHAPTER CXLIII. — A VISIT TO A PRISON—SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
148.CHAPTER CXLIV. — A GLANCE AT STOKE FERRY FARM HARVEST HOME.
149.CHAPTER CXLV. — PEACE’S LAST BURGLARY—A BRAVE POLICEMAN—PEACE’S CAPTURE BY ROBINSON—A VISIT TO NEWGATE.
150.CHAPTER CXLVI. — PEACE’S EXPERIENCE OF THE INTERIOR OF NEWGATE.
151.CHAPTER CXLVII. — VISITING DAY AT NEWGATE.
152.CHAPTER CXLVIII. — THE TRIAL OF CHARLES PEACE FOR BURGLARY.
153.CHAPTER CXLIX. — THE TROUBLES OF MRS. PEACE.
154.CHAPTER CL. — A VISIT TO NEWGATE—IDENTIFICATION OF PEACE—MRS. THOMPSON’S PERSONAL HISTORY—RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS.
155.CHAPTER CLI. — A VISIT TO WHITECHAPEL—THE STREET OF WOMEN—A MOTHER SEEKING HER SON.
156.CHAPTER CLII. — A POPULAR WATERING PLACE—THE RENCONTRE, AND FEARFUL DENOUEMENT.
157.CHAPTER CLIII. — THE STOKE FERRYMAN.
158.CHAPTER CLIV. — THE UNEXPECTED MEETING—LAURA AND MRS. GROVER.
159.CHAPTER CLV. — IDENTIFICATION OF PEACE—CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF MR. DYSON.
160.CHAPTER CLVI. — OUTSIDE THE POLICE-COURT—EXTRAORDINARY SCENES.
161.CHAPTER CLVII. — THE EXAMINATION OF CHARLES PEACE UPON THE CHARGE OF MURDERING MR. DYSON—SCENES IN COURT.
162.CHAPTER CLVIII. — PRISONERS AND THEIR CUSTODIANS.
163.CHAPTER CLIX. — SCENE AT STOKE FERRY—LAURA STANBRIDGE LED INTO AN AMBUSCADE—A LOVE STORY TO UNWILLING EARS.
164.CHAPTER CLX. — THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST LAURA STANBRIDGE.
165.CHAPTER CLXI. — PEACE’S LAST NIGHT IN SHEFFIELD—HIS REMOVAL TO WAKEFIELD—INCIDENTS BEFORE THE TRIAL—A TRUE BILL FOUND.
166.CHAPTER CLXII. — THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF CHARLES PEACE.
167.CHAPTER CLXIII. — AFTER CONVICTION—PEACE AT ARMLEY GAOL—INTERVIEW WITH HIS RELATIVES—PEACIANA.
168.CHAPTER CLXIV. — MRS. DYSONS DEPARTURE—AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCH AND SELF-VINDICATION.
169.CHAPTER CLXV. — PEACE CONFESSES HIMSELF TO BE THE MURDERER OF A POLICEMAN NEAR MANCHESTER—THE CONVICT AND MRS. THOMPSON.
170.CHAPTER CLXVI. — THE CONDEMNED MAN VISITED AGAIN BY HIS RELATIVES—PEACE CONFIRMS HIS CONFESSION.
171.CHAPTER CLXVII. — THE CONVICT’S CONFESSION.
172.CHAPTER CLXVIII. — AFFECTING FAREWELL LETTERS &C. , FROM PEACE TO HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
173.CHAPTER CLXIX. — SKETCH OF THE CONVICT’S CAREER.
174.CHAPTER CLXX. — PEACE’S EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.
175.CHAPTER CLXXI. — EVENTS BEFORE THE EXECUTION—LETTER FROM THE HABRONS.
176.CHAPTER CLXXII. — THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES PEACE.
177.CHAPTER CLXXIII. — THE EXECUTIONER’S STORY—A QUIET CHAT WITH MARWOOD.
178.CHAPTER CLXXIV. — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT—MERCIFUL AND MERCILESS MODES IN DIFFERENT AGES.
179.CHAPTER CLXXV. — CONCLUSION.
180.Transcriber’s Note:

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