http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/9th-august-1856/5/criminal-romance-will-find-it-difficult-to-paralle

That's froma newspaper of the time.

http://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD2/4A-05_51.htm

That's from GEST, Newfoundland.

Heck of a story and a clear example of the folk process in action :-)