A Thieves’ Supper.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2080, 13 June 1887, Page 3

A Thieves’ Supper.

A (elect company of 150 thieves Mt down to supper in Glasgow the other night Each guest was supplied with a ticket with the inscription •—Admit bearer to a supper of beefsteak pie and plum pudding specially for thieves, on Thursday evening, 17th of Fehruarv, at HBO o'clock, in Tolbooth Hali, ID, High street This supper is only for men who have been convicted of theft. Ned Wright, from London, who was himself a convicted burglar and prize fighter, will make some interesting statemeuts, and it is hoped will be able to point out a variety of ways of escape, which have already proved to be a great blessing to others. As the number is limited to 150, come early and secure your seat On the reverse of the card was the following intimation:—‘Should any wish to enter the hall without being observed they may do so by the back door, entering by Old Exchange Court, a few doors nearer the Cross ’

The convicts, real and would be, had to pass under Ned Wright’s review, and not a few of them were rejected as impostors The. features of the evening were the want of liquor, the want of speeches, and a performance by Ned Wright’s danghter on a rlolin once belonging to toe notorious Chaa Peace. The gneats seemed to have behaved themselves satisfactorily, and had proper respect for knives, forks and spoons, as on* of the onlookers remarked at the end of the feast “ a better ordered congregation could not have been found in a West End Church. —St James Gazette.