Show LED DOUBLE LIVES I I NOTABLE ROGUES WHO LONG IMPOSED ON SOCIETY Some Instances Would Be Incredible Were They Not So Thoroughly Authenticated Ca e of Herr May It Is alleged that Herr May the GOT nnn philanthropist and author recant Iy proved to have been a burglar and bandit In early life In addition to the Improving literature of which ho was the acknowledged author also pub Ishcd anonymously a series of cheap and detrimental fiction in which his experience as a bandit was utilized In other respects he appears to hnvo wholly forsaken his wicked ways It this be so and It would bo kinder to give him the benefit of any doubt the case only bears a part resemblance to lint of the celebrated Charles Peace lays the London Standard That now notorious burglar was actively practis Ing his real profession when ho was known to tho sedate society of Pock bam as a welltodo and cultured gentleman gen-tleman of impeccable antecedents Peace was a past master In the arts of Imposture and had the making of n brigand in him If ho over got the chanco of following the more adventurous adven-turous and perhaps more picturesque branches of crime He too managed to establish some reputation for piety by his partiality for sacred music His house was crammed with musical Instruments In-struments but ho never allowed anything any-thing else to be played Another criminal who managed to Impose on his friends and acquaintances acquaint-ances was Thomas Walnowrlght who was certainly a forger rul probably a poisoner but who had been a fashionable fashion-able writer and critic and was tho Friend of Charles Lamb Talfourd and De Qulncey The kind lighthearted Walnewrlght as Ella called him was a thorough going and heartlessscoun drel and the offenses for which ho was sentenced to transportation for lIfe were only Incidents In a long career ca-reer of wrongdoing Whether he really confessed that ho poisoned the unfortunate Miss Aber cram by urging In extension that she had very thick ankles may bo doubted doubt-ed but qulto enou h has bean proved to his discredit At the same time It Is Improbable that he would over like Herr Karl May have returned to respectability re-spectability oven If the opportunity had been allowed him Another and less known man of letters let-ters who combined literature with crime was George Barrlnglon transported trans-ported to Botany Bay for pocket picking pick-Ing In 1790 He did recover his character char-acter became high constable of Para matta and was much thought of In official of-ficial circles for his god conduct His literary fame rests mainly on tho often quoted description of the true patriots Bo It understood we left our country for our countrys good |