The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-15 00:00:00

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER

On Friday morning early, Leaves-house, the resi-
dence of Mr. John Henderson, one of the principal
partners in the firm of Messrs. Henderson and Co.,
carpet manufacturers, Durham, was broken into by
burglars, evidently adepts in the profession, and a
quantity of silver plate was taken out of the draw-
ing room, with some wine and brandy. A terrier
dog that had been allowed to go at large in the
house was found half stupefied in the kitchen in the
morning, having been drugged. There have been
several burglaries committed in the neighbourhood
of Newcastle, Durham, and Shields during the win-
ter months, and the police of the district have for
some time suspected a ticket-of-leave convict named
Daglish of being concerned in them. A party of
notorious thieves, among whom was Daglish, had
taken up their residence in Gateshead, but they had
been so closely watched by the police that they
betook themselves to Newcastle, taking up their
residence in Hindhaugh-street, near the barracks.
With a view to satisfying himself that Daglish was
staying in Hindhaugh-street, Detective Leitch, of
the Gateshead police force, along with Detectives
Parker and Thorburn, of the Newcastle force, pro-
ceeded to the house on Sunday afternoon. On knock-
ing at the door it was opened by a woman, who on
seeing them appeared to be much alarmed. The
officers pushed past her, and she made off into the
street with considerable alacrity. They proceeded
upstairs, and on entering the room found Daglish,
the man they were looking for, and another ticket-
of-leave man, who afterwards gave his name as
Brown, two other men, and two women. The two
latter-mentioned men and the two women made
their escape while the conflict that immediately
took place was going on. One of the men got out of
a back window, slid down a spout into a backyard,
and so got off. As soon as Daglish saw the officers,
he seized a poker, which at that time was in the fire,
and aimed a murderous blow at the head of Leitch.
Parker, however, was too quick for him, for he
caught the poker before it could reach Leitch's
head, though he burnt his hands severely thereby.
Daglish let go his hold, but seized a brace and bit,
with which he struck Leitch over the head, inflicting
a severe wound, and the blood flowed in streams.
Leitch closed with him, Daglish resisting his
apprehension with tremendous strength ; but Par-
ker assisted Leitch. In the desperate affray that
ensued Leitch got hold of the brace and bit, and in-
flicted some severe blows upon the burglar, whose
face was covered with blood. The struggle was
most desperate, both the officers and Daglish being
covered with blood, but Parker at last got the latter
by the neck and completely overpowered him.
Thorburn in the meantime had been engaged with
Brown, a big powerful man, who, like Daglisht
resisted his apprehension with much desperation.
Thorburn, however, was helped by a civilian who
looked in, and his man was overcome. The two
prisoners were shortly after removed to the West
gate police station, followed by a large crowd, and
both burglars and policemen had to be immediately
attended by a surgeon. Upon searching the house
in Hindhaugh-street, the silver plate stolen oil
Friday from Leaves-house, Durham, Mr. Hen•
derson's mansion, together with a quantity of other
valuables evidently the proceeds of former robbe-
ries, and some pick-locks were discovered by the
police. The prisoners were brought up yesterday
before the Newcastle magistrates, and were re-
manded. The capture of Daglish has given great
satisfaction in the northern towns, for he was known
to be a most desperate follow, and the fact that he
had been liberated upon a ticket-of-leave in the
early part of the winter caused very great dissatis-
faction. There appears to be little doubt that im-
mediately upon reaching the north he had resumed
his old ways, for coincident with his appearance in
his former haunts the police began to receive infor-
mation of burglaries committed in detached houses.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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UF: F. T) S-T TJ ES DAY.

The market very slow, except for fine qualities of nevi
English wheat, which sold readily at former currencies.
The supply of wheat only moderate. Foreign barley was
in better supply, and the prices scarcely equal to last week.
Beans, cats, and other articles unchanged in value or de-
mand.