Murders > Life and adventures of that notorious robber and murderer, Richard Turpin

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an air of assumed courage, as if ashamed of
discovering any signs of fear. Having con¬
versed with the executioner about half an
hour, he threw himself off the ladder, and
expired in a few minutes. The spectators of
the execution were affected at his fate, as he
was distinguished by the comeliness of his
appearance. He had attained the thirty-
third year of bis age. At the execution he
had a fellow sufferer in the person of John
Stead, who was also found guilty on a simi¬
lar indictment—namely horse-stealing.
Turpin’s corpse was taken to the Blue
Boar in Castle Gate,York, where it remained
till the next morning when it was interred
in the churchyard of St. George’s parish,
with an inscription on the coffin, initials of
his name, and his age. The grave was dug
remarkably deep; but notwithstanding the
people who acted as mourners took such
measures as they thought wouid secure the
body, it was carried off about three o’clock
on the following morning: the populace,
however, got intimation where it was con¬
veyed, and found it in a garden belonging
to one of the surgeon’s of the city. Gaining
possession of it, they laid it on a board,
and carried it through the streets in a
kind of triumphal manner; after which they
filled the coffin with unslackened lime, and
buried it in the grave where it had been
before deposited.
THE END.