Runcorn and Widnes Examiner. — 1873-08-02 (Runcorn, Cheshire, England)

INSPECTOR —'OF POLICE. CONFESSION OF THE -.24.llRDEBtrull. . The third trial of Sub-inspect-or montga-mery for the murder of Mr Glaider;_cashiet _of towustuart, terminited on Monday, at the Omagh • 'assizes. In the two previous trials, at which precise e.lx ~.the,m,RoAyidence was offered, the jurors were unable to agree upon a verdict, and it was expecbsd by the prisoner and his friends, after the second failure, that • . the Crown woula have abandoned the prosecution. But -in-the-opinion of- the legal-advisers of the-Iriah. Eiechtive te.iividenoewas ,Iliontiomerf s guilt; and it)was resolved Allathe should be again put uponlistrial.: A. multitude of, circnnistenceotended to show-- that he had. committed the murder, and' the opinion of the authorities was vindicated. on Monday by the-verdict of -the jury. After a trial- rnich tendiki` OVer seven- days, and was conducted with', conspicuout ability by ,eonie.;of, th,e• most eminent. counsel at the Irish Bar, a verdict of guilty was, • rettalixidistliminediately _after' tilt,: closeqo,t ,the summing un..„ . Then the, car took a most unexpected turn. The cOeViet, *be` ll'ad'de-feniled himself with unflinching coolnemi thy. onghout the long period which has elapsed since the crime was -Committed, acknoW-• letVedltiat his sentencuwas juet, het sought teiescape the gallows on . the ,plea of insanity. Ile ha 4 the hardihood th' 'adduce the very treachery and -feie-eify which he had undoubtedly displayed -as -an argumeqt,that he Must have been deranged at the time. Senteneelof death. was Peke& upon. him, and with fultyment will close one of the most .remarkable epleeaeeiii the crirainal annale of Ireland Or any other country: ; •-•-• = •  iIGENEVA CONITENTTOffi , The German Empress Augusta,At tilt date of the opeiiing ofthe'rExhibitionat Vienna,, mm,e:Atmaffer to bestow prizes of the Nalue. of £,499 each for two competitive ftssaysA the one on the beat technical surgery in the time of war, the other on tt Geneva Convention, its orign and progress. .As the terms of the competition are now being advertised in America, there appears to no reason whylhey should not be better known in this country, since the essays may be written • in French, or English, or German, and their authorship may be .of any nationality. They must be distinguished by a_motto, and accompanied by A Sealed envelope similarly marked, but with the writer 'S name and. address enclosed. There appears-to be no limit as to thg lehgth; They Must be -delivered to the Central Committee-for the Belief o_f the Woundedit Berlin on or before the loth of May next. The surgical essay must be such a work as will give *PiaCtical assistance to every army surgeon. The other must contain not only a history of the _ Geneva Convention, but sitggestiOts for itt dexelopmenti by additions to or Alterations in the existing_rules. _ Thinidges_are to be three—one named by the Austrian Committee for the WOnded, another by that of Berlin, the,third.,by th International Committee of Geneva • and their final award is tcr be Made on the 18th Of October, 1874, being the birthday next but one of the Imperial Crown :Price. . -The authors of the two priie essays will hive the right of Publishing tlaem; but if -not exercised within six months After the. award their publication is to be left to the Central Committee of Beilin.—PaU Mall :gazette.