Widnes Examiner. — 1881-11-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

BLE RAVAGES OF YELLOW FEVER. 11. Sunday altbdayp-a and African Steam Navigation Company's from 8h and Leanisr,a with passengers and mails West Coast of Africa, arrived in the. Mersey on recely. ' EePorta of threatened war at New Calabar were hundred' and which it was anticipated, would affect many Coast. of of natives' and stop trade on several parts of the sau Yellow fever still prevails at St. Louis, in the river and Go' and the malady has also made its way to Dakar .7,nGoree, where deaths have taken place. The fever d 1 h aPPeared in a severe epidemic form at St. Louis is ,to have caused terrible havoc amongst the population. '‘'',"elleVastating has been the visitation that his stated that islaml will be little fit for business during the coming 4:aun• A private letter received in Liverpool, whilst subrntiating the severity of the epidemic, says another vernor is amongst the victims who have succumbed to the /I,!ease• This will no doubt be the second governor of St. cuis who has died within the last few months. At latest rePerts the weather was reported to be fine, and it was tlmught that the fever would abate in consequence.  THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY MUDM!  The trial of Lefroy for the murder of Mr. Gold on the Brighton Railway was remedied at Maidstone Assizes on Saturday, before Lord Chief ustice Coleridge. Detectivesergeant Holmes gave an account of the retnrn with Lefroy to Wallington. lie regarded. Mm as the injured man, notwithstanding that he received a telegram on the way stating that a body had been found, and there was no watch upon it, and that he had better take the number of Lefroy's watch. Even when Lefrcry gave the wrong number and did not know the name of the maker, his suspicions were not aroused until he 'received a subsequent telegram, after he left the prisoner. He secured the number and the name of the maker, which corresponded with that of MrzGold's watch. Evidence was next given as to Lefroy leeving the house, as hestated, to see Mr. Cressy, a surgeon, which he never did. One of the pawnbroker's assistants spoke positively to him as the man who redeemed a pistol on the morning of the murder, and another had a strong belief that he was the man. Further evidence was given that it would have been impossible for any one to have left the train. 1,1 the course of the day Clayton, with whom the prisoner lodged, declared that he was at honte on the day he was alleged to have pawned some goods, and said lie had kept the statement back for the triaL He 'NM ordered to leave the box by the Judge on Monday. The evidence given related principally to the •prizoner's concealment and arrest at Stepney. Before the defence was opened. the witness named Weston, whose statements as to what took place when Lefroy arrived at Brighton were the subject of much comment, endeavoured 'to obtain a hearing for three witnesses, who, he said, would corroborate his evidence, but the 3udge refused to allow him to proceed. Mr. Montagu Williams then delivered an elaborate speech for the defence. He accounted for Lefroy's trip to Brighton by saying that be went to meet a young lady, and then set up the "third man theory" in support of his client's assertion that he had been assaulted and robbed, He dwelt particularly on the fact that the prisoner,was never known to have had a pistol in his possession, pointed out the doubt there was as to his having pledged or redeemed one on the day of the murder, and declared that "the third man" could have escaped from the train in Clayton Tunnel or even passed out unnoticed at Preston or Brighton. The Attorney-General, in replying, contended 1 that no one could have left the train unnoticed, and that the whole conduct of the prisoner pointed to him as the mut.* darer. The Judge summed up on Tuesday, from which it would appear that he was absolutely convinced of the prisoner's guilt. The jury was only engaged for ten minutes in considering their verdict, and they found the prisoner guilty. The Judge passed sentence, and intimated to the convict that there was no hope of mercy. Lefroy turned to the Jury and said that "some day, when it was too late, they would learn that they had murdered him." He was removed to the gaol at Lewes, where the sentence will be carried out.