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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: his tools; at other times they would be stuffed into odd pockets
made for the purpose in his trousers. These tools consisted of
ten in all--a skeleton key, two pick-locks, a centre-bit, gimlet,
gouge, chisel, vice jemmy and knife; a portable ladder, a
revolver and life preserver completed his equipment.
The range of Peace's activities extended as far as Southampton,
Portsmouth and Southsea; but the bulk of his work was done in
Blackheath, Streatham, Denmark Hill, and other suburbs of South
London. Many dramatic stories are told of his exploits, but they
rest for the most part on slender foundation. On one occasion,
in getting on to a portico, he fell, and was impaled on some
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