The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

OFFENCES.

DARING GAR.YrTE RMIIIIIIT:—ShortIy before seven
o'clock on Monday morning, a daring robbery wan com-
mitted near the Victoria Railway Station, Manchenter,
on the person of Mr. Edward Short, fruiterer (formerly
a tradesumn in that city) carrying on business in Simile-
bill Market. Mr. Short left his house with the inten-
tion of going to Liverpool by the train which leaven
the Victoria Station shortly before 'wren o'clock. It
wu hi, custom to Attend the weekly orange sale, which
is usually held in Liverpool on Monday. lie had with
him one £2O note, two I:10 notes, and two C 5 notes of
the Bank of England. The notes were indorsed "
Short." He had also I:112 iu gold. and 4:25 in 'Over.
He took the road to the ntntion which lead., out of Todd-
street. When at the bottom of the.steps leading to the
wooden bridge over the Irk he was liaised by two or
three men, by whom he was brutally beaten, and
robbed of the whole of the money, £217. lie was after-
wards found by • lamplighter lying insensible in the
road. His throat was seriously injured, one of his
teeth RAJ knocked out, and one of his arms broken ;
and lie was much bruised about the head and body. He
was oonveyed in a cab to hit house, where lie was
attended by Mr. J. I'. Cooke, surgeon For some time
be was considered to be in • dangerous condition, but
he ban since rallied. The police are making energetic
efforts to ilimever the perpetrate.., of thin brutal out-
rage, and a reward of L'2o bas been offered for the ap-
preliennion of the thieves.

A Ceitious STORT.—A tnerehant, returnlii• home
from Paris after selling his good*, WWI stopped • little
beyond the Bois de Boulogne by robbers, who plun-
dered and were inclined to kill him. After murh en•
treaty his life was spared, and they hit on what our
author calls "a rather neat Idea" to gain the time to
escape. Having ripped up his horse, they shut him up
inside, after bringing the skin together again, and pull.
log the girths as tight at they could. In this pitiable
state the poor fellow had recourse to criea and lament.
ations, and a pawing courier was terrified at hearing
tide lamentable voice and not being able to discover
whence it came. He at length approached the horse,
and his amazement was doubled on hearing that the
cries came from inside it. He at once bade his posti•
lion dismount, and after unbuckling the girths, they
saw the poor fellow emerge quite naked, and in worse
array than those that came out of the horse of Troy.
lie told them what had happened, and the postillion,
having lent hint his breeches and cloak, they took him
to St. Cloud, and were so lucky as to put up at the
inn whore the robbers were. The courier, on asking
the hostess to find some old clothes in which the poor
man could return to Paris, was told by her that there
were some gentlemen up-stairs who had a suit for
sale ; whereupon she fetched it and showed it to the
courier. The merchant at once saw that they were his
clothes and so the courier sent off the postilion to
warn clothes,
provost, and hail the hostelry invested in the
interiiu. When the provost arrived, two of the robbers
were caught, but the rest were killed in defending
t heniaelves.

A GARROTTER Snot AT NOTTINGHAM.—Mr. Junes
jun., boot and shoe merchant, of Pelham-
street, Nottingham, was going towards his residence,
Quten's Walk, about ten o'clock on Wednesday even-
ing, when an attempt was mode to garrotte him. On
Catritigton-street Bridge he pmmed too rough-looking
fellows, who, he thought, took particular notion of
him, and when crossing the railway they overtook
him. At the entrance of Queen's Walk one of them
turned up a narrow lane, separated (rum the prome-
nade by a hedge, and the other followed Mr. Addles..
up the path towards his house. This fellow, after
walking a abort distance, turned full upon Mr. Addle-
see, and made a clutch at his throat; but the latter
evaded the grasp, and scrambled over an iron fence
separating the path from the grass. His assailant
followed him, and the other fellow then jumped over
the hedge to his usistance. The man who first tirade
the attack then knocked off Mr. Addlesee's hat, but
was prtventcd from carrying rout his intentions by re-
ceiving the contents of a pistol iu his face. According
to custoen. Mr. Addlesee, on entering the Queen's
Walk, took oat of his pocket • pistol loaded with
powder and shot, and carried the weapon in his hand.
The night being very dark, neither of the men per-
ceived it. The man who was shot staggered hack a
Few yards, and, after uttering fearful imprecations, he
and bin companion fled, and have not since been
beard of. The hat was the only property Mr. Addle-
ace lost.