Page:Life of David Haggart, who was executed at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1821, for the murder of the Dumfries jailor (2).pdf/16

 Lord Duncan Tavern, Canongate. After seperating from the gentleman, he stopt at Jock’s Lodge with a friend; while here he visited his father and some acquaintances, disguised in women’s clothes. One night dressed in his own clothes, taking a walk from Portobello to Leith, he met Captain Ross of the Leith Police, their eyes met and both stood motionless until Haggart feigned to pull a pistol from his breast, the captain knowing him too well before, immediately took to his heels, and Haggart immediately turned through the fields, and made to Jock’s Lodge; he then crossed the Forth, and went through Cupar to Dundee, and disguised himself in sailor’s clothes; here he committed a number of depredations. He then returned to Newhaven, and went up to Edinburgh, and the first thing he saw was a bill posted up, offering a reward of 70 Guineas for his apprehension, this determined him to go north again; he arrived in Dundee, and from thence went to Perth; he attended the fairs in Perth, Dunkeld, Kenmore, &c. and robbed some Cattle-Dealers to a