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... and most entertaining book on his experiences. Mr. Thomson was, soon after his return, appointed Deputy-Governor of Dartmoor Prison, and in 1897 he was promoted to the Governorship of Northampton Prison. He was sent recently by the Government to the ...

Published: Saturday 28 September 1901
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1273 | Page: 19 | Tags: Photographs 

VIEWS IN AND ABOUT DARTMOOR PRISON

... VIEWS IN AND ABOUT DARTMOOR PRISON. THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR'S HOUSE. SAW-MILL AND MOR I'AR-MIXING SHED. EXTERIOR OF TAILORS' SHOP. THE PRISON RESERVOIR. ENTRANCE TO THE QUARRIES. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL. EXERCISE YARD. THE STONEMASONS' YARD. ...

Published: Wednesday 11 February 1903
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 33 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs 

PENAL SERVITUDE: A VISIT TO DARTMOOR AFTER READING THE BOOK BY W. B. N

... Penal Servitude. Since the book was published (writes a Sketch representative), I have spent two days in and about Dartmoor Prison, and have thus had an excellent opportunity of seeing something of its inner life and of the work in the quarries. Many ...

Published: Wednesday 11 February 1903
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1350 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

SMALL TALK of the WEEK

... Goodwood is shorn of some of its usual glory owing to the fact that their Majesties have not been able to be present. Dartmoor Prison, which the Prince of Wales visited last week, was originally built for the prisoners-of- war taken in the course of the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1903
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4482 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

Automobile Topics: The Gordon Bennett Race

... Weilbourf various trials of late, and are highly spoken of, by, amongst others, the Hon. Robert Lygon and the Governor of Dartmoor Prison. I have personally been enabled to note the behaviour of these ears on the road under varying condi tions, and at two ...

Published: Wednesday 22 June 1904
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1361 | Page: 54 | Tags: Photographs 

PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE

... pastime last week at other places besides the Sta dium, for the feats of Alfred Parish and William Walker, who escaped from Dartmoor Prison during a fog 011 October 6 and were not recaptured till October 8 (fourteen miles from their starting place), were far ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1908
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 907 | Page: 4 | Tags: Photographs 

'Orrors at the Haldwych

... with angels while someone plays an American organ in the background a still more mysterious wedding in the courtyard at Dartmoor Prison, which, by the way, seems to be a most delightful spot where anybody who likes can pro menade about and make an awful ...

Published: Wednesday 23 February 1910
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1232 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

In Town and Out: London's New Lord Mayor

... during his education in England. Other interesting posts he has filled have been those of governor of Cardiff Gaol, Dartmoor Prison, and Wormwood Scrubbs, and inspector of prisons. He assisted Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise in organising the Central Association ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1913
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 943 | Page: 10 | Tags: Photographs 

BYSTANDER WAR COMMENTS: June--and October

... and her cities or in yardarms or remote islands in the persons of her rulers or both. Barring the young gentlemen of Dartmoor Prison, the Pacifists- at-any-price-but-Jqoo-a-year-to-go-on-with at West minster, and the genial Sinn Feiners, I do not believe ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1917
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1320 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

Plays of the Moment: Galsworthy's Escape

... him out. He falls with his head against the low iron railing, and death is instantaneous. We next see Matt Denant in Dartmoor Prison. He decides to make a bolt for it under cover of a fog. The play then consists of the fugitive's experiences among his ...

Published: Wednesday 25 August 1926
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 208 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

The Times we live in

... recently appointed committee of inquiry into street offences has come in for a good deal of criticism, recently described Dartmoor Prison as the cesspool of humanity and announced that it was to be closed down Drawn by Gal ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1927
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 2555 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

The Times we live in

... recently appointed committee of inquiry into street offences has come in for a good deal of criticism, recently described Dartmoor Prison as the cesspool of humanity and announced that it was to be closed down Drawn by Gal ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1927
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 2555 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs