The evening world., 1890-02-14
SYNOPSIS OF "A LONDON MYs
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William Benson, a poor Workman living
In one of the slums Of London, IL awakened
from q drunken stupor by blood dripping
TEOp not IA it The t police .n Who Seiiaan nSS QMys srSsret
0rmo dead in the. room above with her
throat cut and = stab wound in her heart
The woman passed a. THO wife Of Joseph
Benson tells how he discovered the murder.
Mrs. Benson. who was out OF town on the
night Of b murde5, i%sstitiss t. deccssed's
Joseph Hyde. Mrs, Twitchin, who occupies
the room back OF whore Margaret Ormc was
on the night Of the murder by tho Sound Of
ouarrelinR in the adjoining room. and
thought che heard a groa1 and q fall.
MABEL smithers; a friend OF the decearodi
night with a weii.dreSsei man. Witness
further stated that tho deceased wa. the wife
Ct Lord Chalmers, and that she Mis.
. few days prior to the murder.
Lord Chalmers takes the stand and admits
having married Margaret Orme some years
was only Mr.. Byham. II estranged him
from his family. and. he went, to America.
where he sent money 70 his wife, in care Of
He was subsequently. informed by Craw-
ford that his wife was dead. aud after -four
years had elapsed married an American girl
s sS,t 'H Gis AFTER re Nss Sesd e .n I1g tSRt S IS Ind Ind
''"f -" - 'N"s e"a hHeN ~ -
Ter days before lie murder he received a
i istt Sb,s sbisnSSa; s1I e%asa.S r BY sis t1Fss wife H.
showed tho letter TO era wforl, who pro-
pounced 1t a hoax. Two days later he mot
his wife, in front Of his house. and, induced
what was best TO do. The present Lady
Chalmers was nnawar of her existence. and
his brother, Hon. Hugh Byham, was in
seeks Crawford for an explanation, but can
joseph HYDE next appears. and said he
BEFORE ensrsi and had seen s%y her her but o' oneo or % sWiee
since. He admitted having purchased two
passages on q steamer for America under Q
1 ,9ise t 1am S.s and rs snia they Tb were Sny for Srl him, .Si
murder he had another quarrel with her. sa
Rhe refused to accompany him. He would
not state where he got the money to pay for
Crawford. OF this iuncture. is arrested for
ENLIGHTENMENT. As far as could De learned
he was not in London on the nighttof the
He admits at the inquest tina. when Lord
Chalmers. went TO America he Crawford
took the dead woman under his protection.
g England he forged . certificate Of
Margaret Orme's death. Subsequently he
parted from the womap. After Lord Chal-
deception would be d%lscoverod. upon seeing
the letter written by deceased to Lord Chal-
mers. fed to Scotland. He returned on
learning OF the woman's death, fearing That
he would be suspected Of the affair.
Charles II. Andersen, father of the pres
emit Lady Chalmers. t~estifies to giving
to America, and q further reward when they
arrived. He had learned who Margaret
Orme was through a.. anonymous letter and
an interview with the dead woman. He
feared that any disclosure made by Mar
garet Orme, would, imperil the life Of his
daughter, who was In delicate health;
A detective who has been put on the case
learns the following facts ::
First. Mabel Smithers will swear that An:
derRen Is the man she saw with the deceased
on the night OF the murder. Second. the
writing in the anonymous letter received by
Andersen is somewhat like that in Craw-
ford's forged certificate of death. and again
like the writing of Andersen himself. Third,
q piece of steel found in one OF the wounds
belongs TO . knife OF American manufacture.
Fourth, n man wearing q gray Mister was
seen entering the honse with q latch-key IN
the morning of the murder.