The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-01 00:00:00

Giternout &rtes.

" CAPTAIN ALLISON," or whatever he pleases to
style himself, has had • very tidy run amonget the
hotel keepers and tradesmen of Plymouth, Torquay,
and various other places. He has paid Weymouth a
visit and caught them napping at the Imperial Bunion,
where he managed to obtain CIO, by plausible
representation.. it seems • great pity information
was not given earlier to our Superintendent ad It Wait
he had rather • long start and managed to get clear
' away that time. He had atm made himeelf known at
Great Yarmouth ; but very anart though he was, he
practised the trick once too often. Fortunately the police
at all the principal towns had been supplied by Supt.
Vickery with . daarlPtion hlm, Which was then
given to the hotel proprietors in the various town.;
so that the " Captain" caught a Tartar at last at
Keswick, where he was again obliged by • lady with
some money by means of a Torquay cheque.

The inquest at Wyk' on Monday, on the body of
the infant Peters, promised at the commence-
ment of the bowleg to be a most serious and
suspicions affair. Here is a strange woman, lately
=cried. who leans her husband, a seaman on board
the Earl of Kenton's yacht, and comae from Ports-
mouth to Portland presumably for the purpose of
inducing • friend of hers to go back with her in order
to be present at her confinement. The friend, a Mrs.
Ingram, cannot go, but introdnose her to a well-known
norm in Wyk*, named Mn. Stone, with whom she
makes orraagooasata to stay at her house during her
Einem. Immediately after the child is born, notwith.
standing that she inneelf well knows the child to be
weakly, Mrs. Petere,the mother, leaves the child with the
none. The child dies shortly afterwards, without
medical attendance, and the doctor, called at the
=et, swage distinctly that had • medical min been
In be would have mimed, if not saved the
child's life. It was also stated In evidence that two
children had formerly died at Mrs. Stone's hems.
On the face of it, this mewed an exoeedinglY sus-
picious cees, but we are glad to find that the sequel
showed no blare, could be attached to any parson.
By the evidence of Mrs. ewes, the case wee fully
explained. She showed clearly that she had done
in her power to save the child's life, and
also mot =dial attandasos on the night preceding
the Mere It was also shown by Dr. Colmar
that die eblid had been considerably weakened by •
dies= rams to children, and also gave Mew Stone
credit let doing the beet shim under the dream
rimer. Hum of child murder are novr-a-days so
common eat the commr was compelled to look with
peonfierpmftion upon the case. end to enter into
details which the mother would other-
:7lllS NM be spared.

Tie evils of drunkenness here bean discussed
thoneands of Von, and se sally times illustrated in
or polio* warts ; bat a lamentable story is this week
Mu"dof • husband ma wife estranged by the
Alter way warnirgs sad exhortatiolts sad
attempts at rachustation, she is at leaestasttitocoed to
one Inagall impriscauneat for Use @WM
This is • sad sad —if it be the end—for • woman who
was at one tine the respestable wife of • ni
b.. 1- It is to be hoped, however, that is
=NW tnesiment will haw the desired eiloot.