The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-30 00:00:00

TIIZ ArrsmeTED
.MURDER UN 4 PRTNCII

BA IL WAY.

Coghois, • young architect. was arralaned on Thumhat
bet, r. the Assize UtMit at kurat oa the chaged of en
otte.uptto lour oor the Ric tol. F. Whiduorne on the
Manure Itsuwny an the Btach of Jona. Tee presiding
iod.te, to octurilanco with broach began by
expAtiog the career oil the aC.:Osed up to the pi meet time
ouittuto debut. The prisoner had. it appemod. fought
.0 relduelit, utolergune imprisonment for • Jewel robbegc, ,
rotted into an eitensire building contract, now romatu-
ing uu,attoll ci, out ,orto eel cash in all dtrectOtte. Toe
occ..scd nOOns ulgici %hot he hod dyed by theft in o. let
to oseet lug toille aut auppoit hia wait end child. C...moi•
oil It0C11104:011rd to tlaYal on the Noncom Itailwoy
tirot clms by the napless simo,t nightly to: the sake of
stealing the pasienouts. luggage, ••11•011. 0101 purses when
the pa uenirer• proceeded to toe buffet. On the moo uric
of the sit .inaptsd murder, at It 17, he arrived at Boot ogne
by the moil from Amiens. Wain the train was about to
go back Mr. Wholloorne asked whether any sue would
proceed by it to Part. end Vie two travelled together.
foe; at Crtt Wept. Before reaching Abbeville, Cochol•
' Otiefal drinUaht t• the Clergy Luau t fOLIA hi, dam., whoa
was kteClineti. Ar. Whidooine then again If oil steep,
C.a.:nog hie neck to COC 2014. Fil'e tulles from Amiens he
suddenly awoke, feeling three thruste from some sh.rp
los: riumat. If, lemmata, ruse, receiving • fourth as he
did to. Bring a powerful wall, be grappled with fits
so agonitt, aid • Imortui ttrugale ensued. TllO Cl,rgy Man
wrested a cup miner Mowed fruu the triteoneeil *raw.
•hereupon the am:salt produce! • soven-ohmoubsteu
revolver, but was unotole to fir., his wrist being tightly
held. The too won dragged each other from c.orne. to
Corner el the compaotmint. F nding that be wet baffled,
Commis °toned the dour. doubtless in order I, cost Mr.
Waddhorne on to tlO ratorusd track. But the intonded
victim made good nit straps by the footboard, and was
orally homed tot, a *impartment by • brother of
iglu and an other gentiemon. Anatolia was given.
and Liao train I taught to • standstill, The goad found
CorAols basausarei w.th blood striding on tve footboard.
Hs declared himself the victoto of an outrage. tie
Mattawan thereupon travelled in the seine carriage.
Wolsom suddenly escape!. la spite of the high timed he
jumped out ou toe line. Toe train was again etoppad.
harbors ran for about MU paced and stopped • night watch-
men. rscooht og the story of a pretended outrage Upon
Lituillf. lie then prikeeded to a hut on the hue. i.eT
lirakttmau cause In search ot hint and found the piitoner.
who thereup.a firel into boa ow. right ear. The train
a.•l/i started for Amide's.. M. Mallet, Cummlestry of
Sp.ciat robot, unclog been communicated with, smartly
arrayed, saiolnlng the cmt.oly of the prisoner. CoChOte
ref used to spook. lie WIII mum:hod, and four purses were
found on hina. The AtlVOCak•Geueral, in • opirited space,
dwelt upou the tames. rot railway °miaow, end demanded
• verdict without mercy. Maitre Dubum, tor the dotenos,
ito i able reply• denounced the idesof premeditation, vod
d +tot oat,, forgiving bearing of Whidborne exhibited on
the day of Lae wrest of Umlauts, and 'gain that day,
polut.ng to this example cl clemency as one worthy au
ow torrid °Mimi. Gamuts, cur Lad been composed dar-
ing tau proceedings, was much moved by his counsel's
idress. The trial, which had lamed flee hours, the wart
toeing densoy crowded, ended in • verdict of "Guilty."
A motet,co of transportamon for life was palmed, the pita
of extenuating circumstances being wigulttid.
THE: FOOLHARDY CHANNEL ADVENTURE.

Captain Omar, who was landed at Dover on Wednes-
day, having Mao picked up cid the North Foreland. says
altor he lett Dover on hiomiley nioht ne can' mead wit tout
WISP whatever witgl shorty alter in delight. when he
was more Chau half -way acrom channel. It then C• 010 00
to blow, sod thu win/ rapidly increased to • south-wee t
caSe Ile then eaniieue• his story I then gave up all
hope of reabieg Casts, and allowed the boot to dr.ft
Wier* the win I. The we.. were very high, but the boat
behaved well. and ouly shipped very Mitts water, which
I ',marled bl a bore Pump siren me before I telt Dryer.
About one o'clock I drifted on to toe load rand, of the
Goodwin. Thor, was a fearful rern sod the an e being at
it, iteitht, the waves rose perpendicularly, as it were, all
round any little craft, sod I wiver ex oectird to get out of
them at!. One &ea rose up and flapped down on top of
me, fining the boat. I eras unable to pump the water out,
but the corks and bladders kept the mat from sinking.
When night set in I was very exhausted, and give
up al hope of brine rescued. Toe tide carried me
back towards the North Foreland, and about nine
o'clock I saw the lights of a vesel approaching me.
I had no mewls whatever of signalling to her, being too
weak to hall her with •utikmat p,..r. and my horn
being lost; but, strange enough, sari bore right down on
me. and I sought her stem to prevent her running me
down. I hed just before celled out to the vetoed to lull,
and this attracted the %%Matron of some of the seam.
who pots iiight over toe side and threw me I line. A
line was also thrown mei from the ship's master, bet I
mimed berth. TOO vessel then paired on for nearly half-
raids and then cams about, and after some time they
dbouvered me. A line wee again thrown to me, sad this
time I caught it. I tried to fastea it to the boot, but did
not succeed, and I then asked them to haul me up. But
I over-calculated my strength. When they had got me
hall-way up I dropped into the water. Two of the
sailors then lowered themselves over the aide of the
vowel and rescued me. I was taken on board and
attended to, and recovired.` Captain Dreear state.
kw. he Is not likely to risk hie life again, and that the
re...on he made the voyage wee to ) prove that there was
something more in this craft than wan accredited to her
If. ititee that he made too boat after being shipwrecked,
and he offers her as an exompbs of what a man under
prating circumstances may do out of rough materials.
lbs boat was lost