Mysteries of the River.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 100, 5 April 1883, Page 2

Mysteries of the River.

Is this a clue to the Thames Mysteries which are so olten reported ? A London waterman was charged the other day at Sonthwark with assaulting a policeman and threatening to drown him. It was stated m evidence that between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning the waterman was engaged to row a foreign gentleman to a ship lying m the river. In the middle of the river the boatman demanded five times his fare, 2s 6d ; the boatman insisted on another half-crown, both of which the stranger gave him. More money was demanded, but the stranger's silver had been exhausted. The boatman dropped his oar, and came to sit with the gentleman, who cried for assistance. Fortunately one of the river police heard the odes, and soon brought his boat to the spot. Before the boatman was captured h j attempted to drown the police man, and for this he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. The foreign gentleman had meanwhile gone to sea, and the more serious charge against the boat* man could not be preferred. This certainly looks like a clue. Only for the timely arrival of the polica-boat, it is highly probable that the foreign gentleman would hare been added to the " found drowned."