The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1894-03-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. At Marlborough-street Pak* Court on Monday, before tho Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr llannay), Marie Hermann (43), a woman of foreign extraction, described as an unfortunate, wan charged with the wilful murder of Charlie Anthony Stephen. Priaontr, who was entirely dressed in black, was unrepresented, Mr Arthur Newton, solicitor, having declined to act for her. The first witness called was Inspector Reed, who stated that on Saturday evening last he went from information received in company with Police-Sergeant Kane to Grafton. street and searched the rooms which prisoner had left that day. He discovered bloodstains in both rooms, especially the front one, and came to the conclusion that something serious had happened. Hearing that a woman had that day vme.ted the apartments, he went with the sergeant to her new addreks, at 56, Upper Marylehone-street. They entered the house, and found prisoner in a back room on the ground floor. Upon Leung called upon to annunt for the bloodStains at Graftonetreet, Herm inn replied that she had been unwell. He then asked where the large trunk was which she had removed with her furniture, and she pointed to a box under the window, remarking "There it is.' 'The sergeant examined the box, but found it contained nothing of a suspicious character. Kane after that left to fetch a witness from Grafton etreet to identify the trunk, while witness remained. Kane, , on returning, said he hail found the woman also occupied the front room, though Hermann had previously dented that she did. They all then went into the, front room. and a large trunk, both tightly corded and locked, was found behind the door. Prisoner said it was her trunk, and at witness's request handed him a bunch of keys with which to open it. None of the keys fitted the lock, and the inspector asked for another bunch. He searched, but failed to find them, and he then returned to the front room and broke the trunk open. A large black travelling trunk, much wretched and worn, was here produced in court and identified 'by witneee. On opening the trunk it was found to ' contain the dead body of a man. Kane arrested prisoner, and witness went for assistance. He returned with a cab, in which prisoner and the trunk with the body were taken to Tottenham Court-road Station. Here prisoner was charged with feloniously killing a man unknown, though before she left the room the body was identified, and afterwards again by the eon of the deceased. —Prisoner, who asked no questions, was remanded.  Lord Londonderry at Stab= Harbour.— Lord Londonderry opened a Conservative Working Men's Clu bat Sathain Harbour on Friday week. H. said their opponents had the advantage over them in tieing absolutely unscrupulous. He would not Ray they were absolutely untruthful, but they threw a glamour over the newly-enfranchised working classes by promising everything to everybody concerned; in fact, they promised that which they never intended should he realised. ' If he himself had been doing his utmost to maintain the union between Great Britain and Ireland, he was carrying ant the hereditary prin. oiple which had come clown to him from his great ancestor. To his great uncle was more or lea due the credit of that union. Ashamed he would be of the name he bore if be spared himself an instant in promoting that cause which he knew from official experience in the south of Ireland, I and from practical experience as a landowner in the north of Ireland, to be absolutely essential for the good of Great Britain and Ireland. He would tell Conservative working men that in maintaining the cause of the union they were serving their own interests. —Lord Ashboorne also sPoke. KEW up your courage and seep down expense siy "IIUNLIUIiT