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The Robbery at Lossing's Neptune Court Shop
In 1867 at Lossing's three story shop on Neptune Court Liverpool sailors' quarter Turk Street a gang led by a man known as No 40 robbed the old trader of watches chronometers charms and cash after binding a witness and killing the owner. The three fled aboard a channel steamer to France where they were later arrested and eventually convicted and hanged. The treasure found later yielded over 3000 pounds in Bank of England notes and 1000 pounds in gold, hidden under the shop counter.
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Charles B, Lewis
Liverpool
Neptune Court
Turk
Lossing
Lossing’s
Soclock
Feller
Eturn
Old Lossing
Bill
Jem
Lattle
France
Lealer
Bank of England