The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Heinrich E.
Mincte, a gloomy looking German, aged 24, walking-stick
maker, New Suffulk-street, Stepney, was brought before
Mr. Selfe, on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of
linen and wearing apparel.

It appeared from the evidence given by Mr. H. S. Ellis,
house agent, on the first examination of the prisoner, that
he had lodged in the house, No. 11, New Suffolk-street, for
five days, and on the night of the 27th ult. he came home
between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. The prisoner took
a light and went upstairs to his bed-room. He Wes heard
moving about his apartment for some time afterward, and
suspicion was excited. In the course of an hour he crept
down stairs, and was leaving the house when Arthur
Held, a lodger, endeavoured to intercept him, and observ-
ing that he looked rather bulky, said " What have you got
about you." The prisoner made no answer and ran away.
He was closely pursued and dropped a blanket in his flight.
After a smart chase he was run down by Mr. Ellis
and Mr. Held, and on being given into custody he was
searched, and two waistcoats, a flannel shirt, a pair of
drawers, 11 collars, three neckties, a pocket handkerchief,
and several other articles which he had concealed about his
body were found. The whale of the property belonged to
the landlady and to lodgers in the house. After he was
locked up he fastened his neckerchief to the bars of his cell,
made a slip knot, and nearly strangled himself. He was dis-
covered in time and cut down, and a medical gentleman was
in attendance upon him for several hours. He afterwards
made another attempt to strangle himself with his stockings
and again failed It was stated by Mr. Walter Kerressey,
an Inpector of the K division, that the police had much
trouble with the prisoner ; and with difficulty
prevented him from destroying himself. The pri-
soner recently arrived in this country from
Germany, and there was a mystery attending his move-
ments during the short time he had been in this country.
Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner for a week, and directed
that two constables should accompany him in a cab to the
House of Detention, where he would be carefully watched.
This morning, when the prisoner was again brought up,
he maintained the same gloomy reserve as before, and on
the evidence being translated to him in the German lan-
guage he uttered not a word.
Mr. Kleaher, the interpreter, said the prisoner had been
very quiet all the week in Clerkenwell prison, and there
was no reason to suppose he was insane.

The prisoner was asked if he had anything to urge in
defence, and he shook his head.

Mr. Selfe said it appeared to him the prisoner had taken
an apartment in the house in New Suffolk-street for the
purpose of plundering it, and had been only there five days
when he took everything he could lay his hands on, and
then, in a fit of passion and vexation at being discovered
and brought to justice, laid violent hands on himself. He
sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

Extraordinary Charge of Robbery agains

an Officer's Wife.

About the time of the murder of Colonel Crofton
and Captain Hanhatn, a diamond ring of very con-
siderable value was missed from the quarters of
Colonel Crofton, at Fulwood Barracks. A reward
was offered at the time, but no trace of the missing
property could be found. In July last, several
other gold rings and articles of jewellery were pur-
loined from the quarters of Captain Bluett, of the
10th Regiment. In this case a reward was likewise
offered, but with the same result as previously. From
certain circumstances which came to the knowledge
of the police, Mrs. Black, the wife of Capt. Alfred
Black, recently came under suspicion, and last
week Superintendent Henderson paid a visit to
Leicester, where Mrs. Black was then residing with
her parents, in order to make inquiries. He was so
far successful as to ascertain that Mrs. Black had
been to the shop of more than one jeweller with a
ring, to have the setting of the stone altered; and
pursuing his investigations he became satisfied that
a portion, at all events, of Captain Bluets's pro-
perty was in her possession. Superintendent Hen-
derson procured a search warrant, and proceeded to
tho house of Mrs. Black's parents, and charged her
with having possession of the missing property.
After some time he was referred to Mr. Haxby,
solicitor, Leicester, who produced several packages
of jewellery, amongst which Captain Bluett,
who accompanied Superintendent Henderson,
identified two of the rings that had baen stolen from
his quarters. Upon this Mrs. Black was taken into
custody and brought to Preston ; and she was on
Tuesday examined before Mr. Richard Neweham.
Captain Bluett deposed:
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altered. I also missed a brooch. Superintendent
Henderson said that when he charged the
prisoner with having stolen the serpent ring pro-
duced, she said, " I did not steal it ; I bought it
from a poor man I met upon the road." On the way
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from Leicester to Preston, the prisoner said, " I
bought the ring from a man who was hawking
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rings, who had a box of them. The ring with the
until Monday, when the circumstances con-
nected with the robbery fColonel
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fton's ring
are expected to be disclosed. The r°
father of Mrs.
Black holds a very respectable
position in Leicester,
which
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manded
where he practises as aph • ' ystetan.—Preston Herald.

Her Majesty's- gunboats Bullfrog, Carnation,
Sepoy, and Spanker sailed from Sheerness yester-
day for Gravesend, where they will receive on
board the Royal Naval Volunteers, to await the
arrival of the Pfinceas Alexandra.