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DETECTIVES AND DIVORCE. o EVIDENCE OF A FORMER EMPLOYE, Saturday, for the third time, the defen- in the Slater's Agency case appeared °re Sir Albert de Rutzen at Bow-street ^MQ8wer to a charge of conspiring to per- ittett- aa^ obstruct the due course of law and r^oe in the recent Pollard divorce case. Slat defendants are Henry Scott, otherwise aged 5E, of Palace-court Mansions, jjon«7ater; Albert Osborn, aged 36, solicitor, Kensington; Geo. Philip Henry, the jjgJJ^Ser of the agency; and the three private JuT^tives, John Pracey, Frederick Stanley A an<^ Cyril Broughton Smith. Gainst the solicitor, Mr. Osborn, further O^'See are preferred of procuring Maud ^dinan, and inciting her to give false Hia ce *n t*le Pollard suit. In this suit it be remembered a decree nisi was in^lne(* by Pollard against her <SAND- Ire ar^es Fieldln5. °f Selborne-road, Wood On en' Was examined by Mr. Guy Stephenson, *tat °' counsel f°r the prosecution. He HHe> that he was employed in Slater's from 1895 to July of last year, having ^BEJ,0PTl°U8ly been ln the Metropolitan Police *rom ^bich be retired on a sergeant's CI!00 ™ 1295. Slater, who appeared to be head of the firm, was also known by the *Cel of Captain Brown and Captain Scott. t^e defendant Henry was the manager of ^4 agency, and he was in constant About 30 men were as detectives, and amongst them jj the accused, Pracey, Smith, and Davies. Stephenson: Had you anything to do faj the Pollard case?—Yes; I had to make CoPiea of the reports, and to forward to Mr. Osborn. J^^ness knew that Davies had been at but he did not see any reports from and Da-vies did not tell him what had J'Pea.ed. He informed Mr. Henry that there no reports from Jersey, and :nOt smilingly answered, "Oh, they must see daylight!" He remembered ^r- Osborn went to Plymouth. About t*mo witness heard a conversation rHenry and Osborn, just outside his Henry told Osborn that they were not J>0|]lQS on very well at Plymouth with the ease. Osborn said, "Shall I go down, Og{j^eee what I can do?" and Henry slapped >0Q.^n on the back and said, "I wish you &rj.; • Alf." A registered packet of jewellery *or Mr. Henry when the Pollard case 1*^ °n- He opened it in witness's presence. Shi ^^ket contained a diamond stud and 1(P'aild Henry said it was a present from W K^wles. In the call book, dated Sep- 1901, he found the names of Osborn Other llard immedia*'ely succeeding each Stephenson: Does Mr. Osborn'« name b0o,ar subsequently to that date in the call- constantly?—Yes; but I did not always v name down when he called. ben son: Does the name of Knowle6, 'lorn6 who found the money for the -Juries, appear after that date?—Yes. cross-examined witness on the defendant Osborn. Qill: You were dismissed from Slater's, you not?—Yes. your dismissal you have been living your means?—Yes. to Mr. Muir on behalf of Slater, t £ »Bies8 admitted that it might always be in 'in? power anyone who left Slater's to 0jf°ttn those persons who were being watched jthig fact. When witness was unjustly sus- of communicating with Gartwright and j^nions, he did sometimes see these persons. the time that witness was employed inter agency Slater called at very irregular Wj al8, Before he was dismissed witness i&oj^ot seen Mr. Slater for three or four ^yer8' on behalf of the other defen- »j>. reserved his cross-examination. 6 case was adjourned till Friday.

<F MY OWN DARLING MIN." 810ItY OF A LOVE WHICH DID NOT LAST. — a ftory °* a tbree years' courtship, which budget of correspondence showed, had toldn tnore than ordinary eventful, was un- Co^J. on Wednesday at the London Sheriff'e- The case was one in which a City Ge eSWoDlan, Miss Miriam Vale Bain sued Mr. a firge William Palmer, who is employed by 01 °* Army and Navy contractors at j rpool, for breach of promise, ^ith Baid counsel, was several ^af8 arransed, and postponed on the plea 4t i Calmer had lost money by speculating, ^length in October of last year, Miss Bain eive<i the following anonymous letter: — Mias,-Your young man is making a in you by misleading you. He is keep- company with a girl at New Brighton, if I believe correctly, she wag-with him Wales. I think rt was ifay dutHp&b tell S°" caused Miss BaiH- coneiderajple un- and B^e wrote to ber lover for an In his reply, Palmer candidly ot7°wledged that "he wae not a paragon "j by a very long way." He added, have been very indiscreet, but I am ijj^orse than ordinary men." c3"me a pause in the eorreepondence, B^^Mies Bain wrote to know the reason for 8^3 Unwonted silence. In response, Palmer the following remarkable letter:— api sorry to say that I havo not been v 1,6 to you, and that is the reason I have .Written to you regularly. I got very jjj^iliar with a certain party at New V M&ton-tha one that wrote to you—and to pay pretty dearly to get out of # the I sincerely hope you will keep this Yourself. For goodness' sake, don't tell ^^body about it. I leave myself entirely .Tour mercy, my dear girl. confession wae very painful to Bain, but her love for Palmer fit, red her indignation, and she Of to forgive him. Then came a series letters, in one of \vhich declared that he would not allow hi3 to f°l^<>w bim about—a suggestionv hilb Oil counael characterised as disgraceful. fluently Miss Bain wrote that if Palmer Vjgu^ot come to London at Easter she would ■K him at Liverpool. 'I.- letter was returned with comments upon it in red ink. One of these was— nj5^U can keep your letter for someone ijf6, and don't you take so many O-y^ies in future. I'Jr a second letter he scrawled the sugges- tjj* inelegant, word "Rats." course of the courtship Palmer wrote '*e; 250 letters to Miss Bain. Most of them °1 jj: couched in endearing terms, and spoke "M* ^€v°tion and loneliness. own darling Min," he wrote in one of j^xuberant epistles, "I particularly want •OJH to London to get the little «<j lhing for that left hand of yours." aH always be the same to you. The Vrvening space will make no difference so I 'tlo't 11.11 I am concerned," he declared at •elf time, and on this occasion signed him- Sthi Urs for ever, George Fathead." j 1 another letter said:- you honestly, Min, I feel terribly without you. I wish I was any- j but in Liverpool, so long as I could I a^Ou often. You don't know how anxious possess you. I know you will this is all humbug, and I fancy I can JhthJ011 laughing. '•ut6*?er did not appear, nor was he repre- ?n Wednesday. jury awarded £ 100 damages against

) TAILORS ON STRIKE. at fordw l'lke of tailors is in progress at Ravor. at ha anc^ *be first Trades Union strike t* ft. occurred in the town. A branch I >.0ritied a^ors' Union has been recently I "ti trouble has arisen over a I i^teiJ11* which was submitted to the L to • ai>PTOVHl» and whioh several L. EEL-

DEATH OF SIR H. M. STANLEY.—-See Page 4. 1

ALLEGED COMPANY FRAUDS. HOOLEY & LAWSON CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley, the well-known financier and company promoter and ex- millionaire, was arrested in London on Tues- day on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. The charge was raised in connection with the abortive promotion a few years ago of a company to take over a Siberian gold mine, for which Hooley represented he had secured a concession from the Russian Government; and the nominal prosecutor in the case, a Mr. Alfred John Pain, licensed victualler, of Victoria-street, Westminster, figures in the role of a deluded investor. Mr. Hooley has a fellow-defendant in Mx. Henry J. Laweon, also a well-known financier. The arrests were effected on Tuesday, Mr. Hooley being appre- hended by Chief-inspector Froest, of Scotland Yard, at an hotel in Piccadilly, while shortly after noon Mr. Lawson was arrested by Detec- tive-sergeant Burch in Queen Victoria-street. Mr. Hooley is described as of Risley Hall, near Derby, aged 45, and of no occupation. Mr. Lawson has given his description as an engi- neer, of Lymien-gardens, Hampstead, aged 52. At Bow-street Police-court (before Mr. Fen- wiclt), who sat specially, Ernest Terah Hooley and Henry John Lawson were brought up on a charge of conspiring to defraud Alfred John Pain, a licensed victualler. Mr. Muir prose- cuted for the Director of Public Prosecutions. MK. HOOLEY. Mr. Horace Avory, K.C., appeared for Hooley, and Mr. Wilson defended Lawson. Mr. Muir, in open the case, said that the case in which these two men com- bined to defraud Mr. Pain was one which formed the subject of the warrant upon which they were arrested. Other matters, said counsel, would have to be mentioned in the course of the case, and those matters would be the subject of investigation and possibly further charges. Mr. Pain in Sep- tember or October, 1900, was travelling to Brighton by railway, when he met quite casually in the carriage a man named Sims White, who claimed acquaintance. Mr. Pain thereupon remembered that some sixteen or seventeen years before, in connection with a friend's action a-ga-inst the Great Eastern Railway Company, he came across Sims White, who was then in the service of the company. This brought up the subject of rail- ways. Mr. Pain was a gentleman who ha.d made a considerable fortune in dealing with public-honiBe property, and he owned a valuable house at the present time, the Windsor Castle, near Victoria. Station. He mentioned that fact to Mr. Sims White, and that must have conveyed to White's intelli- gence that Mr. Pain was a man of consider- able means. Discussing railways, Mr. Pain told White that he had lost a considerable amount of money in railway stocks, Which, a.9 everyone knew, were declining in value at that time. White stated he was connected with a very important person, who would be able to put Mr. Pain in the way of winning back the money he had lost in railway stocks. Mr. Pain had almost forgotten the incident, when, a few days later, he received a letter from White, dated from the Walsingham House Hotel, Piccadilly, asking if Mr. Pain would give him a call, as he would be glad to see him amd put' him in the way of making some money quickly. Mr. Pain, being in tha-t neighbourhood, subsequently called White then told him that "his governor. Mr. Hooley," was very friendly with the Private Cabinet of the Czar of Russia, and, making use of his friendliness and influence. he had obtained a very valuable concession in the nature of a gold mine, out of which up to the date of its transfer to Hooley MR. H. J. LAWSOJt. I and his friends the Private Cabinet of the Czar had extracted £ 4,000,000 of gold. He showed Mr. Pain reports from papers and experts, and, having thus impressed him, told him that shares in this venture were on sale. Asked the price, White said that he thought that for an old friend he might be able to persuade Mr. Hooley to let him have some at 15s. per £1 share, and strongly advised him to buy, as the shares would be worth £2 before Christmas. He stipulated that out of the profits Mr. Pain would make him some present. Mr. Pain at that time had no knowledge of company matters, and still less knowledge of gold mines. He listened to White's suggestions, and Hooley was then introduced in person. The latter repeated what been said by White. who was apparently employed as some sort of a secretary to Mr. Hooley. Hooley's story, however, differed from White's in one par- ticular, viz,, that, whereas White said the shades would rise to C2 before Christmas, Hooley said they would be E5. Mr. Hooley offered for a "quick deal," as he oailed it, to get shares for Mr. Pain from a distressed client of his (Hooley's), who was the owner of fjvp thousand shares in this Russian gold- mine at 12s. White had promised the shares at 15s., but Hcoley was willing to part with them at 12B., and so certain was he that his estimate of the rising value would bo realised that he offered to give his wife's guarantee that they would be at E2 by Christmas, and he further said that the ven- ture would pay a dividend of 25 per cent. Mr. Pain gave Hooley a cheque for £4,000, payable to the distressed client, but it found its way into the banking account of Mrs. Hooley at Cambridge. Mr. Pain got a transfer for 5,000 shares, and also Mrs. Hooley's guarantee that the shares would be saleable for zCZ before Christmas; and that guarantee (said counsel) would form an important part of the conspiracy alleged against both defendants. On the 16th of November Pain purchased another 5,000 Siberian Gold Mine Shares. For these he gave £1.500, and on November 21 he bought from Hooley an advowson for L455 8s. On November 26 the Electric Tramways Con- struction and Maintenance Company was mentioned by Hcoley to Pain as "a valuatble thing," and Pain was also informed that there was about to be brought out a sub- sidiary company—the Steel Tramways Com- pany. Pain was shown a prospectus. By means of the promises made Hooley obtained from Pain £7,950. and there wae. atroarentlor. no sign of the purchasing power coming to an end, and no indication that any state- ment made by Hooley, however extravagant, would be disbelieved. The immediate result of this state of thuigs was that there was a meeting between Hooley and Lawson, and those two men obviously concocted a scheme whereby other moneys were to be extracted from Pain for their benefit. There was the Electric Traction Company, which was originally registered at Somerset House by Mr. Holyrood Smith, of Leeds, but in 1899 it passed into the hands of Lawson. It was then a company existing on paper only, but it was good enough for the purpose to which it was intended to be put by Hooley and Lawson. It was represented by Hooley that he must have money, that his wife had bills becoming due, and that, though it was a terrible sacrifice, he had made up his mind that he would sell Mrs. Hooley's interest in a contract between Lawson and herself. This was at the Walsingham House Hotel on the 26th of November, 1900. This deal" had relation to shares in the Electric Traction Company, and the case for the prosecution was that it was purely ficti- tious—that it represented an absolutely ficti- tious state of things. Mrs. Hooley did not possess the shares which she was said to own. Examined by the light of the facts, the con- tract was a fraud, and it constituted the main body of the conspiracy between the two men now charged. In December Hooley came out with a fresh suggestion, that some person would purchase the entire shares of the Construction Gompany at a large pre- mium, and Pain, on the faith of that, invested in further shares. Subsequently Hooley told Pain that he had too large a holding, and that if he did not give up a part Lawaon would bring out a rival company. He was prepared, however, to give Pain a number of shares in subsidiary companies. Pain thereupon accepted 16.000 shares in exchange. The total sums received from Pain were over £ 10,000. Detective-inspector Froest then gave formal evidence as to the arrest of the accused Hooley early in the day. Hooley said "Very well; I will go with you at once." He told Hooley that it might be found necessary to search his office, whereupon some keys were handed over to him. He also added, "My sec- retary will give you the keys of the other safe." Hooley then took a memorandum- book from his pocket, and said, "You may like to have this." He also produced a bundle of papers which concerned Mr. Pain's busi- ness, and said, "I should like the Treasury and my solicitor to see them." Evidence was also given of the arrest. of Lawson, who said, "I have never had a shill- ing of Mr. Pain's money in my life, and Mr. Pain knows it.' Defendants were remanded' for a week, bail being allowed, Hooley in two sureties of £ 4,000 each, and Lawson in three sureties of £ 2,000 each. Later in the afternoon two gentlemen offered themselves as surety in £3,000 each for Hooley's appearance, and the magistrate accepted them in that amount, reducing the amount of the sureties, which he previously fixed at £4,000, by CI,000 each. Hooley subse- quently left in the oompany of his friends. It is expected that another arrest in con- nection with the matter will shortly be effected. MR. H. J. LAWSON BAILED. At Bow-street on Wednesday the presiding magistrate accepted the recognisancea of a lady and gentleman who offered themselves as sureties for the appearance of Henry John Lawson, who is charged, with Ernest Terah Hooley, with conspiracy. The sureties then proceeded to 13rixton Prison to secure the release of Lawson.

THE CARDIFF MYSTERY. INQUEST ON BODY FOUND IN THE CANAL. An inquest was held at Cardiff Town-hall on Wednesday (before Mr. E. B. Reece) touch- ing the death of John Morris, an engine- driver on the Taff Vale Railway, whose death under tragic circumstances has already been reported. The father-in-law of the deceased said that Morris was 37 years old, and lived 26, Tewkesbury-place. Morris had six children Thomas Hector Derrett, of 3, Ooke-street, Riverside, a. fireman on the Uaff Vale Rail- way, said that Morris was the driver in charge of his engine. On Tuesday morning they walked home part of the way together, parting at the corner of Custom House-street at about one o'clock. They began work about six p.m., and finished about 12.45 ajm. Morris appeared to be in excellent spirits and good health. Morris was carrying a straw frail containing a tin. It was raining when he left him. Ralph Hill, of 109, Wyeverne-road, a. lamp- lighter, said that he was in North-road about 1.40 a.m. on Tuesday, walking towards town. The Coroner: What did you hear? Witness: I heard a gurgling, and then a splash. I hurried to the spot on the bank, but it was very dark, and I could not see anything in the water. Witness added that he heard footsteps from the direction of Corbett-road, and saw a man named Parker, whom he knew. Parker found a frail floating in the water. Two other men then came along. They all conducted a further search, and finally discovered the body, floating face downwards, about 4ft. or 5ft. from the I bank. Parker brought the body to the bank with his umbrella. A Juror: It is a very dangerous spot there, is it not? The Coroner: Well, it is totally unprotected, if that is what you mean, but it is like any other canal bank. Witness: To get on the canal bank you have to step up about a foot and a. half from the roadway. The Coroner: Do you know how deep the water is there? Witness: I have noticed when the water is out that it is not very deep at the side. Robert Parker, another lamplighter, said Hill hailed him from the canal bank, with the exclamation, "Quick, Bob; there's some- one in the water!" When they got the body on the bank they laid it face downwards, and tried to work the arms so as to get the water out. Mr. Harold Lloyd (for the relatives): Had you seen the two men who came on the bank before?—No, sir; never to my knowledge. Had you seen the three men together before?—No, sir; I had seen two men and three girls in Corbett-road. Hill said he asked the other men, Are you looking for your mate?" He did that because they were whistling and shouting as if they were looking for someone. By the Coroner: It was possible for the man to have fallen into the water by stum- bling over a heap of stones. Inspector William Burke said deceased might also have stumbled against the coping stone, which was higher than the path, and fallen into the water. The depth of water was about 5ft. at the side and 8ft. in the centre. Mrs. Annie Morris, the widow, said she knew that it was frequently the custom of the deceased to walk home along the canal bank. Her husband had enjoyed thoroughly good health, and was never subject to fits. He could not swim. Dr. Buist said deceased was a fine, athletic man, in the prime of life. and must have been dead when taken out of the water. The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned," adding that there was not sufficient evidence to show how the man got into the water.

RECTOR'S RIGHTS. MERTHYR CHILDREN TAKEN TO CHURCH. Notwithstanding the prohibition of the district council forbidding the headmaster of St. David's Schools, Merthyr, from allowing the children to leave the schools for the pur- pose of attending Divine service at St. David's Church on Thursday, it being Ascension Day, the rector visited the schools and induced about 200 of the boys and girls to go to church. The headmasteT protested that he was bound to obey the instructions of the council. Nevertheless, the rector insisted upon his right, as correspondent manager, to take the course he was pursuing. On the way to the schools the rev. gentle- man was met by Mr. Aneurin Bees, the clerk to the council. who served him with notice that he would be held responsible for any interference with the school work. A crowd of persons gathered in the street outside the schoolyard in the expectation of Ii a possible scene, hut no scene occurred. The rector subsequently visited the girla' school, and took a number of the girla to oimrefc.

A FRUITLESS QUEST. WILL-O'-THE-WISP Oareon) singe.— The mortal who follows me Follows in vain, jy And I laugh, Ha! ha! Jf I laugh at their folly and pain. V ,JLSa

BABY'S BOAJLF IN MILL RIPP. A GRUESOME DISCOVERY AT LLANDAFF. Mill-lane, Llandaff, has provided another sensation. On Wednesday zaorning Albert Camm, a mac who is employed at the mill, was opening the floodgate in order to start the machinery working, when he noticed a baby's naked body resting in the water against the grating before the floodgate. The body was removed, and was found to be that of a newly-born feme,le child. It was in & deoomposed oondi- tion. Evidently it had been in the water a long time, and it is thought quite possible by the police that it has come down from the hills An inquest was held at Llaadaff Police- court in the afternoon. Dr, Arthur, who made a, JKfcrt-mortem examination, stated that the cioiM appeared to be two or three weeks old. and must have been in the water at least three or four weeks. He found a fracture of the parietal bone on the side of the head, and beneath this there wae an effusion of blood, which proved that violence, causing the fracture, must have been inflicted before death. Inspector Nott said the police had no infor- mation that any child was missing. THE VERDICT. The jury returned a verdict of Murder against some person or persona unknown.

MILLIONAIRES "AGENT." ALLEGED FRAUD BY AN INDIAN "CAPTAIN." Captain William Lackerstein Joakim, 45, a native of India, described as an agent, of Manor-street, Clapham, was charged at South- wark with obtaining Li ls. from John Oox by false and fraudulent pretences.—Mr. A. F. Rowe, for the Treasury, said there would be further charges against the prisoner. The history of this case began in January, 1898, when accused made the acquaintance of Mr. Richard Chamberlain Faithful, a solicitor in London. Jokim answered an advertisement "CAPTAIN"' JOAKIM. of Mr. Faithful's, who wanted to raise some money for a client in connection with a patent. Mr. Faithful had, apparently, since acted as prisoner's solicitor, and it would appear that accused had completely gained his confidence. Joakim said he was going to India, and that he knew a gentleman in Calcutta who had come into a lot of money (three or four millions), and he expected him over in the new year. Prisoner inserted an advertisement in the "Daily Telegraph" for a secretary, and obtained 1,200 replies, and the Post Office had to employ a postman to specially deliver the letters. Accused asked for 2s. 6d. from each applicant, and in this way he received £150, Mr. John Oox, a surveyor and land agent, of Finchley, was one of those who answered the advertisement. Joakim told him he had known Mr. Leggatt, the alleged millionaire, for thirty years, that he had come into four millions and several breweries in South London. He also said that Mr. Leggatt had empowered him to purchase a town house, country seat, two river houses, motor-car, horses, Ac., also to engage two secretaries and six clerks. He stated Mr. Leggatt would carry on a similar business to that of Mr. Whitaker Wright, and that he was generous and in the matter of salaries he did not mind going up to £1,400 or .El.MO—ho would not stick at a hundred or two. (Laughter.) Mr. Cox was appointed secretary at £ 1,500 per annum. He paid a guinea for expenses, and gave a commission note for five. per cent, of the first year's salary. Curiously enough, a Mr. Macdonald was also appointed secretary at £ 1,000, a Mr. Levy at £ 1,500, a Mr. Watts at £ 1,500, and a Mr. Man- chester as assistant private secretary at £ 750. £ 1,500, a Mr. Watts at £ 1,500, and a Mr. Man- chester as assistant private secretary at £ 750. Some of those appointed paid part of the commission in advance. Mr. Faithful dis- covered that prisoner had appointed two secretaries, and he asked the reason. Prisoner replied, The Duke of Devonshire has had two secretaries for the last sixteen years." The prosecution suggested that Mr. Leggatt had been deceived by prisoner into supposing that he was the rightful claimant to some property in Chancery. A letter from him to accused was intercepted by the police. In this communication Mr. Leggatt chaffed prisoner about his clever speculation in London, and said that he, the prospective millionaire, was sinking for want of funds. He added that, judging from prisoner's arrang-ements.. he (Mr. Leggatt) would have a triumphant entry into London, attended by a band, a Royal salute, and the firing of 101 guns from the ramparts of the Tower. (Loud laughter.)—After evidence the case was adjourned, prisoner betas admitted to ball in £ 908. ''t

END OF THE KAY DIVORCE SUIT. The case in which Mis Esther Alice Ray sought a divorce from her husband, a. Black- pool brewer, was continued before Mr. Justice Barnes and a common jury. Mr. Walter Smith, proprietor of the Golden Fleece Hotel, Blackpool, said that in June, 1898, he was at the Lakes, and at Ambleside he made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Kay, in whose society he frequently was. He accompanied them on several coach drives. When they went to Ulleswater Mrs. Kay made no complaint, in his presence, of the absence of any proper wraps. Husband and wife appeared to be on good terms with each other, and she did not seem to be distressed. She appeared quite happy in her demeanour. Evidence was also given that on the occa- sions Mrs. K&y was taken to Liverpool to see a medical gentleman, and when she visited -her mother's grave Mr. Kay was not unkind to her, and that no angry words passed between them, as had been alleged. Mrs. Hammond deposed that she lived at Blackpool. She was married in 1874, and had always lived on happy, loving terms with her husband. She had been a certificated school- mistress. She knew Mr. Morris (petitioner's father) and his daughter, and used to be on very friendly terms with them. She remem- bered Mr. and Mrs. Kay being married, and when they came back from the honeymoon the petitioner did not make any complaint against her husband, nor did she appear to be suffering from a chill. Subsequently Mrs. Kay became ill, and she told witness that she had had a oold bath, and had con- tracted a chill. Did you become on unfriendly terms with Mr. Morris?—Yes, that was about three years after the marriage of his daughter, and after a time we ceased to speak to one another. On June 6, 1901, Mr. Morris came to my house late at night and created a disturbance. What did he do?-He used bad language towards me, and I complained to my husband about it. Prior to June 6, 1901, was there ever any suggestion with regard to your conduct with Mr. Kay?—No. On that occasion the language Mr. Morris used towards me was very shocking. Is there any ground for the imputation that you were harbouring Mr. Kay for an improper purpose?—No. He had been to school With my son, and they were great friends. On the occasion of the disturbance at your house what did Mrs. Kay do?—She struck me on the head with a stick. She was about to give me a second blow when Mr. Kay inter- fered. Did Mr. Kay kick his wife?—No. He dia nothing more than try to prevent an assault from being committed. Did he go to the police-court?—Yes, and before he went the windows of the house were smashed. When my husband returned home Mr. Morris and his daughter had gone away. The next day did your husband take out a summons?—He did After that I instituted an action for slander against Mr. Morris, and claimed damages as I wanted to clear my character, which was my sole object. In that slander action brought at Liverpool Assizes did Mr. Moins impute misconduct between you and Mr. Kay?—He said he did not mean to impute it. No evidence was offered that I had misconducted myself with Mr. Kay. Had you always denied it?—Tee. It is alleged in the petition that you had frequently misconducted yourself with Mr. Kay?—That is not true. Mr. John Hammond, husband of the last witness, said that he had always lived on loving, affectionate terms with his wife. She had been a good wife to him, and he had every confidence in her honour. He was sec- retary of the Grana Theatre, Blackpool. On June 6, 1901, on his return from the theatre, he heard of the disturbance that had Lalten place outside his house. The next day be took out a summons. What happened?—Mr. Morris paid for the damage to the windows and the costs. I let the matter drop. Corroborative evidence was given with regard to the disturbance that took place outside Mrs. Hammond's house and to nega- tive the allegations of misconduct. The evidence having closed, Mr. Priestley, K.C., addressed the jury on behalf of the respondent. I The jury found that the respondent had not been guilty of cruelty or miscon- duct, but that he had deserted his wife from February 14, 1901. Mrs. Kay's counsel asked for a judicial separation, with costs. Mr. Justice Barnes suggested that the parties might live together again, and the case stood adjourned.

A SWANSEA DIVORCE. I In the Divorce Court on Tuesday (before Mr. Justice Parnes) the case of Phillips v. Phillips was heard. This was a suit of Mrs. Margaret Agnes Fleming Phillips for a dissolution of her marriage with Mr. John Henry Phillips, who had kept the Welsh Harp Inn, Swansea, by reason of his cruelty and misconduct. The case was undefended. Mr. Pridham Wippell appeared for the peti- tioner. He explained that the parties were married on the 13th of June, 1894, at St. Mary's Church, Swansea. Latterly the respondent had been the licensee of the Welsh Harp, Swansea. There was no issue of the marriage. After the marriage the respondent treated his wife with great cruelty. After he entered upon the possession of the Welsh Harp in 1900 he gave way to drink, and frequently assaulted his wife. She left him on two occa- sions. In 1902 he knocked her down and dragged her about the room. She then left him. She went to Devonport and became manageress of the Carlton Hotel. Her hus- band followed her there, and he had made an allegation of misconduct against her with reference to Mr. Thomas Sullivan, who had been cited aa a party to the suit. When the respondeat saw hi* wife at Devonport h* wanted to borrow money fxom/her, and h4t threatened to kill her for refusing to give him any. It was alleged that the respondent had, after his wife left him, bad characters at the house and committed misconduct with them. The case, though in the defended list, was now practically undefended. The petitioner then gave evidence in sup- port of counsel's statement. Police-constable Horner, of Swansea, gave evidence in corroboration of the cruelty. Wit- ness said he had seen the respondent in the company of loose women latfe at night. He saw him coming from the house of one of the II women. Clement Fuller, a nephew of the petitioner, said that after Mrs. Phillips left her husband he had seen several different women at the house. Once he saw a woman with the respondent in the bedroom. Thomas Fuller gave similar testimony. Mr. Thomas Sullivan (for whom Mr. Gaskell appeared) was called. He said he was a. tailor in the Royal Navy. He denied that II he had ever misconducted himself with the petitioner. His Lordship granted the petitioner a decree nisi, with costs, and also ordered tha.t Mr. Sullivan should have his costs.

PARTED ON WEDDING DAY. ) A strange story of a secret marriage was told in the Divorce Court on Wednesday in the course of the hearing of the petition of Lieutenant Algernon E. H. Fenning, of his Majesty's Army, for a divorce by reason of the misconduct of his wife, Dorothy Winifred I (nee Payne) with Mr. William Carson Kane, whose occupation was not stated. After an acquaintance extending over seven years, the parties resolved upon a secret mar- riage, which took place at a registry office at Richmond in December, 1902. The wife wished to keep the marriage secret from her friends until her financial affairs were settled. She and her husband separated at the door of the registry office, agreeing to meet again and live together when the wife's income was assured, but that meeting has never taken place. Soon after the mutual separation the wife wrote to her husband telling him she found that she had made a mistake in mar- rying him, that she did not care for him, and had misconducted herself with Mr. Kane. She could never love the lieutenant as a woman ought to love her husband, and, therefore, could not consent to live with him. Mr. Justice Barnes granted a decree nisi, and condemned the wife—who was starcti- 4^_ have an inoome of JB400 a year-in costs.

PUGILIST AS CO-RESPONDENT In the Divorce Court Alfred Keech, a licensed victualler, of York, was granted' a decree nisi, with costs, on the ground of his wife's misconduct with a professional pugi- list named Harry Hawksley. Keech alleged that he had been the victim of the duplicity of a life-long friend. He and his wife lived happily together until, at her wish, he gave up his own work in a factory and became the licensee of the King William Hotel. Then, he said, he had reason to remonstrate with his wife on account of her conduct with Hawksley. He many times found the pair walking together arm-in-arm, and frequently he came across them when they were whispering in the pas- sages of the hotel. The petitioner described the scenes of violence which followed his complaints. On one occasion his wife stabbed him in the face, and on others she threw all sorts of things at him.

BRUTAL HUSBAND DIVORCED "I have no excuse to offer, except that I love Ruby, and shall love and cherish her all my lif^ Ruby is not to blame." Thus read a note which Mrs. Urquhart, land- lady of the Castle Hotel, Tunbridge Wells. found awaiting her on her return home one day. It wo3 an explanation of the absence' of her niece and a lodger named James Rae, assistant secretary to a public oompany, who had been living apart from his wife, by whom he has two children. Mrs. Rae, who was successful in the Divorce Court in obtaining a decree nisi, told how, after six years of happy married life at Eastbourne, her husband gave way to drink, and commenced to treat her with great brutality. He frequently chased her about the house, and on one occasion when pretending that he was about to kiss her, he kicked her down a flight of stairs. His conduct became so outrageous that the servants had to interfere on Mrs. Rae's behalf, and finally her medicaj man insisted on a separation. Then it was that the husband went to Tun. bridge Wells, where he made the acquain- tance of the young woman with whom he ran away, and who, it was said, he subsequently deserted.

STRONG MAN DIVORCED. In the Divorce Court on Monday Mrs. Constance Frances Vansittart. who had resided in London, Tunbridge Wells, and other places, was granted a decree nisi on the ground of the deser- tion and misconduct of her husband, Mr Charles Edward Bexley Vansittart, who was described as a strong man." It was stated that respondent had visited another woman in London. Evidence was also given tha.t he was touring in Norway with what was called the "strong man" business.

A HUSBAND'S HEARTLESS CONDUCT. Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Towend was granted a decree nisi in the Divorce Division on Wednesday because of the cruelty and misconduct of her husband, James Frederick Towend, of Brighton. Counsel said that the parties were married in January, 1893, and during the petitioner's absence In Scotland the following April the husband used to ha.ve 1 women at the house. He once struck his i wife. and she was prematurely confined. It ] was stated) that the respondent had agreed to allow the wife £600 a year after the < decree had been made absolute. i

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT LLANDAFF. The "Inquest on the body of the marine engineer who was found shot through the head in Mill-lane, Llandaff, on Monday after- noon was held at Llandaff Police-court on Wednesday afternoon, but the evidence threw no light on the movements of the deceased since April 30, when he was sup- posed to have left his home at South Shields. Benjamin Newton, of Sunderland, identified the body as that of his brother-in-law, Law- rence M'Intyre. Be was about 44 years of age and a marine engineer of South Shields, who had obtained a berth on the Alabama, out- ward bound from Cardiff on the 6th inst. He did not join his ship, however, and she sailed without him. Evidence was given that deceased was sleep, ing in the lane during the afternoon, and then Evan Davies, a gamekeeper, said about a quarter past five he heard two of three shots fired in Mill-lane, and going in that direction found M'Intyre's dead body in a sit- ting position on the bank. It was bleeding from a wound in the temple, and a. revolver was lying between the feet. A police-constable said all five chambers of the revolver had been fired. Three empty car- tridges were in the weapon and two were lying by the body. He produced the note which was found on deceased's body, in which deceased said he was always in the way and that hie brain was failing, and thia was shown to Mr. Newton. He said the hand- writing was certainly not M'Intyre's. The Deputy-coroner (Mr. E. B. Llewellyn Reece) remarked that it was a very curious thing that the deceased should have got someone else to have written such a note, an he must have done. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.

A BARGOED GIRL'S "BIT OF A LOVE AFFAIR." At Merthyr Police-court on Monday Laura Evans, a young girl, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning herself at Bargoed. A man, named Henry Lay, saw the prisoner in a very excited state walking up and down the bank of the river. Presently she took off her hat and jacket and went into the river. Lay went in after her. and rescued her in a very exhausted condition. Her parents explained to the Bench that she had been employed in a draper's shop, but they were quite unable to account for her rasta act, except that it was a bit of a Ion affair." The prisoner promised not to attempt any* thing of the kind again, and upon the parents promising to take care of her she waa discharged.

SUICIDE AT BRECON. A man named John Watcehw, aged 40 yeari, was found hanging to the bannister of hit house in Mill-street, Brecon, on Monday. The deceased, who was a Russian Finn, wai a rag and bone collector and basket maker, and had lived in the town for eirhteea months. He led a sort of permit existence, being the only occupant of the house, and was frequently not seen for days at a. time. He explained his retirement by saying that he was not well. For the past five weeks he had not been seen outside the door, and sub* sisted on the neighbours' charity, and occa* sionally sending children for food. He was seen alive on Sunday afternoon by a neick. hour. At the inquest held before Mr. S. Thomaa on Monday evening Police-constable George Morris said there was no food, money, or furniture in the house. The man had been advised to go into the union, but declared he would rather die on the road than do so.—A neighbour testified to taking dinner to him on Sunday afternoon, but failed to get aa answer.—A verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity was returned.

WELSH QUARRY TRAGEDY. A tragic affair came to light in one of the Nantlle slate quarries. A Llan. beris man, named John Jones, who suffered from depression, went tc Nantlle with his wife for a week end. On Monday Jones accom- panied a relative for a walk, and in the "Temporary absence of the latter, he. com- pletely disappeared. Search parties went out at Llanbcris and Nantlle, but nothing could be seen of Jones. On Thursday morning his corpse was discovered in a disused level in Penybryn Quarry. It is reported his throat was badly cut.

SUICIDE AT RHYMNEY. At the Police-station, Rhymney (before Jb. J. B. Walford, coroner), on Tuesday afternooiw the inquest on the body of Mary Jane Lloyd. 21 years of age, daughter of Richard Lloyd. 20, Price-street, Rhymney, which was found oa Saturday last in Fisher's Pond, Rhymney. after being missing since Thursday evening, was held. From the evidence of the father. Dr. T. Hall Redwood, and others it appeare that the deceased had been subject to flta. and some six months ago her old sweetheart had married another girl. A verdict of Suicide by drowning whilst of unsound mind" was returned.

FOUND IN A POND AT RHYMNEY. The body of Mary Tane Lloyd, who has been missing since Thursday evening, wal found at about half-past one on Saturday ia Fisher's Pond, opposite the Victoria-kail, Rhymney. Miss Lloyd was 21 years of age, and was the daughter of Richard Lloyd, of 20, Price-street, Rhymney. She left the house on Thursday evening about 7.30, and attended the service at Penuel Baptist Chapel, where she was a member. She did not return to the hoase after the service, but was seen to pass dowa through Price-street and High-street the same evening between 9.30 and ten o'clock. Parties had scoured the hills between Rhymney and Tredegar and to New Tredegar on one side of the valley, and from Troed- rhiwfuwch to Blaen-Rhymney on the other side, but failed to find any traoe of the mioo ing girl until Saturday. Miss Lloyd was usually of a cheerful dispoo sition, but was subject to fits, and she had had two attacks quite recently.

CARDIFF DOCKS MYSTERY. An inquest was held at Cardiff Town-hall on Wednesday afternoon (before Mr. E. B. Reece) on the body of the unknown man found in the Roath Dock. According to the evidence of Dock-constable Rowle there was nothing in the pockets of the deceased's clothing to point to his identity. He waa about 40 years of age, 5ft. 9in. in height, and dressed in a dark serge suit. The deceased appeared to have been a seaman.—Dr. J. J. E. Biggs stated that the body had been in the water from three weeks to a month- An open verdict of "Found drowned" WM returned.

THE BARRY BOATING DISASTER. It will be remembered that on the 3rd of April (Easter Monday) a Barry pilot, named Edward Chappell, andf-,n assistant, Alexander Cooper, went for a sail in the Channel in a small boat. They reached Penarth safely, and started to return home the same night, but nothing more was heard of them, the boat being picked up next day, bottom upwards, off Sully Island. On Wednesday afternoon a man named Lowman was sailing a boat near the Barry Breakwater, when he noticed the, body of a man on the rocks. He obtained assistance, and the body was conveyed to the Barry Mortuary, where it was identified as that of Alexander Coopec boatman, aged 24, of Fryatt-street, Bang Dock, one of the missing men. The body wag in an advanced state of decomposition.

BORN IN 1802. i Th^lOSnd birthday of Mrs. Ann Booth, file iaugb$$r of a soldier of George m., was cele- brated:; with a high tea by the aged women in the Woolwich Workhouse on Wednesday. Mre. Booth, despite her age, can read without j lasses, and get about easily. Lady Vivian aften visits her, and allows her sixpence A ireek for dainties.