THE LONDON SENSATION

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 5

THE LONDON SENSATION

THE INQUEST. . Press-'Association —By Tel.—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 6. At tho inquest un Morbuntzcif and (lie Houndsdstch polioe killed on tho night of the burglary, Mrs Katz, landlady of 59 Grovo street, where Morountzelf died identified the. arrested woman Aliistein as Fritz's mistress. Both lived in Grovo street. Trassjousky, tho otltcr arrested woman, visited the houso two or throe timea daily. Morountzeif was also a visitor. In the course of a. sharp examination Katz, the landlady's husband, admitted that ho heard rapping on a shutter and let in Trassjousky early on Saturday, December 17th. SYDNEY STREET AFFAIR. The post mortem on? the bodies of Fritz and the other man found, revealed no bullets in either and no traoo of wounds. Two linndrod detectives, in tho East En'd continue the search for Peter the Painter. Mr Lloyd George sent a message of sympathy with Detective Leeson and the others who are wounded, «ind earnestly enquired as to their progress^ RUSSIAN OPINION. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6. : The Russian authorities are of opinion that it is essential that the English 1 authorities should establish a complete surveillance on foreigners. Tho Continental police in dealing with anarchists are impeded by the immunity enjoyed by them in England. WITNSSES ARE SCARED. ' Received 10.25 p.m., Jail. 6th. LONDON, Jan. G. The Coroner strongly warned Kratz for prevaricating and withholding facts within his knowledge,, and commented oil tlio difficulty ; of .eliciting tho truth owing to local feeling. DEAD ROGUE IDENTIFIED. • Tho "Daily Mail" states that Fritz's dead companion, known as Joseen, has been identified' as Jacob Fogel, aged 22, a native of Govno. He participated in several bank. raids, was captured, escaped, ,and came to ' England in February, 1910, and worked threo j months as a tailor's presser. The "Mail" adds: "It is now known that, Morountzeff, Fritz and Fogel, were members of -i gang of twenty-eight, including women. . A BAD LOT ALIEN, 'An alien, sentenoed to four months at Southampton in 'July, ,and then de|>orted, was sentenced again at Southampton yesterday to a month, and to deportation its an inoorrigiblo rogue. Mr Cooke, the Recorder, cCDin. mented on tho lax administration' of the law, adding: "It is monstrous to put the ratepayers to tho expense of maintaining criminals , and pauper aliens, in prison or workhouse."