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GAINFUL ASSIZE STORY. KUDENT AND THE YOUNG LADY. !.t 'h. JtigL Birmingham Assize Court (before Mr. forjj^6 Kennedy and a jury) Mrs. Howie, t^>e tkJHare, Newport, Shropshire, her redress for the alleged seduction of ^>th^.aUgllter by Arthur Houlton Harrop, of It Wood Hall, Shrewsbury. stated that one summer evening Miss e Howie set forth with her brother their house in the old-fashioned of Newport, to enjoy the of a local festival. She had the interest of the Duchess of 4ttain anc* Lady Boughey by her musical Of ^ments. and was, through the kind offices ladies, to be afforded the chance of ^weting for a scholarship at the Royal Ifcj^^Qiy of Music. At the fete ahe enooun- *tn,j Arthur Harrop, one of a band of i<jg nts from the Agricultural College at C| a n{*> three miles away. Harrop, the son ki^ county gentleman, introduced and the hasty acquaintance was con- lifj4! 'n spite of signs of disapproval from Ui £ BowIe. Through Miss Davies, a friend of &s h °iUn° la(*y' wil0 happened to be employed the house of a bailiff near the Harrop sent notes and arranged anc^ spent several of the summer the e, 6 wandering with Miss Howie along 9êqueostered thoroughfare between New- ^6Uv»an<^ college. Among other notes *h0 hy Miss Da vies to Miss Howie was °Jlowing on August 6:— V,^ar Gertie,—I am sorry I have not 0an before, but I have been too busy. Chn~y°^ nieet me by yourself at 8.40 at Seat to-morrow evening? If foj r friend is along I will bring a friend jr0 Saturday night. I will arrange with to-morrow night if you are there. If U,0 and your friend are very eager for to O- night, I think I could arrange for Good-bye tili we meet.—Yours very '"oereiy, ARTHUR H. HARROP. Howle_ away on business at 1), e sb Y, Miss Howle set off with Miss it^ro to the trysiing-place, and duly met ^4rr P an<i another student named Smith. Ati88°E' P^hing his bicycle, strolled with ^°wle into one of the numerous bye- Qf j,' -tt was then, according to the statement V0g J', ^tan§er, that the young lady was c°fid't Slle home in a distressed forjv,, 'on> and a few weeks later certain in- llf8 at*on came to the mother's knowledge. lJarf OVl'e at once oommunicated with 8 Parent*" My daughter has Fh aLsgra,ced by your son," she wrote; 'Ph e IS Ill, sick, and in a half-dying state." ifr Jetter concluded with a request that and rs- Hlarrop should pay JB500 as In r.ns+t V<a8 is a criminal matter." that k u better Mrs. Howie mentioned Sisted onahT maki°f T have honourable lady by her fighter ^Pressed the opinio^t^ft" Fx"?her' *h° horse-whippinc, Mr the y°uth r • Harrop, semor, first f-tn-i *i ,U,' er information, and later ta l, nis bon denied the charges made 1st mm. as Howie also wrote to Mr. Harrop, senior, regard to the young man, saying if he behave as & gentleman to tier she follow him to the ends of the earth. "I '•ij^ght he had gone mad," she continued. t|fe said he was madly in love with me, but were lots of runaway matches. He has KM my character and prospects for life. *0h character was pure until I knew your \¡. !J.. This was signed "Yours, in great dis- G. Howie." mother letters from Mrs. Howie were met the reply from Mr. Harrop's solicitors the object of her "extraordinary corre- nce to be to extort money, she had a claim, which was denied, tlj€ ltnew the proper course to pursue, and ("V6 w°uld be prepared to accept process "th *ust inform you," the letter concluded, should you continue to molest Mr. or jj.' Harrop we shall take proceedings." Vs Howie, a tall, good-looking brunette, u Out the story counsel had outlined. 8^ Hugo Young: Have you frequently been la^^ith students and other men in those as late as nine o'clock at night?—No, Tv 8]w You know Inspector Derbyshire, of the Ig ?8^-ire Constabulary?-No. 111 it true that while going along the roads 0- ^rsuance of his duty, between six and nine ""Ock at night, he has often met you with men students from the college?—No. that he has seen you laughing, pulling abont, and not behaving in a discreet ?—No. you know Police-constable Pryor, of the yOpshire Police?—No. to would d ily the same things in regard ^im?_Yes. r. Young pressed witness in regard to her ^intance with some half a dozen other '■ w ^"bose names were mentioned. ltHer,arr°P was the richest of the men you • was not he?" went on Mr. Young yGatingly. Ijj ,ee." replied the witness. "}¡e d Tyon want him to marry you?-I did 5a I wrote the letter which has been read. .you Ieft ^ewP°rt now?—Yes; I left *^1ipi Stmas' Continuing, she absolutely 'ibe } that she had ever been taken with by any other man than hfeg ? Hlarrop. She swore that she had never Jthyi ^Hty of misconduct with anyone at or that she had ever admitted to Miss 3. housekeeper to the farm bailiff at the ^il^ltural College, that she had been of misconduct with other persons. 8- Howie (plaintiff) gave evidence that her v/ter had to August last been a pure-minded girl. When she heard Harrop was walking out with her °b.iected, and insisted on her daughter 11 her young brother with her when she 111! ^nt as she thought it a mere pase- lrtation she did not absolutely prohibit the Acquaintance. She also gave evidence of tej^porrespondence with Harrop and the in- t e-w-s with Mrs. Harrop. ob Iross-examinption she denied that her was to make money out of defendant. %a^Tal witnesses, including the lady prin- ^tt« the college which Miss Howie Jl^^ded in London, the Rector of Chetwynd, Newport, and the Rector of Church formerly Rector of Newport, gave Sirl an exemplary character for modesty, ^'■eness, and affectionate dieposition. defence raised by Mr. Hu^o Young «T. that defendant was not the father ^Ou child about to be born of the woman, and that, so far from g a modest girl who had been outraged only, she was of immoral character, and ifp misconducted herself with several youths, tfj'^°ung admitted that the defendant had «^,irt t° have intercourse with the girl, but he failed. Police officer was called to say he had t}je the girl "larking" with college b&ys in tj^&o'w, but admitted in cross-examination j^the only man he had seen was Harrop. Navies said Gertrude Howie had ''fjj^ted to her having "larked" with the °th?Fers" at Rhyl, and she had seen her with if* men- l>a,(il8s in cross-examination, said she to lever seen or heard anything to lead her tha Ppose that Gertrude Howie was otherwise Wfa Pure-minded girl. V [11^nt'8 father said his son had told him Vith had endeavoured to have intercojirse e € failed. He denied that fOr en.dea.voured to criminally assault her by IVf en<lant was the last witness called. He bl^JjOrically denied the statements of the 4tio? a8 to what took place on the 6th of He declared that he had taken with the girl several times previously the date of their first meeting, that he ??Qtracted a loathsome disease from her, at she had written him letters of an to ~f.ne character conveying direct incitement ^mlBconduct. • Stanger only cross-examined him as to t,e. tlrq, 'it facts, and he professed to remember tift Oat word for word some of the letters plain- jj.Sent him. Howie was re-called, and indignantly that she had ever written such letters, ^^erdiot was given for the jriaintiff for
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THE KENSAL RISEI MURDER.I…
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THE KENSAL RISE MURDER. SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. The inquest in Oe Kensal Rise murder case was held on Monday at Kilburn, by Dr. Gordon Hogg, the coroner for West Middlesex. The name of the deceased female whose body was found in the box had apparently not been aecerta-ined when the jury were summoned. The notices requiring their attendance at the court stated that the inquest was to be upon the bodies of George Albert Crossman and an unknown woman. Only a limited number of the public were admitted into the court. They included several respectably dressed women. The fact that two of the wives of Crossman gave evidence enhanced the interest of the proceedings. In swearing in the jury the Coroner spoke of the dead woman as "supposed to be named Sampson." In requesting them to view the bodies, he specially asked them to examine the cement in which the woman was encased. The Coroner said they would first take the case of Crossman. The case had been so care- fully investigated by the press and a. decision almost come to that it seemed hardly neces- sary to have an inquest. (A laugh.) Still, he thought it advisable to observe the judicial aspect of the proceedings. In this case they would have to uae their judgment to some extent apart from the evidence before them. He did not know whether all the jury were married men There was some evidence GEORGE ALBERT CROSSMAN. I which would pi obably require the judgment of men who were married. With regard to the unmarried men, he should assume diffe- rently from Mr. Justice Jeuae, that they did not know anything about the things. He (the. core ner) thought the two cases were very closely allied. They neea not go very fully into the first case. The most impor- tant evidence would come out with regard to the woman, who they believed they would be able to identify. The deceased man was George Crossman, aged 30, a commission agent, of 43, Ladysmith-road, Kensal Rise. He seemed to have been "a professional marrying man. his occupation that of marrying different women and getting money from them. As ar ab was known, he first of all married Annie Smith, who had one child. She died of fever and was buried in Willesden Church- yard. The child, a son, survived. He next married Annie Farley, at Maidstone, who divorced him. There was one child, which was alive. This woman married again. The n-xt one he married was Mary Ann Osborne, at Ilford. She was alive. Then there was a suggestion that he married a person called Woolard. A man had identified the male deceased as a man who married his daughter, but upon inspection there was no doubt that this was a mistake. He did not marry her. She was alive, and had been traced to Tunbridge Wells not long ago. The next was Thompson. She was alive. The next was Ellen Sampson, or Owen, a widow, who was believed to be the deceased woman. The sixth was Venables, known to be alive, and the seventh was Welch, who was also alive. Mary Ann Crossman. mother of the deceased, identified the body. "I don't con- sider he has been sensible for weeks," she eaid in reply to the coroner. "His health wae good, but he often seemed haggard. H)e bad been a barber and a. foreman. Did he always have money?—No. Do you know he had a tin box? Yes; it was his first wife's box. Police-sergeant Smith told the story of his going to the house. The man who was moving the body said there was something wrong. Wit- j ness asked "Who engaged you to move it?" The man pointed to Crossman. Witness moved towards the deceased when he began to walk away fast, and then ran. A constable gave chase. Police-constable Reevee, the constable in question, described the chase. He was gaining on Croesman rapidly, and when he was about THE HOUSE IN LADY SMITH-ROAD. I three yards from him Crossman exclaimed, "Oh, God," and drew his hand across his throat. Witness, continuing, said, "I then seized his wrist, when something dropped. He staggered back into my arms. I then saw he had cut his throat. I laid him on the ground, raised his head, and placed my right hand over the wound to stop the bleeding. The wound was from ear to ear, and it was impossible to stop the bleeding. His blood poured out." Dr. Robinson said the wound could have been self-inflicted. The Coroner said there appeared DO evi- dence of insanity in the deceased's family. The jury returned a verdict of felo tie Be in the case of Grossman. Addressing the jury in the case of the deceased woman, the Coroner said they would be able to identify her rema-ins as thoee of Ellen Sampson, widow of Henry Sampson, an engineer, who was married by this man Cross- man. He married a good many women, but it was no part of their duty to find out crime, but to investigate the causes of particular deaths brought before them. With respect to Thompson, the fourth wife, he appeared to have met her through an advertisement, she having advertised for a situation as a la/dy- help. She gave him CZO. They were married, jmd came to tbds boose in LzKfcssnirth-roJMi. In January last year he brought this tin box to the house. On the 15th he eaid he was going to Manchester for a few days, but he really went away to marry another woman, named 'Owen, or Sampson, a nurse in Hampshire. In the jseantime his wife visited Peckham. Ha married this nurse under the name of Sey- mour. and brought her back to the house. Probably ilhe met with her death on the 16th. He seemed to have disposed of the body under the stairs. That same day the wife who had gone to P^ckham returned. The man brought cement into the house and mixed it up with broken glaes. She asked him what he was going to do with it, and he said that he was going to make a step at the back door. Seeing a tin box full of cement, she inquired about it He said he would take it into the back garden to make a, mould of the step. No doubt (said the coroner) the remains were there at the time, and had he succeeded in completely covering them with cement, this cement, enclosing the remains of the woman, would have been used as a step, and might have been there for some time. The woman had a bank-book and various articles of jewellery and clothing, which had been identified. He next married a woman named Yenaibles, at Richmond, towards the end of last year. He adopted a sort oi Box and Cox arrangement, spending three or four nights at Richmond with Venables, and then a few nights with Thompson at Ladysmith-rond, accounting for his absence by saying that he was a baker and worked at nights. Funds running short, be next got hold of a young woman named Welch, married her, and got her bank-book and mone". She afterwards became suspicious and left him. Smells were noticed in the house at Ladysmith-road, and eventually things got too hot for Crossman. Dr. Robinson gave a minute description of the body of the woman. It was very decom- posed, and must have been in the box for about a year. There were no marks of injury on any part of the body except the head. The internal organs were normal, and there were no signs of poisoning. The hands were also decomposed, and no wedding ring was found. The Coroner: What is your theory as to the cause of death?—Death was caused through injuries to the head and throat. They were inflicted before the body was placed in the cement. Do you think it pomible she might have been sitting on the edge of the bed, and received a Now on the back of the head?— Yes: or she might have been forced back, and her throat cut. The next witness was one of the wives, who was formerly Edith Thompson. She adver- tised for a situation in the "Morning Post," ana subsequently got into communication with Crossman, who told her that he was a reporter on the "Morning Post." He pro- posed marriage, and she accepted him. When Crossman bought the cement he said he wanted it to make a door-step. Witness identified some jewellery which had belonged to the woman Sampson, who is supposed to be the woman in the tin-box. It transpired that Crossman married one woman only five days after he had married another woman. Another "wife," named Martha Annie Welch, said she got to know Croesman by answering a matrimonial advertisement. She met him at Maidenhead, and the result was that she married him on January 25 last. He told her that he was an electrician. Some letters were addressed to him as "My dear husband." She did not like it, and told him. He, however, got her bank-book from her, and drew out all she had— £ 53. On the day of the suicide she'went to Richmond with him to confront the woman who wrote the letters. The woman said that Crossman was not her hus- band, and witness was satisfied. On the same day that they returned from Richmond they had tea together, and she never saw him again. Mr. Dell, who lodged in the house where the body was found, told the story of his sus- picions, and added that he said to Crossman, "I believe you have got a woman in that box." He said, "Oh, no, I haven't; it is only cement." Witness, however, oould not bear the awful smell, and ultimately informed the polioe. He made the suggestion about the body because he had heard from Crossman of some of his matrimonial engagements, and he felt something must have come to them. Polioe-sergeant Smith, who conveyed the box to the station-house, next gave evidence, after which a carman, named Ryden, spoke to the deceased man calling on him and ask- ing him to do a moving job." Eventually he went, but was suspicious, and would not let the box of cement be put on his cart. A. police-constable came up, and the deceased man then ran away. Inspector Pollard gave evidence. He iden- tified the man as one who had been convicted of bigamy in December, 1902. He also found on the deceased some pawn-tickets relating to rings. Ac. Witness gave further evidence to show that the deceased woman was Nurse Sampson, of Hampshire. Nothing was heard of her after she left the Cottage Hospital at Blackwater, Hampshire, for the purpose of getting married. It was under the name of Seymour that Crossman married her. From the state of the woman's clothing, he thought she came by her death when dressing in the morning. Mrs. Owen said she knew Ellen Sampson, who was her sister-in-law. Sampson, who was a widow, and was engaged as a nurse at an institution at Blackwater. Sampson wrote to witness saying that she was going to get married, and since that time (January 13, 1903) witness had been unable to see her or hear from her. Witness identified the lace found on the body as that worn by Ellen Sampson. She also identified Ellen Samp- son's umbrella and certain jewellery. The Coroner, summing up, thought there was no doubt that the remains of the woman were those of Ellen Sampson. The circum- stances of her death made the case a very suspicious one against Crossman. The jury must eay whether it was a case of death by violence. The jury deliberated only a. few minutes, at the oonclusion of which the foreman said, "We agree that George Crossman murdered Ellen Sampson on the morning of the 16th of January. We are perfectly satisfied with the doctor's evidence, and our verdict is Wilful murder.' MORE SENSATIONAL DEVELOP- MENTS. The London "Echo" says the police at Kensal Rise have discovered that Crossman had dealings with other tin trunks, consigned to an address at Cricklewood, to which place Crossman had arranged for the cement box and its gruesome contents to be conveyed. The "Echo" adds that sensational develop- ments are anticipated. The proprietors of the Morning Post" deny that Crossman was ever in their employ. ANOTHER TERRIBLE CRIME IN CONTEMPLATION. In connection with the Kensal Rise tragedy, Mr H Duck, a well-known ex-detective ser- geant of the Metropolitan Police now a private inquiry agent at Dford, threw a strong light upon Grossman's past, in the course of an interview with a press repreeen- t3" He threatened to' spoil my career for me," oflbserved the detective, an officer of Jong experience in the investigation of crime, and I had the painfal duty one day of telling a young woman that she was not his real wife. I cannot describe to you her agony, nor can I tell you the full sum of Grossman's villainy. To effect his arrest I hid in the doorway of the next house, and got a German to knock at Crossnxan's door. As soon as it was opened I diashed over the railings and slipped in." 'Oh, that's all right,' ajiswered Crossman when I told him that I was a police officer and bad come to arrest him for bigamy. Then commenced a journey all over the house and into room after room, until at last he came! to one in which he wished me to leave him for a moment. There was a window at the back of it, large enough for him to get through, but not large enough for me. Need- less to say, despite his indignation, I did not leave him. "The most painful part of my visit to that house, however, came when I went into the room' where a young woman was washing dishes and crying bitterly. This was Gross- man's third alleged wife. I was married to Mm only yesterday, she exclaimed. Tou are not his wife,' I said to her; 'he had a wife and two children already when he went through the marriage ceremony with you. His legal wife is now living at Maid- stone.' 'I thought there was something wrong,' she answered, looking round at the bare walls. There was hardly a furnished room in the house. "I went into the garden after I had placed Grossman under look and key, and there I found that Crossman had due a hole like a erture. In the tueht of recent events, it is impossible to avoid the reflection that another terrible crime was then in contemplation." THE GALLoWS ESCAPED. A remarkable story in connection with the crime was told to a press representative by one of the fraud experts of the General Post Office. Had Crossman decided," he said, to remove the trunk with its awful contents on J Thursday instead of on Wednesday night, there would have been to-day, in stead of an inquest upon his dead body, one of the most remarkable cfimimaj trials of recent times. We had become saspicious with regard to the money which Grossman had drawn out of the Post Offloe Savings Bank. It seemed strange that this money, deposited by an un- married woman, should be drawn out in such circumsbajioes almost imirwd'ately after her maa-riage. Then came further revelations which led us to bellew that forgery had been resorted to. We communicated with Scot- land Yard, and a,s a result one of their picked men—Detective-inspector Buckle-was in- structed to make inquiries, and arranged to go to ladysmith-road on Thursday morning last. Late on Wednesday evening, however, Croesman tried to make away with the traces of a far greater crime than the one we were thinking of, and, as is v.ell known, killed him- self, cheating both the prison and the gallows. Had Detective-inspector Buckle been set to work on 43, Ladysmith-road, twenty-four hours earlier a long trial for murdeT and a sentence of death would have been the certain result." MRS. SAMPSON'S HISTORY. A press representa-tive saw Mrs. Owen, the sister-in-law of Nurse Sampson, and obtained from her some important details THE CARMAN. I in oonnection with the alleged marriage of Mrs. Sampson. "Nurse Sampson," she said, "was my hus- band's sister. She would be now, as near as I cam tell, forty-four years of age. She married Mr. Sampson, an Englishman, about nineteen years ago, but some yeare later went to America. About five years a-go Mr. Sampson died in America, and my husband's sister returned home and took up nursing as a profession. She visited me once in the autumn of 1902, but she made no mention of her inten- tion to marry again. "She wrote me again on January 13 haying she was coming to London on the to be married. &he did not say where the was going to be married, and that wae wh&t I oould not understand. She added that she would call and see me a little later, but did not do eo. "After the lapse of some time, and hearing nothing from her, I became very worried, and I wrote a letter to the hospital at Yateley. addressed 'Nurse Sampson.' In the letter I asked her to write to me and to state if what she had referred to had taken place. I reoeived no reply, so I wrote to the matron. Miss Mason, asking her if she could give me any information of Mrs. Sampson, as I had not heard from her for such a long time. Miss Maeon replied that Mrs. Sampson had left the hospital several months before owing to ill-health. She further said that Mrs. Sampson had requested thait any letters for her should be forwarded to her new London address, 43, Ladysmith-road, Kensal Rise." So Mrs. Owen went to Ladysmith-road. The door was opened by a woman, whom Mrs. Owen says she believes to have been the Mrs. Crossman" who was formerly Miss Thompson, of Worcester Park. I inquired," Mrs. Owen oontinned, if Mrs. Sampson lived there. Mrs. Crossman' repeated the name and seemed surprised, and then asked, 'Who has sent you?' or. 'Where have you come from?' I cannot remember which. I replied, 'I came of my own accord. Mrs. Sampson is my sister-in-law. She has been married a second time, and this was given to me as her address.' Mrs. Cross- man replied that she did not know of any such name. "When I saw the papers last Thursday morning I felt that my worst fears were about to be realised. I communicated with the police, and told them all that I have now told you." CASE OF MAY WOOLARD. The story of May Woodland, who was one of Grossman's many victims, is a sad one. Just turned eighteen, handsome, and a 'I general favourite, she married him unknown to her father, gave birth to a child, and was soon deserted. Late one night in September last she called with her baby on an aunt, who CUPBOARD UNDER THE STATUS. CROSS MARKS WHERE THE BOX LAY. lived in Meadow-road, South Lambeth, and informed her that her husband had gone to America to look for work, and that she wae going to follow when he oould send her the passage money. She added that she had not a penny, and that her home had been sold p, and begged to be allowed to stop the night, Next morning the aunt gave her some money, advised her to go to her father, where she would be welcomed, and saw her off at the Oval Station. This would seem to be the last time May Woollard was seen alive. MISS NEWMAN. Inquiries by a press representative have brought to light the following facts concern- ing the marriage of Miss Newman witih the man whom her father and brother so firmly believe they have a* last discovered in the person of Grossman. In the early port of 1896 Mies Newman, an attractive and engaging girl of about twenty, was employed in a. oon- footaoner's shop in the City. On the opposite side of the street ww a bootmaker's shop, and one of the men employed there was a fre- quent customer at the establishment where Miss Newman sold sweets and confections. An acquaintance began that ripened into something warmer. and after a time the m&n, who was known to Miss Newman as Eustace Henry Mee, proposed marriage, and was accepted. The family were not averse to the ma.toh, and the wedding took place at, St. John's Church, Stratford, on September 1, 1898. After removing several times from one district to another, he soon disappeared and deserted his wife. There is a ohild of the marriage—a boy—whose features are said to resemble his father.
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DEFIANCE. BOMBASTES (Admiral Alesxeieff) — Who dares this pair of boots displace. Must meet Bombastes face to free! Thus do I challenge all the human racel
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STAGE STRUCK GIRLS. — -» ALLEGED BOGUS MUSIC HALL AGENCY. Albert Charles McCarthy, described as an engineer, was remanded yesterday at-the South-Western Police-court on grave charges under the Criminal Law Amendment Act. Mr. Frayling, who prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, stated that the accused lived at Tooting, and was a married man. Last November he engaged a room at Clapham, representing that he carried on a music-hall business and wanted an ofiiee for the purpose of interviewing applicants for situations. He posed, said counsel, as Mr. John Laweon," and plated -¡,t he was running a sketch entitled Sa.Hy in Our Alley," the name of a sketch performed by the real Mr. John Lawson. Among the advertisements which appeared in certain South London papers was one which read: Wanted three young ladies (beginners) for music hall sketch. No premium. Salary given. State age, height, and photo if possible, to Manager, Box A number of girls who applied attended at the office of the accused, where, it was alleged, serious assaults were committed upon them. In consequence of a complaint made by one of the girls to the tandlady McCarthy was arrested. The prosecutrix in the first charge-a. good- looking young woman—said when she called at the prisoner's office in answer to advertise- ments other girls were waiting three; and they entered the room in turns. As the result of an interview M'Carthy promised her an engagement at 15s. a week. As the contract did not come she called again, when, she alleged, he committed the offences with which he stood charged. He gave her what purported to be a contract, but as the promised original did not reach her she obtained the private address of Mr. John Izawson and wrote to him. It was in con- sequence of what she then ascertained that she spoke to the landlady at the house where prisoner rented the office.
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SHOT IN THE BRAIN. FERNDALE STOKER'S ESCAPE FROM DEATH. At Pontypridd Police-oourt on Wednesday the adjourned hearing of the case in which Frederick George Brown, Ferndale, was charged with unlawfully wounding and doing grievous bodily harm to George Eyre, a stoker on the Taff Vale Railway, on November 28, took place (before the Stipendiary and a bench of magistrates). The injured man now arttended and gave formal evidence. A large soar appeared on his forehead, and he appeared to be suffering considerably about his eyes. Mr. Harold Lloyd defended. Evidence already given was repeated. Police-sergeant Williams, Ferndale, stated that on the 30th of November he received prisoner into custody from the Canton county police, where be had given himself up. He then made the following statement to the police:—"On Saturday afternoon last I was out in the garden practising with a revolver. I had FIRED SOME SHOTS at some jam pots. After I had finished with that up came the Ferndale shunting engine, with three men on it—George Eyre (stoker). Oliver Blake (driver), and Thomas Wonnaoott (yard foreman). They all spoke to me as they were passing over the points in a joking manner and laughing. Thomas Wonnacott spoke to me. He held 13Rs hat up as if to be a target. I pointed the revolver to the ground to see that it wasn't loaded, and it went off •snick.' Then I pointed at them-joking all the time—when it went off. He had his hat IrtJJl up. I was horrified to see the stoker, George Eyre, fall off. I ran up the garden and over the railings to him, and found him BLEEDING FROM THE FOREHEAD. I ran back to the house and said to the land- lord, "My God. Bill, I have shot a man. Go out at onoe with water and bandages." I was so terrified I did not know what to do. I went to Cardiff. After I recovered from the shock I went to Cardiff County police Office and reported myself. We were the bwt of friends; no Ill-feeling whatever between us. We were always chums. I think I have nothing more to say, sergeant." Dr. Brown lee, house surgeon at the Cardiff Infirmary, stated that the first operation per- formed on the injured man was unsuccessful, and another operation had to be performed. Eyre's sight was now affected. He had been shot in the centre of the brain, on the fore- head, slightly on the left side. Mr. Harold Lloyd, who defended, said that the defence was that the defendant's story corresponded with that of the witnesses. Prisoner, who pleaded Not guilty," on being asked what he bad to say remarked, I have got no more to say than I hame said, sir." Prisoner was then conmrttsfced. to tato his trial at the quarter sessions at Swansea.*
SNOWSTORM IN WALFB.
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SNOWSTORM IN WALFB. Abnormal cinnatio conditions prevailed in North Wales on Wednesday, particularly in Denbighshire and Merioneth, both of which counties were visited by a ter- rible snowstorm, which lasted several hous. At ten o'clock the Berwyn Mountains and the whole country were thickly enveloped in snow. The temperature was of the bitterest description; and the pros- pects of Eastertide at Llangollen, where thou- sands of excursionists invade the district on. Good Friday, are intensely dftsawokitang.
THE WAR OFFICE COMMITTEE.j…
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THE WAR OFFICE COMMITTEE. j STRONG CONDEMNATION OF WAR MANAGEMENT. The final report of the War Office (Re-con- struction) Committee wa.8 issued on Friday. The members, in dealing with the report of the War Commission, say that it revealed a. condition of affairs which outraged pufflic feeling throughout the Empire. A remedy was suggested in the minority report of the Commission, and to this Committee was entrusted the specific duty of advising upon the means of applying the remedy in question. We unhesitatingly assert that if the recom- mendations of the majority of the Hartingtoa Oommubton not been ign >red the country would have \Men saved the ,oq of many thou- sands of lives and of many millions of pounds subsequently sacrificed in the South African war. The Committee continue: Upon many material points we have done no more than adopt and develop the principles laid down by the Hartington Commission, especially as regards the creation of the branch of a chief of the General Staff. We have before indi- cated our view of the incalculable value of the work of the Defence Committee, due to the initiative and resource of the Prime Minister. We suggest that, with few excep- tions, none of your (Mr. Balfour's) predecessors since 1815 was qualified by aptitude or in- clination to undertake this special duty. The present report contains no new principle, but is descriptive and explanatory of the nature and the duties of the offices already created." Revisions of duty are proposed in respect of the establishment of the military forces, their composition, the distribution of units in peace time, and the arrangements required for placing the units on a war footing. The Quartermaster general's powers are to be enlarged, the greatest change recom- mended being the transfer of the Army Ordnance Department to his branch. In the field the Quartermaster-general will be charged with the transport of stores of all kinds. The Quartermaster-general should be the holder and issuer of all military stores in peace and war. "The conditions which obtained in 1899," says the report, "when stores of many kinds were at a low ebb, and the most strenuous efforts had to be exerted to replenish them at short notice, ought to be absolutely impossible in the future. The Master-general of the Ordnance in future will be responsible for all matters relating to coast defence. The Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State will in future administer the departments dealing with barrack and hospital construction. accountants, and chaplains." The Committee recommend that the staff of the Inspector-general should consist of five subordinate inspectors:—(a.) cavalry; (b.) horse and field artillery; (c.) garrison artillery; (d.) engineers; and (e.) ordnance amd equipment stores. The Inspector-general and his staff should have no executive or administrative functions; they are intended "to provide the Secretary of 8ta.te and the Army Council with eyes and ears." The Committee oonclude :_H We have now completed the task entrusted to us, and we believe that the scheme of re-construction which we have drawn up will be found to be based throughout upon the great principles lying at the root of effective administration. The arrangements at the War Office are unsatisfactory and inefficient to the degree, and we consider that we should have failed in our duty if we had sought to minimise existing evils. The re-organisation of the military forces of the Crown stands outside the terms of our reference." J
POISONING SEQUEL.
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POISONING SEQUEL. ASYLUM DOCTORS ASKED TO RESIGN. A remarka-ble sequel to the recent cases of accidental poisoning at Portsmouth Borough 1 Lunatic Asylum took plaoe at a meeting of the asylum committee on Tuesday, when a letter was received from the Lunacy Com- missioners in reference to the inquiry held by two of their number. The letter stated that, as the result of that inquiry, the Commissioners had decided to direct the committee to aeoept the resigna- tion of Dr. Henderson, txcting superintendent at the time of the fatality, and of Dr. Wat- son, the lady doctor. The head attendant, Adam, who had been employed at times in dispensing the sleeping draughts, Ac.. was ] absolved from all blame In the matter. The decision of the commissioners wae re- 1 oeived with the greatest indignation by the committee. It is pointed out that the inves- tigations of the'coroner and jury and of the I asylum committee fixed no blame on any per- son concerned with the miring of the fatal draughts of choral. Dr. Henderson was only appointed locum tenens for four months during the indisposition of the medical super- intendent, Dr. Moaaby. Dr. Watson, how- ever, was on the permanent staff.
TWO CRIMES EXPIATED.
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TWO CRIMES EXPIATED. EXECUTIONS AT STAFFORD AND LEEDS. j At Leeds on Tuesday James Henry Clark- ] son, 19, tailor, was executed for murdering Blisabeth Mary Lynas, aged 12, at Guia- i borough, on December 27. In Stafford Prison on Tuesday Henry 1 Jones, a collier, was executed for the murder 1 of Mary Elisabeth Gilbert at Hanley on i January 29.
LIVELY DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.
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LIVELY DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. ARMY REFORM COMMITTEE ATTACKED, On the motion that the House on its rising should adjourn until Tuesday, April 12, Sir HENRY CAMPBKLL hANNERMAN observed that in the King's Speech twelve Bills were promised. As yet only one of the first order had been introduced. There was the Licensing Bill, after Easter. He supposed Ministers would have made up their minds how far it would be safe for them to go in the task of giving relief, protection, and endowment to the liquor traffic. But if the legislative perfor- mance of the Government was small, the financial burdens placed upon the country were enormous. For relief the taxpayer was told to look to War Office reform. The triumvirate who were re-organising the War Office had sent in their final report with a very remarkable covering letter. They said that every part of their proposals must be accepted at the risk of vitiating the whole. The Prime Minister created the Committee. The Committee patted their creator on the back—(laughter^—which was an act that required some courage. (Hear, hear.) They said that some useful work had been done under hi« auspices, but that none of his pre- decessors since 1815 were qualified to look after the defenoes of the country. (Derisive Opposi- tion laughter.) Mr. ASQUITH: That includes the Duke of Wellington. Sir HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN was forced, therefore, to believe that Mr. Balfour had been wasting upon the House of Commons, upon educat>$n, upon Ireland and upon other matters attention which ought really to have been devoted to strategy. (Shrieks of laughter.) The House and this triumvirate were not only satisfied with the Prime Minis- ter, they were excessively pleased with him. They thought little of Parliament, and lest of the Cabinet, excepting the Secretary for War, because of his declaration that the Government would, in all probability, receive their recommendations en bloc. We were not. to this mixture of the pontifical and the hysterical. (Loud laughter and cheers.) The merits or demerits of their scheme must be judged soberly and without compulsion. The first thing to know was, What were the Government going to do with this scheme? These three gentlemen were so quick and nimble-minded, why should not the Govern- ment get them to settle the licensing question and the rating question? ("Hear, bear," and laughter.) The Prime Minister proposed to appoint a small and absolutely impartial Commission to settle the doctrines of the Church of England. Why ransack the country for impartiality when there was this trium- virate. who thought so highly of him and, who being as entirely without experience in eoclesiastical matters as they were in mili- tary matters, would be admirably fitted to settle the convictions of everybody. (Roars of laughter and Opposition cheers.) ANOTHER ATTACK ON LORD MILNER. He would paø; from the extraordinary antics of these Commissioners to the extraordinary language used by our High Commissioner in South Africa. In yesterday's papers Lord Milner was reported to have said that he did not oare twopence for the opinion of people 6,000 or 7,000 miles away," in other words, for the opinion of the people of England. (Minis- terial cries of No, no. You're not the people of England.") Was this what was called "thinking Imperially "?■ Why. it was the rankest separatism Had Lord Milner been rebuked and reprimanded for so gross a. breach of propriety and so complete a mis- conception of his own position? (Delighted Opposition cheers.) If not, what would be done to bring Lord Milner to his senses? Then, the fiscal policy of the Government became more vague as time went on. The remedy rested with a general election. Yet the Prime Minister had declared that, whatever happened, he would not resign. (Ministerial cheers.) Mr. BALFOUR: When did I say that? Sir HENRY CAMPBELL-BAN~NERMAN: Tow sa.id you would not resign so long as you retained the confidence of the King and of the House of Commons Mr. BALFOUR. Hear, hear. Several Radical members: What about the country? (Opposition counter cheers.) Sir HENRY CAMPBELLrBANNERMAN said that the avowals of the Prime Minister showed that there was no contradiction between the policies of retaliation and preference and pro- tection. Mr. BALFOUR: Read the extract. Sir HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN: You said that the two-may I use the word "dc-cuments" --(Opposition laughter)—were not contradictory. Therefore, the one must be helpful and auxiliary to the other. ("Oh" frem the Ministerialists.) There was a docu- ment which recommended the policy of pre- ferenoo and of protection. Mr. BALFOUR (smiling) inquired: "Where do you get that from. I never made any statements so absurd." (Ministerial cheers. I Sir H. JAMPBELL-BANNERMAN claimed that the withdrawal of the Wharton amend- ment showed that, while the official policy held the field as a test of orthodoxy, the policy of "the document" was the real party policy. There was lip-service to the pamphlet, but whole-hearted homage to the document. It was the document, and not the pamphlet, which kept the Government in power. (LDud Opposition cheers.) Was it really in accord- ance with the spirit of the Constitution that Mr. Balfour should retain power when the country demonstrated at every bye-election that he no longer enjoyed its confidence? Such conduct did not redound to the credit of the House. or to the character, fame, and stability of the tried, trusted, and time-worn system of Parliamentary government. (Loud and long Opposition cheers.) THE PREMIER'S REPLY. Mr. BALFOUR said that he failed to under- stand why Sir Henry thought it would be for the benefit of the country that the Govern- ment should take the unusual and unprece- dented course of resigning office while they retained the confidence of that House. (Unionist cheers.) It was true there had been a delay of business: whose was the blame? The time had been taken up with discussing the Estimates, the King's Speech, and votes of censure moved by the Opposition. (Hear, hear.) He (the speaker) expressed his personal regret that the War Office Commissioners had sent the covering letter with the report, but they were entitled to do so, and it would hava been illegal for him to have suppressed it. The Commissioners had rendered great scrvice to the country at large in the task they had performed. Sir Henry's language would not encourage public servants to give their services gratuitously. (Hear, hear.) As an ex-Secretary for War, Sir Henry ought to have been grateful to this Committee. (Loud Ministerial cheers.) MR. LLOYD-GEORGE AND EDUCATION. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE (R., Carnarvon Boroughs) observed that the Prime Minister had. with his usual irresponsible ingenuity, managed to ignore all the salient facts of the situation. The present session had f-hown that the Welsh county councillors were not prosecuted because they were law. breakers, but because they were not Scotchmen. (Laughter and oheers.) The Prime Minister was now about to fling hia party into the brewer's vat. (Laughter.) He looked after what he (Mr. Lloyd-George) called the "jug and bottle department" of the Unionist Government. (Laughter.) And there was the publican outside with his can, waiting for the long pull. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Balfour had tried to escape from the Bir- mingham oompound—(Opposition cheers and la.oghter)-but the overseer left in oharge had discovered him, and before he hao gone far beyond the fence had brought him and his colleagues back by their pie-tails. (Laughter.L Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL (U., OldhamT then spoke. Immediately the hon. member rose Mr. Bal- four and the majority of the Unionist mem- bers left the House. Sir JOHN GORST (U., Cambridge Univer- sity) condemned the novel and extraordinary tactics which, he said, had been pursued towards Mr. Winston Churchill. The member for Oldham had been treated with the most marked discourtesy. The motion was then nirmisl to.