A "KAISER" LEAGUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)

A "KAISER" LEAGUE.

™It! a *** 00 ? d ™ Possession of a I number of documents which shed light on William n. One letter •written by Herr I Henng, the secretary of the WnaT to" Loen, the chairS of the Frankfnifc branch, says that he has 20,000 marks to a pastor in Essen £t*U™ ex , c ,«t- connectiona in Holland I to influence the Dutch mreea."-

* Dr. J. L. Jenkins said he had attended Mrs. Jackson for neurasthenia. She had been in a weak, nervous state. The last time her was about six weeks before the tragedy. On the morning of the tragedy she ran to the waitingroom of his surgery, and, opening the door of the consulting room, said, " I have done them in,"

When he asked who she replied, "I have done the children in. I put their heads in the gas oven. The unemployed have done this. They were after them, and I killed the children to save them. J am* quite sane. Send for the police. 1 want them to protect me from the unemployed."

The Coroner; Did that seem to you a reasonable statement?— No. Did it seem to you she must bo out of her mind? did. The doctor said he noticed the woman had bloodstains on her hands. He asked his partner to look after her, and in company with a constable went to her house. There they found the dead bodies of the two children lying on a bed on the ground floor. On a smaller bed was a knife. Dr. Bate, divisional police surgeon, said that in the neck of each child was a deep gash which extended to the back of the neck. The knife had missed the vital arteries, but had severed the s]|»ne in each instance. Both children were well nourished. The right hand of each child was badly cut between the thumb and the index finger. Death must have been very rapid in each case. There was no evidence of poisoning either by drugs or food. Police-constable Williams stated that when he entered %he surgery the prisoner exclaimed: " That is what I want," and on the way to the police statical she said • I cut their throats. They are still on! toe bed. I will tell you why I did it. You ought to have more protection. I know you will not have any pity for me." In a rambling statement made to Detective Divisional-inspector .Pride, prisoner suggested that it was the fault of someone, that food had been tampered with, towed. Q Efae WCnfc ° at ahe was fol (JO*?? WOTO * woma le children, but be£\S* *?&$ - they had been'sent out to have their hair cut. Other occupants of the house were also out at the time ibe jury returned a verdict of wilfai murder against tim mother. " ™

" There is no doubt," continued Sergeant Gross, that Meredith is a super-motor thief, and he is exceptionally dangerous because he has an expert knowledge of: cars and can' drive any car on the road. " His method, as he explained it to me, was to watch a car for a considerable time, and at the right moment, when he has a buyer in view, he steals it, runs it for a fortnight or three weeks, and then sells it " , Smith, added the officer, seemed to have assisted in garaging stolen cars before they were sold or stripped and abandoned. In one district of the West End, where the cars in question were stolen, sixty had disappeared. The witness himself believed there was some persons who were financing the thefts and that the prisoners were only three of a gang. When Meredith reached Hamp shire with Lord St. Germans' car he temporarily ran out of money, and tried to dispose of the headlights. This led to his arrest. According to Meredith's statement he had up to then been " spending money like water,' and had been living at expensive hotels.

A major in the R.A.P.J said Meredith, in the name of "Sykes," joined that force last July. In November he stole a motorcar from Blandford Camp, and left it abandoned. in a London street. On his arrest he was put in a cell, but broke out and was not seen again until his arrest on the present charges.