This week in 1911 Midnight Arrest The midnight watchfulness of two Sheffield detectives led to the appearance of two youths in the dock at Sheffield Police Court on a charge of shopbreaking. Prisoners were Thomas GETTINS and George William JENKINSON who live in the Park district. The shop concerned was that of William GARDINER, boot & shoe dealer of 24 Duke Street, Park. Policemans Chase A lively chase in the Neepsend district in the small hours resulted in PC HOBBS (?) making a smart capture of George GREENWOOD alias Jack FISHER of 23ct Woodside Lane, who stands remanded on a charge of burglariously entering the Stag Inn, Wilson Street. As the officer turned into Rowland Street from Apple Street he observered GREENWOOD and another man loitering. After a hot pursuit in and out of passages and over garden walls the men split up. GREENWOOD practically dropped into the arms of the officer who had cut of his retreat. When searched by the officer it was proved the prisoner had in his possession two bunches of skeleton keys, a jemmy-like instrument a spanner and some cigarettes. Timely Intervention A girl named Edith CHAMPION of 26 Belmore Road, Attercliffe Common is in the custody of the Sheffield police on a charge of attempted suicide. It is alleged that she was about to throw herself into the canal near Broughton Lane Station. Extracts from the Sheffield Daily Independent http://www.cpiper.freeserve.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Regards Gordon (in Sheffield) List Admin: Eng-Sheffield mailing list Sheffield Genealogy Family & Social History http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 06/05/2005