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CRUSHED TO DEATH. PATHETIC STORY OF FUTILE RESCUE WORK. Absalom succumbed » c s-n," to one of our representatives on Sun- day, after the body had been got out from the fall about noon. David Absalom nad been at work at the Abercarn lx>wer and when returning from work on l;ay evening heard of the accident. He off to the Newport-Abercarn Corn- pelynen Colliery and joined in the i, <,f .rcscup- With only a brief respite CTur^ay> about, mid-day. he was at work h,'u,rT TV,Ie'fC"e bis brother for nearly 24 which' had hpf Wae one of heaviest liail'come do™ at » i ♦ „« nf e seam to the other, a distance oi about 6fift mi, rt- "he amount of material iii sucti car, ■», V i lmt u T never accurately be estimated, but n lfe probable that there was a couple of hundred tons. Absalom ana tne youth Phillips were engaged with a »' the time., and the fall ««« Won" ni:d involved both workers and the train. The rescue party, under the direction of the manager and the assistant mines inspected iMr. C. L. Robinson), had been told to push on as fast as ever they could, as long as life was known to exist. The expedition, however, always .involved great risk of widen- ing the extent of the fall. THE LAST WORDS. La\ id Absalom had had conversations with his brother at intervals for ^onie hours, and had passed in to him

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a bottle with brandy. It was ascertained that the stone against his head was allowing him a small breathing space, but he was getting weaker and weaker. At 4.55 p.m. David Absalom passed the brandy in for the last time and Joseph. in extremis, groaned "David. I can't stand this much longer." Those were the last words the resouers ever heard. Shortly before this David Davies, one of the rescue party, took hold of one of deceased's hands and asked, "Joe. is this your hand?" Joseph Absalom feebly replied, I don't know." It is believed, therefore, that that part of his body had become paralysed. The snspen.se was, naturally. great. "He was dead at five said David Absalom. How could you be sure that he had suc- oumbed ?" asked our representative. "Oh, we could tell that snre enough," was the reply.

THE INQUEST. Mr M. Roberts-Jones, the district coroner, held an inquest at Ahercarn on Monday even- ing respecting the death of the two victims of the Abercarn colliery accident, Joseph Absalom and Alfred Arthur ehilla-Ls. Mr. J. S. Martin, his Majesty's Chief InspeetOi of Mines, and Mr. C. L. Robinson, the assis- tant inspector, were present, while Mr. Everett (solicitor) appeared on behalf of the Newport-Abercarn Company, and Mr. 0. PIlT- nie-11, sub-agent for the Western Valleys Miners' District Federation, for the men. as also did Mr. Ed. Blanch, the che-ckweig'her at the Celvnen Colliery, where the accident took place. Mr. T, S. Edwards represented the relatives. Mr. Everett, on behalf of the company a.nd manager, expressed the deepest regret at t,he occurrence, and the most profound sym- pathy with the relatives. Mr. Purnell joinel in the expressions, and congra.tulated the: workmen upon the exertions which were put forth to attempt the rescue of the two victims. Mr. J. S. Martin said that when the acci- dent happened he was in London, but his coil league, Mr. Robinson, wa-s in attendance at the colliery, and was quite satisfied wit.h the way that everybody worked under the trying circumstances. The men did their part manfully, as miners always did. It was most trying to be able to speak to men and not to be able to rescue them. Alfred Arthur Phillins, the father of the younger victim, having identified the body, said he wished to tender his sincere thanks for the way in which everybody had worked. David Absalom, of 66, Commercial-buildings. a brother of the other victim, also tendered to the management and the men his sincere thanks for their great exertions. Witness said he went down the pit about six p.m. on Friday and remained there till abont eleven o clock on Saturday morning. They came across the boy Phillips about four a.m. Sit u rdi y. He was quite satisfied with the way in which everybody went to work to rescue tho fwo men. He attributed tho fall, which would be about a couple of hundred trams, to a general "squeeze." He heard his brother say about a fortnight before the accident that he thought he had a bad place at the mouth, but he had secured it. Bert Warren, a ripper, who was working ° fame level, said he was the last to Place ^ctims alive. He noticed that the UP to The K6rly 1 and was Sobbed TIIE RESCUE OPERATIONS Alfred Taylor, one of the experienced colliers who had charge of the rescue onera- tions, said he noticed there had beeT a grime at the piac-e. ;\skd by one of the inspectors why, with such a heavy fall, Absalom was not killed outright witness said a big stone, resting on the cog of t-ne tram, kept the pressure of the great weight off the body, upon which only small stuff I was directly reet:ne\ Vivian Phillips, under-manager of the raine, attributed the fall to tlle,,grme,,wrl,ell the former witness had spoken of. Whilst the men were working to get at the two victims they were running a certain amount f risk. As soon as it was known that Absalom was dead he withdrew t.he men, and then made the place safe for them to work in. Afterwards he made an examination of the place. The fall was about 13ft. thick, and the weight about 200 to 300 tons, of which about half had to be got away before the i bodies were reached. The extent of the fat! "was about five yards by four yards, spreading a,cross the road. It waa not a new place. There had be&n several faUs from time to time. In answer to Mr. Martin witness attributed the fall to a sudden squeeze" releasing the top. The Coroner, in summing up. said he could not find that there was a.ny evidence of negligence at all in the case on the part of the managcmeut. He thought the jury would say that the forces of nature had overcome human, powers, and he suggested that they should find as their verdict that death was due to a pure accident. The jury found a, verdict of Accidental deat,h in both oases. They considered that everything possible was done to get the two victims out alive by the rescue party. whose zealous work they highly praised.

CHIEF RABBI'S VISIT TO SOUTH WALES. Mr. J. ABRAHAMSOIsT. Mre. J; ABRAHAMSON. [Photo—Freke. [Photo—Freke. Rev. H. JEREVrrOH. V«ry Bev. Br. HERMANN ABLER, Mr. ISAAC SAMUEL. Chief Babbd-

A DOUBLE JUBILEE. I CHIEF R,ABBI'S REMINISCENCES' AT SWAN-SEA. The Swansea Hebrew congregation, which is the oldest in South Wales, celebrated their jubilee at the syn,a,gogue on Sunday the Very Rev. the Chief Rabbi (Dr. Adler) paying a special visit to South Wales for the pur- pose. The officers present were: -President, Mr. David Seline; treasurer, Mr. A. Freed- man; minister, the Rev. Herbert 1. Sand- heim; reader, the Rev. Morris Lubner. The synagogue was filled to its utmost capacity at the jubilee service at four o'clock. Dr. Adler preached an affecting sermon from Leviticus xxv.. 10. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year; it shall he a jubilee unto you." They might remember or have been told, he said, that his beloved father and revered predecessor had appointed the 23th I of September, 1359, to consecrate that place of worship, but a few days before that he was taken ill, and was unable to undertake the fatigue of the journey there. He, there- fore, called, upon, him (the speaker) to under- take the duty, for he had destined him from his earliest years for the ministry. He was then young, and had never preached before in public. He well remembered his trepida-tion and diffidence, but the Almighty blessed his endeavours, and the kindly indul- gence which that congregation extended him inspired him. with courage and strengthened his aspiration to become a teacher in Israel. It was an especial gratification to him. at the age of three noore and ten, to re-visit that community, where he preaehed his llret sermon half a century ago. He was informed c that there were only two or three present there tha/i, day who were a.t the consecration of that houee. There were points of striking resemblance between Wales and the Holy Land. They were well-nigh identical in size. Even as it was in Palestine, so in the Prin- cipality. the voices were heard—one of the see. and one, of the mountains. The one potent factor which bad preserved the nartrionality of the Welsh was the earnest aibeorbiug desire they had ever manifested to preserve their laangnajge—hence nit wae that amongst the surviving Celtic tongues the I Welah showed the most vigorous signs of life. ] It was spoken, not only in the Principality,1 but in the large towns of England and in America and the Colonies. Should they (the Jews) show less rega-rd for their ancient tongue—that in which God revealed His will to man, and which was one of the few remaining bonds which linked them together, scattered as they were to the four corners of the globe? In the evening Mrs. D. Seline and Mrs. B. Freed man held an at-home in the Shaftes- bury-hall to enable the community to meet the Chief Rabbi a.nd Miss Alder; and at this function a presentation was made to the Chief Rabbi of a solid old citrotn casket, which he acknowledged in a graceful and affecting speech.

"TRYING TO THROW MUD." John Jenkins, collier, 20. C-laish, Abergwynfi, a widower, was charged at Aberavon on Monday with neglecting his three children, aged eight, three, and two and a, half years. Mr. Edward T. Evans, who prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Pre- vent ion of Cruelty to Children, said they did not appear to have suffered much, but this was due to the intervention of other people. Tho defendant's housekeeper, Ellen Clayton, had had to spend her money and get goods eti trust to feed the children. Roberts (Abergwynfi) had a,lso given goods to the children. Ellen Clayton, in her evidence, said that the defendant drank very much, and that the children wore not sufficiently fed. She had had to feed them with her own money, and also get goods on credit. The defendant asked the witness if her name was not Mrs. Edwards, and the chairman of the bench sternly rebuked him; saying' that he must not ask questions exr-s-pt those bearing on the case. "You have put yourself in a, hole," he added, "and now you try to throw mud on this woman, who has been kind to your children." The defendant, who promised 0 be of good behaviour and sign the pledge, was bound over in his -own surety in, tito sum of £ 10.

I MR, GEORGE MEREDITH IN RECENT YEARS. Although a great walker in his younger days, in recent years Mr. Meredith had to be drawn about in a donkey car, as show n 011 r Picture. [Photo—G. E. and Co.

WORK AND POLITICS. » GOVERNMENTINSPECTORSIN SOUTH WALES. Lord ROBERT CECIL (U., Marylebohe. E.) I asked one President of the Board of Trade in the House of Commons on Monday whether the whole-time officers in the South Wales district employed in the inspection of ships' provisions were allowed to take part in political propaganda or other political work. Mr. CHURCHILL: The instruction issued by the Board of Trade to their officers on this subject requires them, to act discreetly in all matters in which their conduct may become the subject of public criticism, and forbids them taking a prominent part in party politics. Lord ROBERT CECIL: Is the right hon. gentleman aware that one 'of the officers referred to is secretary of the local Federa- tion of the Free Church Council, and has taken a very active part in the propaganda. of that body, travelling over 2,500 miles in their service? (Opposition cries of "Shame.") Mr. CHURCHILL: I cannot attempt to discuss any individual case without notice beforehand. Lord ROBERT CECIL: Will the right hon. gentleman make inquiries about the case, which has attracted a good deal of attention in South Wales? Mr. CHURCHILL: Any communication I receive from the noble Icrd shall, of course, receive attention.

"WOULD NOT WORK." POVERTY AND ALLEGED NEGLECT AT ABERTRIDWR. I Geo. P-as.o,- (29). labourer, Abertridwr. and hi? wife, Kate Pascoe, were summoned at the e instance of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children at Caerphilly on Tuesday for neglecting their children. Mr. J. D. Sp-ickett (of the firm of William Spiokett and Sons) appeared to prosecute. Inspeotor John Thomas (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) Pont- ypridd, said he bad the defendants under observation at No. 5, Uan-road, Abertridwr. where they were lodging. There were three children, and one named George,. aged- cne year and ten months, was very emaciated, weak, and exhausted. The rooms were dirty, and there was little food in the house. He had previously secured work for the ma-Ie defendant at the Windsor Colliery, and he would not work. When he ca-lled there at a later date the dead body of the child George was in the house. He was told that the child died in its mother's arms at Dr. Burke's surgery. The female defendant told the bench that very often her husband went to work without any food, ha.ving left it for the chil- dren. The Bench adjourned for -i month the case against the mni- defendant, and dis- missed the case against the woman.

A MENACING CROWD. + UGLY INCIDENT OF THE PENCOED STRIKE. An ugly situation arose at Brynwyth Colliery, Pencoed. near Bridgend, on Monday afternoon. The workmen came out on strike on Thursday week owing t-o a strong objec- tion to one of the officials. The statement got abroad on Monday that two men, named Davies, brothers of one of the officials at the colliery, were continuing work, and on Monday afternoon about 300 or 400 persons assembled to demonstrate as the brothers were leaving work. police-inspector Evans and two constables were present when the men appeared, with the prospect of having to run the gauntlet. The crowd were jeering and groaning, and were armed with bottles and clods of turf. The officers guarded the footbridge over the stream, and the crowd began, therefore, to wade across. One of the brothers quickly mounted a horse which nie father had brought and galloped over the moun.tain out of harm's way, while the othor man was escorted by the police, surrounded by a booing crowd, all the way to Pencoei, three miles away. I

MR. A. W. SWASH. Hon. Secretary of the National Pageant of Wales. [Photo. C. Corn (Limited).

"A BIT OF JEALOUSY." CHILIAN SEAMAN CHARGED WITH 'CHILIAN SEAMAN CHARGED 'WITH WOUNDING CARDIFF GIRL. Gerald Gonsalez (23), a ChOsiLn w&nL&n, was before Mr. Milner-Jones at Cardiff Police- court on Tuesday on a charge of wounding Violet Evans on the left breast with a pair -of scissors. Inspector, Ben Davies said that when arrested the prisoner, said: "I have not done it. She don't know who done it." Witness found the woman unconscious. Prosecutrix, a young woman of prepossess- ing appearance, said she and the prisoner occupied rooms at a house in Nelson-street, and there was a quarrel, "owing to a bit of jealousy." She had lived with him fotr about two years. Another young woman was alleged to have told prisoner that witness had another sweetheart, and whilst prose- cutrix WM ohopping some parsley the prisoner was alleged to have said he would do to her what she was doing to the parsley if she was ever false to him. Later, prisoner pulled her towards him, and the next thing she noticed was the blood, spurting through her clothes. Afterwards he said, "Violet, I am very sorry I done it—forgive me." He helped to bathe the wound, kissed her, and went for a doctor. Dr. Buist said the wound was three- eighths of an inch in length and a quarter of an inoh in depth. The woman had lost considerable blood, and a fair amount of force must have been used, as the clothes had been pierced. The shape of the wound pointed to a scissors having been used. PIrisoner was committed to the sessions on a charge of unlawful wounding.

CLAIM AGAINST A BARONET AT MONMOUTH. Oonftiderable time was occupied by Judge Owen at the Monmouth County-oourt in the hearing of a claim for compensation against Sir John Seale, Bart., of Woruastow Court, Monmouth. The plaintiff was Elijah Farrar, formerly a ga.mekeeper in the employ of Sir Jofen. He claimed an amount for total incapacity from December 12, 1908, at the rate of 15s. a week. Mr. A. Parsons, Cardiff, instructed by Mr. Everett, Pontypooi,, appeared for the respondent. Mr. Parsons (to plaintiff): Did you enter; Sir John's service with a reference writitem by a Mr. Witham, from near Leeds? And has Mr. Witham been several times con- victed of felony? Plaintiff: He was respectable so far as I* know. MT. Parsons mentioned that another testi- monial was from Mr. F. Bradley, Princess- grove, Leeds, which said, "I am onty too- pleased to give him (Farrar) a. reference for being sober, honest, and industrious. He has been with me for five years." And has Mr. Bradley been convicted? Plaintiff: Not that I know. Sir John Seale said that he gave the applicant notice to leave because he found that he was not trustworthy. His Honour said that notice must be given in writing as soon as possible after the accident. Sir John had not had proper notice. He gave judgment for the respondent, with oosts upon Scale B, which he under- stood would not be enforced against Fa.rrar. Mr. J. BENJAMIN, President of the Llaneilly Hebrew Congrega- tion. [Phot-Anthomy, LlaneUy.

CARDIFF DETECTIVE ON SHORT LIST. Deteotive-oengeaiit Harries, of the Oardiff CAY PWke. bw been selected in the sborl list for the pawueo of cbw-oomutable at

A NEW DREADNOUGHT. TEMERAIRE COMMISSIONED AT DEVON PORT. The battleship Temeraire was commissioned by Captain A. L. Duff at Devonport for service in the first division of the Home Fleet. The Temeraire carries ten 12-inch guns, having a range of fifteen miles, is protected by eleven inches of Krupp steel, and has steamed 22 knots with lese vibration than would be felt in a vessel not fitted with turbines when doing six knots. Like her sister ship, the Bellero-phon, which was built at Portsmouth, the Temeraire is an improved I Dreadnought, the third vessel of the class being the Superb, which is now on the eve of completion at the works- of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitwerth, and Co., Newcastle- on-Tyne. The extent to which -1"-etricity has super- seded steam and manual power in manipulat- ing warship equipment and otherwise adapt- ing itself to naval requirements is demon- strated by the fact that the Temeraire has more than one hundred and thirty electric motors, and lO miles of electric wiring. The electrical equipment is used, among other purposes, for pumping water, hoisting ammu- j nit-ion, coaling, ventilating tn-e living spaces, cooling the magazines, working the tools[ firing the guns, compressing the air for the torpedoes, and the generation of force to operate the high-power wire lees apparatus. The internal lighting, fire control, tele- phone, and bell systems are also the most complete ever fitted in a warsh:p. The auxi- liary engines number 95 eeis, and the search- lights arc equal to 4,000.000 candle-power. There is also installed in the ship a high- power wireless apparatus with a radius of eleven hundred miles. Notwithstanding that the progress of the work was "eta-raed for nearly three months lact yoar by a labour dispute, the Toan-crairo has been built and fitted out in two years and nineteen weeks.

MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR. WELSHMAN SHOT BY HIS BROTHER: IN AMERICA. News has come to hand of the death, under tragic circum?tanceis, of a young Welshman, named Griffith Hughes, in Emporia, Kansas. One evening deceased and his sister were singiag in the parlour, when their attention was drawn to a noise in the basement. Deceased, after satisfying himself that there were no burglars about, jocularly remarked lie thought an uninvited guest had entered the premises. A younger brother, apprised of the prese-nce of the allege^ burglar, descended to the basement, taking a loaded gun. To test his valour, deceased contrived to reach the basement by a circuitous route, when the younger brother, seeing, a figure moving about in a suspicious manner, at once fired, the bullet penetrating the deceased's knee, and he died from shock soon after reaching the hospital.

HEARD IN CAMERA. 4 A PROPERTY DISPUTE IN CHANCERY. In the Chancery Division on Monday (before Mr. Justice Joyce) the case of in re Whittlesea v. Whait-lesea, an inquiry as to next-of-kin, was down for hearing. When the matter was called on by the Registrar, Mr. Norton, K.C., said: Will your lordship kindly hear at least the first part of this case in Chambers? Mr. Justice Joyce: What is it? Mr. Norton: It was an inquiry in Chambers which wae adjourned to your lordship. Mr. Hughes, K.C., joined in the application that in the first instance, at all events, his lordship would hear the matter as in Chambers. It would be a. great advantage to everyone to do eo, Mir. Justice Joyce: Why did you all ask for it to come into court? Mr. Hughes: Personally, I really do not know. I had nothing to do with it. It was thought it would be a long matter, that there would be cross-examination of witnesses, and that it would be better to take it before a judge than before the Master, which I think is quite right. Mr. Justice Joyce- And then it was put in the list, w-hioh is quite wrong. Such a thing must not be done a-ny more. Such a, thing throws the cause list out. The matter oug-tit to have been taken as an adjourned summons and a day fixed for hearing Mr. Younger, K.C., who was also in the case, agreed to that view. Mr. Justice Joyce: Had that, been done it is possible that the sc-me judge would have heard the whole matter. I shall hear this case in private. I The reporters then left the court, and th-3 proceedings were concluded in camera. CARDIFF PEOPLE CONCERNED. When this case was mentioned before Mr. Justice Joyce on May 6 it transpired that it concerns an estate valued at „ £ 40,G00. and that Cardiff people are interested. The inquiry is respecting the next-of-kin, and Mr. Norton K.C.. on that occasion said the case raised the cnestion of a marriage by repute and concerned the legitimacy of certain children. It is stated that the dispute concerns the estate of the 1a.t.e Mr. John Whittlesea, of March, who died two years ago, leaving no will. The certificate of Mr. Whittlesea's first marriage cannot be found, and the question of the legitimacy of three daughters cf that marriage has been raised. The plaintiff in the act/ion, Mre. Selina Whittlesea, claims half the estate. One of the three daughters is married, and lives at Cardiff.

UNIONIST UNOPPOSED AT WEST EDINBURGH. Mr. Clyde. K.C., the Unionist candidate, was -returned unopposed for West Edinburgh on Monday. i

NEW RECIPIENTS OF WELSH HONORARY DEGREES. SIR SAMUEL T. EVANS, D.L. I THE REV. EVAN BEES, M.A. (DYFED). J »ROF. KUNO MEYER, D.Litt., LIVERPOOL. [Photo—Elliott and Fry. MR. BAiiLINGER, M.A.

TEACHERS' TRAINING. GLAMORGAN AUTHORITY DISCUSS THE POSITION. The Gla-morge-n Education Committee met on Tuesday a.t Neath, under the presidency of Dr Morris. Alderman T. J. Hughes asked the chair- man whether he would give his report of the j conference with the Welsh members in Lon- don with reference to the establishment of a training college, &c. The Chairman stated that the report would be printed. Alderman Hughes said there had been a good deal of fulmination, which had been engineered, in the press, and he hoped the report would he soon forthcoming. The Chairman said that the coufereilce had besn adjourned. It was resolved to add Miss Hughes and Aldermen Davies and Hughes to the council rep resentation.

BARMAN GOES TO GAOL. David Davies (27), a respectably-dressed bar- man, who was defended by Mr. Morgan Rees, appeared before the Cardiff justices on Mon- day on a charge of misconducting himself at the Heath Hotel. The prisoner, who was arrested on a warrant by Detective Rosser, was stated to have stood oil a seat whilst perfectly sober, and behaved offensively. The barmaid ran to her mistress, and the man was stated to have mounted his bicycle and I' cycled off as fast as he could: If the conduct of the prisoner was as alleged, said his advo- cate, then he was simply fit for a lunatic asylum. The prisoner was shortly to,be mar- ried. In view of his early marriage, the Bench sent the prisoner to gaol for one month with hard labour. Prisoner wae not employed at the hotel.

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TREDEGAR HOUSING. I SERIOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT I RAILWAY SERVICE. At TTedegar District Council on Tuesday, the Rev. A. Barrett presiding. Dr. G. A. Brown (medical officer) reported that an epi- demic of scarlet-ina had broken out. It was reported that a dep-uta-tion had met Mr. Mitchell Innes, Lord Tredegar's agent, with reference to the water supply of Park Hiil, in connection with which a difficult}- ha i arisen. Mr. Innes did not think the proposed scheme sufficient for the probable devdo-p- meaits of that locality. An adequate scheme would cost about £ 2,000. Plans of the building estate of the Tredegar Company in Broonp-ton-place, upon which sixty houses are to be erected, were- sub- mitted by Mr. W. S. Williams, architect. A discussion took place on the unsatisfactory accommodation at Sirhowy and Tredegar stations of the London and North Western Railway Company, booth being too short for the trains. There was only one platform at Tredegar for a population of over £ j,OCO. Complaints were also made of the discon- tinuance of certain important trains between Tresdegar and Sirhowy, causing great inc-oa- veaiienoe to business men. WORKLESS MAN & BICYCLE. A Ga.ba.1fa. postman, named David Jenkins, told the Lmndaff just-ices on Monday how he lost his bicycle on Tuesday, May 11. He called at Whitley Villa, North-road, and left his machine in the trench outside. It was not there when he came out, and he next saw it the following evening at Whitchurch Police-station. John Smith, labourer, was charged with stealing it, and Police-sergeant Bennett stated that he received the prisoner into ouetody from the Monmouthshire police at Newport. Smith pleaded guilty to the theft, saying that- he had been tramping the otHiBibry in search of work, which he could j not find. He was asked to pay 20s. and ooets, »«r go -to^g«»l for fourteen days.

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DISPUTE OVER A CHILD. + DRIVEN AWAY IN A CAB BY HIS FATHER AT BATH. Details of a remarkable street scene at Bath have just transpired. A lady and two gentlemen were teen near the station con- tending for the possession of a boy of four, who had been in the lady's custody. Ome of the gentlemen made off with the child in a cab. and the lady was left in an exhausted, hysterical condition without her charge. The lady was the child's aunt, and his captor was his own father, a well-known resident in a town m Derbyshire. The lady belongs to a good Bath family, and her husband was in a public office. They were married five years ago, and had since moved to Derbyshire. They had oii,- child. Some time ago the wife came home to Bath to consult her parents about her position, and it was decided that she would not return. He:' husband came to Bath to discass the situation with her parents, and in his absence the child was brought away from Derbyshire through the instrumentality of a servant. ^Negotiations were being conducted by soli- citors, which would have resulted in th* father having access to the child when his desired. The mother hoped to earn a living- for herself a..3 a pi&niste. At present the ir in Yorkshire. The husband wrote saying he was coming to Bath xor the week-end, and wanted to see his child. A U-leg-raphio reply was sent ask- ing him to put off the visit for a week, as the mother was a way and the grandfather il). On Friday evening the chiM was taken by his aunt to a relative's house, and while he was playing in the garden the father, aecompe-nied by a brother, suddenly appeared and seized him. The lady followed them, protesting. As they reached the station the aunt, whose condition was by this time hysterical, saw a friend approaching. He intervened, but was warned by the husband to obstruct at his peril. The father hailed a cab, and drove off through a side street with the child. An angry crowd now beset the brother, under the wrong impression that he had done some personal hurt to the lady. He was removed to a post-office from their unwelcome attentions. FATHER'S VERSION. The Bath abduction drama had a sequel at Matiock on Monday. The father is a leading public official. In an interview he said. Last week a letter was sent to the solicitors on both sides, one a firm at Mat- lock and the other at Bath, stating that I intended visiting Bath and would be glad to see my son. Two days later a wire came asking for a postponement of the visit, but this gave no explamation of the reason. I expected that a letter was to follow, but I did not receive 'a letter, so I feared there were intentions to secrete the child. There had been numerous inquiries made as to the child, but I couid not get any satisfac- tory information as to the well-being of the boy or his whereabouts. That was Lhe state of affairs sinoe the child was a-bducted from Matlock." Asked as to the abduction of the boy, he stated that several weeks ago he went to Bath to try to arrange something with his absent wife. I left the boy at Matlock in charge of a maid, but while I was away she received a telep'hone messzge, and she took the boy by tra-in to Burton. T mother met them there and removed thf child to her parents' house at Bath." As to last Friday's affair, the father S3iM. "When I reached Bath I wae met by my brother, who went with me to try and see my son. I wae getting on the car, when I observed the child in an adjaoent garden. I jumped off the car and opened the garden pate. The ehdld' saw me and ran to me and put his arms round my neck. Then I made for the rail-way station, but the aunt followed and pulled at the boy to try and get him from me. Seeing a crowd had ga.thered, I jumped into a cab and made by a circuitous route for the railway, where I took train to Matlock. I then wired to the grandparents of the child, Sonny here, well and happy,' and received a reply wire, Thanks for telegram just received.— Granny.' Asked as to what fresh developments there had been, he said, I received a letter from my wife this morning, addressed to my son- My Darling Sonny.—Are you glad to be at Matlock again? Mother is longing to see you, and sends a handkerchief to comfort you. Think of mother, dear, and send her kisses every night. She will see you soon, love. Be good. Dote of love from your ever- devoted mother." Further, the father said, I have instructed my solicitors to write to Bath that if an undertaking is given not to remove the chilu I am quite willing to give every facility to the mother and relatione to see the boy. If this undertaking is not given, I must take other means for the safety of my child."

THROWN OVER A HEDGE. MOTORIST'S NARROW ESCAPE NEAR CARMARTHEN. A motorist and his chauffeur had a remarkable experience a mile or two outride Carmarthen late at night-, and just escaped with their lives. A few minutes after twelve o'clock a county police-sergeant dis- covered a wrecked mQtor-oar, marked C B 286," sunk deeply in a ditch opposite Gygwyn Farm, Llangunnor, near Carmar- then. It was very dark, but the flashf* Of the sergeant's lamp revea-led that there was no one in the car nor in the fields on the other side of this hilly and narrow road. The sergeant proceeded to Carmarthen, and learned from Police-con- stable Boderick that the owner of the car, Mr. D. A. Thomas, Cliff House, Saundersfoot, had proceeded to the Boar's Head Hotel. Carmarthen. Although he had been pitched headlong over the hedge, Mr. Thomas had only sustained a severe shock. The chauffeur was less fortunate, for he was very badly bruised about the chin. The sergeant returned to the scene of the accident, whither the chauffeur had also proceeded, and, with the assistance of Mr. Charlie Baker, the well-known motorist and cyclist, the wrecked car was removed to Carmarthen.

EAHLY MORNING INCIDENT. Patrick Cuffe, a respeciable-looking sea- man, was charged at Barry on Monday with burglary and theft. Police-constable Hugh Donovan said that at 2.15 a.m. on the 15th inst. he noticed that a large plate-glass win- dow had been broken in the va-ults bar of Culley's Hotel. With the aid of his lamp wit- ness sa.w the prisoner standing by the counter smoking a cigar. The constable asked him what he was doing there, and he replied Its only me, sjid I am not a burglar. I will not phoot you because I have no gun." He then came out through the window, and when witness was conveying him to the cen- tral police-station, Cuffe ca-ld. It is better f0r- me to do twelve months than fifteen years." He was searched at the etationvand two cigars a.nd a discharge book were found in his coat pocket. Returning to the hotel, witness found a smaller window at, the side of the bar had also been broken, whilst eight cigars were lying on the counter, and a box of the same brand was open on the sheif. Cuffe, who &aid he would not. have done it if he was in his "proper, sober senses," was committed for trial at the next quarter sessions.

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