St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-19
a Thrifty Englishman and His Wife Con-
ooet a Scheme to Blackmail the
Prince of Wales,
But His Royal Fighness Gonnived With
the London Police and Beat Tlem
at Their Game.
A Young Tennesseean ShowssH1s Cir
How Mississippfans Shoot
Their rSweetheartS.
A Colored Theological Student and
Caucasian Minister Dishonor
the Cloth.
matchmaking wales.

LONDON, Dec. 1S-LondOn has had a
genuine sensation to-day. Early this morn
ing a Young man and his wife, John and
Sarah Magee. were arrested at KensingtOn
,n the charge of having attempted to pro-
cure money from the Prince OF Wales by
Eriting threatening letters. They were
ssken into court, formal charges were pre-
ferred against them and they were remanded
20 await examination. 1t appears that the
prisoners had written two letters, but as
hey were not read in court it is impossible
% give their exact language or to state, eX-
,ept in general terms, what they contained.
1t is known, however, that the letters made
A demand for ESQ, and intimated in unmiS-
taxable language that unless this amount
was forthcoming the princes life would
De in jeopardy. The prince, 1t Is Sald paid
only passing attention to the first letter
which the MageeS sent, but when the Sec
ond came reiterating the demand and
threats his royal highneSS turned the letters
over 10 the police and left them to do what
ever they thought best. The police at once
quietly set about planning the capture of
the blackmailers. They sent a message as
though coming from the Prince of Wales to
the address given i'll the letter, directing the
author or authors of the letter to appear at
a specified time and place. The assurance
was given that somebody would meet them
at the appointed hour prepared to hand over
a package containing the money they had
demanded. The Magees at once
FELL INTO THE TRAP
which had been set for them. They ap-
peared at the spot designated this morning
and were presented with package of
farthings. As they started to leave with
the supposed treasure the police threw off
their disguise and arrested them. The
woman thereupnn made voluntary confess
sion of the whole plot, at any rate the po-
lice say the confession was voluntary. The
woman, however, has since declared that
she was forced by the police against her
will to confess something. 1t is thought
thaS she fears the confession made by her
in the first moments of CONSERVATION of her
arrest may be bad for her on the trial. and
that she is therefore trying to weaken it by
asserting that it was forced from her by the
police A representative of the press called
upon an equery of the prince this after
noon to learn any facts Obtainable about
the affair. Tha equery knew something
of the contents of the letters. These he
declared represented Magee was an emissary
of a secret society and that he had been
ordered to kill the Prince Of Wales, but the
letters further intimated Magee did not wish
to obey this mandate. There was no hope
for it, however, unless he could get money
enough to go to America. He wanted e750
therefor. If this amount reached him he
would at once bid lasting goodbye to Sc
cret societies and conspiracies and start
across the Atlantic. Nothing further can
be learned tonight. 1t is believed that dis
closures of an important nature may be
made when the case comes before the court
for thorough investigation.