The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06 00:00:00

1 SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A POLE.

A middle-aged foreigner, who gave the name of Gustave
Bernard Gennovich, and said he had '' three other names,"
was brought before the Magistrate, at Inov-street Police-
court, in London, shortly before five o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, charged as a person of unsound mind wandering
about Langham-place. The prisoner, who said Inc was a
native of %Varsaw, was brought up in the custody of Clue!
Superintendent Williamson, of Scotland-yard, and Sir
Thomas Henry sat especially to hear the vase.
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar occupied a scat upon the
bench.

A lad named Georg,e Frederick Hendry deposedthat
be was in the service of the defendant, who resided
at 30, Store-street, Bedford-square. He went there
daily to work for him in the trade of a jeweller,
diamond polisher, &e. At half-past one o'clock on
Monday afternoon he accompanied the defendant in a
cab to Portland-place. The defendant was dressed in
thesmfiform, pro<luced.
. . . .

Defendant.: That is true. I am a 'Wish prince,
am! I desire that the uniform may not be soiled or
torn.

Witness: There was also a cannon in the cab. It
was loaded with powder only.
'rhe cannon was produced in court, and caused con-
siderable amusement. It was mounted on wheels, and
was about the size of an ordinary blunderbuss.
Defendant : It is a model of my invention, which I
have sought in vain to submit to the war authorities.
It is obvious that England should be armed, and that
she should have the best arms; and yet this superior
invention has been rejected as "inapplicable to the
service." My object yesterday was to see the Com-
mander-in-Chief and Mr. Disraeli, and to get it
adopted.
Witness continued : The defendant stopped the cab
in Portland-place, and went into a house there. Before
going into the house he fired off the cannon in the
middle of the street. It made a loud report, and caused
a crowd to assemble. On his return from the house he
re-entered the cab, and had it driven away.
Defendant Yes, that is true. I drove to Buckingham
Palace to make a call on the Princess of Prussia.
Henry Davis, the butler of Prince Edward of Saxe.
Weimar, deposed that the defendant called in a greatly
excited state and frightened him. He asked for the
Pritwe, who was not at home. He was glad to get him
outside of the house again,
John Readley lam a servant to Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar. I saw the cab drive up to the door,
and this gentleman get out of it, and I heard the re-
port. I opened the door and let this man in. He
appeared very excited and asked for the Prince; then
for Mr. Disraeli, and the Commander-in-Chief. He
then went away. This morning he came to the house
and asked for the Prince. I called to a policeman and
gave him in charge.
James Clarke, 209 E. deposed that he took the
defendant into custody. He understood that he had
fired a gun at the Prince. The defendant said, "Very
well. I will go with you."
Peter Harnett, Inspector of the E division, said he
was at the George-street Station when the prisoner
was brought in. He gave his address DS 30, Store-
street, Bedford-square. Witness went there, and
found the model revolving cannon produced. There
were 12 caps loaded, and one discharged.
Defendant: I can show you the action of the cannon
if you like. (Laughter.) I admit having fired off the
cannon in the street. I have corresponded quietly
with the War Office for a long time to no purpose. I
tried the effect of a louder correspondence.
Superintendent Williamson said the defendant first
came under the cognizance of the police in ISW. In
April, 1862 he came again under their notice. He had
been found wandering in the grounds of Windsor
Castle. In July, 1862, he sent his photograph to the
Queen.

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar said that he knew
the prisoner by sight only, but never knew what he
was. He bowed to witness in Hyde-park last Whit-
suntide. A few days since defendant saw witness at
his window, and he (defendant) waved a handkerchief
to him; and a day or two afterwards he received a
photograph of him with some writing, describing him-
self as a cousin of the Duke of Cambridge. On Mon
day last he heard an explosion in the street as he was
going to the levde, and saw defendant in the cab.
Witness added that he knew nothing of the defend-
ant's inventions, which did not concern him in any
way.
The defendant made a rambling statement about
his claims to the Duke of Brunswick's property and
his ancestral relations to the Russian Crown, and said
he had a right to the uniform, and wanted to be
photographed in it with his model cannon.
Sir T. Henry remanded the defendant for inquiry
into the state of his mind.

MARRIAGE or Miss GRANT.—Mies Grant, the
only dau_ghter of President Grant, was married at the
White House, Washington, on the 21st ult., to Mr.
Sartoris, an English gentleman. The ceremony, which
was according to the forms of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, was celehrated by the Rev. Dr. Tiffany. The
New York Herald says that, while there was a large
party of friends present at the marriage, an abundance
of floral tributes and a display of elegant toilets, "the
event was distinguished for that Republican simplicity
so becoming to the family of the first citizen of this
Republic.' "Every American fit adds) will wish Mrs.
Sartoris happiness in hernew sphere of life and foreign
home." The New York Times says that "Mr. Sartoris
is an only son, and the heir to a considerable estate.
He is an engineer by profession, and is about twenty.
three, years old. Min Grant is in her nineteenth
year.'