The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-16 00:00:00

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PRAGUE.

A, terrible affair occurred last week aft Prague. A
young officer of a regiment, of hussars, stationed some
miles from that city, had an intrigue with a wealthy
Jewess, named Katz, a widow thirty years of age. In
the evening of , the, 4th he absented himself from his
-regiment, to I hotit leave, to pay her a visit, and on arriving
at her house at Prague, he found with her some officers of
an infantry regiment of the garrison. The whole party
supped together, and at a late hour the officers departed,
leaving the young hussar alone with Madame
Katz. After awhile the latter sent her servant
to purchase some beer. ; and the servant on her
return found, to her snrprise, the outer door
fastened, and received no reply to her knocks and calls.
At last, after waiting some time she summoned a patrol,
who happened to pass, and a forcible entrance was effected
into the widow's apartment. The officer's sword stained
with blood was picked up in the entry; and in an inner
room the widow was found lying dead, frightfully muti-
lated, in a pool of blood. Her head, neck, breast, and
arms were so hacked that they could scarcely be. recog-
nised. Her silk gown was cut to pieces, and her braee-
lets, broken into fragments, were scattered about the
floor. In one hand she held a quantity of. hai,, which
had evidetrly been torn from the officer's head, and
in the ether:the knot of his sword, which had hen
violently dragged off. yin another room the officer
hitnself was found lying dead, with his throat cut..
What took place between the two before this horrible
murder and spicide were perpetrated is not kruiwo.
From the officers sword having been fnund in the entry,
it is supposed he had conceived tit.: design of taking to
flight, and of cutting down anybody who might attempt
to resist him ; but that, after finding the patrol at the
door, he fel,, the usclessoeis of resistance, and, throwing
aside his weapon, cut his throat;

THE VACANT MASTERSHIP CHAN'ERY.—We under-
stand that the Lord Chancellor kas forwarded a statement
to government, pointing out the inconvenience likely to
arise by the non-appointment to the mastership vacant by
by the lam-nted death of Mr. William Henp. It is more
than probable that his lordship's remonstrance against the
proposed economy will be taken in good part, and that the
opportunity will be readily seized of providing for some of
the few Catholic retainers of the ministry whose claims
have not been yet recognised in a substantial form.—Dublin
_Evening Mail.
Tgarr (17 Ll 12.-7 A farmer, from the neighbourhood of
Partick, was, late on Wednesday evening last, robbed in
Trpngate, of a pocket book containing one £5
bank note, thirty one Ll notes, a half sovereign,
and a silver watch. A number of persons seized the
farmer, who had been enjoying himself, and took
his property forcibly from him: Same evening, a flesher,
from the neighbourhood of Dumbarton, was robbed in
Stockwell street, of a pocket book, containing a £2O bank
note, five £5 bank notes, all of the Commercial Bank, and
thirty seven £1 notes. This theft was committed by a,
female. No trace of the stolen property has as yet been
obtained,—Glosgow Daily Mail.