Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
PECULIAR ,rRAoEDY.
A Story of Murder and Suicide Re-
ported from England.

good-looking, says the New York sun.
Among the acquaintances he made in
The English town was a young woman,
Lille Burford. She was an actress,
and had been staying at the house Of
some relatives near Derby while
awaiting new engagement on the
stage. The relations between Mr..
Feron and Miss Burford became init
mate, and one Saturday evening not
many days ago he called upon her, and
they went away together on the Mid
land railway, That was the last seen
t them alive by their friends, for late
That night they were found with bullets
in their heads. Each was lying on the
floor OF the railway car, with blood in
pools surrounding them, and silver
plated pistol, six barrels, four undis-
charged, on the seat.
Neither the man nor the woman
was more than twenty years Old.
There was no evidence of their hay
ing quarreled, and the railway officers,
the coroner and all others who saw
the bodies were puzzled to know what
might have been the cause Of the
tragedy. BY degrees it was discov-
cred. and when all the circumstances
be ne known to the students of
crime it was agreed among them that
this double murder must be ranked
among the more notable uIfcnses of
this degree which have occurred in
England. 1t was on the part Of each
person Il case of deliberate death.
If either one mad been insane it was
insanity only upon the single subject
OF death. But there does not appear
any evidence that either the lover or
his mistress had lost reason even to
this extent. All their actions up to
the time of their being left alone in
the railroad carriage were rational
and natural.
On the Saturday evening when
Feron called to take the girl away he
came in cab. She appeared as if
she had been expecting him, was
dressed in pretty gown, and was
viYacious. The only curious thing
in her behavior occurred before her
lover arrived. She had been with
some one in the house and casually
remarked:
Il must leave you now and go and
put on some clean clothes, for | am go
4 ing to die before the evening is over"
/ But Miss Burford said this without
excitement, and the person who heard
| it thought it joke until the next day
when the prophecy was fulfilled. Fer
on brought the girl a bunch of licacs,
and they sat and talked for few min
utes and then left together in cab.
! The driver took them to the Central
| Station of the Midland railway at Der
! by at 6:20 p. m. They appeared on the
platform just as any other ardent pair
Of lovers might have appeared and
mad some refreshments in the dining
room. Feron bought two first-class
tickets to Nottingham and return.
When they arrived there they took a
Leisurely walk through the town to
The Talbot Hotel, where they dined.
Neither then nor later at the railro I'd
station was any act observed in their
conduct They took the g:20 p. m.
train from Nottingham, and seemed
then in the happiest spirits. Some
time later when near Trent station,
The platform porter on going to collect
heir tickets found them dead in their
carriage. They had been alone there,
| so there was no witness to what had
|, happened in the last half hour of their
life.
The inquest showed that the young
people had been planning for their
1eath for many days. Mrs. Clara Will
Jams, at whose house Miss Burford had
stopped, testified that Feron had called
here frequently during the fortnight
preceding. Each seemed devoted to
he other Miss Burford astonisheG
Mrs. Williams one day by manifestine
intense interest in a sensational novel
which described how a lover had pois-
1ned his sweetheart by putting some
hing in her coffee. The girl said:
ut would be nice to die with my
over. 1t would be nice to die in eacl
5ther's arms"
Mrs. Williams told her not to thinl
Or talk of such things, but the CIR
: only laughed. Some time afterwart
+ he young woman remarked:
] 'tHow funny it would be if they were
20 find us dead in railway carriaga
1nly we should miss the best of tn
: .un. We should like to hear what the,
e would say when they opened tn
a loor''
t This was so extraordinary strife
i ment that Mrs. Williams regarded i
my d5 a juno NC hho III bll'
he habit Of talking fippantry abou
serious things. Some one called atten
ion to her dress open at the bosom
3 Ind said: ''How nice 1t would be TO
Q bullet to go in there" Mrs. vii
, Jams could remember only one con
Jersation between Feron and Mis-
!, 3urford in which she heard them spea
y Us if they were discussing suicide. A
hat time the girl was sitting besid
e ler lover, and he said:
v al would die for you Lille. Wou,
You die for me?'
Eyes. / would" she replied, an
2 Kissed him on the cheek.
: On the Sunday before this Mis-
: 3urford showed Mrs. Williams a pi.
d ,ol. She said it belonged to Feror
Who was down stairs The two wome
vent down to the room, where he wa
! ind Feron took the revolver and hel
- t close to Miss Burford's face. Sh
s. lid not tremble at all, and said she wa
is lot afraid, for he knew how to use tn
k Weapon.
n All this testimony went to show III;
;. The young lovers had contemplate
!. iaking their lives. Letters found O
y 7eron's body explained further thei