The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

dITENCES.

THE MURDERERS OF MADLLE. REIBEL. —lt may be
remembered that in October last a frightful murder wee
committed at Benfeld, near Strasburg, on the person of
Madße. Reibel, an old maiden lady of fortune (a rela-
tive of General Reibel, formerly commandant of the
Strasburg garrison). The assassins were speedily
arrested, and were tried at Strasburg on Saturday.
Their names are Philip Gips, George Ruff, and Xavier
Wolff, all Asacians, whose habitual langtage is German,
though they also speak French. They are all very
young men. Gigax and Ruff are journeymen bakers,
and Wolff is a working mason. More horrible ruffians
were never heard of. Gigax, the ringleader, was a
discbarged convict. He had beard that Paddle: Reibel
lived in a lonely house, and kept there 4 great deal of
money she had saved. They made three days' march
with the deliberate purpose of murdering her and
sacking the house. They arrived at Scofield at night,
slept in a poultry loft, got up early in the morning,
and murdered Madlle. R.eibel and her maid-servant by
strangulation, all three men laying hold of their throats
together. They found a great deal of money, all in
gold, in broiler match boxes, but did not come upon
the most considerable hoard. They are supposed to
have carried away 13,000 f, or 9,000 t, of which Gips
kept the largest sham. His comrades went to Stras-
burg and spent most of their plunder in a house of
ill-
faums, where they Were arrested. Gigat escaped to
Paris, and afterwards favoured London With big com-
pany, but having Spent all his meney be came back to
his own country, mid was arrested at Saverne while he
*tits plotting the murder and robbery of a rich Jew in
Germany. They were all three found guilty, and sen-
tenced to death.

WAYLAYING, AND RESCUE BY A BISIIOY.—The
system of waylaying obnoxious persons and administer-
ing a severe beating to them was never more general
than now in Ireland. Every other day some person
is treated in this way in the provinces, the police
having rendered the old form of retaliation in faction
fights nearly impossible. . The other da,y as hr.
Gillooly, the 11.Orden Catholic bishop, was driving home
near Ballisodere, lie passed several carters, who soon
after were assailed by a number of men lying in wait
for them and severely beaten. Immediately on hearing
the cries of the men his lordship alighted from his
carriage, and WWI quickly in the midst of the party.
To the imminent risk of his own life, it being then
completely dark, be rushed from one group to another,
rescuing the unfortunate fellows who lay at the feet of
the attacking party. As soon aa It was discovered, that
it was a bishop who had comb the rosette the assailants
fled: Cone of the carters was so ktterely bruised and cut
that the bishop had to take him in his carriage to the
infirmary.
A POLICEMAN GARROTED IT A BURGLAR. —About
half-past four o'clock on Wednesday morning P.C.
Nate, 56 li, was on duty near Blackheath Park, when
his attention was attracted by a noise, and he then saw
a man apparently leaving one of the houses; I3eing
provided with a key, the constable unlocked a gate and
entered the park, when the min named inn for some
distance, but was pm-sued, and as an iron fencing
arrested further progress, • desperate encounter took
place between the two parties. The policeman struggled
for a long time to secure the assailant, and would have
suckeded, but was rendered insensible in consequence
of.being seized by his throat, and was thus unable to
take his truncheon from his coat pocket. The fellow by
this means escaped, and it wail subsequently discovered
that the honses of Mbssts, Bally and Scrutton had bean
entered by forcing windows with...a crowbar, and •
quantity of jewellery and other valuable articles
, stolen.

BARBAROUS ROBBERY.—At the New Bailey, Man-
chester, last weak, Thomas Angel was brought up,
°barged with plucking horses tails, and stealing a
quantity of hair. On Wednesday night the st4les of
Messrs. Higginbottom itpd Richer** Of gvrinton,
were '3044 and the tails of several of the finest horses
plunked. The tid of one of the horses, a fine gray, was
completely plucked off, and the horse is suffering very
acute pair from the operation. The tail of this horse
reached its heels, and the look of the animal has there-
fore been very considerably altered. The other horses
were more or less tortured by plusking, iThe prisoner
sold the hair from the tads, several days after, to a pet-
ton in Itiwintong The depositions were ordered tO be
taken: ,

OUTBREAK 4.110 Ne FEKALE CONiIETB AT liKßiFt.
On SeridaY forenoon, dering the publie Worship; Sri
alaim who taised throughout the city of Perth to the
effect that the convicts in the general prison at Friarton
had overpowered the warders, and that many of them
had made their escape. The circumstances under
which the outbreak commenced are as follows :—The
female convicts, about 300 in number, assembled in the
chapel of the prison on Supday forenoon, as usual, to
engage in public worshiA lhut the clutplffiii had net ptce
ceeded far with the lierviee When the convicts, in a
moit etelted state, commenced shouting, making dis-
cordant noises, and defying the female wardets. One
of the latter was knocked down, mitch abused, and
eventually carried,out in a state of, inserisibility. The
scene of disorder *hien the chapel presented was one
which bellies description. The male officials being
apPrised of the outbreak among the female convicts,
who, with iocreased rage and energy, uttered most
dreadfull yells; it was resolved by the head triale
officials present to Ate several shots fiehii reettivers over
the heads of the *Mimi]. This, being continued for
tonne Vile, had the desired effect of quieting them in a
great degree, until at last they were completely sub-
dued. At the came time, great fears were entertained
of an outbreak among the male convict", many of whom
it had been learnt on Saturday were in possession of
the keys of their cells, and acc7dingly lb was resolved
to call in the assistance of the Perth city police and the
militaryhat Perth barracks. On being apprised of the
outbreak, Mr. Welsh, superintendent of the city police.
repaired with a large body of conetables to the general
prison, armed with awohis; batons, and cutlasses.
The city police were Contreyed td the genetal prison in
ohs, end, inidet the superintendent, rendered most
efficient service. A detachment of the 25th Regiment
was also promptly on the spot. With the assietance of
the military and police the female conalots were con-
veyed one by one from the chapel to their cells, and by
2 o'clock in the afternoon things within the walls of
the general, prison had mistimed their ordinary
quietness. There was ho Movement among, or attempt
at tin outbreak by the male convicts, tut it was con-
sidered necessary to keep the military and police on
duty within the prison the whole of the night. There
is every reason to believe tl at the insubordination of the
women in the chapel on Sunday was part of a precon-
carted scheme to enable the male convicts to overthrow
their keepers, and set all the convicts, both male and
female, at liberty. —Scotsman.
PaTRAORDINART CASE OF SELF-MUTILATION.—A
remarkable case of self-mutilation occurred on Tuesday
by the wife of a barman, named Jane Brickland, aged
38, living in York-street, Camden Town. It appeared
that the woman for some time eget had given way to
drinking habits, and while intoxicated she deliberately
chopped off her left hand and wrist. She then wrapped
up her arm and in proceeding to the University College
Hospital she called in at the Lord Wellington, and,
baying taken some brandy,slie walked into the hospital,
and told the porter she had cut herself. Unwrapping
her arm, she said she had left her hand at home ; it
was a beautiful hand, and she was sorry she had not
brought it, as they might have put it on again. During
the exhibition of the limb she maintained a remarkable
degree of coolness. Mr. Gee, house surgeon, imme-
diately attended, but he found it necessary to bend for
Mr. Quain, the head surgeon, and shortly after the
arm was operated on. It is believed that the woman
will recover.

•
FATAL QUARREL BETWEEN Two BROTHERS.—Two
brothers, named John and James Hall, the former 75
years of age, the other 77, both weavers, and residing in
Kilbarchan, had a dispute about a stool, which each
claimed as his property. About eight o'clock on Satur-
day night, John went to his brother's house to take
away the stool by force, when the other resisted, and a
violent struggle ensued, in the course of which John's
foot slipped into a hole in the floor, and he fell back-
wards, his head coming in oontaet with a chair. He
was unable to rise, and on being lifted he was found to
be insensible. Dr. Campbell was sent for, but the
unfortunate man soon afterwards expired. The cause
of death was supposed to be concussion of the brain.

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT NOBWOOD.—The body
found last week in Norwood Wood. and upon which an
inquest WWI held by Mr. Carter, has been identified an
that of Mr. Steel. seoond steward of the Earl of War.
wick, who was arrested on the Warwick racecourse on
a charge of defalcations in his office, and on the 2nd
instant absconded from his bail.