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1184 THE LE ADE It. __ _ [No. 351, Satur...
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Loss of Puopebty ok A Railway-.—Mr. Keys...
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a strange story , to tlio effect that she had been tempted rei ? o steal some of her master ' s goods by Rodenwho said th < her husb and was in trouble , and-wanted a little money be to help him oat . She was afterwards drawn more and ca ; more into the toils , unt il she was i nduced to be a party an to the burglary . Subsequently , she joined the thieves , vii but was soon deserted by them , and left without a penny bl < of the proceeds . She was sentenced to a years hard foi labour ; the others to six years'penal servitude . ot rei ren ihe be case an blo for of
1184 The Le Ade It. __ _ [No. 351, Satur...
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' ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' . ' . - .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ha THE GREAT BULLION ROBBERY . th : It appears that Tester left Sweden ( where he had been employed for some months past on the Royal hwedish of Railway ) some three or four we eks ago , having been dis- b missed from his situation before he had himself received any intimation of Agar ' s revelations . He at once ( ac- M cording to statements published in the daily papers ) cc decided upon returning to England , and accordingly eA quitted Sweden for Copenhagen , passing thence to Hani- h ( burg . Learning on . his way the danger of his position , gc and coming to the conclusion that the statement of Agar h had led to his dismissal from his appointment , he passed l )( from Hamburg through Bel gium to Calais , and thence , s < hardy as it may seem , to Dover . What followed reads t ( like a chapter of romance , and i s , in fact , one of the ^ strangest episodes in the great gold epic ; for at Dover , t ] without the interventi on of any elaborate disguise , but n simply with the collar of his coat turned up , he remained c upon the platform at the railway-station for nearly an c hour , took his seat in the train , travelled up to town m h the ordinary way , and passed through the London- fl bridge terminus without inquiry , or even a suspicion t being entertained that the man upon whom the company c were , above all others , anxious to lay tlieir hands , had c so easily eluded pursuit . What makes this more sin- g gular still is the fact that that very night Mr . Kees , fl solicitor for the prosecution , travelled down the line to fc Dover for the purpose of endeavouring to gain some in- j formation as to the whereabouts of the fugitive from j , Tester ' s father , who resides there . After arriving at _ London , Tester had an interview on Monday mth his * professional adviser , to whom he asserted his entire ig- j norance of the charge , and stated his determination to surrender himself on the re-examination of Tierce and ^ Burgess on Wednesday . _ > Ti On that day , Tester made his appearance in court ^ atfu was put at the bar . Mr . Bodkin ( for the prosecution ) I f then said that , as the third party implicated by the ^ evidence of Agar was now in custbdy for the first time , it would be necessary to have the evidence previously taken read over in . his hearing ; but , to save the time of several banking clerks who were present , he proposed first to take their evidence with regard to the tracing of certain Bank of England notes , obtained at the Bank for the American eagles , and one hundred ounces of gold sold directly after the robbery for 620 / . Agar had said that the gold so obtained was exchanged for notes ; and this was singularly corroborated by the fact that about thirteen days after the robbery six hundred sovereigns were changed at the Bank for six 100 / . notes . The name given at the Bank by the party who changed them was Edgington ; but this was no doubt false , as it could be proved that of these six notes for 100 ? . Burgess changed two , Tester three , and Pierce one . Evidence confirma tory of these st atements having been given by a great many witnesses , the further hearing was adjourned to Saturday ( this day ) , when it is supposed the case will be completed . had the of by M ev to to a ' t ' ; p 1 f ^ T M ' ' f . ' * ir d ** d lt 19 ie 13 ) e id lg r . ~ 13
Loss Of Puopebty Ok A Railway-.—Mr. Keys...
Loss of Puopebty ok A Railway-. —Mr . Keys , a traveller for a large London house , has lost a case , containing nearly 20001 . worth of watches , while travelling by railway from Coleraine to Derry . It is evident that the case was stolen , and one of the porters was for some days in custody - under suspicion , but he has been liberated on finding tail to appear again -when called on . A Venerable Impostor . —A well-dressed , gentlemanly-looking old man , of rather venerable appearance , who declined either to state his name or address , was brought up at Bow-street , charged with obtaining money from Sir Walter Trevelyan , 13 art , by false pretences . The prosecution was conducted by Captain Wood , manager of the Mendicity Society , who stated that the man was the most successful impostor of the day . For upwards of four years he had pursued his present career without detection , the officers of the Mendicity Society having adopted every possible manoeuvre to catch him without avail . Ho was at length tracked by Horsford , the society ' s officer , who appears to have succeeded to the mantle of detective ingenuity left him . by his father ; and the impostor -was apprehended immediately after receiving money from Sir Walter Trevelyan . Destitution at tub East op London . —Mr . Josiah Viney , Minister of Bethnal-grcen-rpad Chapel , writes to tlio Timea Bomo particulars of the destitute state of the poor in hia neighbourhood . He saye : — " In a room , six feet square , the entire furniture of which is about 7 a . in value , exist nine persons—a man hia wife , and seven children . The man is Bcvorel y afflicted , unable to work . The wife earns a precarious subsistence by washing and needlework . The entire proceeds of the family arc 5 s . per week , out of which 2 s . must be regularly paid for a u- ag at ne > e- 1 « - ir- as , i » g re- kin : ed he liis lie ia- jth » . rs ity re- Sir iah to the six in rcn > rk . ind 5 s . for
t , or their all would be seized . ' "Why not go into house ? ' The poor fellow replied , ' I cannot bear to parted from my wife and children . ' I - mention this as coming under' my own knowledge , and simply as ; illustration of hundreds more . This afternoon I visited a policeman dying of consumption , the effect ' of j ws received on duty . His young -wife had-worked , j three days , and , after walking to and fro a distance . | eight mile ? , with her heavy child in her arms , had j received , as the prodnce of her labour , Is . He , however , i a small pension , but , liaving overdrawn it , was in J utmost distress , and had parted with his blanket and i coverlet to obtain food and fire . " Subscriptions in aid the poor , to be sent to him at the chapel , are solicited Mr . Viney , Tiik Convict Marley . —Since the . condemnation . of arley , he has behaved with great resignation , and-has confessed to the commission of the crime , which , how-.. er , lie said he did not contemplate a quarter of an hour before . He was accidentally passing by , and seeing no one in the shop but Cope , the thought struck him that it was a good opportunity to commit a rob- bery . lie therefore went in , but the blows which he struck -were only g iven ( according to his own account ) stun the shopman . The life-preserver , he says , is a weapon constantly carried about by persons who are in the habit of committing robberies , In the hurry of the moment , he snatched up - ( under the impression that it contained valuable property ) a basket lying on the counter , wrapped in a blue bag , which , however , merely held a codfish . This he threw away shortly before he arrived at Bridge-street ; for he denies that he handed it an accomplice , and indeed asserts that he had no ac- complices at all . He appears to have received a good education , and at onetime he served in the army , and showed great bravery during the Kufrir war . Having fterwards taken to a life of crime , he was sentenced to ransportation for hoiisebreaking , but obtained his liberty under the ticket-of-leave system . He states , however , that he had . no chance of obtaining -any em- loyment , and that he was again compelled to resort to his-evil . ways . The execution will take place next Monday morniug . Embezzlejiknts at Liverpool . — Liverpool has witnessed numerous instances of defalcations within tbe paiistjvelve months , and last week several other cases were allied to the catalogue . The most serious , and the one-which will , perhaps , create most surprise , is the flight of Mr . James Shaw , agent in Liverpool of tlie District Provident Society , whose accounts exhibit de- falcations to the extent of 2600 L . How such ¦ a large amount of money could bu withdrawn without awaken- ing the attention of the auditors and the committee is an astonishing circumstance . The committee appear to feel that their supervision has been somewhat lax , na they have themselves made up the required amount . This course was adopted ait a meeting held on Thursday week , several members of the body subscribing ; as much as 100 / . each to coyer the deficiency . Mr . Shaw ' s office was at No . 4 , Queen-square , his residence being ; in Love lane , Wavertree . —Another case has occurred within the past few days , the facts of which are thus stated : Mr William Ellis , cashier to Messrs . Abram Gartside and Co ., woolbrokers , of Bretherton-Buildings , 10 , North John-street , was missing from his duties on Monday . He was accustomed to talce the cash-box every Saturday afternoon to the shop of Mr . Jones , silversmith , Castle street , where it was kept until Monday morning . The box usua l l y contained a large sum of money , but deficiencies up to Monday had been noticed . On the box being then eent for by Mr . Gartside , it was fouad on examination that about 300 / . was wanting , and siib sequent inquiries have swelled the amount of defalcation to more than 1000 ? . Ellis , whose quiet demeanour and gentle disposition secured many friends , had been in t employment of Messrs . Abram Gartaide and Co . from youth upwards , and had succeeded in obtaining tlieir entire confidence . He was believed to be steady , sofcer and ' a good churchman . —Liverpool Albion . Hocussing on A Ra . ilway . —A gentleman was re cently travelling to Reading on the Great Western Railway . While in the waiting-room at the station happened to show a large amount of gold and notes his pocket-book , and having got into an empty compart ment of a first-class carriage , he was followed by fashionably-dressed man , who began to talk with him the various topics of the day . At length , the stranger took from Iub pocket a flask and a glass , poured « ome sherry , and drank it , and was about to return flask to his pocket , when lie begged his fellow passenge pardon for not asking liiin to take a glass with him first , and hoped lie would do so then . The gentleman consented , drank , and immediately fell asleep , and not wake till the train arrived at Swindon , when | found himself alone , and minus G'Jl . \ but fortunatel a larger sum , which wan concealed about hia person , thief hud paused over . It is supposed tlint the ilask double , and contained real sherry and some drugged liquid . Fkauds ov Raimvav Emi'loyks . —Wo believe we betraying no confidence in stating that the directors the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , impelled by t repeated seriou « disclosures of oilicial men south of Tweed , recently resolved on instituting a rigid investi .
the the tw < sta to 4-li res tin -N < ne j up ne | cfl ni ca ¦ th pa — ca Ja tli . «" st cc P < U -Vs a ] b < tl v h d . ' . n t r > ° v r r * c a } -i ' ' J , < J ' - ' . ' - no s he his , - lie in - a on out the r ' s at did he y the was arc of he the - gation into their affairs by a thorough examination of the books employed by the clerks at every station oa their line . The investigation extends over a period of two years , and already , at some of the stations , circumstances , we regret to say , have been disclosed sufficient to warrant the wise decision of the railway directors . Alloa Advertiser . The Dead AMOira the Xiving . —Two sho pkeepers residing in King-street , St . Saviour ' s , attended before tho Southwark magistrate , aud stated , that in a room , at No . 16 , the dead body of a young woman ha d been lying nearly nineteen days in a coftin . The room-was locked | up , the deceased ' s father , who rented , it , and who owed nearly 60 / . to the landlord , liaving gone away ; and the effluvia was so offensive as to be injurious ' to the inmates of the house and the neighbourhood . The applicants iv ished to know what could be done to remove tlie body . The magistrate advised them to appl y to the parish authorities . Embezzlement on the East Lancashire Railway . - —With respect to same alleged frauds on the East Lancashire Railway ,, we- have received a statement from Mr . James Smithells , tlie general manager , who says that there have been some misrepresentations in the papers , and adds : — " The facts are , that Joh n Johnson , late our station-master at Ormskirk , was in September last discovered to have embezzled a sum of about twenty-nine pounds . He was then brought before the magistrates at Bury , and was committed to take his trial at the October Quarter Sessions at Salford . Bail was taken for his appearance ; he afterwards absconded , and has not since been heard of . Johnson , on his appointment , gave , through the British Guarantee Society , the security invariably requi red from every servant who has charge of money , and this Company will not lose one penny toy his defalcations . " Bukglaky near Sheffield . — Four men , & few niglits ago , broke into the house of Mr . Bradley , about two miles from Sheffield , and , going into that gentleman ' s bedroom , while two o ther men were keeping vatcb on the lawn outside , mad « an attack on him and his wife with bludgeons loaded at the end with lead . Mr . Bradley was severely hurt on the hand , and Mrs . Bradley on tb . 3 breast . One of the men was armed with a revolver belonging to Mr . Bradley ; and , by means of threats , the thieves induced him to give them a ll the money he had in the room , amounting to nearly 40 Z . in casli , and a bill of exchange for 100 / . They also took away two gold watches , a quantity of jewellery , and otbw valuable property . Mrs . Bradley's mother was lying sick in another room ' -wbich the burglars entered , threatening her with death if sLe made any alarm . They likewise 3 menaced the servants , and then left with their booty . , Mr . Bradley ' s house was very strongly fastened ; but 3 the robbers broke throug h all obstructions . A large and vigilant dog was kept in the yard ; but , as he did not ' bark once during the night , it is supposed he was i drugged . e A Boy Mukiwsbed a . t Sea . —The brig Mars , of Dundee , commanded by Captain James Burn , was e driven by stress of weather on to the Cornish coasts a few days ago . After all hands had come on ahorc , some & of the crew laid a charge against the captain of having , h by repeated .. acts of ill-usage , murd ered a cabin boy named Robert Beecroft , of from fourteen to fifteen years v of age , who had been shipped at Lowes toft on tli « 3 rd of last June , while on their voyage from Dundee to c Cuba . During the passage out , tho boy was not Ulo treated . He was healthy , but not v ery strong , and ne ie wob Bick for some days while in the West Indies ; but d he recovered before they took ship home . On the pas-,- sage back , the captain , finding that the boy did not ao is his work as quickly as was desired ( though he appea " id to have been willing , and to have done tho best nc , could ) , beat him Bavagely on several occasions—once on iB the day before lie died . After death , his body was ir found to be ahockingly truised and discoloure d , ine r captain ( who seems to have been sometimes intoxicateai ' has been committed for trial on a charge of ^ VUtuJ e- Murder . ^ l . rn The Italian Convicts at Winchester . — l m tl 0 Italians convicted at Wincheater for a murder on tno in high 8 ea 3 , and now lying under sentenco ofde « D , ¦ t- having complained that some statements in justincauoB a which they were prepared to make were « ° t lwteneaw , 3 a a meeting has been held with the object of taking JP . er their cause . An interpreter has been cmnloyei to taw ut down tho men's statements in Italian and l < ng » fc , »« be these will bo forwarded to the High Sheriff . *™ r ' three prisoners , " Bays a correspondent of tUe urn * at " at first seemed in great distress of mind from an an idea that their , execution would take place mroc lid diately , but became more tranquil on bang told w » ho at least fourteen days' resp ite would bo alloved tbeni . . . Iv Tho gi-eat distress of tho youngest prisoner , only wgnwhe years of age , seems to arise from tho knowledge of tie -as grief Ins ignominious end will cause hia family , nnd to ; cd his brothers and aistcra , of whom , ho says , uu iro BC T « k Cheat Nobthehn Fuauds .-A f ^ 11 '"^ ' of nation of Kednatli and Kent took place on l Il « rB "JY , l ho when the case against tliem was strengthenedI bv _ na ho tional evidence . The next examination w » m " » ti- Friday , the 19 th . —Some correspondenc e uctwoui
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 13, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13121856/page/8/
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