The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-04-05 00:00:00

SEIZURE OP A LONDON SOCIALIST
JOURNAL

Mr. '404, editor and proprietor of the Socialist Morita%
jereikif oubli.hed in Urea: Titchft drdstreet L. nide.,' was
aere,t .1 no Wednesday aftemeon by fair iletecVvei from
Scotlanil-yard. on • warrant charging !dm with having in
torte:alum s of his prier. pnbash id in Eig,iind,
In, people of a foreign Slats to soilitiou and refolli n.
The eriaiii,e• was leprived et tile watch. money, hank.,
and lett r. and the p lie. th for-ihly .1 c• th, c
lie id the keyr, and rocked th • p--nsisi.r. The
prisouer w Men renio.ed t B ,w-stre,t .lice.,,hahrah.
A live •4 •f 8 icial 1) too:rats is to be h -II to protret
&rains tit, iuppresnion (their p.p.,. ant too surest o• it,
edPor i Enelan I for off :aces whch th .y allezo were wit
onninit'ed tie ruthoriti Is of this country. At the
month y meet 111 the Gen •ral °sued of RAJ tit
Workiu,n's Clubs an I Assor.sti as, held in tht esehing,
• res was pamnl appointing two delegates to watch
lb. pr ceding..
On T ler Aar morning. Johann Mott. of 101. Greet
Tlclifie!•l. tree', wee c arged on a werrant before Sir
d•ns, triehain for " that he did on the 19th day of
March, 1861, and on diver, other days, whin the
iletronolit th P lice distrie, r-lot and publish, in a
certain mita r c flied the Preikeit, a scandelous, wicked,
and OR tticioni lihd of and c ramming Ali gander 11.,
Emperor of Kiwis, who was murdered at St. P-derihurg
on the 13th of March, and of and concerning the said
; murder ;unit did in end by the sill 101-1 enciurage and
• endear sr to 11 to pirsons uoknowe to whom
the cam, wee irablisheil ti commit the echo. of murde •
in E irons, oat of her Pi tj..lted dorWni•ine Th- prisoner
was brought op in the custody ot Cole( Inspector Sore.
Inspect T. Ragan, Von Tomow, and others, of Scotta-el•
yard. On him, when arrested, were found some pockil,
books mil letters, a quantity of tines and materiels for
Ptiottno, souse newst) Pars end book% and J 2 jug dd. The
artille in wiestion contains scch pima/fee as "TrAimph
Triumpll Thu word at the poet is fulfilled. On.. of the
most horrible titan's of &mop,, whose destructinn ha.
long tern sworn, end before whoa, withering nod re-
vengeful breath coont'ess bermes awl berate.. of the
Ru.sian wont" sank into the g-ave or the prison. The
ffneporrar of Russia is no more." "Ac the mon.tir was
returning from one of the customary diveraions provided
for him by blind hordes of Wool and ir in silllv•P, the
i death dome long since pronounced, reached awl emote
I him. Fives tint •s had it ben v inch...fed to Von amain*
' tot the b ran '.4ey hetwe ni !tither and Th•tnii, and
to chett,r aliont the finger rf Gd e. h••ing teclut
saved hie necnreed whm the h ind of the people
stopped his mouth for ever. The terrible news rang like
• thunder clap in the pr ncelr castles wherein dwell tee
guilt la lon once. who have • thousand times ov merited
• like fate. Long forfe.ted hsials tremble front C3nstanti-
sepia to Washington. Who is se-called tYranoblde to
rare! Could only one such crowded ragamuffin be
dent:or-if yer month there .stild be alight desire in the
future .n olay at monareny.' rha pa •Cr puldislroi in
the fl ratan languaze, and this number has • blood-red
border.. .

After hearing the eri lege.. the prieeeet vg,l rimiinded
for a week, bail beim reiuni.

SUICIDE OF A CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER.
On Friday an inquest was held at Witham. Eseex. on
the body of the Rev. J. 1,. 38, Congregational
Minister at Finchinefleld. near Braintree. who was
found drowned in the River 'Backwater, at Witham. on
Thursday. Thi, principil witness Was the Bev. It. W.
Saunders. Congregational Minister at %Wetherst Ille
deposed that on Friday, the lath March. the deems.'
told I it.' feansl some people were trying to injure
him in his ministerial work. ife thought somebody had
net the eltildren in the day-schiml to watch Min and the
governess. lie assure.' witness there Was no gnaws.'
for the suspicions whieh le, thought were entertained
with regard to him. ll.' appeared to 1/4. in great distress
and cried. On the following Monday he said someone
hail sent him one of the almanacs issued by the Inman
t•ompany. awl he thought it waa a hiut that lie iiught to
leave Finehingtield and go to America. He slept at
house that night. and a doetor was called in to
PO, him. 1)n the following moraing he left for Ipswich.
Th.. deceased had received many ationymous letters.
whiek more in* less upset him. Ti... letters wero pro-
.l awl n•ieL Th-y expressed hatred towards the
deceased, and said lei lath no friend in the parish except
the aeltimlndstn•ss, who was prowl and equally laded.-
They also advised him to leave the plae,.. Mr. &linden',
eoniititiing his midence, said the schoolMiStross had
confessed that ahe hail herself written these letters.—A
delp.olt .if th.• ,kolasetl's rhapel. wlin was present, said
tts• oridont obits.t tho woman was to drive the
ilis-easisl into 'pi. artml.-11r. Saundori said the decoattod
said iii, Witl4 tineasy in consequence ~f these anonymous
letters. and in ronsequence id troubles at home. Be
was under the iimosssion also that a politrnian was
ii .tttingafter Wm.—Further evidenis• showed that the
ileeeased left Ipswich for Witham in Saturday week.
11., hall probably been in the water since Sem, never
having been even subsequently.—The Cormier and tla.
jury characterised the lettere which hall been addressed
1,, the deccaiied as Iniquitous. A venlict of Suicide
while of unsound mind- was rot tinled. It was staled
Mr. t ollina's mother thud itiKaue.