George Louis Cook

[Jaz]

Hi, I just found that one , my poor great granny bless her sad reading times must have been very hard, I was told by my gransha (surname Cook ) that his stepdad was not a nice man to them or my great granny, no have not checked yet, I  will look though, thank you,
Jaz

[Mabel Bagshawe]

This is interesting - 5 June 1897 [Weekly Mail]

A prisoner named George Cook. who was arrested at Cardiff on a charge of stealing watches from Tylorstown, escaped from Pontypridd Police Station on Wednesday, but was subsequently traced to Fairwater, near Cardiff, where, after a terrible struggle, he was captured by three Pontypridd constables who had been sent in his pursuit.

[Jaz]

Hi Mabel Bagshawe,
Thank you for this, very interesting, oh no could it be him, my George Cook, oh dear, I wonder.
Jaz

[Jaz]

Is there any way of obtaining Pontypridd prison records at all to find out about this? maybe he was a wanted man in Devizes Wilts, hence they moved to Wales and why the surname change to Smith in 1891c as they lodged by the  Porth Police Station, just a thought.
Jaz

[Jaz]

In the long article on the same day and date ,it gives his name is George Pook , I wonder which is the right surname ?
Jaz