The daily gazette., 1881-06-30
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The excitement over the murder last
night Of Mr.. Gould in a first GLASS car
~ tie Lcndon and Brighton Railway
increases as the STUPIDITY ,of,ahe po-
licemen in allowing the spspected
murderer to escape becomes more APP
parent. The English railway coaches,
as all travellers In this country know,
are constructed In such peculiar
manner as to make the perpetration Of
such crimes comparatively easy.
They are made in compartments, and
the passengers are lo. 'yed in by the
guard, aud have no nj As of leaving
| the car until that fund eSaonary comes TO
unlock the door. A small aperture
covered with glass il in the side Of
each comparatively aud In case Vf no.
| cident or illness the passenger can
break the glass aud reach cord COM
municating with an alarm bell, and
| upon sounding The bell the train is
stopped and the guard comes to the
relief of his prisoner. This is abs0-
lutely the only means Of communica-
ton which q passenger has with the
officers cf the road during his trip, and
this, of course, is useless when q man
is struggling in the grasp Of Q muir
derer. Into one of these prison-cars
Mr.. Gould, who had been visiting
Brighton, stepped last night, and was
locked up. There were only two other
persons In the compartment. One Of
them, who called himself Arthur Lee
troy, is twenty-five years of age, and
is said to be a reporter. The other,
whose name is not known at present.
is described by the parties at Brighton
as dressed like countryman, and as
appearing to be an intimate friend Of
Lefroy's. Locked IN with these two
men. with $40 in money and o. heavy
gold watch in his pocket, Mr.. Gould,
who was retired business man in
comfortable circumstances, began his
journey towards London. '-lh '''
What took place in the compart.
ment after the train left Brighton car
only be surmised from the appearances
of the car. The floor and seats art
covered with blood, two bullets are
imbedded in the door, and there ID
every Evidence that desperate strug'
| gle was made by the murdered mar
to save his life. The train passeI
through several large cuts and tunnell
bored through the high chalk mill
after leaving Brighton, and it va
while going through these that tn
murder was committed. Mr.. Gould
assailants were too powerful for him
but he managed to draw pistol an
shoot at LEROY, whom he wOunde
slightly in the head. He was stable
ia several places, his throat was cui
, and finally. after life was g9tlncts hi
, money and watch we're tsssn from hi
body, the window was opened, and tn
, corpse thrown into the tunnel through
which the train was passing. Here
lay for several hours before it was dis
covered by some of the workingmei
OF the railroad, and in the meantim'
the murderers had escaped, and SO ia
as has yet been discovered, left no clu
behind them.
When the train reached Croydon,
few miles outside of London, Lefro
was released from the compartment
by he guard. His companion, tn
countryman, had disappeared, nobod
seems to know when or where, and tn
7 absence of Mr.. Gould, although b
+ was constant traveller on the road
: appears not to have been noticed b
: the guard. Lefroy staggered up to th
. policemen on duty in the station, an
asked their aid in reaching his hom
in Wellington. His face was cOvere
with blood, and his clothes were tori
, de told the policemen that he ha
!, been on spree in Brighton, and i
returning had endeavored to walk o.
the effects in the car, but that tn
J iolting of the train had knocked ihiu
about SO violently that he had torn hi
] clothes and wounded his face.
al THIS is not the first murder whlc
:. has been committed in the Englis
railway carriages. In July, 1864,
7 banker named Briggs was killed o
4 a trip TO London, and his body rob
Z bed, by a German named Muller
while passing between two station
: only two minutes apart. Muller ei
capped to the United States, were b
was finally arrested in New Yorl
e brought back to London, convicted
and hanged. Muller, when arrested
was wearing the very hat which b
, had taken from his victim. COnsi
derations Of personal safety, as wei
as personal comfort, demand q radi'
, cal change in the construction 0
. railway ca,ss in Great Britain.
Arthur Eefroy, whose name is con
necred with the mysterious murde
on the Brighton express train, ha
been in the habit Of claiming as hi
own the comedy OF Pins and Needle,
which has been played in New Yor
and other cities OF the United States
J He has also represented himself a
! the author of several successful bur
lesques and opera pouffes whic
were performed in Melbourne an
, America. t,Ens.i e.4 -