Turpin

Dick, a notorious English highwayman. He was bred a butcher's apprentice, but turned cattle thief and highway robber. He and his famous trick mare, Black Bess, were the terror of drovers returning with money and of gentlemen riding across country without a guard. He was a lawless, daring man, guilty of many brutal crimes. He is supposed to have been hanged for murder in 1739. His stirring adventures have been drawn upon by various writers, all of whom depict him as a friend of the common people--the hero of the countryside.