The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
THE LINE is oUEERLY DRAWN.
MURDER IN EUROPE IS AFFECTED
ny CLASS CONDITIONS.

Imprisoned-Varianc I'm Judicial
Views.
From the Cincinnati Commerclal-Gazette.
on the evening of Oct. y the harbor
police of Alexandria, Egypt. arrested
number of strangers armed with folding
rifles" and dynamite tubes and other con-
trivances which tourists do not generally
use for purposes of self-protection The
suspects tried to justify their armature on
the plea of a plan to visit the valley Of
the Upper Nile, but had no passports
and it was remembered that French and
Italian papers had announced Kaiser Will
helm S purpose TO extend his oriental jaunt
to the Land OF the Pharaohs. Photo
graphs of the imperial family, found in
one of the confscated sachels, seemed to
confirm the suspicion of the prosecuting
Kadi, and the prisoners will probably be
shot on a charge of "murderous con-
spiracy.n .4
1t will not save them that their ante
cedents were wholly unknown and that
they could not be proved to have thus far
approached their intended victim within
1000 English miles. The government of the
Khedive, just now, is too anxious to please
the Suplime Porte and the Sultan canno,
afford to miss chance for obliging the
sublime Kaiser.
About the same time a garrison court
of inquiry convened at Starsburg, Alsace,
arraigned Capt, Won Stoherg Werninge-
rode on charge of having caused the
death of Robert Scheinhardt a sergeant
hi
the recent Alsace maneuvers it seems,
Schienhardt, who had charge of the com.
pany camp kettle that day, was ordered
TO prepare some food which afterward
was pronounced undone, or otherwise be-
lew the prescribed standard of military
comestibles. The captain stormed. mo
doubt you filled your own craw with some
thing different from that" said he, shak-
ing his fist under the culprits nose. How
would YOU like to be out in wind and
weather all day and then be asked to feed
on such garbage?"
"Will you allow me to explain
Explain? What dye mean, you scoun-
dreI?"
Il mean that am no professional cook. -
said the sergeant, "and the man they de-
tailed for my assistance was a carpenter
who could do nothing but split up kindling
wood. So it stands to reason that l could
not do more than my best, and should not
We bidutcu IL Nldl uOil SUIT All tastes.
Stands 10 reason, Ell? SO you dare TO
insinuate that / am an unreasonable spec
linen of my species?" shreked the Count,
there and there, and there. confound youl
IN show you a reason for bridling your
tongue. anyhow"
One of the full-swlng blows struck the
sergeant square in the mouth and either
cut his lip or loosened some of his teeth,
and at all events terminated his ability of
remonstrance by choking his voice in a
stream of blood. Fearing addtionaf VIC
lence, or perhaps, mistrusting the limits of
his patience, he snatched up his cap and
hurried out of the tent but had hardly
passed the camp fire when the Count was
at his heels. BY interrupting an interview
in that manner the backward cook and for
ward talker had incurred the charge of
an additional breach of discipline, and this
time Herr yon Stolberg Werningeoode
thought himself justified in exercising a
prerogative of his feudal ancestors.
"Um gottes willen, Herr Rittmeister!
cried the sentry at the entrance of the
mess tent but it was too late, the Count
had flashed out his sword and dealt the
sergeant a knock-down blow on the neck
severing an artery and splintering a couple
| of vertebrae.
There was no resisting such arguments
and Cavalry Sergeant Robert Schienhardt
betrayed no further symptoms of disre-
! spect, either In word or notion
In America his slayer would be indicted
| for murder in the first degree. In Prus-
! sian dependency Herr Graf will probably
| get off with twenty-four months of de-
| tention on charge of "autoritaets Mis-
branch (abuse of military authority. Quite
| a number of similar offenders We're merely
cashiered, and the notorious Hessian duello
! bully, Darapsky, was thrice released by a
! kabinets ordre of his kurfuerst, the last
! elector of the little principally. He pass
~ H.. L
] Europe. and. affecting the role of a gay
| Lothario plainly warned rivals to keep
| out of his way on pain of death, or posi-
! bly, something worse-something like the
| fate that bcfell a young civil engineer who
| veutured 10 resist his arrogations. The Sec
! onds of both parties had agreed to termi-
| nate the duello at the first sight of blood
| but before they could interfere the oppo-
| nent OF the champion fencer was reellng
| around minus his nose and chin and with
several perforations of his left lung,
Two others were knocked out of lime
into eternity, but the forwarding agent
| was released to continue the exercise OF
his specialties, and always contrived to
modify his provocations in manner 20 re-
serve the choice of weapons.
Some eighty years ago a Bavarian law
yer collected vast number of "precedcnts
! to facilitate the definition of the differ
ence between murder and manslaughter -
! Blackstone, the Ober Criminal Rath Won
/ Feuerbaeh.
"Undoubtedly the best compilation thus
| far published" said the accomplished jur-
ist but in practice you stil find il eXpedi-
ent to remember the importance of three
| questions: Wo, wer and Wen. (Where
/ who and whom"
The significance of that remark was IL
| Illustrated in the birthland of the Code Ma.
poleon. where the brutal murderer of Vic.
| tor NOR was merely ordered to leave bis
! luxurious residence in the Faubourg Saint
! German for a couple of months and bum
about South European pleasure resorts til
the storm waves of public indignation had
| somewhat subsidized
The Spanish Prince of Peace" got of
even easier on similar occasion and re.
| fused to absent himself from the summer
| festivals OF the court, though nervous
| foreigner warned him that park thickets
! and late hours might give an avengel
| dangerous opportunities.
"OE is that all you know about it,"
snoered the Prince. you can set YOU
| min at ba orb