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COUNTRY GENTLEMAN AND THE GROOM'SWIFE. In the Divorce Division on Friday Sir F. Jeune and a common jury had before them the petition of Mr. Ernest Walter Hopkins, a stud groom, stated to be employed in the Isle of Wight, for a divorce by reason of the mis- conduct of his wife with the co-respondent, Mr. Vernon Harcourt Freeman, gentleman of means, of Cilwendig Park, Boncath, against whom damages were claimed. There was no defence. Mr. Barnard, on behalf of the petitioner, stated that the parties were married in 1890, and ultimately they went to reside at one of the lodges at Chwendig In 1897 some private theatricals the house, and all the servants DQnmned vfifeh the estate were inviooca- wards at one lodg*» on the estate, where they lived, in the a^ence of the petitioner. In the course of 1897 one of the workmen upon the farm spoke to Mr. Hopkins, and advised him to come home from his work a little earlier some day to see for himself what was going on. The inti- mation was' given to him that he should go to the other lodge, which was near to the lodge which he and his wife occupied. The petitioner acted upon that advice and went to the other lodge, where he found his wife and the co-respondent in the bedroom together. Petitioner said, What does this mean?" whereupon Mr. Freeman ordered him out, saying, Get out of my property. This is my house. You are not entitled to come here." After that the petitioner had to leave. He arranged to go to the Isle of Wight, where he had obtained a situation as stud groom, and he gave his wife money for her to go with the children to London. From that time he had not seen her or the children. TIe had saved enough money to cause inqtrvisje to be made as to his wife's whereabouts, with the result that this suit was brought. Mrs. Freeman had obtained a divorce against her hus- band, the co-respondent, who had since been living wit-h Mrs. Hopkins. Counsel urged that in the circumstances this was a case for substantial damages. The petitioner was called and bore out counsel's statement. Mrs. Ems, of Lowestoft-, deposed that in January, 1898. Mr. Freeman and the respon- dent stayed at Lee House. The lady had three children with her. The jury found for the petitioner, and assessed the damages at £ 1,250. It was pointed out that the petitioner had only claimed JS600, and Mr. Barnard asked leave to amend. The President said that the usual course was to give notice to the co-respondent. He granted a decree nisi, with coctB and custody of the children.

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OF TRAGIC INCIDENTS. tnICIDE OP* A BRECON v WOMAN. F. Thomas district coroner, held an at Gnild-hai], Brecon, on Monday, the death of Mary Ann Price (40), of Evan Price, mason, of Dainter- ^ho died as the result of drinking l!va„ ^5id ^r|c€' the husband, said that npon kii? the house at seven o'clock he fonnd Von.lying on the kitchen floor. Her informed him that she had taken tllfgg She had been on the spree for about fiyn and was drunk every ^ay. John Price, the fifteen-year-old eon of ^U»jDlan' Baid that when he was at tea on botHy evenin £ two little girls brought in *°th» of P°iBon' which they handed to his *01Wr' the bottle upstairs, and he jfd* She was about to drink some of j^TOieon when he took it out of her hand ^ise *n t*ie Pantry- He then left the *w7' and did not return until late in the l| tv11 ^>r,oe (Mrs. Price's brother), who lived a, honse, stated that he was in the houae brj-^pArter to seven, and saw two little girls ^8 R« ln a b°ttle of poison for killing vermin, l^rj^er said to them. 'Give it me," afad she y^iately drank the contents of the bottle to the ground. He did not see the t w11 *^°^m Price i11 the house. If the lad ?*en away a bottle from his mother it hi tK- 6 a dose she had sent for earlier ^evening. •ben* ,re Ooroner: On Saturday evening eflie 6d. in two hours drinking with neigh- Jfir ^eir houses. William Tudor, chemist, High-street, *i*ls tIlat on Saturday evening two little *o Calne mto the shop and asked for 3d. of carbolic acid for killing vermin. Coroner: Do you think it was wise to Applied two little girls with poison, 't't If regard to their extreme youthfulness? 1So111 nesa: There is no law against it, but I -t know that I was discreet in doing it. tbil(ir ttld be surprised at the number of *^ich ° wk° are 66114 for wllifce precipitate, boijT1 *°uld be equally aa dangerous as car- Mth they opened it.. There is no fault the gard to me, but rather with regard to >611; *hich does not prevent me from l £ S u- ?^o^r.on5r "aid it had never been his tfcfrtVi118 to have inquired into a more beL. of things. The woman had the 'inking heavily, and in a fit of frenzy her own life. •Jllry wtnrned a verdict of Suicide in a state of temporary insanity." Mother AND CHILD DROWNED IN .j. A WATER CASK. d*ooivery of the lifeless bodies of a aakl her infant child was of »^nday in a water cask, at the back tfee wiffi „7i ,'B Garnant. The woman was ,it waa fipa). f named Walter Davies, and Which thfiv that they had left the bed 'dfcigbt A fl v: for part of the ^•band niade dawn by 'halted other mmatea of the house, and "••m t v11 discovery. There doea not be «»jr enpiaxuUdon to the affair. ftTJND DROWNED AT CAB- y MARTHEN. the Guild-hall, Carmarthen, on Monday ^Qoon Mr. Thomas Walters, borough ^r^Qer, held an inquest- oiljthe body of 1^3 'iam Dent (46), horse-dealer, Jolly Tar- Carmarthen, who on the previous day found drowned in the River Towy, the ^avinS been missed since the 21st w~-Wm. Thomas, an employe at the Saw- 4bov,l ^covered the body on the mud-bank, Vi<W T? yardfi below Piloffl Bridge. The hugu deposed to the recent sufferings of her H who on Wednesday la«t looked aa te» ^ad a fit- He complained about in bJ? giddiness in his head. After lying all day on Thursday he went out in 4ljv Vening, and was not afterwards seen ^Ur'a>i „ ? e tween nine aaid ten o'clock on Of vB y night deceased called at the house a rs" 5, Sawmill-terrace, and handed it j^.P^ket-knife to a little girl, asking that th ^ePt there until he called for it. quickly disappeared.—The Coroner it wan extraordinary thing for the to leave a knife at a h<iuse occupied with whom he was not acquainted. **ra-idr' t^iere was 110 eyidence of his being keeping it owing to a suicidal th and sa'e to return would Found drowned."—This was the. of the jury. C^DlFF MAN'S MYSTERIOUS END. Police-court on Wednesday Mr. E. *^SUe=*$rn deputy-ooroner, held an V gj8' on the body of a man whose remains, stage of decomposition, were y Dock-constable Cooling in the No. 1 ,on Tuesday morning, the body having i ln the water some two or three months. ^•(vS^fcns woman named Alice Lily J^tn 0^' living' at 39, Chancery-lane, identified the body aa that of •h^ J^sband', Patrick M'Confaell, to whom married about two years ago. He ^ld her that he was 25 years of age, but /Sieved from his appearance that he h&ve been at least 35 years old. Kt ^d her he had been a soldier, £ 3^1 was afterwards engaged as a fireman. Deceased had confessed to V*in 1 he had a wife and three children <lia in Ireland, but she knew nothing about <|jjy ^bteoedents. M'Oonnell sailed from Car- °1 board the steamer Concord on the December last. She had not seen him A 'inoe, but she had been informed that verted his ship at St. Vincent, and that come back to Barry in another ship. •^ ilca,l evidence was given that death was *bm.to drowning, and the jury returned a ct 0f "pOTln(j drowned." ^°Wned in a bucket of water AT TREHARRIS. James Mullett, fourteen months old, William Mullett, collier, of Webster- jj* Treharrie,t was left in the front room atairday by his mother for a few ^hen whilst s^e went out to the back. returned she found the child in a of water, head downwards. Dr. Wafi called to attend, but the child in jjjg presence. At the inquest on a verdi°t of Accidental death was tlxrllld. I Downed IN THE USK AT new- 1.e PORT. t Cb&Well, a watchman, living in ^ho '°n-street, Newport, was drowned in I. Ver Usk on Wednesday afternoon near ^Oj^diron. It is supposed that whilst *jvef a steamer go into berth in the fell over the quay into the water. as picked up by a boat about five after falling in, but life was then ^dden DEATH AT tnyshir. Ail e'derly widow .named Mrs. Walters, **«niy e at No. 5, Wind-street, Ynyshir, sud- **8 i?rp^red on Wednesday morning whilst er day's washing.

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POLLARD DIVORCE SEQUEL. FIVE PERSONS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE. A sensational, but scarcely unexpected sequel to the Pollard divorce re-trial has occurred in the arrest of five persons on a. charge of conspiring together to pervert and obstruct the due course of justice in connec- tion with the remarkable trial. The five prisoners are:- Henry Scott, otherwise Slater, 71, Palace- court, Bayswater, proprietor of Slater's Detective Agency; Goorge Henry, manager of the agency; Albert Oeborn, of 66, Dray ton-gardens, South Kensington, solicitor to the agency; John Pracey, otherwise John Bray, private I SLATER. inquiry agent, of 15, Wellesley-street, Stepney; and Frederick Stanley Davies, a private inquiry agent, of Westbury-avenue-parade, Wood Green. The two latter were employes of the agency. AH but Henry were arrested in London, and were brought before the magis- trate in Bow-street, and rema-nded. Henry was arrested at Southend, and could not be taken to town in time, but he will be present when the four others are brought up again. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Guy Stephenson, on behalf of the Treasury. Mr. O. F. Gill, K.C., and Mr. Valetta represented Osborn; Mr. Muir appeared for Scott; and Mr. Myers represented Pracey and Davies. Mr. Guy Stephenson, in stating the case for the prosecution, said the four prisoners in the dock were arrested on warrants charging them with conspiracy to pervert and obstruct the course of law and justice in connection with the divorce suit in whticlj Mrs. Kate Pol- lard was the petitioner, and Thomas Pollard the respondent, in 1902. He was there to prosecute on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and he did not intend to do more that morning than to present the evi- dence necessary for a. remand. Oeborn, he might explain, was the solicitor for the peti- tioner in the suit. Henry Scott was the pro- prietor of Slater's Detective Agency, and he was sometimes known at Henry Slater. Davies prietor of Slater's Detective Agency, and he was sometimes known at Henry Slater. Davies HENBY (Slater's Manager). was one of the detectives employed by the agency; and Pracey was engaged in the same occupation. Chief-inspector Frank Froest said at six on Friday evening he went to No. 1, Basing- hall-streeit, City. He there saw Pracey, and charged him with conspiring with other persons to defeat the ends of justice. Pracey said, "I did not think they would pull me in." He was then taken to Bow- street, and was there charged with the offence He made no reply. When he was at the police-station Scott, alias Slater, was brought in by Detective-sergeant Carlin. Wit- nesa read the warrant to him, and he said: I am as innocent as a child. 1 was away at the time. Detective-sergeant Carlin, of Scotland Yard, described how on Friday he went to 71, Palace- court Mansions, Notting Hill, where he saw the prisoner Slater. He told Slater that he was a police officer, and that a warrant had been granted for his arrest for conspiracy, with other persons, to defeat the ends of jus- tice. The accused replied: Very well, I will go with you. I am perfectly innocent, and had not been to the office for thirteen months prior to last March. I have not taken any active part in the firm for many years. Henry manages the business, but I come to take the money. I know nothing of this case. Someone is supposed to ha.ve shown me a letter regard- ing the oaise. I am as innocent as a child. Witness added that at a quarter to one 'M PBACY, Alias BRAY. tha%morning he went to 66, Drayton-gardene, Earl's Court, in company with another offloer. He there saw Osborn. He told him a warrant had been issued for his arrest for conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice. He replied:- It is very annoying, but I suppose I must go with you. I am willing to accompany you. Mr. Stephenson said that was all the evi- dence he proposed to submit, but he desired to state that Mr. Henry, who managed the detective business, had been arrested out of London, and there had been no time to bring him to the court. The Magistrate remanded the accused, who had maintained strict silence throughout the proceedings, for a week. The Moxifftrate said he had decided to adnit the prisoners to bail, Scott and Oeborn each in two sureties of £3,000, and the other pri- soners each in two sureties of JE500. Mr. Gill asked for a reduction of the amount, but the Magistrate said he could not enter- tain the suggestion at present. When Henry was brought up counsel might 'renew his application. Eventually, however, Sir Albert de Rutzen consented to make bail for Scott and Osborn in four sureties of £1,500 each instead of two sureties of £ 3,000. The bail was subsequently forthcoming in the oases of Scott and Osborn. SLATER'S MANAGER CHARGED AT BOW-STREET. At Bow-street, London, on Monday George He.iry, described as a private detective, was charged with conspiring with Henry Scott, otherwise Henry Slater, Albert Osborn, and two others to pervert and obstruct the due course of the law and justice in the Pollard divorce suit. The magistrate remanded Henry, and OSBORN (Solicitor). allowed bail, two sureties in .£500 each or four in £ 250. On Monday afternoon Henry Scott, or Slater, the proprietor of Slater's Detective Agency, was admitted to bail, two sureties appearing, one in the sum of E4,000, and the other in £2.000. ANOTHER AGENT ARRESTED AND CHARGED. Cyril Smith, a private inquiry agent, having no fixed address, was arrested at Featherstone- buildings, London, on Tuesday, on a charge of conspiring, with five other men, to per- vert and obstruct the due course of law and justice in the Pollard Divorce case. The arrest was effected by Detective-sergeant Brown and Detective Gillard. Later in the day Smith was brought up at Bow-street. Mr. Sims, for the Treasury, an- nounoed that Smith was the last of the defen- dants mentioned in the warrant. Prisoner, when arrested, admitted having foolishly written letters which were untrue, but denied having stated that he had been talked into writing them. Be was remanded, bail being fixed at £ 1,000. The inf<5|3$&tiou ftffweting Sbs* accu sed, waft j to the effect tha.t a. Mr. Knowles instructed the agency to watch Mr. Pollard at Plymouth and that Smith reported to the agency that he had arranged a meeting between Mr. Pollard and two chorus girls in order that Jl M DAVIS. he might commit misconduct. He was .re- called, but the agency continued to employ him in connection with the Pollard case.

GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. WAREHOUSES IN THE MINORIES BURNT DOWN. One of the most disastrous fires with regard to the destruction of property for several years burst out in the City of London at mid- night on Monday, and was at its height at one o'clock on Tuesday morning. It originated in the very centre of the London and North-western Railway Goods Depot, which comprised a range of very lofty ware- houses of five or six floors, bounded by Aldgate, Mansell-street, Church-etreet, and The Minories. In response to a brigade call a force of 40 engineo with all appliancee and over 200 firemen were on the scene from all parts of London, while the London Salvage Corps were working hard to save the sur- rounding property. It was not until four o'clock that the firemen broke the back of their task, and even then it required the united efforts of four hundred men to keep the flames under control. The whole block of warehouses from Aldgate High-street down to Church-street had been completely burnt out. It is said that the damage is officially estimated in round figures at over £ 100,000.

MOTHER'S HEROIC CONDUCT. TOUCHING STORY OF A LONDON FIRE. A touching story of a mother's heroism in commonplace domestic surroundings was related at the inquest on Wednesday on a boy named Ernest James Day, who died in Guy's Hospital from severe burns. Mrs. Day, of Bermondsey, put her two children to bed after dinner on Monday after- noon, according to her custom. One, Earnest' James, was three years old; the other was a baby. At five o'clock, as they usually awoke about that time, she wont upstairs, and was horri- fied to find the room full of suffocating smoke. She heard one of the children moaning, and crawled into the room on her hands and knees and found the elder boy lying on the floor. She struggled out with him, and some neighbours took him to Guy's Hospital. Entering the room again alone, in spite of the danger, the poor woman found her baby on the bed as she had left it, and succeeded in bringing it out in safety. On rea-ching the landing however, she was so overcome by the smoke that she fell down- stairs. Kind and sympathetic neighbours paid her every attention, and she soon returned to consciousness. Then she learned the sad news that her boy had been taken to the hospital suffering from severe burns. The boy died later in the hospital. After bearing the plain story of the mother's efforts to rescue her children the jury found a verdict of accidental death, and added a few words of sympathy with the mother and an appreciation of her heroic conduct. The evidence of a fireman, who came on the scene after the rescue, showed that the boy had been playing with loose matches on a, chair by th* bedside.

REMOVED. FOND RELATIVE: Very well; M You won't treat the child properly I will put him somewhere else, where, at least, he will get fair play I

SWANSEA DIVORCE CASE. In the irivorce Division on Monday the Pre- sident (Sir Francis Joune) had before him the undefended action ui Mrs. Anne Davies, of Swansea, for a divo. ce, by reason of the desertion and misconduct of her husband, Mr. William Davies, eaid now to be a tramway inspector, at Swansea Mr. Barnard, for the petitioner, said that the parties were married on the 1st of June, 1891, at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, After living together for seventeen months he went to Liverpool and joined the police force there. From that time he had never made a home for her or supported her down to 1902. In 1902 her mother died, and the petitioner came into a certain amount of money. In the cc-urse of that year the respondent came to Swansea, where he saw his wife4 She forgave him, and they again lived together for a time. In September- 1902, she went to Liver- pool, where her husband was then still em- ployed in the police force. He told her that he could not take her into his lodgings, and stated that he had been living with Mary Williams. The petitioner was 7ery much upset, but he said h3 would give up Williams. The wife, at his request, went to a house in Bouverie-strjet, Liverpool, and saw Mary Williams, with whom she made arrangements as to her having the furniture and a sum of £ 50. The respondent retired from the police force in October, 1902, and came and lived with his wife in Swansea. Afterwards he appeared to ha-e met Mary Williams, and they were alone together in a private room at a cottage at Landore. Evidence having been given in support of the -above, a decree nisi, with copts, was granted, with the custody of the child.

NEWPORT SOLDIER'S DIVORCE. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday (before the President, Sir F. Jeune) a case was heard in which Mr. Kerwick, a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, living at Newport, sued for a divorce from his wife, Alice Kerwick, on the ground of her misconduct with William James IfIiree, also a soldier. The suit was undefended. The petitioner in bLiR evidence said he was married to the respondent in 16% at Lime- rick, where he was then quartered, and sub- sequently they removed to Newport. There had been two children. In 1299 he was ordered out on active service in South Africa. In 1901 he received oertain information, and he obtained leave to return to make inquiries in 1903, and then began these proceedings. Mrs. Taylor, a witness from Newport, said ehe was acquainted with the petitioner and his wife, and she also knew the co-respon- dent. She remembered making an arrange- ment to meet Mrs. Kerwick in September, 1900, in a wood. She went to meet her there, and saw her and the oo-respondent there together, ghe rr«e js^sent ba Jwae, 19P1, wh»n J the respondent had a child, and she subse- quently attended the police-court with the respondent. She saw the co-respondent there, and the magistrates adjudged him to be the father of the child. An order was made against him to pay 2s. 6d. a week for the maintenance of the child. He did not deny that he was the father. His Lordship said this was sufficient evi- dence, and he grarted the petitioner a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage, with costs.

TRADESMAN'S DIVORCE. In the Divorce Division on Wednesday Mr. Abraham Ripley Tomlinson, a musician, of Leeds, was granted a decree nisi because of the misconduct of his wife, Lydia Annie, with M Robert F. Hodge, a confectioner, of Leedd, against whom petitioner was awarded JE150 damages, Counsel stated the parties were married in 1878, and in 1902 took a small con- fectionery business in Leeds, which the wife attended to. The co-respondent was a confec- tioner in a wholesale way, and through busi- ness became acquainted with them. The peti- tioner was fulfilling an engagement in 1902, "atftl' waa a-r home only T&t. irttek enfe ■ In J October, after a slight quarrel, the wife left home. and it appeared the co-respondent had told his own wife to leave the house because he waa going to bring Mrs. Tomlinson to live there, whereupon Mrs. Hodge had to turn out and Mrs. Tomlinson went there and lived with him.

PECULIAR DIVORCE CASE. ( In the Divorce Court on Monday Mrs. Isa- bella Hunter was granted a decree nisi on the ground of the desertion and misconduct of her hns<ba<nd, William Henry Joseph Hunter, a bricklayer, with whom she had lived in Hull and Leeds. Counsel stated that peti- tioner tut the time of the marriage was six- teen. Respondent went to America, and peti- tioner was informed that he had died. Believing this to be true, petitioner married a ra,ilway worker named Overstall, who was killed, and later a. man named Ashton. Peti- tioner a.fterrwards learned that the respon- dent was alive and had been living with a woman in New York.

OFFICER'S WIFE DIVORCED, Captain Arthur George Fitzroy Day, of the Dorsetshire Regiment, has been granted a decree nisi by reason of the miscon- duct of hie wife with Mr. Henry Jackson, VXllll CAPTAIN" DAY. I —— of whom, it was stated, nothing is known. The marriage took place in 1889, and in 1901 a separation was agreed upon, the husband retaining the custody of the child. Upon returning' from India, he received anonymous letters a.bout his wife, who eventually supplied him with certain information upon which this petition was founded. The suit was undefended.

A FRANK CO-RESPONDENT. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Mr. Percy Morris, a member of the Bar, was granted a decree nimi on the ground of the misconduct of his wife, Mrs. Annie F. Morris, with Mr. Godfrey Oakey, whose position was not stated, beyond the fact that he was a very rich man. It was stated by counsel that there was originally a claim for a large sum in damages, but that was withdrawn, as it was understood that the co-respondent had settled a large sum on the wife. The marriage took plaoe in 1694 at Kensington. In October last, when she and her husband were living at Cambridge-terrace, the wife went out and did not return, but sent a I letter to her hnsband, stating that she had left him for ever, and that he must know that she had absolutely ceased to care for him. lIe discovered that she had eloped with the co- respondent. Petitioner received a letter from him, sta.ting:- Annie has thrown in her lot with mine. She has left all the old life and gone avmy to start afresh with me. I love her abso- lutely and completely, and as soon as pos- sible I will make her my wife. I ask you to free her so that I may give her the social I protection of my name.

MARITAL MYSTERY. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Mis. Geor. gina Eglantine Marie Chaplin, nee Hamilton, an Irish lady, was granted a decree of restitu- tion of conjugal rights against her husband, Major Charles Slingsby Chaplin, of the King's Royal Rifles. Counsel stated that the mar- l ri.. took pteoa in 1893 at Mcnachan. In 1901 the husband was ordered to South Africa, and when he returned, in the following year, petitioner was astonished to find her husband had absolutely changed in his demeanour. He hardly spoke to her, and ultimately left her altogether. He had declined to return to her, and refused to give his reasons.

A FLIRTATION AT SEA. Mr. Gerrant Sfockton Cox, who had been an underwriter at Lloyd's, was on Wednes- day granted a decree nisi because of the misconduct of his wife, Emily, with Mr. John M'Queen, medical student, against whom damages were assessed at J5200. It was stated that the parties lived in Australia.some time, and respondent on returning to England met the co-respondent on the voyage. Since then it was said that they had been cohabiting near Kingsbridge, Devonshire.

I BETRAYED BY A GUEST. I In the Divorce Court on Wednesday Mr. G. Dunn, engineer, of Bell Side Cofijg||afc North- lumber ltuid, was granted •.»«> 4jKtt|«ii8i I rea&on of the misconduct of Mary Ann, with Mr. Robert Richardson Hindmareh, against whom damages were assessed at £ 500. It was stated that the co-respondent had been engaged in newspaper work on a leading paper in Northumberland, and was one of the guests at petitioner's wedding. Co-respondent and respondent had, it was alleged, left for Canada.

PHANTOM FORTUNE. ALLEGED HEIR BEFORE THE BRISTOL BENCH. A. E. Moore, who tecently circulated the statement in Bristol that he had come in for a big fortune, was brought before the Bristol magistrates on Thursday, charged with obtaining money by false pretences. Moore, who had been in that city for several months, had been a regular visitor at the Young Mens' Christian Association, and frequently at- tended the cathedral. About Easter time he told his friends that he had come into a fortune of £10,000 a year, besides a sum of £47,000 in cash. Many people were sceptical of the story, for Moore, or, as he called himself latterly, Stephens, refused to give the name of the solicitors who he said were acting for him on behalf of the estate of his late father, the Rev. E. A. Stephens, of Cam- bridge. Not only was this secrecy observed with regard to that point, but mystery sur- rounded the circumstances under which he w wmw v 1 mrM* A E. MOOSE. alleged he came into the money. The Bristol police entertained doubts as to the truth of the story, and, inquiries having shown that money had been obtained on the representa- tion of his coming into a fortune, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Stephens. At this time the man was in London, profes- sedly for the purpose of seeing his solicitors, who, he said, were settlin up the estate, and a telegram was received in Bristol inti- mating that his affairs had been satisfac- torily arranged, and that he was contemplat ing returning. Stephens stayed at the Buck- ingham Pala-ca Hotel, but it appears that after he became aware of the warrant for his arrest he fell upon less prosperous times, and. though he had up to that period dressed smartly and "treated" his friends liberally, he WM now obliged to seek employment, which he found in a refreshment house. His friends in Bristol, of course, heard nothing of him, though some 200 letters were received at the Young Men's Christian Association, where he said commu- nications might be sent him. The clnes to his whereabouts whioh were available were his whereabouts which were available were smartly followed up, with the result that he was arrested on Tuesday at an address in Islington. HIS DEMEANOUR IN THE DOCK. Moore is an ordinary-looking young man, well below the middle stature. His clothes and -general appearance as he stepped into the dock were fairly trim, considering the manner in which he has had to rough it since the police have been in search of him. He did not seem at all troubled by his position, Und his face frequently relaxed into a smiled According to the charge sheet, the prisoner's name is Ernest Arthur Moore, aiias Stephens. His age is given as 20, and he is described as a draper's assistant, of 62, Haberdasher-street, Haxton, London. The charge was one of obtaining by false pretences, on April 6, from Ernest William Pearce, the sum of £5. Asked by the magistrates' clerk which name waa correct—Moore or Stephens—prisoner replied, Moore, sir." An official from the office of the town cierk (who is prosecuting) applied for a remand until next Wednesday, on the ground that all the witnesses were not at hand. Detective Lord said this was the only charge at present, but there would be other charges. The nomad waa granted.

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STRANGE SCENES IN TIBET. ERSTWHILE FOES TURNET TRADERS. The India Office on Wednesday evening issued a telegram from the Viceroy forward" ing the following dispatch from Colonel Younghusband, dated Gyangtse, April 22:— "I have received a dispatch from the Amban in which he says he will certainly arrive here within the next three weeks, that he has insisted on the Tibetans giving him trans- port, and they have agreed, and that he has insisted, also, on competent and trustworthy, Tibetan representatives accompanying him. He does not state specifically what repre- sentatives will accompany him, but the official who brooght the dispatch says that one of the councillors acting in place of the conn* cillors imprisoned at Lhassa is coming. The official also says that among the common people at Lhassa there is not mucli excite- ment, as they are aware that even if we did go there we would not harm them, but that the Tibetan officials at Lhassa are greatly perturbed and are begging the Amban to come here and settle the matter. The official saw 700 Tibetan troops about 66 miles from here, and another camp nearer to Lhassa. Excepting these, there was no sign of military; preparation. The Amban's dispatch says the Lhaøøa general was the aggressor in the Gum affair, but my compassion in releasing the prisoners and in caring for the wounded and my. humane motives have conferred incalculable blessings on Tibet. He says the Dalai Lama is now roused to a sense of our power, but since the former councillors are imprisoned there are few capable Tibetan officials to negotiate. The Amban adds that he does not speak insincerely. Everything here is very fluiet. The general attitude is an acceptance of the inevitable, combined with relief at the flight of the oppressive Lhassa officials. Sick and wounded are also coming in to be treated by Wilton. Camp besieged with Tibetans selling country produce, carpets, and trinkets. Daily bazaar now established outside camp. To-day 177 Tibetans, mostly women, were selling their goods there. The scene presented waa very remarkable and significant, British officers and soldiers, Sikhs, Gurkhas, and Bhutans, bargaining away peacefully with their foes of a fortnight ago, and giving sharp Tibetan traders exorbitant prices for vege- tables, eggs. condiments, matches, cigarettes, carpets, trinkets, cotton goods, cooking utensils, and even penny whistles. Tibetans are evidently born traders, and they are already sending to Pliari for more goods from India. Two hundred and twenty-thret maunds of bhoosa and 5601b. barley were also brought to-day for sale to too oomnis eariat by sixteen different villagers." MONKS MAKE THEIR PEACE. An abbot came into Chalu on Wednee6a> bea.ring a message from the Tashi Lama to Colonel Younghusband, to the effect that the Tibetan people wished to be friends, and expressing regret that the monks took part in the recent fighting. They had, it waa exclaioed, .t^eer foroed to do so by the J bffiea "lirathorttieH. however, had bfeen well beaten. The messenger now adsea tha* the recent fine of grain imposed by Colonel Younghusband on the Gyangtse monasteries for the participation of the monks in the fighting should be remitted. Colonel Young- husband replied that we had always been friends with the Taehi Lama since the days of Bogie and Turner, and he remitted hall the &ne.—Press Association Foreign Special.

LIFE BELOW STAIRS. SCENES IN A BOARDING HOUSE KITCHEN. At Bow-street Police-court on Wednesday Francis Oonnoley, 40, was charged (before Mr. M.a.rsham) as a suspected person found on enclosed premises, and with assaulting William Francis Greening, a boarding-house keeper. Mr. Greening started that at a quarter-past nine o'clock he found that potatoes were being cooked in his kitchen. As that was an Unusual thing at that time of night, it caused him to look round, and he discovered the prisoner locked in the coal-cellar adjoin- ing the kitchen. Finding himself caught like a rat in a trap, the prisoner shattered the panels of the cellar door and walked out of the house. When he got outside he struck the witness on the head. The witness followed him, and when he got opposite Tottenham Court-road Police-station he "bundled" him in. The witness's cook said the prisoner was her hus- band, but when she entered his service, two months ago, she posed as a single woman, but expected to be married at an early date. Mary Ellen Connoiey, the cook referred toi eaid the prisoner was her husband. He visited her in the kitchen at nine o'clock on Tuesday night, and while he was in the kitchen her mistress came down. She did not wish her mistress to see him, so she pushed him into the coal-cellar. (Laughter.) Her mistress went into the scullery, and, on seeing the prisoner in the cellar, locked him in. Mr. Marsham: You have no right to have visitors in your kitchen at that time of night. You appear to have been cooking. The Witness: But not for him, sir. We have two Indians in the house, and they won't eat ordinary food. They are vege- tarians, and have potatoes and carrots and rice boiled overnight lor their luncheon in the morning. THE PRISONER S VERSION. The prisoner said he went to the house on Tuesday to see his wife, and she told him. the mistress had left some money to pay a I man—if she could get one—for putting up a bedstead. Mr. Marsham: Did you put up the bed- etead? The Prisoner: No, sir; 'but when my wife gave me the money I went and got a pint and a half of beer in a jug. (Laughter.) When I went down the area steps with the beer my wife came out. and said, You must not come into the kitchen; the mistress is there." I gave her the beer, and was trying to get up the steps again, when I walked into the coal- cellar. (Lamghter.) I fell down, and eome pots and pans fell on the top of me, making a terrible clatter. I half pushed the door to, thinking the affair would blow over. But the mistrese had heard those pote and pans, and said to my wife, What's that noise?" My wife said. "A cat's got through the window, mum, and upset something. (Loud laughter.) The mistress was not sati& fied, and struck a match. As soon as she did so she shouted, Come down, Frank; theres a man here." At the same time ahe looked me in. My wife said, It's my husband," and the mistress then set about her. I could not stand it any longer, so I burst the door open. By that time Frank" (the prosecutor) had come down. I said to him, Your wife is setting about my wife. Can you set about meP" (Laughter.) He made a lunge at me, but he was short. I had a go at him, and-well, it ■wasn't short. (More laughter.) After the bother was ever I walked out. The master went with me, and we were both nice and quiet until we got to Tottenham Court-road Police-station. As for "bundling" me in, he would have stood a lively chance if he had attempted anything of the kind. Mr. Marsham said ire did not think the r prisoner had been to the house for the pur- pose of committing a fftlony, and that charge fell through. But for the assault on the pro- secutor he would be fined 20s., or ten days.

BABY-FARMER SENTENCED. It is poverty that has driven me to this wretched business," pleaded Isabella Oobb, a baby-farmer, at Leicester on Wednesday. The charge against the woman was that of wil- futly neglecting an eighteen-months-old child which she had undertaken to adopt for the sum of £10. The evidence showed that she carried on a systematic traffic in young children. The Benoh sentenced the woman to six months' hard labour, and ordered the children found at her houae to be sent to tfc* untaB.