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Foreign News
May 6, 1737
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Reports of violent robberies in Bristol: a Welsh peruke maker robbed and severely beaten on Durdham Down; a surgeon lured into a wood, robbed, and assaulted but survived with medical aid.
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From Bristol, That a Parcel of bad Rogues infest that City and Parts adjacent, as villainous as any of the Traders about Westminster; a Peruke Maker, of a great Family in Wales, was not only robb'd of a Sum of Money on Durdham Down, but cut, beat, and maimed in a dangerous Manner. -- A Surgeon also was decoy'd into a Wood on Pretence of a Man's breaking his Leg, where he was robb'd of a considerable Sum; they stamp'd on his Breast and Belly, in order to dispatch him, but coming to himself he crept to a House, where he got Relief, and is now under the Surgeon's Hands, in hopes of a Recovery.
What sub-type of article is it?
Robbery
Violent Crime
What keywords are associated?
Bristol Rogues
Peruke Maker Robbery
Durdham Down Assault
Surgeon Decoyed
Violent Robbery
Where did it happen?
Bristol
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Bristol
Outcome
peruke maker robbed of money, cut, beaten, and maimed dangerously; surgeon robbed of considerable sum, stamped on breast and belly, but recovered with aid.
Event Details
Bad rogues infest Bristol and adjacent parts; a peruke maker from a great family in Wales robbed on Durdham Down and assaulted; a surgeon decoyed into a wood under pretense of a broken leg, robbed, and attacked but survived by crawling to a house for relief.