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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Life and Surprising Exploits of Jack Sheppard - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: June 5, 2020 [EBook #62320] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE AND SURPRISING *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - PRINTED BY S. & J. KEYS, DEVONPORT. - - [Illustration: - - THE - _LIFE_ - AND - ADVENTURES - - _of_ - JACK SHEPPARD] - - - - - THE LIFE AND SURPRISING EXPLOITS - - OF - - JACK SHEPPARD. - -[Illustration: [_Jack Sheppard beating his Master._]] - - -Jack Sheppard was born in the parish of Stepney, near London, in the -year 1702. His father was a Carpenter, and he died when Jack was so -young, that Jack could not recollect ever seeing him. Hence the burthen -of his maintenance, together with that of his brother and sister, lay -upon his mother, who soon procured him admission into the workhouse, in -Bishopsgate-street, where he continued for a year and a half; and, -during that time, received an education sufficient to qualify him for -the trade his mother designed him, viz., a carpenter: accordingly, he -was recommended to Mr. Wood, in Wych-street, Drury-lane, and bound to -him for seven years. The lad proved an early proficient. Being an -ingenious hand, he soon became master of his business, and gave such -satisfaction to his master’s customers, that he had the character of a -very sober, orderly boy; but, alas, unhappy youth! before he had -completed six years of his apprenticeship, he formed a fatal -acquaintance with one Elizabeth Lyon, (otherwise called Edgworth Bess, -from a town of that name in Middlesex, where she was born,) the reputed -wife of a soldier, and who lived in a debauched life. Our young hero -became enamoured of her, and they cohabited as man and wife. - -This was the foundation of his ruin. Sheppard grew weary of the yoke of -servitude, and began to dispute with his master. Being one day at work -at Mr. Britt’s, the Sun alehouse, near Islington, he on a trivial -occasion, fell upon his master, and beat and bruised him in a barbarous -and shameful manner. Such a sudden and deplorable change was there in -the behaviour of this promising young man. Next ensued a neglect of duty -both to God and his master, lying out of nights, perpetual jarring and -animosities. These were the consequences of his intimacy with this -harlot, who, by the sequel, will appear to have been the main loadstone -in bringing him to the fatal tree. - -Edgworth Bess having stolen a gold ring from a gentleman, to whom she -had introduced herself in the street, was sent to St. Giles’s -round-house. Sheppard went immediately to his consort; and, after a -short discourse with Mr. Brown, the beadle, and his wife, who had the -care of the place, he fell upon the poor old couple, took the keys from -them, and let his lady out, in spite of all the outcries and opposition -they were capable of making. - -About July, 1723, he was, by his master, sent to perform a repair at the -house of Mr Braines, a piece-broker, in White-horse-yard--From thence he -stole a roll of fustian, containing twenty-four yards, which was -afterwards found in his trunk. - -This is supposed to be the first robbery he ever committed; and it was -not long before he repeated another upon the same Mr. Braines, by -breaking into his house in the night time, and taking out of the till £7 -in money, and goods from the shop to the value of £14 more. How he -entered this house was a secret, until upon being committed to Newgate -he confessed that he took up the iron bars at the cellar window, and -after he had done his business nailed them down again: so that Mr. -Braines never believed that his house had been broken open; and a woman, -a lodger in the house, lay all the while under suspicion of having -committed the robbery. - -Sheppard and his master parted ten months before the expiration of his -apprenticeship: a woeful parting to the former. He lost a good, careful -patron, and lay exposed to the temptations of the most wicked wretches -the town could afford, such as Joseph Blake, _alias_ - -[Illustration: [_Jack Sheppard and his Comrades encountering the -Game-keepers._]] - -Blueskin; ---- Dowling; James Sykes, _alias_ Hell and Fury, by whom he -was seduced into every kind of vice! After breaking into a house near -Kennington, they were all nearly apprehended by some game-keepers, who -happened to pass that way, and with whom they had a desperate battle. -Soon after this, Sheppard being on horseback, met his late master near -Finchly, whom he first robbed, and then tying him on his horse, with his -face towards his tail, flogged him unmercifully with a whip. - - * * * * * - -Sheppard had a brother named Thomas, a carpenter by profession, but a -notorious thief and housebreaker by practice. Thomas being committed to -Newgate for breaking open the house of Mrs. M. Cook, a linen draper in -Clare-market, on the 5th of February, and stealing goods to the amount -of £50 or £60, impeached his brother, John Sheppard, and Edgworth Bess, -as being concerned with him in this fact; and these three were charged -with being concerned together in breaking into the house of Mr. William -Phillips, in Drury-lane, and stealing divers goods, the property of Mrs. -Frederick, a lodger in the house, on the 14th of the said month of -February. All possible endeavours were used by Mrs. Cook and Mr. -Phillips to get John Sheppard and Edgworth Bess apprehended, but to no -purpose, till the following accident:--Sheppard being on his wicked -range in London, committing robberies wherever he could, one day met -with his old acquaintance, James Sykes, _alias_ Hell and Fury, sometimes -a chairman, and sometimes a running footman. He was invited by him to go -to one Sedgate’s, a victualling house, near the Seven Dials, to play a -game at skittles. Sheppard complied, and Sykes secretly sent for Mr. -Price, a constable in St. Giles’s Parish, and charged him with his -friend Sheppard for robbing Mrs. Cook, &c. Sheppard was carried before -Justice Parry, who ordered him to St. Giles’s round-house, till the next -morning, for further examination. He was confined in the upper part of -the place, being two stories from the ground; but, before two hours, by -only the help of a razor and the stretcher of a chair, he broke open the -top of the round-house, and, tying together a sheet and blanket, by them -descended into the church-yard, and escaped, leaving the parish to -repair the damage, and repent the affront put upon his skill and -capacity. - -The night after this, Jack and Bess broke into a house in Chancery-lane, -and finding an old gentleman up, put a rope round his neck, and -threatened to murder him, while Bess plundered the rooms. - -On the 19th of May, in the evening, Sheppard, with another robber, named -Benson, was passing through Leicester-fields, where a gentleman stood -accusing a woman with an attempt to steal his watch. A mob was gathered -about the disputants. Sheppard’s companion got in among them, and picked -the gentleman’s pocket in earnest of his watch. The scene was now -changed from an attempted robbery to a real one: and in a moment ensued -an outcry of “Stop thief!” Sheppard and Benson took to their heels; but -Sheppard was seized by a sergeant of the guard at Leicester-house, -crying out “Stop thief!” with much earnestness. He was conveyed to St. -Ann’s round-house, in Soho, and kept secure till the next morning, when -Edgworth Bess came to visit him, who was seized also. They were carried -before Justice Walker, when the people in Drury Lane and Clare-market -appeared, and charged them with the robberies before-mentioned; but -Sheppard pretending to impeach certain accomplices, the justices -committed them to the New Prison, with an intent to have them removed to -Newgate, unless there came from them some useful discoveries. Sheppard -was now a second time in the hands of justice; but how long he intended -to keep in them the reader will soon be able to judge. - -He and his mate were now in a strong and well-guarded prison, himself -loaded with a pair of double links, and bazils of about 14lb. weight, -and confined together in the safest apartment, called Newgate ward. - -[Illustration: [_Sheppard making his escape from the condemned hole._]] - -Sheppard, conscious of his crime, and knowing the information he had -made to be but a blind scheme, that would avail nothing, began to -meditate an escape. They had been thus detained four days, when their -friends, having the liberty of seeing them, furnished Jack with -implements proper for his design; accordingly he went to work, and, on -the 25th of May, being Whitsunday, at about two o’clock in the morning, -completed a practicable breach, and sawed off his fetters; having, with -unheard of diligence and dexterity, cut off an iron bar from the window, -and took out a mutin or bar, of the most solid oak, about nine inches in -thickness, by boring it through in many places, with great skill and -labour.--They had still twenty-five feet to descend. Sheppard fastened a -sheet and blankets to the bars, caused madam to take off her gown and -petticoat, and sent her out first. She being more corpulent than -himself, it was with great difficulty he got her through the opening; -but, on observing his directions, she was instantly down, more -frightened than hurt. Out hero followed, and lighted with ease and -pleasure. But where are they now?--Why, escaped out of one prison into -another. The reader is to understand that the New Prison and -Clerkenwell Bridewell lie contiguous to each other, and that Sheppard -and Bess got into the yard of the latter, where they had a wall of 22 -feet high to scale before their liberty was perfected. Sheppard, far -from being unprepared to surmount this difficulty, had his gimblets and -piercers ready, and made a scaling-ladder. While the keepers and -prisoners of both places were asleep in their beds, he mounts with his -lady, and in less than ten minutes gets over the wall with her, -completing his liberation. His escape from the condemned hole in Newgate -made a far greater noise in the world than that from the New Prison; and -it has been allowed by all the gaol-keepers, in London, that one so -extraordinary was never before performed in England. The broken chairs -and bars are kept at the New Prison to testify the fact and preserve the -memory of the villain. - -[Illustration: [_The Law Stationer imploring Sheppard not to rob him._]] - -The next evening, alone, he entered the house of a Law Stationer, in the -same street, who went down upon his knees, and implored him not to rob -him. Sheppard, however, laughed at him for a fool; and, giving him a -kick, which made him senseless, robbed the house of all he could lay his -hands on. The next crime Sheppard and his companions committed was to -rob Mr. Kneebone, near the New Church, of property to the value of £300, -for which he was a short time after taken, by a domestic of Jonathan -Wild, tried, and sentenced to death. Being taken to the condemned hole, -Sheppard once more contemplated escape; and, having got implements, by -some means, for that purpose, he affected it on the very evening that -the warrant for his execution came from Windsor. - -He had not been many days at liberty, before he wrote the two following -letters; and, dressing himself, at night, like a porter, went to Mr. -Applebee’s house, in Blackfriars, who at that time printed what are -termed the dying speeches of the persons executed, and left them with -his maid-servant:-- - - - “_Mr. Applebee,_-- - - “_This, with my kind love to you, and pray give my kind love to Mr. - Wagstaff, hoping these few lines will find you in good health, as I - am at present, but I must own you are the loser for want of my - dying speech; but to make up your loss, if you think this sheet - worth your while, pray make the best of it. Though they do say I am - taken among the smugglers, and put into Dover Castle, yet I hope I - am among the smugglers still. So no more, but your humble servant,_ - - “_JOHN SHEPPARD._ - - “_P.S. I desire you will be the postman with this letter to Mr. - Austin, the jail-keeper; so farewell; now I quit the English - shore._ - - “_NEWGATE, FAREWELL._” - - - - “_Mr. Austin,_-- - - “_You was pleased to pass your jokes upon me, and did say, you - should not have been angry with me, had I took my leave of you; but - now pray keep your jokes to yourself; let them laugh that win; for - now it is an equal chance, you to take me, or I to go away; but I - own myself guilty of that ill manners; but excuse me, for my - departure being private and necessary, spoiled the ceremony of - bidding adieu. But I wish you all as well as I am at present. But - pray be not angry for the loss of your irons; had you not given me - them I had not taken them away; but really I had left them behind - me had convenience served. So do not be angry. And what is amiss - done, you right, for my scholarship is but small. This, from your - fortunate prisoner,_ - - “_JOHN SHEPPARD._” - - -In a few nights after leaving these letters, he broke open a shop in -Monmouth-street, and stole some wearing apparel. On the 29th of October -he broke open the house of Mr. Robert Rawlins, a pawnbroker, in -Drury-lane, from whence he took a sword, a suit of apparel, a snuff box, -rings, watches, and goods to a considerable extent. - -On the 31st of October he dined with his two women, Cook and Skeggs, at -a public-house in Newgate-street, where they were very merry together. -About four in the afternoon they took coach, and drawing up the windows, -passed through Newgate, which then was similar to Temple-bar, and on to -the Shears’-alehouse, in Maypole-street, by Clare-market; where, in the -evening, he sent for his mother, and treated her with some brandy. As -she knew the danger he was in, she advised him to take care of himself, -and keep out of the way; but Jack had been drinking pretty hard, and was -grown too wise to take counsel, and too valiant to fear anything; and, -therefore, leaving his mother, he strolled about in the neighbourhood, -from alehouse to gin-shop, till near 12 o’clock, when he was apprehended -by means of an alehouse boy, who had accidentally seen him. Poor Jack -was then drunk, unable to make any resistance, and was once more -conveyed to Newgate. - -[Illustration: [_Jack securely fettered in Newgate._]] - -The 10th of November he was carried to the King’s Bench bar, at -Westminster, where the record of his conviction being read, and an -affidavit made that he was the same John Sheppard mentioned in that -record, Mr. Justice Power awarded sentence of death against him, and a -rule of court was made for his execution on the Monday following. - -He was hanged at Tyburn, on Monday, November 16th, 1724, in the 23rd -year of his age. He died with great difficulty, and much pitied by the -mob. When he had hung about a quarter of an hour he was cut down by a -soldier, and delivered to his friends, who carried him to the -Barley-mow, in Long-acre. 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