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Rh happened to see him, and assailed him with, “Come, Dick, I know you have money now; and if you will pay me, it will be of great service.” Turpin told him his wife was in the next room, that she had money, and he should be paid immediately: but while the butcher was hinting to some of his acquaintance, that the person present was Turpin, and that they might take him into custody after he had received his debt, the highwayman made his escape through a window, and rode off with great expedition.

Turpin having found King, and a man named Potter, who had lately connected himself with them, they set off towards London, in the dusk of the evening; and when they came near the Green Man, on Epping Forest, they overtook a gentleman of the name of Major, riding on a very fine horse, which Turpin compelled the rider to dismount, his own beast being jaded, and exchange.

The robbers now pursued their journey towards London, and Mr, Major, going to the Green Man, gave an account of the affair; on which it was conjectured that Turpin had been the robber, and that the horse which he exchanged must have been stolen. Mr. Major being advised to print handbills immediately, notice was soon given to the landlord of the Green Man, that such a horse as Mr. Major had lost had been left at the Red Lion, in Whitechapel. The landlord going thither determined to wait till some person came for it; and, at about eleven at night, King’s brother came to pay for the