The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-10

! mr~ 1i1psy was merely taking steps
TO convince any possible watchers that
their trouble would be In vain and dis
courage them from the task. They
watched her more kccnly than ever
aud. following the widow" one day to
house In the north Of London, dlscoy.
cred the deceased" aud much mourned
husband alive and well.
One swindler begcts another. Watts,
the fraudulent clerk of the Globe As.
surance office. was at once Initiated by
Robson and Rcdpath. Watts was O
young and trusted clerk who devised
an Ingenious plan Of falslfylng his EN-.
ployers' books In manner which ena
blcd him 10 cmbczzle huge sums. While
he was receiving salary Of only 600
year, he was keeping up fine house
In the west end and o mansion af
Brighton, at both of which he enter.
talncd lavlshly. Ills wines were Of tho
best, aud he retained one OF the most
famous French cooks TO superintend
the preparation of The banquets at
which he dazzled hosts OF enylous
guests. lie was patron" OF actors
and lmpecnnlous literary and artistic
persons. BY the time his frauds were
discovered he had embezzled no less
than f70.OOO lie was tried, found
guilty and sentenced to ten years penal
seryltnde The same night be hanged
himself IN his cell.
Robson. Q clerk in the employ OF the
Crystal Palace company. not deterreA
by Watts fate. initiated his frauds and
his reckless extrnvngnnce lie had laid
hands on and spent f27O0O when his
career was closed with a sentence OF
twenty years penal scrvltude Only q
fortnight after Itobson's conviction an.
other imitaior Of Watts was detected
In Lionel Redpnth. Ills punishment
wns the awful one Of lifelong impris.
onment.
The theft OF the body OF Alexander
Stewart In New York In 1873 was imi.
tnted In 1881 In Scotland by gang of
villains who stole the body OF the Bari
Of Crawford from It's resting place In
the family mausolcum at Dunecht. The
perpetrators Of this CHASTITY deed per.
formed II IN wonderful manner. The
body Of the earl. he having died In Ita.
Is. had been embalmcd and placed In
three collins. The Inner one was OF
Italian wood. the second case was OF
lead and the outer one OF oak Thus
secured the body was consigned 10 the
family mausolcum. the entrance 20
which was covered with hagstones.
over which was II thick layer OF mold
set with grass and flowers. The
thieves. breaking through every obsta.
Gle, abstracted tho body and bore II OF.
For more than year no clew TO either
the missing body or to the perpetrators
OF the crime was discovered. Then IN
old poacher related how he had seen
men commit the robbery.
They had. he declared. sworn him.
with terrible threats. to secrecy. and
he had I'LL now held his tongue In ter.
ror. He pointed out the spot In the
wood where they had hidden the body.
and the corpse was found buried there
wrapped In some thick blankets. The
old poachsr was himself accused of
having had q hand In the deed and.
being placed on trial. was found guilty.
receiving q sentences Of ave years Pc
nal scrvitude instead OF the reward be
bad anticipated.
Tho multilations Of cattle for which
the young solicitor Bdaiji was. upon
evidence that most people who had
studied the case considered very In
conclusive. sent to penal servitVde
were Initiated BY wretches In many
parts Of the country. Whether the ter
nble whitechapel murders. knowA a.
the Jack the Ripper crimes. were all
the work OF one man or OF q man and
his imitators 10 doubtful point In do
tectiye circles.