Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-06-21 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

EAST LONDON.-At a Urns when mush thought is being given to this matter, a practical suggestion may be of service. Last yet more than £300,000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by ineonaiderats Gnu sumer' in this country, to the gnat injury of our own working people, so true is it that "evil is wrougia• by want of though; as well as want of beast' Itai•catatroluti wed IngMUM I.o7mit awl Uwe mishap JIM Ars lipeuld be enabled to rig SLOGO • web .1111411111.-111,PA  kis interesting account in given by the Johannes. burp Star el the police chase skterCam, the lank rotissr, whose achievements in the matter el perpetrating robberies, (heaping from gaol, and eluding the police entitle him to rank with taut notorious Jack Sheppard, and wham regard for his clever black horse reminds one of Dick Turpim In the harried start after Wilton when he escaped ham the Pretoria gaol (says the SE aper in questionj ths raisuntod police forgot to take hand. cuffs with them. Further, Illieon had friends all along the reale. He was born in Basutoland, and every Basuto is his fast friend, even to Marna. Consequentiy, when the police enquired along the road of Basuto' if they had sacs two men paiii on horseback they invariably mid that they had nob li'lleon's love for his famous black horse, now at the !donated Folios Barracks, wail extrsorditstry. The police had to hare three renvounta before they could run that horse down. Two of use mounted police sighted Id'Kean sad Cooper far ahead of them. They sparred on atm them, thinking that they wank bring the *invert to halt on the steep bank of the Blocnoster River. What was their surprise, however, when they aolf M'lleon leap has horse down the 20-feet bank into the river, swim scrota, and when he saw Cooper's horse would not follow come back, and, reachnag out, pull Cooper's horse down by the bridle and drag him through. One of the policemen had rifle, and resolved to take a long shot. When ld'ldeon saw the smoke ol the gun rise he and his companions drew their honied apart, and the bullet peeved between tieni. Shortly after Iddieon drew ba horse up, leaped down, removed the saddle, and stood patting hi horse on the head. The police approached, and he surrendered without a word, giving over km two resolvers with the remark that he was enriching the Government with revolver,, for this was the visas they had bad from binl. He said he gave himself up because he dk% not wink to lriTt his horee. Cooper handed over his re-, volver, too, looking rather glum Wham mid he knew he would receive 25 lashea, but be would only stay in gaol for 8 months, when he would onoe more say good-bye to the enthoritiea. le dirtu4 know why they had given him 25 years, forte had not murdered sayose, or stoke II sheep or on Robbing a bank of Ikea supitui MOW We TO crime. The police were saktuely Wren off that gus.ad, and oonsequently at daybreak next morn3n4 the birds had flown un&werved hyaena. WlCeok ban since been roce,ntund  nag t. but  ft is 441 11.-eirtsll _ _  gill oho twv  I Y."  id rg t • ill 1." 411 lit ' i , _ _.. _ ... _ ........c , __ -74,4101 X .