The record-union., 1894-03-19
SENSATION AT LONDON.
Discovery of a Crime Which Re-
sembles the Gouffe Murder.
A MAN KILLED AND HIS BODY
CONCEALED IN A TRUNK.
The Portuguese Vessel Having Rebel
Admiral Da CANA and Seventy of
His Officers on Board Puts to Sea-
The Destination of the Insurgent
Leader Thought to be Buenos
AyreS.
Special to the REcoRn-UN1oN.

Ayres.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
LONDON. March 1S.-This city has for a
comparatively long time been exempt
from murder, but to-day a sensation was
caused by the discovery of a crime that
in it's details somewhat resembles the no.
torious Gouffe murder that occurred some
time ago in Paris.
The scene of this, the latest horror, was
in Grafton street, in the Soho district,
which is infested with foreigners of the
lowest class. 1t was in the immediate
vicinity of the house in which the MUIR
der was committed that the police raided
the anarchist club.
An Austrian woman named Marie Her
mann, who is we'll known to the police as
a night prowler, recently rented a small
room in a house on Grafton street. On
Thursday night she, in company with an
elderly man, was seen to enter the room.
Subsequently loud quarreling was heard
in the room by the other tenants in the
house, but as wordy wars were of fire.
quent occurrence no attention was paid
to them.
with the Hermann woman, on Friday
found blood stains in sink, and spoke to
the Hermann woman about them. The
latter passed the matter off lightly, but
on Saturday she changed her lodgings,
taking better apartments in Marylebone
street. She took with her heavy trunk
which she asked should be carefully
handled.
In the meantime, the suspicious of the
IJYt tn
the bioodstains found in the sink. In
addition, it became noised about the
house that the man who had gone to the
woman's room had not been seen to leave
it. The Hutchins woman followed the
Hermann woman when she moved, and
after learning her number, informed the
police that she suspected foul play had
been done.
Officers went to the house on Maryle-
bone street, where the Hermann woman
had taken up her residence, and search
was made of the apartments of her house.
Her trunk was in the room. The police
forced it open and found the body of the
missing man. His head had been bat
tered with some blunt instrument The
body presented a frightful appearance,
and the clothing in which it was attired
was drenched with blood. The Hermann
woman was taken into custody on a
The body has been recognized as that
of a wel-to-do ex-job kester named Stew
ems. He was 76 years old. 1t is believed
the Hermann woman had an accomplice,
as Stevens was muscular man. 1t may
be- however, that he was killed while
asleep. The prisoner is 43 years old. She
is ugly, almost to responsiveness.
CABINET CRISIS IN FRANCE.
Prime Minister Casimir-Perier Talks
of Resigning.
LONDON, March 1S.-The correspondent
at Paris Of the Daily Ne,oS says crisis
has arisen there which is unprecedented
since the present Constitution. a num-
Der of Ministers objected in hot haste re-
garding the establishment of Ministry
of the Colonies, and agreed that the mat
ter must be postponed until Parliament
met again. Immediately after the ad-
journment Prime Minister Casimir-P Per-
Ter went around the lobbies saying he
could not govern unless he had a free
hand, and that he was determined to
place colonial affairs on new and better
footing by the creation of a Ministry. If
he could not name the Minister immedi-
ately he would retire. The Prime Minis
ter spoke as if he thought they wanted to
force him to resign.
The Times Paris correspondent says:
1.-THE creation of a Colonial Ministry is a
political act of the most serious and COM
plicated order, as such Ministry must
possess departments according to the
great Ministries of Commerce, Marine,
Foreign Affairs and War, all working to-
gether without friction. In order to ac-
complish this everything must he fixed
beforehand and nothing left vague. The
Senate understood this, and refused to
pass at such break neck pace bill re-
quiring long consideration. 1t is impos-
sible not to render justice to the prudence
and wisdom of the Senate in refusing to
be party in the hasty action of the
Chamber OF Deputies, as well as the
Government 1t does not suggest
that, but decided to vote upon
it after the holidays. But the Minister,
who seemed preoccupied with the thought
of quitting power with dignity, rather
than with continuing in power, would
not suffer the Senate to act according with
what it thought its duty, and reserve the
right to study this question. L do not
doubt that the Senators, whatever their
annoyance, viii vote when it is requested
But there will be no indication OF re-
f1ectiDg mind against the Minister.
Zone Senator has just said to me: i
think Perier will accept the situation un-
der the conditions accompanying the Sem
ate's refusal to vote the grant immedi-
ately, but will wash his hands of all the
responsibility which he fears will be the
consequences of the VOTE ~
THE FRENCH SENATE TO MEET TO-DAY.
PARIS, March 1S.-The Senate has been
summoned for 2 O'Clock tomorrow. A
meeting of the Cabinet was held tonight,
at which was drafted a statement that
will be read in the Senate regading the
proposed establishment OF a Ministry of
the Colonies. The Ministers submitted
the statement to President Carnot.
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