The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-19
DEATH IN THE STOPE.
A Fearful Casualty in Penn
Sylvania.
AFTER THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Matters in the East.-I'm the Emperor
OF China.-Ready tie Accept
Any Issue.
AFTER THE PRINCE OF WALES
The Prince Blackmailed.

LONDON, December 1S.-LondOn had
a genuine sensation to-day. Early this
morning. young man and his wife.
John and Sarah Magee, were arrested
at Kensington, on the charge of having
attempted to procure money from the
Prince of Wales by writing threatening
letters. They were taken into court on
the formal charges preferred against
them, and were Temanded 10 await eX-
animation. 1t appears that the prison.
erS had written two letters, but as they
were not read In court il Is impossible
TO give their exact language or state.
except on general terms, what they
contained. 1t is known, however, that
the letters made a demand for ESQ,
and intimated, In unmistakable terms,
that unless the amount was fOrthcOm-
ing, the Princes life would be III
jeopardy. The Prince, il is said, paid
only passing attention TO the first letter
which the MageeS sent, but when the
second came, reiterating the demand
and threats, His Royal Highness turned
the letters over TO the police and left
them to do whatever they thought best
The police at once quietly set about
planning the capture of the blaekmail-
ers. They sent a message, as though
coming from the Prince, to an address
given IN the letters, directing the authors
or the letter to appear at specified
time and place. Assurance was given
that somebody would meet them at the
appointed hour prepared To hand over
the package containing the money they
demanded. The Magees at once fell
III h0 fru soA j..
them. They appeared at the spot des-
lgnated this morning and. were nre.
sented with package of farthings. As
they started to leave, with their sup
posed treasure, the police threw off
their disguise and arrested them. The
woman thereupon made voluntary
confession of the whole plot; at any
rate, the police say the confession was
voluntary. The woman, however. has
since declared she was forced by the
police, against her will, to confess TO
something. 1t is thought she feared the
confession made by her in the first
moments Of CONSERVATION after her ar
rest may be held for her on trial and
that she, therefore, is trying. to weaken
its effect by asserting that it was forced
from her by the police.
A representative of the press called
upon an Equerry of the Prince of Wales
this afternoon to learn any facts obtain
able about the affair. The e1uerry
knew something OF the contents of
the letters. These he declared repre-
sented that Mage9 va the emissary ola
secret society and had been ordered to
klll the Prince of Wales, but the letters
further intimRted that Magee did not
wish TO obey the mandate, but there was.
no help for it, however unless he could
get money enough to go to America; be
wanted ESQ therefor. If this amount
reaches him, he would at once bid
lasting good bye to secret societies and
cOnspiraeles and start across the Allan
tic. Nothing further can be learned to-
mig t. 1t is believed that dis
closures of an important nature may
be made when the case comes before
the court for thorough investigation