New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-28


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Abevt Duel That Didn't Come OF.
Prom Our Special Correspondent
LONDON. July -, 1904
Internationally the " sensation" oil the "eeh
\, this etropos has beer that created by the murder
On the North London Railway, an atrocity starting
enough TO have got Photographed into your Foreign Mis-
seany three four days before this reaches you since
he Burden excitement in New. York. reeolect moth
Bg like it, The press the public. and perhaps Tie po
oea have improved the opportunity to the utmost The
N,h Iordon might paper the interior OF its carriages
with what has been printed about it thereby aordng
,nnronriste reading 10 its passengers Commonly the
sew,pspers devote an editorial daily TO the cub
,eet and a column, more less, TO voluntary
,orresnopdepce on IL. The alarm excited seems
n the nature Of en- epidemic, too violent to last
Despite the horror OF the central Circumstance from
which this furry" Is evolved-and the account OF the
murder reads like chapter from Eugene Sue Harrison
Answorth OF one Of the romances Of crime occasion.
siy met with In An TIE Year RoaRd-aD American can
hardly help laughing at the innumerebe suggestions FOR
the prevention of crime which by possibility could
occur on the railways of his own country Some Of
hem are complex iugeniously absurd as 10 enie
the projectors to place in Swis Academy Of Lagado
What do you think Of suggestions Of gongs, Of lamps
Bags tin tubes trumpets, strongy'iluminated metec
ascs handrsils and gangways along the sides Of the
sarrages-a 10 insure safety Of life ard impunty OF
person TO railway travellers from possible
rufans. robbers and murderers iourneying with them
All Of these things seriously proposed ond many
more. Some precautions are highly udicrons a. the
piercing of the compartments with small glazed
windows so that the passengers In train may Keep
sp perpetual espiance another very much alter
the fashion in which 1.-THE MarchoDess ventilated her
rye at key holes in Dickenss novel Fancy this, with
fastdiOus British public always DESTROYS OF exclusive
ness and DESTROYS Of avoiding contact with common
people Yet this plan is advocated by several writer's
one Of whom suggests that in the event Of stranger
entering a compartment occupied by stranger. lie
should be compelled tn sit opposite the peephole so as
70 be seen What an ingenious suggestion for inGrea
ing the comfort Of travelling - How Jolly Tor her :
As John Bull unior would exclaim and how happy the
gentleman would feel at thus being indirectly regarded
embryo murderer or rayisher
10 the mean time sensible people advise the adoption
Of the American plan against which are the objections
Of publicity the British love of exclusiveness above
companies. The second objection is influential with
Enghshmen (who prefer seeing the Rhine from their
carriages on the decks Of foreign steamers rather
than risk the contamination Of what buiwer cans inc
vulgar herd } that the majority Of them would certainly
prefer taking the risk of being murdered for the sake OF
their dearly loved privacy Yet they are rather rid at
don Directors that they see no occasion
tor making any altcrs S" In 'Iaslng arrange
bishop must be burnt alive in railway compartment
before anything would be done. should feel sure Of
impending precautions If poor old Mr. Briggs had been
railway director If the poor lady who grossly
assaulted by human beast another line, and who
precpitated herself outside 10 escape from hin (beng
only saved By pucky " Dsil'a,y boot maker" who
the / say, had been the wife or daughter Of one.
At present, Enghshmen arc likely to go armed when
travelling by rail beside being liable 10 the most OdOus
suspicious and charges willie ladies refuse IN enter
fcantly filled compartment, and are hlled w,th
fear and trembling at accidental contact with
ANYBODY not Of their own sex. Only the Other day.
scared servant girl accused perfectly innocent man
Of assault in dark tunne really committed by her
own orinoine. How Jolly (agan) for him--eonsder.
ing that he a married mani All Of this. you will
cay is rather high price to pay for partial privacy,
and when cay dozen more good thoioughgoing nor
rurs have been perpeta,ed snail change ii-hnrdy
before The best incentive 10 this II wide spread i'm
precision professional robbers and @urderers read ias
rapers and that they quick al adopting any imProre
in The Of their sA0'y rocaon This idea ter
rihle it appears seems rceiy authorized by nets
Not very long ago csttledeaier was murdered in
France under similar circumstances 10 those attending
the death Of the English bank clerk the assassin escsp
ing and other cases Of ike nature have occurred
curing the last two three years. Then too ~ many
capital crimes have OF late been committed with iDpu-
nty The old belief that murder will out > (Which
really amounted to pious supersonl Is getting eI'
poded Assassins have philosophical on tie matter
Ike Count Fosco in Wilke CODinss novel, and come 10
regard the natter as contest Of intelligence. The
new thing in the way Of murder" considered ~ one
OF the fine arts appears 10 coDsst of extreme daring
unexpecedness and the choice OF place which. from
is supposed publicity, would induce no suspicious
Remember the Of the wretch who poisoned his wife
and whole family In cab last Autumn IN one Of the
most crowded thOIOuChiares Of London; the Road
murder, that IN st. Cilcs's-l could mention half
dozen others. 81 undiscovered ii : getting alarming,
and the public doesn't enjoy ts murders" it,
prototype the old lady said to do in the newspaper
sDeedoie am induced TO speak OF another eide
OF the subject before l end my perhaps too
lengthy disquiston on it, and that Is this:
attribute the uImsakabe increase Of crimes against
women in England 10 that Collaboration Of large por
ton Of it, population OF which wrote 10 you over
twelve months back. Ny assertions were sneered al
and denied BIZ portion Of the American press OF that
time and here is Confederation. In addition TO Brit
ish pagarsts Of crime have. too. the genuine for
eign article talked not long ago with French de-
tectye who told that good many for51ts and notO
rous villains from his side OF the channel awaited them
selves OF the corGiaie ~ make occasional pro-
fessionsl visits to England. He said Struggling bis
shoulders and wrinking his features into grim that
les iasEIa,rc were severe such jail birds when
eaughta French prison being literal he'll In conpsTt
son with British one 1t is probable enough. And so
enough Of the attractive topic Of murder Ia this letter
The papers will inform you that the Danish and Ger.
man draws 10 its inevitable close. Peace seems
certain and Il cannot fail to be welcome both 10
cOmbatants and spectators. The Danes fain 70
practice that unenvi6he process OF making virtue Of
Necessity 1t lie generally admitted with that Of
mild self reproaeh commonly displayed toward own
weaknesses that they never would have fought at ALL
~ they had not been encouraged much by British
popular bustcr by the promises Of the ruiucky Cor
iucky) Wing Ministry. Sympathy with Denmark IL
now ebbng in Difference 10 rcinoiseless tact People
Who three months ago, were posaiyely gushing
with IT, at present inform you that the disputed pro
yinces are Won know. quite Germanized, and. you
know, Denraarks title to them u equivocal amer OIL
Oddly enough of the correspondents OF the very
daily papers which have traded in this feeling and
brayed the loudest about it. have contributed TO TIE
1eactioD. These gentlemen having seen Tor tDeHseFes
tie real state Of affairs at the late seat OF var DO not
write exclusively onetded and DANISH as might Dc
fcpYosedas editors in vicinity Of Fleet street md
g. cOmparatyeiy and perhaps profitable, 10 90.