, 1892-02-24

rant was to he issued for Mrs. Oshnrnes
arrest for perjury. But she had already
saved herself by flight. Capt. O~bofne re-
turned home, h. art-b oxen and d%ishonOred.
He esigned his captaiucy.
His colonel, pitying him, compelled him
to withdraw it.
Mrs. Osborne meanwhile had become q
mother. mother Ot u child already. diSgraced
before its birth. Her husband forgave her,
and exerted himself in her favor as far o. be
could. 1t was DOW her turn to sacrifice her
self and atone for her misdeed. Hearing that
her husband would have to resign his oom-
mission in the army il she did not give her
self up, she. resolved to leave Gisors, "a town
in Eure in the north Of France, where she
had. been staying. She did not attempt to
conceal her identity, although the curiosity
with which people eyed her must have been
extremely painful to her. On her arrival at
Dover she was arrested by the police, who
treated her with the utmost courtesy. Her
husband accompanied her to London, only
quitting her at the station. 1t ia known that
neither Major nor Mrs. Hargreaves will insti.
tute any proceedings against.he Mr.. John
Elliot, Mcs. OSborne's grandfather, has been
sparing no effort to assist his granddaughter.
He has offered to reimburse all parties who
have been put to any loss by her conduct.
Capt Osborne is reported to have said that
his wife would submit to any sentence the
courts imposed on her. She would be per.
fectIy satisfied if the, penalty imposed did
not exceed one year. This brings the case
up to to-dsy's proceedings before Lord Mayor
Evans.
Mrs. Osborne was brought Up q prisoner this
morning in the Guildhall Court. Thu Lord
Mayor Of London. the Right Hon. David Evans,
presided. Mrs Osborne, who was deadly pale
and in a f~ainting condition, was escorted to $
seat at the solicitors table. The court WA
packed to the utmost by sensation lovers, and
many expressions of sympathy were heard
for the unfortunate woman. On the other
hand, the tougher element seemed to take
pleasure in witnessing the~shony of the pri-
Soner, ,eir feelings being expressed in the
sentiment that there Was n reason why
Mrs Osborne should fare better than aAy other
woman who had taken aud sold property
which did not belong to her, and that if she
were a plain Mrs. Brown. wife of a Whitecha-
pei costermonger, instead Of Mrs. Osborne, the
wife of a captain in the army, her case would
have attracted no attention and no sympathy
and she would long ago have been serving out
the sentence which would have been promptly
imposed upon her. A toponing of the court by
the Lord Mayor there was q long and painful
delay and much whispering to and by the court,
from which il became apparent that there was
some hitch in the proceedings. Then The
report spread that the Treasury officials had
decided not TO prosecute on the charge of theft.
but to arraign her upon the more serious
charge of perjury.
An the time wore on and nobody appeared
for the Treasury. the Lord Mayor became i'm
patient and then showed signs of decided
anger for he comm ented in strong termsn pom
the laxity displayed by the Government
officials. Finally Lord Mayor Evans adjonrned
the court for half an hour and sent a messeu-
ger, bearing a warmly worded note, to the
Treasury Department, asking the reason for
the neglect Of the Treasury to send a repre-
sentative to present the charge against Mrs
Osborne, and notifying that department that
the prisoner would be discharge unless the
Treasury was promptly represented at the
Guildhall. The result If the Lord Mayors
message to the Treasury Department was that
before the half hour Of adjournment had ex.
PRED, an Official from that branch of the
Government appeared at the GuildhaIl, having
been driven there in hot haste in q cab, and,
to the astonishment OF the Court, of
the prisoner and of all others r~cs5ent.
announced that the . Treasury did i. MT
intend to OFFS any evidence against Mr.
Osborne. rhsLord Mayor, as soon as he hal
recovered from the state Of dumfouudedn ,ss
into which he had been plunged by tho An