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He was George Smithson, aliasi 2,000.00 William Weatherill, 32, years of ago, ex-Borstal boy, four times! 1,600.00 convicted.hurglar, and the world's most daring cracksman, As counsel for the Crown re- "1,000.00

fhted parts of the story of his life was breathless with 250.00 the court

Astonishment. Many of his ex- 250.00 inits were not even touched: 250.00

upon, but, enough was said to 250.00 create a sensation such as the Old Bailey has not known for 260.00 years. 200,00

One incident, typical of the re- 200,00 markable audacity of the man, 200.00 sent everybody in court including

the judge, into rours of laughter, 100.00, I was when on one burglarious 100.00 enterprise, Smithson walked into 100.00 the bedroom of Lord Arran, and 100.00 found his lordship there, and very

much awake, Smithson prompt. 100.00 ly locked the peer in his own hedropin and made good his 100.00 escape.

50.00

Eight years penal servitude is 50.00 the penalty, he will have to pay! for his erimes, and the Common 50.00 50.00 Serjeant, in sentencing him, told him his record was the worst he had ever experienced in the whole of his life..

50.00 50.00

·50.00 Standing at Smithson's side

was his accomplice, George In-

Partrest of Mrs. abff, of 'Bestse Jottags, Baltney Perry, near Charlars England, who, writasa

For five years I suffered greatly. from an ulcerated leg, which at one tinse was covered with open wounde from knee to foot, there being as mor as 2 wounds

once, 1 tried all sorts of preparations, anst attended the Infirmary, but nothing" seemed to da me any good and I was sant away from the Infirmary an Incurable. One day my daughter saw Clarke's Blood Mixture Advertised in a newspaper and read it to me, and I decided to give it a trial. Finding the Arst lot was doing me goal hypersevered. with it, and after having four bottles my *AD leg was completely healed. this happened soune "eight, years' ago. and I have had no return of the trouble over since."

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31.00 gram, alias. Allred Ernest Clarke's Blood Mixture

25.00 Fragheim. also known as "the 25.00 Doctor" aged 36.

25,00. With a record of three sentences 25.00 of penal servitude, amounting to 25.00 1316 years, he was justly describ 26.00 ed by the judge as an unmitigal 25.00, ed scoundrel, and was sentenced

to'six years' penal" servitude. 25.00 Both men had pleaded guilty to 26.00 charges which had been brought 25.00 against them in connection with 25.00 the series of big country-house 25.08 burglaries which began in the 25.00 spring of last year and continued 20.00 right up to the time when the two were trapped in Edinburgh in 20.00 April last.

© "gverybody's Blood Purifier;'

Seatland Yard had long suspected that it was they wh were responsible for the alarming series of country house burglaries and for months there was a bur and cry for them all over th country, but by moving from district to district the pair were able to elude capture, and at the Sanie time „continue their audacious robberies.

- RUN TO EARTH.

I was in April of this year: Smithson admitted burgling the 20.00!

that they were run to earth suom residences of: w 20.00

The Eart of Jersey, at Middle-after bringing off a coup.near ..20.00

ton Park. Bicester, where ibany Dunbar, where they broke into 20.00 family heirlooms were stolen.

Tyninghamie House, the residence] of the Earl of Haddington, and Lady Constance) Russell, Swal-

stole a quantity of art treasures. 15.00 lowfield Park. Reading.

They left for Edinburgh by" an 10.00 Sir John Leigh. Newport,. 10.00 Shropshire.

early morning fruin, but the local 10.00 "Mr. H. C. Sutton, Benham Park, police suspected them and wired 10.00 Berkshire, where two Gainsbor to Edinburgh suggesting they 10.00 oughs were among the art trea-should be" intercepted at the 10.00, sures stolen.

10.00 Ingram pleaded guilty to taking

terminus.

Each was carrying a suit-case;

10.00' part in the barglary at Mr. Sut-when the police pounced upon 10.00 ton's house, and of receiving the them, and in the cases were found! 10.00' proceeds of the other big robberies, a formidable set of burglars im

plements, including a number of

10.00

10.00-

STUDENT OF GEBRETT.” ..jernmies, one of which was af 30.00 These were the only burglaries heavy instrument capable of be- mentioned in the indictmenting taken to pieces so is to against them, but itis known that facilitate packing, and also a fine antong the other country houses collection of booty, among which 10.09 une or both of theitt broke into was jewellery of every description were those of Sir Charles Hall and a wonderful assortment of 10.00 Caine, Sir Archibald Mitchelson, objets d'art.

Events moved swiftly after 5.00 Lord Arran, Lord Leith Fyvie,| 5:00 Lord Henry Nevill, Lord Waring, their arrest. Inspector Arthur 5.00 Dowager Lady Nunburnholme, Mitchell, of Scotland Yard, at 5.00 Sir George Holford, Sir William once set out for Edinburgh, and 5.00 Bass, Lord Sheffield, Lord. Her- by assiduously following up the 5.00 wick. Lady Hereford, Lord information he obtained he was 5.00 Ganely, Lord Portsmouth, Sirable to track down the receivers William W. Portal, Earl of Had-in the East end of London through dington.

whom attempts had been made

5.00.

5.00 Smithson assiduously studied to dispose of, the booty," He also

R. W. Stoddard

5.00

. G. Meyer "Empress

Lodge"

5.00

R. Heanrich. "Empress

Lodge"

Monsieur Joudain "Em-

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P. W. Blackwell

E M. Burton.

H. R.- Forsyth

Miss B. V. Jennings..

G. L. Gilman

R. M.. Chaloner

H. Griffin

H. E. D. Adams

Miss C. Hansen

Miss R. Gambert

the

Debrett, Who's Who," the Land-succeeded in recovering ed Gentry," and the society papers Gainsboroughs and many other to, select his victims, and kept of the stolen works of art. large scale map of England, on 5.00, which he marked the positions of such country seats us he intended 5.00 to visit.

A great number of art treasures! are in the hands of the police which have not yet been claimed. Both Smithson and Ingram are. 3.00. His exploits rivalled that of ex-Borstal boys, and almost the 3.00, Raffles" himself, and for sheer whole of their lives have been 3:00 bravado and unfailing sungfroid devoted to crime. 3.00 he proved himself at least the

Smithson, the police believe,

3.00 equal of that famous character of was led into crime by his love of adventure. Certainly, his life 3.00, fiction.

3.00

He confessed to the polien that provided him with as much ex- 3.00 he averaged"about two big bur-citement as most people would 3.00 glaries a week, and that he wish...

3.00 carried out no less than six on

Miss D. Carrick

· 3,00)

R. Johnstone "

3.00

Total..

$346,154.45

one particular night.

When questioned,

On one occasion he was burgl

ing a country house mansion

he said when he found himself menaced that he was quite unable by a"number of Alsatian wolf, remember all The hur hounds, He got out of a danger glaries he had committed, and the ous position by pacifying the dogs police believe this to be trúg, i with raw meat he obtained from

On several occasions ho was the house larder.

So far as is known, he always U.S. MEDAL FOR SAILOR.

stopped by country policemen George Kevan, of Liverpool, a after carrying out a nocturnal went on his expeditions unarmed, member of the crew of the steamer raid, but he always succeeded in and has always avoided personal Turkestan, was presented at Ply-convincing them that he was not violence. mouth recently with a gold medal a suspicious character.

storms.

Only a few months ago he mar from the President of the United Often he had a suitcase-full of ried a girl who knew nothing of States for heroic services render swag when he was being inter- his criminal habits. One good ed when the American schooner rogated, and he chuckled happily side of his character is that he Matumac

was salved and that when he told the detectives how always treated his wife with tho crow rescued during Atlantic when he and Ingram were on utmost care and tenderness,

their way to London on a motor-| His wife a pathetic, slight] cycle and sidecar with the Gain-figure, dressed in black-attend- shoroughs and miniatures they od the trial at the Old Bailey. had stolen from Mr. Sutton's Snithson's last roquest from the country house, they had a punc-dock was that he might be allow ture, and promptly secured the ed to see his wife before he went “KULAN Äontínöé” By Jímonítésklan

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