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Moclels. fect Fit. ^5^38^1^ Wear. y THE PATENT CORSETS Seams nor tear in the Pabric. ^jfeY^Nrw I GOLD MEDALS. able corsets ever made." MEalr Made in White,Black, N and all the Fashionable WilM^r Colours and Shades in 1 rMnW. Italian Cloth, Satin, and CoutU. ffVmXWb* Per P; ir and Upwards. ft BTSII Sold by all the principal ( f f Drapers and Ladies' Ont- r^«!pp' litters in the United Kingdom and Colonies "STRONGEST AND BEST."—Health, FRY'S PURE CONCENTRATED COCOA. Blphf,t Honoc<rs, I Over 100 Prire Medals ^^So, 1895. I and Diplomas. Oos^S?J,Mer» should ask specially for F*T'» Pr*» **rleti~. TeD C0c0i to distinguish It Irom other 81 maanfactnred by the Firm.
POLICE INLELICITY AT LLANELLY.
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POLICE INLELICITY AT LLANELLY. CONSTABLE BRINGS A CHARGE DRTJNKENESS. SERGEANT GIVES EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE. A peculiar case was heard at Llanelly Police-court on Wednesday, a local police- constable being the prosecuting officer, while the principal witness for the defence was a pclice-sergeant. The case was one in which Police-cons table Preece charged David Charles Hodges with being drunk on the night of May 5. Mr. D. R. Williams appeared for the defendant, and at the outset named Police- sergeant Jones as one of his witnesses.— Poiice-sergeant Jones: I have not beeii rub- penaed, your worships. I don't know whether it is advisable that I should give evidence.—Mr. Williams said the objection was a flimsy one. In the interests of justice, lie insisted that Police-stergeant Jones should give evidence.—The Bench then decided that Police-sergeant Jones should be called, and, as all the witnesses had been ordered out of court, the officer also withdrew. Police-constable Preece said he found the defendant helplessly drunk in Glawnor-road on the night in question. After some parley- ing ne took him to the Dock Police-station and locked him up.—Cross-examined by Mr. Williams, witness said that when he got to the police-station Police-sergeant Jones was not there, but his wife was. Police-sergeant Jones came to the police-station later on, and liberated Hodges. He (the police-ser- geant) said he considered Hodges to be suffi- cientlv sober to be liberated. This closed the caise for the prosecution, after which the defendant went into the box, and Save a blank denial to tha charge. Mrs. Mary Joaes, wife of Polioe-sergeant Jonee (who occupied tihe Dock Police-station at the time), was then called for the defence. She said she did not think Hodges was going to be charged with drunkenness, because hte appeared to be sober. He walked to the oelis without assistance. Be certainly did not appear to be drunk. Police-constable Preece (to Mrs. Jones): Have things been as they should be between you and me? i-Mr. Williams objected to this question, and the objection was upheld by the Bench. The next witness was Police-sergeant Jones, who deposed that when he got to the police- station that night he found that Hodges had been locked up for drunkenness. He con- sidered, however, that he was not drunk, and liberated him. The Bench: Was he perfectly sober when he signed his na.m.e ?--I could not say that there was anything thfe matter with him. I conversed with him, and his conversation was not that of a drunken man. Police-constable Preece: Did you not tell me that Hodges was a special frifend of yours, and that you knew him very well when you were at Kidwelly ?—I tell you distinctly no. I never said such a thing; they are entirely your own words. Did you make a note in your diary that he was "sufficiently sober"?—Yes, I did. The Bench: 'Why did you say "sufficientlv sober"? Did vou" tWnk" that he had hn drunk?—I could hardly say, sir. Of course, a charge had been madfif against him of being drunk, and I, not having seen him when he was brought to the police-station, put in those words more to assist Preece than anything else. Ultimately the Bench dismissed the case, but added that Police-constable Preece had .not, in their opinion, Exceeded his duty.
ALLEGED CHILD MTTTRDE BY A…
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ALLEGED CHILD MTTTRDE BY A SHEPHERD. At Saffron W-alden on Tuesday evening Joseph Pask, aged 60, a shepherd, was remanded by the loaal magistrates charged with murdering the infant child of his daughter, Emily Pask. a single woman, who kept prisoner's house. It was stated at the inquest on the child that its decomposed body was found in a sack behind the fire place in the kitchen. It was further stated that the child was fully developed, and apparently lived about a week. Prisoner, his daughter, and a girl of seventeen and a boy of thirteen are said to have slept in one room ten feet by seven. The woman, who is not yet able to leave the house, is under. the surveillance of the police.
ALLEGED MURDER AT SEA.
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ALLEGED MURDER AT SEA. The Treasury on Friday at West Ham aban- doned the prosecution of Rumelej Ullah, the foreman of the steamship Gulf of Bothnia, who was accused of having murdered another "coloured" fireman employed on the same vessel bv throwing him overboard when in the Indian Ocean.—Mr. Angus Lewis, who appeared on behalf of the Public Prosecutor, said the con- elusion had been arrived at that the charge of murder could not be sustained.—The prisoner was then discharged.
THE DEPTFORD TRAGEDY.
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THE DEPTFORD TRAGEDY. The Press Association telegraphs: A coroner's jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" on Friday against Edward Callaghan in an inquiry as to the deaths of Mary Evenden, aged 40, and her daughter, Annie Evenden, aged nineteen. A son of the family, aged nine, said he came downstairs on Wednesday morn- ing, and saw his mother lying on a mattress on the floor. Callaghan held his sister by the hair, and then cut off her head Hia sister fell to the floor. Oallaghan washed his hands in a bowl of water and left the house. A neighbour said she hMrd Call&flbaa arul.1(a. Kveaidian aiiarroUmg.
1BEITRAYED GIRL FOUND POISONED.
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1BEITRAYED GIRL FOUND POISONED. STRANGE CASE AT STREATHAM. An inquest was held at Streatham Town-hall on Wednesday upon the body of Ellen Rumble (20), a domestic servant. who was found poi- soned at 115, Besley-street, Streatham, a house occupied by William Bridger, an ex-constable. The evidence of the girl's father, a platelayer, of Oxford, was to the effect that the girl had been in London about three years. Last July she returned home, and in December gave birth to a child, of which she alleged Bridger was the father. She returned to London on March 22. Witness last saw her alive on Thursday, May 6. She then tcld him that Bridger had promised to marry her within a month. On Wednesday week she wrote home say- ing she was leaving her place and intended taking out an affiliation summons against Bridger, who had several times threatened her life. Alice Bridger, the wife of William Bridger, said that she bad had the care of deceased's baby diiice January last. The mother occa- sionally came to see it. The Coroner: She didn't know you were Bridgets wife? Witness: No; he wished me not to tell her; the thought I was his housekeeper. Deceased oame on Friday, the 28th ult., and slept with witness, and Bridger slept with the children. Bridger has four childrtiu by his first wife and I have three. The Coroner And at this time did deceased think Bridger was a single man g' Witness: I told her the following morning that I was Bridger's wife, and that she could remain till she got another situation. About nine o'clock last Wednesday evening witness went out shopping, and upon her return, about half an hour afterwards, deceased left the house to post a letter- Bridger at this time was in bed. Deceased came back about a quarter of an hour afterwards, and walked straight into the front room, as witress thought to ta.ke off her hat and jacket. Immediately afterwards witness heard heir groaning, and, going in, found her lying on the sofa. Witness at once called for assistance, and sent her son for a doctor. T_ The Coroner: Why your son* Why didn t Bridger go? Witness: He's on the sick list, and Vouldn t go. (Cries of "Oh, oh!" and "Shame !") The Coroner: He'd been out all day ? Witness: Yes; but he is on the club, and mustn't go out after eight o'clock. A Voice in the Court: I saw him out late enough the night before. Dr. M. Coates stated that about a quarter to eleven o'clock Wednesday week night he found deceased lying in a dying state. She died shortly afterwards from carboiw acid poison- "^flie Coroner here called for Bridger, but his wife said that he left home last Friday, and had not since been seen. She also stated that she subsequently found a broken bottle in her husband's tool chest which was labelled "Car- bolic acid." The Coroner, addressing Mrs. Bndger, saad: I shall adjourn the -ose for a week for your husband's attendance Mrs. Bridger: I don't know where he is. The Coroner: Well, if you can't guarantee his presence here I shpll issue a warrant for his apprehension. The father of the girl said he would then h able to produce a witness who saw Bridger knock deoeased down in the street and drag her indoors. The inquiry was adjourned for a week.
DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A BOY.
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DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A BOY. A boy about fifteen years of age, whose identity has not yet been established, committed suicide in a most determined manner on Mon- day on the High Bamet branch of the Great Northern Railway. As a down train to High Barnet was passing Squire's Bridge the lad ran out from under the bridge, and placed his head on the metals. The unfortunate youth was decapitated, and his body was ehockingty mangled. He was dressed in a new suit, but the only money found on him was a half-penny.
REVIVAL OF THE TICHBORNE CASE.
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REVIVAL OF THE TICH- BORNE CASE. PROCEEDINGS IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney papers to hand contain reports of an application in the Equity-court raising the Tiehborne case over again in a remarkable n anner. Mr. Edward Priestman, acting under p<wer of attorney from the Rev. Edward Williams, Catholic priest, of Sidmouth, Devon- pi, ire, England, made an application under the Lunacy Act of 1379 that "Sir Roger Charles Bcughty Tichborne. now confined in the Parra matta Asylum for the Insane, under the name and style of William Cresswell, be given ;nto the custody of the eaid Edward Prieetman," and that the court might make such order as iright seem fit for the safe custody and main- tairence of the insane patient. Counsel stated that the object of seeking the release of the patient was to take him to England. The applicant was prepared to give security for his "safe custody and maintenance." Mr. Priestman, in his affidavit, described marks and T«eculiarities described by the Chief Justice of Er.gland as having been observed on the body P-id in the demeanour of Tiehborne; and he (Priestman) had observed in Cresswell all those marks and peculiarities except a tattoo mark and zi,i issue on the left arm. But in the place of the tattoo mark there was a large scar like a burn, and he was informed that the mark of an issue was alsc. present on Cresswell's arm. Dr. M'Donnell Kelly had informed Mr. Priest- mau that Cresswell bore certain marks known to have existed on Tiehborne. After argument, his Honour ordered the case to stand over gene- rally. with a view to procuring certain evidence. HI- declined at the present time to allow the patient to be harassed by a personal examina- tion, but, as no objection was offered by the Crcwn. he directed that the applicant be given an inspection, of the asylum books, or certified ccpv thereof, showing the marks observed on the body of Cresswell by the asylum authorities. r= SN-
RICH UNCLE KILLED BY HIS HEIRS…
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RICH UNCLE KILLED BY HIS HEIRS IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes at Bouches du Rhone, sitting at Aix, has sentenced to twenty and fifteen years' penal servitude respectively a landowner named Seisson and his wife for the murder of. their uncle, M. Martin. The prisoners were heirs to a considerable property possessed by M- Martin, who, however, was tenacious of life, arid, despite the doubtful care with which they tended him when on visits to their residence at Tarasoon, he gave no signs of allowing them to come into speedy posses- sion of hie property. They, therefore, deter- mined to put an end to his existence, and with this object thev gave him a. solution of arsenic, to which the old man succumbed. They were betrayed by Their servant, who overheard a conversation between the couple.
CURIOUS ACTION IN DUBLIN-J
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CURIOUS ACTION IN DUBLIN- In Dublin jdefore the Lord Chief Juatice of Ireland and a special jury) tl>e hearing has b«n commenced of an action in which the Rev. WiUiam ^Samuel Vanston is plaintiff and Di Launoelot WhitMroft, of Dublin, the defendant. The plaintiff damages laid at £ 1,C00 for alleged onm.nal c°nver8a- tioa with the plaintiff's wife Mra Henrietta Mana Vanston. The defendant denied that the pla.mt.ff was married to Mrs. Vanston, denied the alleged onminal conversation, and pleaded that the pllLlDtiff and Ml"- Varston were separated bv a deed of May 15 1884^ and that by a judgment ot a court in Dacota, United States, pronounced on November 12, 1896, their marriage was annulled, and he lodged £ 5 In conrt.- Mr. Law, Q.C., for plaintiff, opened the case, detoilmg the circumstances of the marriage of the plainti# and M»- Vanston (now Mrs. Wfotwroft). He bad •oi eoaciudedl itiiD tte oourt rose wM !roesdub
!--,THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY*…
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THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY* CAPTURE 01r SUSPECTS In LONDON. POLICE ATTACKED BY A CROWD. The Central News says:—The^ Yard police in circumstances whicu do fWP infinite credit, succeeded on Satardayanep. noon in capturing in London a man who ill believed to be oNe of the two or tarea expert burglars who some months ago enteral a bank ait Sunderland and carried off booty to the value of sevtsral thousand pounds. Chief-inspector JUYie, assisted by Inspector Turre I and Sergeant Wllliaoison, has for some time past been in search of a couple of men suspected oi complicity in the. Suaderlana burglary. On Saturday afternoon, about five o.olo&, the inquiries of the officers mks- tiODed took them to Bateman-street, Soho, the foreign quarter of London, and there a gang of men, all well known to the police, were seen in a public-house. Among them were the two men for whom the officers were in search. Mr. Jwvis and his colleagues immediately rushed into the tavern. peLeed their men, and bundled them out of the place and into a four-wbdel cab before they had recovered from their surprise; but before the cab oould drive off kmd cries of "Chivev them!" were raisfed. and in a moment a moo of desperate men began to attack the cab. So numerous were the assailants that. byabow, forcte of weight, they nearly overturned tb& cab, smashed the doors and windows of the vehicle, and hustled the offimm and their prisoners out on to the pavement. At this exciting moment the struggle attracted the attention of Mr. Abberline, a well-known Scotland Yard inspector, who recently retired from the force on a pension. Without a moment's hesitation, he went to the assistamce of his old comrades, and rendtred effective help, being verv badly knocked about in the doing of it. By this time the officers were struggling desperately with at least a hundred men of the most villainous description, many of them foreigners. The fight was an unequal onfe, as the officers were not armed, and ulti- mately one of the prisoners was rescued, although he left has hat, a portion of his coat and waistcoat, and a bit of his shirt and trousers in the hands of his captors. The second man was finally got out of the crowd, and taken to King-strftt Police-station, wÀerf he gave the name of Arthur Armstrong. A telegram to Sunderland brought Inspector Burby from that town to London, and on Sunday evening he started hack north with the hardly-won prisoner. The man who escaped is an ex-convict of powerful physique, and fie police hope to re-capture him before r long. The officers Wgaged in the capture f were all badly bruised and strained in the strozrie. Inspector Turreil also injured his shoulder. Sergeant WiDiamson was kicked in the abdomen, and Mr. Abberline, who Wived «> opportunely on the scene, mttut#' On Sunday evening, ever all reported that ttvtrv were NOT UIUUH. the woi-se. and that they would be on duty as usual on Monday.
PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
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PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGIS- TRATES. At Sunderland Polioe-oourt on Tuesday (be- fore Messrs. R. Bartram and Thomas Steel,Alder- man Gibbon, and Dr. Waterson) the case of breaking into and entering theSunderfand branch of the North Eastern Banking Company and stealing £ 5,860 therefrom came on. The pri- soner. Arthur Armstrong, who had been brought from London, was charged with the offence. Mr. Wallace (of Messrs. Botterell and Roche) ap- peared to prosecute, and Mr. Edward Bell, of Sunderland, appeared for the defence. Mr. C. W. M. Dale (secretary of the bank), Mr. J. S. Barwick (director), and Mr. Benjamin Noble (general manager of the bank) were present. Prisoner was remanded for a week on the formal application of Mr. Wallace, to which Mr. Bell offered no objection.
DARING RAILWAY ROBBERY.
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DARING RAILWAY ROBBERY. AN IRISH BANK OFFICIAL VICTIMISED. A daring robbery was perpetrated on Wednesday at the Limerick Junction Station of the Great Southern and Western Railway. An officer of the National Bank was conveying gold for exchange purposes to the Thurles branch, and he had, with many other passengers, to change carriages at the junction. In order to rest his arm, he placed a bag containing about P,5,000 in gold on the window ledge of the booking-office. Then, for an instant only, his attention was somehow distracted.. and on looking round he found that the bag had disappeared. A hue and cry was unme. diately raised, but the thief managed to clear away. and wp till the evening he had not been captured. There is no doubt that the officer had been shadowed by the thief, and that the robbery was not the work of a local criminal. ARREST OF A LADY AND GENTLE- MAN. A maJe and female, travelling as a lady and gentleman, were captured on Wednesday night at Sailing Station, near Dublin, with the five thousand pounds in their possession.
FINE ART IN BURGLARY.
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FINE ART IN BURGLARY. POLICE MAKE A SUPERB BA UL The Central News saya:-The Scotland Yard police, as the result of a raid upon the pre- mises of a convicted felon, have just taken pos- session of a number of burglars' tools which for strength, beauty, ingenuity, and finish have, it it, believed, no equals in Europe. The tools mainly consist of appliances for boring and breaking open safes. Among them is an imple- ment made of the finest steel, designed to be worked by means of an electric battery, the latter being contained in a leathern ease slung round the shoulder after the fashion of an opera glass. The battery, in addition to pro- viding power for drilling, furnishes a small electrlo light, which is really a miniature bull ■ eve, and by means of which the operator can guide his drill and note the effect of his work Kthout fear of being seen himself from the outside.
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^ELSH IN THE LAW COURTS. .
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^ELSH IN THE LAW COURTS. ^URKABLE INCIDENT AT ANGLESEA ASSIZES. ^ELSHAIAN COMMANDED To SPEAK ENGLISH. ^^TAIIING PROTEST BY THE WITNESS. 3ku 't\ent which is likely to receive much 5?°U at An les occurred on Tuesday after- fidtpa § -^sslzes> held at Beaumaris. ^°ther Ridley, the new judge, and trf?, th?,. Home Secretary, is on the J aJ» 1rcu-'t. and during the hearing kar, agll-cultu-ml landlord-and-tenant case 4p e witnesses for the defence expressed i16 or tZ the evidence in Welsh, k ^rpretir. ° so' kut the time occupied in /keying so long that his lordship C?11 nim^a'^en^ 3,11 d when one witness—a ^^ion ^ea Pwen Williams—asked for per- i^igUe o. his testimony in his mother Berts M T> Ridley turned to Mr. Bryn k could „ "I. w!'° was defending, and said ?* r»JF\8a *n ^le court for unearthly lcularly when he noticed that those Jfelah t wished to give evidence in chose sPea^ English remarkably well rn^V ^°^>erts They may be able to P in' vppi ? ^ut they have been brought T in i -an<^ experience the same diffi- fr°Ulrl i P^kiag English in public as you or o Wt speaking French. J r^? H?: are onlv wasting WiJ18 the evidence in English. ta'wehk WOTM to to >"> "ble ^e'sh. ijnew • Yes but I prefer to speak Y *ill trv +/°? coinPeI m« to speak English hJ?°Qldv M+v so' ^ut 1 Protest against :t. Vf)), er.,n^,t m English and Urd^T1 a"0WTme to speak in Welsh. BrS^V No< 1 wiH not. of } a\LSobeTts1e,xPlaiDed to his lordship uL^ P11 been discussed in couits ■l^^lly aii a ^.r time, and Welshman were ^ve evidence in Welsh. ^Jjsh h?^P: I must have it from them in I Well, I protest against it. tor. 0then gave his evidence in very tav' an<^ almofit unintelligible Eng- tiloM5, queL.011' when he faifcd to contpre- iave 2Jon asked hJ Mr- E- Horatius qw^"examinalion, he appealed to you ,*P repeated in Welsh, but his ^to86*1 with the remark, "Oh, no, the question, VIVI
°^^I0NS ON JCB. JTTSTLCE RIDLEY'S…
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°^^I0NS ON JCB. JTTSTLCE RIDLEY'S OUTBUEST. A.T BAEIMSTEES THINK. OIN:tONS GATHERED AT CAR- ^aki Mar™EN ASSIZES, ^^ber ^>fakjaat^9 °f the presence of a lar^e our W? Ut fcte Carmarthen Assize- V^€d °D Wednesday of ,uPou th*. oi several members ot the at with S6 dficuIty Welsh courts Antrie^f i f £ erenMAto the incident Msh .^n, who f }lz^- 0ne well-known "S R—•DOE- N; ^S1her0tr 4 tIle ^tern Sl0110,^ °f ,Mr" Ju«ice Ridley to rrjVe anew a Welsh witness iu Ande- ^al a^nostfi ?nce in Welsh is supported Bar^.V^Rrim°US opinion of the South Urrisw i k111^11 and Eng:hshmeii alike. thft+ • ho knows anything 0f \valps ^hire or WeIsh county, like Cardi- 5 can o^v" ,more than half the wit- Wekij la J glve tl £ lr evidence properly in 5 '^SAGE- are who e^°no.io+ad E^hsh at ail—who are i'eo ^cultv this class of witnesses that tV,ISeS' • *} at once JI -r> services of an interpreter are lia^^er ci„ there is another, and, perhaps, °» who understand Eng- ^^8elv€s • ]J,U' who are not able to express .^at language with ease and 41r, iis ev. the saml, wLy. there are many hru ^ho can ,Ies. w,ho understand Welsh, steauk° Voul^+v^. i4 .for, ordinary purposes, *ef, it in vT r ,h tw>oe before attempting to it, v^e to .I*. ar?d who would absolutely T^i ? T6e to 1)6 cross-examined ^hi hardlv have always been inclined to are adtoii <t^js 0 88 ° ^elsh witnesses, a l as tW u ° you understand English?' If exnil Je no opportunity to enter into list hey „' natlon, they answer 'Yes' or 'No.' ^5toque^r <Y?\ are compelled to C and + h they imperfectly under- of to attempt to answer them in a r?*PresKi„ m 13 tnean an imperfect medium '<} °nti^ • • LvV>e gentleman referred to said, 0I*, Waf1^ see11' hoth in Wales and in circumiS witnesses giving evidence under i{ whioK3?068' and being induced to admit tft thn^ t,€,jr would never dream of doing 1^ ro"ghly understood the questions put [ ijT„f Welshman with an imperfect hot J^nghsh naturally loses his nerve w., ,? tries to conciliate counsel bv iVj^o' vcf him, and often he gives his 'Yes' Visiles r°fe ^he question has been finished. 1-^Ve jj- nave seen a witness, after struggling ^coor-if, ev'^enoe in English, with more or ■ifk !»• IT,, • ask to be allowed to continue in **io l 81 *nuf almost invariably refuses Win T^' Ph, no, you have got on very ha„ i ^'ah,' and in English the poor bC8 continue. At other times a wit- W4* he wn^L giving hia evidence in Welsh, gg8,1-?18 ^-° the work and loses his first Vj?, 8i&inl„ e finds he understands a plain tjJ'Ottt .question which is put to him, and, • he virill ^ar. *he interpreter's interven- this ].^Ve his answer. No sooner does Ag 1 h°. 19 pounced upon at once, ag to hi3 evidence in English. questions are simple^ he gets on or + 'n'niediatelv the questions become O'W J^hnical he falls an easy prey to a ool0l, nnsel, and he often unconsciously \iy I" to the reproach which is levelled '<KSsee." 6 lnen that they are not veracious C<S t1. '.L- '•rJ^ employment of an interpreter V M; Goti>J^ wi^h the judge's work?" a Pood deal of delay is entailed WV1.0 Uti».,t 8s the court being conducted speakj3^68- But it should be noted that 1 witnesses are most frequent in re there is least business, such |n Carmarthenshire, and Caxdi- rTVQi)Jih;U Wales, and Merionethshire. Anglesea, Montgomeryshire, t^f'ire in North Wales. It is well k" .^alflu hx>k uix>n a visitation to ^V)v hip a pleasant holiday, and no sort al| '^ay tijr °f public time—except a loss **1-) in*'fv^°^he judges—would be incurred counties were tried in Wolsh lr$o English." ?JM. M^ftSsarii i difficulty which the judge 1 W ,atv.r„,7 labour under, the interviewee r^Ua^6 -the j"d^e mi0868 ? JT00*1 dea] T». flve8 his evidenoe m a strange Vhipi, e, "Poken word is not the only vit», ^^termines the fate of a case, W ho,^° a jfi108? 8 credibility—Which must th?~ ent_ on his demeanour in 1('\Vv^ia ana-Dlanner in which ne gives his d ^Vrvil^ is tlia important element." V *2?'MU's^"1 remedy r Mti, +v ""peless in one generation to necessity of Welsh-speaking -nZ not be possible to give the rk over to one iudae *cau«nted v/itli the Welsh language? It may be that there is at present no judge of the High Court who is conversant with Welsh, though Mr. Justice Yaughan Williams has something more than a ) nodding aoquaintance with the language of his fathers. But it is known that the practice of using county-court judges as commissioners of assize is on the increase. Frequent oomplaints are made that legal business m London is in a congested state, mainly owing to the frequent absence of High Court judges on circuit. It would, therefore, help the course of publio business in London and ease the judicial machinery in Wales if a Welsh-speaking county. court judge like Judge Gwilym Williams were appointed commissioner of assize for the Welsh- speaking counties."
WHAT THE STIPENDIARIES HAVE…
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WHAT THE STIPENDIARIES HAVE TO SAY. MR. NORTH'S PRACTICE IN MERTHYR AND ABERDARE. Mr. W. M. North, the stipendiary magistrate for the districts of Merthyr and Aberdare, said to our Merthyr reporter that, while he did not for a moment presume to criticiae the action of Sir Edward Ridley, yet the view which he himself took upon the question was clearly in- dicated by the practice prevailing in the various courts within his jurisdiction. "Ever since I have held my present position," I said Mr. North. "I have made it an invariable rule to allow witnesses who desire so to do to give their evidence in Welsh, for although it. undoubtedly, takes up more time than would be occupied if they spoke in English, yet I conceive it to be only fair that they should be granted this privilege. It is a privilege which is occasionally abused, because I frequently find that witnesses who insist upon tendering their evidence in Welsh lapse unconsciously after a little while into English, notwithstanding that they may have protested that they were unable to speak in any other than their native tongue. Still, in spite of this, if anyone suggests a pre- ference for Welsh, even though he may under. stand and talk English tolerably well, I always respect the wish, for, being a Welshman myself, I can quite appreciate the reasonableness of people habitually speaking Welsh being per- mitted to employ the language in which they can best express what they have to say, espe- cially where they may have to face the ordeal of cross-examination by a solicitor. The late Lord Justice Coleridge once said that he knew Italian, but he should object to be examined in Italian. This is precisely the attitude of the duoglot Welshman, who fears to trust himself on oath to English, lest lie trip himself or be tripped and fall. The Welsh evidence, it may be added, is always interpreted to the bench in the courts over which the learned stipendiary presides, but Mr. North does not need to rely exclusively upon the interpreters, because he understands "yr hen iaith" perfectly well, and in some instances he has actually been known to correct the translators. PONTYPRIDD STIPENDIARY SPEAKS OUT. Mr. J. Ignatius Williams, the Pontypridd stipendiary, said be had been on the circuit where the incident took place for twenty years, and he had never known a judge to refuse to allow a witness to express himself in Welsh if he was unable to do so satisfactorily in English. "In Anglesea, Carnarvonshire, and Merioneth- shire," continued Mr. Williams, "most of the litigants, particularly in criminal cases and cases connected withJaIld and tenancies, are Welsh people. Of course, by an old statute, passed in the time of Henry VIII., all judical proceedinga I must be conducted in English if the witnesses are competent to speak in English, but in this case it seems to me that Mr. Justice Ridley i took upon himself without evidence to decide the question whether the man was competent to express himself in English. The other judges, as fat as I know, have always taken the man's statement upon the matter. It seems only fair that a Welshman should be allowed to speak in Welsh, if he so wished, in order to avoid making blunders in English. It is impossible to say m this case whether the man did himself justice in English, Similar instances tothis arise constantly in Loudon, Liverpool, and other centres, as a larjare number of litigants there are foreigners- Greeks, Italians, Germans, and so forth. These men are allowed the services of an interpreter as a matter of right, if they claim it. and a Welshman in claiming to speak in Welsh, if that has been the language of his youth, is only claiming the same right as that accorded to foreigners. The claim may sometimes be improperly made by a man who might want to gain time, but I noticed in this case that the man did his best, but made only a bad attempt, and the judge insisted upon his answering in English when he had apparently failed to do so. Unless the judge takes the evidence of local people who know a. witness. I can't see how he would be in a position to decide whether the witness is competent to give his evidence in English or not. In my court I have never raised any objection to a man giving his evi- dence in Welsh, and there is a !!T"nt deal more knowledge of English in South Wales than in the three counties I have already mentioned." THE LAW DOES NOT BEAR. Another stipendiary magistrate whose court is located in Wales said:—"My practice has always been to treat the matter easily, regard- ing the ascertaining of the facts as the first consideration and the convenience of the court as quite a minor matter. If a witness said in the usual words. 'I would rather Welsh,' I ask him to endeavour to give his evidence in Eng- lish. You see, it is not the practice to retain the services of an interpreter in courts of summary jurisdiction. As the case proceeds, if I find that the witness is in the slightest difficulty in expressing himself—that is to say, if the thought does not easily and freely clothe itself in English—I at once direct that an inter- preter shall be sent for. No doubt, I have met with many instances in which the meaning of a witness has been made clearer to the court when he has expressed himself in his native language." "Has the law any bearing on the subject?" queried the pressman. "No," replied the magistrate; "the law has no bearing on the subject at all. It is purely a matter for us—purely a matter of practice."
OFFICIAL INTERPRETER IINTERVIEWED.
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OFFICIAL INTERPRETER INTERVIEWED. One of our reporters on Wednesday saw Air.! Abraham H. Thomas, the official interpreter at the courts of assize and quarter sessions, who resides near Llansamlet. Many years ago Air. Thomas showed his sympathy with the national spirit in whait seemed a small matter, but which, nevertheless, involved a very impor- tant principle. The incident is within the reoolleotion of the writer. It was only a case of oommon drunkenness, and the usual fine of five shillings and oosts was imposed at the Swansea Police-court. When the costs were reckoned it was found that the Welshman had to pay one shilling more than the Englishman, and this because he preferred to speak in his native tongue, nd so necessitating the services of an interpreter. Air. Thomas strongly objected to this, and, the stipendiary concurring, the matter was taken before the joint standing committee, with the result that the police-courts were after- wards compelled to provide a policeman as interpreter, without involving the Welsh com- plainants or defendants in any additional cost. Our representative on Wednesday found Mr. Thomas quite willing to discuss the subject of Welsh in law courts. He said :—"I "m of the same opinion now in regard to this matter as I always was. Welsh- men are absolutely entitled—it is their right— to use the Welsh language in law courts if they wish to. The object of the interpreter is to convey to the party to the action or to the wit- ness, as the case may be, the exact meaning of the question. His Wel.-h may be colloquial; it may be provincial; but that is the end to be achieved. The Welsh witness will at once understand it, and give a reply, which is ren- dered to the court in English. A large number of Welshmen not only understand and read English, but they can speak it with some fluency. Yet, undoubtedly, there are some questions put to them in cross-examination in a court of law the full purport of which they do not thoroughly comprehend. They do not care to ponder and hesitate, so they give an answer, but it may not always convey its exact meaning intended; whereas if they were allowed to reply in Welsh this difficulty would not only be obviated, but the ends of justice would be far more likely to be accomplished. "What I say is this," continued Mr. Thomas, "and 1 have advocated it strongly--that the Welshman who claims to speak in the language of his own country should undoubtedly have the privilege of doing so. After all, it is not a pri- vilege, but a right that he should demand. Sup- now, a learned English judge, who may be fairly conversant with French, was called to I give evidence, and tn undergo cross-examination in a French court. would he not ask for an English interpreter ? And would the applica- I tion be refused? I think not." "In your experience," asked the reporter, "have you known mistaken occur by tolerably I educated Welshmen giving their evidence in English?" "y There WM oaa utubanlKr case quite recently at Cardiff. A defendant was giving I evidence in a will case in reference to the sign- ing of a promissory note. Counsel asked him whether he had signed the note, and he replied, 'Oh yes, I was most anxious to sign it.' If this had been meant, there would probably have been an end to his case, but Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., who was defending, asked the judge's per- mission to question the defendant in Welsh-a I reouest which was readily granted. Then the defendant replied, 'Yr oedd yn ofidus genyf,' which was tantamount to saying that he was very much grieved at having to sign the docu- ment. Thus was the whole complexion and purport of the answer changed." Proceeding. Mr. Thomas said, "Welsh wit- nesses, when badgered by counsel in English, frequently hesitate, and this suggests the inference that they were concocting a reply to suit their side. But that was altogether erroneous. See the mental processes which have to be used by a. Welsh witness, who is doing his best to save the time of the court by answering in English. First of all, strange as it may appear, he thinks in Welsh. Then mentally he has to change his reply into Eng- lish, which in turn is given to the oourt. An Englishman who knows a smattering of Welsh, or even if he knew it fairly well, would have some difficulty in replying correctly to cross- examination delivered quickly in Welsh. How, therefore, could anyone find fault when Welsh- men prefer speaking in their own tongue in the law courts? It mav mean a certain low of time, but, sfurely, justice is of more importance than a few extra hours." Mr. Thomas further said he did not believe any Welshman who felt competent to give evi- dence in English would ask for Welsh, and. in conclusion, he stated that, in his personal expe- rience, no iudee had absolutely refused to allow a witness to give evidence in Welsh, for. as a rule, iudjres wp-e most ormnw to r;vlo every latitude a.nd time, so that justice might be properly administered."
DANGERS OF TINNED MEAT.
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DANGERS OF TINNED MEAT. A WOMAN POISONED AT TONY- PANDY. A painful case of supposed poisoning was revealed at an inquest held by Mr. E. B. Reece at the Gwaunadda Inn, Dinas, on Tues. day morning. According to the evidence, Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, 28 years of age, the wile of Mr. Thomas Morgan, night fireman at the Na.ntgwyn Pit of the Naval Co.Jene^. I'en\ graig, living at 74, Henry-street, Ton"- pantly, and daughter of Mr. Llewellyn, Ty- gwyn Farm. Din.as. partook of tinned corred beef for supper. Wnen her husband rfetur led home from work on the following morning she complained of being unwell. On the Wed- nesday night she got very much worse, suf- fering severe internal pains, and Dr. Llewelyn (Tonypandy) was calied in it the afternoon. She gradually sank, and, having been delirious for some hours, she did on Friday morning.—The Coroner wished to know how long the tin of meat had been opened, remarking that it would be useful to kaow .'or the information of the public, inas- much as tinned meats were dangero-is when the tins had been opened for some bine. Ions of such meat were used throughout the, country, and when the tins Ware opened end the mmt allowed to remain in them. it got Lai. and people were liable tc be poisoned That fact, he added, should be generally known, as the matter was of extreme impor- tance to the public.—Dr. Llaweiyn sail he had no doubt that death was due to ptomaine pcjsouing; caused by the deceased having eaten the tinned beef, which could/not have been fresh at the time.—The jurj^returned a veidiot rr accordance with the medical evi- dence, to the effect that "Deith was due to ptomahne poisoning."
EXCITING INCIDENT AT THE MUMBLES.
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EXCITING INCIDENT AT THE MUMBLES. On Tuesday an elderly gentleman, hailing from the North of England, is reported to haye had a very narrow escape from death the Mumbles cliffs. With three companions he was walking round the cliffs from Langland to the Mumbles, when, deciding to leave the path on tha top of the cliffs for the one at the bottom, which is more dangerous, he. proceeded to descend at a particularly dangerous spot All went well until he was a little over half-way down, when his companions saw him rush down the declivity towards the cliffs, at the bottom of which is a yawning abyss. One of his com- panic-ne seized him by the coat, but failed to hold him, and the gentleman, unable to atop, continued to rush towards certain death. All at once, however, he dashed himself to the ground, and after rollhg over and over several times was fortunately caught by the vegetation, and so saved himself at the very edge of the ljrecdpiw*
AUSTRALIAN BUSH MURDERS.
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AUSTRALIAN BUSH MURDERS. BUTLER GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPLiOITS. Butler, the man who is awaiting his trial in DarUnahurst Gaol, Sydney, for the murder of Captain Lee Weller and a. young man named Preaton at Glenbrook, New South Wales. was I. landed at Elizabeth Bay on April 27, as reported at the time, l andcuffed to two detectives, and with a rope fastened round his waist as an addi- tional precaution. During the voyage from San Francisco, in which port he was arrested on board the barque Swanhilda, he had to be oarefully watched, as hf. was srbject to frequent outbursts of tem- per. During these file, says the "Melbourne Argus," he .would strain upon his chain, scowl at the detectives or anyone else who might come within his range of vision, and curse them in the coarsest of language. It was after one of these displays of rage that he declared that his temper had been his downfall, and added, "My father died in a lunatic asylum; I inherited his tem- per." When in a talkative mood Butler was full of reminiscences, some of whfeh were so startling as to earn for him from one of the cus- todians the appellation of "A born liar." He declared that he first came to Australia in 1892, landing at Fremantle, whence be walked 300 miles to the goldfields. On his way he stole a horse from a. paddock at Northam, sold it to a traveller for JB40. was subsequently arrested, and sent to prison. Butler was questioned why, when in Sydney, he advertised for s0 many miners, and replied, "Because I wanted to g<et some: I knew plenty of people m Sydney, but not miners." 'Then whv did you take Captain Lee Waller?" Here he became silent, and spoke upon another sub- ject. In every instance where the attempt was made to link him with any tragedies wbioh took plaoe in New South Wales, he made it apparent that the questions were irksome. Some statements made bv Butler when off his guard imply that atthe ae of sixteen he knew of the murder of a bov, the disappearance of whom was never cleared up. "Ten rean ajro 1 misrR have been hanged for killing my is another stifoment made bv him. while he aJso indicated that he mioht be able to clear up the mysterv that, surrounded the murder of a man at Cnofcimnndra some time back. He further has declared his ability to make startling revela- tions as to his career in West Australia.
THE THAMES HISTEBY.
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THE THAMES HISTEBY. RESULT OF THE POST-MORTEM. The Press Association Woolwich correspon- dent states:—Dr. Vanoe, police surgeon, on Friday made an examination of the nude body of the yomg woman found on Thursday in the Thames. She is described as about 30 years of age, height 5ft. 4in.. with fair com- plexion and brown eyes. Inside the calf of the left leg there is a large contused wound. and thero is another wound on the front of the right thigh. The jaw is broken on the left side, and there is a deep cut frrm the mouth to the throat. The deceased who is a finely- built woman, weighing 13st. lias apparently never had any children. It is the general belief that she met with foul play, and that the clothes were removed to prevent identification. The injuries to the jaw and face v-ere pofcubly done by a screw or propeller of a. passing steamer. There are several punctured wounds on various parts of the body, DPW rently the result of violence. The idea which at first prevailed that deoeased held a high social position is now discredited, owing to the fact that two bangles found oa the right wrist are of common white metal. The mother and erandm other of a girl who has been missing since Friday week and whose cape and brooch were found on Waterloo Bridge, saw the body at Woolwich on Friday, but have failed to identify it. THK ?N^irsfcr. At Woolwich on .Friday a jury returiod a verdict of "Found drowned" in the case ,)f the woman, presumably, whose naked body was found floating in the Thames on Thursday morning. In describing the injuries upon the body Dr. Vance (who made the post-mortem examination) stated that the contused bruise* on the shoulder and legs bad been inflicted before death. Examina- tion had disclosed a disease of certain organs which would be likely to induce a disposition to suicide. He was of opinion that death had been caused by drowring.
LAMBETH TRAGEDY.
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LAMBETH TRAGEDY. THE IDENTITY OF THE COUPLE. The Press Association states: The young woman who was shot on Ihursday night in Lambeth-road, London, has given her name to the St. Thomas's Hospital authorities as Maude Waller, but says also that she has latterly used the name of Maude Gillo. She further savs that she is 26 years of age. Her assailant, who committed suicide by shooting himself, was. she states, her husband, Fred >v'aller, aged 24. Waller had been in the Army, which he left a month ago. For the last fortnight the couple had been stovinv at the Alma Coffee Home. in Westminster Bridge-road, where they occupied a bedroom, going out in the morning and re- turning at night. The coffee-house people knew nothing of their occupation, but stated that the couple appeared to live Oil very frieudlv terms, and that when they went out on Thursday they were most pleasant to each other. T-e woman was on Friday going on as well as could be expected. She is wounded in two places—in the left arm and at the back of the neck, the latter wound being the more serioi s. There is a fair chance of her recovery, but it is too early vet to speak with any cer- tainty. Nothing definite has yet been stated as to the origin of the crime, although the police believe the explanation wIll, be a very simple and common one. At an inquest held at Lambeth on Tuesday on the body of Charles Frederick Waller, aged 23. who committed suicide by blowing ovit his brains after attempting to murder his wife, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." The evidence showed fteceased had served three yea,rs in India with the 16th Lancers, which he recently left.
i "WILFUL JITTRDKIR" AGAINST…
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"WILFUL JITTRDKIR" AGAINST A WOMAN. A.t Wednesbury on Wednesday nn inquest was held on the body of Thomas Moran, aged 30, a labourer. On Sunday night he was ill- treating his wife and her sister, when Annie Roberts, a neighbour, upbraided him. He retorted with serious imputations upon her character, and she fetched a knife and dared him to approach her. He went near, and, according to the evidence, she plunged the knife into his brenst, puncturing the lung. A verdict of "Wilful murder was returned.
SINKING OF A TOWN IN SILESIA,…
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SINKING OF A TOWN IN SILESIA, ONE THOUSAND PERSONS I The Berlin correspondent of the "Dailv News teegrapha -At Rosdzin, in the coai district of Silesia, a part of the town, com- prising about fifty houses, has been under- mined, and is about to collapse. Work at Luisengluck and at the Abendstern Pit, at Kosdzin has been suspended tor lour years. During 'that time houses above the mines have shown great cracks in their walls, and only a short time ago a druggist had to give up his house and shop because it threatened to col- lapse or to sink into the earth. At last what had long been feared really happened, although a technical commission only lateiy gave the opinion that no more subsidences would .k:e place. In the afternoon one half of ( the miners' hospital sank eighteen inches. At one in the morning the other wing of the building followed suit. At the same time a dreadful noise as of thunder was heard, and walls of neighbouring houses cracked, vaults and cei ings of rooms fell in, and the inmates tied in a panic with only a few necessaries to the market place. The firemen helped to save household furniture, but the shops were left to their fat A number of houses five hundred yards or more from the 6pot where the sub- sidence had commenced next threatened to fall in, and had also to be deserted. Nobody has been injured, but a thousand persons are home- 2 £ gS. The district waterworks are demolished, and' the town of Myslowitz is without water, The courte of the River Rowa is blocked, and a pond has formed and threatens to flood the adjacent George Pit, which is still working. Long deep gaps have opened in the road. Great quantities of water from the Wildensteinsegen Pit are being forced through to the Gecrge Pit, the safety of which is threatened in this way also. In the meantime the landslips are | sj'iefding in the neighbourhood, and more bosses are threatened. The sinking is due to inexcusable carelessness in working a mine for years the abandonment of which had been ordered by the mining inspectors. Houses and reads have been undermined in a most dangerous manner, and half of Rosdzin is at present in danger of sinking. The fissures in the ground are more than a yard deep, and the area alfected extends over about 650 square yards. The homeless inhabitants of Rosdzin have now been housed in Zawodzie, _ncar Kattowitz, and other villages. The railway administration has sent ten covered railway wagons to be uped as temporary homes for the homeless families. The inhabitants of the district expect help from the State. The loss in buildings destroyed is estimated at about £ 100,000. -1
CLERKENWELL TRAGEDY.
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CLERKENWELL TRAGEDY. An inquest was held at the Royal Free Hospital, London, on Saturday, on the little girl, Margaret Smith, who was shot during the fight between lads in Clerkenwell. According to the confession of George Robson, he went with other youths to frighten boys in Mar- ga-et- street. He saw a lad proceeding to strike Horry Hart with a knife, and he (Robson) tried to fire his revolver in the air but it missed. Then he held it down straight and the trigger went off.—The coroner said he thought the idea of murder could be set aside, but it seemed a great danger to the public that organised gangs of this sort should infest London.-The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against George Robson.
THE GREENHAUGH TRAGEDY.
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THE GREENHAUGH TRAGEDY. At an inquest at Greenhaugn on Wednesday on the body of Annie Mabel Spencer, the wife of Cuthbert Spencer, of Greenhaugh Hall, Northumberland, evidence was given that Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were with the gamekeeper cutting down trees on Monday afternoon. After- wards the gamekeeper saw Spencer without his hat. looking greatly excited. Mrs. Spencer's bod 7 was found in the wood terribly mutilated. Searchers then came across Spencer sharpening an adze. On being addressed ho scrambled awav and wandered about with the adze in his hand, cutting at shrubs and stones, and behaving in an insane manner. Spencer's butler deposed. to his master being strange in his manner.—The inquiry was adjourned.
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I EXECUTION AT GLASGOW.
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EXECUTION AT GLASGOW. A BRUTAL CRIME EXPIATED. '> George Paterson was executed at eight O'cl,ock m Monday morning within Glasgow Piison for the murder of Mary M'Guire, his paramour, last February. The crime was of a most revolting character, it being stated in evidence that Paterson thrust a red-hot poker into M'Guire's body, upon which there were forty marks of burns. Efforts wfcre made to obtain a reprieve, but without avail, and towards the end Paterson appeared quite resigned to his fate. Billington, who arrived at the gaol on Saturday, proceieded to the con- demned ceil a few minutes before eight. He found Paterson on his knees, praying. The convict, rising, and anticipating any instruc- tions, placed has hands in position, and sub- mitted quietly to the pinioning process. The procession was at oace formed, headed by the officials. Paterson was supported by two warders. The profession, after passing momentarily into the open air, entered what is known as the joiners' shop, where the scaffold had been fcrected. The convict had no steps to climb, but had merely to walk on to the drop. Biliington then quickly adjusted the leg straps, and, stepping aside, drew the, bolt. Paterson immediately disappeared below, and death seemed to be instantaneous, the body hanging quite motionless. At midday on Sunday the convict had an affecting interview with his sister, brother-ia- law, and a niece and nephew, but later on quieted down, and on retiring to bed passed a most restful night. After being called at six in the morning, he dressed in his own grey tweed suit, and spent the last two hours of als life in prayer and in attending to the leading of the Scriptures bv the chaplain. He also sang and recited the hymn "The hour of my departure is come," and his last words on the scaffold were "Lord have mercy on my soul." He ate no breakfast, merely drinking a mouthful of coffee, and when offered some brandy to strengthen Mm for the final ordeal, he refusted to partake of it. No mention was made by him of the terrible crime of which he was convicted, and for which he has now paid the penalty.
BANKHOLIDAA ADVEN.| TURES.
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BANKHOLIDAA ADVEN. TURES. REMARKABLE ESCAFES PROM DEATH. The famous Lvdford Waterfall, near Tavis- tock. was on Whit-Monday the scene of a terrible fall and miraculous esoaipe from death. The cascade and gorge were thrown opeai to the public, and hundreds of excursionists visited the place. Among them was a party of young men from Plymouth, who, having arrived at the foot of the casoade.arooeeded up the zigzag path which runs up rae side of the fall. Thev weite within a few feet of the top of the cliff, which is 100ft. high, when one of the party, named Herbert Crispin, slipped on the grass, and disappeared over thb edge. XMpell on has back on the shutt- ing, slippery rpfck, and shot down feet fore- most until he reached a projecting ledg"f the rocks t^bout midway. Striking against this with his feet, he turned a somfccsault, and fell headlong to the bottom. His companions rushed down, expecting .to find him dead, but discovered that he was breathing, though un- conscious. Efe was removed to the Manor Hotel, some distance away, and a surgeon was sent for. So far as can be ascertained, no beiies are Ijrokeu, and, although the young fel-ow i«,# of cuts iknd bcuiees, it is t*lm recover. ■f* i> ■■nidnat «ia»nd at Rame Head, a headland on the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound. A young man, named Albert Barrett, of Devonport, was on the side of the cliffs, searching for guILs* eggs, when he missed his footing, and fell backwards on to the beach, a distance of 70ft. Several gentlemen who witnessed the accident went to Barrett's assistance, but were surprised to gee him get on his feet and walk towards them, though feebly. Subsequent examina- tion showed that, although he was badly cut and severely shaken, he was not internally in- jured, and no sferious consequences are anti- cipated.
AN ATTEMPTED KISS.
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AN ATTEMPTED KISS. It was hardly likely I was going to allow my wife to kiss another man. and a married man. too." said Henry Lee. who was charged before Mr. Plowden at Marylebone with assaul- ting a middie-aced man named Westley. Mrs. Lee's attempt to kiss the prosecutor failed as a matter of fact, though this did not prevent her husband from giving him a bad black eye. Hence these proceedings. '"Whose fault was it that the kiss did not com" off?" asked Mr. Plowden. "Well, it was neither mine nor hers," answered the possessor of the black eye. "She stopped half way, as a good many girls do." Unfortunately the law does not allow the prisoner's wife to give evidence, though her version of the affair would have been decidedly interesting. Her husband was fined 10s., or seven days.
AN AGED TRAMP'S DBAITS.
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AN AGED TRAMP'S DBAITS. A tramp named James Keating, a^ed 85 years, was arrested for vagrancy and brought before the court at New York. To show the magistrate he was not destitute, he produced drafts on the Bank of Ireland and the Bank of England for £ 1,700. and he also had a purse containing 22 sovereigns. Keating told she court he lives in Belfast, and that he saves the money in this shape and gets an increased draft every August when he returns to Ireland, but goes back to America with it for another year. —The justice induced Keating to deposit the money in a bank.
. TELEPHONES FOB FARMERS.
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TELEPHONES FOB FARMERS. Farmhouses in Carroll County, Maryland, are supplied with a telephone service at £3 a year, and it is said by those who have tried it that life in the country is made far more attractive when instant communication can be had with the family doctor, the post-office, and village stores, to say nothing of an occa- sional chat with a distant friend.. The cost of the service is more than returned in various ways.
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