The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-02 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER IN FRANCE.

At the Bow-street police-court, in London, Isaa c Sitbon
all. 0. Pirnsenstein, was charged on a warrant, under the
Extradition Act. before Sir Thomas henry, with being con-
cerned with Raphael Toiedano and Nissim Sizouri in mur-
dering, on the 16th ult., at Marseilles, one Angelo Crego, a
Tunisian merchant, and stealing 50,000 f.

Chief Inspector Nathaniel Druscoyich, of Scotland.
yard, said From instructions I received from Mr.
Superintendent Williamson I went on Friday afternoon,
with Sergeant Lowden, to St.Martin's•le grand. About
twenty minutes pact two I saw the prisoner go into the
General Post Office. He remained there two minutes,
after which he came out and got into an omnibus.
We followed him, and he got down at the corner
of Adelaide-street, Stiand. I stopped him, and said,
" Isaac Sithon, I want you for a murder committed
at Marseilles." He replied in Italian, "You have
made a mistake ; my name is George Bimsenstein."
I took him to Scotland yard, and searched him. I
found a passport on him granted to "George Birusen-
stein," on 22nd of January, at Boulogne. He was
described as a native of Marseilles. Some letters and
keys were also found on him, the former being addressed
to l/eo. Birmenstein. He said, "You have made a
mistake, I will tell you my history." The prisoner
then said that he was twenty-two years of age, and
that his father died, leaving £3OO, which he (prisoner)
had since used in his commercial pursuits. He had
left Marseilles on the Ist of last month, stayed in l'aris
at an hotel (the name of which he gave), and travelled
on to Boulogne, where he was stopped. He ob-
tained the xrmstsirt prmluced, arrived in London, and
was staying at the Hotel de Versailles, Gerrard-street,
Soho. I went there and opened a black box and a
tourist's bag with the keys taken from him, and found,
amongst other things. a French telegram sent by a
person named Sitimn, of Tunis, to Isaac Sitbon, at an
address in Paris. I read the warrant to him.
A description of the prisoner included in the French
depositions was read to him by M. Albert, who asked
him also if he any questions to ask the witness.
The prisoner replied, " If the people recognise me I
must be guilty; but if they do not, of course I am not
guilty."
The prisoner received the usual caution, and was
asked if he wished to say anything.
He replied in the negative, and was remanded.

ELECTION EXPENSES.—Mr. Forster was asked
the other day by the Land and Labour League to
receive a deputation of working men on the question
of freeing parliamentary candidates from hustings and
other obstructive expenses at elections. Mr. Forster's
secretary wrote in reply that the right hon. gen-
tleman would be glad to receive the deputation
on Monday afternoon. and as he had been asked
to receive a deputation on the seine subject from
the Tower Hamlets Radical Association, he pro-
posed to see the two deputations together. At the
meeting of the [League on Friday it was resolved,
after some discussion, that Mr. Forster'a offer should
be respectfully declined, and that the chairman should
write to Mr. Forster fully explaining the reasons
stated at the meeting as to the grounds of this decision.
The chairman has since in a letter explained that the
decidon come to "was not the result of any objection
to the parties with whom you propose to receive us,
but was arrived at simply from a conviction that any
public body when received bye member of the Govern-
ment on a question of great notional importance is
entitled to all indepeudent hearing.