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[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. He was buried the same evening, in St.
Martin’s church-yard.
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