The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

career Of Nancy Parsons. the original,
may be picked up in Horace WalpOle's
letters She was the daughter OF a Bond
street tailor. and had beauty and Wit.
She married a Mr.. Horton. a West Indian
merchant, and her later career Is sufi-
GENTLY indicated by Walpole when he
calls her the Duke Of Grafton's Mrs.
Horton. the Duke of Dorset's Mrs. Horton.
eYerbOdys s Mrs. Horton" II was about
the year I76. that the Duke Of Grafton
became infatuated with this daughter Of
pleasure. His behavior was far too public
not TO cause a scandal, and nothing in
all the Letters OF Junius'' Is more bril-
iiantly bitter than this following refer
ence 10 GraftOns conduct. THE name
Of Miss Parsons would hardly have been
known II the first lord Of the treasury
had not led her ia triumph through the
opera house, even in the presence Of the
Queen When We see a man act in this
manner We may admit the shameless de-
pravity Of his heart but what are We 20
think OF his understandings The portrait
Of Nancy Parsons Is also adrift, and prob
ably IN the possession Of some pawn
broker who dares not make its where
a5Outs known for fear OF sharing the
punishment meted out to the robbers
when they are caught, If they are caught.
probably receive an anonymous communi-
cation from some one protesting 70 know
where his hidden treasures are and who
IS willing 10 divUlge the secret for a GER
tain sum. The receivers Of stolen goods
are laying low waiting for the zeal OF
the police and Scotland Yard to abate
and public attention diverted before be-
ginning TO negotiate for the profits from
their spOils. No up-to-date thief expects
20 turn his plunder into cash nowadays.
with telephones, motor cars. photography
and electric lights at the command OF the
police Compromise and rewards are the
purpose Of the twentieth century robber.
and he generally carries the day
The late Sir William Howard Russell
attained distinction through being the
first newspaper writer to follow an army
into actual warfare The dead correspond
ents book on the Crimean war describes
the horrors Of q military hospital in the
most lurid and heart-rending manne..
His powers OF graphic description caused
Sir w H. RusselI's articles 70 be looked
for and eagerly read throughout the
length and breadth Of the land. In addi-
ton 10 his other talents, Sir W. H. Rus
Z
During the Franco -Prussian war he was
attached TO the stan Of the Crown Prince
Frederick and did some wonderful work
for the London Times. One day he sent
to bis paper a long and important conver-
sation with the prince, which created q
good deal Of stir at the time. The prince
was very outspOken and some of his re-
marks annoyed Count Bismarck, who,
meeting Russell, attacked the correspond
ent In his brutal manner and ended by
saying, Naturally you could not resist
making yourself look important by re-
/ peating what that idiot said 10 you"
/ AT least replied Russell. your excel
lency viii admit that ! have always used
/ the greatest discretion TN reporting what
/ you have said 20 me-" Bah" said Bis
marck, you may shout all I have ever
said to you from the top of St PauTs."
Il am much obliged 20 your excelIenc@,"
replied Russell. Il viii take advantage OF
that permission TO publish your opinion
/ Of the crown prince Of Prussia
Apropos Of the Thaw trial. an English
/ journalist comments on the extraordinary
/ difference Of judicial methods in England
and the United States. "Our counsel, -
he says. may fight hard for the convie-
/ ton of a criminal whom they believe
guilty, but the universal practice and ira
dition are against their doing so with
l anything approaching tendency to press
the case too hard against the prisoner
/ Our counsel are not bound to force or
/ urge a conviction. and they would be
| publicly shamed if it were shown that
/ they had done anything harsh or unfair
/ But that strange and terrible sense OF
] personal and feroci0us struggle which
! seems the spirit of ali American life IN
/ business appears to animate even a pros
ecuting attorney, and the trial presents &
contest for supremacy between two law
| yers as to who shall win. And the YER
| dict hangs or the ability of one counsel
! over the other to carry his argument, not
/ on the guilt or innocence of the accused.
/ On the other hand. an innocent man has
less chance of acquittal in England than
| in America. The laws of evidence are so
peculiar and so complex in Great Britain
/ that an innocent person wrongly accused
can be condemned for an ohense he never
| committed on circumstantial evidence
| that would not be tolerated in any court
| in America Many guiltless men have
/ been condemned in England. Witness the
case of Carl Beck, under the present sys-
TEN, and it Is a blot on her escutcheon
that the laws Of evidence make it posi-
bic.
In the portico Of the general post-oflce
at st. Martins Ie-Grand, London. were
placed lately two automatic machines for