Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-17
NEWS FROM EUROPE
British Justice Acquits Luke
 Emerson.
THE MISSOURI HoRsE-DEALER.
He Killed Cockney Thief, Only When His
 Life Was in Danger.

He Killed Cockney Thief, Only When His
 Life Was in Danger.
 Tho Iadstonians Win Another Seat tn Parliament by the Election at Roches- ter-The Treatment of Editor O'Isrien at Clonmel Jail-An Oxford Student Arrested for Aiding Gweedore Ten ants-Other Items of Interest.
 LONDON, April 1.-The acquittal of Luke Emerson, the Missouri horse-dealer who shot and killed one man and wounded an other in Oxford street, some time ago, is applauded by a great many men who only few days ago expressed their conviction of his guilt of the crime of murder.
 The only witnesses to the shooting were associates of or sympathizers with the man who was killed and it was feared by Elmer \ son's friends that the hard swearing of those vicious characters would more than offset the prisoners steadfast contention that ne had been robbed and fired the shots in defense of his life.
 In the course of the trial the fact was elicited beyond doubt that Robinson. the man Emerson killed, had attacked the Mis- SOuElau Ill It CuD, DeuullS Allll dUout eiO head and robbing him of his money.
 Robinson then jumped from the vehicle and attempted to escape, but was followed by Emerson. A crowd surrounded Emer- son i'll d meuacing manner, obvi- ously seeking to cover RobinSon's re treat. Emerson, believing his life in danger, fired into the mob, fatally wounding Robinson and severely in- turing another man.
 Robinson sustained the alias of "Brum- magen Bill" and was known to the police as well as to his associates as desperate ruffian.
 Although the case presented to the jury was in most respects favorable to Emerson there is no doubt that his neck was saved by the evidence of Consul General Waller, who testified to the prisoners excellent character and respectable connections.
 Tho election to fill the seat in Parliament vacated by the resignation of Colonel Hughes Hallett, Conservative member for Rochester, took place yesterday. The poll ing resulted in the election of MT. Huges- sen, Gladstoniau, by a vote of l,655, to l,5S0 for Mir. Davies, Unionist.
 The report of the inspector appointed to inquire into the treatment of Mir. William O'Brien in Clonmel prison shows that the
 
 the prison and that of MT. O'Brien are dia- metrically opposite.
 Mir. O'Brien has declared that he tainted under the ordeal of resisting the enforce ment of the governors order to clothe hlm in the uniform of the prison, while the gov ernor and the wardens assert that no undue violence was used upon any occasion. MT. O'Brien declares that he not only tainted once but twice, and that the wardens were pblira6 n piCe him "a to raviye hin,
 The wardens, on the other hand, deny this declara tion in detail.
 A singular and hitherto unheard of state of affairs exists with regard to the status of the Olphert evictees. Notwithstanding the tremendous fight made by the police in the successful effort to throw these poor devils out upon the roadside, and the pre- sume6 impossibility of their return without the consent of the landlord, every one of the evicted tenants has returned to his former home, and resumed his defiance Of the bailitfs and tho constabulary. The police are doubtful about their authority to inter fere with the self-reinstated tenants, and consequently the latter are really more SC cure in possession of their holdings, for the present at least, than they were before they were elected
 An English student of Balliol college, OK 'ford, has been arrested at Donegal for sup plying the besieged tenants in the Gweedor, estate with food. He was handcuffed ar( taken to jail with every show of lgnomin, the pohce were capable of eXhibting Hi: fellow students, despite the fact that mos of them have a leaning toward Torylsm, art indignant at his treatment.
 The repeatedly expressed desire of Elm
 
 has resulted ill stimulating subscriptions among the residents of the German capita to the extent of iustifying tie managers O the fund in perfecting plans for the cree tion of four churches. These will bt christened respectively St. Mary's, Zion's Emmanuel's and Nazareth.
 A large proportion of the money sub scribed has already been paid in and thu work of construction will begin at once.
 The widow of the late composer Fryn Apt, has died at Branpschweig. The Alb monument fund has reached the sum o 3O,OOO marks.
 Private Mohr, of the German Pionee battalion, has been sentenced to fifteel years imprisonment for the murder o civilian Graf, at Mentz.
 derc Scnonmann, the prlnclpal mem De of the banking firm Of Wagner & Schon mann, at Trier, Rhenish Prussia, has beer sentenced to years Imprisonment as fraudulent bankrupt. His defaIcation amount to 5000O0 marks.
 The French government has ordered tn perfects of various departments to promot \ fetes similar to those to be celebrated a Marseilles on May 5 the centennial ann versary of the meeting of the States Ger eral.
 A WeIl-known Maltster Dead.
 ALBANY, N. Y, April 17.-John G. Whit one of Albanys most estimable citizens and well-known throughout the Union a the oldest maltster, dled yesterday at hi residence in this city, after a short illness He was born on board the ship Fair Amer ca, bound for New York, on the 29th., c July, 1901, his parents having emigrate from Tyrone, Ireland, in that year.