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LOCAL TRAGIC INCIDENTS. ÐEATH ON THE MOUNTAIN NEAR DOWLAIS. 1^* body of a strong, well-built mam, appar of the navvy type, was found on the fcrfrf 11 ^>etween Dowlais and Rhymney on Sunday morning. The discovery Son lna(^e ky Thomas Morris, of the Half-way Inn, Pantywaun. Deceased was lying face in some mud near a footpath at j^oarno. The body was then quite warm, °ould not have lain there long. The body Hamoved to Half-way House Tun,. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY. body has been identfaLfted as that of Joflm a labourer, of 25, Alexander-street, U^rtyBBwg. It was identified by Mr. George »viee, 22, Charles-street, of the same place. it appears, was last seen alive tw' 8P°t where the body wae found by tWf 0 girls about an hour before the discovery of the body. THE SUICIDE AT ELY. 1%0 body of the woman found poisoned in on field at Ely on Thursday was identified Saturday by Police-oonstable George of 23. Wellington-etreet, Cardiff. j, that of his daughter, Alma «y Ellen Reed. The deceased was deai(.?TUt'e sixteen years of age, although in WrrhLi very much older. Until morning she was in service with the She w"" of Cardiff Gaol, Mr. Le Mesurier. HVQ- t that gentleman's residence on the *mng stated, and never returned. She had Oiom>v.n 8erv?oe Mrs. Le Mesurier only a and, being unsuitable, she was given to leave, and left on Thursday morn- 48 supposed, to go home, and her mother ,jjj Written to. She left her box behind, and jv^ot call or send for it as expected. Mrs. did ]lot call or send for it as expected. Mrs. ttoon the box away on Saturday aifter-1 y "• poor girt, whilst with Mrs. Le Wa8 ^t remedy cheerful and so full «< _• 5a.lefcy that she went about her work all the day." Was sixteen last May. She lived Cant™16*" parents at Wellington-street, liiiJe an^ there are youngw children. ™ra'h Reed, the next eldest to deceased, Lena had just drawn her first month's ^y for service at the residence of the _v«m<xr of Cardiff Prison. Saraih added tihaA Wal saw ^er stetesr on Sunday, and she "as then the picture of health" and in .J**1 spirits, and said nothing to indicate v^Sjt anything weighed upon her mind or happened to upset her. AN EXPLANATION. Renne surpriee having been expressed that the parents of the young girl. Alma Reed, *ho committed snicide at Ely did not identify the body before the inquest was "*«ld, they wish to explain that until Satur- day morning they had no idea that she had Wt her service at Cardiff Gaol. The girl was °tit on the 1st of March (Wedncada-y), and, *U-h°u £ ?h she complained that the work waa uiere w&a nothing tb show that she suioide. On the following Mrg. r* Beed received a. letter from the ira/vi t e^?r'er> wife of the governor of her and' h effect that Alma did not suit Reed thought \*d n^ti°e" •Mre- her r>la "er daughter woo Id remai n in and -k C work out the month's notice, •< wllen she heard that a girl, apparently fii^W6en and 30 years of age, as the Elv bad it, had been' found dead, at dan Wae n°t in the least alarmed, as her a rn was only sixteen. It wae only when man came from the gaod, between nine and o clock on Saturday morning, to ask that to™* box should be removed that the tiri11 occurred to her that the unidentified mieht be her daughter. She at onoe j-inquiries, with the result already pub- jt This statement of facts explains how happened that the giri was not identified after the inauest had been held. A PAINFUL OCCURRENCE NEAR CARMARTHEN. meeting held at the vestry of the Qai~^elpbia Congregational Cbapel, near Jj.JfInarthen, ended in a painfully tragic (+. Q?fr- Mrs. Morgan, wife of the pastor T. W. Morgan), had taken part in the commencement of the meeting, vtc7^towards the close of the proceedings she to give her testimony. Taking the e certainties of this life as her theme, she I jj.J1 that the thought sometimes occurred to that she was quite young enough, and Jat* ^ere would be plenty of time for her °n publicly on religious *ttera When enlarging upon this thought 0f seen to swoon and fall into the arms ,j *°other female worshiper, and all evi- seems to show that death ensued instantaneously. The suddenness of 9a<^ occurrence startled the worshippers, were mostly women. The deepest JT^Pafchy is extended to the bereaved pastor, jj 0 left with five motherless children. Mrs. 0rBaji was subject to a heart affection. ^^PORT MAN'S RASH ACT AT WOOLWICH. Woolwich on Monday Walter Crof- ■ 35, of Lewis-street, Newport, was ijjj. ^ed with attempted suicide by jumping tb« Thames, off Woolwich Ferry. Three were thrown, but he made no effort to himself, and drifted several hundred •^ KS He was fished out with a boavhook. 3>«a °^ler started that accused served sixteen the Royal Artillery, and had been 0^°yed since his discharge. This preyed n his mind. He was remanded for a week. DROPPED DEAD AT CARDIFF. ol E. B. Reece (ooroner) held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of James tt, 57, a Board of Trade surveyor, who suddenly on Sunday last. Rnbina Mott, widow of the deceased, that on Sunday morning her husband Q^Wained of pains in his head. He took j^t his watoh, and, feeling his own pulse, that it was only 49. After dinner *to.rentto ^own f°r a while, and suddenly 0 my head! The pain is awful! ^T*ttl!" and with that dropped dead. Dr. ^Uaoe was sent for, but Mr. Mott was dead ore he arrived. Death was duo to natural kll eg-prcbably heart disease. "\lle jury returned a verdiot accordingly.

POLICE-COURT COMEDY. KAYOR LECTURES MAGISTRATES AT DARTMOUTH. ^tM^Tith Police-oourt on Tuieed&y there another remarkable scene. The mayor Proceeding to address the magistrates V, lt,6ti V-0 to the vote of oemsure they had pre- aly passed upon ham regarding his Sgj^^as against the Education Act, when the magistrate moved the adjournment of °0"ar-fc, and the ma-gisti-atea and cle^k left bh t\lr offioial positions. Then the mayor, on «au*»*wlh' ^e''Tered a speech, in which, as claimed the riglht of sus- 9, any refractory magistrates pending 0}larir>Ort as to their conduct to the Lord ^^cellor. With regard to the clerk, he Of ourt that that gentleman ran the risk tlj^x^ul8ion from office. The mayor added av, any^bin? of the kind happened again ^evoQ'd upon the members of the Oounty constabulary to assist him. vAe Wae dotermdned to upbold the dignity of of chief magistrate.

^LEGED CHILD MURDER. —— 00rotter '8 jury at Cheltenham on Sa.tur- 1ga;nr6turned a verdict of wilful murder -Aiioe Knight, wife of Mr. Knig-ht, of of Goaaens and Knight, stationers, allegiaifcion against the bedng tha,t sihe killed her little daugh- Lilian, by striking her on the head fl^tones, fracturing her skull. Evi* Was given to the effect that Mrs. Knight i ^t^QjLjSUffered from depreesfion and melaji- and had Ijeen for a cfaunge.

Story of the Seven ,Days'Silence.-See Page 7.

SENSATIONAL LAW CASE. VERDICT OF ONE FARTHING DAMAGES. Some remarkable allegations were made during the hearing of an extraordinary "m.a.m)teoiajioe" aotion hrougiht by Mr. Michael M'Garthy, a Goveinmnemt. rotirtawsfaor f<M- paiinitong, against Mr. Thoanas Kennedy, a. commea-aiai tnavelleir. The claim was that Kennedy instigated the bringing of an action for breach of promaee and seduction for a young lady agamst M'Oartihy, an4 "maintained" it by adwoe and funds. The defence was that the defendant aoted out of charity. From the croes-examinaftdon of Mr. Heliyer, the first witness for the plaintiff (who did not go into the box himself), an inkling of the revelations which were in store was obtainable. Mr. Duke, K.C., put it to witness that about ithe time of M'Carthy's maariage Kennedy &aiid to him: "You know M'Cartihy hiaa ruined the poor youmg girl and has now deserted her, end should be made to pay I MR. MICHAEL MCCARTHY. I £ 500," but he denied tbaotbe know of the existence of the woman, or that M Canuny had taken her out of the custody Of her aunt. When the subject came up after the Imlle of the writ for breach of promise, M Oaj-Mty denied to him that he promised to marry the girl. Witness acted as his solicitor, but kDøw nothing about a. letter to be written to the aunt to keep the girl away from this trial. Was it suggested by you "that the girl will have to reveal the story of her private and past life, and does not wa/nt her photo to appear in the pvpers. I have no recollection of it. Oonitiniumg the reading of a type-written document he held in his hand, Mr. Duke went on: A young womaai in her circumstances ehould be spanned the pain and malice that will be heaped upon her by all who will come in contact with her in future life. She ha& only t» Joag.? bar. for one jaynd. 1^ na. bne ipiow o^JtteF whereabbuts. "T5ie oaieb'' will be over before then, and her name will never be mentioned. They camnot serve a aubpoona an her if they don't know where to find her. Witness: I deny ever discussing that. Mr. Raymond Andrews, auctioneer, of King's-roiaxi, Cbeteea, who coil-eated rents for Mr. Kennedy, told of his coming into bis offlse in Miaroh, 1902, and stating that he was having certain questions asked in the House of Commons, mhioh would crumple M'Carthy up adtogether." He didn't pay much atten- tion to what was said, because he thought it was a "friendly quarrel," (Laughter.) M'Qartfiiy added, I've got tJhé divil now. and if this doesn't settle him I've got something up my sleeve." Mr. Evereitt, a. friend of Mr. Michael M'Carthy and h-is family, gave evidence of Kennedy's producing some of the letters M'Carthy wrote to the lady, "Miss So-and-So, before his rutwriage to his present wife. Quite a new feature was introduced into the ease when Mr. Duke rose to cross- examine this witness. "Do you know," he said, that M'Oarthy broug-ht this young woman to live in his house with his own wiie?" "I have heard it; I understand it is eo," replied Mr. Everett.. Kennedy had told him 'Chart, the girl was UR. KENNEDY. I only eighteen when M'Carthy met her, and that he symp^ttihised with her, aa M'Carthy had promised to marry her. He also showed him the following letter wfoiah M'Oarthy had written to the girl two years after his marriage:- May 8, 1900. Heidelberg, King's-rd., Clapham-parii, S.W. Dear ,—I don't feel at all hiappy sometimes. I long to see you and have a talk wit1! you. I give way to fit. of loneli- ness, and while in that state am miser- able. I think of the past, and that past accuses me of committing a wrong that I can never make right. Ah, it is a sad thought! You were to blame for a good share of that unhappy business. Bad luck to Ballybunion! Bad luck to the Cronins! They brought me to do what caused me hours of sadness, and if you had only been obedient to me miles would not be between us to-day. You ha.ve an obstinate and disagreeable way that would make anyone angry and miserable, and you made me that. I am not able to write to-day. I am so depressed and mournful. I have been unkind to you, but not in- tentionally I would make amends for it now if I had the opportunity. I may have that opportunity yet.. At present I shall say no more. I often think of my poor little and will ad- ways. My prayers and good wishes will always be for you. I hope you are hap- pier than I am. Write me a letter sooner.— With love, MICHAEIL. Mr. Duke: Did you eay that the man who wrote that letter was a diamned sooamdnelp— I should eay so again. You think so now?—Yes. -A man. yrfho had a wife art bome. Do you know she name back and that he kept her in Ix>ndon in a srtateof semi-destitu- tion on a few shillings a week so as to keep her in his power ?-Ke,n.nooy told me so. For the defence Mr. Kennedy went into the box. He said he met the girl with M'Carthy one Sunday morning, and congratulated her more or less—(laughter)-on her engra^emenit. This was in 1893. He did not see her again to speak to before, in 1898, ike heard thout M'Carthy was going to marry ajiother lady. Mr. Hellyer then had a conversation with him about, the approaching wedding, amd said, He has ruined a little girl. It is a very horrible business, amd he should be made to pay £500 for the injury he has done her." M'Cartihy afterwards asked him to be tbesfc man. Witness told him what he had heard, and said, Unless you can give me am abso- lute assuna-nce tihaA it is not true" he would not act. M'Cartihy replied that no harm had befallen the girl. Two or tSxree days after M'Oairbhy inquired if his (witness's) brother, who was a curtate, in Dublin., would perform the ceremony. Feel- ing stall UaKsasy in his mind about the caee, he would not' acawer at onoe. So the two men went to Farm-street Roman Oatibolaxj Church, when M'Carthy went to oon- fession and came out and gWive a solemn assurance that there was nothing in the story. "Might I be struck dead if there is any truth in it," were his words. In July or August, 1900, two years after the marriage, he saw wcarthy and t-hei girl together at Victoria Station. He recognised her immediately, and was very surprised. Afterwards he got into communication with her through Mrs. Patrick M'Carthy, and tried to procure her a situation. With reference to this they met at an A.B.C. shop, where she then told him about M'Carthy's promises to marry her, and that she had stayed in his house with Mrs. McCarthy after the piamtdr's marriage. Wit- n<as went on to say that the letters of M'Oarthy to the girl were handed to him by Mrs. Patrick M'Oarthy. Mr. Cronin, who had been referred to in the course of the present trial ae a friend of Mr. M'Oarthy, had written to witness expressing his horror at the abominable arrangement under VMeh she was to live in the aame house as Mrs. McCarthy, saying he looked Upon it as an arrangement to do the girl out of com- pensation. The hearing was adjourned until Monday, when Mr. Kennedy said he had been shown the leitters signed Believe me, my dear your loving Michael." One letter read: My thougtote wander to our flight from 39. The Fates must have willed that destiny, aid let us hoipe it is for unbounded pleasure. Yoj are everything you say, lova&te and faithful' His lordship remarked tihaA the tdtitara were written by the plaintiff two yearns wftejf has marriage. i The witness said that the young woman asked him to assist her and wrote: I am In that brute's hands and I went to consult you very urgently." The breach of promise action waa compro- mised by the plaintiff making a sefetlemeiit upon the young woman. He knew thai Fa/trick M'Cartihy, the plaintiff's nephew, had an actaon against his uncle. Mr. Gill, K.C. (for the pkbiniifn: Were yocq not hostile to Michael at that time?—Oh, ng;, When you are hostile to people, do yon think they should be wiped off the face 01 the earth if possible?—Oh, no. Did you not write: I suppose the essence of all rascaldom, Hellyer and Holland, are stil1 permitted by the Almighty in His infinite wisdom to pollute the adr" ? (Laugihter.)— ThJaJt was meeunt humorously. The witness went on to deny that he tried to get the plainrfafTs name removed from the list of Army oomttraotons. NEPHEW'S STORY. Patrick M'Cartihy, the rbepit-ew, a bluff Irifthmaji, said the girl oa.me to him and told ham thM his tuude bad taken her up a side stfreet and struck her. He wanted to befriend the young woman. Answering questaooe by Mr. Gilll, this wtt- WpMiigMft- jite- had bouciit "ctoe«ip otuff for the Government." <Jp«nghter.) Mr. Gtill: Would not yo«u buy aheeg) stulfp The Witness: No; I respect the Govern- menlt too much. (Laughter.) His Lordship: D-> you say yon respect tihe Government? The Witoess (emphatically): I db, my lord, and that is why I ever oaane bank from America. (Laughter.) His Lordship: I hope somebody will put that down. It will intefreet the Government to know that somebody respects them. (Laughter.) The hearsing was adjourned. THE YOUNG LADY IN THE WITNESS- BOX. Tuesday's proceedings opened with the appearance in tihe witness-box unexpectedly, in support of the defendant's case, of the young lady, a strikingly attractive Irish girl, whose name, at Mr. Duke's request, was! not given publicly, but written down for his lordship. The young lady told how she was living with her aunt in Oakley-street, Chelsea. when, in 1893, she met Mddhiael M'Cartihy. Her aunt objected to any intimacy between them on the ground that he was a man of indiffe- rent reputation in Chelsea, but witness, who. on the ground that he was a man of indiffe- rent reputation in Chelsea, but witness, who was only nineteen, let that house for fur-1 nis-hed apartments, of which plaintiff paid the rent, "until the marriage. UNDER PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. She alleged that she was seduoed under promise of marriage—a promise many times subsequently repeated by plaintiff, that she had borne him two children, and that she lived witih him from 1893 to 1898. She thought she was going to be ma-rried to him until a few months before plaintiff went to Ireland and married his present wife, Mrs. Nora M'Oarthy. After his marriage he contained to perse- cute her. He followed her to Torquay, and there on one occasion struck her and used the foulest language to her beca-uee she would not visit his rooms at the hotel. Mr. Gill, in cross-examination, read letters from witness to plaintiff after his marriage, which elicited from her the oomment, Ah, one has to hold the candle to the devil some- I times." His Lordship asked whether Kennedy had ever made any suggestion to witness that she should lead an immoral life after the settlement of the breach of promise action. Witness indignantly denied it. His lordship told the jury that they coold have little doubt that the defendant did ma.inta.Ln the lady in that aclûon, But he said the most important question was whether he was influenced by charitable motives, in which caee he would not be liable. The judge examined at 11 some length the, legal nature of charity," excusing himself from giving a complete definition on the ground tihait even the definition which Paul had attempted was not exhaustive. There must be "a substantia' desiire to do good," ami even if that good would be at the expense of one's enemey, it might still be a ciharitaible act. The jury, a.fter thirty minutes' delibera- tion, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. Counsel said that defendant had taken the precaution of paying one shilling into court, amd he, therefore, asked for judgment. I Has Lordship entered judgment thereupon for defendant, and ordered lljd. to be paid out to defendant, costs to follow the event.

SUNDAY DRINKING. ST. MELLON'S AND RUMNEY LICENCES RENEWED. At the adjourned licensing sessions for the Newport Division of the county of Monmouth, held on Wednesday at Newport, the only matter left to be dealt with was the question of Sunday drinking at Rumney and St. Mellon's and the attitude which the licensees in those parishes would take towards the suggestions made by t-he magistrates when tihe cases were heard a fortnight ago, viz., that the sale of drink should be restricted to the premises of the licensees, and no intoxicants sold off the pre- mises on Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday. The Chairman (Mr, R. Laybourne) said the benoh sympathised with the owners and the licensees in the St. Mellon's and Rumney distriots on account of the difficulties wthich they had to encounter owing to their proximity to the county border. The magis- trates, however, hoped the licensees would agree to the condition which they now sug- gested in order to reduce tihe amount of drunkenness in the district on Sundays. The solicitors engaged each said that their clients would give the undertaking suggested by the bench. That being so, the chairman said, the licences would be renewed-of course, sub- ject to the condition. Plans were approved for a" rations at tihe Blue Bell Ion 'or serving te

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AUNT AND NEPHEW PECULIAR SCOTTISH SUIT FOR DIVORCE. %?- appeal iQ which Mr. James Grant, dis- OHengrant, Morayshire, is the appel- I'if u.Fanny Sievewright Smith, or Grant, iately reeidi-ng at The Nook, Reigate, Surrey, and Wiliam Menzies Gramt CaJd«r, the co-respondent, furnishes one of the rare cases in which a divorce suit is car. to the House of Lords. -The respondent, who is the seoond wife of zpr- Gteaut, went to at The Nook, R..ica,te. on separating from her husband, and t&ere the misconduct is alleged to have taken.,place, the co-respondent, who is her nephm by marriage, having also taken up his Residence there. The appeal has been brought to determine whether the miaoonduct. is established, and the rektr tlOnahilt between the respondeat and oo-roe- pondent view of the opinions expressed by tM. Scottish' judges, an element in the case. 14 the ca#« M embodied in jfcfrfr documents submitted TO their lordsflQjM showed that the marriage of the appellant and respondent took place in December, 1889. There were no children. The co-respondent is twenty-nine years of age, and the respon- dent ten years older. The co-respondent lived in South Africa between 1895 and 1900, whea he rabuzued to England. In December of that year, when the appellant was absent for the day, the respondent without warning left their home at Glengrant, in Morayshire, and as on this occasion no re- union was effected, as had happened on previous occasions, a deed of separation and alimony was shortly afterwards executed. Being put by the agreement in receipt of a.n income Serf .£606 a year, the respondent took up her residence in The Nook, at Rei- gate. Later in the same year the appellant heard that the oo-respondent had gome to viait the respondent, and the visit, aeooirdrfng to the appellant's caee, became & joint 000 i- patton, vhieh cocrfctsLmied until October, 190k, when the appellant instituted an (uction for divorce. The appellant alleged that during the whole of this period the testimony of the domestic servants at The Nook established the uniform maintenance oF a course of daily lif i of such a. character that in any ordi- nary case it would be irreeiitibly conclusive of a guilty intimacy. The evidence OlD which the appellant relied was that the respondent a.nd co-respondent moved about the house more or less in deshabille, and, 80 attired, frequented each other's bedroom during the night and also by day. The statement of the appellant's case further pet out that they addressed each other by pet names, and used other expressions of endearment. "Not very long after Calder cahme the practice of kissing began. He went into the bathroom with her alone to douahe her sprained ajikle, and im tihe garden leant support by putting has arm I round her waist. And aaoh being tiie daily features of tbelr companiousihip, there were periods—extending to months—wthen the, two were the sole nightly occupants of the house. All this was accepted by the judges as either admitted or clearly proved, but the majority, with much difficulty, had boon able to resist the necessary inference of guilt amd to hold that such intercourse, while not justified, can be innocently explained by the bond of affinity which existed between the parties." x The case for the respondent and co- respondent was th-a-t their close companion- ship was merely a renewal and mantenance by them of the relations of aunt and nephew, originating in Mrs. Grant's acquaintance with Oalder aa a boy. Beyond that the appellant's proof was met by a denial, and by an impeachment of the witness's veraeiity. All allegata one as to misoomduot were denied, and as to the co-respondent's visit developing into a permanent residence, it was explained that his mother had entered into an arrangement with the respondent to share the expenses of the establishment at Reigate. The Dean of Faculty, opening the case for appelant, stated that the co-respon- dent was said to be suffering on his return from South Africa from malarial fever. While he did not dispute tha.t Calder might not have been in robust health, his condition was not such as to account for the visits paid by the respondent and corespondent to each other's room. He suggested that by way of excusing things otherwise inexcusable the co- I respondent made his health appear to be worse tiha-n it really was. As a matter of fact. the ocwreapooodent lived an active, out- door life. Lord James remarked that the open-air treatment was now recognised by medical men. The hearing was adjourned. ————

VITRIOL AND HUMOUR. Frederick Henry Robinson, a stoker in the Navy, was tried at the Old Bailey on Wed- nesday for throwing vitriol at Beatrice Powell, who had been his sweetheart. Robinson's counsel pleaded that he was very drunk at the time. Mr. Justice Darling: So drunk that he didn't know a torpedo-boat from a trawler. The defendant was given an excellent character, and it was stated that the Navy would like him back. He would lose some pay, and be sent to sea as part of the punish- ment. Mr. Justice Darling: Dr. Johnson once said that being at sea was like being in gaol, with the additional disadvantage of being exposed to the peril of being drowned. The defendant was bound over.

.£500 DIVORCE DAMAGES. I.i the Divorce Court, on Friday Mr. Fred. Arthur Schmidt, a commercial traveller, of Brixton, was granted a decree nisi, because of the misconduct of his wife, Alice Miriam Schmidt, with Mr. Alhsun Bradgate, also a commercial traveller.' and against whom damages were assessed at LW. A counter allegation of misoonduct with a domestic servant was made against the petitioner by his wife, but the jury found tha.t petitioner vaa not guilty.

THE FUTURE MARCHIONESS OF BUTE. -0 One who is intimately acquainted with Miss Augusta Bellingham, the future Marchioness of Bute, writes to say that she is pretty, petite, and dark. She ii a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, devoted to her beautiful Irish home, and beloved by those among whom she has lived all her life. "I have no doubt," writes our correspondent, "she will malie an excellent wife to Lord Bute, and her liveliness and. I attraction to lively society will be a whole- some foil to his natural shyness and tendency to retirement." Lady Bellingham, Miss Bel- lingham's stepmother, is a cousin of the late Lord Bute, and she has often, with her step- children, stayed at Moantstuart, Dumfries House, and the other Bute residences. The present marquess and his betrothed are therefore, quite old friends. MISS AUGUSTA BELLINGHAM, s [Photo Thompson, London.

PEAR TREE TRAGEDY. We are informed that David William Harris has been removed to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatio Asylum. Mr. Herbert Samuel, solici- tor, Cardiff, has been instructed for the defenoe at the forthcoming trial of the prisoner at the assizes.

MYSTERY OF LOST DIAMOND. PICKED UP AT A SOCIETY DANCE. At a, dance held by the Supper Club at the Grafton Galleries on Saturday last—one of the sma.rtest aff airs of the past week-41. lady missed a large single diamond from one of her handsome rings, the stone, which is described as being as large as a. three- penny piece," being valued at over £ 100. Th. gentleman who accompanied the lady instituted a. search immediately after the loss was known, but with no result. Ho diamond was found. Another lady at the dance noticed a. gentle- man stoop down and pick up aomething," and he gave it to his partner. It is aesumed that he supposed she had droipped the gem from some ornament of her own, and tha.t the lady, believing it to be her own property, un.uuankingly accepted it. The matter probably esoa.ped her mind after- wards. In amy case, a pathetic little paragraph appeared in the agony column" of the Morning Pooøt" last Tuesday. LOST, ai the Grafton Galleries, on Saturday night, a large SINGLE DIAMOND. If the persona who- picked up this stone would return the same to the secretary of the Grafton Galleries they would oblige. But at uhe Grafton Galleries yesterday afternoon nothing had been heard of the bsaratiful stone.

DILEMMA OF A CLERK. wrrH A WIFE AND FOUR SWEET HEARTS. | I dl( "Educated lady, middle-aged, wishes V meet educated gentleman for friendly associa- tion." This advertisement was inserted last December in a. German newspaper published in London by Mrs. Maria. Oorvier, a. widow, who keeps an Islington Registry office. It was answered by Pa.ul Wiencke, a middle- aged German clerk, who representing he wae a-bout to enter a. character-by-handwriting business, and promising to marry her, bor- rowed JE25 from her. Arrested, a diary was found on him via the following entry:- "What am I to do now? A wife at Ham- burg, one sweetheart in Germany, and three here." On Wednesday, at Clorkenwell, Wienoke, wiho has been twice married and once divorced, received four months' hard Labour. who has been twice married and once divorced, received four months' hard Labour.

OLD MAN'S WEDDING. SIX YEARS' COURTSHIP AND E150 DAMAGES. Though 60 years of age and a. grandfather, there was no sign of physical decline in Joseph Parry, a stalwart typo of manhood, who appeared in the Liverpool Oourt of Pas- sage on Wednesday to defend an action for damagee for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was Miss Daisy Florence CaBitree, a domestic servant aged 28, and daughter of a Quaker who has a place of business in Liverpool. The defendant was a master cooper. Eight years ago, the plaintiff told the court, the defendant came to the house where ahe was in service to repair a mangle, and apparently fell in love with her a.t first sight. They did not meet again until nearly two years latter, when Parry accosted her in the street, remarking that he ha-d been looking for her everywhere. They becsame close friends. The defendant was introduced to the girl's parents, and within the limitations which age imposed, ( said counsel, he became a. devoted lover. He gave her a bicycle, and a ring, took her on pic-nics to York. Blackpool, and Sonthport, amd in 1903 promised to marry her before the end of the year. This was not fulfilled, however, and in June last, the defendant having seen the plaintiff shafting hands with a youmg man at her father's door, wrote a. letter in which he addressed her as "Dear Miss Oastree," and told her he wanted a. personal explanation that night. If you wish to pa.rt. let us do it in a friendly way," he said. "Keep this letter as a reminder, as I wisS to go straight." The plaintiff said that the defendant made his promise to marry her after a curious incident. She and Parry were watching a fire in Grown-street, when she suddenly re- ceived a push in the back, which nearly sent her flying on her faoe. Turning round, she saw Parry's housekeeper in a furious temper. Mr. Maxwell, for the defence, argued that however friendly the parties might have been, their relations were not those of lovers who intended to marry. Parry never pro- mieed marriage. The jury, however, found for the plaintiff, with CI50 damages.

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DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT. FIGURE IN A SENSATIONAL DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday • serious charge wae made against Dr. Qhwlee Owen Fowler, who was entered as co-raspon* dent in the case of Miller v. Miller. Mr. William Maodonell Miller, a. cashier in a. City lxunk, was the petitioner. Dr. Fowler was the medical attendant of the family. The doctor denies the charges. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married in the summer of 1896, and they lived at Thornton- heath. Two years before the marriage the lady had a child, of which Mr. Miller WM the father. They lived fairly happily to- gether; but presently the petitioner dis- covered that Dr. Fowler paid many visits to Mrs. Miller when her husband was away. At the end of 1903 (according to Mr. Miller's counsel) a curious thing happened. Dr. Fowler's son, who wa.< at school, fell ill with scarlet fevr. His father went to see him, and after that visit Mrs. Millez fell sick with the same complaint Mr Miller accordingly accused the doctor of carrying infection about with him," and told him that he intended changing his medical man. Dr. Fowler said such a thing was absurd. MRS. MILLER'S STATEMENTS. After this Mrs. Miller made certain state- ments to her husband, which she afterwards signed. Then he left her, and lived with her no more, though he went to see her now and then. In the witness-box, Mr. Miller, smart, and quite a typical bank cashier, said that he and the doctor were both interested iS photography, and used to discuss the subject occasionally together. They were friend8 "ina,way." Mr. Hugo Young, K.C., cross-examined: Did you think that a box of chooola-tes Dr. Fowler brought to your little boy on Christ- mas Eve carried the scarlet fever into the house?—No. The infection was not in the chocolates. The doctor himself brought it. Was it solely because of this that Y<Mi changed dootors?- Y eg.. Since you left her, has not your wiia expressed a hope that you would get your divorce?—No; it was the other Way about. Didn't it strike you as rather curious that she should give evidence for you-to help your own divoroe?—Oh, no-I don't think she could have a<ny alternative. WHEN MILLER WAS OUT. Rose Waterman, a servant at the Millers', said that she tcnk mainy notes from her mistress to Dr. Fowler when Mr. Miller wM oui of the house. Dr. Fowler, who only lived about 300 yards away, would often reply in person to these notes. Sometimes af ter sending these letters Mxs. Miller would change her ototjLes before tto doctor oame. Af ter the doctor left she would change back again. Once, in the dimly kgiited hall, the servant saw Dr. Fowler kia* Mrs. Milier. On another occasion he call ad hf\r- i-'nlfcitS' F-Lterzl tim^s when Mis. MiliUsr wrot4..Jo the ÕYJoCtor Slhe woaiC blottm loeItAW. and tSian oa^efuliy burn the bLotting-paper. There was some excitement when the next witness—Mrs. Miller—was called. She is a. dark-eyed, dark-haired lady, with strong features. The President (Sir GoTeU Barnes) waa informed that the Lady was not represented, and accordingly he warned her that the ne-ed not give evidence unless she liked. "I wish to give evidence, she said in a low voice, and then folded her bands resignedly, and gazed aalmly upon the crowded court. THE LADY'S ADMISSIONS. She admitt/ed immediately to Mr. Barnard that she had been frequently intimate with Dr. Fowler. Their great friendship began in the autumn of 1901. "My boy was ill with measles," said the lady. He was in bed in my bedroom. Dr. Fowler and I went up together to the room. There he kissed me--on the forehead first." After this the lady said thaA misoondwst took place many times, both at her house, when Mr. Miller was away in the City, once even when she was vaccinated, and in ttM doctor's study and surgery. Was Mrs. Fowler at home wfhen you called at the doctors?—Oh, no! She was always away, either at mothers' meetings, or some- Mi; ng like that. The lady was remarkably ready with her dates, giving the exact times when the doctor went away for holidays, the days and hours when her husband was away, and to on. "Did Dr. Fowler ever kiss you?" asked Mr. Barnard. Mrs. Miller arched her eyebrows in enr- pri&e. "Why, yeti!" she cried. LETTERS BY SERVANTS. And you sent your servants with letters to the doctor, asking him to call ?—Yes—and he generally came. And you gave the servant an evening off?- Yes. When did your intimacy ceaee?—On Decem- ber 23, 1903. That was the day the doctor brought some ohooolates for my boy. A few days after that I caught the scarlet fever. "Do you wish to be divorced?" asked Mr. Young, K.C., beaming mildly through hoc gold-rimmed glasses. "No!" was the reply. Then why do you come here to give evidence wihich must necessarily lead to a. divorce?" Dr. Fowler says, and I have beard people say, that this is a got-up case between my husband and myself to get money out of him. On account of that statement I have decided to come here and give my evidence." To have revenge on the doctor ?—Not exactly. I don't like people to think that we are trying to get money out of Dr. Fowler. In fact, your feeling is 60 strong that you would rather divorce yourself than not come here and make this statement?" The lady paused before replying. Then she said, somewhat wearily, "It is not so." HOPED FOR DIVORCE. Have you expressed a hope that your bus- band would get a divorce, for his own sake? —Yes. Was that before or after this statement suggesting that you were trying to get money out of the doctor ?—I think it was before. Did you send notes of a compromising uature to Dr. Fowler by your servaait?—No; if they were compromising letters, I posted them. Then you did write compromising letters?" Oh, yes," calmly. Did the servants know anything?—Well, I fancy Rose Waterman did, from wfeat she said to me onoe. She said, You don't know what I know"—or "what I have seen"- or something to that effect. Why did you change your clothes before the doctor came?—To make myself look nioe. of course! SCARLET FEVER. Did you think that Dr. Fowler gave yon scarlet fever?—I thought he might have done. Were you annoyed with him?—Not exactly. I suppose with all this familiarity with the doctor, you had some sort of affection tor him?—I suppose eo. Then what was it that caused you to turn Hajund suddenly against him—after three Ortears of intimacy—and tell your husband?— r vVell, he accused me of it first, and I said it wasn't true. And then ? Well. I told him. I don t think I should have said anything, only I was ill at the time, and—and I didn't want to be worried. "Ah, thank you! I thought it was soTne- thing like that!" nmrmured Mr. HagO Young, and sat down abruptly. THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE. In re-examination, the lady said that Dr. Fowler advised her when she wrote to him to always write in the third person, in oase the doctor's dispenser happened to open them. This was done with all the letters that were sent round to the surgery by h&nd. Mrs. Miller only remembered two "really compromising" letters she sent to Dr. Fowler. 1 and ttney were posted by hereelf. Tte 0s><*9 was adjournal.