CONTINENTAL GRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 15

CONTINENTAL GRIMES AND SENSATIONS.

■"'■- LIFE LOST FOB A DOG. - ' jt js now: clear that Dr. Loewe, a pro.'■'•agor of the University of Csernowlts,: who tilled oh the Gaisberg, lost bis life to atingthßt of'a favourite dog. .' He story of the tragedy is in every way , tonehlng one. The professor had climbed tie mountain in search of geological speelgjjjs, and had the dog with him on a lead. jj -would appear - that the animal slipped j-erthe edge of a rock, and that its master, In' trying to pull it back to safety, lost his talanee, striking a ledge a short way down, jnd then rebounding,- and falling a sheer dlatsrice of 5 0314 down a precipice. i n falling j e released his hold of the dogs-lead, and tie dog feU. onm "l l "'" on to the ledge j|ust uentionea. where it remained howling until jt attracted the attention of some peasants. ifSese endeavoured to secure it but the dog, on then- approach, jumped from the ledge, jad, half falling, half scrambling, eventually reached the valley up which it had origin. iuT come with its master,-and racedhomei tjeeding from many cuts, to Warn* Dr. liewe's household, by its very evident eoneeru/that something terrible had happened. Searchers at once went out and found the terribly mangled body of the professor lying jaong some hege boulders at the foot of the jredplce. He had obviously been killed instantly, i " A BBTJTAL MURDER. Monstrous is a crime which has been in tlie neighbourhood, of St. Stienne. Paris. The corpse of a; young woman having been found on a railway line, it Was at first presumed that.she had killed herself. But a girl, whose dwelling overlooks the railway, now states that on the fetal evening she saw a woman .holding on to the parapet of a bridge, over: which she tad been forced, screaming loudly, while g man standing on the parapet trampled lon her fingers to cause her to relax her prasp and fall on to the railway be'ow. The shocking scene lasted, several seconds, and then the poor woman; : utterlfag a wild shriek, let go her hold, the noise' made by her fall on the line being distinctly audible. The man, after a glance round huh, took .to his heels and disappeared. This cruel crime was perpetrated about half-past eight o'clock that evening;, and an octroi official gays that he saw a young man. dressed like - a workman, running along with his cap in Ms hand, and noticed a sound as of money; clinking in his pockets as he sped by. The! judicial authorities are energetically attempting to discover this mysterious criml- i naL. _, .-.-;._ . . ' *■ LYNCH LAW IN CHURCH. -: „ The May "Day-service in the Church of St I -Michael, Tiennai was terminated abruptly by an extraordinsiry and sensational incident The priest who delivered the sermon : took as his subject the relation of science " to religion, eonteridtag : that the researches' bf the former confirmed and strengthened :■,-'■ the doctrines and traditions of the latter. "So of this we'may be he con-j "eluded, "there is Still a God, despite the; denial of the infidel." .: __ Immediately, in the body of the church, an elderly man rose to his feet and shout- : cd: "It Is a lie; .there is no God," an act of blasphemy which roused the congregation to a pitch of-the most Intense excitement following,, as it did, on a most impressive discourse. ."' The interrupter was recognised as one ■Eeimann, a well known Socialist write", and before he could make his escape he; was seised by a , crowd of worshippers, j who threw themselves savagely upon"lnim, j - regardless of the priest's appeal for peace, j : -*md**"mirtrgated him-severelyi'-i-A-4iaSty- meo-1 sage was sent for police assistance, and! when the sonstables arrived they found! Heimarin half dead from the kicks and | "blows ot his assailants, and to a pitiable j state of-fright He was arrested. j A-PARISIAN F-aJRCE- ..... M. Charles Leriche, a "lyric artist" otherwise a music hall stager, whose, name "has been more .widely Illustrated by his sister-in-law, Augustine Leriche, one of the ~ most joyous, comic'actresses to Paris, was walking home one day at the beginning of last month, when he-met his wife,, also an "artista Iyriqne:" There would'have been no cause for alarm in the meeting hut for two reasons. One was that divorce proceedings were pending between them. The second, and more • immediately disturbing, ' reason was that she carried a dainty revolver—one of those, miniature weapons which, .-:. as a rule, if not invariably, are unpleasantly neat and accurate. M. Leriche murmured - something and made off. His wife went "after him and fired twice, one bullet hitting him to the shoulder blade. Police and the usual crowd came." and the husband was " taken to the hospital, where his wound was found to be insignificant, while the wife was led off to the police-station. There ..she said that she had" shot her husband out of -jealousy," but was deeply sorry, and promised never to carry a revolver ' again. She was let off on bail and went home. Her. husband, to the meantime, had also gone home from the hospital. When his wife arrived he was not vindictive, but forgiving. Her demonstrative affection tad touched him deeply,' even though the one bullet which took effect had'..penetratea only half an Inch. "Come to my .arms!" he cried, arid embraced her. He had never dreamt she loved him. so much. The next morning he went to, the police and withdrew his complaint against her for having shot him.; Then he called'on"his lawyers, and stopped the divorce proceedings. : Now the couple will live happy ever: after. GAMBLER THROWN IN Al LAKE. SL Lambert, a gentleman of independent :."■ means, living in the Rue Quincampoix, in Paris, had an unpleasant adventure ln Eughien on Wednesday night May 13. Playing baccarat at the club there lie began to win, and" won throughout: the evening; finIsSing by taking the bank, arid, rising a winner of a little over £7000. ; He went off with this money to his pocket inwards the railway station, and was suddenly attacked by two men, who tripped him " up, took his money, his watch arid (chain, his -scarf pin, and the rings on his fingers. Then they undressed him, arid threw him into' a Z'itke near by. M. Lambert, who can swim » little, made his way to shore, arid found a policeman, who took him to "the .station, where clothes were lent him, and he returned to Paris by the last train. -But neither his clothes, his .- money, nor -the . thieves have been discovered. PARIS HIGHWAYMEN. - Once again the Paris hooligans have Justified their reputation for brutal audacity by holding np an electric train car atmldnlght ; ; on Sunday, May 10th, to one of the principal -.streets, and robbing the passengers. Just as the clocks were on the. stroke of -twelve the driver of a car on the St Augus-tin-rorte de Vlneennes line in the Rue Lafayette saw a man lying across the track . apparently drunk. . " - Be,at once pulled rip, and the conductor , Bot off the car to see what was thei matter. .'-' (la a moment he found himself In the clutches . of some twelve hooligans, who knocked him -abont without mercy and stole his moneyi bag.

At the same time other members of the . fang entered the car, and proceeded to rob (the passengers. A man named Gurnet, who -resisted his assailants, was so badly Injured ; that he had to be taken to the hospital. .: ' When the police arrived the robbers had disappeared with their spoils. The man who -pretended to be drunk was afterwards eanght, but refused to give anytaformatlon.

• BTGHT ACTRESSES. ""••'■' j .V&ua&a Peppl Weiss, Berlin's favourite' tnuslc-ball "star,?' who holds some such Place In German music-hall goers' affecaana M 1? 8 Marfe In nnett £10 recently for assaulting a rival actress, Franleiri Maflalaine Wllden. Fraulein Weiss,' who testified that she was accustomed to pay a song writer as niuch as £50 to compose her exclusive songs, heard that Fraulein Wllden was intending to' mimic some of her most popular numbers. .Meeting her one day strolling along, the Baltic seashore at Herlngsdorf— tbe Brighton of Germany—Fraulein Weiss vented her wrath by scratching her rival's face and firing her coiffure to pieces OU Fraulein Wllden presented a. sadly dishevelled appearance. Fraulein '" Weiss supplemented this physical punishment by some Unambiguous references to her rival's alleged • thieving" propensities. Both actresses wore accompanied by gentlemen, = Fraulein Weiss' escort being her fiancee. Fraulein Wilden's cavalier, like herself, emerged from the fray disfigured. O.UEEN OF VIRTUE ELOPES WITH FATHER OF FAMILY. Crowned only a few years ago as "La Boslere," the most virtuous maiden of her village, has caused a public scandal by eloping with a Paris gendarme, who already boasts a wife and children. The gendarme, 45 years of age and handsome, was struck with-the beauty and modesty, of "La Boslere" at her coronation, an annual ceremony or' this little suburb ot Paris. Soon after the maiden was employed by Suae. Gendarme as a seamstress. Time sped by without public comment. until the denouement a few days ago. In great alarm the gendarme's wife informed the police authorities that her husband had left home on a plea of extra duty, and that later she discovered he had taken all his savings and a supply of clothing. He has not since been seen. Coincident with the disappearance of the gendarme, the beautiful "Rosiere" was reported missing by her parents. The village Is agog with gossip over the elopement MADMAN ON THE BENCH. An astonishing scene occurred on May 0 In the Paris Tribunal of Commerce. About a hundred and fifty persons were ln court wailing for the proceedings to begin when suddenly an eccentric-Sooting individual, wearing a gown and barrister's hat, took hisseat on the presiding judge's chair. Speaking with a strong Teutonic accent, he announced ln a loud voice that the court was open. Then, without further ado,-he proceeded to abuse the people present. ■"Get out, you parcel or scoundrels and ragamuffins! Hold your confounded row!" end so forjh. Upon this be began to pitch books, peris, ink-pad, and papers at the people in court One of the attendants managed to remove the would-be Judge from the bench, and hurried him unceremoniously out of the court While the public and parties in the courtroom were discussing excitedly the scene, the man reappeared and again sat on the bench. This time it took four policemen to drag him out. At the central police depot where he was deposited, his name was found to be Naftall Reidmann, a German subject aged forty, who was known to be a lunatic EXPERT THIEVES. Fagto and the Artful Dodger have had the shine taken out of them by a school of burglars discovered at. Toulouse, France. There were no makeshifts, and simple, old tricks there, but everything was on scientific lines, with all modern improvements. A gymnasium was part of the establishment; where , pupils!., muscles i were . trained according to the latest methods. PocketpicMug was taught by means of lay figures in every kind of- clothing generally met with In crowds. Doors were provided with various locks to pick, more less difficult according to the age and proficiency of students, and lectures, with practical exercises, were given on the subject of burglars' tools, a complete set of which was found. The gang which ran the establishment Included "masters," "pupil workers," and "."apprentices." All- the masters are now in gaol, and three of the pupil workers have just been caught. TURKISH REWARD OF HONESTY. Another of those gross Injustices which are constantly happening in Turkey has just, occurred. On Saturday, May 2, Osman Pasha, Kasandjibashi, or head of the Admiralty repair yards, was exiled with all his family. The reason is given that he was always inciting the workmen at the Admiralty to apply to the Palace for arrears of pay. Osman Pasha was an honest man, and for many years has. looked after all the repair work to the Admiralty dockyards. Just lately a Russian Government steamer, the Alatilde, has been under very serious repairs, which have been finally finished, and she has received her certificate from Lloyd's as AL The bfll, which was very heavy, was the subject of a long dispute, but that was finally settled last week, and the Russian Government had agreed to pay £12,000 to Osman Pasha for the work done in the Admiralty dock, out of which he had to pay for workmen, material"*"use of dock, etc. But he is exiled just as the money -was to be paid, and it is practically certain the money will get into the wrong hands, and none get to those who have a right to it This is undoubtedly the reason of the trumped-up charge against him and his removal. 12S YEARS OF AGE. An old ' non-commissioned officer named Budnikoff, 12S years of age, bos passed through St Petersburg on his way to Tsarskoye Selo, and thence to Tver. He entered the army- to. 1T97, at the age of 15, as a private. to the Hussar Life Guards, and served as a soldier for over "eighty years. He fought In many wars, including the campaign of ISI'A and won all four classes of the St. George's Order "for valour," besides about forty other crosses and medals. Budnikoff was thanked in person by both Kutusoff and SkobeleG*. He is now to receipt of an annual pension of £120 from the Ministry of War. He is still hale and hearty, and his hearing is good. He was married ninety years ago, and had a son and two daughters. The son was killed to the Russo-Turldsh war. .'The old man has now no surviving relatives. DRESSED FOR SUICIDE. A-young girl named Savka Glvltcb, dressed in the latest fashion, was strolling along the banks ot the Eiver Sava, near Belgardc, Servia, when a friend who met her complimented lier ■-,on her stylish clothes. Giviteu replied that she had spent her last penny to obtain suitable apparel for a most important event A : few minutes later, she leaped into the "river, and was carried out of sight ;by the swift current The cause of the suicide is not known. ■.. ■ - ' A CATS;: PRIVATE INCOME. Blackie, the only- cat to the world with a private fortune of £8000, died, at Wiikesbarre, Pennsylvania, on: Sunday, May 10, being choiorformed to end his. paia when it was seen that hisl illness was hopeless. ■;- Blackie and-his sister Pinkie were left £8000 by the late Mr. Brinjamin Dilley, of Wilkesbarre, the Income to be used In,proviuin7"for fbem as long- as they lived. a ana E&SZStiE of Indolent ease.