“The relations of Peace subsequently drove to the office of Mr. Watson, solicitor, in order that he might draw up certain legal documents defining their respective interests in the property.”
A Manchester correspondent wrote:—
“Although the police at Manchester are still without any official information on the subject of Peace’s alleged confession of the Whalley Range murder, there is no abatement of the public anxiety in the matter.
“If Peace has really declared himself the murderer, the fact will be a great relief to a great portion of the public in the neighbourhood, for there has always been a strong feeling of doubt about the guilt of young Habron, who is now undergoing his commuted sentence.
“This feeling was expressed soon after the conviction in two petitions for a reprieve, one of which was signed by eight thousand persons, as many signing it probably because of the doubt there was in the case as on account of the convict’s youth.
“The report that Peace gave an entertainment in a Wesleyan School, Hulme Hall-lane, Manchester, in August, 1876, is officially denied, but there seems to be no doubt that he was in the city in that month and a series of burglaries committed in the neighbourhood about that time are now attributed to him.”
STILL ANOTHER LETTER TO THE CONVICT FROM MRS. THOMPSON.
The Central News reporter at Leeds telegraphed the following correspondence as having taken place:—
“Leeds Railway Station, G. N.
“9.15 p.m., 20th Feb., 1879.