The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-09
MISCELLANY.
Blackheath llighMaymen.

In the latter part of the year 1883 (saya
Landmann) my father took house on Black
heath, and was sent daily to the school Of
which the Rev Dr. Egan was the master he
was successor 10 his wife's father, DIR. Bake
we'll The site of this school is close to
the new church, at the corner of King Street,
and is now converted into tea gardens Dur
ing the two years that we sojourned at Black
heath, robberies ON Shooters Hill along the
Charlton Park wall, the Lower Woolwich
Rroad, and on Blackheath, were exceedingly
frequent they were sometimes perpetrated
In broad daylight and even in the midst of
large concourse of people. One Sunday af-
ternoon, towards the close of sultry sum-
mer's day. WAS with the other members of
my family promenading on Chesterfield walk,
where considerable assemblage of the we'll
dressed inhabitants of the vicinity usually
met every evening, after an early dinner,
when our attention was suddenly claimed by
general rush of the company towards the
southern extremity of the walk and in an
instant afterwards, every face was turned In
Lue QlF6CtiOu VI NIbcu 0ldu IhfcIus huu
every right hand was raised, pointing to
man on horse at full speed, who was making
the utmost haste on the road to London, all
exclaiming, ''There he Roes-there he goes
there-there--do you see him--there, that's
he--there, he's gone y as the gentleman, in
q hurry, descended the hin leading to the
lime kiln. 1t is necessary here to explain,
that at the southwest angle of the park there
stood very good house, exactly within the
wall, which had terrace extending into the
angle, so much higher than the ground on
the outside, that the top of the wall was at o
convenient height for "a person to sit upon IL,
whist on tho outside it was at least seven or
eight feet high On this memorable evening,
the gentleman who rented the house, invited
by the beautiful scenery and refreshing COOL
uess of the evening, Ind, without hat or stick
taken his book into the garden, aud seated
himself on the angle of the park wall Whilst
in this position, actually in the midst Of the
promenaders, gentleman, mounted on q
handsome horse, but little inferior TO hunt
er, rode up to him, and with the utmost ia.
miliarity, addressing him by his name said,
''How are you, my dear fellow What long
time 1t is since you have given me call |
Come and dine with me tomorrow you will
meet some good fellows BY this time the
horseman had closely approached the gentle
man on the wall, who, however, did not an
swer his recognition. The former then drew
forth o pistol and, pointing it at his head de-
clared tn sublued voice that if he did not
instantly hand out his watch, ETC., he should
9 be under the very unpleasant necessity of
scatter ng his brains amongst the rose-bushes
behind HIM. Frightened out of his presence
IF mind, the victim instantly handed over his
.alnables, and the thief, declaring aloud that
ne was ''good fellow, ,antered off In a
few seconds, the gentleman recovered from
his fright sufficiently to roar out to those
nearest to him, 'Stop thief stop thief He
has robbed me-" The CONSERVATION which
this daring act created amongst the multitude
that congregated to learn the meaning Of
these singular EXPLANATIONS had scarcely sub
sided, when post-ehaise, containing two
gentlemen and one lady, with man-servant
on the bar in front, on their way to London,
stopped ON the high road just opposite TO the
celebrated southwestern angle of the park,
when they all at the same time hailed us, an
nouncing that they had just been robbed near
the Rising Sun by four armed men on foot.