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Show "BILL SIKES' HOUSE" MUST GO Located In District Made Famous by Dlckene, and Standi In Way of Improvements. The hquso from whose roof BUI Bikes tried to lower himself by a rope to cscnpc the mob that bad tracked him to Jacob's Island 1b to bo torn down. Dill, you remember, made a misstep as bo tried to swing clear of the roof, and tho noose at tho ond of tho rope caught him and hanged hlmj whereat bis dog. trying to leap front tho roof to IiIb shoulders, missed hlJ aim nnd fell into the ditch nt the bnsel of tho hoiiHo, dashing out his brains) on n stone. Jncob'8 island Is in Dedmondsey, near St, Savior's docks. The Relies or canals which separated it from the mainland nnd which carried water from the Thames to the mills nnd tanneries tan-neries In the district, long since disappeared. dis-appeared. Bill Bikes houso was identified iden-tified come time ngo by tho discovery? of an old map of the district, oit which ltB location was plainly IndU cnted. It Is In the rear of n housrt in Eckctt street, nnd Is used s if stnble. The London county councl plnns to Improve the entire district so tho region mado notorious by "OH1 vcr Twist" must go. The name, o; tho sixteenth century Jncob, who bnd I lnrgo houso nnd garden on tho lslnnol before It beenme nn industrial district ; is still preserved In tho nearby Jacol : street. Detroit News, . |