News From All Quarters.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 16

News From All Quarters.

PRISON BREAKERS SHOT. After a mutiny in the gaol at Bcigaum, near Poona, Bombay, thirty-five prisoners belonging to the Berada tribe of criminals broke out of their cells, temporarily overpowered their guards, and escaped. They were pursued by armed police, who Opened fire, killing eighteen of the Bcradas and wounding six others. The remainder escaped. A FAMILY MURDERED. A iMontreal message states -th-if Mrs. Robert Vanlooy, wife of a Belgian reservist, and her three children, were found strangled in her home a few weeks ago. Complete mystery surrounds the affair. iM. Vanlooy left for the front with, the first contingent of Belgians from Canada. Marks on the necks of the victims indicated that death was due to strangulation, and life had apparently been extinct for two days when the bodies were discovered. The victims were probably attacked while asleep, as all were found in bed, aud there were but few signs of any struggle having taken place. | THEFT OF ARMY BEEF. , Albert John Daniels, of Coombc Farm, I Folkestone, was at Canterbury yuartor Sessions sentenced to fifteen months' lniprlsonment for participating iv a robbery 'of tiro hindquarters of beef. Daniels ivud Quartermaster-Sergeant of the Royal East I Kent yeomanry. Evidence was given to 'show that he and another soldier received four quarters of beef at Canterbury as! ration supplies for the regiment, and Daniels sold two of the hindquarters to a | butcher for £6. The defence was that a quartermaster-sergeant was entitled to certain allowances on account of wastage, and that the beef was disposed of in settlement i of these claims. t ' HIGHLAND LOVE DRAMA. There was a dramatic end recently to a Highland love romance. A girl of sixteen, named Kntberine Middleton, had heen assiduously courted by a man named James Bowie, aged fifty-seven, but his affection was not reciprocated.- The girl kept house for her father, and while she was alone in the house Bowie called and made the excuse that he was giving a present. Pulling out a revolver, he fired three times at the girl, wounding her on each occasion. She managed to jump out of the window, nearly thirty feet from the ground: Territorials in the neighbourhood dashed to . the bouse, hot Bowie had turned the revolver on himself. DOG SAVES MISTRESS. - "" But for the sagacity of Sammy, a' retriever, ,Mrs Percy Green, of Douglas Road, Goodmayes, would likely enough have been burnt to death. She was alone in her bouse, and, as she was suffering from <a •chill, she had a fire in her 'bedroom. Whilst she was asleep a cinder fell on the hearthrug and caused a fire.- The-dog tried to awaken, his mistress by barking and licking her face, but" did not make her realise that the room was on fire. The flames spread to tbe bed-covering; and; the dog sprang on the bed and.dragged Cars Green to the floor. 'She was now fully awake, and she found that the room was full of smoke. She was able to put out the fire, and received only slight injuries to her hands. But for the sagacious action of Sammy she would 'have been overcome by the smoke and would have lost her life In the flames.' This is the second time that Sammy has saved -Mrs Green's life. On a former occasion she was attacked by a lunatic in Epping Forest., Sammy, held the man until help arrived. It is a notable coincidence that Cars Green, who is the Ilford hon. sec. of the Canine Defence League, and devotes most of her time to rescuing homeless dogs, should have been rewarded ..for her humane work in this manner. She has saved many dogs, and in turn a dog has saved her. Sammy is to receive the medal of the Canine Defence League. ' ~ | SOT'S ESSAY IN FICTION. Frank Wren, a thirteen-year-old schoolboy, of Russell Avenue, Edmonton, ,was charge*! at Enfield Police Court ■ with embezzling 10/5, money he had collected for ■tradesmen. He waa arrested on Southend Beach. The following, letter -was received from the boy 'by his mother:—. "Dear Mummy and Kiddies, —Two men In mackintoshes sprang at mc from behind a coal van. One put a -piece of wool in my mouth and the other held my 'legs,' and I felt his hand gradually go. down my pocket till he got all of it. I struggled to get free, and the other man, after securely binding my arms and mouth iwith tape, turned mo upside down and threw mc Into the mud. I do not know what happened after that till I woke op and saw: a lady with a bottle pressed to my lips. I was afraid to come home with a story like this, so now I am in Essex, fifty miles from home, and every morning I go begging- on the doorstep and every night I sleep in empty houses or haystacks that I pass on my travels., I tell you, Mummy, that if I have much more of this it will drive mc to desperation, and you know what that will mean. Swank!" .The mother promised to repay tSe money, and the lad, who pleaded guilty, was "Sound over. HERMIT MISER'S- HOARS. The story of a miser was (related at the meeting of the Guildford Board of Guardians when the death in the infirmary was reported of .Albert 'Watts; aged seventythree. He .was admitted from Woking a few days before in a deplorably emaciated and dirty condition, and his death was due to physical and mental decoy, caused by self-neglect. Investigations by the relieving officer showed that Watts owned "the six-roomed house In which he lived, the name of which, strangely enough, was Cosy Cottage. H« occupied one room in the bouse, and let the remainder to a tenant for 8/ a week. He declined to •have a doctor, or to see any one, but against his wishes his tenant had. summoned a doctor. Watts was found lying fully dressed on a dirty bed. He was in a weak state, and ithe room was in a filthy condition. In the room were two purses, one containing ninety sovereigns, and the other £28 8/li, and also two bank books showing that Watts had £914 14/S standing to his credit. Watts had lived in the cottage fox eight years, had earned what he could doing odd Jobs in gardens, and was rarely known to purchase food for himself. Fearing that he might otherwise die of starvation, . his tenant freouesntly give Urn food. Watts is said to have been wen eon-. netted, and by his will, dated 1908, he leaves his money and to _ rele-

HOB SHOOTS PHYSICIAN. -Dr. BL B. Culberson, a' practising physician, of Evans. Ca., was" shot' dead on February 4th by a posse of citizens wb'toa had been searching for him since the previous night. Culberson was charged with attacking a young married woman, the daughter of a prominent citizen of Mattinez, CANAL TRAGEDY. The Liverpool iCoroner was informed on Thursday, January 22, of a sad drowning tragedy which occurred late on the Wednesday night in the Leeds and' Liverpool Canal. A well-dressed woman, carrying a child, was seen on the bank, and her conduct aroused the suspicion of two men, who seized her. She declared her intention of drowning herself and child, so one of the men went for a policeman while tbe other, named Henry Neil I, held the ■■inn, suddenly she released herself aud plunged Into the water. Neill followed, and she clutched him round the neck. Both sank. Another man appeared on the scene, and seeing the child floating in the water, dived and brought it out. He took it to" hospital, where it coon recovered. The bodies of a man and woman were taken from" the"w"tfter later. The woman, who was about twentyfour years of age, has not beeu identified. WAITING FOR DEATH.' I A correspondent of rbe **Glortiale d'ltaliaV has described his journey through the earthquake country. He states:— I We arrived in a magnificent green plain. In the centre was a great grey spot. I asked an old man, "What Is that, a stone ! quarry?" He replied, "That was Megliano, an old town which formerly had 4000 inhabitants." Asked "What are yew doing here?" the old man said, "I have lost all my sons, my nephews, and my wife. Sow I I am waiting for death." Continuing the journey, we saw the facade still standing of a villa, the rest of which had been destroyed. Upon the waU was a placard "To Let."' Further on we met hundreds of injured people ; painfully making their way along. , When., asked where they were going, their reply,,was, "We are going to Rome to nnd\ the Pope. Will he receive "us?" " "*" ,■" *"- WOMAN .STOWAWATi The Aldershot Bench, a few weeks age, were faced wjth the strange case of a woman stowaway. Well dressed- and o£ good, education,, 'the young ..woman,. who gave the name of Bridget,.Hester Blush, was. charged with an.offence under -the Town Police Clauses Act Superintendent ■Davis said that, she. had just arrived jfrom Australia.; She had been discovered, .by the captain of aP. and O. "boat as"'a stow;av?ay, but bad behaved so. well on.the voyage that on arrival at. Sou'thainpttssi he declined to prosecute:-. She had then'" traveUed to Aldershot. 1 as She'skid," to bbtaia a situation. At this'stage the'"woman collapsed ia a faint,.and was removed''from the dock for medical: attention-. : - Later when she-was hronghrback; court! the magistrates' decidedrttf-;nana liesvovcr to the police-court- missionary, --.'endabound her over. ■to be-of -good- -behaviour - for twelve months: , The..fyoung,..'Woman-was stated to. toe.well connected in Australia, but bad declined to give, the, ; -pplice£..a ny . information as to her connections in that .country;j ~ .•:,., ■•:..■:.'-.Vi" •'.■-,'-■ ..',., —:... — '■"-, h ' J .'[ ■ #' ■ *• EIGHTS. LOW." TRAGEDY. The darkening of the London>treets' was the cause, of,..the- death,.:.'gf Freeman,, who was run oyer_iby.;a motoromnibus jin Whitehall after." visiting jMrs Lloyd George in Downing Street, iiss Ulyne Barhier, > friend pf (Mra Ereeman, who met- her at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's bouse and left iwitk her, de- ' scribed- the accident. "We bad' reached the Brat refuge, which is nearly opposite the entrance to Downing Street," she said, "when I saw an omnibus coming, end waited. The.omnibus wa»'proceeding from 'Westminster at a moderate- pace. Tbe omnibus iwent past mc% and the iMiWßtog I saw was Mrs Freeman oa- the -rround. It was«very terrible. night.""■Mr 9«£P.,-airs Freeman's fadtaTer-iniaw, *' identified the body. Several 'iwifnesses Bald that Mra 'Freeman stepped Inr front of the omnibus when it iwas only a few ifeetia-way,. and .that the driver? could not have, prevented the accident. -.-Inspector Skipper stated that fhe-Ughts had been reducedTery considerably, and at the- «pot where- ahe-weei-. dent occurred there was only eae- light"lt was one of those in i ■ ale 111 i occur ia the darkened streets l '*'aakl'the coroner.' Mr Ingleby. Oddie, •*aa* 'unfortunately Mrs Erecmaa did: oat-: look" toward the- omnibus."- The.jury returned a verdict of *^acc^^>ntal.tdeath,* , and: exonerated the driver from all blame. ■ '• • BRUTAL DOTJBtE MURDER. { Jacob Vogel, former : president of'"Hia Citizens' Bank of Frujtvale, Ca?ifonua>aDa a wealthy resident of Oakland, and his wife -were beaten to death by-rob-bers, who forced their way into there homo on the night-of February ttth., TJieJbodfes were Jound by. Miss. Rose*. Klst. a domestic, who returned to the Vogel home in the suburbs in the- iiioriilii|_ nfli i <i jiltlilan.N ill with relatives. '*.*,.• ■"''■'- • V. It is believed the- rmrrder toatoplaee-be-fore-»- o'clock »t night- The-.:age<b<xjupi« * were in the habit of -retiring--at 9 'every night, and both were fully dressed, when their bodies were found, Vogel's body was formde-itr-the hallway, and-tbe body of tbe wliw-wjartWnd lying on the dining-room..floor. It is believed, that Vogel beard a noise and started: rinto tbe hallway to investigate. He had apparently hardly stepped into the. hallway when he was strnck>down.His hands were tied behind him with .a plece..,ipf cord. T .- Mrs. Vogel's body was-lying face down beside her rocking chair. The -entire top of her bead was crushed in by- a.blow.Her bands were tied behind her by the'strings of her apron. The murderers . evidently spent some tune in the house after killing the aged couple, for every bureau drawer, box and trunk was emptied.of its contents and nothing of value left'-in the-bouse!"' The murder of the aged. Vogels is proving to be one of the most cas.es. ever handled by the local police. The difficulty has been complicated by the appearance of nearly 100 f private detectives, who, attracted by the $4,000 the city. Besides Burns and~Mundel'men, a number of small agencies have put men into the field. ~- , -;il : *.C .-■ ."-. ' "We-are far -from however,'* said the chief of convinced that Vogel was choked to death by the silk, handkerchief found in . ins' throat. It was shoved down by some. Instrument. The frtDc handkerchief: .634 not;:,, belong to Vogel. It-appears that the. old man was struck over-the. head, his hands tied behind him-and thenr-tha silk handkerchief shoved intohbManooUvto-keep him.front-crying out. Mm. .Vogel was -choked to death. The job •p)tdd>arcUy have .been dnue by-oas ma*.-*