Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 149 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 149: what you’re looking at
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# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This page contains a wood-engraved illustration titled "The Escape from the Ship" depicting two figures in a nighttime scene near water, followed by running prose from Chapter LXXII (continued) of *Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night*. The text describes a violent confrontation during what appears to be a riot at Ludd Gate prison in London. It recounts how Judge Jefferies attempted to address an angry crowd of apprentices marching toward St. Bartholomew's Fields gaol, only to be pelted with stones, rotten eggs, and filth before barely escaping. The narrative emphasizes the mob's hostility and Jefferies' unpopularity, calling him the "bloody butcher."
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE ? OR, DARK DEEDS OF NIGHT. ——— eS c i rr — — SS ——S= _—————————— —— —— —== SSS SS a oe —— to ZH i | il | SS f Nit Hid THE ESCAPE FROM THE SHIP. CHAPTER LXXII,—(continued). “To Bartholomew Fields! to Bartholomew Fields!” was the general cry, as they turned their heads in that direction. But while Will Winter was busily engaged in breaking into Ludd Gate prison his other followers were not unoccupied. The civic authorities had heard of the intended attack upon the prison, and thought to prevent it. Those, however, who were on the south of the river were unable to assist their brethren on the north side. They did attempt once or twice to force their way across the bridge after it became apparent that the Apprentices were not going to attack the Forge, But all their endeavours to do so were vain, for the butchers’ and blacksmiths’ apprentices who were guarding the north side beat them back time and time again. Judge Jefferies’ house had been threatened by young men in the neighbourhood, and he left it. He thought that the very terror of his name alone wo more than sufficient to awe any gathering of the kind With three or four justices of the peace, therefore, h No. 19. forth on horseback, and overtook the procession on its way to the gaol in St. Bartholomew’s Fields. He rode into the very midst of the Apprentices, and opening his mouth, wished to address them. He was no sooner recognized, however, than he and his friends were greeted with terrific hootings and cat-calls. “Stones, rotten eggs, and vegetables of all descriptions were thrown at his head, In less than a minute the ‘bloody butcher,” as he was justly called, was pelted severely, and almost covered with filth and mud. It was with the greatest difficulty, indeed, that he managed to escape. Had not the justices of the peace who accompanied him been known to the youths as worthy and honest men, Jefferies would never have made his escape from that excited throng %b whole bones, if even with his worthless life, Men the procession approached the round-house in St. Foplomew’s Fields, it halted. Ninter, Harry, Darbyeifiqikel soc <Suetohant