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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-3-3, Page 6ILLICIT LOVE AND MURDER. A Wr011ged Ilueband ;Deliberately Shoote His Wife'S Parties:tour. WATERING PLACE TRAGEDY. A Cantles, France, cable says ; The most iatonse excitement wars emceed in the large American colony here toalay by the au. uounceinent that one of the mot promineat visitors at the place, Mr. Edward Parker Deacon, a aative of the United States, had. shot and killed. a Frenchman named Abseil°. All scats of stories were in circa - Wien in roped to the afficie, but the mat. ter finally resolved itself into a question of honor, a case where a man avenged to the death the disgraoe and infetny brought upon him and his children by his wife and her lover. The story is an old oae—a handsome woman meted to a man whom she betrays, forgetting in her infatuation or fancy for another mau her OWA reputation, the repu- tation of her husband, and bringing shame and sorrow upon her children. Mr. Deacon and his wife have been sojourning for some little time past at Hotel Splendid°, one of the fashionable hotels of this watering place. With them Were their four children. There was noth- ing in the actions of Mr. Deacon to indicate that he tied any suspicious that his wife VAS unfaithful to him. On the contrary, they appeared as devoted to each other as is usual in the case of people who have been married for years. They followed the usual round pursued by society people here, and -cip to the very moment of the occurrence there was no Dedication of the tragedy that resulted in the sudden death of the wife's paramour. It has transpired, however, since the shooting that Mr. Deacon sus- pected that his wife was unduly intimate with M. Abeille, who Was connected with the French diplomatic service, and he kept a Mose though unobserved watch upon her actions. e saw or heard nothing that would. positively confirm his suspicions lentil last night. It appears that the room at the hotel occupied by Mr. Deacon and the chil- dren was on the first floor, that is up. one flight of stairs. Mrs. Deacon slept in a room on the ground floor, and on the same /leer were the apartments occupied by M. At midnight last night Mr. Deacon,who was in his room, heard a, peculiar noise in his wife's room, which was immediately beneath his own. His suspicious were at once awak- ened,and he descended the stairs and listened at the door of his wife's room. Heheard her talking,and then he heard the voice of a man replying to her. In a moment suspicion be- came a certainty, and Mr. Deacon realized that his wife had betrayed and disgraced him. The knowledge drove hirn fairly wild with auger and shame, and he at once de- cided to elay the despoiler of his family. He .dashed up the stairs to his room and pro - tared a loaded. revolver. Then with a feel. big of pathetic misery he bent over the bed wherein were sleeping his innocent little children and impressed upon their foreheads the last kiss of his happy days. The sight of them steeled him la his determination to avenge the wrong that their mother had placed upon him and them. Leaving his children asleep, Mr. Deacon went to the room of the seceretary of the hotel, and, arousing him, told him of the eondition of affairs, and requested him to accompany him to his wile room. The secretary agreed, and together they went to Mrs. Deacon's room. Mr. Deacon knocked upon the door, but no one came, neither Was any answer made, Mr. Deacon then forced in the door and entered the room. He found his wife alone, and though she anade a desperate effort to keep calm, and easle him vat brought him there at that time of night, hewaa not deceived. He at once proceeded to an adjoining room, which -opened from that in which his wife slept, and there he discovered M. Abeille who was crouched down and attempting to hide himself behind an arm chair. Mr. Deacon at once levelled his revolver at the shrink- ing and thoroughly frightened man, and taking deliberate aim fired three shots at him. Two of the bullets struck Abeille, one taking effect in his arm and the other in his chest. The noise of the shots alarmed the people in the house, and for a time the greatest excitement prevailed. The wounded man was carried to his own room and doctors were summoned. They, however, mild do nothing for him except to alleviate his easen, and at 11 o'clock this morning he died. Mr. Deacon was at once placed under arresb, but it is the general opinion among the American residents here that he did 4' just the right thing." eatereras, Feb. 19.—The shooting of M. Abeille by Mr. Deacon continues to be the absorbing topic of conversation among the large American colony here, and though there are many expressions of regret that Mrs. Deacon should have brought oath dis- grace upon herself and her family, the con- sensus of opinion is that Mr. Deacon is de- serving of all sympathy. The whole Riviera, is discussing the case, and from the information that reaches here, it Call readily be judged that Mr. Demon's action in shooting his wife'a paramour meets with general commendation. A despatch has been received here from Paris stating that the mother of Abeille has left that city for Cannes for the purpose of taking charge of the body of her son and conveying it back to Paris. Mr. Deacon, who surrendered to the police immediately after the shooting, was toalay examined by a magistrate. Mr. Deacon was calm, and gave an account of the incidents that led up to the killing of Abeille. His story, though it does not agree in all its details with the published accounts a)f the affair, confirms in a measure the first telegraph reports of the shooting. In response to the magistrate's questions, Mr. Deacon said he arrived at the Hotel Splendid° shortly after midnight. .As be entered the corridor he saw a light shilling through the space under the door of his wife's room. Though there was nothing in this of itself to cause him to suspect that a =an was in his wife's company, it did for some unexplainable reasen reawaken his suspicions that his wife was unfalehful to him. His suspicions regarding his wife's honor had been aroused some months prior to this by the conductof hiswife; but he had no tangible proof that she was doing wrong. 'When he maw the light under her door, however, his suspicion became a certainty and he determined to at once confirm his worst fears. He summoned the clerk of -the hotel and he in company broke in the door of the room. He saw Abeille hiding behind an arm chair and fired thee° times at hina. Mr. Deacon added that it was nob his intention to kill the man, but only to wound him. Mr. Deacon asked that the 'Magistrate admit him to bell. The Magis- trate proroised to consider the application. Jzi the meantime Mr. Deacon will have to remain in prison, Mrs. Deaden was then examined. She told a story which con - Armed that or her husband. The Hamilton (Seettend) Town Couhell ate to confer the freedom of the burgh on Lord Aberdeen on the occasion of his visit to open the Liberal Chile in April nexa A CRUEL MOTHER. Mee% Xeataga 00Minieted e'er Trial for Alardering Her Baby, DARK CLOSET PUNISHMENT. A Dublin cable Bays : A despatch from Coleraine, ie. county Londonderry, 47 milers from here, says that Mrs. Anna Mergeret Montagu, daughter of Lord Robert Montagu, was committed for trial this morning on the charge of causing the death of her daughter, Mary ittlelen Montagu, a child only 3 years of age. Only the bare details of the affair are known at present, as the greatest efforts have been made to keep the matter secret, and to shield, as far as possible, the important family involved ; but the crime is of such a shocking nature that the servants, neighbors and others insist that justice should be clone and there seems to be a prospect that a lady of the Montagu family may meet death at the hangman's hands. From the accounts of the affair that have reached here, it name that the poor child had been badly used by its governess in ad- dition to being the object of hatred of its mother. The governess locked the child in a dark room as punishment for some mis- behavior. The mother appears to have be- come so enraged at her little daughter's conduct that she resolved to punish her still more severely, and going to the dark room tied her baby daughter's hands behind her hack with some stout string, which cut deeply into the child's tender flesh, and then, not satisfied with this severe treat- ment she connected the end of this atring to a ring in the wall, half stringing the baby up and half fastening her to the wall. After the mother left the child in this posi- tion tho poor child's cries grew fainter, and then ceased entirely. Those who noticed that the child had ceased crying came to the conclulion that the had become recon- ciled to her imprisonment in the dark room, and that she had concluded that the less noise she make the sooner she would be placed at liberty. At the expiration of three hours the door of the dark room was visited, and when several knocks at the door failed to obtain a reply from the child, the door was opened and the little one was seen huddled up under the ring in the wall, the body being upheld by the cruel string fastened around her arms and secured to the ring. Her face was horribly discolored and distorted, and a further examination showed that: she was dead. Medical attendance was sent for, bra all efforts to bring the child back to life proved fruitless. The physician, servants and neighbors who heard of the air were furl. ouly indignant against the cruel mother, and insisted that justice should be done. Mrs. Montagu was taken into custody. She said she was utterly broken-hearted at what had occurred, and that her sole object in fastening the child to the wall was to pre- vent her from kicking at the door of the room ha whieh she had been confined, and so disturbing the family. A Belfast cable says : Mrs. Montagu, of Coleraine, was brought before the local Police Magistrate yesterday charged with the murder of hor daughter Helen, aged 3 years, whom she had tied up to a ring in the wall of a darkaloset, in which she was confined for three hours. Mrs. Montagu seemed heart -broken over the death of her little daughter, which it is generally be- lieved was not Maliciously brought about, but was the result of a cruel system of pun- ishment on a highly sensitive child. In spite of the influence of influential friends and the pleas of counsel, Mrs. Montagu was com- mitted for trial. It is farther stated that other serious instances of cruelty upon the part of Mrs. Montagu to her child will be disclosed at the trial. Mary Helen, the baby ged, was born on February 5th, 1889. The more light let in upon the tragedy the worse appears the conduct of Mrs Montagu. At the inquest she testified to the fact that she forgot the child was in the dark mom, and that when she went to release it from con- finement she found that the little girl was insensible. Continuing, Mrs. Montagu said that she then carried the child to her own bed -room, stripped it of its clothing, and tried to restore it to consciousness before giving the alarm. That is the story told by the mother; but rumor has it that the poor child was stripped of its clothing before it was imprisoned, and that it was naked when found dead, and half - frozen. It is further stated that the dark closet was a terror to others of Mrs. Montagras children, who will likely be called upon to testify to the cruel treat- ment they have on many occasions received from both their mother and their governess. Some of the servants report that while the mother was endeavoring to restore her child to life, the governess was busy at work in the Interior of the closet removing pulleys from the ceiling and rings from the walls, and leather straps and cords, by which the unfortunate victims could be secured in ingeniously painful poeitions. It is said -these tortures were resorted to in the training of the children, because Mrs. Montagu, who was a believer in corporal punishment, was absolutely forbidden by her husband to use the rod m any form with her children. Mrs. Montagu is the daughter-in-law of Lord Robert Montagu, who is an uncle of the present Duke of Manchester. Her maiden name was Meldicking. She is of the "landed gentry," her father being Mr. Gilbert McMicking, of Miltonise, Ireland. She was married to Mr. Robert Montagu, eldest surviving son of Lord Robert Mon- tagu, in.1880, and, besides the child whom she is accused of killing, she is the mother of six sons. Mr. Robert Montagu is a first careen of the present Duke of Manchester, who is best known in this country. as Lord Ikaandeville. There are three lives between him and the dukedom, two of them of younger men than himself. Shot Two Women and Snicided. A New York despatch says: Mrs. Annie Stevens, aged 25 years, was shot in the shoulder and in the neck at her home, No. 107 Allen street, this evening by her hus- band, Henry Stevens. The wounds are very serious. Stevens also shot and seriously injured Nellie Smith, aged 26 years, who was in his wife's company at the time. Two shots were fired at Miss Smith, one taking effect in the moubh and the other in the left arm. The would-be murder, thinking he had slain the two women, then turned the pistol on himself, and with fatal effect, the bullet, lodging in his brain. New opens -glass cases have a seeret com- partment at the bottom of the velvet or plush bag, whose clasp is hidden from all rave the owner. In this hidden receptacle are Mowed away a powder puff, it comb, a bottle of eel volatile and two or three hair pins, and the cover of the case le a minute Mrs, llurnphry Ward, the, author of " Robert, Elemere ' arid "the History of David Grieve," is 4/ yearn old. Wife, at 2 a, m.—I was just. &whimv ef the past, and the noise you made w fie ttn. locking the door produced a discotd. Au& band—Yett you see the key botheeed. A BAD PARBOX Outrageously Assaults a Lady in a Rail- way Oar, THEN THROWS HER our. A London cable rays : In the Tamworth Police Court to -day Rev, Mr. Goodall, local preacher, Was arraigned on the charge of attempting to assault airs. Siddals, who was a fellow -passenger of the rev. gentle- man in a railway carriage on the evening of January llth last. As the train approaohed Tamworth the lady was seen clinging to the railing of a coach, while maintaining a pee - carious footing on the footboard. She was much excited, and before the train stopped she fell or jumped from the footboard, and on, ;striking the ground austained serious injuries. She was unconscious when picked up and could give no account of what had happened, but Goodall, who was in the compartment from which the lady had emerged, was held on suspicion of having molested her and having caused her to jump from the train. It was not until January 25th that Mrs. Siddalls recovered consciousness, and she then accused the minister of hayingeeattempted to take im- proper liberties with her on the train. She said that when he found that he could not overpower her he thrust her out of the oar, and that in her excitement, though she had at first caught hold of the railing, she was unable to retain her graspand fell to the ground. Goodall was arraigned on January 25th, but Mrs. Sidclalls was not yet suffi- ciently recovered to make it safe for her to appear in court, and the physician who was attending her testified that it was doubtful if she ever regained her reason,88 her brain was affected by her terrible ex- perience. The case was postponed to await the result of the lady's illness. For- tunately a change for the better took place soon afterwards, and the patient has been slowly improving until she is now considered out of danger. When the case was called to -day, Mr. Saundley, who is in attendance upon the sick woman, informed the court that his patient had recovered her reason and would probably be strong enough to ftp. pear in court next week. The prisoner was thereupon remanded until next Monday, when Mrs. Siddells is expected to tell her story under oath. Goodall claims that the woman misconstrued a -polite effort on his part to enter into a oonversation with her for the purpose of passing the time,and that being apparently an extremely nervous person she became excited and attempted to leave the ear. He also says that her declar- ation that he attempted to assault her should not be given much weight, as her physician admits that she was not in sound mental condition after the accident-. Not- uithatanding this plea in his own defence, the p'reacher has not succeeded in altering the generel opinion that he is guilty, e,nd the common expectation is that he will be convicted and punished severely for the atrocious offence which Mrs. Siddalls charges against him. UNFOUNDED JEALOUSY Leads a Woman to Com- mit a Murderous Assault. A Rome cable says: The details of a tragedy growing out of jealousy have been revealed bya trial in a provincial court, which has just resulted in the sentencing of Signora Morrelli to two years'imprisonment for stabbing and attempting to kill her sup- posed rival, Signora Azelini. ' The „latter's husband emigrated some time ago to Aus- tralia, and her grass widowhood was com- forted, according to rumors which reached the ears of Signora Morrelli, by Signor Mor- relli's attentions. The suspicions wife dressed herself in male attire, and waylaid Signora Azelini as she was returning from mass at Triangle, her path leading along a lonely road in the mountainous region of Valtellina. Springing upon her victim, the Morrelli woman stabbed her in a savage manner, inflicting eleven wounds, and cutting off her ears and nose, as well as most of her scalp. Signora Azelini re- covered from her terrible injuries, though deprived of her good looks. She had recognized her seemingly male assailant as Signora. Morrelli, and caused the arrest of the would-be murderess. The trial re. suited in a conviction for assault only, as the intention of murder could not be proven, and the light sentence of two years' imprisonment was all that the court could impose. It was clearly shown by the developments since the stabbing took place that the jealousy of Signora Morrelli was unfounded, and that the crime in which her passions involved her had not even the slight excuse which a flirtation between her 'husband. and Signora Azelini would have afforded. A BIG WOMAN DEAD. She Weighed Over TOD P- ounds and Had a Hundred -Pound Husband. A Winnipeg despatch says: Mrs. Chip. pewa the largese woman in the World, dien on February and at Dog Lake, an Indian reservation on the shores of Lake Manitoba, distant from Winnipeg a little over 100 miles. The avoirdupois of the deceased was phenomenal. She tipped the scales at over 700 pounds a few days,before she died. The cause of death, though an autopsy has not been made, was undoubtedly due to fatty degeneration of the heart. The woman was born 47 years ago on the shores of Hudson Bay. She moved to Lake Mani- toba district with her parents seventeen years ago, where she has since resided, ex- cepting a few weeks spent in the Winnipeg museum six years ago. At that time she weighed 624 pounds, She was five feet eleven inches in height, and a full-blooded squaw. After death the body was placed in a coffin seven feet long and five feet across, The woman was married to an Indian weighing less than 100 pounde. Mr. Fred. Burrows, of this city, had arranged to take her to the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893. Eloped With the Preacher. A Mount Pleasant, Mich., despatch says: Allen G. 'Reynolds, Free Methodist minion; formerly of the Township of Nottawa, this county, anA Anna Nichols, wife of one of his flock, are in jail here. About one year ago'the couple deserted their families, and taking four of the women's children and two of the minister's, left for parts unknown, and not until recently could any trace of them be ob- tained. They were found living in Wood County, Wis. The sheriff went after them and brought them here. Parnell's mother recently placed a Celtic cross of flowers uport his grave, which bore this inscription : May the spirit for which Charles Stewart Parnell died freshly revive With the new year and live forever. "So that distinguished looking lady is your wife, eh "No ; that distin- guished looking lady's huebancl." The total debt of the city of Montreal amounts to 4310,006,000. Uncle Tom's Cabin" bids fait to run on forever. A new edition moon to be issued will sell for a quarter in paper and half a dollar in cloth, and 160,600 will be made, PERRY WAS THE MAN. The Rochester Express Rubber Confesses That Be is Guilty. THE MESSENCBR'S CONDITION. A Rochester despatch says : Daniel Mo- Inery, the express messenger who had such o thrilling experience yesterday morning, was brought to his home in this city and surgical aid summoned. He was under the influence of auresthetics this forenoon and his surgeon would not allow him to see strangers. His worst wound is that through the right thigh. The bullet must have been one from the largest pistol the robber carried. The wound on his forehead is slight, and that in his left band was made by a fragment of a large bullet, as the piece was found in the wound. The bullet must have struck MeInery's pistol and the larger fragment missed him. McInery told hie family that when he found himself in the power of the robber he rolled out some of the least valuable packages and covered valuable ones with them. The robber WaS impatient to get currency, and threatened to shoot if it was not surrendered. He said to the messenger, "You can't fool me. I've been in this business before." While the robber was waiting to get the money the train reached Lyons and the genie was up. Mrs. MoLaery said of her son, "He was always gritty. I knew if be was tackled he would fight it out." J. B. Prentiss, agent for the American Express Company in this city, went to Lyons last night and had an interview with the robber. Mr. Prentiss laid this morning : " He is the same man who committed the Utica robbery, Oliver Curtis Perry. He ad- mitted the whole thing, and told where he had been since the Utica robbery. He said he had been in. Canada,downSouth and in the West. He said he wrote that letter from Canada and put a United States pos- tage stamp on ib, but was told that it would not go with that stamp, and then put on a Cauaclian stamp. He did not go in the directiun indicated in the letter. He says that he has always gone under his own name, and was indignant at the state- ment that he took any other name. Ile told me he knew when they were after him in any place and avoided arrest by changing his voice and putting on gold spectacles, PROBABLY .1 BLUBBER. - — A Row in an Orillia Bar -room Ends in Shooting. An °Hills despatch says: The bar -room of the Queen's Hotel was to -night the scone of a shooting affray, in which A. B. Tud- hope newly lost his life and William Hood lies in the lock-up under a charge that may yet be murder. Hood, who came to Orillia last spring and erected a shooting gallery near the lake, was addicted to drink. He was in the Queen's bar about 7 p. m., when Tudhope came in and began chaffing him, ultimately throwing Hood on the floor and sitting on him. When Hood asked Tudhope to let him up, Tudhope made the remark that he would if Hood would treat. To this Hood made no remark, lying still for a minute or more. Then he suddenly turned over, whisked a 32 -calibre revulver from his hip pocket, and, pointing it at Tudhope's heart, discharged the weapon, at the same time making a vile remark. There were three eye -witnesses to the affair— John Thornton, the bar -tender; John MeEachern, an employee. in Brammer's foundry, and John Grocolt, a clerk in Hat - lay's grocery. McEachren was standing with his back to the wall, watching the two on the floor, and at the sight of the revolver he made a jump to snatch it. Before he reached it, however, the shot was fired. Tudhope was carried into the sitting room and medical aid was at once summoned. The ball had entered the body immediately below the heart from the back and, it is presumed, lodged in the lung. To -night the wounded man is resting quietly and has a chance, though a alight one, for life. The physicians have not yet probed for the ball. Hood was immediately placed under arrest by Mr. Thomas Moffatt and taken to the cell. On the way there he kept saying," It was an accident.' He will be brought be- fore the Magistrate this morning. Little is known of Hood except that he came to (Milks from Streetsville, and since his com- ing has bee% drinking aln-rost constantly. SCHOOLBOYS GO ARMED. A Ruler and a Pistol for Two at Lansing -- Thirteen Rids Who Own Revolvers. A Lansing, Mich., despatch says : Yes- terday at the Townsend Street School, one of the teachers, Miss McHenry, had occasion to punish a 10 -year-old pupil named Guy Cottington, son of Levi Cottington. She had struck him twice across the legs with a ruler and was preparing to hit him a third time, when he reached around to his hippocket and pulled out a revolver. Pointing the weapon at his teacher, he said if she struck him again he would shoot her. After a slight struggle Miss McHenry succeeded in taking tire revolver from the boy before it was discharged. The princi. pal was eunimoned and he was given an awful trouncing. 'Guy was asked if he really intended to shoot Miss McHenry when he pointed the weapon ab her. "1 don'b know," he said. "1 was awfully mad." A canvass of the school was made and 13 boys of tender age were found who owned revolvers and who are accustomed to carry them at different times. Three of the boys continually go armed. Cigarette smoking was also found to be astonishingly preys- . lent. When I proposed to her I thought I would have the last word, and this is how I didn't get it : After describing my condition and prospects I said " Will you have me ?' " Yes," she said. "Thank you," said I. " Your welcome," she said. " You are very kink to say so," I said. "No at all," She answered. "1 am very grateful," I added. " Don't mention it," she said. I let it go at that. I saw that it was no use. . End of an Old Fend. A Frankfort, Mich,, despatch says: Chas. Sutherland, of this place, known better among marine men as "Capt. Charley," was shot through the brain on Saturday tight by E. B. Strauble, an old feud beieg the direct mite. There are now under arrest as being implicated Mrs. Strauble, wife of the alleged murderer, Chas. Wegner, jun., and A. A. Smith, Strauble, who is a sloon keeper, was being tantalized by some boys rapping on his window, and, rushin.g elle and encountering Sutherland, abused him, thinking he was doing the rapping. Sutherland slapped his face, and 'in return received the fatal shot. "Here,young man)" the called to the ee groceroy. "1 mined a dozen of eggs and you only nue me nine, how's that ?" "Well, mane three of them were bad and didn't think you'd Want them." Miss Budd (wishing to Milieus her youthe filiness upon her tieteher)—My mother looks young for fifty, don she not? She mar. tied at thirty. Her listener—Br---was that her—or—second marriage? 'mono MB. KATIM. Situlbbed by Zillion, lie Sends Flowers to Her Rival. A New York derspatoh Sap : There dWellS in this eity a very wicked young maxi and his name is Alfred Kayne. He lives ia apartniente with other wicked young men, and belongs to the senior class of Columbia College. He has a smooth face, unlike the usual type of villain, and the constant study of metaphysical at the college has filled him with -clear ideas on such subjects as love, hate, revenge, how to inspire thein ; how to make them valued. The curriculum of Columbia College, however, contains no course by which a young man may learn how not to singe his wings in the flame ot siren's beauty. This wicked youth saw LillianRussell and succumbed. He had learned that by gifts is the fire of passion frequently kindled. He sent Lillian flowers. She, it is said, ac- cepted -them carelessly. The wicked youth was snubbed, and returning to the college he looked up his old Greek authorities and studied the theory of revenge. His idea was to humiliate Lillian by elevating a lovely rival. He was cruel. He knew the sax too well. Onthe one hundredth performance of "La Cigale" the smooth -faced Juan got together $1,000, gave it to John &alien (who may as well be advertieecl with the others) and told him to convert it into flowers and send the flowers to Attalie Claire right under the Russell's nose. It was a pathetic moment. There yeas poor little inoffensive Attalie groaning be- neath a floral deluge, while the blondeatar got two brutal little nosegays. The wicked youth was not satisfied. Again he went to Mr. &ellen, gave him another $1,000, and asked him to make a cornucopia to send to Miss Claire in Boston. The tragic denoue- ment is known. Lillian declined to allow the flowers to go upon the stage ; she was furious; Miss Claire was elated. There was gnashing of teeth, and possibly tearing of hair, and the exquisite cruelty of wicked Mr. Kayne was a complete success. Manager French, however, wouldn't mind a few more Columbia students be- having in the same way, and Florist &alien is not perceptibly grieved. As for Columbia College it receives a most beneficent adver- tisement, for the effect of its curriculum is distinctly seen. CUT BIS OWN TONGUE OUT. Terrible Aet of a Gambler Said to Have Been Prompted by Remorse. A Los Angeles, Oal., despatch says: One of the greatest mysteries of this city has been that of the tongueless man, which has just been solved. Last November a priestly - looking man hired a room at the lodging - house at the corner of Fifth and Broadway. Cae morning he was found in his room, blood issuing from his mouth, and a bloody razor in his hand. On examination it was found that he had cut out his tougue with the razor. Bloody tracks to the door, out in the hall and the bath -room indicated that he had been there. Search showed that he had thrown his tongue down a drain pipe. After his wound healed he disappeared. He was thought to have been a Catholic priest. Ib now turns out that his name is George Wilson. He goes garbed as a priest, but he is a professional gambler. His family is wealthy and live in New York His father has just died and left an estate of $150,000, $50,000 of which was left to him. The estate cannot be settled up until George has been found, and detectives from New York are now in the city looking for him. They state that George has been the black sheep of the family. This statement suggests that the man's act of cutting out his tongue was prompted by remorse. PANIC AMONG CHILDREN, Caused by the Explosion of a Zamp at a M8830 Lantern Entertainment. A London cable says: During a magic lantern performance for children on Friday evening na a building located on Gray's Inn road, W. C., a lamp used in the entertainment was accidentally upset and broken. The oil ignited at once, and in an instant the place caught fire. A panto ensued among the large number of children present, and a inad rush was made for the door. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the screams and shouts of the terrified children, as they desperately fought to escape from the place, were heartrending. A number were knocked down and trampled upon, but with the aid of the few adults who were present at the performance, and a number of persons who had been attracted to the spot by the shouting of the children, all were got out of the building. Twenty little ones were more or less injured, and fears are entertained that two of them will die from the terrible bruising and crushing that they received. TILE MONTAGU FAMILY. Something About the Parents of the Dead Child. A Belfast cable says : The excitement in Ulster over the Montagu tragedy is in- creasing. The husband of Mrs. Montagu is a grandson of the Duke of Manchester and a former officer in the navy. Mrs. Montagu, who is of Scotch extraction, is the daughter of a wealthy London tea merchant. She is noted for her 'daring- horsemanship in Ire- land. Cromoro, her residence'is one of the finest mansions in the district. Mrs. Mon- tagu has hitherto moved in the best society. When an Associated Press representative called at the residence he found Mr. Mon. toga engaged with the parish priest, but he consented to an interview. Being asked how it was that such severe punishment was administered to a 3 -year-old child, Mr. Montagu said : "My wife has strong opin- ians on the training and correction of chil- dren." A British Station Attacked. A Singapore cable says : Fort Sadon, itt Upper Burmah, which is garrisoned by a force of British troops, is surrounded. by 500 Kachuns. The latter have made re- peated attacks on the stronghold, but eo far have been repulsed. Nineteen men of the British force have been either killed or wounded. The garrison is 'closely besieged by the enemy, who have completely blocked the road leading to the fott. Ten Sepoys have been massacred while on their way thither. Golden Advice. Esculapius was idling in his garden one bright morning, when a young student greeting him, said: "Master, I have been experimenting during the dark hours of the night with geld of divers karats for the purpose of making le karat geld look like 14 karat gold, but I have felled. I would fain seek thy (Oven." " Youth," replied the Wise man, " thy experience is Open. Take the figures 1 and 4, and the letter X, from thy types, and with a menet stamp them upon the gold," And the youth, rejoicing, went away.—efewellera Cirezdow. friet Timer; : chilly it is to, night1 could hug a stove, I feel so cold. She—Is that so ? Why, I'm so warm 1 feel just like a stove. SA.YS HIS unarm Is sti,tio. HAYOree the Elude End of a noneYgteum--- sbe wow, Xive With Hem A Westchester, Pa., despatch Bap ; A rude ending of a honeymoon of two months was made here to -day by the young hus- band who applied for a divorce on the ground that his bride is insane. Charles Gawthrop, of Kennett Square, is the hatband, and he began legal proceedings for an absolute separation from his wife, who was Miss Lou Kickraan of Pompon, Both are well known be this comity and the sequel to whet was looked upou 05 0 highly satisfactory match has caused a flurry in the upper social circles that hat seldom been equalled. On December 17th last the young people were married. It was one of the largest Weddings ever nen in this vicinity, 500 guests being present. The bride, Miss . Hickman, is a daughter of William B. Hickman, and is a handsome girl of 18 . years. She was the belle in her com- munity and exceedingly popular. Hence the wedding wars a fashionable and joyous event. The happy pair left home that day for an extended wedding tour. Three deers later, to the astonishment of every one, they re. turned. The girl's family caused it to be known that she had the grip and that was the reason of the short tour. It was whis- pered, however, that the bride had become suddenly imam the second day after mar- riage. The husband took his bride to the pretty new home he had prepared for her ia Ken- nett Square. She refused to stay there, and was taken to her father's home. Since then she has shown great antipathy to her husband, it is alleged, and went so far as not to have anything at all to do with him. . Gawthrop now alleges that his wife be- came insane and has refund to live with him since. The opinions of no doctors have been learned, so far as is known, as to the con- dition of the girl's mind. Hence the inter- esting question anises: Will the buribend • attempt to prove that his bride was insane • before he married her, and if not, deco insanity furnish a ground for divorce pro- vided it developed after the wedding? IMPRISONED AND DEBAUCHED. Girls leured to a Wisconsin Deal and -4 Held Captives. A West Superior, Wis., despatch says : The trial of John liannon and rife, keep. ers of the notorious dive known. as "The Island" at St. Louis, five miles from here, attracted an immense crowd. For a year or more sudden disappearances of young girls have been very frequent, but the best efforts of the police failed to discover any trace of them. From Superior alone during the past six months eight young girls, all.' daughters of poor parents, have been de- coyed from home. A careful Beale h of the dives in the city was made, but as nothing was thought of "Tho 'Wand" resort it was not visited. The search was finally abandoned by the officers but the father of one of the girls continued to follow every clue, finally discovering his daughter almost where the search begen. At the trial the scheme of the Ilannons was shown to be very well plcumed. A house was rented on the outskirts of the town and was apparently their home. Mrs. Hannon would go about on some pretext, generally among the poor clan, and make the acquain- tance of young girls, saying she needed help about her house and making offers of good wages. The girls would be taken to the hoose, and after a few days induced to go to "The Islandee which they were told was a large hotel. Once in this horrible prison there was no chance of escape. The treat- ment the girls received was horrible. If persuasion failed to make them had a life . shame force was resorted to, and the girl who wished to preserve her virtue was simply starved and beaten until she yielded. On their arrival at " The Island the girls were deprived of all their clothing and dressed after the style ot ballet girls, to still further lessen their chances of escape. It- is said the number of inmates of the vile haunt who have died of ill-treatment and disease is very large. ON TIM CORNISH COAST. A Spanish Steamer Wrecked and Ali Hands • Drowned. A London cable says: What is likely to. prove the gravest maritime disaster which has occurred since the tempestuous weather of the past week sob in is reported from the Cornish coast. A large vessel, whose name is unknown, but which is supposed to be a Spanish steamer, has been wrecked off Pen- zance, and it is feared all hands who were aboard of her are lost. Already brief de- • vetches telling of the tragic and horrifying scenes which attended the disasterheve been. received. It is learned that a boat contain- ing six men, which had set out from the - vessel for the shore, was capsized almost immediately in the blinding gale. The boat was next seen keel upward, but none of her crew could be seen, except two nem The first of these was clinging to the boat in desperation. He was seen to be twice. washed off. The second was swimming in an effort to each safety. The efforts made by the coast guard to help the two men proved too late, and both were drowned. Two boats from the wreck and a quantity - of wreckage have come ashore. APTIER A FoRaElt. Detective Rogers Goes to Denver to SecureIlis Extradition. A Denver Col despatch says • Thomas Williamson, who is wanted in Canada for forgery, and who has been arrested severe./ timers and released on various legal quib- bles, has been located at Reno, Rev. Chief Rogers, of the Canadian Secret Police, haa gone there to arrest him. Several years ago, while preaching at Elmira, Waterloo. county, Williamson also acted as caehier of the only bank in the place. He :speculated, lost the money of depositors, and finally accumulating about $103,000by forgery), fled to the United States in October, 1890. He was traced and arrested near Virginia. City, Nev., but crawled out throtigh a hole in the extradition pope's and got away. Other arrests in California and Nevada, proved quite as unsuccessful. 'Once, when a sheriff' captured him at a ranch in, Nevada, the prisoner excused himself to change his clothes, jumped out of a window and took to the woods. Captain Rogers' carries extradition papers with him, and hopes to get Williamson across the line, into Canada. Uncle Treetop—Seems to me they have a. curicnie way at my hotel. William Ann— What has gone wrong ? Miele Treetop— When I wrote my name on the register the man yelled "front," but the feel. boy . put me in a room commanding a skylight View of the elevator shaft. " You won't suit me at all," as the man field to the tailor who refused him credit. A great many people who are crazy to get into the social swim are drowned before they OAS get out. Ib is estimated that it will cost $1,500,- 006 to light the World's Fair at, Chicago by electricity.