Weekly Mail

FRENCH FLOODS ABATING., PARIS, Sunday. An almost general fall of the water in the Seine Valley is reported, but the floods in the Loire and Rhone Valleys show no signs of abatement. I The town of Ancernis is completely sur- rounded by water, and the electric light is cut off.-Router,

A SOLDIER'S CRIME. MOTHER'S TERRIBLE STRUGGLE WITH MURDERER. stage • in what ie known as the ,f a nap tow love tragedy was reached wneu the coroner for West Essex held j, ^uest respecting the death of Jiicnard Hodge, aged 22 years, a private in tne Boyai Scots Fusiliers, who on Thursday. an j, inquestre.specting the death of Jiicnard Hodge, aged 22 years, a private in the Boyai Scots Fusiliers, who on Thursday. -November 24. murdered his sweeifceart, and afterwards cut hti own J53'1, mflicting a wound from which he subsequently died a few days ago. r6" ,oc?ge etated that the deceased, her hi«=' ^at he had fallen out with nr. 'i<h, j68,1"*1'- and very much tipeet. rvnmn h ^lovcmber 24, he went out and at+xirw0aj an llour and three-quarters tinued Witness, in a broken voice, con- eeeihed Past me up the 8tairs- He him J.ran lJP after him. and found ?h throat with a table-knife. another' Picked UP got that knffl Wltb him a&ain> and cut hi« th? a?;ay' t00' but he had then 1 believe hn° rushed downstairs, and wentrT,into the garden." V/as he riehf1-1 ^"v1118 about his father, queer at timJ=Q hls head?—No. He was very queer^at times, and his sister died in an The jury returned a verdict to the effect wound in th 63^' dled from a self-inflicted unsound Jnn \hr^at' and that he was of deed." time he committed the —————-——

AXE. SON CHARGED WITH MURDER OF FATHER. At Carlisle on Monday the hearing of a charge of wilful murder against Archibald Norval. a currier, living at Carlisle, was resumed. The prosecution alleged that on November 5 accused murdered his father in a warehouse with an axe, extensive wounds being found on deceased's head: Dr: Willcox; Home Office analyst, said he found mammalian blood- stains on prisoner's waistcoat and cap. The hair found on the axe corresponded with deceased's hair. Prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial at the assises.

WOMANS ALLEGED ADMISSIONS. + SENSATIONAL CHARGE THAT FAILED. Lissie Foreman (3E>. :1. married woman, was indicted at Leeds Assizes last week for having performed an illegal operation upon Mabel Bickerdike. at Leerls, on September 21. 19119. According to the opening statement of Mr. Fleming, Mabel Bickerdike. a tailoress. who had since married, called upon a. Mr?. Sharpe. where she met the prisoner, who, it wa.s alleged, performed the operation the subject of the charge, for which Miss Bicker- dike paid her three guineas. Subsequently she became ill, and on the 4th of October a medical man was called in. when it was found that she was suffering from peri- tonitis. and she was removed to the Women and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Police-sergeant Watson said that when he read the warrant to her she said. I am not guilty of the charge." She asked witness, after putting on her hat and coat if she might take some letters with her, and then remarked: My husband a.nd Mrs. Sharpe are as bad as I am." Whilst they were in the train on the way I to Leeds, prisoner further stated My hus- band is responsible for this. He has gone to Canada with another woman. On the day this took place my husband told me to do it. this took place my husband told me to do it. I war- washing clothes at the time." Prisoner also complained with respect to the treatment she had received at the hands of her husband. She said she would have faced the charge before, had it not been that her husband threatened to shoot her. Prisoner gave evidence, and denied that she had performed the operation. She said that she had been at Mrs. Sharpe's house only two or three times, and had not the slightest knowledge of Mabel Bickerdike. She also denied that the conversation as given by Police-sergeant Watson had taken place. The jury, after a.n absence of an hour and twenty minutes, found the prisoner not guilty, and she was discharged.

FAMILY TRAGEDY. TERRIBLE CRIME OF ASTON LABOURER. A ghastly discovery was made at Aston. Bir- mingham, shortly before midday on Monday, William Pope, of Park-lane, Aston. belong- ing to the labouring class, being found dead in the kitchen of his house with a terrible wound in the throat. His wife. who was fully dressed, was lying dead on the hearth with a similar wound, and two children of the deceased couple, aged about four years and eighteen months respec- tively, were also lying dead, the throat of each child having been cut. A blood-stained razor was also found. The landlady's daughter discovered the tragedy on calling, for the rent. She looked through the window and saw the man sitting in a chair with his throat cut. I The police on entering the house found all four dead. A note was left by the man saying he had been badly treated at the workshop, and was determined to take his own. life ar(L those of its axid <iiiidren. The children had, apparently, been carried out of bed and murdered on the table. There had been a desper^rte struggle. h,- »

FELL INTO A TRAP. BRUTAL MURDER OF A PARIS ANTIQUARY. The extraordinary mystery of the Ponts de Ce (France) crime is now solved, and the victim, it has been discovered is a Parisian antiquary. M. Ohapal, who was Itired to his death in an extraordinary manner. A man who was a perfect stranger to him A man who was a perfect stranger to him presented himself in his shop, and told him I that he knew of a wonderful bargain in ancient tapestries which would be sold by an old marquis living in a chateau near' Angers. He could have the whole collection for £ 1,000, though it was worth twenty times as much. He was to take train at once, carry the cash with him, and make sure of being the tirst on the spot. I The unfortunate man fell into the trap. and travelled all night, carrying with him some £250. half of which he had borrowed from a friend. When he arrived at Angers he was led down a lonely street in the dark of the night, and murdered in a" small flat, which was occupied by a strange couple. The man probably was the one who was seen the next night with the corpse in a wheelbarrow on the bridge of Ponts de Ce, and he is believed to be hiding in the forest near by. A woman has been arrested, and it is alleged that she has confessed that all she knows was that a shot was fired in a room in the flat. Her companion left the house, saying that he would soon return, and threatening to kill her if she told anyone of what she had seen. He returned to the flat later, when she was absent, and the corpse had then disappeared.

REDUCED TO POVERTY. LADY'S ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HER LOVER. Mention was sgain made in the Chancery Court in Manchester of the action brought by Frances Jane Roe against Ambrose Walton, both residents in the city. The matter is one in which the lady alleges that ahe has been reduced from comparative wealth to poverty by the undue influence of a lover, who had latterly excused himself from fulfilling his promise of marriage on business and other grounds. Freehold and leasehold properties, certain shares, several hundreds of pounds in cash, and over f,1,000 in jewellery and furniture were in question. Mr. Abbott mentioned that the matter was one in which he secured an ex parte injunc- tion on Thursday last, and when on Monday the matter came before the court in the ordi- nary course an injunction by consent until the trial was suggested. Since the ex parte application they, had received the title deeds of four houses-and also deeds which they wished to set aside—and with regard to the other and principal property it was said t) be on mortgage to the bank. They had only received part of the jewellery, and no furni- ture. clothing, or script. Mr. Eastwood, for the defendant, said h had no objection to the delivery of *he clothing. (Laughter.) With regard to the jewellers', all they had kept were purely per- sonal presents. What they had not delivered up they were willing to give an undertaking not to deal with in any way. Their case was that these things were received under cir- cumstances justifying the possession. The undertaking was accepted, and the question of costs was left over without pre- judice.

xii,ooo MISSING. GRAVE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS AGAINST LONDON AGENT. At the Mansion House, London, on Tuesday Augustus William Finch was remanded until Thursday, when he will be committed for trial on a charge of having received E,11,6521 on account of Messrs. Whelp, Dodge, and Co.. copper brokers, of London and New York, and converted it to his own use and benefit. Prisoner was prosecutor's sole agent in Lon- don. Letters and telegrams were read, in which prisoner admitted having misappro- priated various sums.

I STEAMER'S CREW FIGHT. KNIVES AND BELAYING PINS: TWO DEATHS RESULT. News has reached Plymouth that while the steamer Manx Isle was at New York 24 of the crew, shipped at Liverpool, fought with knives and belaying pins. One man was fatally injured, and another jumped overboard &nd wu drowned.

THE FORTUNE OF KING I LEOPOLD. f LEGAL ACTIONS BY HIS DAUGHTERS. Renter's Agency, understands that the actions of Princess Louise of Coburg and Princess Stephanie, daughters of the late King of the Belgians, against the Belgian Government will shortly come before the courts. It will be remembered that King Leopold left the sum of 15,000,000 francs to be divided among his three daughters. It was discovered that. apart from this sum of «fpte oO,ww*09!r franc". This was an estimate made at the time, but it appears that the estate has now been appraised at 90,000,000 francs, and this sum the King's three daughters have claimed from the Belgian Government. which ha.s taken possession of it, maintain- ing that it belongs to the State. Princess Clementine has recently accepted 4,000,000 francs in settlement of her claims, but Princess Louise is pressing her claim for a third of the total sum, and,, in addition. she intends to take legal action with regard to securities amounting to 30.000.000 francs, the Chateau Valincourt, and two villas at Ostend given by the King to Baroness Vaughan. Prince-ss Stephanie has been offered, and has declined. 4,000,000 francs in settlement of her claims.. She is willing to consider a com- promise, but not for that sum. and, in the absence of any further offer, she, too, is taking the matter before the Belgian courts.

STOWAWAY'S STORY. REMARKABLE TALE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SEA. George Fleck, alias Emil Wenter. was charged before the Dover magistrates with the attempted murder on the high seas of Carl Vogt. The affair took place in the Liverpool steamer St. Andrew, owned by the British and Foreign Steamship Company, while she was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York. Dover detectives arrested Fleck on the arrival of the liner Finland from New York on y morning. Vogt stated that he met Fleck in Antwerp, and told him that he wanted to 'return to America. Fleck said, "You'll be a fool if you pay your passage;" and offered to give him a job as horse attendant in the St. Andrew. Vogt agreed to accept the offer, and lent Fleck various sums of money. On the day the St. Andrew sailed it was decided that Vogt should be a stowaway. Fleck hid him in the hay stored on the horse deck, where he'remained for fourteen days. Fleck supply- ing him with food and making him pay for it. On two occasions "Fleck told him that members cf the crew had seen him in the hay, and he would have to pay them to keep their mouths shut: Witness gave Fleck money for this purpose. 'At midnight, as the vessel was nearing New York, Fleck told him he would have to change his hiding place. He was going to a new hiding place, when he received five blows on the head. from which the bloodl, streamed. Subsequently, while he was bathing his wounds, Fleck struck four more heavy blows on the back of his head. The witness escaped and raised an alarm. « One of the men who attacked him escaped over the ship's side in New York Harbour, and was believed to have been drowned. Fleck hid in the coal bunker, but was cap- tured. The witness was in hospital in New York for three weeks. Fleck was committed to Kent Assizes.

MORTGAGEE IN POSSESSION DISCHARGED ORDER TO TAKE EFFECT IN LOCAL CASE. Mr. Justice Warrington in the Chancery Division on Saturday gave judgment as asked in the mortgagee's action of Evans v. Hatton, the parties belonging to Pontypridd and Hengoed respectively. After an order had been made in regard to judgment m default of appearance; it was discovered that the mortgagee had gone into possession, and that order was thereupon discharged, but the minutes were now sanctioned which ogXtied it intO effect. I

HEARD FROM HIS WIFE. 1 HOW MARRIED MAN'S COURT- SHIP WAS INTERRUPTED. At the Leeds Assizes an action for damages for breach of promise of marriage was brought by Caroline Doyle (22), against Robert McCormick, bookmaker's clerk. In opening the case, Mr. Mellor stated that the parties were engaged in the spring of this year, but it was only in August last that she learned the defendant was a married man, and had been married for some time before the promise to marry her was made. The plaintiff was a, clerk with a firm of furniture dealers and turf commission agents in Leeds, and the defendant was employed in connection with the turf part of the same firm's business. It was at business that she met him. and-, without telling her that be was a married man, he took her about, to music-halls and theatres, and gave her the impression that he was a man who, from a financial point of view, would be able to provide a comfortable home for her. The girl became aware of the fact that he was a, married man through having written a letter to his home. The letter fell into the hands of his wife, who replied to it. LETTER FROM HIS WIFE. The plaintiff, a well-dressed. pretty brunette, stated that her father and mother knew she was keeping company with defen- dant, but objected to his business as a racing man. On one occasion, while they were at Scar- borough. he put a ring on her third finger and asked her to marry him. On the Satur- day before Bank Holiday, when they went to Scarborough, the defendant told the land- lady that they were 'engaged cousins." As he did not..on a subsequent occasion. meet her according to appointment, she wrote to his house, and received, in reply, a letter purporting to come from Mrs. McCormick, stating that he was a married man, and that she had no right to go about with him. That was the first time she knew he was married. Some correspondence ensued between the wife and herself. and they met by appointment. The wife claimed all the p-esenu her husband had made to the plaintiff, especially the ring, as her hue- band had paid for it The plaintiff, m reply to further questions. said that she took Mrs. McCormick a brass ring, as she did not think that the wife had any claim to it. I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE." On the Saturday after the interview defen- dent was waiting at the end of the street. He then said that she had turned the cards upon him, and that. instead of trying to shield him. she had told his wife the truth. Did he make any Suggestion to you at that time?-Yes, he asked if I would go away with him as his wife to London, as he had EIOO in the bank, but I said. "-No, decidedly not." The defendant said "Marriage was never broached on either side. She know I mar- The defendant's father stated that when he saw nii Son with the girl in the Hotpl he said to him, What is this about. Robert?" His son said. "It's a friend of mine," and he (the witness) Teplied, "Look here, I shall let your wife know about, this." Tho girl was only a. few feet away at the time, and ought to have heard. The defendant's wife then gave evidence. stating that she had been married for five years, and that she had a, chilr' two years old. At the interview with the plaintiff, the latter told her that she did not want her husband, as she was engaged to a young man named Willie Waugh. The plaintiff also told her that if she had the chance she would walk out with the defendant again, as he had been a gentleman to her. also that she (the plaintiff) was not the only one who had walked out with a married man. By Mr. Mellor: She never saw a ring, brass or not brass. The plaintiff was awarded LZ5 damages. and judgment was entered accordingly.

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PASSENGER t TRAINS IN COLLISION. A serious railway collision occurred on Monday morning on the London and North Western Railway at Willesden Junction between two London-bound trains. The 8.27 train from Watford to Euston was standing in the station, when another train, which had left Watford three minutes later, crashed into it from the rear with great vio- lence, several carriages of the stationary train being telescoped, and wreckage was hurled in all directions. Unfortunately, both trains were carrying a large number of passengers, and it was speedily apparent that the casualty list would be a heavy one. Several persons had been thrown out on to the line, and others were lying pinned beneath broken carriages, some of them having sustained injuries of a terrible nature. A detailed account of the collision states :— One of the most serious accidents that have occurred in the Metropolis in recent years took place at Willesden Junc- tion about half-past eight on Monday morning. A train, conveying business men from Watford to London, leaves in two sections, and the accident was the result of the second section overtaking and running into the first section as it was stationary at Wiilesden Junction. When the second section was running into the junction, the first train, which should have been three minutes ahead, had not started to leave. On observing this, the driver of the second train endeavoured to pull up. but his train crashed into the rear carriage of the first section with alarming results. The rear carriage was lifted in the air and half tilted over the platform until the top lodged in the roof of the station. The wrecked carriage was filled to overflow- ing with city men, and almost everyone was more or less injured. The engine of the second train was badly damaged by the colli- sion. AMBULANCE TRAINS. The railway officials at once set to work succouring the injured passengers, and special trains were fitted up a.s temporary ambulances. In these the injured were con- veyed to the Middlesex Hospital. Meanwhile, breakdown gangs cleared away the debris. There was a crowd of people on Willesden platform at the time of the accident, and the utmost terror and consterna.tion were caused, which soon gave way to admiration at the promptitude and coolness of the railway staff in commencing rescue work.

SKATING DISASTER. -4 THIRTEEN YOUNG PEOPLE DROWNED. DANZIG. Wednesday. A terrible disaster on the ice occurred this ifternoon at Elbing, 30 miles from Danzig. dome hundreds of persons, mostly young people, were skating. The ice broke almost without warning, and ecoree were precipi- tated into deep water. Scenes of pa,iiic ensued, and, despite attempts at rescue, thirteen lives were lost, five of the victims being girls and the remainder youths and boys.-Central News.

"MARY MAGDALENE." AUDIENCE SHOCKED AT STAGE PERFORMANCE. Maeterlin-k's new play, "Mary Magdalene," vith Miss Olga Nethersole in the title role, was given for the first time on any stage at the New Theatre, New York, on Monday night. It is a Biblical drama, brilliantly acted and superbly mounted, but the, audi- ce was in a quandary. To hear the voice of Christ delivering the Sermon on the Mount, to see Lazarus rise in his grave, to listen to Magdalene's lover, the Roman soldier, Luci.is Verno. declaring tha.t the Nazarene was his rival, half petrified it. It did not applaud, and it could not laugh. It held its breath and was very uncomfortable. The same night Sarah Bernhardt appeared as the Due de Reichstadt in L'Aiglon." The delirious audience rose en masse and cheered for ten minutes before they permitted her to say a word, and then recalled her nineteen times at the close of the third act.

DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD The Criminal Appeal Court on Monday dis- missed the appeal of Oliver Smith, a barber, against the sentence of death passed upon him at the Old Bailey for the murder of Harriet Lucy Gasson, a woman with whom he lived, by cutting her throat at Kensal Rise, The Court said if anything was to be done in favour of the prisoner it must be done by the Home Secretary.

UNHAPPY SECOND MARRIAGE. —- STORY OF WIFE'S SISTERS INTERFERENCE. A Divorce Divisional Court. composed of the President (Sir Samuel Evans) and Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane, heard the appeal of Tatlow v. Tatlow. The parties were mentioned as living at Leamington. Mr. Priestley, K.C., for Mr. Walter Tatlow, said his client appealed from an order of the Leamington justices finding him guilty of deserting his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Tatlow were married on the 3rd of February, 1909. and the desertion charge was on the 12th of May, 1909, so that the two onlj livul together for three months and eight. days. It was obvious the wife complained in regard to the manner her husband had provided for her in his will. In the early part of May. 1909, there was a quarrel because the husband bought a motor-car in which he took out her and his children by his previous marriage, instead of providing a car in which he and Mrs. Tatlow could go out in alone. QUARREL OVER BACON. During the same month (May) there was a quarrel over the breakfast bacon. Mrs. Tat- F low's sister came to stay in the house, and, it was suggested, interfered between husband and wife. At the breakfast table the sister complained that the bacon was too fat and Mrs. Tatlow agreed. Mr. Tatlow differed, and ate up his own and their bacon. Afterwards they a.ppeared friendly, for Mr. Tatlow drove his wife to the meet of the ctter hounds. But the same evening the sister again interfered, and Mr. Tatlow was perhaps guilty of some violence in trying to eject the sister from the house. At any rate, Mrs. Tatlow insisted on leaving with her sister, and, although Mr. Tatlow made over- tures. she refused to return. The wife, in fact. left her husband against his wish. and in these circumstances counsel contended there was no desertion on his part. HUSBAND'S CONDUCT. Mr. Barnard, K.C., for the wife, contended that the desertion which had been proved before the justices arose out of the conduct of the husband, which was such as to drive hi6 wife away from his home. The justices had accepted the evidence of the wife as being true, and granted her a separation. Dealing with the facts, counsel stated that Mr. and Mrs. Tatlow, after the marriage, went to Naples, Rome, Pompeii, <fcc.. where Dealing with the facts, counsel stated that Mr. and Mrs. Tatlow, after the marriage, went to Naples, Rome, Pompeii, &c.. where the wife objected to her husband's conduct, which, it was alleged, continued when they arrived home at Leamington. Their Lordships pointed out that there was only the wife's evidence on this, and Mr. Justice Deane remarked that there were letters from the wife a few days before she left, which showed they were on the best of terms. "YOU ARE A CAT." Mr. Barnard said there was also the evi- dence as to the disputes referred to, and the sister in her evidence had said in reference to the quarrel over the bacon that tlfe hus- band had said: "You are a cat." In his judgment, the President said he felt bound to come to the conclusion that there was no justification whatever for the finding of the justices that the husband had deserted his wife, who left him after only a short married life. The appeal would be allowed.

THE TRUNK MYSTERY. ARREST OF WILLIAM LEWIS EXPECTED HOURLY. The remains in the trunk left by the Irish waiter, William Lewis, at the house of Phillip Meageir, in West 54th-street. New York. have now been positively identified a-s those of Alfred Callier, a French artist with whom Lewis was intimate and with whom he lived immediately before the artist's disappearance (says the "Daily Chronicle.") This trunk mystery has caused great interest in New York, owing to the peculiar circumstances surrounding it. Lewis left the trunk at Meagher's house in 1902. promising to call for it, but he never did. It was kept in the cellar, and the children of the board- ingrhouae played about it. using it as a table. When it was opened, a few weeks ago, the partly preserved remains of a body were found. Callier wore false teeth, and it is by the platinum plate of these teeth that the remains have been identified. The artist and Lewis took rooms together at the house of Johnny Kenny and his wife. When at the end of 1901 Callier disappeared Lewis said that his friend had gone back to France. After removing the trunk to Meagher's house Lewis left New York. but returned in 1903. and lived with the Kennys again for nearly a year. At this time he had plenty of money. He went away again, and turned up for a second time in 1905, and became engaged to a Miss Enright, who was a. trained nurse and a relative of the Meaghers. Lewis disappeared on the eve of his marriage, but the Kennys say they saw him again in February, 1906. when he refused to give any explanation of why be did not marry Miss Enright. Since this time he has not been seen. The police have circulated descriptions of him. thus far without result, though it is stated that an arrest is about to be made in connection with the case.

GIltLS PATHETIC APPEAL. —■-+ REMARKABLE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Before Mr. Justice Bray snd a special jury in the King's Bench Division recently Miss Matilda Long. living at Poplar, brought an action against Ernest Cla ridge, a stock- broker's clerk, alleging his breach of promise. Her counsel stated that she had been assis- tant in a confectioner's shop in Whitechapel. She and Claridge had known each other for several years, and he used to call at the con- fectioner's shop. They walked out for over a year. and the defendant, counsel continued, promised to marry her. They went for their holidays together at Ramsgate. In a letter the defendant wrote to the plaintiff he said: My Dear Heart.-I have been thinking of you constantly since I saw you. Absence makes and I feel this so. You must tell me all about yourself in your letter, because that is most important. Longing for Sunday, when you had better hurry up. and also the subsequent date. after which we shall ,never part. Assuring you of my never-changing love, I am, darl- ing, yours constantly. Ernest. DO HELP ME." The defendant, saw the plaintiff's mother, who gave her consent to the engagement. In July, 1909, the couple went to Clacton for, their holidays.- The defendant soon after asked the plaintiff to leave her situation, as they would get married at once. Later on the defendant said his mother did not wish him to get married till Christmas, and afterwards that she would get upset if he married at all. Plaintiff obtained work at a factory, hut had to leave owing to her health. In a letter to the defendant she wrote: Will you keep your promise and help me? Please do help me. and whatever I have from you I will pay you every farthing back when I am well. Do help me, because you would help anybody in such dreadful trouble as I am. To this letter defendant did not reply. A child was born in June. Defendant in evidence said the plaintiff told him if he would rot marry her before Christmas she did not want him at all. Judgment wa6 given for the plaintiff for JS50. I

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LIST OF KILLED AND INJURED. The names of the killed and injured were:— KILLED. Frederick Thorpe, Hillside-road, Bushey, Watford John Carware. 20, Muriel-avenue, Watford. Leaves a. widow and nine children. INJURED. Mr. Dufferin, Crowhill-road. Willesden. Mr. H. Wilson, Cross-road, Bushey. Mr. S. E. Herbert, Willesden. :r:: Alfred Smith, Watiord. *r. T. J. Pearse, King's-avenue, Watford. Mr. O. Pain, Bushey-road, Watford. Mr. G. James. Leavesden-road, Watford. Mr. A. H. Bantoft, Whittingham-rd.. Watford. Mr. J. Farquhar. St. John'e-avenue. Willesden. Mr. C. Summers, Cassio-street, Watford. Mr. Lushington. Rippendale, Watford. Mr 3. Chirm. Bramshill-road. Willesden. Mr. Earley, Prince's-a.venue, Watford. Mr. Turner. Capel-road, Bushey. Mr. Hamilton, Prince's-avenue, Watford. Mr. W. Galloway, Finch-lane, Bushey. Mr. James Burdett, 7, Victoria-road. Bushey. Mr. Wilfred Watson, 162, High-st.. Watford. Mr. T. Lear, Railway-cottages, Willesden. Mr. H. Hill. Bushey. Mr. H. Scarfe, Judd-street, Watford. Master A. Fowler, Viearage-road, Watford. Mr. B. Pope, Woodford-road, Watford. Mr. Hargreaves. Acme-road. Watford. Mr. Bashford, Belmont-road, Bushey. Mr. It. Cleaver, Muriel-road, Watford. Mr. A. E. Gale, Church-road. Watford. Mr. Enstill, Barry-road, Harlesden. Mr. J. J. Duffnell, Sellons-avenue, Willesden. The majority of those injured are pro- gressing satisfactorily. The most serious case is that of Arthur Field, an employe of the railway company. His condition is grave. Two other railway company employes, Wash- ington and Stavent, are in a critical condi- tion. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. Colonel Yorke. of the Board of Trade, chief inspector of railways, opened an inquiry at Euston on Tuesday into the disaster. The proceedings were private. THIRD DEATH REPORTED. A third death occurred on Tuesday evening a-s the result of the accident, Andrew Stavert, of Bushey, one of the employes of the London and North Western Railway Company, dying in the University College Hospital. The other patients, with the exception of Mr. Arthur Field, whose condition is very critical, are going on satisfactorily.

GUILTY, BUT INSANE. At the Central Criminal Court on Wednes- day Stanley Dennie (32), a carman, was found guilty of the murder of his infant child, but insane, and was ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure. Prosecuting counsel said prisoner, who had been unem- ployed for twelve months, and had been drinking heavily, went up to a constable and said, Guv'nor. I have killed my baby. It was all through drink." The officer went back to prisoner's home, and found the child strangled.

EUROPEANS KILLED. PARIS, Wednesday. According to information receive'd by the ministers of War and the Colonies, seven or eight Europeans were killed and as many vounded in the fighting in the Wadai country. Among the killed were Lieutenant-colonel Moll, Lieutenant Jolly, of the Colonial Artillery, and Sergeant Bal. Another officer is also reported to be among the killed.

LOVER WHO REFUSED TO GO TQ CHURCH.

CARDIFF MAN AND DOCTOR'S WIFE. I SEQUEL TO A HOLIDAY AT WESTON. In the Divorce Court on Monday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane. the case of Irving v. Irving and Field was heard. It wao a suit of Mr. Robert James Irving, M.B., F.R.C.S., who had practised as an eye specialist at Carlisle, for a divorce from Florence Margaret Cumminge Irving, nee Butcher, on the ground of her misconduct with Mr. C. Kingsley Field, described as a dentist. There was no defence. Mr. Walter Frampton appeared for peti- tioner, who gave evidence that he was mar- ried to respondent at Edinburgh on Septem- ber 1, 1905. In 1907 they went to Weston- super-Mare, and stayed at the Madeira Hotel. His wife at Weston made the acquaintance of a Mr. Appleby, who came over from Car- diff. He forbade Mr. Appleby having anything more to do with her, and in consequence he left Weeton with his wife and returned to Carlisle. One day his wife had brought in a bouquet which Mr. Appleby had given her. There was sub- sequently a separation, and in 1909 he received a letter from his wife, dated from Colorado, in which she said:- You shall know all soon, and then you can do what you like and seem to crave. He also received a letter from the co- respondent, in which he sa,id:- I am aware that you have had consider- able information re Madge and myself, much of which is probably misleading. It is evident that you do,not know that we visited mother in Boulogne a week before sailing. She suggested we should return to the United States with her, Madge to travel as Miss Butcher. The letter went on to state I wrote to Tommy Appleby, whom I knew in London, and he suggested I should join him in Colo- rado. farming, which I did, Madge coming out later." Petitioner said that Mrs. Appleby had obtained a divorce from her husband, when she alleged misconduct with Mrs. Irving. Other evidence was given to prove that Mrs. Irving and Mr. Field had been living together in Colorado, and his Lordship granted petitioner a decree nisi, with costs.

COUNTRY GIRL DECOYED. SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGE I AGAINST FOUR ALIENS. Samuel "Franks (21), Marks Krotosky (20), Israel Braunfield (19), and Phillip Pyzer (19), described as Russian subjects, were charged before Mr. Dickinson, in London, with com- mitting a serious offence on Edith Brady (18). It was stated that the girl was the daughter of a farm labourer in Suffolk, and she went to London about twelve months back, taking a situation as a servant. On Sunday evening, October 9. she was sitting on a seat at Kennington Park, waiting for a female friend, when Franks and Krotosky sat beside her, and engaged her in conversation. Subsequently all three went to a house in Pinchin-street where Franks and Krotosky stated that they resided. Having no friends in London she was frightened, and subsequently consented to stay in the house. The latter, it was la,!Ige(i, brought several men to the house, amongst whom were Braunfield and Pyzer. The matter came under the notice of a Mr. Fox, who took an interest in the girl, and (obtained a. situation for her with a. Mrs. I' Cohen. The accuaed men heard of the girl's address. and accompanied by about twenty others, they invaded Mrs. Cohen's house and threatened the girl that they would do with her what "Crippen done with his wife." The girl made a complaint to the police, and in consequence of her information, Detective-inspector Wensley, Detective-ser- geant Richardson, and other officers arrested the prisoners. Mr. Dickinson committed the prisoners, who pleaded not guilty, for trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of conspiracy to procure. procure. ===—=———

JOURNALIST S DAMAGES. SEQUEL TO A "GREAT SWINDLE" COMPETITION. Before Mr. Justice Grantham and a special jury in London on Monday the cafeor Th^nl^intiff MOdern Sfciety wa<s heard, v r L Journalist of Temple-lane, E.G.. sued the proprietors of Modern Society and Miss Minnie Deards for damages for alleged libel. Plaintiff's case was that at the end of laA3t year Modern Society star-ted a • great swindle" competi- tion The third prize was awarded to Miss Deards for an article, in which she described an arrangement she made with the plaintiff in response to an advertisement for an editor-partner with a small capital. The article generally suggested that the proceed- ing of the plaintiff was a swindle. Miss Deards, examined, said she did not mention the plaintiff's name when she sent I in her article, which had been entirely re- constructed. The defence was a, denial of all 'plaintiff's allegations and a statement that the allega- tions made in the article were true. The jury found for plaintiff, awarding E500 damages— £ 495 against the paper and Lb against Miss Deards.

JEW'S HOME CRIME. UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE. The Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday dismissed the appeal of Xoah Woolf against his conviction at the Old Bailey for murder- ing a man named Simon at the Home for Aged Hebrew Christians at Holloway. Appel- lant was ordered to leave the home because of his quarrelsome disposition, and. believing the expulsion was due to Simon, cut his throat. Subsequently he surrendered to the police. Counsel for appellant urged that the case should be reduced to manslaughter owing to provocation, but the Court held the crime to be deliberate.

TERRIBLE MOTOR-CAR ¡ TRAGEDY. 4 COUNTESS AND HER SON KILLED. PARIS, Sunday. The Countess Antoine lie Nicolay and her son Christian were returning from a dinner- party late last night in a motor-car, when they attempted to pass a level-crossing on the railway fifteen miles from Lomans. Before the motor-car had got right across the Paris express dashed into it. demolish- ing it and killing the countess, her son, and the chauffeur. They were on a visit to the lady's brother- in-law. Count Roger de Nicolay, and had been dining at a neighbouring chateau. They returned by a different route in order to avoid a newly-made road Finding the gates of the crossing unlocked, they proceeded over the line, disregarding the warning of a pass- ing gamekeeper. All three victims were killed instantly, the bodies being frightfully mutilated.—Reuter.

LOSS OF A LEG. REMARKABLE ACTION IN THE LAW COURTS. The suggestion that a man lost hie leg through wearing a shoe that did not fit him was made in an action begun and adjourned in the King's Bench Division. Max Wedler, a German, was the plaintiff. and the defendants were Sir J. W. Schroder and the council. and committee of manage- ment of the German Industrial Farm Colony at Libraf-y Hall, Ware, Herts. Wedler sought damagee for personal injuries. Wedler said he was admitted to the "Colony" on Novem- ber 27, 1908, and was supplied with clothes and 6hoes. He told the manager that the shoes were too large, and was informed that he would have to wear them until others were offered. He worked in the garden, where hie left foot was chafed by the shoe. He again saw the manager about it. His foot were offered. He worked in the garden, where hie left foot was chafed by the shoe. He again saw the manager about it. His foot was attended to, but his ankle became swollen. He was told that the cause of this was gout, but subsequently his leg had to be amputated above the knee.

MARRIAGE NOTICE CASE. I FORMER CARDIFF JOURNALIST BOUXD OVER. At London Sessions on Monday George W. Gowan (441, described a6 an agent, pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain £ 2 10s. by guilty to attempting to obtain £2 10s. by false pretences from Mr. Henry Butterfield, proprietor of the Peterborough and Hunts Standard." ] It was alleged at the pelice-court. that after sending a bogus marriage notice to the prosecutor's paper the accused claimed damages as the person referred to, declaring that, presumably, be. like the proprietor, had been the victim of a cruel hoax. Mr. Huntley Jenkins. who prosecuted, said his client only wished to justify the publica- tion and prove that they had not inten- tionally inserted untrue news. There was no desire to press the charge. Mr. Robert Wallace, K.C., said he quite appreciated that He had read the deposi- tions, and thqught it a very foolish and stupid matter. Having regard to all the circumstances, he would bind the prisoner over, warning him that if he committed any other offence he would be. brought up and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for the present one.

"MILLIONS OF KISSES." SOLDIER TO PAY DAMAGES FOR BROKEN PROMISE. An ex-Fusilier and a laundry girl figured in a case for breach of promise in the High Court on Tuesday, the defendant being James Prudence and the plaintiff Miss Mabel Pickering. The alleged promise to marry was made two years ago. In three years, counsel said. 70 letters had passed between the couple. The ex- soldier is now a London tramcar driver, and in the letters signed himself "Pluty." and addressed the plaintiff as "Moss." Defen- dant had written from Eypt. Bermuda, and South Africa, where he was stationed from time to time, and he sent "millions of kisses," telling her te look forward to a grand wedding. Plaintiff, in the witness-box, said that when the defendant returned from South Africa he brought Her some ostrich eggs and a Kaffir ring. For some months all went well, but subsequently defendant, pa.id more attention to witness's sister than he did to her. One afternoon she met him with another young woman whom he introduced as his future wife. Later he wrote saying it was useless his trying to make up his mind to love her. He concluded that he had always acted the gen- tleman towards her. One day witness saw defendant driving a tramcar, and he much annoyed her. Defendant was previously a. boxer, and was well known in the prize ring. Cross-examined: She admitted having been out with another young man. but not since the defendant ha.d been writing to her. It was not true she had threatened to run away with another man. He wrote her saying, "I expect you will find me a funny chap mak- ing love, but this is my first experience. (Laughter.) Plaintiff caused much laughter by stating, in answer to a. question relative to the trousseau, that "No one can go for a honey- moon without an umbrella." The defendant had asked his brother to be best man, but there was a difference of opinion. Defendant promised to meet her, and came with another young lady, whom he introduced as his future wife. Defendant denied that he Had ever promised to marry plaintiff. The jury awarded plaintiff L-35 damagee.

IT IS SWANK. -1 GIRL'S REPLY TO CHARGE OF POISONING FATHER, The curious case. in which Jane Elizabeth Terry (19). living at Battersea, is charged with administering a noxious drug-namely. spirits of saits—to her father, was again before the South-western magistrate one day. The allegation is that the girl emptied some spirits of salts into her father's beer. He drank a little, and it scalded his'tongue and throat. It is suggested, moreover, that she tampered with the breakfast tea in the same manner. Detective-sergeant Purkiss arrested the prisoner, who said, It's all lies; it is swank." Mr. de Grey ordered another remand, for the prosecution to be under- taken by a solicitor.

SUICIDE IN COURT. BULLET ALSO STRIKES THE MAGISTRATE. ATHENS, Wednesday. A sensational tragedy occurred in a magis- tra.tes' ourt here to-day Mr. Visandinos, an inspector of antiques, was brought up on a charge of trafficking in university diplomas, and committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. The bullet also struck the magistrate, wounding him seriouely.-Reuter.