, 1864-01-10

AnE1traord1nafs g,aa;Rs 9P;RosterAs strange
From the London starf
Yesterday the magistrates sitting In petty
sessions in Wolverhalnpton, the town Whence
the notorious Alice Gray Was committed,
were engaged during long. time in iuvesti
grting the circumstances Of series of i'm
pcsturee, equally wicktd, committed by a
young woman possessing: all tho personal
attractions pf Alice Gray, md In no way In
ferior to her in artiece and skill
Early in March,, 1869, q respectfully dressed
and prerossekeing young woman, with full
face 0rd well-forlned nose, and OF pale COM
ple1iou, and wearing mourning habiliments,
was found in the street in Welshpool, In q
{. state Of apparent iusensi6ilfty. She was kept
By the parish officers about week, when
she lelt, uEd proceeded bs train to Newton
she was taken out of the carriage in state
of supposed Inconsistencies. Three or four
medical men we're soon in attendance, aud
Tcrc completely ut 1oss to account for her
symptoms. Mr.. Baird, the chief constable
Of Ii hontgomeryshire, Unopened, however, to
facilitated byhis addressing her rs Elizabeth
!; Hodges, the namc By which she had gone in
l. tNelkhrool, and bT his asking her II she was
not The samo person who: had been perform
ing the dodge In that town. Next she was
found again: iusensib1e by tho roadside nc1r
to Montgomery. Her position waa first mus q
known By three young men, against al Of
whom, When Eho Led recovered. she brought
4 most serious charge. So truthful appeared
her; statements, TINT the three men wcru
twice rennanded upon the charge, and to this
dog the medical nun in the case, and one Of
which tie men were charged was committed;
but after the evidence Of Chief Constable
Baird, and Of another witness from Welsh
pool, doubt was occasioned, and tile men
We're discharged. -:
Subsequently, woman, supposed to be the
sane person, Was found on railway bridge
near to Oswcstry with marks Of violence on
her throat. "A man who he'd been seen in her
company short time hcforu Was arrested On
suspicion Of having. attempted to strangle
her. She was taken into the sorl. house tie
hud dIslocation OF the jaw. That she Was 40
injured, the surgeons assistant was satisfied.
The woman was unconscious, and remained
eo dnriDg the following dey, when, ,es tta
surgeon was talking to the nurtc near the pa
i i1lcrt's bedside, the patient ''peaped out Of
orc Of her eyes,'' and; the surgeons ALLEGED
7euspicIons were confirmed but Is she le-
maincd unconscious be had her hair cut ard
her spine blistered. In few dnys afterwards
sue Was sent out. The surgeon naG the char
itJ to suppose tlat the, woman had suffered
AUW WAEEI3fAtt0-.u .u1 ElEllA. Dut N9 WI4lSs-
"The marks on her throat were clearly caused
by her own hands," &, -:
In. a few d:ys afterwards the woman is
found insepsible in RAILWAY carriage on the
arl.yul Of: a t1ain ut Shrex xabzry, and she
is taken to tile Shrewsbury Hospital, where,
hat she hos been gircn poison as a beverage
ae che rode in tho. train. She continued 10
complain Of tic pain in her stomach, the cf.
iects Of the "rolsoninr." Here slo also
fctsncd consumption, aud frequently sFat
/ blood which she obtained from her Elm by
biting acu picking it. !. At this hoLpital her
head was cupped aud her spine clustered. :,
:: Nothing daunted, howt:ier, by all this tor
tuTe, sc find her In hospital aguin In January
this year. This time she - In London, md
her name is Harriet Eell On the night Of
tie l6tl Of Jannsry shc was was found 81 pos-
" in stute Of insensibility.e It was con-
ceiycd that she had taken poison, and she was
removed to st. hiary's Hospital, iaddington
The usual remedies for poison were applied.
On recovering she pretended that she could
not 5reak Euglish, but only Welsh. : Welsh
she lad taken. She said she WIS on her way
.fioln Glasgow to Chatham to; her brothers,
who were eoldlcrs; that whi!o in the train, a
man, By sheer dlnt of superior strength,
oyercame her, and committed q fearful otlenso
upon hcr. person. He then gave her some
wine CT spirits, and while ele was iusensihle
robbed her Of II. 10+, and other property.
Before size WIS released she could speak Eng
Nsh. - =
claimed that woman was found In IN un-
conscious Gtate on the a-s.yal Of train es
Strood ct night, from 1ouIon bril- Rezeo-
natives were applied, but no Moloa of the
heart was dIcoycred. and Dr.. Grown pro-
her M rcmosri to The dead house. TWO snr-
-eeons {llT. Steele aud Mr. Langstoue) were
sent for, and when the latter had continued
lis efforts to restore animation two ilour5,
+ returning consciousness was pcrcolyt1, and
|! Steood wo1khonsc, when ehe SAID that her
name WAS Bell, thlt she had come from tue
United States to visit Ter fatle: in G1ae:;ow,
and E.s proceeding thence 10 ChaLhaad to
y.sit lcr G1othcr, who was soldier, when in
the; railway carriage respectfully dressed
3os., her mntr and shawl, and escaped in The
confusion ut Strood station. Tho report Of
the "E1tl aordtnaIy Recovery conclude "
Stating That "evcry effort is bcf3g nsel by
the police y t:ace the woman VINO r"-nc-;
t:ated the robbery" The station ma:ter at
From London she made her way to Biz,
m:n~bam; where she, feigned illness also ct
:',e railway st: ton, (New street, wa t.:
movcd;to Coventry, where che Gaid sie hid
friends, Wns driven round t:.e city dining an
lonr III yaln attetnp:,o dnd those friends,
ard YVES .ctu1 Ael to Bim!1.ha1n. "a
On f1,ec7eAsng o. the 1Gth size VIZ. fop~1
nsnin inscnsiGle on tie floor osa thtrt- t-cl...:3!
carriage. at 'Wolxe1ha hampton, anG vas
removed to tie South Et1torashire Hosr.t-l
IN that town. tlIcfe Ehc YRS r.eoGaieu By
the hon. surgeon, who had rchioyed l1o14i
ShruW stury Hospital to 1Volvernannton, us
the won1an whom be ned cuproo nsd blislci-
ed in ShrcWs Shut -. He trcei.a her rs IN iE1-
postor had liz sE o5s:iia i ~ cspsan 9sm NM: M
sued Inquiries, which rrsultSe in the accumu-
lated evidence given above.
The magistrates sa'i they believed she. Tr5
the Womun 1eie,icd 10 III Ill iaose instances,
and sentenced her to thu co months = impEltol'
{! Willie she was being t1ken from the conrt:
| she easd that when: she cane out she would
| ret the char man eix meushs him. ell =
II Her own nccolnt Of herself ls aa follows
/ l left Chatbam< lsst::Tucsday week ns 5:s1
r. 1n., to proceed to W'!enhau' to see my
brother. Soldier, who wec severely injured
! on the ,ailwuy:@f arrived at Loaion bridge
| from Chatham, and took the train for BIZ,
miugba1n, where Ita1.iyed between cir. i aud
nine o'clock'in the evening. then hoots :
for Wo1verhnmpton; arriving Lite. Was ~ ca
in Birmingham by q LADY r was n7r-e III
the Queenfs Hospitus, ns she Ind see:4 sor:s
pc!aon there like me. She gave mesomc brandy
| 10 drink twice, which made me SICK ".
! sensclcss. She was II tho same carriage witt
1 me. ! had Do further recollection. I Eas
sbo1n in Russell Barracks, New York. lily
father Is how lying there: lie be1onys to he'
Majcsty's th:rty-sixth regiment. I haye four
teen biothc1s-tw'elvo IN the Gr1ny and two IL
the nary; Ny mother is at Chatham B E-:sl; 4,
she was to leeyc to join my father on the 1sts
Il Of this month. Ny fether has, becn forty
FIVE yeas soldier. He was born In New zeS
land, In France. nm widow. Ny husband
name was Iorrcstsr Bell he was born II
! New Zea.and, in 6Ianee, End has been dea!
in glasgow. My husband enlisted there il
The ti!iit,-six:h regiment, and died .thsrs: :, :.
haze bsen il England seven yeSrs, and ha7'
fhe caru e e tia snnefs md book. Twas aPPftd
ticed to Mrs. Rossley, miliincr, LoDgton street
Chatham, and have been out Of NY time ses
en-. ears. 1Kharc been good deal In Londol
but never in. .Aontsomeryshire, Wales,
Il Religious Intelligence.
MISSIONARY LABoRs.-The receipts Of IL
American Board to Nore .nber, were 81 ~!
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