Weekly Mail

TRAGEDY AT NEWTON ABBOT DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A BRISTOL MAN. In a field near Newton Abbot a. man '1188 found groaning and with hie throat tat from ear to ear. He died before sur- gical assistance could reach him. On the body was found a photograph of the deceased with the name and address written on the back- The man proved to be James Wildas Pnm, of Soundwell-road, Staple Hill, BristoL He had been in Newton Abbot during the week, and there was nothing in his appear- ance or conduct to exoite suspicion.

UNCONVENTIONAL POPE. The Pope's sudden transition from Venice to the Vatican had seemed, so to speak, to have taken his breath away. "He has ruled the Church almost 50 days, and has done nothing." So spake the Roman gossips, who during the heats of the last few weeks have had little enough to talk about. Little did they suspect that Pius X. was preparing a coup which has caused consternation in the Vatican. He had determined to invite his sisters to dinner. To anyone who has the smallest acquaintance with the etiquette of the Curia the notion of the Pope dining other- wise than in solitude causes a perfect shock. But that his guests should belong to the weaker sex—inconceivable! Nevertheless the Pope has had his way, and the sisters who have lived with him all through his ecclesias- tical career have done what no woman has been allowed to do for centuries. Pius X. has been urged to create his sisters countesses on the ground that the laws of Roman society demand it. The Pope, however, replies that it ought to be quite sufficient that they are his nearest relations. Probably the good ladies themselves do not exactly court the visits of the leaders of "black," or clerical, society, while these latter declare that they cannot caJI on them unless they are elevated to patrician rank. It certainly is a dilemma for the society leaders, since unless they call on the Pope's sisters, a very obvious avenue to papal favours and privileges will be closed to them.

EX-CONVICT'S STOIT/. At Bow-street Police-court, London, Alexan- der Beakman, a German subject, was charged on remand (before Mr. Fenwick) with burglary. The prisoner was found at five o'clock in the morning lying in the area of Temple House, 38, Bedford-place, Russell-square, in an uncon- Bcioos condition and bleeding from a wound in the head. Some cutlery and other articles were lying by his side, and it was ascertained that they had been stolen from the dining- room of the house, which had been entered during the night. Owing to his injuries the prisoner was in hqgpital for some weeks. It was now stated that in 1897 he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in Germany, and that he jumped from a ship in which he was feeing conveyed to prison, and swam ashore. He managed to escape to England, but was sent back to Germany to serve his sentence. The prisoner told the magistrates that he Was in a public-house in Dean-street, Soho, when he heard two men speaking about break- ing into a house in Bedford-place. Conse- JTMBtly he watched Bedford-place until about four o'clock in the morning, when he saw the men get out of a window and crawl along some railings. He (the prisoner) went along the railings to stop them, but one of the men strangled him, and threw him into the area, causing his injuries. Mw prisoner was committed for trial.

RAILWAY SERVANT'S DOWNFALL. Mward Agnew, aged 45, a carriage cleaner in the service of the London and South- western Railway Company, was charged at the South-western Police-court, London, with stealing 62 brass screws, 17 brass studs, 4 brass blind ends, and other carriage fittings. Tjhe accused was formerly & booking clerk in the company's service, but was dismissed After an interval of ten years be was given a position in the traffic depart- ment. Inspector Edmonds, of the company's police, stopped the prisoner at Clapham Junc- tion after he had travelled from Waterloo, where he was stationed, and asked if he had any of the company's property about him. He produced from his pockets the articles mentioned, and invited the inspector to for-1 give him and say nothing about it.—In his' defence the prisoner said he was driven to commit the theft by reduced circumstances. Inspector Edmonds stated that about 8,000 fittings similar to those in question had been taken from the company's carriages, the wrecking operations being apparently carried out while the trains were standing in the sidings. Sentence of three months' hard labour was Passed, the magistrate describing the theft M being particularly mean and contemptible.

DOMESTIC SUPREMACY. The struggle for domestic supremacy in the home of William Reeves, a Homerton man, began, according to his story, on the wedding day. As soon as the couple reached the house after the performance of the marriage cere- mony at church, he says that his wife ex- claimed; "Now you have put the ring on, I'll show you who is master here." Then she struck him, and broke the vases on the man- telshelf, and he hit back in self-defence. Reeves was a widower, and he took a second wife in the hope that she would look after his three little children. He complains that she preferred to go to theatres and music- balls, and that she had "altogether dis- appointed" him. At the police-court Mrs. Beeves denied her husband's charges, com- plained of his cruelty, and said it was he who attacked her on the wedding day. She asked for a separation. "You have got yourself into a pretty mess," remarked the magistrate to Reeves. "I shall make an order for separation, and give the "go 2s. 6d. a, week."

JURYMEN REBUKED. At Marylebone County-court, London (before Judge Stonor), a carman, named Case, claimed damages under the Employers' Liability Act against Messrs. Spencer, Whatley, and Underbill, coal merchants, in respect of the loss of a leg. Almost from the outset one of the jurymen inter- jected Hear, hear's" and various expres- sions of dissent, and evinced a desire to discuss matters with counsel for the defence while the latter was addressing the jury.—In the course of the summing-up and direction to the jury, his Honour strongly animadverted an the conduct of the juryman, and said he had never witnessed more disgraceful conduct. -The jury returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff, assessing the damages at £ 150.— Counsel for the defence said that. under the peculiar circumstances of the case, he felt Justified in applying for a. new trial.-His Honour: Yes; I shall certainly grant a new kW.

ESTATE AGENTS AS LAWYERS. Judge Emden, sitting at Lambeth County- eoort, London, heard a case in which an estate agem drew up an agreement for the sale of a beer-house and charged each of the parties one guinea for doing so. His Honour said it was becoming a common practice for estate agents to do solicitors' work of this character. His personal experi- ence was that not only did estate agents draw up these agreements in an ignorant and faulty way, but,that they always charged a great deal more'than solicitors did. Solicitors had to pass examinations and pay fees, and the Incorporated Law Society should take steps to protect them from this unfair com- petition. At the conclusion of the case Judge Emden retained the agreement so that he might send it to the Incorpora.ted Law Society with ft statement of the facts.

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AIX-LE-BAINS MYSTERY. STRANGLERS OF A DEMI-MON- DAINE STILL AT LARGE. Mystery still surrounds the murders perpe- trated at Aix-les-Bains, where on Saturday morning Eugenie Fourgere and her maid, Lucie Marie, were strangled, an attempt having also been made to choke Madame Giriat, who acted as Madame Fougere's com- panion. There is no doubt about the fact that Fougere had rich admirers, even after she had turned the cape of forty. It is also true that most of her jewellery was genuine. The police have drawn up a list of the necklaces and similar articles taken away from the villa by the murderers. On the last night of her existence Eugenie Fougere displayed at the ^x casino a jewelled necklace value at £ 1,200. The murderers took only the jewels, and some loose money which they found. They dis- dained the silver articles lying about on Fougere's dressing-table and in her rooms. The police officials, after their investigation, have arrived at the conclusion that the murder of Eugenie Fougere had long been Planned. Suspicion at present fixes on an Italian, and also on a young fellow who was known to have been a friend of the murdered woman. She appears to have tried to avoid him of late. He had disappeared from Paris for some time, but was recently seen on the Boulevard des Italiens. He is said to be at the head of the international gang of bad characters who work what is known as the chloroform trick. Eugenie Fougere's namesake, the variety artist, who was at first confounded with the murdered woman, says that six years back, when she was singing at the Horloge, in the Champs Elysees, she had some violent quarrels with her namesake. The two women started to fight in the Rue Royale, and they continued the engagement on the Boulevard Malesherbes until they were separated. Later on Fougere, the demi-mondaine, was reported to have gone across the Atlantic with an American boxing champion, but it was really the variety hall artist who travelled by chance with the prominent pugilist when she was going to take up an engagement in New York. The other Fougere also went to America at the same time with a rich Bra- zilian^ who sent her back to France loaded with jewels. Within the past two years the two Fougeres became reconciled, and the artist says that since her reconciliation with her namesake she frequently met the latter at such places as Nice, Monte Carlo, Luchon, and Aix-les-Bains. On all these occasions the murdered woman wore the most magnificent dresses to be seen in the places mentioned, and appeared to be living in the lap of luxury.

SHAMROCK'S CREW ARRIVES. Mr. William Fife, designer of the Shamrocks, and the crew of Shamrock Ill. were landed at Liverpool on Saturday from the White Star steamer Cedric on her arrival from New York. They proceeded direct to London by special boat train. They declined to discuss the races, saying silence was the wisest now. All deeply regretted Sir Thomas Lipton's illness, and hoped he would have a speedy recovery. •JiSOT BDOTNVHS XTTM A member of the crew of Shamrock III., who occupied a. responsible position on board the yacht during the America Cup race, and who remained in Liverpool after the other members had proceeded to London, on Satur- day said, in the course of an interview, that they saw they had soarcely any chance of winning the cup. The only chance Shamrock had was on a triangular course. The race might then have been secured, but the fact remained that it was not, and why he could: not divulge. There was no lack of seaman- ship in handling Shamrock III., and he chal- lenged any critic to say they did not use every effort to obtain victory. Reliance won so easily because she was built for American waters, and handled with supreme seamanship as well. A British-built boat was not capable of meeting an American boat specially fitted for the conditions on the other side. He was certain Reliance could not cross the high seas; she would be knocked to pieces before she was a hundred miles out- side Sandy Hook. She was nothing more than a "oollar-box" boat, and such craft were not built on this side. If Americans ever lost the cup, their present mode of construc- tion would be useless for a challenger.

A GAMBLING DEN. In the London Guildhall Police-court Charles Balch, 54, a printer, and Edwin Wilcox, 52, a traveller, were charged with keep- ing a. gaming-honse in Bartholomew Close, Little Britain, E.C., on the 19th inert, and other dates. In addition to the two accused, twenty-two other persons were charged with being found on the premises during a raid which was made by the police. John Stark, acting-superintendent of City Police, said he, in company with other officers, entered the prisoners' premises on Saturday afternoon. They found the two prisoners and twenty-two other persons on the premises. Balch was sitting at the head of a table, with money in front of him. Wilcox was sitting beside him, and said he received no salary, but got a shilling or two a day from Balch for attending to the premises. Tne front room contained two small tables, covered with baize, and on the tables were two packs of cards. In the other room was one small table and sixteen chairs. Other police evidence was given, and shuttling boxes were produced which had contained packs of cards. A tape machine was at work running off news, betting, and other sporting information, and a large number of betting slips were found. Wilcox handed up his statement to the alderman, in which he repeated that he did not receive a salary from Baloh. He then went into the box and gave evidence on oath, after which the Alderman said he was satisfied that Wilcox assisted in the management of the house. Balch admitted keeping the house, but said he conducted it on very respectable lines and in a small way. He admitted having been fined £100 in February, 1897, and Z100 in June, 1898, for betting. The Alderman said Balch would be sent to prison for three months with hard labour. There was nothing known previously against Wilcox, who would be fined £10 or a month's imprisonment. Twenty-two other men were charged with being found on the premises. They all pleaded guilty, and, with one exception, were bound over in a sum of £10 to keep the peace. The exception, a man named Bodin, who had previously been bound over, was now released in his own recognisances of JE50 to keep the peace.

I A PLEA FOR BARMAIDS. An eloquent appeal on behalf of the bar- maids of the country was made by the Rev. George Freeman in his sermon at Westbourne- grove Chapel, London, on Sunday. In London, he said, there were about 8,000, in Lancashire 3,000, and in the whole country some 120,000. The average Christian, too, often looked on them as creatures who had aban- doned womanhood and respectability, but statistics showed that as a class they did not come from the lower strata of society, and that, though by reason of their employment they were surrounded by temptation they stood high above the average for morality, sobriety, and good behaviour. But human justice demanded that there should be some amelioration of the con- ditions under which they worked. Their hours were terribly long-the pastor knew of cases in which girls worked fifteen, sixteen, and even eighteen hours a day—the time for meals was too often of the shortest, a Sunday off was a great rarity, a Bank Holiday only meant a harder strain, and their work, done, in an atmosphere which predisposed them to disease, was physically very trying. And for these girls who so sorely needed help organised, charity did little or nothing. The trade, one of fabulous wealth, ought to be asked to provide for the after-life of these girls by establishing a home for them. He would appeaJ to some benevolefnt brewer to found such an institution, to which the bar- maids would contribute, and where they could go when old age or ill-health overtook them.! For the rest he would urge that Parliament should regulate their hours of work and rest and recreation, and that no trader should employ servants to do what was above human strength-tb do with ease.

A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. At Southwark Police-court, London, Michael Driscoll, 40, porter, was charged with assault- ing his wife, Annabella. The Wife: I am sorry, but I asked for it. (Laughter.) The Magistrate; What do you mean? The Wife: Why, there was no dinner ready and he hit me with a chair. The Prisoner: We both used a chair. She chucked one at me and I chucked one at her, and we kissed one another afterwards. (Laught. ter.) The Magistrate: You were drunk yesterday, and you are drunk to-day. The Prisoner: Thank God, I have had two samples this morning. (Laughter.) This is the anniversary of our wedding. The Magistrate remanded him in custody for a week.

A RELIC OF PHOENIX PARK. Much curiosity was aroused on Wednesday on' the Liverpool landing-stage by the presence of a rehc of the Pbocenix Park murderers, during the Fenian outbreak. This was the Irish jaunting car in which "Skin the Goat" drove the murderers away after the tragedy, enab- i ling them to escape for the time being. The car has, until recently, been in possession of Morrison Bros., carriage makers, Newtonards. It is now goinff to Philadelphia for jcuMoittoa

MISSING LADY DOCTOR. MR. HICKMAN STILL HOPEFUL FOR HER SAFETY. It has just been discovered that three letters addressed to Miss Hickman, the miss- ing lady doctor, were by mistake kept in the wrong place at the hospital, and only handed to her on the day she disappeared. While she was visiting the patients she put them in her pocket, meaning to read them after her work was done. Mr. Hickman thinks that one of the letters might have contained a pressing invitation to visit some sick person near the hospital, which will explain her departure without her waterproof or umbrella. Mr. Hickman is of the opinion that, Miss Hickman is still detained by force in London, as had she been wandering about the country at large she must have been found by this time.

MISSING HUSBAND AND CHILD. At Southwark, London, Mrs. Gray, of 11, Seeker-street, Waterloo-road, applied to the magistrates for assistance in tracing her husband and child, who had been missing since Sunday week. Her husband, Alfred, aged 23, had been employed as an assistant at 29, Peter-street, Wardou^-street. On Sunday morning he took his daughter Rose, aged three years, with him, stating that he was going to this address to get his wages. They had not been seen or heard of since, and inquiries showed that they never visited 29, Peter-street. The man was 5ft. 5in. in height, of dark complexion, and was dressed in black. The child was attired in a blue frock, trimmed with white.

AGED WOMAN DISAPPEARS FROM HAFOD. An aged woman has been missing from Aely- bryn, Hafod, since eight o'clock on Sunday evening. She is Mrs. Ann Hughes, wife of David Hughes, a. mason. She attended service at the Welsh Baptist Chapel in the evening, and was seen a. short time afterwards going towards Pontypridd. Search has been made along the hillsides by a large party, but no trace of her has been found. It is feared that the woman, who is 78 years of age, had missed her way home and may have wandered miles out of her way.

MAN MISSING FROM NEWTREDEGAR A man named John R. Thomas, a. resident of 53, Duffryn-terrace, New Tredegar, has been missing from his home since noon on Wed- nesday last. He met with a serious accident in October last at the Abertysswg Colliery, which somewhat affected his nervous system.

CORNISH WILD WOMAN. The wandering woman of Land's End who escaped from Penzance Workhouse, to which she was remanded by the magistrates, and who has since successfully evaded the police in their effortq to secure her, has been seen by two lady cyclists. They started on a trip to the Lizard from a West Cornwall town, and had no exciting experience until within five or six miles of the Lizard, in which neigh- bourhood, it will be remembered, the mysterious Jeannie was first seen three weeks or a month ago. "We stopped beside a gate," said one of the ladies, "and we were astonished to see a figure inside crouching down beside the hedge. Directly she saw us she vanished. I said to my companion, 'That is the missing woman from Penzance,' and we decided to look around. At the edge of the field wa sa mass of furze and bracken, and creeping around by another way we got to the border of it. I got down on my knees to look through, and I shall never forget the sight. Looking through at me from the other side were two piteous eyes protruding frojn a side were two piteous eyes protruding fr a pale, wan face. No sooner did our eyes meet than she darted up and leapt over the hedge at the back of the furze clump and disappeared. My companion and I talked the thing over. There was a policeman's house within ten minutes' ride, but after the piteous look of the woman we decided that we could not give information against her, and we did not. She was looking so pale and haggard. Her lips were stained and brown, and I felt sure that she had been living on blackberries."

PERILS OF THE STREETS. Frederick Cox, aged 36, dealer, North Ken- sington, surrendered to his bail at Maryle- bone Police-court, London, to answer the charge of causing bodily harm to Lucy Hol- lidge, aged 68, living at 111, Soutft-road, Ken- sal New Town, by furiously and recklessly driving his pony and cart and knocking her down. The incident took plaoce on the 3rd of August last, but so serious were the injuries sustained by the old lady that she was unable to attend the court until Saturday. At one time it was thought she injould not recover, and Mr. Curtis Bennett was accordingly sent for by the Kensington Infirmary authorities on the 6th of August to take her depositions. Since then, however, owing to her splendid consti- tution, she had slowly recovered, though she is still bandaged up and in pain. Her story, as told in her depositions, was that between nine and ten at night on the 3rd of August she was proceeding home, unattended, along the Kensal-road, and had occasion to cross the road. All went well until she reached the gutter on the other side, when, just as she was about to step on to the pavement, the prisoner dashed up at a furious pace with his pony and cart and knocked her down. He gave her no warning of his approach, and when he saw what he had done he tore off." She was picked up by some passers-by, and, having been taken to the police-station she was removed on an ambnlance to the Ken- sington Infirmary, where she remained until the 10th of September. A witness of the occurrence said that after the old lady was knocked down by the cart her clothes got entangled in the wheel, and she was dragged 9ft. or 10ft. along the ground. The prisoner was committed for trial, bail being allowed

THROWN OVER A BALCONY. George Ellis, 31, a porter, of Beaconsfield- buildings, Islington, was charged on remand at Clerkenwell, London, with maliciously wounding William Cropp by throwing him from a balcony in Beaconsfield-buildings, and fracturing his right arm. The prosecutor, who has been detained in hospital, was now able to attend the court. He said that on the evening of September 6 the prisoner knocked at his door and asked to see him. The witness went to the prisoner, who accused him of pinching his wife at a concert. Cropp denied the accusation, and they fought. The prosecutor alleged that Ellis suddenly stooped, seized him by the legs below the knees, and threw him bodily over the bal- cony of the buildings on to the concrete beneath. He was picked up by a neighbour and conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital. Dr. Woodward, house surgeon of the hos- pital, said the prosecutor had sustained a compound fracture of the humerus. It would be another five weeks before the arm was well again. He had also a broken finger and many bruises. The prisoner denied he deliberately threw Cropp, and said the fall was an accident. Mr. Bros committed Ellis for trial.

A CHASE OVER THE TILES. At North London Frederick Miller, 20, house decorator, and Arthur Wadding- ton, 18, carpenter, were charged as sus- pected persons, found upon the roof of a work- shop at the rear of 129, Balls-pond-road. Detective Faux, of the J Division, said that the previous night he and Detective Lee saw the prisoners in the Balls-pond-road. Having a suspicion of Waddington, they kept watch upon them. The prisoners went up a tide street at the rear of a wholesale tobacconist's and were for a time lost sight of. But the detectives searched the neighbourhood, and eventually found a ladder placed against the wall of a workshop. The detectives mounted this ladder and got on the roof of the work- shop, and there in the guttering they saw tne prisoners. The latter got up and ran < ff, and then commenced a scramble over the tiles at considerable personal risk to all parties. Detective Lee fell and hurt his right arm, and this had to be surgically attended to. The prisoners came to an obstruction, and then were caught. With assistance they were got to the police station, and they made no reply to the charge. On searching the place where the prisoners were found the police found an iron jemmy common to the housebreaker, but Wadding- ton denied that it belonged to him. Nothing else was found upon them. Mr. Cluer remanded the prisoners for in- quiries.

ENGINE DASHES INTO A TRAIN. An accident happened on Saturday at Bournemouth West Railway Station to the 7.50 up London express. The carriages had been made up ready to start, when the large, powerful engine, coming down an incline from the sheds, dashed into them. The guard, named Smith, and the driver and fireman were badly shaken. Smith's foot was seriously smashed. The guard's van, engine tender, and Pullman car suffered most from the impact. The following persons sustained injuries:- William Saunders, fireman,. fracture to base of skull sustained in jumping on to platform from the runaway engine; Henry Aoland Smith, guard, three toea smashed; Mica Nethersole, passenger, slight cut on head. Another report says that the injuries to the other passengers were limited to a shaking. Four caees are in the hospital. Fortunately, an inspector saw the engine approaching, and gave warning to the pas- sengers in the train. About 50 got out, and there were only half-a-dozen in the train at the time of the collision.

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THE MOORLAND MURDERS. I ACCUSED MAN REMANDED: CHEERS IN COURT. » Henry Buckley, a. farmer, of Moorside, Old- ham, was charged on remand at Huddersfield s on Tuesday on suspicion of having been con- 1 oerned in the murder of Robert Kenyon and a William Henry TJttley, two gamekeepers, on r Buckstonea Moor, Mareden, on the 9th inst. c Mr. Turner, who prosecuted for the Trea- f sury, said he had been instructed to ask for ? a further remand, as, during the time at their disposal it had been impossible to fully » investigate the charge. Mr. C. Fripp, of Oldham, who defended 1 Buckley, did not oppose the application, but I made a strong appeal for bail. He said the k accused was a man of unblemished character, • and possessed excellent testimonials of his previous service as a. policeman. Latterly he had been a farmer. He was president of a temperance institution, and there was no doubt about his high cjtracter. There were in court several gentlemen of high position who were willing to stand bail for him. The char&e against him was based on the merest suspicion, and, as far as he knew, rested upon the statement of the man Kenyon, to which the coroner's jury attached little or no impor- tance, as they returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown Mr. Turner reminded the bench that it was not usual to grant bail in a capital charge. In any circumstances, he said he was in- | structed by Mr. Gill, deputy-chief-constable, to oppose the application for bail. When the case came again before the bench, it would be found that the evidence available for the prosecution would by no means be confined to the statement of Kenyon, as they had the statements of a large number of important witnesses, who could throw more light on the charge. The Bench declined to grant bail, and re- manded Buckley until Tuesday next. The court was crowded, and in the street over a thousand people had to be kept in order by mounted police. Cheers were given for the I accused man, both inside and outside the court.

A GIRL'S ESCAPADES. There are the makings of It female Jack Sheppard in Lilian Jane Belsham, a good- looking girl of twenty, who was brought I before the Bromley (Kent) magistrates. One of her most daring exploits was performed while she was an inmate of a girls' home in St. George's-in-the-East. She bore so excellent a character there that she was entrusted with money for various pur- poses in connection with the home, and as she always accounted for it faithfully she was eventually given the key of the safe. On the first opportunity that presented itself after this Lillian opened the safe, abstracted JB5, got out of the office window, climbed first a 10ft. wall and then negotiated another one two feet higher, and so got clear away into the street. She was brought up at Bromley court charged with an equally remark- able piece of ingratitude. She called some time ago at the house of Mrs. Bridgland, in Marlborough-road, and said she had been to a theatre and her mistress had locked her out. Mrs. Bridgland knew that she had been employed close by, and allowed her to sleep there for the night. The girl was very grate- ful, and in the morning asked if she could help Mrs. Bridgland in any way. She waa entrusted with 12s. 6d. for shopping purposes, and promptly absconded. The mother said that Lilian was a good girl till she took to reading trashy novels," and the magistrates, sent the girl to prison for a month.

TEETOTALER'S COLD CURE. Thomas Winters, 26, a labouring man, was charged, on remand, at Marylebone, London, with maliciously wounding John Sullivan, a fellow labourer, by stabbing him in the breast. It seemed that the prisoner had a fight with a man while under the influence of drink, and was stopped by one of his "chums," who en- deavoured to get him to go home. The prose- cutor, seeing that the prisoner was bent on returning to the fray, went to the "chum's" assistance, and as he did so the prisoner broke away, took a penknife from his pocket, and stabbed the prosecutor in the left breast. The blade went in to a depth of liio, and very narrowly escaped injuring a vital part. Police-constable Atkins, 19 DR, who witnessed the occurrence, took the prisoner into custody, and conveyed him, after a terrible struggle, to the police-station. In the opinion of the prosecutor the prisoner did not know what he was doing at the time, as he was nearly mad. Mr. John Hill, solicitor, who defended, urged that the prisoner had been a teetotaler for two years, but took some rum to cure a cold, with the result that had been described. He had seen service at the front, and had won a medal and three clasps. Prosecutor: I don't think he did it wilfully. I don't wish to press the charge. The Magistrate bound prisoner over to keep the peace, in the hope that this would be a life-long lesson to him.

UNABLE TO DROWN HERSELF.. A singular case of attempted suicide was heard at Kingston-on-Thames, when Herbert Field, 26 years of age, a fishmonger, of Walton, was charged with attempting to take his own life. Police-constable Tamplin stated that at 8.30 on Saturday night he was on the towing-path alongside the Thames at Walton, when he saw the prisoner staggering about with his clothes wet. He inquired how he got into that condi- tion, whereupon Field became very violent and had an epileptic fit. When he recovered he said that be was late on his rounds, his master grumbled at him, and this so upset him that he ran away and jumped into the Thames. Prisoner added, "I went down twice, but finding I could not sink a third time, and would not be able to drown myself, I crawled! back to the bank." Witness added that prisoner told him he had been drinking port wine, and that it had got into his head. Some time ago he jumped from Walton Bridge to drown himself, but was rescued. Prisoner's wife declared that no woman could have a better husband.. The Magistrates bound the prisoner over in the sum of E5 to be of good behaviour for six months.

OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG LADY. A young lady, belonging to a Kingston family, had an exciting adventure on Ham Common, Surrey, a night or two ago. She had been visiting a charitable institution at Ham, and was returning across the common, intend- ing to proceed by way of Richmond Park, when a tall, powerfully-built man spoke to her. She took no notice of the stranger, and was proceeding on her way when the man suddenly caught hold of her and threw her upon the ground. Then he knelt upon her and commenced to search her clothing, his intention evidently being to rob her. The young lady struggled fiercely and screamed loudly for help, whereupon the stranger thrust first handfuls of grass and then a hand- kerchief into her mouth, and thus stifled her cries. Fortunately a gentleman holding an important scholastic position in Kingston was passing at the time, and hearing the young lady's cries he hurried to the spot, and when the stranger saw him he bolted, and was soon lost sight of. The young lady was in a state of collapse, and is still suffering from the effects of the adventure. A description of the man has been given to the police, who have the matter in hand.

STRANGE DEATH OF A LADY. Mr. G. P. Wyatt, the South London coroner, has received information of the strange death of Mrs. Lyden Emily Baker (56), the wife of the Rev. Richard Charles Henry Conyndon Baker, DJD., of Basingstoke. On Wednesday last deceased, who had been stay- ing with her husband at Balham, went out, and returned between eight and nine o'clock the same night in a. dazed condition, with her face battered and her head bandaged up. She subsequently said she was getting into an electric car at the Elephant and Castle, on her way home, when she was either thrown or fell into the roadway. She had evidently been medically attended, as a wound on the face had been skilfully stitched up, and her head was swathed in surgical bandages, but she could not remember where she had been treated. She was seen by a medical man, and at six o'clock last Saturday morning was found dead in bed.-Dr. Lawson, of Balham Hill, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, discovered an extensive fracture of the base of the skull.

TEMPTATION TOO STRONG. Richard Herman, a. youth of German nationality/was charged at Bow-street, Lon- don, with stealing a registered letter contain- ing 800 marks. ing 800 marks. It was stated that in July last prisoner obtained a situation as waiter at a private hotel in Gower-street. He had been on duty only a few hours when he disappeared, and shortly afterwards there was missed a regis- tered letter belonging to a guest. Prisoner evaded arrest until Saturday last, when he was captured by Detective-sergeant King. On being charged he admitted his guilt, and told the police-officer that he lost all the money at card-playing the night he stole it. He had intended to be honest when he entered the service, but when he saw the registered letter, with an intimation on the envelope that it contained 800 marks, he found the temptation to take it was too strong. Prisoner now pleaded guilty, and Wdhi Spa- matin' hint labos*

THE COTTON SCANDAL. HEROISM OF A STARVING POPULA- TION. A new corner in cotton is rumoured in Bury, where the distress among the cotton spinners is still very acute. His Honour Judge Bradbury, of Bury County Court, has postponed all judgment summonses for a month in consequence of the distress, Seme of the schools are providing free break- fasts for hungry little ones. Many children have been known to attend school breakfast- less, and yet hand in their school fees. In every case the money has been either handed back or spent in food. One family is living now on shilling relief tickets and the soup kitchen. One of their two meals on Friday was a broth made of two pennyworth of meek and one pennyworth each of liver and bones. The woman burst into a laugh, mingled with tears, when questioned, and said: God knows how we have lived; we've had so much bread and treacle that I almost expect the treacle tins to nod to me as I pass the shop windows." This is a true type of the womenfolk; they adopt any guise of humour or annoyance to hide their pangs. In many streets still, where acute suffering is known to exist, neither clergymen, Roman Catholic priests, Salvation Army officers, nor members of relief committees can trace it; so cleverly do the people disguise their distress. They have a deep-rooted idea. that poverty means disgrace. The following are among many other pain- ful cases which have been unearthed:—A widow is keeping her two children and a brother on 5s. a week. For the last two weeks an old woman and her daughter have lived on 3s. 8Jd. The previous week the income was nothing. A man, his wife, and three children have struggled along for weeks on 13s. a week. Out of this a rent of 4s. 6d. weekly haa been regularly paid. It is computed that 2.000 individuals in Bury are now reduced to living either wholly or, for most part, on charity. In the districts of Elton 100 families, representing about 400 persons, are receiving relief. The situation there will be worse this week. for another mill is to stop to-day. Over 500 persons applied for food at theeotxp kitchen in Bury on Friday.

I IMPUDENCE AT AN INQUEST. I Mr. Wynne E. Baxter held an inquiry at the Whitechapel Infirmary. London, as to the death of Robert William Simmons, aged 67 years, a wood carver, late of 1, Osborne-place, Whitechapel. Charles Simmons, of Provoetrstreet, Hoxton, said the deceased was his father. He didn't know where he lived, and hadn't seen him for ten months. On Thursday last he heard he was dead. The Coroner: How is it that you haven't seen him? Witness (impudently): Oh, domestic affairs; I don't see it concerns you. The Coroner (sharply): I beg your pardon, it is my business to inquire; no impertinenoe, please. Witness: Well, there was a. grievance between him and his wife. The Coroner: That had nothing to do with you. Witness: I have had to keep my mother. The Coroner was about tc make an observa- tion, when witness interrupted him and then stopped. The Coroner remarked, "Go on; what were you going to say?" Witness: That's all right. I was not going to say anything-leave it you. The Coroner's Officer: Why don't you behave yourself? You wilj go to prison for contempt of court. The Witness: That doesn't matter. The Coroner: I thought eo; leave the room. The witness then stamped out of the room. Dr. Herbert Larder said that the deceased was admitted on Thursday in a half-starved condition, and died shortly afterwards. A rv>.=it-mortem examination showed that the stomach was empty, and every organ of the body diseased through drink. The cause of death was acute suppurative meningitis supervening on chronic alcoholism-, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. The Forem-an then rose and said that at the request of the jury he wished on their behalf to express the opinion that the eon was deserving of severe censure for his imper- tinence an(1 bad behaviour to the coroner. The Coroner then called the son forward. and told him that, he (the coroner) was a public official, and had to do his dtrty, and the jury had to do tneirs. "You consider it your duty to be impertinent. The jury have euoported me. and consider your conduct deserving of censure." The Son: That's all right The Coroner: If you think so I will say no more. The man was then conducted to the door by a police-constable, and the inquiry closed.

SHOT IN THE DARK. At Marlborough-street, London, George Holmes, a journeyman baker, was charged with entering 72 and 74, Margaret-street, W., with felonious intentions. The prisoner's neck was surgically bandaged. Emily Wilson, caretaker at Parkes' Sanitary Institution, Margaret-street, deposed that in the early morning of the 2nd of August she heard a noise outside her bedroom door, and, going oat, saw prisoner running downstairs. She (witness) had a revolver in her hand, and blew a whistle. The police came, and were let in, and found the prisoner in a dark passage in the basement. She was about to switch on the electric light, when, unfortu- nately, the revolver went off, wounding the man. She was in a terrible state of nervous- ness at the time. Holmes was taken to the hospital, where he had remained since. Nothing had been disturbed on the premises. Polioe-constable Gardiner (126 D) said the prisoner seemed dazed and recovering from the effects of drink. He saw an arm go up and a shot passed in front of his (witness's) chest, and struck the prisoner in the jaw. He shouted, "You fool, drop that," and the lady let the pistol fall. The prisoner had since been in a precarious condition in Middlesex Hospital, the bullet having passed through his jaw and tongue. Holmes, on oath. said that, having wandered about and got drunk, he went into the premises, believing he had gone home. He nearly died in hospital through the shot wounds. Mr. Kennedy discharged him, remarking that persons getting into other people's houses ran such risks as he had.

THE FORTUNE HOAX. At Southwark Police-court, London, Police- sergeant Cobbett made a further report to Mr. Cecil Chapman with reference to the sad plight of the two Goodwins and their companion, Leonard Jamison, who came to this country from Australia to claim the fortune of £ 90,000. He said he accompanied the three men to the office of the Agent General for Queensland, and the Chief Clerk gave the eldest Goodwin the following letter to Mr. William Lund, of 3, East India-avenue, E.C. The bearer is Mr. J. M. Goodwin, to whom you kindly promised a passage to Brisbane at a reduced rate in the s.s. Wilcannia, leaving London on the 29th inst. He is prepared to pay the L6 stipulated for, and I have to request that you will be good enough to complete the arrangement and give him a contract ticket."—Mr. Cecil Chap- man Yes, that is all right, but it is only with regard to one. Have you made any inquiry as to whether Mr. Lund would extend the favour to the other two men?—Police-sergeant Cobbett: I have not seen Mr. Lund, but the Chief Clerk to the Agent-General, said he would endeavour to get similar passages for them, and then write to you. The total of the donations now amounts to dE26 19s. As this is sufficient to meet all the liabilities of the elder Goodwin, the original applicant, and to send him back to Queens- land, the magistrate has decided to close the fund.

A WILD MAN OF THE WOODS. Some excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood of Oobham, Surrey, by the presence of a man, apparently mad, in Chatley Woods. He was first discovered on Sunday afternoon, when he chased two servant girls. He was riding a bicycle, and had only a vest on. The girls managed to evade him, and gave information to the keeper, Butler, on the estate, who found the man crouching in some bracken, but failed to capture him. The police were informed, and the man's Norfolk cycling suit was found in one place and a very good bicycle in another. The police and searchers have explored the woods, but the man has not been found.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN George Valentine Monk, a. young man, resid- ing at 14, Finthorpe-road, Lavender Hill, S.W., was summoned at the South-western Police- court, London, for assaulting his wife, May Beatrice Monk. The complainant said she had been married five years. The Magistrate: How old are you now ? I'm 21, and was married five years last Sunday. The Magistrate; Then yoa were married at sixteen ? The wife also stated she was the mother of two children. Her husband returned home angry and struck her about the head. The defendant, who complained of the con- duct of his wife, was ordered to enter into his own bail to keep the peace.

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TWO HONEST SAILORS. CONVICTED OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES. Before Sir William Quayle Jones, K.C., sitting at the Clerkenwell Sessions, London, Anthony Tinte, 34, and John M'Mahon, 30, were found guilty of having, on the 21st July, obtained from John Henry Symonds, licensed victualler, of the" Roe. buck," High Holborn, the sum of S,9 by means of false pretences, and of having attempted to obtain z63 10s. from Arthur Clempson, manager to Mr. Paul, photographic dealer, of 68, High Holborn, on the 23rd Juiy. Henry George Rider, 26, who had innocently acted as their porter, and whose character was good, was acquitted. It came to the knowledge of Detective-ser- geants Baxter and Davis, of the E division, that the prisoners Tinte and M'Mahon, were carrying on a business which they deemed to be questionable, and on July 23 observation was kept upon them in High Holborn. The men entered Mr. Paul's shop, and Detco tive-sergeant Baxter followed. He pretended to be an assistant, took off his hat, and went behind the counter. The two prisoners pro- duced a quantity of fur rugs, muffs, and ties. One, they explained, was a black bear skin, another a brown bear, and a third a silver fox. A muff and tie they described as brown sable, exactly the same as what the Lord Mayor wears." You don't want to ask any questions about them," said M'Mahon. You will have them cheaply. It's crook' stuff. We get it over the frontier of Russia without paying the duties." Detective-sergeant Davis then entered, and the prisoners asked him to examine their wares. You know we are two honest sailor- lads," they said. Tinte, selecting a rug, said, This is a grizzly bear with a silver fox in the middle-the fox was trapped in Russia and has not got a shot mark on it. That rug is worth JB40. The muff and boa. you can have for 70s. They are well worth £ 7. They are all sun dried and cured in some oil and saltpetre." At this moment Detective-sergeant Baxter, who had discreetly retired during the latter part of tka conver- sation, re-entered, and the detectives dis- closed their identity. To prove that the statements of the pri- soners were yarns the proseoution called Mrs. Levey, of Levey and Co., 17, Sun-street, Fins- IDQry. one sa.Ki the prisoners purchased some of the furs from her. Shown a muff and tie which the men described as sable," and the rug a^ bear skin, with silver fox in the middle," as they termed it, and for whieh they got L9, she said that the prisoners could purchase them for 19s. 6d. The sable was Russian hare skin, and the rug was a dyed goat skin with a wolf centre. If they had been as the prisoners represented they would be worth anything between JE50 and £150. Similarly the other skins were of the same class, and intead of costing large amounts, could be bought for a few shillings. Mrs. Levey said what the prisoners called a "sable" muff and tie were purchased from her for 5s. 6d. At a wholesale house they would be sold at about 8s., at a retail shop in the East-end they would fetch 16s., and at one in the West-end 25s. or 30s. An article such as could be bought from her for £1 fetched £10 sold in the West-end. Counsel for the defence unsuccessfully urged that the prisoners had only puffed their wares" and not infringed the law by their fairy stories." Detective-sergeant Davis said complaints had been received from all over the country respecting the victimising of persons in this way, but people did not like to prosecute. The prisoners were not the only men working these frauds. Sir William Jones: It was "Buffalo Horns" when I wae at Cambridge. (Laughter.) Sentence on the prisoners was postponed, and the furs handed over to the police.

NO INTELLIGIBLE LANGUAGE. Alfred Trelor, 30, labourer, was ordered to pay a fine of £5 5s., or, in default, two months and one day's imprisonment in the second division, at London County Sessions lor having maliciously wounded Elizabeth Trelor, his wife, at their lodgings, in Dorset- place, Pimlico, on the afternoon of Sunday, August 30. This was an extraordinary case. The prose- cutrix, whilst able to articulate to some extent/ootud speak no intelligible language. She is also stone deaf, and cannot either read or write. She could not understand the deaf and dumb alphabet, nor comprehend the sign language. She, however, could follow a con- versation by concentrating her attention solely on the movements of the speaker's lips. Difficulty was met with in obtaining an inde- pendent interpreter, and it was found neces- sary to call upon her mother to act in that capacity. The mother repeated in distinct tones counsel's questions, and the prosecutrix replied by movements with her lips and hands. In this way she unfolded the following story. Her husband, she said, returned home drunk on the day in question, sat down, made awful faces at her, and otherwise "annoyed her by his filthy talk." (Laughter.) The Judge (to jthe mother): But your daughter cannot hear. How could she tell he was using bad language? The Mother: By the way he moved his lips. Continuing her evidence, the witness ex- plained that her husband threw his dinner a-way, knocked her down, and cut her with a knife. The Chairman, in addition to inflicting the punishment mentioned above on the prisoner, ordered a judicial separation, the husband to pay 5s. weekly towards the support of his wife, who provided for herself by working as a laundress.

ILLICIT STILL: HEAVY FINES. At West Ham Police-court, London, Abraham Kowlasky (43), Isaac Cohen (35), and Nathan Sinderofski (21), Russian Jews, were charged on remand with being in the possession of 2i gallons of raw spirit without having a permit to remove it, and, further, with being concerned in the illicit distillation of spirits at 82, Amity-road, West Ham. After describing the arrest of Kowlaaky, Mr. Hawkins. for the prosecution, said that at Amity-road, the residence of Cohen, two rooms were found to be locked up. In the first room was a still-head with condensing pipes, a worm," a bag of sugar, a box of charcoal, and four casks containing wash," some of which was ready for distillation, and some in a state of fermentation. There were also three other casks, each containing twelve gallons of spirits, one containing seven gallons, and a small flat tin used apparently to convey spirit. There were also parts of three smaller stills. In the back room were some charcoal and sugar, two gallons of epirits, and two bottles containing seeds—one aniseed and the other carraway seed-which were used to disguise the coarser flavour of the raw spirit. In a room which Cohen used were found a small bottle containing coriander seed, and a bottle in which was a small quan- tity of raw spirit and some fruit syrup. A number .of witnesses were called on behalf of the Revenue, and after the prisoners had been heard in defence, the Bench fined Cohen JB250 or six months, and the others E100 or six months. The men were removed, it being said they had no goods.

MURDER CHARGE AT WOOLIWICH. At Woolwich Police-court a man and woman named Edward Shepherd and Clara Shepherd, husband and wife. were charged with the wilful murder of the illegiti- mate child of the female prisoner, and with the concealment of its birth.—Detective-ser- geant Cleveland deposed that on Saturday afternoon he visited the prisoners' house and asked where the child was. The male prisoner said: It is in the garden; it is buried." The officer said: My information is that the child was born alive," and to that Shepherd said: "That is all right; it died afterwards." The female prisoner here remarked, You told me you had taken it away," and the male retorted, Hold your noise; I take the blame entirely." He then accompanied witness to the garden, pointed to a spot under a glass frame, and said, Tha.t is where it is buried." Witness took him and the woman into custody, and later on, digging in the garden at the spot indicated, found the re- mains of a child buried there.-Prisoners were remanded.

A SWEETHEART AS SECURITY. Ernest Steven Skingle, a young man of nine- teen, living at Harlesden, was charged, at Marylebone Police court, London, with attempting to commit suicide by taking a quantity of oxalic acid. The Magistrate: I see you a.re nineteen. Are you tired of your life already?—No, sir; I don't want to die. I had some drink, and, having bought the acid to clean some metal, I just tasted a. little of it, and it made me feel bad. The Magistrate: Ekave you any friends in court? In response to the question a young woman stepped forward from the rear and explained that the prisoner was her young man. The Magistrate: Oh, you are his sweetheart! Well, hi won't take his life so long as he has you. (Laughter.) He may go away.

EX-POLICEMAN'S SUICIDE. An inquest was held at Taunton concerning the death of a former poiice-oonstabie, named White, who resided with his son-in-law, Police-oonstable Bourne, at Portland-street, Tomtom. Mr. Bourne and his wife, on returning home from church on Sunday evening, found the deceased, aged 69, a widower, hanging from the bannisters, dead. He had been depressed of late through not being able to get married again, owing to lll-hea)th. Dr. Husbands maid death had been caused by hanging. A verdict of toor8pewd4i *WA

MR. RITCHIEs VOTE. CABINET MINISTER AND TO SERVICE FRANCHISE. Mr. 0. T. Ritchie, late Chancellor of Exchequer, made somewhat of a -c0 prise claim to a vote under the franchise in respect of No. 11, the official residence of the Minister hoi that office. The Liberals opposed the but after an interesting argument Mr. "won x&tf Mr. Pape, for the Liberals, said it unusual for a Cabinet Minister to the servioe franchise.. oø Mr. Hayter, who supported the claJØ1 t behalf of the Conservatives, pointed °^ ,:v€d Mr. Ritchie received £ 5,000 a year, and o at 11, Downing-street. Is he at Downing-street now?" inO111^ the Revising Barrister. Mr. Hayter said he was there up to the of the qualifying ye-&r. tio Where has he gone to now?" pursued — Revising Barrister.. I suppose he has gone back to his PrlJ^ residence in Grafton-street," said Mr. It was pointed out that Mr. Ritchie's pation of 11, Downing-street, followed i occupation of the house in Grafton-street^ the Revising Barrister said the only was whether Mr. Ritchie could have B°^ji sion from his dwelling-house to a place he occupied as "service." gy. I have always understood," remarked Pape, that the service franchise intended solely for domestic servants." That is exactly what it is not," retor^Jf Mr. Hayter. "The whole of the Ministere the Government are as such only on the vice list." In whose service was Mr. Ritchie?" qW"4 Mr. Pape. Why, in the service of the State," said*J, Hayter, and the house belongs to the As to occupation, it could be proved that_*i Ritchie gave dinner parties at 11, street." Does the gentleman occupy the b° now?" Mr. Pape asked. What has happened since Mr. Rit^^ resignation," remarked the revising is of no importance now. I find that Balfour is also on the list for Downing —ONo. 10. I hold the claim is a good one."

FORGERY BY A CLOWN. At Bow-street Police-court, London William Kirk, a clown, known profession*^ by the name of Thompson, was charged remand (before Mr. Marsham) with atteflj*^ ing to obtain money by false pretences t*0 the Actors' Benevolent Fund. On August 31 the secretary to the received a letter from the prisoner, who he was a married man, with a family, aB<* want of assistance. He said he had beeOj the profession seventeen years, and enc*°ftfl a letter of recommendation purporting to been written by Mr. Fred Emney, of Apollo Theatre. The secretary looked UP application for assistance made in the name in February last, and found that was rejected because a letter of recommeBj tion accompanying it, purporting to be by Miss Bryan, of the Hoxton Theatre, forgery. Inquiries were made, and it ascertained that the letter supposed emanate from Mr. Emney was a forgery. prisoner was arrested, and a letter which* delivered to him just as the detectives about to take him away showed that he & been making similar applications elsewher^ Detective-sergeant Cunningham said prisoner had attempted to obtain from the Ladies' Theatrical Fund, but committee did not wish to prosecute him. J The Prisoner pleaded guilty, and to Mr. Emney for the trouble he had cao*^ him. For some time past he had unde great privations. He recently walked Wales, where he had left his wife and ch^1 and, owing to want of food, had fainted times on the wav.w Mr. Marsham told him he had been gnl f1 of a serious offence, and sentenced hiJJ! to three months' hard labour.

HOOLIGANS AND POLICE. J John Heatley, aged 21, a labourer, Alexander Edward Howell, 23, a labott^ were charged at Clerkenwell Poiioe-cO^J London, with being concerned with otb^ not in custody in causing bodily h»** £ to Police-constable Cass by kicking and striking him about the body, while tIJ the ground, at Eaaton-street, Olerkenwel1,d Sunday evening last—The officer was to the Royal Free Hospital in an exhafl^} condition.—Police-oonstable Cass (192 G) that on Sunday night he was called to Ea £ £ ~jj street, where he saw the two prisoners others assaulting several women. £ exclaimed, "What do you want to with me for?" and struck the officer a blow on the side of the face, and kicked on the left leg. Cass at once arre^^ Heatley, but was attacked by the priaop^t companions, who beat him about the and kicked him about the body. HoweU one of the men who attacked him. TScS&St was finally reecoed and ran off. The dQfoe gave chase and re-arrested Heatley. prisoner straggled violently and threw officer to the ground. The officer was kicked while he was on the ground, and seized from behind by one of the gang. drew his truncheon, bat he was 0 powered, and Heatley was again rescued. this time the oompiainant became exhaa0^^ and lost conscious n ess.—In reply to charge prisoner aaid, '1 know what mean; it is the last time I will go in. public-house in Easton-street. This is all over a game of 'cod 'em.' There j fight; in fact, everybody was fighting- y knew I shotrid be caught because I known."—Inspector Sly asked for a reiJ^v and warrants for the arrest of two other —Mr. Bagga-Hay remanded the accused.

HIDDEN TREASURE. At Clerkenwell Police-court, London, TbflJ Hutchinson, 60, a. carpenter, of no fi.S 11 a;bode, was charged with burglariotf^j breaking into 14, Compton-street, W.C., stealing a watch, a quantity of wearing parel, and £ 6 7s. in gold and silver, the V' perty of George Strang, a waiter. When the prosecutor awoke in the ing he missed a quantity of property bedroom. The pockets of his clothes hao# behind the door had been rifled. He gave^, formation to the police, and Detective rard. H Division, followed Hut hinsoll to Coram-street, W.C. The prisoner stopPV, under a lamp and took from his silver watch, which he proceeded to This watch was the one missed by the cutor. He was taken to Bow-street station and searched. He had £ 2 8s. 10d- his pockets, and the key of a. looker at BDJJ' ton House, King's Cross. On the way to t t cells a.fter the charge had been preferre" sovereign dropped from the prisoner's boot. His boots were then removed, and derneath the sock of his left boot DeteC^Vj, Garrard found three more sovereigns. the key found in the prisoner's possession locker at Rowton Blouse was opened, and tli | Detective Garrard discovered most of prosecutor's property. The prosecutor's mises had evidently been entered with a f*^ key. Mr. Paul Taylor remanded the accused.

"THE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE At Tottenham Police-court, London, Harris, 28, with a number of alis^j described as a labourer, was charged i*n the Prevention of Crimes Act with attemptJJ, to commit a larceny.—Mr. W. H. Rice, said he was about to enter the Alex#11 Palace on Saturday at two p.m. On tnr round to pay for admission prisoner snatc^ his diamond scarf pin, value £ 30, but ff unable to withdraw it from the scarf, 20 was fastened. Prisoner forced his way the crowd, but witness followed and grave into custody.—Prisoner pleaded guilty- tective Walter Wood, of the X Division, P seven previous convictions against the soner, four of which, were for stealing pins. He knew the prisoner as a noto**f thief, who always operated alone rj^ infested the neighbourhood of EllS to- road. — When asked what he had f say to the charge, prisoner said, f am the the victim of circumstances- had stolen this pin I should naturally away; as it was, I was making my the racecourse, and did not know 1 was followed. "-Prisoner was sentenced toO months' hard labour.

CHASE AFTER ESCAPED HJNAT1^ A lunatic named Ernest Robert wbo made his escape from Green Asylum, Birmingham, led an dant a pretty dance. His escape ^0 the institution was quickly detected, and bcJ! attendant traced him to the Villa Cross, was observed by Austin, who at onoe stafjf to run. The attendant gave chase, High-street Police-constable Parker joined (J the pursuit. Austin made to the directiOOV Birmingham, but before reaching the c^^e(> was overhauled by Polioe-constable who secured him in Webster-street. it* officer and attendant conducted him to Lozells station, from where later he wa* veyed again to the asylum. -0-00101

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