The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2

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systematic operations of, in 18th century, ii. 38; Alexander Day, 39; female sharpers, 40; Harriet Grieve, 40; James Dignum, 41; Mrs. Clarke, 42; her connection with the Duke of York and Colonel Wardle, 42, 43; Robert Jacques's deception, 43-45.

"TANGIER," a ward so called in Newgate, i. 155.

TARPEYS, husband and wife, diamond robbery by, ii. 465.

TESTER, one of the perpetrators of the gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, ii. 391-395.

THISTLEWOOD, the leader of the Cato Street conspiracy, account of, ii. 279, _et seq._

THURTELL, executed for the murder of Mr. Weare, ii. 328, 329.

THYNNE, Thomas, account of the murder of, i. 182-188.

TIDD, one of the Cato Street conspirators, ii. 283.

TILLING, Sam, execution of, ii. 233.

TOKENS, Newgate, importance attached to them by the criminal classes, ii. 215 and _n._

TOLD, Silas, his early life and conversion, ii. 117; takes to prison visiting, 118; his account of the conversion of John Lancaster, 118, 119; becomes a regular visitor, but meets with opposition from the ordinary, 119, 120; his story of Mary Edmonson, 121-126; visits Mrs. Brownrigg, 126.

TOLLS, power of collecting, granted to the citizens, i. 43 and _n._

TORTURE, infliction of, in prisons, i. 76, _et seq._

TOWNSEND, Mr., Bow Street runner, on the state of crime, ii. 3.

TOWRIS, Sir Thomas, i. 142.

TRONAGE, privilege of, granted to the City, i. 43.

TUN, prison built in 1282 for night-walkers, i. 34 _n._

TURNER, Colonel, execution of, i. 260-263.

TURPIN, Dick, execution of, i. 270.

TYBURN, the early place of public execution, i. 10, 258; scenes on execution day on the road to, 267, _et seq._; abolition of the Tyburn procession, 282; Dr. Johnson on, 282; reasons for abolishing, 282, 283.

'TYBURN CALENDAR,' the, i. 318.

TYLER, Wat, and his followers break open Newgate and set the prisoners free, i. 57.

UNDERHILL, Edward, yeoman of the guard, his description of Newgate in Mary's time, i. 85.

VAUGHAN, Richard, forger of bank-notes, ii. 9.

VENTILATOR for preventing fever in Newgate, account of, i. 441-443.

VRATZ, Captain, one of the murderers of Mr. Thynne, i. 183.

WAGNER, a systematic forger, ii. 454-456.

WAINWRIGHT, executed for the murder of Harriet Lane, ii. 426, 470, 471.

WAKEFIELD, Gibbon, on the treatment of the condemned in Newgate, ii. 252-254; his account of the Sunday service when the condemned sermon was preached, 255-260; account of his abduction (aided by his brother) of Miss Turner, an heiress, 306-310; sentenced to three years' imprisonment, 311.

WAKEFIELD, William, imprisoned for aiding in the abduction of Miss Turner, ii. 306-311.

WALL, Governor, executed for flogging a man to death, i. 383-388; scene at the execution, and last moments of, ii. 238-241.

WALLACES, conviction of the, for wilful shipwreck, ii. 338-341.

WALPOLE, Horace, on Maclane, a highwayman, i. 9, 401, 402.

WALTER, Mr., and the 'Times,' prosecution of, for libel, ii. 59.

WARDSMEN in Newgate, power and tyranny of the, ii. 196-198.

WATCHMEN, character, duties, and remuneration of, in the 18th century, ii. 28.

WATERMAN'S Hall, Newgate, i. 158.

WEBSTER, Kate, executed for the murder of her mistress, ii. 427, 469, 471.

WHETSTONE, the punishment of the, i. 34 and _n._

WHIPPING, the punishment of, i. 245.

WHISTON, James, on selling the office of keepers of prisons, i. 47, 48.

WHITE, Charles, shocking scene at the execution of, ii. 270.

WHITNEY, a famous highwayman, exploits and execution of, i. 170-172.

'WHIT'S palace,' i. 6.

WHITTINGTON, Lord Mayor, repairs Newgate, i. 6; transfers debtors from Newgate to Ludgate, 55; his death-bed, 57; leaves moneys for rebuilding Newgate, 58.

WILD, Jonathan, his career, i. 412-415.

WILKES, John, and the 'North Briton,' i. 238, 393; ii. 57; his letter on the cruelty and illegality of ironing prisoners, i. 430.

WILLIAMS, Captain, prison inspector, on Newgate, i. 20.

WILLIAMS, executed for "burking" many victims and selling their bodies, ii. 330-333.

WILLIAMS, John, case of, in Newgate, i. 102.

WILLIAMS, the murderer of the Marrs, exhibition and procession of his body, ii. 267, 268.

WILLIAMS, publisher of the 'North Briton,' in the pillory, i. 238.

WILLIAMS, Renwick, "the monster," doings of, ii. 32.

WILLIAMSON, John, murderer, i. 366.

WILSON, Catherine, executed for wholesale poisoning, ii. 427, 441-443.

WOLSEY, Cardinal, his dealings with the citizens in the "Evil May-day" rising,