CRIMES AND OFFENCES

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14673, 14 February 1912, Page 5

CRIMES AND OFFENCES

CRYSTAL GAZING LEADS TO MURDER. Press Association—Bv 1 el—Copvrighi. CALCUTTA. Feb' 12. M;ss Era Mountatephet'S lias been ; committed fcr trial on a charge of poisoning M.ss Garnett Orme. Accused v.a«; n believer in crystal Miss Orme beccmciO interested, and even-! lualy saw evidence of lior imuudiate' death. Then she mysteriously died. ! Accused benefited by her will. | SMUGGLING BY MOTOR. PARIS. Feb. 12. A smuggling auto-car containing a ton and a half of tobacco dashed ' over the Belgian frontier. Excisemen j : pursued it- and wounded one smuggler : and captxired the car through the | ryre bursting, but the smugglers es-c-ap.d. THE BINGAREE MURDER. STRANGE EXPLANATION. SYDNEY. Feh. 12. } At the inquest on Mrs Bail, whose j burned remains were found in tho j bush at Bingnrno on January 22nd, | | the husband. Ball, in his evidence, de- j j clared that he shot his wife after I I she had taken poison, and immediately j j pmco/1 the body in a wheelbarrow and \ ; took it into a paddock and burnt it < j m tho hope of avoiding discovery. His j ■ only reason for shooting his wife was ■ j her great pain through drinking car-! . bolie acid. They had never quarrelled j I and he attributed her taking poison j jto long suffering from rheumatism. ! j A youiiir man o 28. named Henry ; j "Whitehouse. committed suicide by I j cutting Ins throat, at Oamani on t ! Mcnday. : j Burglars entered a wine and £p rit ! ( stor-.' at H;'.-t:n:'> early 07i Monday ' ; m;nir!ig piv] stole s -vernl b;ntK> of ; i A desk w:m ransacked, but ! j ?a;ne monoy th.orein \va> not taken. ' ; - I