The seven men charged with the murder of a gamekeeper at Silverwood, near Rotherham, have been removed from Rotherham to Wakefield, to await trial.
While the prisoners were awaiting on the platform at Masborough the arrival of the Leeds train, a most affecting scene occurred. Several of their friends were there to see them off, and amongst them was a little girl about 13 years of age, the daughter of the prisoner Sykes. As soon as she saw her father she burst into tears and clung to him tenaciously. He endeavoured in vain to console her; and his strong frame shook with grief.
Bentcliffe, who was nearest to him, also gave way, and the tears chased each other down his cheek in rapid succession.
The prisoners, in bidding farewell to their friends, were also much affected. When the train came up it was with difficulty that the girl Sykes could be separated from her father, and there were few present who witnessed the scene unmoved.