New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-02
A CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST 4 BARONET
ALLEGED To HAVE TAKEN FoECIBI.Y A RIVALS
AND nESrRnYED A WOMAN'S LETTFES.

ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN FoIC1DIY RIVALS
KEYS, OPENED THE LATTTRS LITTER BOX
AND DESTROYED wOMAN's LFTTEEs.
London. oct. Ia sensational case cam" tofor"
the Westminster Police COurt this morning. The prn
cpal person involved sir Thomas George Fr''atc
Bart whose town house il at No. - 0n>low Garden
Sir Thomas arrested on complaint Il a Mr.. Glh
son. who used be his intimate friend. Gibson
alleges that Thomas lurcd him. on some rctcX y"
TIE cellar of an empty housc IN kcneNlc"n. Thc'"
the Barone,. ASSISTED by fricd~. ovcrl"wcici Gibson
and put him in handouts. This done the aS>alsni-
examined Clbson's pockets and ,"k possession of l>
KEYS. With these Sir Thomas proceeded la - George
Club in Hanover Square. went 10 Gi!son' rva." h y
unlocked II. and took ont and destroyed TIC letters
AID photograph, which Gibson had IN c.vcd .:1nl
certain After that he sent tclc-ran f. IN
Tie club. 70 which he signed (iihs"n's name. The
macistratc. after brief hearing renanded sir IhOEa
for further examin"sfcn
1t 10 asserted that sir Thomas and Gibson wcr"
rivals for the affections of the woman Whose letters
r ssc o ssrrop Of eXtme i,mac, VIM her II
frtler asserted that the woman had become tired Of
GhsonS attentions and that she was prc>cnt N IN"
cellar at the time Of the assault on "ih~"I
A FRANCO RUSSIAN ALLIANCE Not PE"l" ~ED
st. Petcr.blrg oct. 1-T!" "Novo,ti- pal'~n"> a
scmoicial denial of The report nat -" IIU~-i,n co..
ernncnt proIs sod alianc" VIII tra,'" when NJ
splller French Minister o. f0lcI.n Andr-
The above r,port NUT hav" been spread by tn IN
teresed parties. who well known, and VIII" "ci'
ANXIOUS after the diplomatic failure OF IN" visit 81 u"
German Empcvr to The Gar {" dra" E0m IA" -
Petersburg Government The a,~ui,Iir" tlti there dId
not exist any alliance between Ilanrr and Eu~~'h.
Their effort, failed ia The tr,t p,,c" ~" denial
Of the organ do, not refer Ia III" Ii-"t t"
but alleged former nccota' on. l. La hr"n man
months -incc VI. spulicr French Minister i"r f'i
eirn Afa,rs He wa, the bosom frc,.G of ',t1.h"i'a
and he is still the bc,t repre- Hiaiv" # ." li'I
policy. VI. >puler tor vel Informed IN i";ad t.
International politics - hav" thru.M e.; a formal
alliance with Russia. and iii lc-~ = hav" cNI"i"i
that the offer Of such aanc" ""u!d com" from t'e
81. Petersburg Cabinet.
In tho second place. those Who lave started u"
false report uscts,lv denied by tie "NoV"'''
are aware that there some knd~ Of a!h
anccs great deal stronger than th"-c fprnin
lated In official AID diplomatic d"cuin"ii-
For instance. 40 treaty "f offensive and d"f"i ~"
alliance lad been signed between Eu> and ~" tii
States whc'i The Eu>~a' fc"t cam" over I" AH':'A
during the Var of The Rebellion. >tIu. Me pr" ";'"
Of the NuscDvltc naval vessels AZ different port 81
the Northern ~'i"-. AID IN" fri"HdlN d"n" iin'!">
which then occurred. showed ~ul'c."aty that En->H
wa in sympathy with IA" tM!pn ciu,c. Th" mon
archical traditions Of IN" car, 'iovciun"lt prevent
II, o. course. from entering extremely c!D-"
formal alliance with I"pni,r>. wh"'"v"r pJiIr1l
necessities do not demand such a"'iun La' tho"
traditions do not I,rsV"il that Government and IL
po.,,e tr,nn feeling ard exhibiting .ti"n: r'nd~ip
tNar rclIbA, AL niii"h- ms - IN" O." iH i'-aid
10 friiCc AID Rji--li. proved bN ndIv '''Ii
ccroI>, III bp cpIutrI"-. Li"i t'.r pre-
oi som" oiirun ,iai'c, that moral ii""d-mp h"t"r"n
Imperial Russia and Republican, lrti'" lsH l'ii -
sole SOLE "h!,insy imi'i,"il p.',' 81 Hi' q iI hha! ~
Ne from the 'zar> Government declaration
tiat Russia VIII '"I-"i :" Il NOR" effective.
tr. 10 hey i'a,crial cn,lu"n,, toward Inc great Re
public Of Europe.