Miscellany.

Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 35, 25 November 1899, Page 2

Miscellany.

Prom the Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, for a wager, two men started to swim ronnd the Sewer Baoy, about a quarter of a mile from the shore. One of the competitors was seized with cramp. His opponent went to his rescue, but the disabled man gripped the other round the neck. After a straggle, the friend broke away, and secured the drowning man in the prescribed manner, but becoming exhausted after a time, and no assistance being near, he had to allow his companion to sink. * * * A man named Harry Evans has landed himself in prison in a very remarkable fashion. He was entrusted by his employer, Ernest Herbert, a jeweller, with large quantities of jewellery, which it was his duty to dispose of on the instalment system, preferably to police officers and men having pensions. He appeared to be doing exceedingly good business, and took out summonses against imaginary customers who had failed to keep up their instalments. His services were so valued that his wages were raised to a very respectable figure. It was at length discovered that the money he had paid over as small instalments from customers had been contributed by himself, that nearly p,ll his customers were bogus, and that he had employed professional “ pawners ” all over the country at 4s a day to pledge jewellery which ran into a value of about £6OOO. The result was that his employer was now in the bankruptcy court. The career of Evans, who at one time had played leading parts at the Surrey Theatre, was rendered all the more remarkable by the fact tbat he could neither read nor write. Accused was sentenced to 11 months bard labour. * * *