The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

TEE CAPITAL CONVICTS AT MAIDSTONE.

ATTACK BY GAROTTERS AND SUCCESSFUL

RBSISTANCE.

The garotters and burglars are beginning to get
the went of it. A few more such suotestal efforts in re-
sistance as we have heel !only, and we shaU aot heir of so
many of these dastardly attacks. We have much pleasure
la recording that an attack by highway robbers, oa Tuesday
evening. spin Mr. Charlin Ward, of the Vine Hotel, Ton-
crom-lue, Sheffield, was successfully repelled by Oat,
geetleana in sock a we, es to give the robbers s'i taste of
nine own quality." Buy in the nurse= Mr. Ward
wean by train with two of his children to Muhro', for the
purpose of taking them to the holm of his sister at
Orebro', to spend the Christens holidays then. nose
Masbro' they all walked to Greasbro', where they arrived
la safety, and Mr. Ward prepared to return about five
o'clock. Mr. Ward's stator warned him that several pu-
mas had hers mopped by robbers on the road Deletes
°rushee and Mestere% Mr. Ward, for the purpose of
self-defense, accepted a Moat weinag-stick, wad, thus
armed, set out to walk back to Mouton', whence he is
• to paten by the ale o'clock train to Sheffield. At •
luny spot as the road, sear the farm which idiot's Barbot
Heil, he abet a nes cm the footpath, to whoa he said
" Good eight." Reesiving no reply, Mr. Ward's supielons
were aroused, and be walks,: ou quickly, keeping a sharp
look-out After he bad game a short distaste he saw another
maa advanciug towards Ism from the opposite side of the
road. He kept oa hie way, and the fellow approached,
saying sonethlag sheet Its beim( a floe night. Mr. Ward
replied " Yes, it is ;" and the men immediately asked,
" Rive you got any nosey ?" " Yee, I have," cooly replied
Mr. Ward; "do you wait it ?" . Yes, you must give it
me," said the fellow. Mr. Ward (who carried his stick
close up menet his side, se that la the dark the man Gould
aot see it) at owe, with great presence of salad, resolved,
Mesa the coarse to pans*. He said to the robber,
" Suppose I gin yes the money, will you pot hurt me ?"
" No," replied the fellow ; give me all you hen got, and
I will not hurt you." While this was passing, Mr
Ward, is order to throw the fellow oils hie guard, pretended
to be unbuttoning his sat to take oat his money;
but suddenly, going beak • stop or two, he raised the
beadle end of the stick, aid dealt the robber a tremeadoue
blow oa the side of the heed, which precipitated him to the
ground. Immediately, the seas whom Mr. Ward had first
mat, aid who a° doubt bad boon lurking sloes by to avast
hie neepaaion, ease up sad wicked Mr. Ward. He seised
Mr. Ward before he mold strike with hie stick, • strudel*
ensued, aad they fell together. Mr. Ward, however, who
is • powerful, naseraler nu, got the best of the anent.
He heat the robber at blooms gene. Seising the ruffian by
the throat, he favoured him with auk • squeeze as would
give him a preened amen of the pleasures of being ga-
rotted ; and We, whoa the maw released his bold, he got
up, took to by /tun, aid mad* the beet of his way to Mea-
bro', which he remehed time enough to start by the sit
o'clock train. The other fellow bed no doubt been rendered
iseensible by the blow ea the bead, for be tined
while Mr. Ward renamd in the spot. Mr. Ward was co-
vered with dirt mad NMI tzbauted ; bat the only Wary
he noticed was • nuns on tee back. Is tbe excessive
darkens of the sight Mr. Ward did not very ditto/sly we
the futures of hie analluts, sad it Is doubtful whether he
will be able to ideatity then.