OFFENCES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8283, 16 June 1890, Page 10

OFFENCES.

A topng girl, named Emily Mary Hudson, aged eighteen years, committed suicide by hanging herself, at Warkworth, on the 31sb May. The deceased, who was the daughter of Mr. Marshal Hudson, of Kaukapakapa, was on a visit to her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Chaplin, at Warkworth. Mr. Chaplin left his house on the morning of May 31, saying that he was going to tho postoffice, and would return in an hour. During his absence Miss Hudson spoke to Mrs. Chaplin, who is an invalid, about the preparation of dinner, and set about the various household duties, but after some time had elapsed, as tho girl did not come into the room with some water, as expected, Mrs. Chaplin went out to look for her, and as she could nob find her, she reported the matter to Mr. Chaplin when he came back, after an absence of an hour and a-half. A further search was then made, when the girl was found hanging by a rope from a tie, or beam, in the roof of a lumberhouse, or washliouse, at the back of the house. The body was at once cut down, but it was seen that life was extinct, and Dr. Carolan, who was sent for, could only confirm this view. A note in tho deceased's handwriting, addressed to her mother, Mrs. Hudson, Kaukapakapa, was found on a bench near where the body was found. This letter was as follows :— "My dear father and mother, I am mad. You have been kind parents to me. Life is very hard to bear. lam going to die. Do nob blame any person. I know Jesus loves mo. lam not afraid to die; I will go to Him. We will all meet in Heaven." An inquest on the remains was held at Mr. Chaplin's house the same afternoon, before Air. M. Angove, coroner, when a verdict was returned to tho effect that the deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind. The funeral took place on J uno 2, and was attended by a largo concourse of settlers and residents of the district. On tho 29th of May early, tho police authorities received information from the night porter of the Royal Mail Hotel, Victoria-street, Charles Lee, that one of the servants. Salvador Vos, a West Indian, had attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Sergeant Donovan went to the hotel, and found the unfortunate man lying in bed, fully dressed, and bed and clothes were covered with blood from the wound in his throat, which was a deep gash, several inches across, but the windpipe was nob severed. Dr. Hooper was called in, and ho stitched up the wound, and had the injured man convoyed to the Hospital. Vos admitted having committed tho rash act himself, and told the police that they would find the razor at tho steps of tho back door of tho hotel, where he had done the deed. Dr. Hooper and Sergeant Donovan searched and found it as indicated, and a quantity of blood was on the ground at the spot. The deed was done apparently between four and six o'clock in the morning. Vos has been for ten years in the Royal Mail Hotel as night porter, and was a steady, honest man. Mr. Maiden, the land- ! lord, speaks well of him, and ho was well liked by all. Mis wife, with her three children, lived in Grey-street, and he went home with his wages every Saturday even- ; ing to his family. Vos is getting on well. At the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Tues- j day, the 3rd June, in the case of Thos. i Barrett, charged with attempted murder, tho jury returned at ten o'clock, having found the accused guilty. He was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. Tho i case was one in which an old man named j Wood, who had previously been on bad I terms with Barrett, was assaulted on his way home one dark night, and beaten very severely. The horse and dray ho was driv- j ing were backed over a precipice, falling 'JO feet, the horse having his back broken. Wood's life was for some time despaired of. Barrett left the Court protesting his innocence. Detective Chrysfcal is at present engaged in investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged robbery of £100 in notes from one of the hotels. It appears that a tourist was out driving in one of the suburbs with some friends, when he recollected that he had left, as ho believed, £100 in the pocket of the coat in his room, behind the door. He telephoned to the hotel to have his money taken care of, but on going to his room, no trace of the money could be found. Charles Stewart Gordon, a young man of 24, was committed for trial at Christchurch on Wednesday, tho I lth June, on six charges of larceny as a servant. He was clerk to Messrs. Harris and Son, financial agents, at £9 a month. The defalcations amount to £720, ami extend from July last to the time of his arrest. He had been gambling and drinking, and his employers, though warned of this, had nob discovered his defalcations before. J. 11. Durham, surveyor, has been missing since February -'2, and on Thursday, the 12th June, the Wellington police examined an old well at Mitchell town, when a body much decomposed was discovered. The boots were identified as those worn by Derham, and as he was heard just previously to his disappearance, to threaten to take his life, it is believed lie committed suicide. The Dunedin City Court was crowded to the doors on May 20 on Sanderson's cas.--being called. Sir Robert SVduu":V.\V.\ Vie had been instructed by infoiVihant to appear on hb.■ Vf/ilTWAt'iulfi/ Since tho information -■was laid, information bad been afforded by the accused of the chemist who supplied certain -pills and certain powders, which were taken by the informant, and the chemist states that both were perfectly harmless and given by the accused for different purposes than alleged in the information. This being so, there was nothing left bub to ask leave to withdraw the information. Mr. Eraser, who defended, said ib having been admitted by the other side that accused was entirely innocent of tho charge, he, as counsel, was contented with a withdrawal. The Invorcargill police have received information that Mr. Robert Dairy mple, schoolmaster at Gars ton, had committed suicide. No particulars have been received. Mr. Dalrymple had been teacher at Gar-ton for a long time. At the Dunedin criminal sessions on June 5 George Cowan, on a charge of attempted rape on a young girl, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. At the Dunedin City Court William Sandosorwas lined £50 for failing to supply property tax returns, and also treble duty in addition to the value. Mai ho Kai is committed for trial for the New Plymouth murder. Two men on Tuesday night, the 10th Juno, attempted to rob the Colonial Bank, Blenheim. Mr. Howard, tho accountant, on retiring a few minutes after eleven, was attacked in the dark by two men who had gone in by the back window, lie resisted and cried vigorously for help, and tho men lied. Nothing had been touched. There was no trace of the burglars, though the police were immediately on the spot. What seems to bo a rather seriousjrobbory took place at Captain Helander's Hotel at. Papakura on the 4th of June. For the convenience of those attending Hunter and Nolan's sale Captain llelandcr is in the habit of cashing Messrs. Hunter and Nolan's cheques, and on this occasion had from £80 to £90 in his cash-box, £40 or £50 being in cash and the rest in cheques. The box with tho cash in it was seen by a servant about half-past five o'clock, bub at sixo'clock both box and cash were missing, and have nob been found since. Captain Holander has given to the police a list of the cheques, amounting to £19 18s Sd, and he states that there were several others, bringing up tho amount in cheques to £29. There were between £20 and £:{() in gold, and £5 or £0 in single notes, and £15 of silver in £1 parcels. -The loss was reported to the local constable, who has forwarded information to the police, upon which they are now acting.