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^HDEV OF A POLICEMAN. l>0 OPERATIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH. T Thomas Porter and Thomas W %«. shoe operatives, for the murder Qileb e-constable Wilkinson by shooting him Aft C^*<ied ^b^rchyard on the night of May 25, at Leicester Assises on Tuesday. V^lt, ton had given evidence on his own thev^ •*Ury found both prisoner* guilty, y Were sentenced to death.

^——— TI^G ACT PROSECUTIONS. tbe v I:¡b a.nsion House Police-court, London, *Bv,of summonses issued against Ug?. "Sr»ort ey and Smith, the proprietors of k4loltDortsuaaa," charging them with pub- kfcrw!* to a *dverti8emeat whereby it was by that a betting-houso wae t^J^b gv 'be advertiser at 150, Fleet^etreet, s^jfy coupo have been heard in the ordi- tj '» to-day (Wednesday), were, by con- Q#r adjourned to July 17, in order 8ajn6 *n appeal on a case decided at W Tp^court on December 1 last to be Court this week. The the other cases will, of course, be Con^Ct^S. fey the decision of the Dirl- t_11a.1 Cocted by the decision of the Divi- 7^' The case affects the publication y ^>r advertisements of betting men, rtttg on tbfiic businees ahrwd.

PSEUDO-PRINCE IN THE DOCK. 9 MARRIAGE OF EX-COUNTESS RUSSELL. The trial of William Brown, the young coachman who married Countess Russell at the Portsmouth Registrar's Office on Decem- ber 19 last year, opened at the Hants Assizes at Winchester on Tuesday. Brown, who was described on the charge sheet as of no occu- pation and 28 years old, was charged with "feloniously, knowingly, and unlawfully causing to be inserted in the register of marriages kept for the district of Portsmouth a false entry relating to the marriage between him and Mabel Edith Russell at Portsmouth." The prisoner made the acquaintance of Countess Russell at Maidenhead, on the Thames, where he was introduced by a gentle- man to her and her mother, Lady Scott, as Captain Archibald Stuart. Brown, however, passed under the name of Prince Athrobold Stuart de Modena, and the friendship between him and Countess Russell ripened, so that when, one summer day, he made a proposal of marriage to her he was accepted. A month or two afterwards the marriage took place at Portsmouth, and a few hours later in the same day the union was solemnised with the customary religious ceremony at St. George's Chapel, Albemarle-street, London. The romantic interest attaching to the story served to draw quite a crowd of fashion- ably-dressed ladies and others to the court in Winchester. Mr. Barnes. on behalf of the Treasury, con- ducted the prosecution, and Mr. Emmanuel defended the prisoner. When Brown was called from the cells below the dock, he tripped lightly up the short stairway, and advanced with a faint smile playing around his boyish face. He was smartly dressed in a navy blue suit, set off with a fashionably- shaped collar, and neat dark-coloured tie. He looked round on the sea of faces in the large public gallery behind him, and appeared greatly amused to meet the steady gaze of so many young ladies. He turned to the clerk, who, addressing him, said he under- stood prisoner wished to withdraw his plea. of not guilty to the charge preferred against him, and plead guilty to a charge simply of misdemeanour. Brown, with a smile, bowed his assent. Mr. Emmanuel, the prisoner's counsel, handed a letter to the judge for his lordi- ship's perusal. Mr. Barnes, for the prosecution, said he would accept the plea of guilty to the charge of misdemeanour, and offer no evidence in the indictment of felony. He re-called briefly the circumstances of the case, saying prisoner passed as a Bavarian Prince when, as a matter of fact, his name was William Brown. His father's name was CharIee Brown, employed as a coachman. The convictions, counsel con- tinued, against Brown were nine in number, and the list had been placed before his lord- ship. If the judge wished to have any fur- ther information a police officer was present to give it. The Judge: I don't want to hear it. His Lordship, after glancing over some docu- ments handed him by the clerk, said: William Brown you have pleaded guilty to miade- meanour, and, I understand, the prosecution accept that plea, instead of prosecuting you on the more serious charge. I have read some letters put before me by your counsel, but all I can say is, I am not going to allow the sentence I am going to pase on you to have anything to do with any other ciroum- stances which were not before me. So far as I am concerned, all I have to deal with is a man who has made a fraudulent state- ment to a registrar. I can allow nothing elee to bear upon the case iu the slightest degree. I think the most serious part of thie ease is that you mis-stated the name of your father. I don't know what the result of that may be. I am not going to allow it to affect me. You have been in prison since the 27th of April, and, in my judgment, apart from all other circumstances, you have been in prison long enough, and have been sufficiently punished. The sentence of the court is that you suffer two days' imprisonment. When the judge concluded there was loud and continuous applause from the people in the gallery. It was in vain that the officials shouted, Silence." The applauae broke out afresh as Brown turned on his heel in the dock, and, with a toss of his head, ran down to the cells. Brown's discharge from custody followed as a matter of oourse after the sentence of the judge. The development of the case came as a. great surprise, and formed the sole topio of conversation among the crowd which had assembled outside. Mrs. William Brown (Mabel Countess Russell) and her mother. Lady Scott, have not yet returned from Winchester to Maidenhead. It is understood that Mrs. Brown will under no circumstances live with her husband, who gained her affections by giving a wrong name. It is probable that efforts will be made to get the marriage annulled.

WEDDING POSTPONED. BRIDAL PARTY'S AWKWARD PRE- DICAMENT. A curious hitch occurred in connection with the marriage of Miss Laura Beatrice OOJC. of St. Briavel's Common, Forest of Dean. It will be remembered that about Christmas- time Miss Cox, who is one of the prettiest girls for miles around, was very seriously wounded by a returned soldier from the front, named Harris, who afterwards killed himself. Although her case for weeks appeared absolutely hopeless, Miss Cox, in spite of the bullet which still lodges some- where above her shoulder, has so far regained her health and strength that she has now become a married woman. Six months ago she was engaged to a respectable young man named Williams, who belonged to Brockweir, and who found employment in Chepetow. The wedding, to which the parishioners have been looking forward with quite a keen relish, waa to have oolne off on Tuesday at the Congregational Church at St. Briavel's. The ceremony was about to be commenced, when it transpired that a certain document, which the bridegroom should have brought with him, had been omitted. Of course, the telegraph was resorted to. but three o'clock arrived, and, as the scrip was not to hand, there was nothing for it but to adjourn. Miss Cox had been organist, at the church for many years, and for that and other reaeons the building wae crammed with people, who expressed sympathy with the party in the misfortune which had occurred. They made the best of it, however, and during the long wait they beguiled the time by sing- ing appropriate hymns and the delivering of more or less appropriate speeohes. They afterwards repaired to the house of the bride's friends, where they enjoyed the wedding breakfast, and the usual wedding programme was carried out. On Wednesday, the bride and bridegroom were again beside the altar, as also was the minister and the civil servant of the law, who brought with him the much-wanted "lines" of the day before. Whilst the bridemaids upon this occasion did not put in an appear- ance, there was, nevertheless, a large congre- gation present to witness the tying of the mymenal knot. During the afternoon the happy couple left home for South Wales, where they will spend the honeymoon.

HONEYMOON TRAGEDY. Richard Cook, 21, and Bessie, Cook, 20, employed at Lockhart's Restaurant, Cheap- side, were found on Tuesday with their throats cut in a temperance hotel at Dun- stable. It appears that the couple, who have been married only a week, left London on Saturday, and stayed at Luton on Monday evening, when they proceeded to Dunatable, On Tuesday morning the proprietor of the hotel heard moans coming from the room which they occupied, and on entering he found the man and woman lying on the floor, each with a bevere gash in the throat about 3in. long. The parish doctor was summoned, and after temporary assistance had been rendered, the couple were conveyed to the Luton Infirmary, where the opinion was expressed that they would probably recover. Both were respectably dressed, but they had no money, with the exception of 2s.. the sum which they had agreed to pay for their night's lodgings. The relieving offioer has communi- cated with their parente in London at addresses in Vernon-roa4, Bow, and Queen 6qu»re, Bloomebura;,

THE FIGHTING IN SOMALILAND. MULLAH'S UNCLE AND 1,000 SPEARMEN KILLED. The following telegrams have been received by the Secretary of State for War from Colonel Rochfort: BIYA ADO, June 6. Prisoners aad deserters state that a British force is at Galadi, and that the Mullah has moved from Bur to Gumburu with his foot- men in consequence of the Abyssinian raid on the Baggari at Jeyd. In consequence of water difficulty the Mullah had sent all his Baggari horse and spearmen to Jeyd, where the Habr Sullein- nan were assembled. The Abyssinians, by a series of forced marches, surprised them at dawn on the 31st May. After a. slight resis- tance the enemy's mounted riflemen fled. The Mullah's uncle and a thousand spear- men are reported to be killed, and all live stock, including a thousand of the camela, captured. A further advance on Bur was impossible, as there is no water within reach of Jeyd, and the force returned here. Mullah's Horse reported at Baleigudud, about twenty-five miles north-east of Wardiir. I think that the present Abyssinian I force in this district has been effective in closing to the Mullah the watering places eouth of the Gerlogubi-Galadi line. Reports are daily expected as to the practi. cability of the road from here to El Gudud, which is about thirty miles south-west of Wardair. In the event of reaching El Gudud a further advance to Wardair would be practicable, and may permit co-operation I of British and Abyssinian forces. It appears from several sources of infor- mation that the Dolchantas, who are now the Mullah's main support, are pressing him to move to Nogal, but he is very adverse. Nur Osman is reported to be the chief source of supply to the Mullah, though, in consequence of the blockade, only one caravan has reached him within the last six months. Deserters who were present at the fight of the 17th April, and one which it is reported took place subsequently near Danop, state that on both occasions the Mullah suffered severe losses, including many of his leading men. FAF, June 14. In continuation of my telegram of June 6, it was impossible for Abyssinians to reach either Gerlogubi or El Gudud, owing to insufficiency of water. Grain require- ments now necessitate force moving to Shebele district. We move to the Fafan to meet our supplies, and shall await our instructions there. SAFE ARRIVAL OF MANNING AT BOHOTLE. The War Office has received the following dispa/tch from General Manning:- BOHOTLE. Friday. To-day the Obbia. force arrived here, after meeting with no opposition, but driving off a small number of the enemy who were escorting their stock. On the way in a number of camels and sheep were captured. The Mullah, with his fighting men, crossed half-way between Damot and Bohotle, and his live stock followed on. This move was due to our hold on the Mudug district and the pressure of the Abyasinians advancing from the south. The garrisons of Damot and Bohotle were enveloped by a number of horse- men, who made no attempt at serious attack. attack. Th« flight of the Mullah would have beooxae a rout if it had been, .poftetblev to have moved out of Bohotle a column of ettfBdhgjt strength. The prabners oaptured on the way in state that the tribesmen are disorgan- ised.

ALLEGED THEFT OF STAMPS. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST GOVERNMENT CLERKS. At Bow-street Walter Richards, one of the principal clerks of Somerset House, his two sons, Henry and Percy Richards, Anthony Buck Creeke, solicitor, and Alfred Waterhouae, a clerk in the Admiralty, were charged on remand (before Sir Albert de Rutzen) with stealing and receiving official stamps. Mr. R. D. Muir prosecuted for the Inland Revenue. Mr. W. Llewelyn Williams defended WALTER RICHARDS. j Walter Richards, and the other prisoners were also represented by counsel. Witnesses, who mainly consisted of bank clerks and cashiers, showed the length to which the stamp-collecting me-nia is being carried. As much as £ 42 was paid by a private collector named White for three surcharged WiATKRHOUSB niory BICHABD8 I CI EKE PmBCY RICHARDS I or over-nrinti d I' land Revenue official stamps 1 of the ominal ilue of 58., 10s., and 2De.-In evidence White stated that he had recently bought a a Offloi )f Works over-printed stajnl, of the nominil alue of 10d. He had ascer- tained iat t,Ae( ver-printing could only have been <Ie sijice April of this year, and he had, t, efr,, given £ 6 for it. ate had since given it T* to th police. Mr. )" ■ t'es; and it is found that the over-pi is a forgery. (Laughter.) The y a vere remanded on bail till v" ■. mmmmmm

ATT V TRAIN WRECKING. At if Lincolnshire, on Sunday, an atv ddeto derail a. train on the Great f alway. A oaot-iron rod wtus disoov v ,v, a the points. The dUoovery was t jitii ifor* the arrival of a train- load The polioe are without I» clw <

RAILWAY WRECK IN SPAIN. TBAIN PLUNGED INTO THE RIVER EBRO. A terrible railway disaster occurred on Saturday near Castejon, to the mail train between Bilbao to Saragossa. The train was running beside the River Ebro when from some unknown cause the whole train was derailed and plunged into the river. The embankment is fifteen metres above the river level, and the two locomotives and eighteen coaches which formed the train were completely wrecked. The train was running at a speed of 50 kilometres an hour at the time of the accident. There were a large number of passengers on the train, and 50 were killed or drowned, while 140 injured were extricated from the wrecked coaches. MADRID, Sunday Evening. Later news shows that the first accounts minimised the terrible consequences of the disaster. It is now estimated that the number of killed is over 100. Already 60 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. The wrecked train was very full, the passengers including wealthy Bilbao miae-owners. work- men, and a number of gendarmes, who were on their way to Barcelona to keep order in the strike disturbances. The accident occurred at a bridge across the Ebro, not on the embankment. The first engine passed across the bridge safely, but the second engine ran off the line. dragging the first engine and the rest of the train with it. Just below the last pillar supporting the railway bridge, coaches, engines, and dead and wounded passengers lay in one shapeless mass. The stream was very low, and the water was soon reddened with the blood of the dead and injured. Heartrending cries were raised by the injured, who were shut in the shat- tered carriages. The passengers who escaped with the slightest injuries at once "t to work to extricate the injured. No medical help or other assistance could be found nearer than Cenicero, two kilometres away. The uninjured rigged up stretchers, and carried the bad cases, while others not so much hurt were helped to walk to Cenicero. Later on, two emergency trains were sent from Bilbao, with a hundred military engi- neers, ambulance men, and breakdown gangs. The stoker of the second engine was scalded to death when his engine fell over the bridge. One railwayman has been arrested for robbing the bodies of the dead. The number of the injured is not 6xpected to exceed 140. The bodies of 100 of the victims in the railway! disaster at Najerilla have been recovered. It is estimated that 70 more are still buried beneath the wreckage. The bodies found have suffered terrible mutilation. Often heads and limbs are picked up which have been torn from the trunks. The work of clearing away the debris is proceeding slowly, and is not facilitated by bickering between the military and the civil authority. Many of the relations of the victims have arrived on the spot, and harrowing scenes are increasing. Some of the survivors have lost the power of speech in consequence of nervous shock. Jewels, purses, and other articles of value are strewn in all directions, and a detachment of gendarmes has been told off to collect and take charge of them. The whole aspect of the scene of the disaster is so mournful, and the experiences attaching to the searches among the ruins of the train are so painful, that many of the rescuers have quite broken, down, and eral of the soldiers enraged in the melaT?e\Oi,y labour have been | moved totearB.—R«uter TWENTY PERSONS INJURED AT BRUSSELS. A train from Antwerp collided on Wednes- day at Schaerbeek Station, Brussels, with another train going in the opposite direction. Many persons were injured. A few were con- veyed to the Brussels Gasworks and other establishments in the vicinity. Most of the injured are Antwerp merchants. The accident took plane at the junction of the Antwerp line with the oireular railway outside Schaerbeek Station. The twenty injured, including some very serious oases, have been taken to the neighbouring hospital, while others have had their wounds temporarily dressed on the spot, and continued the journey by carriage to Brussels. WORKMEN'S TRAIN ACCIDENT. A serious accident occurred on the Great 'Central Railway on Saturday morning to a train conveying a large number of workmen to Treeton Oolliery, eight miles from Sheffield. Whilst going at a, good speed the train crashed into some empty wagons which had become detaohed from a coal train and were standing on the line. Three men travelling on the engine, which was completely wrecked, suf- fered serious injuries, whilst others were badly scalded. One of the fireman's legs was cut off. The passengers escaped with a ter- rthls shaking.

BROOKS' MILLIONS. SETTLEMENT OF A CURIOUS CASE. Another echo of the Brooks millions, over which there has been eo much litigation, was heard by Mr. Justice Kekewich in the Chan- RAGGING BY CIVILIANS. Cooper v. Brooks came on for hearing. It was understood to refer to the testamentary dispositions of the late Sir William Cunliffe Brooks. Mr. Warrington, K.C., said he was glad that he need not trouble his lordship with what would have been a difficult and troublesome case. The case raised a question of legitimacy. The testator left half of his estate to the lawfully-begotten children of a son. There were unquestionably two children. but there was a third as to whom there waa doubt. They had provisionally agreed that subject to his lordship's consent (as the child was an infant) a certain sum of money should be taken from the estate for his (the child's) benefit, he giving up all claim to be a lawfully-begotten child. ^An agreement would have to be drawn up which they would ask his lordship to sanction on behalf of the infant. ,„ Afr. Ogden Lawrence, on behalf of the infant, said he had come to the conclusion that it was for the benefit of the infant to adopt this course; and the case waa ad. journed for the agreement to be drawn up, when it will be brought before his lordship in Chambers.

AN ARTFUL DEBTOR. HOW THE JUDGE TOOK HIS MEASURE. An amusing scene was witnessed at White- chapel "County-court yesterday, when a. moneylender named Eckstein made an appli. cation for the committal of Isaac Vanberge, a cigar maker. The defendant presented a miserable spectacle, being very poorly clad, and wearing a black patch over one eye. He told a pathetic story of repea,ted mis- fortune as a reason for not having complied! with an order to pay 2s. per month. Judge Bacon (to plaintiff): You hear this sad story? Have you anything to ask him? Plaintiff: Vat you have got under that eye-patch? (Laughter.) You did not have it on outside the court. Take it off. (Laughter.) Your honour, the last time he was here he had all his fingers tied up. Judge Bacon: Can you remove the patch ? Defendant: What does his honour say? Judge Bacon: What? Deaf and blind and maimed? Remove the patch. Plaintiff (excitedly): He is not deaf aod he is not blind, your honour. When the eye-patch was removed it was found that the defendant's eye was to all appearance healthy. Judge Bacon (almost in a whisper): Ten darTs. Defendant: Acht mein honour- Judge Baoon: Yes. you were pretending not to be able to see and not to be able to hear, you oan do both. Now you caa do ten. da.78.

THE BARD. (With apologies to Mr. G. E. Robertson.)

LOCAL DRO WNING CASES. ..1 FELL FROM THE PIER AT AT PENARTH. The circumstances of the death of Mr. William Draper, aged 50, the licensee of the Plymouth Hotel, Penarth, who was drowned off Penarth Pier on Saturday morning, were the subject of an inquiry held by the Deputy- coroner (Mr. E. L. B. Reece) at the Penarth Police-station on Monday afternoon. Mr. J. H. Jones was present on behalf of the relatives. Henry Draper, deceased's son, said his father had been rather depressed for the last few weeks, since police-court proceedings were taken against him for permitting drunken- ness in the house. Mr. Jones: Your father had been ill in health?—Witness: Well, depressed, sir. He had been taking salts, and took some, ;liat morning?—Yes, sir. ijLiir;t Goorge Yarnton, a boatman, up the body, was the next witness. He saM he was in a boat about fifty yards from the end of the pier, with nine little boys. One of tbem said, There's a man on the pier; he's jumping off." Witness turned round, and as he did so he heard a splash. He pulled back towards the pier, and in a few minutes found the body, floating face downwards. He got the painter under its arms, and held it up until another boat came up and took it ashore. By Mr. Jones: He saw the man before he fell, when he was standing on the edge of the first stage of the pier. That was a few minutes before he heard the splash. He was then fully dressed. He did not see the man make any movement in the water. When there he would be hidden from view from everybody on the pier?—Yes, sir. Did you see him get into a stooping posi- tion?—I'm not certain. I couldn't say, sir. Was he unbuttoning his clothes?—I couldn't say, sir. Edward Chaney, one of the pier men, told how he found a* coat, hat, and stick on the second landing of the pier at 10.35 on Satur- day morning. There was no one on duty at the end of the pier at that time. It wouM be quite easy to get to the landing below over the turnstile, or over the rails. At the spot where the clothes were found the man would be out of sight of anyone on the pier. Police-constable Wilcocks said that, having been called to the beach, he arrived in time to help to get deceased out of the water. He had been towed ashore by a boat. The body was taken to the Plymouth Hotel, but artifi- cial respiration failed to bring any signs of life. There was no coat upon the body. By Mr. Jones: The deceased appeared to have been undressing himself. A man stand- ing on the stage could easily fall into the water beneath the chains. Dr. W. Barry said he had attended Mr. Draper for throat and stomach trouble, which might have resulted in giddiness such as he told him he suffered from. The salts the man had taken that morning might very likely have brought on an attack of giddi- ness. Mr. Jones: If a man had attempted to commit suicide he would have made some movement?—Yes. From the fact that he made no movement it is highly probable that he was unconscious when the fell into the water The Coroner, addressing the jury, said he did not think the fact that the coat and hat were found on the pier pointed necessarily to suicide. He thought it not improbable that the man went there for another purpose. The jury, after retiring for some minutes, returned a verdict of Found drowned." DROWNED WHILE BATHING. Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest at Cardiff Town-hall on the body of Frederick White, 2, Guildford-street, Cardiff. White, who was only seventeen years of age, left home at four o'clock on Friday afternoon in order to work all night, being employed by home at four o'clock on Friday afternoon in order to work all night, being employed by Messrs. Topham, Jones, and Railton, who are constructing the new dock at Cardiff. He was missed from his poet about eight o'clock by Engine-driver James Francis. A search was made for him around the dock, it being thought that he had probably gone bathing, as he had done on the previous Sunday. His clothes were found on the bank opposite the Roath Dock at twelve midnight, and the body was recovered four hours later by James Cursley, the night foreman of Messrs. Topham, Jones, and Railton. A verdict of "Accidental drowning" was re- turned. FOUND DROWNED AT MERTHYR. About four o'clock a.m. on Saturday a man's coat and cap, together with a walking stick, were found on the bank of the Glamorgan Canal, alongside the Dynevor Lock, at Merthyr. Information having been conveyed to the police, Police-sergeant Timothy Davies and Police-constable Carroll, with Mr. Rees, the lock-keeper, proceeded to the scene. The water was let out of the lock, and at the bottom, minus coat and cap. was found the body oi a man, Dennis Harrington, a pedlar, of no fixed abode, who was la-st seen alive the previous night. The body was conveyed to the mortuary, and, upon the clothing being searched, a note was found on which was written, "Pay Mike Fury Is.; that is all I owe." There was no other paper giving any olue to the mystery. An inquest was held by Mr. R. J. Rhys (coroner) at the Dynevor Arms Inn on Satur- day afternoon. There was no evidence pro- duced to show how the deceased got into the water, and the jury, therefore, returned an open verdict of "Found drowned." ANOTHER BOfDY FOUND IN THE CANAL. On Monday the body of another man was found in the same place. About four aan. on Monday David Benja.mil1 Thomas, a col- lier, whilst returning from work looked into the lock in the hope of seeing some fish, and saw a corpse lying face downwards at the bottom. He informed the police, and Police- sergeants Toye and Phillips and several con- stables went at once to the spot and recovered the body, which was lying in about 4ft. of •w&ter. They conveyed, it, to the "o, and it was afterwards identified as that of Benjamin Watkins, boilermaker, aged 47, of Chandler's-court, Iron-lane, Georgetown. It appears mat Watkins had lately been in ill- health, and had been under the care of Dr. James. On Monday morning, about half-past two o'clock, his wife heard him downstairs and called out to him to light the fire, but she re- ceived no reply. Subsequently she heard him close the door and go out. CURATE AND BOY DROWNED. A second case of double drowning in Oxford- shire has occurred within a week. On the 20th inst. two undergraduates were drowned near Sandford, and the body of one of them is still missing. Another distressing fatality hap- pened on Saturday afternoon. The Rev. E. T. Pinson, of Birmingham, curate of Cuddesdon, and Hebrew lecturer at Cuddesdon College, in the afternoon took a number of the choir boys in a boat on the River Thames. On reach- ing Wheatley railway bridge one of the lads suggested bathing, and as Mr. Pinson wae an excellent swimmer, and had been teaching the art to some of the party, he readily ac- quiesced. The first to enter the water was Jack Martin, aged ten, son of the schoolmaster and organist. From the bank Mr. Pinson noticed that the youth was in difficulties, and he instantly plunged in to assist him, but neither came to the surface. Aid was summoned from the oollege, and dragging operations were commenced. At six o'clock on Sunday morning the body of the boy was found under some drift wood. Three hours later Mr. Pinson's body was discovered in a deep hole about twenty yards away. It is believed that Martin stepped from a shal- low bank into a deep hole, and olung to Mr. Pinson, who, being in a weak state of health, quickly became powerless. FATALITY AT TEDDINGTON WEIR. A boat, containing three young men, waa swept into the weir at Teddington on Sunday night, and one of the occupants, Harold David, was drowned. SEXTON'S SON DROWNED. SEXTON'S SON DROWNED. Fred Taylor, son of the sexton of Horley Church, Surrey, was drowned on Sunday while bathing in the River Mole. FATAL PRACTICAL JOKING. Two girls, aged seventeen and eighteen respectively, were bathing near Tilsit, when a workman who was passing the spot began to tease them, throwing stones in order to splash them and pretending to run into the water after them, all their entreaties to be left alone being of no avail. In their fright as the man approached nearer they suddenly got out of their depth and sank. The work- man immediately went to the rescue, but the drowning girls pulled him down too, and all three were drowned. The man was married and the father of a large family, TWO SISTERS DROWNED. Two sisters, named Ethel Maud Clara Price, aged 16, and Elsie Violet Beatrice Price, aged 11, lost their lives at Quidhampton, near Wilton, Wilts, under distressing circumstances. Both left home about seven o'clock for a walk by the water. Elsie seenis to have slipped into th0 stream. Her sister jumped in, and tried to rescue her. Cries attracted the attention of a passer-by, but before he could reach the spot both were drowned. MAN DROWNED AT SOUTHEND. A man named Leigh, employed at Palace-by- the-Sea, was drowned on Sunday evening while at Southend. WOMAN DROWNED AT TAFF'S WELL. At the police-station, Taff's Well, Mr. E. B. Reece, district coroner, held an inquest on the body of Miriam Lewis, the wife of the landlord of the Royal Oak Inn at that place, which was found in the canal near Taff's Well on Saturday morning. Mrs. Lewis had left on the previous evening to visit some friends living about two miles off, but did not return. She was observed walking along the towing bank near Nantgarw, and early on Saturday morning a boatman, coming down the canal, saw the body floating in the water. The deceased's hat was fod about twenty yards above the place where the body was found. There were no marks of violence, and Dr. Risely, who had attended her, stated that she had suffered at timee from depres. sion of spirits, but he had no suspicion that she would be likely to commit suicide.—A verdict of "Found drowned" was returned by the jury. BATHING FATALITY AT NEW TRE- DEGAR. A lad named John Holman, aged thirteen, was drowned on Wednesday in a. pool near the New Tredegar Collieries, where he had gone to bathe alone. Efforts to restore animation were without avail. Dr. R. I. E. Daviea on his arrival pronounced life to be extinct. The deceased's body was conveyed to his parents' home in Greenfield-terrace, New Tredegar, and his father, who was at work below ground, acquainted of the sad occurrence. DROWNED AT SWANSEA. At an inquest held on Wednesday afternoon at Swansea on the body of William Michael, a fumaceman, whose body was recovered from the pond known as the reservoir at Owmbwrla, Swansea, the daughter of deceased said he was 43 years of age, and that he had frequently been ill and suffered from depression. He left the house on Saturday to get his pay, and was not seen alive after- wards.—There was no evidence whatever to suggest that suicide was intended, and the jury returned a verdict of Found drowned." YOUNG MAN DROWNED AT PEN- RHIWCEIBER. Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, held an inquiry at the Lee Hotel, Penrhiwoeiber, on Monday, touching the death of Fred Hares, 23 years of age. living with his parents at 106, Quarry-street. Penrhiwceiher, and who was drowned while bathing in the old reservoir on Saturday. The evidence went to show that the deoeased was seized with cramp. A ver- dict of "A"deWAI death." WM returned.

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SOCIETY DIVORCE SUIT. m 1 LINCOLNSHIRE J. P. AND HIS WIFE. In the Divorce Court on Thursday the action of Smyth v. Smyth and Barclay was further heard. It was a petition presented by the husband, Mr. William Grenville Smyth, J.P., of Elkingtoa Hall, South Lincolnshire, praying for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of the alleged misconduct of his wife with the. co-respondent, Maurice Fitziiarding Barclay, the son of the late Bishop of Jerusalem. Both the respondent and co-respondent denied the., allegations in the petition. The respondenl made a counter charge of cruelty against the petitioner, which he denied. She also prayec for judicial separation. Mary Regan was further cross-examined by Mr. Laweon Walton as to her statement that she had seen Mr. Barclay on one occasion. between eight and nine in the morning, coming from Mrs. Smyth's room. She wat going upstairs at the time. Mrs. Julia Leatham said she resided at 2. Queen s-parade, Cheltenham. Mr. Barclay had occupied apartments in her house, « sitting and bedroom. While there a. ad3 visited, but she never saw her face. Sht thought she recognised her figure in court She used to go to Mr. Barclay's sitting-room. Sometimes she stayed the whole of the morn ing. She recollected the night before the Tewkesbury ball. Mr. Barclay did not sleep at home that night. He afterwards told her he had been locked out, and that he slept on the sofa at Miss Smith's house, No. 4. The door of her (witness's) house was not locked at night. Mr. Barclay had a latch key. She thought the lady who visited and Mr. Barclay were cousins, and that would account for what she hau spoken to. Annie Lillie Smyth, the respondent, examined by Mr. Priestley, said the petitioner had struck her with the poker. She fell to the ground. Her sister came into the room, attracted by the noise, at the time. The petitioner was standing over her with the poker in his hand. Her husband frequently went away for a fortnight. When he returned he used to say that he did not know where he had been. He had threatened her with a billiard ball, and he had also threatened to kill her. When she went to Cheltenham she had no idea of seeing Mr. Barclay there. As to the statement that a pair of Mr. Barclay's socks had been found in her apartments at Cheltenham, Mr. Barclay's sister had had a pair of her brother's black silk socks to mend. and as she had not done so she (Mrs. Smyth) offered to darn them, and she did so. After Mr. Barclay came to Cheltenham in ill-health. depressed, and worried, he frequently came in to luncheon and dinner. Mr. Priestley: Is it true that you visited at his lodgings every morning?—No, certainly not. Were you ever in the sitting-room with Mr. Barclay? Witness: I never was in that room without I was going to dine with him. It has been said by one of the servants that when she went into the sitting-room you were sitting on Mr. Ea relay's knee, and that when she entered you jumped up?—I certainly was not sitting on his knee. I got up and had my hat on. Did you ever attempt, at any time, to con- ceal your visits to Mr. Barclay or his visits to you?—No, certainly not. On the 30th of December had Mr. Barclay visited you?—Yes; I was unwell that evening, and went to bed at ten p.m. I left Barclay in the house. I was afterwards told he had slept on the sofa. Did you speak to Barclay about it the next day?—Yes, I told him he ought to have left, but he said he had fallen off to sleep and did not wake till it was too late to go home. With regard to the visit to Falmouth and the voyage to London, Mrs. Smyth said Mr. Barclay paid his own expenses. Nothing oocurred on the voyage. You were always in your own cabin with your daughter?—Yes, always. When I retired to my cabin I left Mr. Barclay in the saloon. Then throughout the whole of this time is there a word of truth in the suggestion that misconduct had taken place? Mrs. Smyth (with great emphasis): Not the slightest. In cross-examination by Mr. Dean, the re- spondent admitted she had kissed Mr. Bar- clay, but she did not recollect when, but she thought it was while they were in Switzer- land. All the members of Mr. Smyth's family kissed Maurice Barclay, and she did so lika the others. She never knew of Mr. Barclay^ smoking materials being removed from her room. All she had ever seen was a. pipe and pouch, and these Barclay carried in his pocket. She was not fond of Barclay, and never had been. She drew a line between sitting on a person's knee and kissing. She always looked upon Mr. Barclay as one of her husband's relations, and, therefore, one of hers. After her husband had struck her with the poker she did not send for a doctor. Mr. Maurice FitiHardinge Barclay, the co- respondent, said he was born in 1876. His father had been a great friend of Colonel Edward Smyth, and on the death of his mother Colonel Smyth adopted him and his sister, and ever since then they looked on Colonel Smyth as their father. He ha4d spent a great deal of his time with members of the Smyth family, and he (witness) was always treated a-3 one of the family. At Brunnen he had kissed Mrs. Smyth openly. He went to Cheltenham to stay for a time with his aunt. Mr Barclay, the co-respondent, said he had taken some flowers to Mrs. Smyth's apart- ments. He mentioned they were from "Don. Juan" simply as a joke, as there was a man. at Cheltenham who bore that nickname. Wit. nesa once carried Mrs. Smyth upstairs by way of a joke and strained himself, because she kicked so much. He denied he had ever mis- conducted himself with Mrs. Smyth. He treated her only as a close friend and rela- tive or cousin. Cross-examined: He was fond of her, blat not in love with her. Witness had no reason to believe respondent objected to haiJMf carried upstairs. The further hearing was adjourned.

DOUGAL'S LIFE IN PRISON CONDEMNED MAN IN A SULLEN MOOD. Until July 14, when he will be hanged, Samuel Herbert Dougal is a privileged man. He occupies a special cell in the infirmary at Chelmsford Gaol, and he is treated with special consideration. Practically anything he desivga to eat or drink is his for the ask- ing- lie orders many delicacies, but eats little of them. The cheerful demeanour he exhi- bited during his recent appearances in publio has wholly deserted him. His mood now is sullen and gloomy. He takes an hour's walk- ing exerciBe between two warders daily. The chaplain's visits have no interest for him. Every morning, however, Dougal attends chapel. The pew in which he sits with the warders is jealously screened by dark cur- tains. Other prisoners at the service do not know when he arrives or when he leaves. The murderer of Miss Holland has advanced, several reasons to his solicitor why a reprieve is possible. No friend has visited him in prison since the trial. but the condemned man writes occasional letters. One was to an acquaintance who visited him when he was an inmate of Cambridge Gaol. Last week Dougal wrote to two persona authorising them to take away from the Moat House a ham he had left in the chimney to smoke. His friends called at the farm, but were not allowed to take possession of the ham. Thousands of people visited the scent of the crime on Sunday. They saw the mur- dered woman's dog, and, for the rest, had a good view of a chained gate and uf the hur- dles that protect the garden and farm from the morbid relic-hunter. On July 8 the sale of the farm stock takes place. Among the property to be then disposed of is the pony cart in which Miss Holland took her last drive in company with the man who had planned her death,

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4.1\T EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES. TRAGEDIES IN SOUTH WALES. ^ro«?'y after 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday « 118 Wynes, of 29, Market-road, Cardiff, r°at ttn<* dead in his bed, having cot his a razor in a rather determined police were informed of the *>0^ £ e, and two constables went to the religj' ™ynes, who was a rather reserved and tt Us young fellow, was a. single man, treat, 4nd lived with his parents, who are Va respected. Deceased wae a worker laundry works in Llan- ,and> although a offering from ^6 Veins, he followed his employment. in work up to Tuesday even- 8eemed in a oheerfnl mood. He had had tened *° take hi" li'e* althon»h b^rd °nce or twice remarked that he was ei1 on honest people." AN CUTS HER THROAT. Jane Gnlliford, of No. 11a, Craddock- yfoivi af?e(* 52, wife of Mr. Edward committed suicide on Wednesday ,1 the t" cutting her throat with a razor. j 8tated the unfortunate woman was hn ^be bathroom, the rash act having v?tte<) eea committed. Dr. Donovan was Pronounced life to he extinct. *ery r^Hiford had been of late in a o^. state. She was engaged 5^Per a with her husband in the news- ardiff stationery business in Bute-street, SUICTDE AT DOWLAIS. §*°rtly v the men were proceedi og to work ees, p six a.m. on Wednesday Joshua °tt a' 0lnmonly known as "Jos. the Mason," *a« (Jia°Qnt °f the employment he followed, S°or^ c°Vered lying in a pool of blood in the W °' bis residence, No. 6, Walter-street, ,je The man was alive, bat his throat j'de 0n y Sashed in two places, and by his i^icati floor was a blood-stained razor, Al"ttrie °°8 Pointing to the fact that the ~f. 5 ^er? self-inflicted by that instrument. *^onMWis hughes, who was immediately K to the sPot' stitched up the gaping ^thout; at Sees succumbed about 7.15 o'clock J^s gj Saining consciousness. Deceased rki years of age, and a widower, and since k*cb d«»T18 ^ife» two months ago, had been livedFe8fie<^ an(* done but little work. He bally but got in a neighbour ooca- k»j, 10 do the necessary domestic dirties. V^AS°?0LAS GARDENER'S SUICIDE J^cholaa n*on' head gardener at Duffryn, St. a •fftixiffS, Comxnitted suicide on Wednesday a 8tm. T?y footing the top oft hie head with adopted only a few days ago that he fcfoat iri commit suicide by cutting his gardftn ^°od. The deceased was found in barrel011 ^^dnesday morning quite dead, ru eun were ^pty. RDIJTF LABOURER CUTS HIS ^«Bd^?vrer* Masters, aged ws"§2fciniitt,jlng, at Cyfarthfa-etreet, Cardiff, m BQ c^e on Friday in a most deter-1 vraiUler- &e had been ill for » long ti -"&ViUS suffered acutely from bron. v*» «« IWday mornins, *t about 5.30, found in tho kitch«a qttlte dead, liig .^is throat out. He had evidently hacked at with a razor and a knife. Masters 44able to go to bed, and used to sleep in in the kitchen. He had belonged to Army for 24 years, and leaves and five children. At an inquest 111 the day a verdict of "Suicide whilst ^r^Caj-iiy imane" was returned. CARDIFF WOMAN'S ATTEMPT. VUI1E married woman of 21, named Polly 2? J»iHWaa charffe<i at Cardiff Police-court ~ay with attempting to commit throwing herself into the Gla- ire Canal froiu th* Hayes Bridge nisrht- f A. Smith said that at w ^inp 116 hearc* a Ionian screaming, and, to the bridge, saw the prisoner1 il51 in tlae water. With the assistanoe t 1,6 got her out. On the way to j n Bbe said, "It's all through my i?? Mtl 8aw ^iin *n the Cambrian drink- r two women, and I went and done fig 8aid she was very eorry. v 0r« Evans said prisoner bad been conrt nine timee a« a disorderly as remanded for a week. JJ^ERTHYR MAN'S FOLLY. Police-court on Monday William & sUli^^8 pbarged with attempting to com- h Q* *n a P°n^ at Dowlaia, whioh, since b6- that name drowned herself therein, known as Kate Conway's Pond. On bail, "re^ men saw the prisoner lying on a pond, and after they had gone wMh 'Stance of forty yards they heard a saw Roach in the water. Robert h cofti was the only one of the men U "wim, jumped in and caught the Yw^o&d +-^Ust aB be was disappearing for the IrUoe 1~lIae and brought him to bank. The C^tt Bl< ere sent for, and Police-constable > ti«olJeJ)Ceeded to the spot, where he saw the o»Se to 11 tied a big heavy bolt by a etttuffier. The prisoner said to the tt 111 the way to the station, "I wish they do it," and when oharged after- u,6 "I didn't know what I was doing." t6r was remanded for a week, and was highly commended by the *»ry for jjia plucky conduct.

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