Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 1Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold)
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Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 1
Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold)
Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
We trust that the police have restored to Antony Cowlrick the
property--the only property--they found upon his person at the time
of his arrest; the pieces of stale bread and cheese. According to
appearance it is all he has to fight the world with. It is worthy of
note that Cowlrick made no application to the magistrate for relief.
We have opened a subscription for the unfortunate man, and have already
two sovereigns in our possession, which we shall be happy to hand to
this last "victim of justice," if he will call at our office.
To-morrow we shall have something more, something perhaps of the
greatest interest, to say with respect to Antony Cowlrick.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.
We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of
great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony
Cowlrick. For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone
the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory
form. We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in
response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions
in aid of the unfortunate man. The signatures of some of the donors are
suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s. 6d.; "A Poor
Widow, whose little boy, nine years of age, was lately sentenced to
three months' hard labour for breaking a window," sends a penny postage
stamp; "A man whose life was almost sworn away by the police" sends 6d.;
"One who has been there" sends 2s.; four "Lovers of Justice" send small
sums; "A Reformed Detective" sends 8d.; "A Poor Old Moke" sends 2d.; the
Secretary of a "Mutual Protection Society for the Education of Burglars'
Children" sends 5s.; "M.P.," who intends to ask a question when the
House meets, sends £3 3s.; and sundry others. The total amount now in
our hands is £23 4s. 7d., which we hold at the disposal of Antony
Cowlrick, who, despite his apparent poverty, has not thought fit to
call at our office to claim it.
[Decoration]
CHAPTER IX.
IN WHICH THE "EVENING MOON" RELATES THE ADVENTURES OF ITS SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT.
We have now to place before our readers an account of our proceedings
respecting Antony Cowlrick, falsely accused of the murder of a man (name
unknown) at No. 119, Great Porter Square. It is lengthy, but we have
resolved not to curtail it, and we shall continue it in our editions
to-day and to-morrow until it is completed.
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