The New York herald., 1879-02-27

cent manner he could assume in an emergency said =
II IN packman IA pedler or travelling draperl my
pack Is down stairs shall only be too happy to nan@
went below. anxious to clear his Character ana
aia the police by exposing his goods. jne
olllccr waited little WHILE and then with sudden
inspiration of fresh suspicion to look for the
honest packman. Peace had been surprised by the
officer while undressing for bed He escaped hair
dressed by the window of . lower room. The oincer
remembers the circumstance with chagrin and "
caffcd by his comrades. for Peace made joke or IT,
lie seems to have been very partial to Hull He lert
nottingham for that town accompanied by Mrs.
Thompson. and settled down there W Mr. Thompson.
"a man OF independent means In the spring Of 1877
ne was living there in apartments near Hengiers
Circus or Hippodrome and his landlord was actually
q sergeant OF police. The dodgers chiefly eqles
trian artists and Mr.. Thompson was great favorite
among them He usedto take "Nfrs. Thompson" to
the circus and they often supped afterward III CON-
pany with some OF the performers. Thompson WAS
time he committed burglary characterized by pc
culiar audacity and often talked with his landlord
The ''Thompsons' subsequently-wen to London.
HIS PARAMoUI's DISCOVERY.
One day "Mrs. Thompson" discovered the real
name and character of her friend" She charged
him with various crimes. especially with committing
the Bnnncrcross murder. His manner changed ini-
medately. He determined II possible to get rid OF
Mrs. Thompson by sending her to Hull with letter
to his real wife, asking forgiveness for past errors
and saying that she had better come to London at
and occupy provision store he had opened for
her, as he was now rich man. When Mrs. Peace
arrived in town she placed in dwelling house
which had been rented tor her and he made his wife
and mistress live under the roof. As the story
gbes he did not treat either Of them kindly he was
y fierce disciplinarian in his domestic affairs, and
yet neither of the dared to emancipatc her.
self by denouncing him.
A COOL sCoUNDnEL-
Soon after this he accosted by friend In the
street. and in order to convince his pal that it
case Of mistaken identity he walked into the Head
quarters of the Police ut Scotland Yard. His friend
did not follow him, and Peace, without going into
the station passed out of the yard by the public house
passage which leadsi Parliament street. On another
occasion he addressed policeman, who looked at him
curiously. and inquired his way to St. Pauls church.
yard. When the famous trial OF the police detec-
tives was going on he dressed himself ia his black
clothes and put pair OF gold spectaclcs which he
often wore in this favorte disguise, and called at
Scotland Yard for police pass attend the nvesti
CATION. He said he took great interest i'll the case
being q traveller and man of independent means.
While the officer making out the pass
Peace remarked the station wall the Bannercross
reward bill Hasn't that villain been captured
yet y he asked pointing to the BILL NO" said
the officer. dear me, I'm very sorry; it was
cruel murder, that: But his time came.
When Mrs. Thompson heard of the cap
ture of John Ward, the Of Mrs.
Peace's first husband. ut Biackheath, read the
description of the man, and found that Peace alias
ham. she told the police who John Ward really was,
and then began the search for Mrs. Dyson. late of
Bannercross. Meanwhile Peace was tried, found
guilty and sentenced to penal servtde for the Black
heath burglary. The trial and conviction of Peace
occasioned considerable excitement in England tho
principal features Of which have already been printed
in the HERALD.