CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 157, 2 July 1904, Page 13

CONTINENTAL CRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

HOXETMOON TKAGEDT. ' ' Intelligence from Lucerne announces tbe tragic ending of a honeymoon tour. On ' Sunday, May 15, Mr and Mrs Carter, al ' -Leedi, wrre going down the Itiver Reuss la a small boat. When they were near the canal the boat was drawu towards tne lock and capsized. Both Mr and iirs Carter were drowned. The couple were married about three weeks previously at Le«ds parish church, ' 1 the bride, Mrs Lavinia Waite, being a widow, wlUi one young daughter. Tbey left Leeds for a tour on the Continent, ' which had almost concluded; they were, in 1 fact, to have returned home on May 13, but their stay was prolonged. The-bridegroom, Mr Frank Clarence Carter, 34, was the landlord of the Punch Bom Inn, Beestou. RIVALS IN LOVE. ■ Guaghl, an Italian cook, in the employment of an English resident at Cannes, has,> , according to a-telegram from that place, .] been murdered by a fellow-countryman , named Ferrari. Guaghi and Ferrari were , rivals iv love. They were both fascinated by G&brielia Moro, a girl of their own na- j tionallty, who seems to have fooled each j of them in turn. i Guaghi was a big man, and earned good , money, whereas Ferrari was rather puuy ) and poor. The cook succeeded In maklim < the girl give up Ferrari, and tihe lutier, j meeting his rival, culled him bad nam?s. j and threatened to do for him. The cool: ( caught Ferrari by the neck and flung hlsji ( into a canal. The smaller man, on comln.i: | out. was pitched into the water again, and f finally went home vowing revenge. i The following Sunday the pair met in a j dancing room frequented by Pledniontese, and began to quarrel. Going outside they , fought, and Ferrari was knocked down lv | the first round. Rising to his feet, he j pulled out a knife, stabbed Guaghi to feae \ heart, and then ran away. t EX-STATESMAN'S THEFTS. The scandal in connection with the large c thefts of public money hy Siguor -Nasi, the i fugitive evilinister of Education, con- | 1 tinues to spread In all directional says a i despatch from Rome). T Couimeudiitore Consiglio, permanent sec- 1 retary at the Office of Public Works and a friend of Signor Nasi, was arrested by Lhe police on May 15 on the charge of complicity in the ex-Minister's peculations. ' The latter's wife and daughter fli-d from Rome the saoiie day. This second IligiH, ■ which was carried out under the very nose ' of the police, was not without an obj 'Ct, as ( the signatures to hundreds of forged receipts for money appropriated by the ex- ( Minister and his friends have been recog- ' iilsed as being In the daughter's Uandwrit- ' lv *- ■! A PIARIS LOVE TRAGEDY. j There has just died in Paris an eccen- • trie Englishman, known to his intimates by : the nickname of "Mad Mack." His reai ' uame was John Whalley, and he bi'loufd < to Bowden, a suburb of Manchester, lv I 1897 he and hi 3 young bride arrived In 1 Paris on the evening of their wedding day; i but the houeymoon was rudely interrupt- ' cd by the sudden disappearance of his IS- ' year-old wite, a week after the mariiage, 1 with a former admirer. She never returned, and when at last Mr Whailey'a rela- v tives discovered his whereabouts his mind s had suffered irreparable injury from the ' shock of his misfortune. The best Kug- ' lisa and French physicians were consult- f ed, but could do no good, and to the day of ' bis death his one hope was to see his < young wife return again. Up lo the last ' he occupiid the bridal chamber from whicn « his young wife had ned. ' His once erect frame had recently be- I come beut, and his odd dress and appear- i anee combined to make him one of the £ sights of Paris. Two or three years ago < he arraged 'himself as a Latin Quartier strident, witih a velvet cap, a huge black bow, £ and the inevitable long hair. His one I dread was to meet his relatives. During ' their visits to Paris he hid until their re- « turn to England, and while he several times ' .ook a ticket for London, he never got fur- 1 ther than the French coast. s "Mad Mack" was believed to be in re- < celpt of an Income of at least 4MOUO a year, and it was always a mystery where i uf took ills meals. The only thing be ; •vas ever seen to eat was Eugiish buns, g »vhich he always bought at a weilrknown t shop in the Hue <Cawboa. \ DRUGGED AND ROBBED. The dangers which menace British visitors to Pails who accept the services of any stranger offering himself as a guide are f evidenced by an unpleasant adventure ' which has just befallen an Englishman of ' independent means, at present staying In a hotel in the Rue Castlglione, Paris. c Walking in the Avenue de l'Opera a few l days ago he was accosted by a man with a ' German accent, who pretended to be an ' English guide, and gave the name as "Marshall." He was engaged for the evening * by the Englishman and two friends, and ' piloted them round a number of pleasure t resorts, the Englishman with his so-called "guide" afterwards taking supper at a l fashionable restaurant In the Rue Royale. 8 After that he fell Into a dead sleep, and s when he was awakened by "Marshall" he s found himself in a remote part of the city ' Tar from his hofel. The guide saw him into a call and left him. « On arriving at his hotel in the mornln I the liuglishiuaii snowed all the symptoms t of having been drugged, and a visit to a t neighbouring chemist left no doubt that a r dose of laudanum had been administered i to him. On going through his letter-eaaiT \ the victim found that he had been robbed a of his pocket-book, which, besides docu- t ments of importance, contained the sum s of £255 in notes. a Energetic endeavours are being made to c trace "Marshall," who Is well known to c the police. "* — —— c GIRL KIDNAPPED. j A curious real-life romance Is related j from Odessa In a Continental paper. It ,t concerns a lady named Marie Schielmann, t her little daughter Clara, and an unknown a benefactor. Madame Schielmann was travelling with her daughter from Odessa to o Kamoka. The girl is a very beautiful and I attractive child, ait-J her prettiness engaged v the attention of a gentleman In tbe same a compartment. Tbe mother fell asleep, and i the stranger ainulMhJ little Clara with stor- t les, and persuade* hor to have a cup of t chocolate in the refreshment room. v While the tw» were absent the train left j the station, ana men later on the- mother c awakened and discovered her loss, she was t almost-frantic with grief. When the train t stopped she appealed to. the gendarmerie, but all efforti to trace her child failed. For eight days she lived In suspense, and then, one morning, little Clara returned to 8 Odessa, and 'related a wonderful story of * how the strange gentleman had laden her * witb presents and jewellery, and had treat- c ed her with the greatest love and tender- v nese. Neverthelese she had grown very L homesick, and when the stranger had learner this he had brought her to Odessa with t an envelope for her mother. t On opening the envelope Madame Schiel- t mann found notee to the value of £1000. t and • letter imploring aer forgiveness for ' t

having caused her so much -sorrow. "God has given mc wealth and a good and beautiful wife. Although we nave been'married five years our union has not "been bles- ; aed by a child, and when I saw your beautiful little girl, 1 longed to adopt her. and make her my heiress. Though I tried hard to gain her foil trust and confidence, 1 failed, and when my wife and I saw how the child yearned for her natural parents, we decided to send "her back. "I send £1000 to be placed at the dis- ! pofcal of your dear little girl, and should ' means ever fall you to give her a good ' education, I beg yon will consider my | wealth at your disposal." Madame Schielmann is now making inquiries as to the identity of the secret benefactor.