R. T. aged 28[1] The Grave was dug very deep, and the perſons whom he appointed his mourners, as above-mention’d, took all poſſible Care to ſecure the Body; notwithſtanding which, on Tueſday Morning about three o’C1ock, ſome Perſons were diſcovered to be moving off the Body which they had taken up; and the Mob having got Scent where it was carried to, and ſuſpecting it was to be anatomized, went to a Garden in which it was depoſited, and brought away the Body thro' the Streets of the City, in a sort of Triumph, almoſt naked, being only laid on a Board, cover'd with ſome Straw, and carried on four Men’s Shoulders, and buried it in the ſame grave having firſt fill'd the Coffin with ſtack’d Lime.
- ↑ He confeſs'd to the Hangman, that he was 33 Years of Age.
The following Account Turpin gave of himſelf to the Topſman, the week after his Condemnation, and repeated the ſame Particulars to him again at the Gallows; which being taken down from his own mouth, are as follows:
THAT he was bred a Butcher, and ſerv'd five years of his Time very faithfully in White chpael; but falling into idle Company, he began to take unlawful Meaſures to ſupport his Extravagance, and went ſome times on the Highway on Foot, and met with ſeveral ſmall Booties; his not being detected therein, gave
