At the same time, Lanigan worked at the Montreal Gazette as a sports editor, where he met Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan.
Lord Atholstan became a business partner for the Free Lance from late 1868 on, until it ceased publication in March 1869.
[3] It was a one-cent daily specializing in sensational news and scandals, and did not win favour with the educated public of Montreal.
Sad news, Bad news, Comes by the cable led Through the Indian Ocean’s bed, Through the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Med- Iterranean—he’s dead; The Ahkoond is dead!
Just as Edward Lear remarked - "Who or why or which or what//is the Akond of Swat", so Lanigan plays with the title more than the event.