We have opened a subscription for the unfortunate man, and have already two sovereigns in our possession, which we shall be happy to hand to this last “victim of justice,” if he will call at our office.
To-morrow we shall have something more, something perhaps of the greatest interest, to say with respect to Antony Cowlrick.
[CHAPTER VIII.]
THE “EVENING MOON” POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.
We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick. For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form. We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man. The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:—“One who was Wrongfully Convicted” sends 1s. 6d.; “A Poor Widow, whose little boy, nine years of age, was lately sentenced to three months’ hard labour for breaking a window,” sends a penny postage stamp; “A man whose life was almost sworn away by the police” sends 6d.; “One who has been there” sends 2s.; four “Lovers of Justice” send small sums; “A Reformed Detective” sends 8d.; “A Poor Old Moke” sends 2d.; the Secretary of a “Mutual Protection Society for the Education of Burglars’ Children” sends 5s.; “M.P.,” who intends to ask a question when the House meets, sends £3 3s.; and sundry others. The total amount now in our hands is £23 4s. 7d., which we hold at the disposal of Antony Cowlrick, who, despite his apparent poverty, has not thought fit to call at our office to claim it.
