The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-20 00:00:00

A "STRANGE LORD."

A young man of the name of John Lowes or Lowis,
' who, we believe, is a native of Wetheral, and who is
supposed to be a; ticket-of-leave convict, stole two young
bullocks, on Friday night, out of a field on the North
Scough farm. Lewes has been in the neighbourhoods of
Penrith and Wigton during the last ten months. On
Saturday morning he sold the bullocks to a dealer, tell-
ing him that they belonged to Mr. Bawstead, of King
Harry, to whom he said he was head man. After
becoming possessed of the money, the first thing he
did was to go to the shop of Mr. A tkinson, draper,
where he purchased a new suit of black clothes
for 3/. 195., which were sent after him to Mr.
Robertshaw'e, the Castle beer-house at Penrith, he
having left Carlisle on the Saturday evening by-
the train for the former place. He had also purchased
at Carlisle two or three gold rings, and a fine
long gold chain. On Sunday he made a tour to Tills-
water lake with some Penrith young men, where hespeat
the afternoon in a larkish manner. On Monday morning
he hired a fine spanking grey hunter at the New Crown
Hotel, and was one of the field of sportsmen with the
Eamont harriers, and cleared all that he came at. On
Wednesday he did the like mounted on the same steed.
As early as 6 o'clock on Friday morning he again en•
gaged his favourite hunter, and dressed in first-rate
hunting style, having on top boots and spurs, yellow
buckskin breeches, light coloured waistcoat, neat dark
jacket, jockey shape, yellow leather gloves, one of which
he had not on, in order to display two gold rings on his
left hand, a gold chain round his neck, a good whip, a
cigar in his mouth, and thus equipped be started off in
high glee to the hunt on Broadfield, near fiesket, where
he was surmised to be some "strange lord," and he
was considered to be the most plucky and best rider in
the numerous field. After the hunt, instead of returning
to Penrith with his horse he rode down to Carlisle, where
he remained, we believe,_ at the Newcastle Railway sta-
tion hotel over night. Oa Friday evening the police at
Penrith received information of the robbery ; suspicion
immediately fell upon the "strange lord ;" and Inspec-
tor Robinson, who surmised his whereabouts to be at or
in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, was on Saturday after-
noon despatched by the evening train in search of him,
but on arriving he found that the "strange lord" had
left Carlisle about 20 ,minutes before the arrival of the
train. The officer being thus foiled in his pursuit, and
their not being another train for Penrith till evening, be
did not reach that place till after 6 o'clock. The "strange
lord" arrived at Penrith between 6 and 7 o'clock contrary
to the expectation of many, who felt confident that hehao
gone off with the spanking hunter. A policeman bad
been set to take him in the Crown yard, Vnt was absent
on other business when Lowes rode in. On dimounting,
he told Vickers, the head ostler, that he would just step
over the way to Pattinson's, the British Queen beer-
house, where he had his other clothes, and change his
dress, and would presently return and pay the two days'
hire for the hunter. Vickers, hbwever, knowing that the
polioe had been inquiring after him, followed him to
Pattinson's, but before he got there Mrs. P. bad informed
the "strange lord " that the police had been inquiring
after him. He changed his clothes, and told Vickers
that he would go with him to the Crown Hotel and pay
Mr. Dixon for the horse hire himself. Both proceeded
over the street and down the yard, and Vickers, in high
glee, stepped up tke step into the house, but the "strange
lord" did not follow him as he expected ; he deliberately
walked through the passage into the street, and thus
made his escape. Vickers, on looking about for his man,
found that he was not there. Search was made for him
by the police all over the town and some neighbouring
villages, but he was not again heard of till Sunday morn-
ing, when, it is said, he called at Delemain, the residence
of E. W. Hassell, Esq., and asked the gardener for a job
in his line. He bad breakfast there, and very soon left.
Although information of the robbery and a description of
the thief have been diffused both far and near, he has not
been heard of since last Sunday morning.—Carlisle
Patriot.