The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY _ROBBERY.

A robbery has been committed at the residence of gtirl
Wadham Locke (one of the magistrates of Wilts), Seelit-.
In the evening a loud crash was heard, and on the int°..seti
of the house going out to see what was the matter it ttr-g
ascertained that the noise had been caused b the stnas,bisilii
of some glass in the conservatory. On ay search vei-oi
made it was found that the drawer of a room adjeil:„.
the conservatory had been robbed of its contents, w;l°,4
were two £5 notes, one £lO note, and tWetbs
sovereigns—in all £32. It was also observed that ad
door of the room was locked, and that the viind°:, st%
been left open. One of the female servants, vliart
woman named Louisa Newman,was missing, but to a !coil
time she made her appearance, and on being Tt:6:100!
about the matter, she made the extraordinarY c
that she had met a young man with whom shO wflasd
quainted, that he had presented a pistol at her head a- anti'
sisted on her telling him where some of the valuaine sot
cies belonging to her mistress were, that she had don°,sit
and that he had then robbed the house. Informationiot
at once given to the police, but Mr. Superiatel
Wolfe from the very first disbelieved the story
young woman, and hinted his suspicions to Mr. l'eoce
who, however, expressed himself satisfied of the inn° id,
of his servant. The police thereupon made every inri,anisg
with a view to trace the alleged thief, but, so far frolnTtioo
so, Mr. Superintendent Wolfe was more firmly colavirieAation
the thief was the servant girl, and on his reconnen",:nodt
she was given into custody. Her person was then extonory•
and it was found that she had recently received sonleieeve
severe cuts, and it is surmised that in attempting to dee
the room in which she committed the robbery she et2torit,
voured to escape by a portion of the roof of the °ousel*" ot,
and that while so doing she slipped through thc,,,,gnoioe
thereby severely injuring herself, and also making ,
which disturbed the inmates. The prisoner was take;x3'.;
fore a magistrate on the charge of robbing her master °‘,,er;
in money, and, some merely formal evidence havingoior.,
given, she was remanded to the Melksham petty ses Ateci
The some evenin the risoner admitted that she earn n,
the robbery, and stated that she had hid the InnneJ
g p
certain place in the shrubbery, adjoining the hoar_•of 016
police accordingly searched, and found the whniu...
The
money secreted in the spot indicated by the prissnoe.Le three
prisoner had only been in the service of Mrs. L witted'
cora
weeks and three days when the robbery
was
• tea the
At the close of the evidence the magistrates cow
prisoner prisoner for trial.
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THE VACANT ALDERMANIC GOWN.—A et,
of the friends of Mr. Howard, of Leadenhall-stre,„v boa
held yesterday at the London Tavern,
signing a requisition for that gentleman to all ffef owe
wit_howthalravawsiftt!
be put in nomination as a candidate for the gown
man for Langbourn ward. The meeting wasassuwa to that
attended, and a unanimous resolution was p t bet'r)36
orth.
to Mr. Hovrarcra public and prtv ate w
testimony
-effect, the. chairman and other gentlemen. 'pres en