The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-01-17 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CASE. At Bow-street. ea Meaday, Henry John Clarke 3-14 THE num. DO TPONLI% Ellen Lyons were charged. before Mr. Vaughan, A' t' (..etral Criminal Court. on Friday. Letwili wittconspirim: to present the due crau:•o- of law II: ,t Lawirtuce. in the cue of Reginald and )ustiie, and also with censpiriag to procure leman. ainst 21, iralicted laf the murder of Gm Crude Alexandra Barrett to commit ailultery. S" Mr Gill, apma ring for the accused, Ma's'inis.whii prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, said th WL, a Cal.:. which, tohjeet to the approvat stated that prisoners bad hem i% apprehended on is c.f tt.r c aut, it was very de-. ra'de *lieut.! not to warrant granted by Sir John Bridge in October. triril O.:A • ._,161!A. The 'Creaser!" did not desire 389:?. 1... ease arose me of thi, divorce mit d • to proceed. The Judge And you Barrett v. Barrett, which was tried liefGre Mr. •-• • Mr 011. Y. I de,- its that eeorse, and Justice Barnes red a jury in Aurist, 1892. The suit r •sitolad I e tent 4e:et unt'l next was bmaght hy Mrs. Bart4t against Pet hush:tad, aithoat being est!lf,i. ,moo to plead. —The pnd there IVA 3 I cross si.it. 4:barging her veil/. 'Very well, the OS,nil) lie adjourned. adultery. The rise lasted four days. 1 the end. alt.'"-teth tee jut) were of cli'inion Led Mrs. Bni-ott acnimittel adultery, the judge found that it ban hems brought alio'*t by the acheming and act+ of peomui employed by Mr. Barrett to inquire into his wite a undue!, and dismisted the husband's wen e4its After reading thc judge's remaz ka the trial, Kr. Sims proceeded to explain how Mrs. Barrett's fall was brought about. As soon as Mr. Barrett was separated from his wife, he employed the prisoner Clarke, who is a private inquiry agent, to watch her. He in his turn employed the female prisoner. She went to lodge in the same house as Mrs. larrett in Earl's Court-road, and persuaded her to remo're to Denbigh-street She took her to various places in London—principally the Empire— plied her with drink, introduced her to the prism ner Clarke and a man named Wilson, one of hue agents. One night they persuaded Mrs. Barrett to sleep with this man Wilson in St. John's Wood, and then immediately informed Mr. Barrett, and his solicitor that she had committed adultery. As lie had intimated, the judge was dissatisfied with the evidence and dismissed the petition. The Director of Public Prosecutions was communicated with and warrants were obtained. The matter was placed in the hands of Detective-inspector Conquest, who had been searching for the woman for two years, she having gone in a arariety of names. Detective-inspector Conquest, of Scotland-yard. stated that in October, 1892, he received a warrant for the arrest of the two prisoners and a man named Wilson. Since that date he had been endeavouring to find the female prisoner. On Saturday last he went with Mrs. Barrett to 2, Ventnor-villas, Lower Tooting, and there saw the female prisoner. Mrs. Barrett said to her, "You are the woman we have been looking for so long." Witness told her he was a police officer and should talv, her into custody on a warrant, which he read. When charged she gave the name of Ellen Lycns, Artillery-buildings, Westminster. On Sunday morning he arrested Clarke at Wandsworth. Clarke declared that the whole thing was villainous, SIPt said that his business had always been conducted properly, and he did not believe there was an inquiry office in London more respectably conducted than lits.  th ‘'t •  i•laga  Prisoners were rent-unled.—Mr. Vaughan agreed to accept two sureties in £2OO each, with 24 hours' notice to the police, for Clarke.