The Druce Case.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10399, 24 April 1908, Page 4

The Druce Case.

IOTRESfIIMJ 9ID'BLiIG-HT.

lAJmoinfg tlh:e effejdbs fourid alb "Mass" Bolbinigonfe flat aJfller !her ainrasifc was * leitftian fi^nni Mr Eiirnlber, tihe' Di-uce olaiiimanlt'ia so(llifliltior,% i'efeniiin|g to tlie ObJi&tldbimWhl fliini otf-iwlicnitlors, MessHs Hiattiper amidl Go. It appeains fnoimi Mre Edbßnaoo's ooafes^iion tlliat Mr Harper was Ibinoiuglb't iniba :tih,e dase thirougo. her caililnig am Ibiml in. Gbjnistlcibuaidh in order to nuaike hlai* stiaitenienlb a^egairdimg ■wtbJalb dhle (bnew of the fiitli Bake of Pariblaiod 1. 'She told liim die ffila;d a dlilaay—itlhf now faimws diiaiy—ibuit. eihe dlid not (pnoduce it, nk»" slMe ihiow eflie -oajme to comiooot iit, nfor stalte tow rihie I'daimie tjo be ■sumnnooaed fo Bntgliand as a/ w:iitne^. In fact, she appeairsto lijaive itoild ihjfmi very little. AlSter SlGss •Rlolbliinigoai's arrefsit, tllie following letter faiota Mr Kinnlb'ea', doited Seiptemlb&r 2;7itlh, 1907, was found ojmiong Her posseisislions:—■

"•Deair Madann. —'I (hiuve now seen tlhie aigenfte olf Jfesra Harper and Co. in Ltomidion, w!bx>, I find, amel a highly respefcitafble firarn. TJiey lila.ve^ 'tio'ld me .eTtedtyjHhli'iJig 'tibat hlais tajk'en: j>lace. ' It alppeialife tltoe way in wiMA' youmg Harper 'bettiattne acqiiilaiinlted wiftb. tllie Duke of iPlartliainid! tvals tfhis: He was on a vSsiib to thlis looonnltiiy as oii© of itlbie A.'ufeltJrali'ainl Ifceaiml o!f Crtcikeltieais a.nid tCi'ey alii went' doiwn 'tb Welbacrk to see . a. fambus lAhistlitailSiatn! .miceWarlse'. The. duke hajDipeined to ''foe at ihbme, (and fee iiwiited itflieiml all tb lumidh'. This, appetairtei tb Ihlalro been- We extemt of hiis alcquaiintanide. He says ihb never saw ite Wbeate .you Bad .ntoir the diairy; in falcate hie dad miot Knoiw ytou; hlad 'the Hiertlfeitei. I got (from, Ttlbe taigenltis b'ei'e ihe> siulfe&intee ,otf (tllile report of ttlhe pwliloe in thlila iciojuinitiry, whMi is of a ecandailOus amd! MlbeTloife nlafe're, and the reauilitf, evo'cLenltll'y of aotomunicar tHanlg .fnomi oftihleir pieiisions, clearly anlmtibeids Tvifthl a fleffiberafe iintentiion. of injuiiitag you aaid.ypiuir dhjalraldtbr.; but t Biave wlajrtned 1 tlhlem. albou* tihas, and tihley sa,y rtiliey nolt itlhink of aat■mg updnl tlhe auigigestiibn: of Mr Harper, wWo 1 fe evfiidlemtly vemy amgry alblout wlhlaitl yolul telalid albwuiti himl. Chief Inisipeicatior Sdottit, of Scoflanld Yatadi, iibsibeenihlene ®a;anioßnS inig, laind eiaiys ffiey oalhoipfc^ piye >m:e ai copy of "tihle "ireplbliir' OTiie -wtMe tihtags poMs lo iih 'imialdhlitiialtiibTis of same cviii 1 di^ pofeed "petrspns, -wIBb ate qiiiito indopendfeniE oif and wiitihloiulfc tibJe knowledge of eMxete tlhie .pdlit© or 'Messns Harpjea-, amd ..WhieSe p&iteanb hlaive ewidenltfy ascei'Baiined you^wt'ereialbtoiuftß^fere, amd tlhloy aii'e mlanfifealtl^ c(6in:niactt«ed'; wiiith lihe p:rti:VaJt!« enquiily agenlt of 'tihie duke, tat I dihtve mo doulbtvl sfoll be «fble to idaifeih. tJi'enr finppilnig before long . in faidl?, I thiin'k tlhiey ihiaivtei ailneady eieaiHiusdy coimlpi-ioimiised the dukes case and idtirengtlh'enied Mr Druiee's.— YkHuirts Mitlhlfulj", •Eldtauind Kimlber."