I'm giving this a "Bump" as I though someone was going to get a transcript of Richard Whittington-Egan's account?
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."... ... ... Mark Twain.
I read about this case in a childrens softback book by the Daily Mirror in the 1970s. I believe they reasoned he had fled as he was going bankrupt. They thought the cylinder was part of a pipe or chimney flue. The papers in his pockets had all got stuck together but they managed to seperate some which were bills. I still have the book somewhere
Hi De Stanbrugg, welcome to Yo.
I think the story also features in Richard Whittington-Egan's Liverpool Colonnade (1955).
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."... ... ... Mark Twain.
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