Join us for the tour, and you will find out more about this legendary burglar. Hit enter to search or ESC to close. No Comments 1 0. Who was Deacon Brodie? Discover other Resources.
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Read legal and other documents related to Deacon Brodie's trial and life. Contact us. The pair soon became extremely busy targeting businesses and private homes in the Old Town. Towards the end of Brodie and Smith robbed a goldsmith's and a tobacconist's. On Christmas Eve they made off with a major haul from Bruce Brothers, including watches, rings and lockets.
Before long they got involved with another two criminals, John Brown and Andrew Ainslie. By the summer of they had ventured further afield to Leith where they stole tea, a valuable commodity at the time, from a grocer's shop. Shortly after this they stole the ceremonial mace from the University of Edinburgh. The gang were riding high and decided on their most daring crime yet. For this job, possibly for the first time, the gang were armed with pistols and, also unusually for them, they broke in.
It was a fiasco and it led to the gang falling out. When they were arrested Brodie feared the game was up and prepared to flee. Brodie was buried in an unmarked grave at the Parish Church in Buccleuch. Jeckyll and Mr. John Gray joined the Edinburgh Police Force as a night watchman in To keep him company through the winter nights John took a partner, a diminutive Skye Terrier, called Bobby.
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