American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-08
A London Mystery.

A tragedy of guilt and my stery not I'M
like the N"than tragedy was enacted at
No. Il Great Coram street, Russell square,
London, ON the morning of Chris mas.
For a few weeks before this date, a lady
like woman, calling herself Clara Burton.
had lodged there. She was twenty-six
years old, was supposed to earn living
as ballet dancer at the Alhambra, and
frequented the Argyll Rooms, dancing
saloon of bad repute. Her true name was
Harriet Boswell. Her parents are dead;
her brothers and sisters are equitable. and
she has daughter eight years old. out at
board. Two men visited her. On Christ
mas Eve she went out about ten O'Clock.
Two hours later she rang the doOr-bell
and was admitted by the landlady. A
man was with her, who in the dark ran
up the two flights of stairs ahead of her as
though he knew the way. She soon after
came down to the kitchen, paid the land
lady nine shiilings out OF a half sover-
eign she said 1.-THE handsome foreign gem
tleman up stairs" had given her, and put
the other shilling in her purse. She was
eating fruit he had bought. and stayed in
the kitchen some minutes before return
ing up stairs. Nothing more was heard
during the night. The landlady and her
husband slept in the room under, and
gentleman in q room on the same floor
with that occupied by Clara. About sew
en- O'Clock ia the morning a heavy step
was heard descending the stairs, the street
door was slammed and man peculiarly
dressed was seen to issue, cross the street
and enter a shop. There he wrote on
slip of paper, IS A glass of milk,
if you please" and was served ac-
cOrdingly, making the impression
that he could not speak English.
Later in the forenoon Clara's breakfast
was taken up. She did not respond to the
FL 4 =,
hold found her in bed. sleeping-the sleep
of death. Her face was nearly covered by
the counterpane. She had not moved
limb in the death struggle. A restful
smile was on her lips. Her throat was
cut from ear to ear in two deep gashes,
half seyering her neck. There were no
signs of violence except the wounds from
which her likelihood had quickly flowed,
saturatinT the pillow and bedding. The
blinds were turned dark. Bloody hands
had been washed in the basin. No wea-
pom was found. Clara's purse, with naif
a dozen articles of cheap jewelry, were
missing, as was the bedroom door key.
Great force must have been exercised TO
II axe the cuts which caused death. the
murderer standing at the bedside, while
the victim slept. Plumber was the appar-
ent object of the criminal, who may have
judged that the occupant of so good quar-
tiers would have valuables 10 the date
of our last news, ten days after the occur
renee, the London police have failed in
tindin" IL trace Of the culprit. though tie
most energetic measures were at once
taken. Every suspicious place, every
public house and conveyance in the great
city Ii IS been strictly watched; inquiries
have been sent by telegraph TO all parts of
the kingdom, and large reward offered,
without avail. On the coroner's inquest
abundant facts about the woman's dis
graceful hi; tory We're brought out. but
no clue WAS found to the identity of the
man with whom she spent her last Christ
mas Eve. That is likely to remain as great
puzzle 10 the detectives % Scotland
Yard A. is the Nathan murder to the keen
eyed fraternity of Mulberry strect.-En.
FEMALE pastori Is III training ~ salt
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