The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-06-14

Crime tn England.
A CHATTER OF NOTABLE AND SHOCKING
OFFENCES.


ninety years, and that he had given
his especial attention throughout
more than half Of this period to the
collection and classification of reports
of criminal trials. "1t may be that
my increasing years render the task
more difficult, but my opinion is that
crime of the worst character is be-
coming so prevalent that no one man
can keep pace with it. My books of
murders are far In arrears; / am far
behindhand with my divorces, and
my forgeries have so accumulated on
my hands that l have been compelled
this week to employ young man to
aid me in posting up the records. -
This eccentric old gentleman has no
doubt been embarrassed with riches
during the last few years. Look for
a moment at few, and only a few, of
the crimes which have been before
the Courts of the metropolis during
the present week. There is the case
Of the Lennie mutinecrs to begin
with. A Canadian merchant vessel
is at Antwerp, bound for voyage to
New Orleans. She has no crew, and
an order is sent to a shipping agent
in London to obtain one. He dives
down among the dismal quarters of
the East End and comes up with
eight men, who are sent to Antwerp
and placed on board the ship. She
goes to sea, and the Captain and the
two mates presently End that they
are embarked with a set of rufians
who are ignorant of seamanship, but
who are quite up to murder. At the
end of the week the men mutiny;
they kill the Captain and the two
mates, and they place themselves and
the ship under the charge Of the ste
ward, who knows how to navigate,
and who promises to take them to
Gibraltar. Instead Of doing this he
heads the vessel for England, and f.
nally succeeds in delivering the YES
sci and the murderers into the hands
of the French authorities, who in
their turn send them to England for
trial. They are tried at the Old Bal
lev, and four Of them are condemned
to be hanged, while the other four are
discharged, less on account Of their
innocence than because it might be
inconyenient to hang eight men all at
once. The Judge who tries the case
improves the occasion to deliver a
homily on the state of the Englisi,
merchant marine, and saying that
things have come to such a pass that
the crews of the English merchant
ships are now, as rule, composed Of
foreigners, and that the officers and
the crews regard each other as sworr
foes; each party arms itself against
the other, and mutual distrust, ami
mostly and hatred exist. The foul
Lennie murderers will be hanged, bu
their execution will not improve tht
, condition of the mercantile marine o
England.
There is the case Of lady who, Al
!, it is supposed, wished to poison SOM
r one in such an artistic manner tina
the cause of death could not be de
tected, or at the worst be ascribed t.
= accident, and who, to accomplish thi
:, end, adopted the simple means ofad
vertising in the Daily Telegraph 70
:, the advice Of "a medical man in wan
of money" She soon found he
man, who supplied her with what sh
needed, but by curious blunder tn
correspondence fell into the hands {
the postal authorities, and the arres
u Of the lady and of "the medical ma
y, in want Of money" followed. HI
i explanation was that she wished
-, only kill herself, but the two hay
:, been committed for trial, and tt
u truth is likely to come out.
ct Still more extraordinary, perhap
is the case of "Mrs. Wallace" VIII
q if rumor be true, was a woman fro
N New York, whose husband is at pre-
N ent in prison at Constantinople, u
a dergoing punishment for fraud
as theft. Mrs. Wallace was living
n. apartments in London, and W
a known to be in possession of nu,
as Der Of valuable jewels. In the sar
OR house with her we're Mr.. and M
d. Alexander, who were her frient
no One night fortnight ago, the lat
,es suddenly sent for cab, and W.
ir1 driven in haste to Charing Gro
in saying that they wished to catch
be Paris train. A few moments aft
II, wards Mrs. Wallace was found dc