GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

mwdon I.IBRAKY TRAGKin * June 27. An inquest was held on Thomas Buddies aged 6(\ caretaker of Shore ditch Library, and Edward Sarson. his assistant aged 37_. the former of whom was poksoned and Sarson was in the head. Chalked on a bench in Buddies’ handwriting was the message: "Had a terrible accident. I have shot Sarson. I am going mad." Buddies left ai note indicating that hi' and Sarson were cleaning some, rifles, of which. Buddles (an ox-bluejacket) had a collection, when one exploded. Ihe jury found ilfat Buddles committed suicide bv poison when of unsound mind, and that Sarson died of ai gunshot wound. An open veiclict was returned. Mrs Sarson created a scene by saying that she could not understand why Buddles was allowed to have six rifles in a public bunding. 'Hie C'bronor replied that that was :i ( matter for fix' police. It had previously been suggesrea that Dud Iles might have been jealous of Sarson, who was soon to have succeeded him as caretaker. MAGNA ('HARTA COMMEMORATION. LONDON, .Time 28. Seven thousand people this afternoon including processions of clergy, boy scouts, and friendly societies assembled tit Runnymede to commemorate the signing of Magna Charta. Speeches were made by Bishop J. IL Darlington, (New York) and Sir Joseph Cook, after which the whole assembly in unison said: “We praise thee, O God, for the great deed seven hundred years ago, whereby the laws and liberties of this realm were defended against tyranny, and victory won for freedom and justice. ’’ HALL OF SUNKEN GOLD LOCATED. NEW YORK, June 28. The steamer Merida sunk fourteen years ago with a million sterling of gold bullion has been located off Norfolk (Virginia) at a depth of two hundred feet by a salvage expedition of New Yorkers who dragged hundreds of square miles of the ocean floor before touching the wreck. . Divers descended successfully, and

expect to recover everything.