Captain Shannon

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. HE year 18 will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages. On the scene of each crime was found some times scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall this inscription By order. Captain Shannon.