NEWS BY MAIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 56, 15 June 1910, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

Dr.AMATTC GLAN-Cli AT A PROFILE. Newcastle, April 22. A dramatic scene occurred at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, when John Alexander Dickman was committed for trial at the Assizes on a charge of murdering John Innes Nesbit, a colliery cashier, in a train near Alnmouth on March IG. Wihen the widow of the murdered man repeated her evidence, she asked to be allowed to make a statement.

"'Alter 1 gave my evidence .last week," she said, 'T caught sight of 'Dickman side-faced and fainted. If I had not lost my senses I should have shrieked. "I .saw the side-face of the man who travelled with my husband at Heaton station. He had his coat-collar up, and was sitting in the corner of the carriage. The side-face of that man resembled the side-face of Dickman."

'Mrs. Nesbit spoke with great emotion, and nearly .swooned twice while she was making her statement. She fainted afterwards when she saw Mrs. Dickman near the court. VIOLINIST WORTH £90,000. GIPSY PLAYER WHOSE FEES WERE JEWELS. Budapest, April 19. Lajos Munczv, the ''King of Gipsy Violinist," died here yesterday at the age of sixty-three years, leaving .property ot the value of about £1)0,1)00.

He had played before nearly all European Monarchs, including King Edward, and was a particularly favorite of the late Empress Elizabeth, who used to listen to his music for hours at a time, and gave him many costly presents. A great part of 'the violinist's fortune came from the jewellery which ladies <of the Hungarian aristocracy used to tear off and throw at him when they were earned away toy his passionate playing -of the wild melancholy' national tunes and dances.

THE LINGERING LOVER. POINT-BLANK LETTERS END AN ENGAGEMENT. London, April 19. Two remarkable letters were read ia the Law Courts yesterdaj "during the hearing of a breach of., promise action brought by Miss Stella Flowers, of Rulham, against -Mr. Campbell Stone, of Bentley Mills, near Earnha®. The first was written ibv the-father of Mif-s Flower to Mr. 'Stone, and It is now three years since-you asked me to be engaged and it does not seem that..yw.a?e-any further forward now. Yo.u-.give people the chance of talking,-, not like to see Stella in thisr now time you made - ai^ r jnind. It is not pleasant-at have people asking .going to be married. Awaiting- : yoiy - „ reply. > N-.B.—Stella knows of this. Mr. Stone replied:^., v To Miss Flower, -father ■has taken the li-ber.U\Qs me about my private aifcup Intjerfet'-in-g with me, and as I Wye J'fild you. J. will not have wtyh me. I have you, j and I •break off this this day. ■- -.v -a ...v' Miss Flower was awaited £BO damages. . " ' PARIS STREET TRjA-G^DY. DRAMATIC DISCOVERY BY A PRIEST,, u, -• Paris, April 19;

A widow named Lavollee, sixty-tour years old, who sold newspapers, was yesterday obliged to the furniture of her one little room to pay'rent.' She was afterwards tifrned out and left on the streets with^a, family of three kittens. She had .-no' fbocl,' and, going down to the «eh£,. design or accident fell in. ' ; A man in a iboa|_ ami as she ran across tjife dripping Mothes she sfliipp&f '"(an,4' fell under the wheels of a heavy .villi. fhe died in a few moments, still , the three 'kittens in their basket.'. This morning a ipfiest:_ r \Vh6 had seen the report of her .dea%"'cjflleciriit the •police station where Lavolee had breathed her last, and ; cliW.|tl T? pr boc! y. She was his mother, Jjf .iSfhop "he had lost sight for over twehty^years. " U'XWKITTIiX LAW % '' T . ACQUITTAL OF A ACCUSED Of STA6BING, . London, April 21. The "unwritt/" !a«l>as upheld by Mr. Wallace. V.,C.,. st the Lohdon Sessions yesterday in the case',.of William Peck, of .Richmond-mews, Paddingto*, who his wife's.lover, a grocer's assist;'"! named Alfred .Liles.

"1 ••v.ily do not require to hear anything. ' he said to counsel., "There is no 'previous conviction against this man. T think 'hi? assault was committed under cin-vm-tances of th,e.,greatest provocation.

"Under the circumstances of extreme provocation —although in law there Is no defence human nature sometimes breaks dov.'i. and 1 > not doubt, in the ,particular of tne case, that any i:,-n vuild feel, as this man felt. "You have "or twenty-five years horne the highest eV.ra 'er,"' the judge addd. addressing ?e.-k. "No eharse 1m f-v been made aga'n t you, and I have greatest pleasure in binding you to ' •m 1 uip for sentence if called -.won. Yov. \y;!I be released altogether It was stated tl;.;!Vek was willing to fake his wife a" that his employer would re-engage him.

REAL ANG i-0 ! 5 ETOBIA. WEALTH* 1 CAUSE TROUBLE IX C'aaiAXY. Berlin, April l'J. llritaln i* financing the '.lo»vonstv!«tvons in Germany for the r i!.-;in-c ..? (1: ifroditing the Trnperial Go-vt-rnwi"!'. "ml thereby weakening Germany an !! force in international politics." . Thii astonishing st-'pment is Circulate!! ' v the Deutsche)' lJote, a patriotic 3 heet owned and edited hy the M itional Liberal journalist, Herr Arthur Di.v. formerly editor-in-chief of the National /eitaing. the leading organ of the National Liberal Party. It finds publicity in many German newspapers throughout the country. Herr Dix declares that the Berlin Democratic League, wtii.'ii co-operate,* 'i organising 'the franchise <k"noft*traUmi<i with the Socialist imr.ty, has 'patrons" in London wno supply lu:eml funds to introduej e-cmeiits of duct, -d m German domestic politics.