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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3846, 27 April 1881, Page 1

Marvrood, the English.hangman,.it is said, is by no means bad company, but one can't help an occasional shudder as he discourses-earnestly and eloquently on the advantages of being hanged. He refers to his patrons as "my people," and; is as proud of the way, he gives them their exit from the theatre, of. life as a .country doctor would be who, had once helped a duchesette on to . it.. For : the rest, Marwood is High Church' and Conservative, prefers'- Browning to all the poets, and considers Mr Justice Hawkins and Xord Beacomfield the two. greatest men who.eyer, lived. "Upon my word, sir," said he to a visitor recently as their interview closed, " I don't know which of 'em I would be proudest to- &™ raj services to." The sensation «Pe»e? ced even nicer Iban that. It's just like your sweetheart's arm about your neck and l^anod hu*. The knot that catcbei hu c°Se enf unde^he ear Mr Marwood call. 1 the " true lover's knot.' ' It was the man who was arrested tor stealing a mirror who* discovered that lie had a glass too much.