W.m Higgins.Servant to J. Blears, of the Jolly Carter, in Windon cum Barton near Eccles, Lancashire who escaped being Assassinated on Monday 22 May, 1826, by jumping out of Bed, running and hiding himself, in the hedge of the Garden. No 1.
From a sketch by T. Arrowsmith.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Some surface soiling. Dusty.
Two brothers, Alexander and Michael McKean, attempted to rob the Jolly Carter pub, where the Friendly and Orange Societies held meetings and kept a strongbox with their funds. Renting beds, the brothers attacked during the night, and Alexander cut the throat of Elizabeth Bate, a 41-year-old servant, in front of William Bate, aged 13, who managed to escape. The noise woke landlord Joseph Blears and his wife Martha; Michael stabbed Martha in the face, breaking the blade of his knife, before running off. A reward of fifty guineas was offered for the capture of the McKeans and the pair were arrested in Kirkby Lonsdale, brought back to Lancaster Castle, where they were tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. William Higgins was the main witness.
[Ref: 41301] £75.00
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Some surface soiling. Dusty.
Two brothers, Alexander and Michael McKean, attempted to rob the Jolly Carter pub, where the Friendly and Orange Societies held meetings and kept a strongbox with their funds. Renting beds, the brothers attacked during the night, and Alexander cut the throat of Elizabeth Bate, a 41-year-old servant, in front of William Bate, aged 13, who managed to escape. The noise woke landlord Joseph Blears and his wife Martha; Michael stabbed Martha in the face, breaking the blade of his knife, before running off. A reward of fifty guineas was offered for the capture of the McKeans and the pair were arrested in Kirkby Lonsdale, brought back to Lancaster Castle, where they were tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. William Higgins was the main witness.
[Ref: 41301] £75.00