THE BURSTING OF THE BUBBLE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 8 January 1908, Page 5

THE BURSTING OF THE BUBBLE

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE CASE. .'

(Received Jan. 7,11:36 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 7.

Mr Plowdon said that after the silent but important voice from the grave it would "be impossible to continue the prosecution without serious injury to justice; but apart from this new dramatic feature, "Mr Jones must have felt the^'foundations of his case slipping away, • after the collapse of his most important Tritness and his long and fruitless cross-examination of Nurse Bailey. At last the bubble which had floated so long mischievously out of re?tch "had been effectively wrecked. \ "No one can iiow doubt that Druce died amid his family, and was buried at Highgate. His existence stands out clear, distinct and undeniable as that of any human being who ever lived. How the myth confusing him with the Duke of Portland arose, it were idle to speculate. The case is a fresh instance of how a love of'the ipiarvellous is deeply ingrained in human nature, and a striking,proof of the truly unfathomable depths of human credulity."

The Court thanked Herbert Druce for consenting, in the interests of justice, to the-distasteful step of opening the grave, and said that he left the Court with Jus character for truthfulness absolutely and conclusively vindicated.