, 1879-03-06

!ngitTo would have gool opportunity Of losing
!lI.nsSt. Peace Ind evidently considered this,
bound lse sprung throuBf, slc little window in
the tid0 OF tho compartment, which he had
asked to have lowered tnurlcnt l,ofotc. The
window was scareety, moro than foot square,
but tle man went With tie lulckncsa and necu-
racy Of q u!stolshos, head lrst, while the train
wns rolng ut rho rate Of ilty miles. It was
morn Instinct tfnn Intention that led nne Ol tho
warticrs. A. TUG hody, Of thu burglar flashed by.
wHrdcl. The llA,nl Of tic wnraer fell OIL Feaee's
boot, a,til lie held fast.
Tile osllcr WARRIOR attempted to break the
glass oyce tic t5ailEcr-rope IN order 70 uyc The
Fortunately. hnwcycr, tie attention Of some
passengers IN tho next compartment wns at.
tra"tcd. and they wcre successful In ElvIng The
signal 10 the driver w!lo Btra!ghtway slackcncd
ssruck'l'c war,lrr wIo held him. rcIcascJly With
Inc heavy Irons In which bis wrists were eor-
hnrd Dnt The wardrr, though bleeding, did not
Iolln1nisli hts grip. Then Peace fell back, md,
drawing 1t frntn the boot. Tle wasder wns not
al,!o to prcscnt 1t. nnl reaco fell ns the traiu
rolled on, aul only the boot was left In the
l1,,!,'s Of thu distracted warbler
Thu train ran n full mile after the giving Ut
the; signaI. i1rais were out nf every window,
anu all saw the during burglar slip from tl,n
grasp nf the waEder niut fal! 1,raiilang. ~
soon as the train stnppel ncn raD back along
tHe ll1ck. tcneE WIS l4u1u lflftr nalcOt1EclOllB.
Ills fiead was cut and bleeding where tlr bnl
fallen against the foutboard. Had he made hIa
bold leap clear. undoubtedly hH wuutd ilayo
landed IN The deep. scft.an uul,armel.
FcaGcs Iinnl TRIAL was held Mt J.neds. Before
1lc left stelcId for TINT city he wis visited hy
number OF persons, a,ong others Robinson,
the 0i]lcer wlio With such jeopardy captured hn
At Nlackhcath. lie Ta. clat:v ntnf cheerful. 4
largu crowd wns ut tho station waitIng to zee
him oil. Aa thu train slArtrd a man cried:
llefs a p!ucky fellow; give him three checrs.n
I" Give lin rope" rctDrtrd nunthrr, Instantly,
nntt thut sentiment was apnlaudct. At Leeds
the trial was short, and It was no difficult mat
ter to convict the prianner. His execution fol-
lowed close npon ths sentence. 1lu died In tl,a
odor nT sauctlly, fOr0lyiuE Ill Its enemies.
A remarkable INSTANCE Of tcnrc's n,itiactyis re-
lated by the Sheffield Jf'e7r,nh, which snya:
"Anlong tho pnpers scfze1 bY tl,g ro1te IT
Pcace's house, Wien ntrrstcd fur the Diaciheath
huEglarcs, was found II culnsete plan VI Cam
den place, Chfs!chArst, tile Residence Of The Fin
press Eugcnlc unl tlc Prllse Imperial. This TIC
Ind obtained by Ills marvellous lfnput&cncc. lie
place to beg pernltsson to inspret It with t.is
nrchftect,' u. he represented tint lle was about
to build large villa, aud understood Tint Cam
den ptuce was alniiruhI. designed. lie would
not have taken THIS liberty. but no knew that
the Empress uIlI Prtlco were abrO1d. nld hr
therefore pTctnMctl to trtSpaAs on the kiitlncss
uf thu propretur.' Tile luyor WIS ut nlce &C.
corded, anu Mr. rcacu auu hts 'asehltcct.' IN
driving over aia presenting tie proprictnr's
permission, were allowed to ytew the prcmisca
and tafe plan. Oi this, nn ,souht, tlirlnGeht-
nus burglar would have areel'iy aratled hftlEe1f
lad not Ills career been cut short by bis arrest"