See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

JONATHAN See also:

• JONATHAN WILD (c. 1682-1725)

WILD (c. 1682-1725)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English criminal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1682 at See also:

• WOLVERHAMPTON
• WOLVERHAMPTON, HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER

Wolverhampton, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig-maker . After being apprenticed to a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS (1821–1862)

buckle-maker, he went to See also:

• LONDON

London to learn his See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and, getting into See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, was imprisoned for several years . The acquaintance of many criminals which he made in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison he turned to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account after his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release by setting up as a See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver of stolen goods . See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild shrewdly realized that it was safer, and in most cases more profitable, to dispose of such See also:

• PROPERTY

property by returning it to its legitimate owners than to sell it, with the attendant risks, in the open See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, and he thus built up an immense business, posing as a recoverer of stolen goods, the thieves receiving a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price paid for recovery . A See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament was passed by which receivers of stolen property were made accessories to the See also:

• THEFT

theft, but Wild's professed " lost property See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office " had little difficulty in evading the new See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and became so prosperous that two See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch offices were opened . From profiting by robberies in which he had no See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share, Wild naturally came to arrange robberies himself, and he devised and controlled a huge organization, which plundered London and its approaches wholesale . Such thieves as refused to See also:

• WORK

work with him received See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short shrift . The notorious See also:

• JACK

Jack See also:

• SHEPPARD, JOHN [JACK] (1702-1724)

Sheppard, wearied of Wild's exactions, at last refused to See also:

• DEAL

deal with him, whereupon Wild secured his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest, and himself arrested Sheppard's confederate, " Blueskin." In return for Wild's services in tracking down such thieves as he did not himself See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, the authorities for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time tolerated the offences of his numerous agents, each a specialist in a particular See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

robbery, and so themselves strengthened his position . If an arrest were made, Wild had a plentiful See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of false See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence at See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to establish his agents' See also:

• ALIBI (Lat. for "elsewhere")

alibi, and he did not hesitate to obtain the conviction, by similar means, of such thieves as refused to recognize his authority . Such stolen property as could not be returned to the owners with profit was taken abroad in a See also:

• SLOOP

sloop See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased for this work . At last either the authorities became more strict or Wild less cautious . He was arrested, tried at the Old See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey, and after being acquitted on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of stealing See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace, found guilty of taking a See also:

• REWARD

reward for restoring it to the owner without informing the See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police .

He was hanged at See also:

• TYBURN

Tyburn on the 24th of May 1725 .