The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

TRACING A lIIGIEWAYMAN.

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A report of a desperate encounter with a highwat
H
man appeared in The Sun of the 23d inst., in which
it was stated that Mr. Clarkson, of
ugoa;
lodge, about eight miles fromDriffield, was savagely
set on as he was returning from market by a big'•
wayman, who attempted to rob him when withi°
a mile of his own house, and that Mr. Clark'
son discharged four barrels of a revolver at 111
assailant with such effect that the latter was glad ,0
decamp, although severely wounded, and with li;
clothes on fire. The Eastern Counties
_Herald ? a
yesterday tells how the thief was pursued Oh
apprehended :—" Next morning, Mr. JOT;
Young, superintendent of the Driffield police, 04,
informed of the attempted robbery, and immedi-
ately ately took those steps, known only to sharpwitria
detectives, for the apprehension of the offender.
first carefully examined the scene of the • attael4a
discovered copious blood marks on the road, a°f,
foot traces through a gate in the direction of PI.
find, the gate being bloody. He also receive" ;
cap and a bludgeon, found on the spot, and
neckerchief and burnt pieces of a shirt, which wedfe
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found iu an adjoining field. On the following day',`"
o'(1, froni some information he received, he went
Burlington, 18 miles fromHuggate-lodge• std
ascertained ascertained that a man had arrived at a 104°1.1';
house there about 2 o'clock the previous mornif;
—which would be six, hours after the robberf.tb
minus shirt, cap, and neckerchief, covered 1111„d
blood, wounded, and very much exhausted, Asti-7
to the inmates of the house that he had been ° t
tacked and fired at on the Dritfield-road, and that
ho was anxious to get away before he should a
overtaken, and having washed his wounds an
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stayed about ten minutes he made off. Young thoo
lost sight, or rather trace of his man, but he sl?.,d
again got wind of him, and on the follov"13
Tuesday succeeded in ascertaining at Scarboroubd
that a man answering to the description _ 0
the one he was in pursuit of had applied tue,
insurgeonh
te d
thereirec
direction
of Robin
medical relief, and
Hood'shadß
then g
o°litnao
Whitby. On the Thursday Young traced him, Q.
the latter place, found that he had been lodgnr;
there in the house of a sweep, having left 28 11°14 •
previous, and then quitted for the moors. Y64l—cl
afterwards discovered that he had doubled, and
once more made fur the sea-coast. On that dal 0
traced, him to Upgang, thence to Sandsend, 61,_
aftersyards to Ruuswiek iron works and Straith;;
where he had stopped the night before. He slie a
traced him in a circuitous route along the Nano,
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few hours in advance, begging from house toll°lln,b,
and finally traced him on the road to Guisbor°itt
where Young, learning that he was a few raileso
advance, pulled bridle for a While, till night s,".tis,
on, when he resumed his pursuit, got into ull, a
borough, and finally ran his man to earth Tye
lodging-house shortly after his arrival there. the
prisoner's waistcoat was found to be burnt in tof
back, and with a bullet-hole through the front
it, and a small wound on the breast corresce° ape
to ,",the puncture in the waistct at. lie was, aof
wounded in the moith, which was discolourealarge
from the effects of gunpowder. A veil , ili
wound was found on his back, some five inch° tbe
diameter, and corresponding with the burn i°_, witts
waistcoat. On being apprehended and chargo"biog
the offence the prisoner state,' that he knew neloist
of the matter, and that if he had done it it-oe4
be unknown to him. He gives his name as i'_.auti
Ireland, and states that he is a native of the eu_. 08'
Rosconnnon, but he has gone by other atios°,..rpo-
veral highway, robberies have been lately yoyuiti-
trated in the neighbourhood. of Dritileld, and olico,
cieflt information is in the pos,sessiou of the 12st o;
to show that Ireland is one, if not the forelaituose:
the gang. Too much praise cannot be give°,l,otl°
perintendent Young for the prompt and e°,,Vpr
measures he took for the apprehension of tt_%iille
soner, and the clever effective manner in viu,',,, re-
carried them out ; and, were it not for that tfuotordo
velation might be
,turned to account V
vst,sivi
criminals, we could give our readers some 3 do 0s;
details of the ingenious shifts and device 3 re; ow
to to obtain information from unconsei°l- V°
sometimes unwilling deponents. The prisoner
been committed for trial.