The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

THE VIENNA POISONING CASE.

We recorded, a short time ago, the fact of a
mother in Vienna having destroyed herself and three
children, and her mother, in the madness of despair
produced by poverty. The following details are
now given :—Augusta Kaiser, the widow of a railway
employe, finding herself without means and in danger of
being turned out of her home, collected around her her
mother, Catherine Gutmale, and her four children, the
eldest of whom was 9 years and the youngest 4 years
of age- She said to them, "We must one day die;
is it not better that we should all die together, and
put an end at once to our wretched existence ?" All
assented except Albin, the youngest. She then pre-
pared some tea, in which she mixed prussic acid. She
poured it out, and all drank except the child of four years,
who obstinately refused to drink About eight o'clock tho
neighbours heard his loud and prolonged sobs, and they
knocked at the door. The poor child opened it, tad the
following spectacle presented itself:—The dead bodies of
the widow Kaiser and her son Gustave were found near
the.door ; Rodolph was dead in his bed; the grandfather
lay lifeless on the carpet, and at her feet was a little girl just
breathing, but from whom life soon pissed away altogether.
Amongst the neighbours who were attracted to the spot
was the sculptor, Karl Nowarn, who said that ho would
take charge of Albin. Two letters were found in the
chamber. Ono explained the reasons which led to this
terrible deed of despair ; the other was an application to
a female friend for a few florins, with a request that, if they
were to bo of any use, they must bo sent at once. This letter,
however, was never sent. The event has produced a deep
impression in Vienna.

LAW AND POLICE.

THE ALLEGED LIBELS BY THE " TIMES " AND
" TELEGRAPIL"—The alleged case of libel against the
Times and Telegraph, on the information of Mr. Bewicke,
of Threepwood Hall, Northumberland, again came before,
Alderman Hale at Guildhall on Thursday. An additional
cause of complaint against the last-mentioned paper was
the publication of a leading article commenting on the
proceedings at the trial. The notes taken by Mr.
Dewieke's reporter were handed to the magistrate, who

will decide shortly whether the discrepany between them
and the statements in the newspapers is sufficiently wide
to justify him in issuing the summonses which have been
applied for.

BETTING PROSECUTION. —At the Hingham Petty
Sessions 11. Slowburn, a betting man, was summoned for
keeping a betting-oflice on Dover race-course. Evidence
w:,s given by the police showing that the defendant and
his servants occupied a wooden erection near the betting.
ring at the late Dover races, and that, although it had no
covering, it was closed in on each side, and the posts sup-
porting it firmly fixed in the ground ; that attached thereto
was a list of the odds offered to be laid against horses for
each race winning, on which the name of 11. Slowburn
was printed ; that persons came and deposited money
with the defendant ; and that he admitted to the police
being the person described on the list. The bench, after
a short deliberation, inflicted a fine of £5O and costs, with
the alternative of six months' imprisonment.
MURPHY AM) HIS BAIL.—At the Manchester city
Police-court, two sureties offered themselves as bail for
Murphy, who was at the time still in prison. The Rev.
W. J. Burke, incumbent of Castle Mordan, Meath,
Ireland, was one of the bail ; the name of the second did
not transpire. Murphy was to enter into his own recog-
nisances at the city gaol, before one of the visiting justices,
after which he would be liberated.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE NITRO-GLTCERINE.-At the Marl-
borough-street Police-court, an application was made to
Mr. Knox for his advice by the tenant of a house wherein
a mining-agent, named Clenill, left a box containing nitro-
glycerine. The magistrate was informed that the explo-
sive compound filled a case a foot square, and was sufficient
in quantity to cause a like catastrophe to that which hap-
pened at Clerkenwell House of Detention. Mr. Knox
issued a warrant empowering the police to seize and deal
with it according to law, and suggested that a thoroughly
competent person should superintend its removal.
IMPORTANT CONVICTION OF A SURGEON.-At the South•
wark Police-court Mr. David Roberts, M.D., of Great
Dover•street, Borough, was summoned by the parish
authorities of Camberwell for that, on or about the 4th
of June, being a medical practitioner, he did refuse to
fill up and sign a certificate of the successful vaccination
)f Henry Lownds, when submitted to him, according to
aw, he having successfully performed the operation upon
tich child. The registrar of the parish said that
on the birth of the child being registered, he
gave a vaccination paper to be filled up. He
afterwards received information that the defen-
dant had successfully performed the operation, but
refused to fill up the certificate. Witness wrote to him
about it on the 4th of June, pointing out the section of the
Act of Parliament bearing on the case, when be sent a
reply refusing to fill up the certificate, as be was not paid
for it. The magistrate considered the case proved, and
inflicted a fine of 10s. and costs.

INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT.—At the Worship-street
Police-court, Mr. S. Josephs, a traveller, was charged,
under the Trades' Marks Act, with having sold:a "Fitzroy"
barometer, and thereby infringing a patent. A fine of
10s. and costs was inflicted.
THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AT CARDIFF.—At the

iardiff Police-court John Rees, Cattle Market Inn,
Cardiff, was charged, on remand, with having stabbed
his wife. She stated that on Thursday night the prisoner
came home a little the worse for drink. He asked her to
get his supper ready, and while she was preparing it she
aggravated him by calling him names. He had a clasp
knife in his hand, with which he began cutting a piece of
cheese. He then attempted to go out, but she pushedhim
back. He then pushed her, and she fell. She was not
aware that she was stabbed until she got up. When she
felt the pain she ran out into the street, and cried out that
she was stabbed. She recollected being taken into a
neighbour's house, but it was all she remembered. The
case was sent for trial at the assizes.

We (Dublin Evening 11Thil) are happy to state
that the attack of illness under which the venerable Earl
of Roden suffered has passed off without leaving any
serious consequences. His lordship has already regaincd
his usual health.

DEMOLITION OF CLEMENTS' IN.:.—The demoli-
tion of Clements' Inn has commenced, being another sacri-
fice to the new law courts, which it is possible may not,
after all, be built on " the Carey-street site." Mr.
Glasier, instructed by her Majesty's Commissioners of
Works, attended the Inn on Thursday morning, and sold
by public auction all that portion of it which extends from
the porter's lodge, ',lst inside the gate, at the south erd,
near the Strand, to the wall at the north end, and as soon
as it was disposed of the process of demolition Adremoval
commenced.