On Friday, Nov. 21st, Peace was again visited in Armley by his wife, Mrs. Hannah Peace, Willie Ward, his son, and Mr. and Mrs. Bolsover, his daughter and son-in-law.
Though this visit was intended to be kept a secret from any but the prison and other officials, this object, very much to their annoyance, was defeated.
At the Normanton station they were discovered by a couple of reporters, and on their arrival at the Leeds station they were met by several others.
Taking shelter in a cab from their persistent attentions, they drove to Mr. Watson’s, the solicitor engaged to draw up Peace’s deed of gift, and then proceeded to the Town Hall, to get the necessary order of admission to the gaol.
There they had to wait for a couple of hours in consequence of the absence of the clerk to the visiting justices, who had ultimately to be sent for.
Two visits were made by them to the gaol during the day, for there was much business to transact, and this was the last occasion upon which it could be done.
When the relatives arrived at Armley on the first occasion, and reached the cell of the condemned man, they found him in a somewhat perturbed state.
He had got hold of the notion that the authorities were endeavouring to prevent his relations from seeing him, and he was determined that they should not be excluded from visiting him.
He was assured that he was labouring under a misapprehension, and that the relatives who had any claim to see him should be admitted. He thereupon became calm and expresssd regret that he had been so hasty.
Peace then conversed for some time about his “deed of gift,” and the disposition of his property. He told them that on the previous day Mr. Brion came to see him and spent nearly three hours with him.