The Archive · 1928

Back to Nature

The only mark of consideration shown by a highwayman to his victim on Sunday when he stripped him of his trousers, jacket, and soft felt hat, was to do it in the dark.

Eventually this proved his downfall, according tothe story told when he appeared before the Provisional Court on Sept. 24, for it enabled his victim to follow him without shocking too much the modesty of other pedestrians, and have him arrested when he cane to. policeman, 'A remand was asked in order to allow the police to lay by the heels tivo accomplices in the alleged "back to nature" act

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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