The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-22
"A RETIRED GENTLEMAN
/, CURIOUS TALE OF MURDER AND
ROBBERY.
Living I'm Quiet and subsisting by bur
xIarIes-His Final Capture.
sheffield Telegraph. !

Sheffield Telegraph
We are glad to be able to lay before our
readers the following interesting particulars
of the career of Charles Peace. the Peekham
burglar since the murder Of Mr.. Arthur
Dyson, at Bennercross, on the night of the
twenty ninth Of November, 1876. His career
in this life, 1t Is said, was closed for he had
made away with himself. But Peace was
not such a fool as that, for he had no sooner
| finished the murder than he took to his old |
game OF burglary, q vocation which appears
to have had curious attraction for him
| Subsequent events prove that Peace went to
Hull, and there replaced his waning funds by
| breaking into a gentlemans house. from
which he extracted q large quantity OF plate
and valuable jewelry. From thence, after
| realizing on his spoil he repaired to Nothing
ham, where near relative resides, and with
| her he took up his quarters. Although it
was well known that there was heavy re.
ward offered for his apprehension, 1t did
| not seem that any of his relatives considered
! it advisable to state who was in the midst OF
| them. After affecting q very clever ware
house robbery, in which silk goods were the
| principal booty, Peace appears to have then
considered that his proximity to Sheffield
was dangerous, and he again changed his
| abode. Thus 1t will be seen that the Sheffield
authorities were correct when they stated
| that they had traced the man to Hull, but
| there had lost sight Of him. II WAS believed
that he had escaped to the Continent, But
| not SO; the fox had doubled" and In the
Midland counties. with Nottingham for his
centre, was continuing his depredations
core -, ~ ,nNnon
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| On reachfng London, some four or five
months after the murder, he was not very
well off for money, and he took up his resi-
dence in Lambeth The police in charge OF
this district then became aware that night
after night the most audacious depredations
were committed in the district. There WAS
scarcely q night passed but q burglary was
announced, and in as even succession the
statement followed that the thieves had not
been caught. Inc yaln9 oi tlio oooty e, nus
thi1,oo ~ tbo, yora fran GeIisyad r. he n
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Spilole "a " i.lti ~ iGanon
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dent means, ana ne was looked up 70
a. ue viz ,an r,Iarios IN The neiobhnr
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ad Weae o th a'i o"Iun ,no tba dailao the
pllng ~ ,htahaits,, void not cit down
dreenwnlch whtepaie9 Will n.y. sto to"n
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/ Night after night the houses of leading rest.
dents in that locality were broken open and
Quantities of Mate iewelrv and yauables OF
hat description were stolen. The 1gang"
who did it were evidently good Judges and
selected very carefully before removing any
thing Then the police became indignant
the hubble blamed the notice, letters to edi-
tors were freely penned but still the depreda-
lions cohIihuen. hen came ..i essce,
: rohReries had taken time to consider, and
, had decided to again change his residence.
R,,t no had grown in riches as a. result OF his
/, past six months robberies, and he decided on
taking n better house. one with q more sub
/, stantial look Of responsibility about it, 50 he
went to Peck ham, and not being satisfied
with one lady as his "housekeeper," he
, changed his fancy along with his circun-
stances, and adopted another lady in his fam
lily as a companion to the first. He was now
possessed Of a good house, two matrons and %
servant; but In addition to that he deter
. mined on refurnishing his home. This
home" at Peckham was a most beautifully
furnished abode In the drawing room was n
" emit az walnut worth fiftv or sixty prIineas, q
= Turkey Garnet. mirrors and all the ct ceteras
. which are considered necessary in the house
! or 4 gentleman in his position. Upon the
? bijou piano was an inad Spanish guitar
worth about thirty e,Iineas result of
some depreciation. and said to be the property
Of conntess, His ''sitting-room' was a
model OF comfort; there was not SIDE table
: every essential it appeared fit for an ''inde-
: pendent gentleman" and even "the slippers
I which were provided for his convenience were
: "beaded," SO rs to show their value Then
. the residents of Peckham wondered, for the
/ favors in the way Of burglaries which for a
year past had seemed "the exclusives" Of
, Lambeth and Of Greenwich recommended in
: their neighborhood.
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G The police were again on the alert, but o