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II 1 HAS NO EQUAL. B Y JliAY BE SEES IN OTJR SHOWROOM. J-WILLIAMS & SONS (Cardiff), Ld. 17, Queen-Street, Cardiff. "NO BETTER FOOD. Dr. Andrew Wilson, F.R.S.E. FRYS PURE CONCENTRATED COCOA TRY ALSO "FIVE BOYS" MILK CHOCOLATE. I ^COiOlKN'DED BY THE MEDICAL PRO- I f- FESSION AND PRESS.

AN EX-MAYOR OF i ABERGAVENNY. 1 1. POUND HANGING FROM A i BEAM. ^^cPBdnlity, succeeded by consternation, j** occasioned in Abergavenny and the Jrj-fhbouring Tillages of Llanover end Pen- ^r*»oped on Wednesday afternoon when it reported that Mr. Samuel Deverall, an of Abergavenny, and one of the ^5Rt prominent tradesmen in the town, — t"rTing on a grocery business in Frogmore- had been found banging in a barn Op^e rear of his branoh shop at Pengroes- Ah?* deceased gentleman cycled out from W^rKavenny in the morning, and arrived at ^T^Toesoped shortly after nine o'clock. He engaged in the shop and taking orders during the forenoon, and then *j( to be in his usual good spirits. rr Ut t.wo o'clock, however, he could Ijj ] be found, and soon afterwards his body was discovered by a pensioner tt Aeron Prosper hanging by the neck a beam in the French barn at the back shop Prcsser informed the manager, Wallace Woodward, who, hurrying 10 it 'ear, found Prosser's information to be ti at once cut the body down, and sent to Police-constable Power, of Llanover. investigations made by the officer it that Mr. Deverall must have climbed 1 Mt top ol^ tlie hay"ck an<l divested him- A }j{_ °f his coat, which was found lying with on top of the rick. It is believed that ^i must have been hanging for abo'U ■i ,an hour. The body was taken to l> So far as can be ascertained there i»* *«t have been no motive for the rash Ij, bjj' Mr. Deverall -was always a most l^slike man, and as recently as last ■4bft^ay week presided at a meeting of tj,, "gavenny grocers and urged the forma- of i a- local trade association. The news 5 a ^eath was a great shock to his wife N' IlLr,3ily. and deceased's two brothers in 1* "^ere also acquainted of what had f ^Period. ^^eral] was ninth mayor of Aberga- A», ^1907-6. He was born at Gosport, PoTts- in 1864, and had been connected with oj <origregationalist« for nearly a quarter ^iij«i^ent'UTy' was superintendent °f toe 6 school, and for two years held the 'U ci^t- ncy °f the Abergavenny liberal Asso- fi Wrtf*0' he was president of the eis- )d; and wa6 also a member of the Free i *C Counoil and the gas and street com- I t I THE INQUEST. 1 ifl1"«et was held cm Thursday morning. I llvfl 'a 1 -nffcrall. Penarth, a brother rf 1 J* the -aT« evidence of identifica- l I lic« and hi8 bTOther was 44 £ I f^rs cveia. Deceased had no financial 1.1. Margaret Bowen. Oak Cotta go, Goy- •4^?"' thflt deceased called at her ho-use order shortly after mid-dav. After i S ^at i^ 'was very close cycling, h« 'j he had an awful pain in his head, j, «is hand to hie forehead as though £ W* lief. "4 h*.Grosser. Boat Houee, Llanover, spoka °3,f})Tiering the body hanging in the Frer~h 11 Wallaoe E. Woodward, manager of ♦ shop of deceased's, said Mr. DereraH it jj^^rtntending the harvesting of hay at efj ^bjV^yd. Abergavenny, eaid deceased was rfrt to epilepsy, the minor attacks of l" k0,ild Wou^<i affeot a -person's head, and ell' .44,, him to lose his mental IIè loe Or.tirely. A person so afflicted would t\.la.ble to suicidal and homicidal ten- « itnesg had examined MT. Deverall'? an<^ found that he had broken his ^)re?uma'>'y through jumping off the «lis hay whilst the rope was tied round *Dil k- Dweased WEUS suffering from post ft) mania, and death was due to a llf ? of the neok. ^tlri ^ary returned a yerdiot of Suicide 9 ttajj temporary insanity," and expressed y sympathy with Mrs. Deverall and *3.011 ly. I ■>4 ■>4

MOTHER LONDON FLAT MYSTERY. *°tJTH'S HAIR CUT OFF AND THROAT CUT. J^^sday Wilfred Charles Alders (17), an' living Parents at Suffolk, 'a block of flats), Solgrave-road, Shep- Londo>n, was found, shortly after y" lying in bed in a haif-oonsoious con- with his throat out. He was quite and nearly all his hair had been cut bi bedolothee were saturated with in J<*xi which was streaming from a wound throat. A blood-stained raaor was 011 floor of the room. In t,v. *ounded youth's brother found him Jo* ?.s condition on returning from his work a The injured lad was able to tell **#3 a pedlar had called at the flat and W Rocked him down, after which he ^■t^hered no more. The youth's hair was closely that in some places his head bald, while his hair wa-s strewn fl the room and some of it was found in 4j?*^Plaee. wai removed to the hcspita.1. where, y^^hstarding the loss of bleed, his wound fOUnd not to be a dangerous one. The •rsmith police are investigating the a ooourrence.

m S°HRY, MY DEAR." ^TRAOftDINARY LONDON SHOOTING CHARGE. ^orth London Police-oourt 011 Wed- William Webb Backwell, a retired 58ter °f the Boyal Navy, living in Pem- Hackney, was charged with THr, 8 to murder Mrs. Maria Barton, of ?jO&tlfl(!^Qr"road, Clapton, with a revolver. n Was stated to have been a lodger in 1 l^t-.ar*on's houee. ^1*k.UwH9erS«ant Taylor eaid when ♦ H3Ckney »Poiice-«tation and •Vjy with twice shooting at the lady I 0 11 Wednesday morning acoused eaid, jJ yes. yes." 1H>y.n8' °°»fronted with Mrs. Barton, who J}virt- acoused said to her, "Sorry, my is going ;fhare« was read over to him he ¥ "Od "Ju«t so. My defence i6 that I V* fin m»dical treatment, and if you get ooifi1- ^°°tor wil1 *»y I am in a ner- M f0_ ltlon- My doctor will tell you I am j*°rk. and ought to be in bed." ^'ddeiwick ordered a remand.

^^LSH GIRL'S WORRY. TED BY LOVER, ATTEMPTS A SUICIDE. w «t0 —— ^'g^ted love leading to a j'oung to it> servant, Bessie Morris. y "tticide at BJaokpool, was related magistrates. The girl, who 't'l1\t'M.al magistrates. The girl, who S. W1 Years of age. had it waf!, tt 0(7?" wPing company with a yourc t tt. 'N'tha I n}' rind a3 ha<l pi»mi?ed to I drawn £ 10 which she had 1 V A^Lth« l>ank and bought presents I 80 r^W,rv,'arflS' 11 wa.<i stated, he threw I woma-n. and this preved I »l^n h€f mincl that on Saturday ■ 0«29» ont ^°'0^ a dose of salts of lemon! ■ f twn in hor present position at ■ s„r three days, but her employer | t0 character. Upon pro- iat*> a reeouo homv she was dis- j

DRAMATIC ARREST OF CRIPPEN AND LE NEVE.

PRIEST LIBELLED BY LADY. + ANONYMOUS POSTCARD CASE ENDED. MRS. TUGWELL SENT TO PRISON. The defence in the Sutton libel trial was entered upon on Saturday, when at the assizes at Guildford Mrs. Annie TugweJl, wife of the registrar of births and deaths at Sutvon, was again in the dock charged with publish- ing malicious and defamatory libels on Oanon Cafferata. a Roman Catholio priest at Wallington, and several other persons in the Sutton neighbourhood, including Father Warwick, a priest, who succeeded Canon Cafferata at Sutton, Mrs. Wesley, and Annie Dewey, servant to Canon Oafferata. The case is being heard by the Lord Chief Justice. MRS. TUGWELL'S EVIDENCE. Immediately upon his lordship taking his seat on the bench Mrs. Tugwell was called. Declining a seat in the box, she told her story. She said she had been married 25 years. She had been a member of the Roman Catholic Congregation at St. Mary's. Sutton, ever since she had been in Sutton. Witness said she had seen the letters (pro- duced) to Mrs. Wcvheim. Mrs. Wesley, Canon Cafferata. and the post-card signed Miss Sullivan." She had n"er had any hand in porting, publishing, or dealing in any way with any of tnese doouments. Have you ever had anything to do in any way wit.h these offensive letters?—No. not in any way whatever. Witness, proceeding, said that on April 16 she went to bed at six p.m., as she felt bad. From six o'clock to nine o'clock she was in bed. Counsel: What do you say to the allega- tion that you were seen to post two letters? Mrs. Tugwell: I say I did not. Continuing, she said that on her arrest she did not say. "This is got up by Canon Cafferata and Annie Dewey." What she said wa.s, This is got up by Catholics and the police." She added that she was told by Mr. Measures that all the pillar-boxes from Sutton to Croydon were being watched. The greenish grey dress produced without a pocket was the only one of the colour she had. She never took any blotting-paper into her bedroom at all. Witness was away at various addresses from May 1 to June 8. Sir Frederick Low: Have you had any part at all, either direot or indirect, with these letters, either in writing, posting, or delivery ?-No, I have not. Mrs. Tugwell went on: These letters have been breaking my health down. My life has been a misery for eighteen months and my husband's also, and it was at my suggestion that mv husband wrote to Scotland Yard." TICKLER FOR THE ICE-CREAM MAN. She bad known Mrs. Westey only U> say Good morning in churoh. Until the sum- mons was taken out against Dewey Mrs. Wesley (she said), on April 2, was at their house, and, asking for pen and ink, said, I am going to -end this post-card (the oard ordering several gallons of beer) to old I Caffy." She added, I will post this on my way home, and I have another which I will post at Croydon. It will be such a tickler for the old ie<X"reain man that he won't be able to preach on Sunday." (Loud laughter.) Sir Frederick Low here intervened, and said this expression referred to the canon's na.me. Of the St. Michael's Mount incident Mrs. Tugweii said Mrs. Wesley asked her to go. She said they would watoh what Annie Dewey got up to, and she added, I want to see if we ca,n find any letters from Miss —— to Canon Cafferata." In croes-oxamination witness said Mrs. Wesley frequently came to see her, but she did not often go to Mrs. Wesley's, as her hus- band did not wish her to. Did it not surprise you to see Mrs. Wesley send such a card to the old ice-cream man"?—Nothing surprised me, because what Mrs. Wesley did was nothing to do with me. I could not be a common informer. But was this not an absolute revelation to you as to the origin of these anonymous com- munications?—It might have been, but I did not take much interest in it. Counsel asked Mrs. Tugwell in whose hand- writing she thought the letter produced and addrecscd to Mr. O'Brien was?—I express no opinion. addrecscd to Mr. O'Brien was?—I express no opinion. I But you prosecuted Annie Dewey twice, you know?—I express no opinion. Does it look like Annie Dewey's hand- writing?—It looks like the handwriting Mr. Ghierrin said was Annie Dewey's. Counsel: I won't have you put this on me. Mr. Bodkin: Well. it certainly looks like the handwriting we used to have. As to the stamps which were found in her room they were not hers. She could give no explana- tion cf the marked stamps. A CATHOLIC "CONSPIRACY. Witness, asked to explain -what she meant by "a Catholic conspiracy," said:- I left the Catholic Church because Father Warwick came to my house and stopped two hours one Sunday wanting me to go to the Catholic Church. I said, "No." He said, "You know all Catholic influence will be brought to bear on you." I answered, "1 cannot help it. I cannot help my con- science." Father Warwick eaid this three times in my husband's presence. I have not gone back to the Catholic Church, and I don't intend to, though I was brought up in it. I thought this was a conspiracy to injure me, because Canon Oafferata had said he would ruin my husband and not leave me a bed to lie on His Lordship: I wish to call your attention to the fact that one of these communications is addressed to you, and has upon it one of the stamps with a secret mark on it. Can you explain this?—No, I cannot. Can you explain how the six secretly- marked stamps have got to this dooument?— No. When Mrs. Tugwell, did it first come to your knowledge that letters of the oharaoter of which we have heard were going about Sutton?" asked counsel. Witness: November, 1908. At that time she did not know that there was such a person as Annie Dewey. She added that when fiiey went to Canon Cafferat-a. concerning Annie Dewey, whom they accused in January, 19)9, the oanon became very rude and said, "I will defend my ser- vant." You know the letters you are charged with publishing?" asked counsel. Yes," said witness. His Lordship: There are six. A BILIOUS ATTACK. Harry Tugwell, accused's husband, answer- ing Sir Frederick Low, who asked him if they had lived a happy married life, said, None happier on the face of this earth." He related the progress of events at great length. On the night the letters were alleged to have been posted by his wife she wa.s ill. She wee bilious, and in bed on his advice. Dealing with the incident of the blotting- paper, discovered, it wa-s stated, in the bed- room, witness said the dress in court was in the room at the time. He saw no blotting- paper, and certainly never saw any blotting- paper held in Inspeotor Ward's hand. Since the arrest of your wife have letters of the same character been coming to your house?—They have. He did not follow up the matter of the brewer's post-card because he did not think it had any bearing on the question of the anonymous letters. Mr. Bodkin: You went to the Protestant Alliance about the persecution of the Roman Catholics, and yet with this before you you never went to the authorities Witness: I did not think it of importance then. Annie Smith, domestic servant at Deepdene, was .then called. She was very deaf, and used a large ear trumpet. Sir Frederick Low shouting his questions down the funnel. She corroborated the evidence of Mr. Tugweii as to his wife's indisposition on the night of April 16. Witness also said that on April 2 she bought two penny and six halfpenny stamps for herself. Mrs Tugwell asked her later on if she had any stamps, and she handed four of them to her. Miss Smith further stated that Mrs. Tugwell had no pockets in any of her skirts. Cyril Tugwell, son of the accused, was the last witness called on Saturday, and the hearing was adjourned until Monday. MRS. TUGWELL SENT TO PRISON. The first witness on Monday was Mrs. Emily Jones, of 56, Crediton-road, Hampstead, sister of Mr. Tttsfwe! a voice specialist, who said that on April 2 (the day on which the post- card ordering several gallons of beer was sent to a firm in the name of Canon Cafferata) she was with her brother arnl sister-in-law at dinner at the Cafe d'ltalie in London. She met them at Victoria. Station under the clock. and from six o'clock till 8.30 was continuously in the company of her brother and sister-in-law. A PATTERN TO OTHERS. Sir Frederick Low asked witness a question concerning Mrs. Tugwell's character, and her reply was, She is a most exemplary woman —a pattern to others in the way she keeps her home." In cross-examinationi witness vf&A asked what conversation she bad had with her brother regarding April 2, and how she remembered the day so well. Witness: My brain is not out of order. I had very good reasons for remembering the day, for I had many other engagements. and thought this dinner a dreadful nuisance. It was rather a red letter day for me to go out at all. Mr. Bodkin: You mean a black letter day. Witness: I am always at home. I am a. busy professional woman, always taken up with my work. Sir Frederick Low: How many times have you dined at an Italian restaurant in Soho during the last twelve months?—Not three times. Evidence was then called for the defence to show that at various dates when anony- mous letters were posted Mrs. Tugwell was staying at Kingham, Oxford, and Bluntiham. Huntingdonshire. NO POCKET IN THE DRESS. Mrs. Tugwell's dressmaker, deposed to mak- ing several skirts for her. She remembered the greenish-grey dress produced. There had not been any pocKet in it. Other witnesses went into the box aJid stated that as the result of experiments they found that it was impossible to stand at a spot from whioh the policc kept obervation t-o identify a person leaving the house at night, as Mrs. Tugwell was alleged to have left it. to post two letters at the pillar-box near by. The colour of the blouse could not be determined, t.hev said. Mr. Tugwell was re-called, and gave similar testimony, and the cross-examination of the witnesses olosed the oaae for the defence. Inspector Ward, Mrs. Wesley, and other witnesses, who had previously given evidence for the prosecution, were re-called by Mr. Bodkin, and examined at some length in regard to several points raised by the defence. Mrs. Wesley now stated that she did not remember going to Croydon on a certain day named. "SHE OLD ICE-CREAM MAN." Mr. Bodkin (to Mrs. Wesley): Did you ever say to either Mrs. Tugwell or her son Cyril, or both, in her house, "I have a tickler for the old ice-cream man, and it will prevent him preaching on Sunday. Not that that will be much of a loss to the community?" (Laughter).—I never said anything about it. Father Warwick, going into the witness- box, was aeked by Mr. Bodkin if there wm any truth in the statement that three times he made use of the expression to Mrs. Tug- well that if she did not continue to be a Catholio he should Dring all Catholic influ- ence against her? Witness answered. I should never have even thought of such a thing. I should hove said the opposite. If any Catholic influence had been brought unduly I should have done my best to oppose it." Have you any ill-feeling against her?—-Not t.he least. COUNSEL'S SPEECH IN DEFENCE. In addressing the itiry for the def-noo Sir Frederick Lowe said they were asked to believe that a woman of hitherto irreproach- able character, who had lived an irreproach- able married life, 6ud<l<-tily became a woman of the foulest sort, a woman of the beastliest imaginings, and a woman of the cruellist malice, a woman who in order to saddle a crime upon another woman had not hesi- tated to stoop to every kind of forgery and deception, and all to fix a crime upon a person practically a total stranger to her. The jury were asked to believe that Mrs. Tugwell and her family had developed into the most artistic perjurers who had ever come before a jury. Ho said artistic advisedly, because if this charge were true the amount of ingenuity and care involved in the evidence put before them passed be'ief, and altogether I exceeded experience. This was a case which rested almost entirely on police evidence, which involved secret watches, evidence that! it was almost impossible to check because it was secret evidence, which involved a crea- tion of facts in order to support a precon- ceived notion. He alluded to the question particularly of the stamps, and this. he said, required the most careful searching and criticism. Counsel, commenting on the alleged police discovery of blotting-paper in the pockets of a greenish-grey dress of Mrs. Tugwell in the bedroom, said this went to the root and foundation of the case. A WEDGE IN THE CASE. If it were a fact that the dress had no pocket there wa" such a wedge driven into the police evidence that they found the chain which should hang together broken. Were these foul letters the product of a woman's mind at all? Were they couched in language at all usual even amongst, the j most depraved women? He submitted that; they were not. There was a mystery in the case which had not been fathomed. Mr. Bodkin having replied for the prosecu- tion, the Lord Chief Justice summed up. At a late hour the jury retired, and on returning to court the Foreman announced thet they found the accused guilty on all counts of the indictment. Mrs. Tugwell when she heard the verdict j remarked: "I can only say that you have convicted an innocent woman." The Lord Chief Justice sentenced the accused to twelve months without hard labour.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY. + DOCTOR AND WOMAN DEAD IN A HOUSE. PITTSBURG, Tuesday. A remarkable double tragedy is engaging the attention of the Pittsburg polioe, the bodies of Dr. E. C. Stewart, a well-known physician, and an unidentified woman hav- ing been found yeeterday in a room in the doctor's house. Medical evidence makes it clear that both had been dead for some days, but beyond this the affair is a complete mystery.—Cen- tral News.

KILLED ON R ALT WAY. + TRAGIC DEATH OF COLONEL FIELDEN. A tragic occurrence happened at Borth { about five o'clock on Tuesday. Colonel Henry Fielden, a well-known local geiitle- man. being run over by an engine and "I killed. He bad been out shooting at Ynyslas, and was returning home to Borth along the railway line. Ilis deg got on to the perma- ment .way, and Colonel Fielden went to pull I the animal hack. At that moment a light I engine came along and he was knocked down by it, receiving fatal injuries. It was only in March last that a brother of Colonel Fielden met his death by drowning.

DEAD THREE MONTHS. TERRIBLE DISCOVERY IN LONELY LADY'S HOUSE. The dead body of Mrs. Lettice Louisa Stone, a relative of a well-known Leicester- shire magistrate and solicitor, was found one day in her house at Stoneygate a fashionable suburb of Leicester. For three months she had not been seen, and it was thought that she was on a visit to friends j in Staffordshire, but Mr. S. F. Stone, a relative, decoded to break int.o the house" and Mrs. Stone's bcdy was found in the lavatory. Identification was possible only by means of the clothing

HAWKER AND POLICEMAN. ¡ A hawker, named George Hennessy, was fined at Bow-street Police-court for his behaviour in Trafalgar-square, where he was aroused from sleep by a constable. He trifed a wrestling bout with the policeman and threatened to throw bim into a fottntaifl bwin, PEACE HATH HER VICTORIES NO LESS RENOWNED THAN WAR. '(

FIVE LIVES LOST IN AN ACCRINGTON FIRE. lot r,Te> attended With the Saturday night ot1 Urrc<i at Accrington on outfitting premiL 8 etxte"sive dra^r,V and (Limited). Church-st»v> Messrs. Williams The cause of thP and Holme-street, of an electric will ^reak was the fusing inflammable art,iciLln a window filled with flames spread that ^and so ra-ldly dld !e premises were ablaze a Very short time The outbreak opn, P.m. while there s^tly before ten at work in diffe^ a staff of 35 employes shop was crowded with€Pa m<>n &n alarm being rais^ ^stomers. On he for +1™ d^nr« Gre was a great rush 1 i fioiw m,* Was believed everyone ia< got sa y t. jt Wag gQ<>n ascertained however, that three yo lady assistants were unaccounted f0r i? When it became POssibl& to the misea, two And a^ha!f htmrt aK;. the fire started, beneath the window of a small room in the second storey were found not only the dead bodies; of the three young lady assis- tants, bu those of two other women who, when the outbreak occurred, were in the upstairs showrooms making purchases It off by thÐ main stairway, the fire victims had gone to the ack of the building, hoping to find an avenue to safety there, but had been overcome and suffocated by the delle I'nnwn v'V could their presence k" V 13 £ eli«ved death in each case wh kv suffocation, though the bodies. rov!i fmoils a Pile of debris, were cou- siderably charred. The names of the dead as.sistants are: V a -^berts, 27, of Liverpool. Miss Alice Ian, 23, Penrith. Miss Martha Glasgow, 19. Barrow-in-Furness, i Lie two customers who were victims were: — Mrs. Mary Martha Barnes, 40 of Albert- street, Oswaldtwistle. Miss Amelia Morgan, her sister, of the sam-? addrpss The premises were completely gutted, and the damage Is estimated at between L15,000 and £ 20,000.

ALMSHOUSES ON FIRE. NARROW ESCAPES OF SEVEN AGED WOMEN. YeoviL Corporation Alms-houses were des- troyed by fire eariy on Saturday morning. When the fire broke out the inmates, num- bering seven, were in bed, atKi had' very narrow escapes. They were rescued by fire- men. One old woman was discovered under the table in her room unconscious, having been overcome by smoke whilst trying to escape. She was taken out through the second storey willdow and carried down the escape. She ,lies in a precarious condition. Another old woman was severely bruised whilst being taken through the window. The matron also had a narrow escape. J ALARMING OUTBREAK AT BARGOED. A fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning in the stable of Mr. Thomas Jones, haulier. Bargoed. The alarm was given by a man named George Gough, who noticed smoke rising from the loft of the stable, and through his promptitude in givi-ng the alarm the horses which were in the premises were safely brought out by the Bargoed Fire Brigade. The local brigade, under the command of Captain Tom Jones and Lieutenant R. Williams, was quickly on the scene, and prevented the spread of the fire to the adjoining buildings. The premises were practically destroyed, and the damage, which is considerable, is said to be covered by insurance. It is supposed that the fire originated by some hay igniting. --=

SUICIDE BEFORE SUFFERING AGONY OF CANCER CAUSES REVOLVER SHOTS. r How the agony of cancer led to suicide was told at an inquest on Saturday on Emile Fc-lix Bert in, aged 54. a. journeyman tailor, of Wells-street, Oxford-street, who shot him- sef- His widow stated that since last January he had been suffering from cancer, and had not been able to follow his employmem. On Thursday morning she left him seated in the workroom for half an hour, and, missing him ¡ on her return, went into the bedroom and found him seated in a chair, his head on one side. He looked strange, and she thought he had fainted, but she then saw a revolver it1 his right hand, so she called for He I was afterwards found to be quite v ead, having shot bircself in the chest. A friend stated that on the previous,day Bertin went for a walk with him. and com- plained of being in great pain. Witness had never known anyone suffer such great, pain, and only this could have t caused deceased to take his life. The jury returned a verdict "Thati the deceased committed suicide whilst of unbound ¡ mind." I

HOLIDAYRAILWAY ACCIDENT I NARROW ESCAPE OF LANCASHIRE NARROW ESCAPEOF LANCASHIRE EXCURSIONISTS. J On Monday while a Bank Holiday Npxcuv- sion train from Liverpool «n<,« Manchester to Scotland, on the London ami North Weertern Railway, was running hi^h speed j paet Orearv five ini 1-^3 01 Carlisle, of the engine became detached and plotphed' up tho permanent way for a consid^dis- tance. without, however, derailing tile ti-ain- The damage done was onfficient, iowevefr, to cause two hours and a half's deliy to\ th« West Coast express trains, due on ifonlday qiorning in. Glasgow, Edinbuzixh, and Alber- deen, )

BOY KILLED BY A BIPLANE. -0 AVIATION FATALITY AT SUNDERLAND. There Was a distressing ending to a series of aviation feats at Boldon Racecourse, near Sunderland, on Monday night, rcsuxtmg in the death of a boy and serious injuries to the French iadv aviator, Madame Franck, and slight injuries to several persons in the crowd. The chief attraction of the race meeting was the appearance of Madame Franck, who was billed as a Parisian airwoman. she made a successful start in bright and almost windless weather, and as she glided about and turned on her flying machine-a Farman biplane—the huge crowd of many thousands cheered her enthusiastically. She kept un- usually close to the ground, many of the spectators thinking she did so to prevent the thousands outside the ring from seeing too much of the performance. After circling eastwards and westwards alternately gtis" finally took a longer rteiourv in the direction of the sea. In returning she seemed too low to esca.pe a row of houses which skirt the field, but she avoided these. Unfortunately, however, she struck a flag- staff in t.he garden cf the corner house of Mr. Coalthard, of Racecourse-cottagee. It was decorated with bunting, and the whole thin was torn down with the biplane, its manipu- lator coming down on the top of it. In the dcscent 03. boy. seated on a racecourse hoarding, was killed instantaneously. Part of the biplane wing rested on the hoarding, and broke Madame Franck's fall. It was this that killed the lad, but saved her life. She did not escape injury, how- ever, her left leg being fractured in two places, and her throat being badly cut by the flying machine wire. Many persons in the crowd were injured, but not ceriously. cuts about the face, head. and legs being the principal results of the accident. The name of the boy proved to be Thomas Wood. aged fifteen, of the Library, Boldore Colliery. Madame Franck was removed to Sunderland Infirmary, where ut a late hour she was reported to be progressing favour- ably. Drs Cort, Armstrong, Wharton, and others quickly arrived on the scene, after the police had rendered first-aid to the injured in the houae of Mr. Hepple, of The Cottage, in whose garden the wrecked flying machine lay. Madame Franck is the wife of an English journalist working in Paris. Many women i in the crowd fainted when the accident occurred, and were promptly attended to.

PENSIONER S DIVE. FUTILE ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. The scarlet uniform of the Ohsl-ca Hospital pensioner is a rare sight in the Westminster Pclicc-court. It was seen there on Saturday, and more remarkable even were fhe circum- stances which brought a tall, well-set-up pen- sioiicr of sixty, named Frederick Main, into the dock. Ho had attempted suicide by springing from the middle of Chelsea Bridge into tlio river. The dramatic attempt at suicide occurred on the previous afternoon. At one time it locked as though Main y certain to be drownod. A lifebuoy was thrown, and it fell by him, but he clearly ignored it, and he had sunk and risen to the surface a second time when a motor launch got near enough to render assistance- Don't send me back to that place," the pensioner said when he came to himself. Don't send me back to that place, the Chel- sea Hospital. The Magistrate said he could hardly think that Main bad any grievance at such a fine institution. Main explained that the dootors had told him that he had no heart." lie was very depressed. The Magistrate: You must look on the bright side of things. A doctor who attended from the Chelsea Hospital said Main had been in the infir- ma.ry. The Stipendiary discharged him to be taken I back there and looked after kindly.

"DON'T GET EXCITED." LACONIC REMARK OF CONSCIEN-1 TIOUS SUICIDE. I Imagining that something had gone, wronc at the office," a Civil Servant named j Hastings Charles Pomeroy Walkon (34), of High-street, Roehampton, threw himself from I the platform at Ba.rnes Station as a train was running in. His father told a. curious story at the inquest at Richmond on Saturday. He pre- faced it by saying his son was very ooriccien- tious. He had been for fifteen years in the office of the Registrar of Friendly &>cieti. His son t-old him some days ago that he had made a mistake in his work, and he agreed to meet him at Putney Station on Thursday and so with him to the office to make j inquiries. HIS son, who was greatly depressed, failed to meet him, and he went to Uie office alone. They assured him there that absolutely no mistake had been made. At this time the suicide had already taken place. As the clerk lay on the line with both feet scored, he turned to a man who flood by and bade him not get excited. Be had- he eaid, don6 it on purpose. He ranted toO make an end of it all. The jury returned a veidict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

CANADIAN STRIKE RIOTS. WINNIPEG, Tuesday. In a strike riot hore to-day the strikers foet fire to some rolling stock In the Canadian I Aort-ht^. Railway Company's yard, and 30 r-srs "'w-o dwtroyed -Reot-,r.

CLEVER BURGLARS AT A MILLIONAIRE'S. 4 THIEVES SECURE BOOTY WORTH £ 2,000. On Saturday it boca,me known that on Friday night one of the most daring bur- glaries of recent times had been committed at Poles Houee: near Ware, Hertfordshire, Ylic-n has been for some time occupied by Mr. S. D. Sassoon and family. The bursary was discovered by tho gardener in the early hours of Saturday morning. On his arrival at the mansion he was astonished to find some wires stretched across the ground, and the scullery door was wide open. He raised an alarm, and it was then found that many of the rooms of the great mansion were in the utmost confusion, The grounds round the mansion had been wired by the burglars, so that had they been disturbed any person who went in purs-lit of them would have been tripped up. Too property stolon is said to amount in | value to nearly £ 2,000. Among the things to. ken were £ 360 in 1,5 and CIO Bank of England notes, a 1,000-fra-nc note, several 100- franc notes, and a quantity of jewellery v&lued at over £ 1.000. A quantity of very valuable old silver and silver-gilt plate was also carried off. The curious point about the Jobbery is that no marks of entry could be found. I olioo theory is that the thieves had an accomplice, who in some way in the day-time obtained on'ranoe to the houee, which is an enormous building, and there conoeaJed himself.

IN BED WITH A CORPSE. ALLEGED CALLOUS CONDUCT OF MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER. At Liverpool on Tuesday Harry Thompson (54) wa.s charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Mary, a.ged 47. Police-sergeant Cassie stated that a.t noon on Monday he w-a? called to a house in York- street. Liverpool, where he found prisoner lying awake in bed with his wife by his side, Over the woman's face was a handkerchief, and or. tymoving this witness found she was doad. While witness was in the room a constable entered, and prisoner, addressing him, said. Hey, Barney, you knew this business was coming off some day with this 1 piece cf goods." Witness then took the man, who was under the influence of drink, into custody on suspicion of being concerned in tJ1e woman's death. About four hours later ho charged the man with the wilful murder of his wife, and prisoner, who was sober, in reply said. I know nothing about it." The accused was remanded. BARN MURDER MYSTERY. The inquest on Albert Pinch, aged 72, who was found murdered in a barn at Blindley j Ilealh, was on Tuesday ag-ain adjourned, a man named Frank Kemp, who had been summoned to attend. failing to put in an appearance. Witnesses were called who stated that they saw Kemp on the day following the discovery of the body with blood on his clcthce. Another man, Jamee Kemp, spoke to parsing the night of April 17 near the barn with Frank Kemp and a woqr.ar,.

WORRIED ABOUT CRIPPEN. TRAGIC DEATH OF WOMAN WHO SUFFERED FROM INSOMNIA. Remarkable evidence was given in the course of an inquiry conducted by the West Sussex coroner at Worthing on Saturday relating to the death of a young mariied wo" named Emily Margaret Cecil Blin. Mus. Emily Ann Grove-Price, 5, Montpelier- terraoe. North-street. Worthing, mother of deceased, stated that her daughter was I married to Alexandy Wilberforce Isidore niin. Deceased Lad Been staying with wit- ness since last November. She suffered from sleeplessness, and had been in the habit of taking sulphonal tabloids. Witness had often remonstrated with her about it. The Coroner: You say she was interested in the Crippen case?—Yes, very mtioh. Was she morbid over it?—Oh, no. Was tber(, any trouble with her husband?— 1'\0, not that I know of. It was simply a case of lack of work, and she came to me. Edith Ellen Scott, a maid to Mrs. Grove- Price, said deceased seemed to be worried at times, and was often in rather low spirits. One day tshe remarked to witness, •' This is a world to live in I have got I nothing to live for." The jury returned a verdict that death resulted from an overdose of sulphonal. but found that there/was not sufficient evidence to show how it came to be taken by the deceased.

POLICE-COURT MARRIAGE. WOMAN ALLEGES IT LED HER TO THEFT. Mr. Lane made me marry this man," said a woman to a detective who arrested her on a charge of theft. The husband, the detective observed in the Westminster Police- court on Saturday, apparently did no work. Jcseiea Floyd (33), formerly secretary to an eloct-rical engineer, a servant in Walham- grove, was charged with stealing wearing apparel and wine to the value of jE8 from Mws Elizabeth E. Pulmer, a Court dress- maker, of Belgrave-road. During the time "he was there as temporary help the goods disappeared. Referring to the husband, who was with her when s-he was arrested, the secretary said, with feeling, I have come to this through Mr. Lane-the late magistrate at ,\Y.çt London Police-court—^making me marry this man. He arranged the whole thine in court. This is the result of a police-court marriage." A said he believed the woman wa« at the present time tinder probation. M Horace SmitA remanded r in cust ody.

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REFUSED TO KISS HIM. » ACTRESS AND HER LOVER QUARREL. A sequel to the aensational train inoident, which was reported on July 6 from Busbey, in which a man, named John Burke. aged 22, of Govan. was found in a fust carriage of a train from Euston with his throat out after having been requested to leave another carriage owing- to complaints made against him by Miss Jessie Templetoa, an actress, who was travelling to Bushey to visit some friends, took plaoe on Friday at an occasional court at, Watford, when Burke was charged with attempting to commit suicide (before Mr. J. F. Watkins, chairman of the Watford bench). The accused, who was well-dressed in a dark blue suit, appeared in court with his neck bandaged, and seeanod to be in a weat state. Police-constable Aldridge was the first wit- ness, and spoke to taking Burke from Bushey Railway Station to Watford District Hospi- tal on July 6, suffering from a wound in his throat. When witness searched him In found no razor or other instrument with which the accused could have inflicted the injury. WHAT THE GUARD SAW. Thomas Dorset i30). Palmer-road, WillesdeH. a guard in the employ of the London and North Western Railway Company, who was next called, said be was guard of the 7.10 p.m. train from Euston, which stopped at Harrow, and then ran on to Bushey. Wheal the train reached the neighbourhood of Carpenter's Farm the communication cord was pulled, and the train being brought to a standstill, witness alighted and went along to a first-class carriage, where be found a lady and a gentleman. Witness identified the accused as being the man, and, pointing to Miss Templeton, who was seated in court. said, "She was the lady." Miss Templeton, he continued, was in an excited state, and refused to ride with the accused. She said she wished to get out of the car- riage, but witness removed Burke into the next compartment. Mr. Watkine: Was the prisoner all right then?- Y fl;. at that time. On arriving at Bushey, witness went on to say, he looked into the compartment occupied by the accused and found him with, his throat cut. He was removed from the carriage to the waiting-room. Accused, speaking with a broad Scotch accent, aaked witness whether he did not ank whether he could have someone else in the carriage with him. Witness: No, I removed you. The Accused: I went into another carriage voluntarily. ACTRESS'S STORY. Miss Jessie Tempkfton, who described her- self as a music-hall artiste, of 131, Pinner- road, Watford, next gave evidence. She bad been keeping company, she said, with the prisoner for some time past. On Wednesday. July 6. she went to London by the 11.39 train from Basbey, and accidentally met the prieoner at Euston. She met him again is the afternoon, and they travelled together in a first class carriage to Harrow, with two other gentlemen. These gentlemen left at Harrow, and after passing that station Burke asked her to kiss him. I told him I would not," she continued. and he then said, Well, I think I shall do you in.' He then said, Does this mean that you are going, to give me up ?' and she said, I am afraid' it is." He made no attempt to do anything., but, being alarmed, witness attempted to pull the eommunic-ati-on oord. At the first attempt she was prevented by the accused from doing so. He then opened the door, and endeavoured to jump out, but witness pulled him back; He asked her to let him go, but she did not, and after she had managed to get to th4. communication cord he pulled a raio-r -out of his pocket. She tried to take it away, an4 in the struggle she had her thumb out. BOTH WERE CRYING. f Mr. Watkins: And all this time you were sorea.ming and crying?—I was crying and be was crying. Continuing, witness said that when the guard came she asked him to put her intq another carriage, but the accused went. • Mr. Watkins: You first met the accused M Glasgow ?—Yes. He has been out of a situation for 80DIII time ?—Yes. And arrangements were being made fotr him to go back to Glasgow ?—Yes, that da y What became of the razor?—He took it wi him into the other carriage. f Dr. Cox, who attended the accused at the hospital, said Burke was suffering from 4 very dangerous wound in the throat whew admitted to the hospital. It was a clean-cut wound, such as would have been inflicted br a razor. Mr. Watkins: Has any search been mad. for the razor? ? Superintendent Wood: I have had the lin# searched on both sides, and no trace hafl been found of it. t The accused, who during the hearing of the case glanced at Miss Templeton, but, other- wise appeared to take little interest in the proceedings, was then committed for trial to the Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions at St £ Albans, to be held in October. In answer to a question whether he wished to say anything, Burke awswered, "No," in it low voice. Mr. Watkins: Do you ask for bail? The Accused: Yes. Bail was granted, accused in X50 and one eurety of £5J or two of X25 each.

ALPINE TRAGEDY, J + t TOURISTS FALL DOWN A; PRECIPICE. t ————————— i; BERNE. Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon five tourists, H. Blendinger, employed in a. band at Basle, and Mme. Meier and M. a.nd Mme. Alder, of Berne, with two children, left Goeechener Alp to croiss from the Re Alp to Alpligen- Luecke. They missed the proper path, and got upon Winterluecke, where M. Blendinger sustained & severe fall, being precipitated 300ft. and killed instantaneously. Mme. Meier and a. son, who also bad fails, were seribusly injured. M. Meier and tbe' other ohild escaped unhurt.-Router.

DEVIL'S ISLAND PRISONER, LIFE SENTENCE FOR MSPUTE < ABOUT A GIRL. At Bow-street on Wednesday Jean Pierre Ouppellini 26) wios brought up for extras dition on a charge of having com- mitted murder in Paris. It is said accused was sentenced to penal servi- tude for life, but escaped from Devil's Island. A detective-inspector said that just before coming into court prisoner remarked to him: "The matter is over a dispute with one of my friends about a girl. The man I killed shot a.t me three times. I then shot him in self-defence and killed him. I am an Italian, but was born in France, and I wish an Italian representative to be present in court." The inspector added that he would communicate with the Italian Consul. Pri- soner was remanded.

A BAD SHOT. AIMED AT CAT BUT HIT A POLICE- MAN. Aiming at a cat at mirinigbt with an air- gun, a Derby youth named George Barker proved himself a bad shot. Missing Grimal- kin. he hit a policeman instead. At the police-court recently he was charged with letting off a weapon near the highway, to the public danger." Police-sergeant Kerry, who received in the back of his neek the bullet intended for the cat, said- the skin was broken and the wound bled for some time. Defendant told the magistrates that tho cat distnrbed his rest, and the injury to the officer was unintentional.' He wav- fined 80s. and costs.