Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-25
Carnival Of Crime In England.

The criminal record of the last
week in August, in the English papers,
is a sickening list of outrages, mur-
ders and ezeodss A man shoots
down his uncle in one county; a wo-
man goes mad in London and cuts the
threats of her little children; another
kills his paramour and then hacks at
his own neck and pretends that she
attempted to kill him; couple of
Williams brain a poor pedestrian with
an iron winch But of all recent
crimes that committed at Alton, in
Hampshire, England, takes precedence
for enormity. 1t is narrated by the
correspondent of the n 7. Herald:
Three little girls were quietly play
ing on the green grass near the river
way. Presently man came along
and offered them three half pennies
to run a race down into " the hollow" +"
They ran and he ran after them play
fully. The mothers saw the mimic
race and thought no harm of it. But
in " the hollow . the man offered one
of the little girls, named Fannie Ad-
ans, another halfpenny to go into a
neighboring hop garden with him.
She was a pretty girl of eight years
old, but rather tall of her age. The
nalf penny was tempting; but Fannie
was frightened-she did not know
why-and refused to go. Then the
man took her in his arms, while she
cried to go home, and carried her into
the garden, giving her the money to
keep her still. The other girls won
dered a little and then went on with
their play.
By and by, after two hours had
passed, Fannie's mother missed her
and went to inquire after her. The
other little girls had returned home,
and when questioned they told their
simple story. By chance the very
man happened to pass at that moment
and the children recognized him.
You are the man who gave US three
halfpence," they said. No" he ans
wered, good humoredly, it was a
penny and a halfpenny." Mrs Ad-
ans asked him what had become OF
her daughter, and he said that he did
not know. She spoke of arresting
him, but he said that he could be
found at the Office of the solicitor
whose clerk he was, and so calmly
walked away. The search for Fan.
ME was resumed, and at last part oI
her little body was found One part
for she had been literally cut to pieces
Her arms and legs had been cut off
her chest hewn open and her intes
tines extracted her eyes torn out and
thrown into the river; in one tiny
diScolored hand was still clutched the
fatal halfpenny; her brains had beer
knocked out with stone.
You can imagine the excitement il
the sleepy town af Alton, where nC
murder had ever been committed be
fore within the memory of living men
of course the police went at once tt
the Office of the solicitor, whose clerl
had been seen with the children, ant
there they found their man. Hi
name is Frederick Baker, and all tina
he has to say is that he is as innocen
as when he was born. The evidenc
scarcely sustainS this assertion. Bak
er had come into the Office after hi
walk by the river with wet boots
trowsers that looked as if they ha,
; been newly washed, and blood upo
i his shirt sleeves. He told fello1
) clerk about his meeting Mrs. Adams
and said at will 90 hard with me i
that little girl has been murdered.
To one of the walters at neighbol
u ing alehouse he remarked that he wa
going TO leave Alton. The waite
replied, "What will you do? Yo
can't turn your hand to anything" an
= Baker answered carelesSly, "Oh, yes
| would turn to butcher" One of th
witnesses swears that Fannie Adam
t was treated Gust like butcher wOul
|, cut up a sheep" But in addition t
Il all this, Bakers diary, in which he ha
u just written, was found in his desl
7 and in it this astounding entry =
h Saturday, 24th-killed young girl
P it was fine and hot" When this wa
= shown to him, he said, Eyes, that is m
IL writing but l didn't mean to write
p like that i was intoxicated at the time
} Baker maintains his composuI
= wonderfully, simply protests his Ell
! tire innocence, but confesses that
II some new Developments do not say
him he must be hung. Is this Il
u conduct of an insane man? And yt
L what man not insane would have con
SC mitted such a crime? If the murde
u u er were sane, the crime appears
= l, have been without a motive. TT
u y surgeons refuse to say that the gi
~ had been violated; on the contrar
- - the fact that the halfpenny was foun
y in her dead hand proves that hi
10 u death must have been sudden. III
VI whole affair is an awful mystery.
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