The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY.

In an article which appeared in yesterday's impression it
was stated that Tester had been for some weeks in London.
Such, however, was not the case. It appears that at the time
of his quitting Sweden, or at least, as he alleges, before he had
himself received any intimation of Agar's revelations, and the
consequent charge made against himself, he was suddenly
dismissed from his situation on the Royal Swedish Railway,
without any cause being assigned by the authorities, and at
once decided upon returning to England ; his station being
some distance up the country. He accordingly quitted
Sweden for Copenhagen, passing thence to rlamburgh, learning
on his way the danger of his position, and coming to the con.
elusion that the statement of Agar had led to his dismissal
from his. appointment. From Hamburgh he passed through
Belgium to Calais, and thence, hardy as it may seem, to
Dover. What followed reads like a chapter of romance, and
is, in fart, one of the strangest episodes in the (xreat Gold case;
for at Dover, without the intervention of any elaborate dis-
guise, but simply with the collar of his coat turned up, he
remained upon the p'atform at the railway station for nearly
an hour, took his seat in the train, travelled up to town in the
ordinary way, and passed through the London-bridge terminus
without enquiry, or even a suspicion being entertained that
that man, upon whom the company were, above all others,
anxious to lay their hands, had so e.tsily eluded pursuit. What
makes this more singular still, is the fact that that same night
Mr. Bees, solicitor fbr the prosecution, travelled down the line
to Dover for the purpose of endeavouring to gain some informa-
tion as to the whereabouts of the fugitive from Tester's father,
who resides there. There appears to be something singularly
daring in thus passing through the very hands of his enemies,
but probably Tester, having made up his mind to meet the
charge, was indifferent as to capture, while the South Eastern
Railway itself would probably be the very last place where
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THE DEAD AMONG THE LIVING.

At one of th a London police courts, on Monday, two shop
keepers, residing in King street, St. Saviour's, attended before'
Mr. Burcham for his advice, under the following circumstances.
They stated that in a room, at No. 16, the dead body of a
young woman had been lying nearly nineteen days in a coffin.
The loom was locked up, and the effluvia was so offensive as
to be injurious to the inmates of the house and the neighbour—
hood, They wished to know what could be done to remove
the body. Mr. Burcham : Who rents the room in question ?
Applicant : The father of the deceased, who stated himself
to be a master bricklayer. He rented the room of Mr.
Mills, the landlord, who is a gas fitter, but owed him near
£6O, and he had locked the door up and gone away, no one
knows where to. Mr. Burcham : Had he a wife in the room
at any time ? Applicant : I think not, sir. No one but the
deceased female and an aunt occupied the room. As soon
as the former was dead and put in her coffin they both left,
and have not returned since. Mr. Burcham : When was a
coffin provided ? Applicant : More than a fortnight ago. The
stench is intolerable at the present time, The young
woman had been in a dying state four months. Mr. Bur—
cham : Mr. Mills, as the landlord, ought to have adopted
some means to remove the body. How is it he has not done
so ? Applicant : Mr. Mills says he is afraid to interfere in
the matter. The door is locked and he does not like to
break it open. Applicant had understood that the under-
taker had not been paid for the coffin, and that the father
of deceased bad paid nobody. Mr. Burcham : Is there much
stench from the room ? Applicant : Oh, yes, sir, so offensive
that unless something is done immediately, disease will spread
among themselves. Mr. Burcham: I think it a case that
ought to he attended to immediately. I should recommend you
to proceed at once to the parish officers and inform them.
They will cause their medical man to visit the house, and if
he reports that the stench is dangerous to health, they will
remove the body. Inspector Mackenzie, who was in court at
the time, said that he would attend to the case, and see that
the body was removed. Applicant then thanked his worship
for his advice, and left the court.