The morning call., 1894-01-12

rule criminal thus punished has COM
pTehensible aversion to going TO the WHIP
plng-traDgle a second time. III he RODS
he relies upon skill more than brute force.
1t is, however, not quite the fact that fog
glng puts an end to garrOtlDg. Garrotlng
was on the wane when flOggiDg was sane
TONED by special enactment III Is not
remedy for all misdemea3Ors, as has been
found in armies and nayies. But IL is EN-
cacious in tempering some criminal pro-
DensitieS, and if the fOotpad ouirages were
to become very common 1t might be trled
IN California on the packs OF very uespeT-
ate Characters
The robbery near Fresno is an admirable
Illustration of what one bold mau can DO
when he has taken a number OF others by
surprise. The robber was probably the
smallest man in the place, and in hand
t0-haBd encounter would easily nave Oeen
out-wrestled, but no one was willing 10
take the risk of resistance when con-
frOnted with two reyolvers and all meekly
turned their faces 10 the wall wnHe lie
cOOlly went through their pockets.
The death is announced of Mrs. Thack-
cray, wife of the novelist, who mas sur
vlyed him thirty years. She was Inc
daughter of Colonel Mathew Shave, ana
many years ago some malady ciouded ner
mind aud Thackeray carried a secret sor-
row with him o the end of bis life. A
Gu TiOus passage occurs in Lowers letters
recently published. He describes IDack-
cray taking him and other frlends To
tavern haunt, where he drank gin ana
water and read passages from 1.-The New
comes" When he introduced Mrs. Mac
kenZie, who was such torment TO CllVe.
he remarked. "Thatis my mOther-in-law.'
He admitted. however, it was an artistic
mistake TO marry Give again.
The story of the troopship Birkenhead,
on which such perfect discipline was main
taIned while the vessel was sinking and
only the women and children were allowed
IN the boats, is revived by the offer of a
solicitor in the Transvaal TO recover the
money chest by diving operations. 1t is
supposed to contain 300, 600 sovereigns, and
the English Admiralty will graciously al
low him to keep the major share. But it
is extremely probable that the waves and
sand have buried those soyereigns very
deep in Davy Jones' locker. AT Grahams-
town at this moment there is actually
alive a man who was on board the Birken-
head when she went down. de was a lad
Of 10. and when cast into the sea be swan
10 one of the boats and clutched hold of
the gunwae. A sailor in charge cut off
his finger tips with his cutlass. Then the
lad held up his wounded hand and the
sailor took pity upon him and hauled him
inb0ard. The boat was oyercrowded and
in great danger, but fortunately ii did not
swamp. There may be few other sur
vivOrs, but not many. The wreck &C.
Cured in SimOns Bay, South Africa, in
1852. and out of 63S only 1S4 persons were
saved,
MOnsOn, the man who was tried for muir
der in Edinburgh and released on a ver-
diet of Not proven" is related TO two
families in the peerage-Lord Monson and
ViscOunt Galway. Lord KinRsburgh, the
Judge, summed up very strongly in his
favor. The evidence was wholly circum-
stantial and the experts were very contra
dictOry. His Lordship had the advantage
OF being good sportsman. well acquainted
with the gun. and one of his hobbies in
science is the theory of pToiectiles. He
was therefore able to probe all that was
said on the spreading Of shot at varying
distances. The cost of defending MOnson
was betrayed by his mother. who is said
20 have spent about $500 on the case.
The leading counsel, COmrie Thomson.
had the largest fee ever known at the
Scotch bar in criminal case-S5250.