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POLICE CHARGES FAIL. *
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POLICE CHARGES FAIL. CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE IN FLAT CASES. Miss Catherine Goldie \TI), actress, nurrendered to bail at .Marlborough-street on Friday on a charge of conducting a flat in La n,g"h aril-street in objectionable manner. Mr. Newton defended. Last week Sergeant Harvey and Constable Goymer, of the D Division, deposed to seeing persons f,r a. certain class go to the flat. Miss Goldie. on oath, denied the accusation, and declared that she was out of London during the time of the police watching. For the police to eay she let the persons in question into the flat was entirely untrue. When Miss Goldie was called upon on Fri- day Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the Mary- lebone Borough Council, said mere was no need for her to formally surrender and take her place before the court. lie had con- sidered the matter, and the borough council having no wish but that all persons accused ehould have the fairest treatment, in view of the nature of the evidence that would be put before the court, he did not propose to proceed further. Mr. Newton said that in fairness to Miss Goldie he ought to make a few remarks. Statements of a defamatory character had been circulated far and wide concerning Miss Goldie. If the case had gone on he would have been able to prove by the books of Mr. Seymour Hicks and twenty witnesses of position that when this lady was said by the police to be admitting women to her fiat she was actually on the stage of Mr. Hicks's theatre. With regard to the assertion that this lady had walked the streets, he had ladies and gentlemen present who had been associated with her for years, and could say such an accusation was absolutely untrue. Miss Goldie would leave the court with as good a character as ehe entered it. ("Hear, hear." from the public.) Mr. Chester Jones: I have heard both Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Newton. The defendant in this case will be discharged. OTHER CASES. Mrs. Maud Cooper (26) also surrendered to bail on a similar charge. At the pre- vious hearing Sergeant Harvey and Oon- stable Goymer gave evidence of having in Anga-ot seen certain persons go to the flat. —Mrs. Cooper, on oath, emphatically denied the accusation, stating that she was the wife of a Government official, with whom she was living at the flat. He was home every evening, returning from his office between five and six p.m. At the resumption of the hearing Sergeant -Survey, re-called, in cross-examination, said that he had ascertained that Mrs. Cooper was the wife of a gentleman who had been in a position under Government for about twenty years. He did not know the names of any of the women wno went to the flat He had 80011 them in the streets, but had not seen them since the raid on the flats He had searched the charge-books, but could not trace that one of the women had been charged. He could not have made a mis- take as to what he saw-Constable Goyner re-called, gave similar evidence. The women visitors to the flat had vanished since the raid. He also had seen them in the streets. Mr. John Alfred Cooper, husband of the defendant, stated that during the period of police observation he and his wife were at home every evening. His wife was in bed several evenings when stated to have gone out and returned. Mr. Cooper stated tha.t he was a collector of rates to the Water Board. After hearing further evidence, the Jtcc"Qs-o<i was discharged. In a third case, in which Mrs. Jessie Craw- ford was charged with respect to a flat also in-fh^an?bam"6treet' the prosecution was withdrawn, and defendant discharged. I
OVAL " BILLIARDS. -
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OVAL BILLIARDS. JOHN ROBERTS' DISPLAY ON THE NEW TABLE. John Roberts, the famous billiard player a „rT his retirement recently to Kur d!:?Iay on the new Are-Oval" I«l kd f avthe National Sporting Club. 14 MO !n F w!'a opponent in a game of Australia wh f champion player of studv rvf ''Ft- P of la-te made a careful study of freak" billiards. greS^the3* a littIe stouter and arm«i r. vete-ran had not changed in sixteen DMntT06 he was last seen in Public man m ag0- He wa<3 a great show- vouthfni I "he an almost rine anH as he stepped into the 'PHp-n >,c rily examined the balls. (tl„ made a sweeping inspection of !=Li !?bIer which> it is prophesied, will IT™- the game. It is almost an lupse in form, and is noticeably smaller than the ordinary table. Wondrous are the angles from which a. 6 roke can be placed, but even more won- droua were the pranks played by the balls durmg the day. Both players tried to keep haimJ^-1S ^^c"° after these untoward aB<^ made mental notes in order repeat th€ sh<>t later. But the" A.rc-Û'Val" table 18 fickle amd the I WOQld glance off in the pirvVr ^n H t^lreti0n' to the ohagrin of the I spJtatore k€€11 amUSement <>f the The spectators were almost as amusing to v Pl^rs' They ««ver seemed to know whether a shot was a fine one, a simple one, or a lfuke, and their applause wae usually inapportune.
LADY AFFLECK'S HUSBAND. -
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LADY AFFLECK'S HUSBAND. Before Sir William Selfe at Brompton Mr, C. Smith, a solicitor, was sued by Messrs. Harrods (limited), for goods said to have been supplied to Lady Affleck on defendant's guarantee. It was explained that the solicitor had given a guarantee for Lady Affleck for an overdraft of £10, and under this guarantee the action was brought to recover £5 Os. 3d. Defendant explained that he was entirely ignorant of the account, which had only just been received by him. Lady Affleck disputed it, with the exception of one item for a jersey, and it was necessary to have proof as to the ordering of the goods. There were, aa a matter of fact, no ladies' items in th. bill with the exception of the jersey. Sir William Selfe: There is an item for h06e? Defendant: Yes, but not ladies' hose, sir. The hose, I understand, was purchased for evening dress for a gentleman. Sir William Selfe: If gentlemen wear hose at that price, I am surprised. (Laughter.) The defendant said he had reason for believing that the goods were ordered by her ladyship's husband. Sir William Selfe: What are their rela- tions ? They are not living together. Sir Willie.m Selfe: Well, even accepting your suggestion, the husband would hardly order a pound of candles?—He might, sir. It is impossible to say. His honour &nally adjourned the case, so that Lady Affleck and her husband might be joined as co-defendants with Mr. Smith.
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FINDERS REWARDED. The foHowing unique notice was fixed to a cttmrch door recently:— Missing.—Last Sunday some families from ehuroh. Stolen .Several hours from the Lord's Day by a number of people of different ages, diressed m their Sunday olothes. Strayed.—Half a score of lambs, believed to have gone in the direction of No Sun- day School.' Mislaid.—A quantity of silver and copper coins on the counter of a public-house the owner being in a state of great excitement at the time. Wanted.—Several young people. When last seen were walking in pairs up Sabbath Breakers' Lane/ which leads to the city of 'No Good.' "Lost.—A lad, carefully reared, not long from home, and for a time promising, sup- posed to have gone with one or two older companions to Prodigul Town, Hark La.n-e: Any person assisting in the recovery of the above shall in nowise loee his reward."
"NO LAUGHING MATTER."
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"NO LAUGHING MATTER." Appearing at Sourthpo rt County court on a judgment summons, George Benson, a dyer and cleaner, regretted that he had paid nothing for sixteen months owing to the fact that his profits only averaged 30s. per week, and out of that he had £25 a year to pay for rent, besides rates and a family to keep. The Plaintiff's Solicitor: How many chil- dren have you? The Defendant: I have had five ohildren in thirteen months. What do you think of that ? And there have been two more einoe. (Laughter.) The Defendant: It is no laughing matter. An order for a sihilling a month was made. < Some time ago the defendant advertised the fact of his wife having five children in thirteen months—triplets followed by twins—andawked for public support in his business on that account.
BURGLARS' .£600 HAUL.
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BURGLARS' .£600 HAUL. A daring burglary took place on the rjremises of the Scottish United Loan Ctxm- Tollcroes, Glasgow, money and jewel- lery to the value of £ 600 being stolen. The thieves gained an entrance to the offices of the company by forcing their way Intoa plumber's shop underneath, and cut- ting- a hole through the ceiling and the floor inside they drilled a bole in the safe and blew it open vutb gunpowder.
GIRL & HER EMPLOYER. 4
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GIRL & HER EMPLOYER. 4 REMARKABLE LOVE STORY TOLD IN COURT. Some remarkable evidence was given at Bristol Police-court on Friday, when William Hopewell Budd, aged 45, manager to a pub- lishing company, now living at Walter's-road, Swansea, was summoned by Rosina Hoskins Bryant, a young lady formerly in his employ- ment, to show cause, Ac. Mr. H. R. Wansbrough represented the applicant, and Mr. E. H. C. Wethesred (in- structed by Mr. Gent Wood) defended. Mr. Wansbrough said in December of 1904 the defendant was manager of the Caxton Publishing Company, in Bridge-street, Bris- tol, and he advertised for a typist. The girl, who was then only fifteen years of age and in short dresses, applied for the situation, and on December 7 she started business, remaining in defendant's employ till Octo- ber, 1906. The magistrates would hear that, although defendant's wife was alive at the time, after the girl had been at his office a Iittif while he used to buy her sweets and presents, and frequently kissed her. Mr. Budd's wife died on December 4, 1905, and a week or two afterwards he went to Miss. Bryant's parents and asked the mother to allow the child to go to his house and to stay there a while to keep his sister-in-law, who was very distressed, compn In March, 1906, three months after his wife died, having given her presents and Vi sor' her, the defendant first took advan i of her when they were alone n." tiier. Defendant onoe went to London aall ;c Miss Bryant with him. They stayed in the I same house, but had separate rooms, but defendant took her to his bedroom and there was further intimacy. Then while they were in London, together the defendant wrote to the girl's father saying he was ANXIOUS TO MARRY THE GIRL. as follows:- Dear Mr. Bryant,—I am writing to ask you if you will give your sanction to Bosie and I to be married next week. We have talked the matter over, and think it would be much better than waiting until after Christmas, as I am only spending a lot of money, which, if we get married, could be saved, and it would be much better for her, as I can have my furniture up and take a house and give her a good home. I have applied for a licence to get married, and paid for same, as I feel sure you will give your permission and make me the happiest man in the world.—I remain, Ac., W. HOPEWELL BUDD. The father of the girl, having regard to the disparity in fhe ages of his daughter and the defendant, would not consent, and wrote telling the girl she must return home immediately, and she did so. The child was born on June 17 at Minehead, where the girl had gone to stay. v The applicant, a girl of good appearance and neatly dressed, said that she had never been even friendly with any other man than defendant, who was the father of her child. In cross-examination by Mr. Wethered, witness said that Mr. Budd gave her a ring, but she was not engaged to him, nor did she promise to marry him. It was not true that young men usea to meet her at her office and walk home with her, nor was it because of these young men that the defen- dant suggested that he had better marry her at once. At this stage in the cross-examination witness burst into tears, and for some time her voice was broken with heavy sobs, whilst two women in the back of the court also broke down. Miss Bryant continued to deny with great emphasis that she had walked about with other young men, and exclaimed, The idea of Mr. Budd saying I went about with other men!" On resuming Mr. Wethered proceeded to examine witness aa to her statement about defendant acting like a madman. It was, she said, after he returned from Paris, but she did not think it was because she had thrown him over—it jfas not so. Defendant had 9hown her some objectionable photo- graphs and pictures in his smoke-room. By working for him witness knew he was a man of some means. Albert Alex. Penny, an employe of Messrs. E. S. and A. Robinson, said that between the months of March and June of 1906 he was in the defendant's office as a clerk. He had seen defendant go to Miss Bryant when she was at her typewriter and put his arms round her waist, talking familiarly to her, and addressing her as Rosie," or Hosie, my dear." He understood that defendant was en-gaged to Miss Bryant. Margaret Humphries said that in February of 1906 she entered the employ of defendant as housekeeper, and remained in his service till September of that year. She had seen defendant go upstairs with Miss Bryant, and had seen them kissing and romping together, but she did not inform the girl's parents as to her suspicions, as defendant told her that be was engaged to be married to the girl. Defendant was then called. He said that he wae now living at Walter's-road, Swansea, and was still in the employ of the Caxton Publishing Company. At the outset he denied wholly that at any time during 1906 was there any impropriety between himself and the girl. In about April of this year he became engaged to the girl, with the consent of the father, who over- ruled the mother's objections. It was utterly false that he had ever behaved improperly with her at his house. The girl was agreeable to has.advances, and wrote most affectionate letters to him. She broke off the engagement, else he would have married her. He went and saw her mother, but the girl would not alter her mind. He married his present wife in January or February of this year at a registry office in Bristol. Cross-examined by Mr. Wansbrough defen- dant said he was 45 years of a,ge. His posi- tion was not so good as it used to be He was only a deliverer now, whereas he had formerly been manager. He was earning 30s. a week now, but used to get C3 10B He hat no property whatever now, though when his first wife died he was left a little house property, some shares, and a little money in the bank. His present wife was only nine- teen years of age when he married her, after an acquaintance of about two months. ♦ uAftT a hearin'S lasting about six hours the Magistrates made an order against attendant for the payment of 5s. a week till the oh,lid reaches the age of sixteen, and nve guineae costs and court fees.
L" UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL."
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L" UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL." LONDON POLICE BLUNDERS. owin itaTI Police Force in danger, 'good recerit blunders, of loeing the Th^e?^ 7?ich lt ha* b"herto held ? be one thine- aBl5Wer 10 question may to West FnH eries pf charges wrth regard ■utSiiw 't'1 magistrate onTriday^^ ^borough-street of the cases-Mrs M^ud a in applied to the '2 Satllra:ay Perjury against Sergeant n stable Goyner, t- (>fli-- who gave evidemm against her. who S&ve evidence The magistrate refused to erant fh« warrant until an information had bS laid anu Mrs. Cooper, determined to press the matter to the utmost, left the c^frt to prepare the necessary- documents Another victim of police blundering Mies Catherine Goldie, the well-known ^tr«T who was also completely vindicated of a similar charge to that brought against Mrs Coo*K.-r, is also determined to proceed further with the case. Seen by a press representative recently. she said: "I have not yet definitely decided on my course of action, but I am consulting my solicitors in the matter. "The whole affair is too utterly disgraceful to be expressed in words," she added. Both these ladies are naturally highly indignant at the deplorable mistakes made by the police. Not only were the police charges quite unsubstantiated, but the behaviour of the officers in making the arrests is stated to have been very repre- hensible.
JUDGE AND WIDOW.
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JUDGE AND WIDOW. Application was made to Judge Rentoul, K.C., at the City of London Court to appor- tion a sum of £ 500 awarded a widow as com- pensation for the death, of her husband. The widow asked for £ 100 with which to start an off-Licence business, she having been trained in the public-house line. His Honour said he was very doubtful about the wisdom of such an investment, seeing that the children were one, three, and five years of age respectively, and would be brought up there. However, he supposed he must allow the applicant the £ 100 and £ 18 a year for the children, and t-ha-t he was not justified in going into what she proposed to do with it. The rest would be invested by the court.
--;;;or REFUGEES HELD UP.
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-or REFUGEES HELD UP. A party of Portuguese and Spanish refugees, which has arrived at Lisbon from Fez, recount a, thrilling experience near the River Worga, between Fez and Laraiche, where they were captured by the Djebela tribe, but allowed to proceed on yielding up all their Jewish women servants and their valuables. „ One Moor, on showing resistance, was seised bv the Djebelas. and flayed alivo. The refugees further declared that Baisuli is willing to release Kaid Maclean, but is pre- vented by the powerful Jhamas tribe, Raisuli's chief supporters, who demand a I heavy ransom as their share.
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ANOTHER TRUNK HORROR ——t——;
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ANOTHER TRUNK HORROR ——t—— CRIME DISCOVERED ON A STEAMER. Details of a terrible trunk murder at Hong Kong, discovered on board a passenger steamer, have arrived in this country by mail. Brief particulars had previously been sent over by cable. eent over by cable. While the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany's steamer Monteagle was in harbour at Hong Kong a European put off from the shore in a native boat with a large Saratoga trunk. He stated that he was a passenger by the steamer, and wanted his trunk placed in the hold. Without demur his statement was accepted, but instead of being placed in the hold at once, it was put, for the time being, into the baggage-room, where it remained unnoticed until the day the vessel was due to sail from Hong Kong. I Attention seems to have been drawn to the lit trunk by the fact that the man who brought it on board was not seen again. On closer examination a dark fluid was seen to be oozing from the box, while a peculiarly offensive odour filled the room. The steamer officials decided to open the trunk, when a terrible sight met their eyes. A woman's body, clad only in soanty night attire, filled the interior. Round the neck was twisted a piece of linen drawn tight by a hair brush, which had been used as a tour- niquet. Two towels, marked Hong Kong Hotel" were also in the box, and these put the police on the trail of the murderer, says the "Lon- don Evening News." The day before the trunk was conveyed to the Monteagle a couple, presumably Ameri- cans, who had just arrived from Manila, engaged rooms at the hotel under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Davis. The man was seen to leave the next day with the lugg-age, which included & large Saratoga trunk, but the woman was not seen again. The people at the Hong Kong Hotel were able to supply a full detailed deecription of the man to the police, who believed that he had left the Colony for Shanghai by the Japanese liner Hong Kong Maru. Particulars were despatched to Shanghai for the steamer to be searched on arrival there. But the only result was a report that a man answering the description had attempted to secure a passage on the vessel before it left Hong Kong, but had been refused, as he could only tender some woman's jewellery as security for the passage-money. The murdered woman was known to have had a large quantity of valuable jewels with her, of which no trace has been found. She was identified by papers found in the trunk as Gertrude Dayton, of Manila, but in that town she and her companion registered at the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones, of Shanghai. So far the man has succeeded in eluding discovery.
BEVY OF WOMEN IN THE DOCK.
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BEVY OF WOMEN IN THE DOCK. VARIOUS OFFENCES PUNISHED AT PONTYPRIDD. Quite a bevy of women had to answer sum- monses at Pontypridd on Wednesday in respect of varying charges, the dock being occupied by no less than seven at the same time. Rachel Thomas, described as a very troublesome woman, stated she had come from Aberdare. "You better stay at Aberdare," was Alderman Richard Lewis's comment; "we have got plenty of your sort here already.A fine of 10s. was imposed. Elizabeth Hughes, of no fixed abode, was seen drunk and fighting with another woman by the police-officer, who was obliged to take her to the police-station. Hughes pleaded in extenuation of her pugnacity that she was all the time simply engaged, in the "noble art" of self-defence, having been comman- deered by "the other woman" to treat her to a drink.-Defendant was sent "down" for fourteen days. Ellen Shannon was drunk and using bad language when the police had to speak to her as to her conduct. Though stated to be of no fixed abode, she told the bench that she hailed from Cardiff.—Alderman Richard Lewis: We would like you to go back home. -She was mulcted in a fine of 10s. Mary Ann Hemmic-gs was charged with stealing a purse containing 25s. from Wil- liam Williams, labourer, Penooedoae.—Police- constable Millett explained that when at the police-station she admitted having taken the purse, which she handed over. but which then only contained 2s. 8d., while the officer caught her in the act of trying to hide 2s. 6d. in her boot when waiting for the female searcher.-Hemmings was sentenced to one month's hard la.bouT. Mary Jane Wyatt was charged with steal- ing a tahlecloth, the property of Charles Gourde, Bla-enlleahau. When apprehended defendant had 22 pawntickets in her posses- sion, and she was fined 20s., or fourteen days. Mary Webb, sentenced to 28 days, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and with accosting men. Webb admitted being drunk, but denied the second charge, re- marking, "The men don't require to be spoken to here; they will follow you."
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BROTHERS AND BRIDES. TRIPLE ROMANCE OF TWO DIS- TANT CONTINENTS. Three weddings which took place at the Union Hill Baptist Church, New Jersey, on Saturday are the sequel to a pretty little romance which began in a village school a few miles from London. The three bridegrooms are three English brothers, named William, Herbert, and Reuben Johnson, who emigrated with their parents to the IJnitod States three years ago. When they emigrated the three brothers left their hearts behind them with three young ladies—Misses Amy Mugg, Annie Day, and Lilian Buraettc-who had been their schoolmates and playmates since childhood. The three young men have all done well, and are now able to offer their sweethearts comfortable homes. A few weeks ago they wrote asking the girls to come out to them. The three brides quickly made their prepa- rations, and were passengers on the Lucania when she followed the Lusitania in the recent record trip across the Atlantic.
MRS. TAYLOR'S FASCINATION
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MRS. TAYLOR'S FASCINATION SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A PROFESSOR. Joseph Tookert, a Belgian, and Professor of Foreign Languages, of Highbury, was charged at Bromley recently with being concerned in procuring the performance of an operation on Agnes Jane Taylor, of ReckenJxa.m. The woman is dead, and at the inquest the jury adjudged Tockert to be an accessory before the fact of the wilful mur- der of Mrs. Taylor. Mr. Bodkin, who prosecuted, declared that Tockert and Mrs. Taylor had carried on a clandestine association for some time. He added that between the opening of the in- quest and the adjourned inquiry accused, while in Brixton Prison, wrote to the coroner giving an account of his oonnoot,ion with the matter. He said that Mrs. Taylor had told him a doctor said an operation was necessary to save her life, and trfat she made a £ at;al resolution to proceed with it, that will of iron which nothing or nobody had power to alter or resist In another part he said: » The doctor may have acted under the strange fascination of Mrs Taylor, which no man could rrxiJ" Coupled with £ 21," added counsel After some evidence had been taken the proceedings were adjourned.
PRISONER'S DUAL ROLE
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PRISONER'S DUAL ROLE William Alfred Foster was in great demand at the New Bailey recently, his presence being required in one* court as prosecutor of a labourer named Eyau, charged with wounding him, at the tome time as he was being tried for hot^ breaking in another court When Foster was called upon to give evidence before the recorder there was no retply. Ushers shouted his name the regu- lation three times in the passage in vain At last the court was informed where he was occupied. Well, that certainly is a pressing engagement," remarked the Recorder. Subsequently, after Foster had been sentenced to nine months' hard labour for housebreaking, he was brought in to give evidence against Ryan, who was found guilty of unlawful wounding, sentence being postponed.
A BEGGAR OF MEANS.
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A BEGGAR OF MEANS. A man who came to "business" in the City every day by workmen's train from Enfield, and whose "business" was solely beg- ging, appeared at the Guildhall, London, in the person of William Collins, oharged with begging at the Royal Excihange and in the surrounding neighbourhood. Police witnesses said they had known him for years as a beggar. He had sufficient means to support himself and a wife. His modus operandi was first to ask someone for a matcih, then for some tobacco, and finally for "a copper to get a piece of bread with In the event of request No. 3 succeeding, at a convenient opportunity he went into a public-house. i He was eent to prison, for fourteen days with hard lahcrat. <
IHOW DID HE GET THERE? I♦
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HOW DID HE GET THERE? I ♦ SKELETON UNDER CIRCUS RING. Charged with the murder of his friend, Herr Hendsohel, the son of a wealthy mer- chant, David Nicderhofer, an ex-circus pro- prietor, 27 years of a-ge, was placed on trial at Munich. The sensational case attracted a great audience. Niedarhofer, who is strikingly youthful in appearance, and was elegantly dressed, greeted the judge and jury with deep bows, nis manner suggesting anything rather th.an the consciousness of guilt. Some time after the death of his father he abandoned a merchant's career to become director of the "Circus Bavaria." Though the profits were not large, he kept his head above water with the help of his mother, who pawned her jewellery to assist him. In 1906 tho circus company, however, had to be broken up. Iviederhofer stated recently that he frequently appeared in other circuses;, his ".st¿Lr" performance being "looping the loop." He pawned the apparatus, and it was some time after this. while the article was still in pawn, that negotiations were entered into with Herr H-endschcl fo" the sale of the machine. Asked by the judge what use Hendsahel, who was of a serious disposi- tion,^ could have for a "looping the toop machine, Nicderhofer affirmed that Hendsohel at the time was himself in training with a view to becoming a circus performer. Niederhofer claimed that Hend- schel promised to bay the apparatus for £J5O, of which JE300 was to be paid by a bill of exchange. Hendschel 'disappeared, and Niederhofer lodged a claim for the £ 300, though finally he contented himself with £125 from the family and the return of the apparatus. In the course of the trial it was shown that immediately after Hendschel's dis- appearance Niederhofer left for Berlin and Hamburg, ostensibly to seek engagements with the leading circuses there. When he returned to Munich he learned that Hend- schel's continued absence was beginning to cause alarm, and that a vigorous search was being made. The judge charged Niederhofer with hav- ing written a card to a woman friend who was assisting in the search urging her not to bother, since Hendschel had simply under- taken a circus tour, from which he would duiy return. Niederhofer emphatically denied having written the card. On further examination the accused stated that on February 25 of this year he was arrested. A few days later he was conducted to the former site of his circus. Here the ground of the riding ring was dug up in his pre- sence, '+.¡.nd the body of the missing man, crushed face downwards into a narrow grave and with a revolver bullet in the head, was found. "Do you know," said the judge to the prisoner, "how the body came to be there?" "I can give no information what- ever on the subject," was the reply. The case was adjourned. Two hundred and fifty witnesses are in attendance.
ABOUT A BOTTLE OF WHISKY
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ABOUT A BOTTLE OF WHISKY A CARDIFF BARMAN SENT FOR TRIAL. A curious case concerning the alleged theft of a bottle of whisky, value 7d., came on Tuesday before the Cardiff magistrates. Albert Bicknell, 24, a smartly-dressed bar- man, whose parents live at Barry Dock, was charged that, wlhilst acting aa barman for Mr. William Lloyd, a well-known licensed vic- tualler, he stole a small bottle of spirits from the bar of the Fishguard Arms Hotel Bute- street, on the 23rd inst. Mr. Harold' Lloyd defended. Mr. William Lloyd lives at the Duke of Wellington, on the Hayes, and is also the proprietor of the Fishguard Arms, which is managed by his nephew, John Edward Lloyd a.nd whore prisoner had acted as barman for the last six weeks. In his evidence, prose- cutor said the rule was that if the manager or the barman purchased anything he was not to put the money direct into the till, but first communicate one with the other' On the 23rd inst. the manager made a complaint to him by telephone, and in answer he went to the Fishguard Arms, and, from what the manager said, he sent for a policeman The manager charged prisoner with having the bottle of whisky in his coat pocket, and wit- ness was shown 'the bottle (Produced) He (Mr. Lloyd) asked, "How do you account for it?" Bioknell replied that he had paid for it and put the money in the till Witness pointed out that if that was so it was in contravention of hIS explicit instruc- tions. Then accused professed ignorance of the rule, and became abusive and used threa- tening language, and said he could produce the man who paid for the whisky. Mr. Ha.rold Lloyd: Can you deny that this whisky lias been paid for?—Certainly not. Bicknell may (said Mr. Harold Lloyd) have broken a very excellent rule and yet not have stolen the whisky. Didn't ho say he had put 8d. on the register?—Yes, but there were a good many 8d's there, and what he did was against the rule. The manager of the Fishguard Arms (Mr. J. E. Lloyd) said that on making the dis- covery and telling prisoner he should report him, he replied by calling witness "a ——— sneak." He also said he had paid for what he had. "But you didn't pay me," persisted witness. "No," he went on, "i paid the till." Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was for- mally committed to the quarter sessions, and was bound over to appear, himself in .£5 and onesuretyofJB5.
A MOTHER'S DESPAIR.
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A MOTHER'S DESPAIR. STRANGLED HER DAUGHTER AND HANGED HERSELF. A painful domestic tragedy was discovered at Nun head on Sunday. It appears that shortly before mid-day a woman named Mrs. Caroline Green who occupied two rooms with her daughter in Evelina-road, was found to have hung her- self from the window-sash in her bedroom, while further investigation revealed her daughter Dorothy, aged thirteen, lying dead on her bed. Appearances go to show that the litttle girl had been strangled. No cause can be assigned for the Bad affair, and the landlady states that she did not kow they were in any trouble. They were usually well clothed and well fed. Mrs. Green was a widow, and had lodged at the house for the past two years. No letter was left, and no papers giving any clue. The widow's age was 40, and she was in receipt of a regular weekly income, that arrived by post every Wednesday. What- ever it was, it was enough to keep the couple without the necessity of the woman doing- any work, although Dorothy used to "scout" occasionally for a local tennis club. It was stated by a next-door neighbour that the woman was heard pacing the room till far into the previous night. The occupant of the next room to that of the Greens, in the next house, is an invalid, wticee atten- dant said that during the night a smell as of burning papers seemed to come from the Greens' room. If any papers had been destroyed in this way, however, all the evidences had been carefully removed. The woman is described as being evidently very fond of her daughter, a bright, lovable little girl. On the rare occasions of her going out (for she kept indoors mostly) it was to accompany the child to school and fetch her home. She had practically no visitors.
GUY FAWKES IN FROCKS.
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GUY FAWKES IN FROCKS. WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BLOW UP A POLICE-STATION. At the Old Bailey on Saturday Ada Win- stanley, a young woman, who refused to give any account of herself, was charged with having placed a tan of gunpowder at the Tower Bridge Police-station, a.nd caused an explosion with intent to destroy the building. It appears that the prisoner had been pre- viously fined for drunkenness, and on August 12 had proceeded to the polioe-station and demanded the names of the two constables who had arrested her on the grounds that she had been assaulted. The magistrate refused to issue process. She returned in the evening, and while waiting placed a tin of gunpowder on the floor with some benzine, struck a match, and lit it. A loud explosion followed, but no damage was done, though ehe was badly burned. When charged pri- soner said she did not want to hurt anybody but herself. She was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.
COUNTY-COURT SCENE.
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COUNTY-COURT SCENE. After judgment had been given in a case at the Felixtowe County-court the defen- dant attempted to strike the plaintiff it required several persons to separate them. When this had been done the defen- dant fell in. a fit, groaning loudly. The scene so upset a woman in court that she also had a fit. and the police had to be called in to render first aid to both.
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REVENGEFUL DON JUAN CONSUMPTIVE WHO PASSED 22 DOCTORS. An extraordinary romance of love and life insurance was told in court at Marseilles on Saturday, when Mme. Hispanat, a Mar- seilles money-lender named Carcaseone, and an insurance agent named Fhillipp, were charged with attempting to defraud a aosen insurance companies, one of them an English concern, of a sum totalling £ 72,COO, by taking out policies on the life of Theophile Mi!!f>, who at the time was in the laet st-age of COD6UIllptiol1. Mille, a jovial butcher of Marseilles, who died a year ago, seems to have fascinated almost every woman he met. He was the lover of Mme. Hispanat, the mother of a pretty girl of sixteen named Emily, and yet was the bosom friend of M. Hispanat, in whose house he, as a widower, went to live. The lady was so infatuated that she lent him £5,COO, and induced !wr husband to lend mere. Mille squandered all. TlK-n the daughter fell in love with the butcher. it is stated that she made overtures to him by sending him a branch of mimosa, which means, in the language of flowers, "I am yours." She became violently jealous of her mother, who did not discover the fact until after Mille's death. When her husband was pressing for re-payment of his loan, Mme. Hispanat introduced the butcher to Carcassoue, who agreed to advance money on a life policy. Mille agreed, and. though he had already been pronounced a consumptive by three well- known doctors, he actually passed the medical examination of eleven life insurance companies, both French and American. Twenty-two doctors declared him a "fi.rm- class life," and the policries were issued in favour of Carcassone and Mme. Hispanat. Then the jealous girl said to Mille, "My mother is anxious for you to die, so that she can get her money back. My darling, don't drink any potion which my mother may prepare for you." So infatuated was Emily that when advised not to drink out of the same cup as Mille she wrote to a friend, "What does it matter? I love him so that I would drink out of the same cup with pleasure, even know- ing that in it lingered the germs of death." When at Jength the butcher and Mme. Hispanat quarrelled the girl kept him secretly informed of all that went on. Probably the butcher believed some of the stories told him, for a day or two before his death he wrote a long letter to the district attorney, setting forth the circnmftances of his life insurance and of his relations with mother and daughter. There is little doubt that he acted in a spirit of revenge. A post-mortem examination has shown no grounds for the poisoning story, and, in fact, the girl now admits that, she was animated by jealousy of her mother. Mother and daughter went home together from the court. Oil Saturday tho 22 doctors who passed Mi'le's life and ? other witnesses were examined.
A DEAL IN HORSES.
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A DEAL IN HORSES. EX-RACEHORSE OWNER'S FRAUD AND IMPRISONMENT. The final trial in the September Sessions at the New Bailey resulted in four persons being convicted. The prisoners were Peter Flor, a negro, Gharles Clark, Joseph Hudson, and Philip Kent, formerly a racehorse owner. They were indicted in connection with the passing of cheques which had been stolen from the reeidenca of Mr. Thomas George Clark, of Chelsea, and which, being passed, were found to be forged. The case of Flor was taken first. On July 13 the residence of Mr. Clark at Chelsea was burgled, and a cheque-book on the Union Bank of London was stolen. Some d:1Qs after the burglary Flor passed two cheques, both of which were found to be forgeries. He was found guilty, and Detective-sergeant Read described him as a "bully and an associate of thieves and West End black- mailers." Judge ftentoul, K.C., sentenced him to six I months' hard labour. The other three prisoners were then placed in the dock, Clark pleading guilty. It was stated that Clark was a relative of the Mr. Clark whose house was broken into, and whose blank cheque forms were used in this case, as in the last. Mr. Curtis Bennett said that Clark, Hudson, and Kent went to Ashford, in Kent, where Mr. Charles Whitehead, an uncle of Hudbon, lived. To Mr. Whitehead Clark was repre- sented to be a member of a wealthy firm of engineers in business at Battersea, and a man who had married a wealthy American laay, who desired bo buy some horses. They bought two horses from a local dealer, a. cheque being given for £57 ICte., which r.- eventually found to be a forgery, and aa a result fcfoe prisoners were arrested. The jury found both Hudson and Kent guilty. Detective-sergeant Bead said Kent had been a oab proprietor, and he suddenly became a wealthy man. The Judge: Through his earnings on cabs? —No. He became an owner of racehorses, racing under the name of Burton. Recently he had become poor through losing a lot of money in some law proceedings. Judge Rentoul sentenced each prisoner to six calendar months' hard labour.
BABY LEFT IN A FIELD.
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BABY LEFT IN A FIELD. MOTHER ADMITS ABANDONING IT. As a result of the publicity given in the preos to the discovery of a pretty baby girl, about fifteen months old, on a piece of waste land at Teignmouth-road, Cricklewood, Annie Fowler, eighteen, tailor's machinist, of Kil- burn, was arrested and remanded at Willes- dea charged with abandoning the child. I The accused, who is a rather good-looking girl, was nearly attired in a light-coloured costume. Early on Thursday morning William Eiley, a lamplighter, was attracted by a cry, and! ) looking in a field, he saw a child lying on the ground. It was dressed and wrapped in a red shawl, and covered with dew. On Sun- day the accused girl's father gave the police information, and she was arrested. Inspector Pollard said he did not think the child's health was now in danger. When formally charged, the accused replied, "Yes, I laid my baby in a field five yards away from the road about ten o'clock on Wednesday eight. After that I went to Mrö. Robsbaw's. in Kingsgate-road, Kilburn, and stayed there until to-day. I left it in the field because I didn't want Mrs. Rob- shaw to know I had a child." The girl had left her parents' home with the child last Wednesday morning after a few words with her mother. The mother said the prisoner had got mixed up with people who had led her rather astray, and the witness feared there was something wrong with her brain, as she left home in August last.
COLONIAL'S ADVENTURE.
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COLONIAL'S ADVENTURE. Henry Edward King, nineteen, was indicted I at the Old Bailey for robbery with violence from William Johnson and stealing £5 and a Canadian money order for £20. It was stated by Mr. Roderick, who prose- cuted, that the offence was one of an aggra- vated character. On the night of August 23 the prosecutor, a visitor to this country from Canada was accosted by the prisoner. He took him into a. public-house and upon leaving he was attacked by the prisoner and another man He was knocked down by a blow on the jaw and then brutally kicked about tJie body, after which his pockets were rifled and he was left lying on the ground in a semi-conscious state. The following day King was arrested in the act of attempting to cash the stolen order at the General Post Office. Accused was found guilty and, previous convictions having been proved, was sen- tenced to two years hard labour.
UNGRATEFUL REFUGEE.
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UNGRATEFUL REFUGEE. An extraordinary story of a.n Armenian refugee's ingratitude was told recently at the Marylebone Police-court when a man who gave his name as Nicholas Cook was charged with obtaining £12 by false pretences. It was stated that he had obtained food and lodging by representing himself as a representative of Messrs. Cook and Son. A representative of Messrs. Cook said that the man was an Armenian, and his real name was Nicholas Schedawyen. He had been employed as an interpreter by tho firm in Constantinople and he was saved by its officials during an Armenian massacre and smuggled out of the country. The firm provided light work for him in London, but he refused to do it and declared tha.t he was being badly treated, and he was flnaHy dismissed. He was com- mitted for trial.
COST OF REVOLUTION.
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COST OF REVOLUTION. A remarkable series of figures telling the story of the revolutionary outbreaks in Russia. from February, 1905, to last June, so fa.r as the toll of victims is concerned, were published on Saturday. It is stated that during this period 44,020 persons suffered through the reign of terrorism and the subsequent reaction against it. These are divided as follows: — Killed in the streets 19,144 Executed or lynched .— 2,381 Committed suicide 1,350 Wounded 20,704 The objects of fruitless assaults 441
A SHOWMAN'S PICTURES 4
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A SHOWMAN'S PICTURES 4 POLICE TAKE EXCEPTION TO NUDITY. Before the Consett Bench recently George Ryan, travelling showman, appeared charged with exhibiting Indecent pictures in his t booth. Sergeant Smith deposed that he visited the booth with Sergeant Featheretone. There were plaoards hanging near the entrance, one bearing the words, "Persons under the age of sixteen years not admitted." Witness entered the booth, and found it in semi- darkness. Upon looking through a number of small lenses of the stereoscopic kind he isaw a. number of pictures illuminated by lamps. At the far end of the booth there were four larger lenses, and they. found the two pictures produced of females in a nude state magnified almost to life-size. Witness noticed that several people were disgusted when looking through the lenses at the pictures. The officer went to a woman who was taking money a.t the entrance, and told her that there were two pictures exposed of nude figures, which were considered to be of an objectionable and obscene character, and the police thought it their duty to take pcs. session of them. Tho woman said, "If you take these pictures away we might as well shut the show up." Defendant then appeared as the police were carrying away the pic- tures, and witness charged him with com- mitting an offence under the Vagrancy Acts. On the following morning, when serving the defendant with a. summons, he replied, "I have exhibited the pictures all over the country, and there have been no com- plaints." I Defendant pleaded guilty, and said the pictures ha.d been exhibited in many cities and towns for years past without any objec- tion being taken to them. The Chairman (Mr. J. Annandale) observed that similar pictures in the nude were to be foiund in all the art galleries of the United Kingdom. Under the circumstances, the Bench had no alternative but to dismiss the summons. Defendant thanked the court, and had the pictures restored to him.
IMPROPER FEEDING.
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IMPROPER FEEDING. LEADS TO AN ABERDARE CHILD'S DEATH. Mr. R. J. Rhys held an inquest at Aberdare 0:1 Wednesday touching the death of Annie Elvin Joyce Grant, the three-months'-old child of Albert Grant, of 31, Elizabeth-street, Aberdare, who died on Monday. The lather deposed that the child seemed quite bright when he left the house for work at seven o'clock. The Coroner: I am sorry to have to put the question to you, but is your wife given to drink at all? Witness: Well, nothing out of the way, as I know, air. The Coroner: Have you ever had reason to think that she was not attending to the children as well as you would have liked her? Witness: Not at all. Grant went on to say that the deceased and another child were brought up on the bottle, and that he bought four or five tins of condensed milk per week. Dr. Rhys said the child weighed 51b., as against 91b. to 9 £ lb., which was usually the weight of a three-months'-old child. There was about a tablespoonful of curdled milk in the stomach undigested. The Coroner: What, in your opinion, was the cause of death? Witness: Improper feeding. The Coroner: Did the mother seem to you to be pretty attentive or rather of a casual kind? Witness: I should say casual. I saw her under the influence of drink when I attended another child of hers for diphtheria some time ago. A verdict of Death from improper feed- ing" was returned, but the jury did not think that the conduct of the mother had arisen from any wicked design, but rather from carelessness and ignorance. The jury recommended that the mother be censured, but the Coroner replied that he might have more to say to the husband, whom he warned that if another child of his were to die under the same circumstances as the present child he might not come off so lightly.
BEHAVED LIKE A MADMAN
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BEHAVED LIKE A MADMAN KAFFIR FIREMAN WHO WANTED HIS CLOTHES. .1a- M*rtin (25). Eftfllr flrummi cUe- played considerable isnfriatlenoe in the dock at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday. He was charged with assaulting Police-constable Albert Gollidge at 15, Angelina-street, and, further, with assaulting Ivy Featheretone and Mary Hallo. Featherstone, a bulky woman, first entered the witness-box, carrying in her arms a baby in a woollen shawl. She deposed that at half-past eight on Tuesday morning she was in bed, when prisoner, who had no autho- rity to be there, created a disturbance, and after some words struck her with the infant in her arms. He chased her through the house with a penknife, threatening her all the way, and in the back kitchen he assaulted Mrs. Hallo. Prisoner (fiercely): Have you had my things (meaning clothes)? Witness: There are a few things belonging to you, sir, and the clothes are waiting for you. Prisoner: Am dat my child? Witness (indignantly): No, indeed. Mr. Nash (clerk) to witness: Did he ask for his clothes?—Yes; they are on the table. Alderman David Jones (chairman): Why not tell the whole story? Prisoner: Thar you are. Give me my clothes and I'll clear out. I was drunk and didn't know what I did. Police-constable Gollidge said that at 11.30 he was called to the place, and went there as in duty bound. He started (as instructed) to eject Martin, who behaved like a mad- man, having his coat off and threatening to fight. He refused to leave quietly and struck Gollidge a severe blow. The woman Hallo also gave evidence, and Martin was sentenced to 21 days for his accumulated offences.
"DRUMMED OUT" WITH A TRAY.
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"DRUMMED OUT" WITH A TRAY. WOMAN'S SINGULAR EXPERIENCE AT NEWPORT. An amusing story of an alleged unpopular neighbour was told to the Newport magis- trates on Wednesday. M»,ry Jane Saunders.^ respectably-dressed woman, living at chester-etreet, was charged with assau_ and beating Sarah Ann Grant, late o chester-streei and now of Witham-etre Complainant said she got as the landlord to leave Manchester-stanied for house she lived in was van. which someone else. When 8 left Manchester- conveyed her last for street on Saturday gaander8 hoisted her new home, window. In addi- a flag from h^ came to the front door and »!?D Grant out with a tray. She (^ainantT^esented this, and said to Sndant, It may be your turn next," or words to that effect whereupon defendant, she said, struck her m the face. A second blow aimed caugiit the baby she was carry- ing. This Constituted the assault complained of. Mrs. Vowles, a neighbour, said she saw Mrs. Saunders strike Mrs. Grant, but there was "such a tremendous lot of shouting in the street that ahe could not hear what passed between them." The Bench nned Mrs, Saunders IPs. and costs.
BURIED IN SAND AND STONES
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BURIED IN SAND AND STONES ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD NEAR CAERPHILLY. A young married man named Skuse, resid- ing at Coedybran-road, Llanbradach, met with a serious mishap on Tuesday afternoon whilst excavating on some waste ground on tho Nantgarw-road. Caerphilly. Without any warning about four tons of loose sand and stone gave way. and completely buried ^Two little girls BJrry- who were the only witnesses <rf tfco accident, gave the alarm to resided near, and Messrs. Brookes. Dudfield, and Breeze, assisted by other willing hands, soon got to work and effected a rescue. In the meantime medical aid was sent for, and Drs. M'Kenzie and Thomas, Caerphilly, found that Skuse had sustained fractures of the right arm, leg, and thigh, also a broken rib. He was removed to the Cardiff Infirmary with all haste. Skuse is a native of Bristol ha9^a ^t^Yrchlld- in tho district three weeks.
COOLIE RIOT ON THE RAND
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COOLIE RIOT ON THE RAND broke out among the coolies in the Witwatersrand Deep Mine on Wednesday i ng ~° e 111611 under notice of repatriation being forced to make up the time they had lost through unauthorised absence. The police fired a. volley, wounding fifteen men. -Reuter. »
AN OFFICIAL'S HAREM. ♦
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AN OFFICIAL'S HAREM. ♦ DISGRACEFUL COLONIAL SCANDAL. The action for libel brought by Herr Roeren, clerical member of the Reichstag, against Herr Schmidt, for y an official of the German colony of Togoland. was con- cluded at Cologne, but judgment was deferred till the 28th inst. Herr Roeren made a speech a year ago in the Reichstag describing the scandalous state of affairs in Togoland, and severely censur- ing Herr Sohmidt fo,' immorality, and other offences committed against the natives. In a pamphlet published by Herr Schmidt ho said that when Herr Roercn made his state- ments he was aware that they were untrue. This was the ground of the present action, but public attention has dot been directed so much to the personal quarrel between these two as to the shocking state of affairs in Tog'/iand revealed by the trial. It was stated in evidence that it was customary to force natives to wcrk, ard to flog them if 'hey refused. With wonnas on their backs as large as one's hand .they were forced to labour. Herr Sohmidt himself seems to have been a gentleman of very amorous tendencies. Not only ha.d he supplied himself with a native "wife," but he travelled about with a harem of black girls, whether at the cost of the Empire was not stated. Those girls who declined his advances were forced to comply. The ages of these wretched beings were variously stated as from fourteen to sixteen. Several witnesses declared that the whip was used to make them more amenable, Another official, a Dr. Kersting, maintained a harem, an institution which has since been prohibited by the Imperial Government. Chief Judge Meyer had a native girl as '"teacher of languages." It was a disgraceful picture which the trial revealed. Enslaved and demoralised natives on the one side, and on the other men who ought to have been pioneers of civilisation, sunk in coarse debauchery.
"YOU ARE AN OLD WAG." I-
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"YOU ARE AN OLD WAG." TREFOREST LABOURER'S DIFFI- DENCE IN COURT. Great amusement was caused at Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday by the conduct of Wm. Davies, labourer, Treforest, who had to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Davies. When his name was called, Davies looked aghast at the prospect of having to approacli the bench, pleading that owing to his hack he could not move from the seat, to which he clung like a leech. Police-sergeant Kavanagh then offered his assistance to him, but the sight of the genial officer had a-nything but a re-assuring effect upon Davies, who clung with still greater tenacity to his scat, and opened his eyes still more widely, while Inspector Salter explained to the bench that the defendant had walked all right into court. Davies, unfortunately, was "known" to the bench. "You are an old wag," said Mr. James Roberts, J.P. (the presiding magis- trate). "Now, William, you are not as smart to-day as I see you on Sundays." "I am a teetotaler now," replied William, as in explanation of his present infirmity. "I know where he is spending his money on the Sabbath," continued Mr. Roberts, rather relentlessly; "ho is a regular bona-fide fellow." With majiy facial contortions, Davies got to the box at last, where he soon recovered his equanimity, and admitted having struck his wife, who had had a separation order from him, but to whose maintenance he did not con tribute. Defendant was fined 20B., or fourteen days. the Bench adding that if he took the alter- native the change might do good to his back.
ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE.
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ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE. ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. The senate of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. have awarded the folio*" in.^ entrance scholarships and exhibitions °Q the results of the examinations held la6t week: X S. d- Goronwy Owen Edwards, Tcrwyn County School n (David Davies Scholarship) 40 Hubert Edmund Jones, Aberystwyth County 0 0 School (Principal's Scholarship) 4Q Ada Burns, Stretford Secondary School (Viai- o tors' Scholarship) S" Thomas Henry Thompson jSvans, Bhyl County 0 0 School (Keeling Scholarship) ™ Robert Griffith Roberts, Portmadoc County 0 H School (Commercial Travellers' Scholarship).. Alan Whatham, Aberystwyth County School „ n 0 (Welsh Scholarship) 20 u Alfred Sydney Benatoad, MmvLMpai OoKtenl « °v.° RfclKums Scholarship) 20 q q E^a.r;>, Plli Co-mty ?chor>: (Open ai:d .TiO'.e; o; Cl«x-e ditto) 15 0 fi WMliam i'ritchard Dodd, Wrexham County a School (Welsh Exhibition and moiety of jfl Close ditto) 15 o «• w: May Olive Stephens, Welsh Girls' School, 0 „ Ashford (Open Exhibition) 10 David Evans (Blaenffos), Cardigan County o School (Open Exhibition) 10 Albert Victor Porter, Secondary Day School, a Southend (Open Exhibition) io 0 Eva Frances Kingtiam, Watford Grammar « School (Open Exhibition) 10 0 John Peate, Machynlleth County School (A. C. 0 Humphreys-Owen Scholarship) 20 0 0 Philip Basil Jones, Aberdare County School 0 (Welsh Exhibition) 10 0 0 Gwendoline Elizabeth Taylor, Wrexham County School (Ellis Evton Exhibition) 10 0 Clara Anne Elton, Welshpool County School 0 (Welsh Exhibition) 10 0 0 Charles Patterson, Newport County School (Welsh Exhibition) io 0 0 Clifford William Judd, Lewis Endowed School, 0 Pongam (Welsh Exhibition) 10 0 0 David Borar, Carmarthen Grammar School (Elizabeth Davies, Brynteify, Scholarship).. 20 0 0 Thomas Richard Maldwyn Price. Welshpool County School (David Jenkins Music Exhibi- 0 tion) 10 0 0 Isaac Jones, Aberystwyth Count.v School (Car- diganshire Agricultural Exhibition) 10 0 0 Margaret Haigh, Girls' Grammar School, Keighlev (Lilian Bowman Exhibition) 6 0" T. H. Parry-Williams, University College of Wales (Cynddelw Scholarship) 20 0 0
MYSTEKY OF A WARSHIP.
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MYSTEKY OF A WARSHIP. PEMBROKESHIRE SHIPWRIGHT FOUND DEAD. An inquest was held at nesday touching the dea*ho shipwright, belonsms to on previous body was found m tne ea<rs of age< and a day. Deceased waf„^iTC. native of Fembrok last saw deceased Albert Coase g^ptgmber, when he was alive on the l4t\,aieep- He was 6ft. from it lying on deck port-hole lbcrt Bumpus, boatswain, hia Harry, A Indue n.f said no man MaJ^ntally fall through the port-hole, Mob was 4ft. or 5ft. from the deck. Deceased a character. John Harries, of Llanelly, locomotive inspector on the Great Western Railway, w fch^n eaid brotheT Christinas. He then said he liked the Navy. He was i!i« ea^ L° + his mdowed mother, to whom v y k° was missed. It wo* much letter- His brother could not a**1"3 drowned? returned a verdict of
CURATE AS RESISTER.
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CURATE AS RESISTER. PROTEST AGAINST THE COUNTY EDUCATION AUTHORITY. Mr. J. T. Llewellyn, assistant overseer. applied at Penart,h -Polioe-court on Wednes- day for a. summons against Rev. E. T. Davies. curate-in-charge of St. Augustine's Church, Penarthr for the non-payment of a general district rate- defendant's refusal wa3 because morgan Education Com* niittoe^ had illegally appropriated the rate- payers money, and because the council had purposely failed to administer the Act of 1902, Clause 7, Part 3, which certifies that the education authority shall maintain and keep efficient all provided schools within its jurisdiction. The application was granted.
----. A FRAUDULENT BANKER.
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A FRAUDULENT BANKER. RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT FOR SIR GEO. ARBUTHNOT. Sir George Arbuthnot, senior partner of the late banking firm of Arbuthnot and Co-, has been convicted in the second court at Madras of fraudulently and dishonestly dis- posing of property in favour of Arbuthnot and Co. by creating a mortgage of t-t-O lakhe of rupees in the form of debentures, and issuing the same to Arbuthnot and Co-, when such loan was not wanted for the Plir- poses of Arbuthnots Industrials (Limited), and has been sentenced to eighteen months rigorous imprisonment.—Eeuter.
GIRL IN A CATALYPTIC FIT
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GIRL IN A CATALYPTIC FIT In connection with the waifs and strays outing at Barry Island on Saturday, a gi" named Maggie CaJlaghian, thirteen, living 73, Helen-street, Cardiff, was found lying °a the seat of the railway oarriage in an uncon- scious condition when the train arrived at Barry Dock. Ordinary means failed. to brinog her round, and restoratives seemed to have no effect. Dr. Billiups was sent for. and pronounced the oase to be one Of- cata- lepsy, brought on by over-excitement. S'lle was taken home about three o'clock. MISS Trounce took charge of the girl when returned to Cardiff.