The Warwickshire Herald. — 1887-08-25 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ANTECEDENTS.  I-rael Lipski—as he is now known, but whose real name is Lobulsk—is a Polish Jew, and was born in Warsaw in 18t15. His father gave him a good Hebrew education in a chida—which is a small room, generally on the basement. Lipski is not the name by which this family is known. ! Israel Lipski has three sisters and two brothers. One of the latter is in the army, and the other is a traveller. Israel when young was very feud of swimming, and saved more than one from drowning. When his parents became poor, Israel was apprenticed to the trade of a turner. His master was very fond of him, and the other workmen taking a liking ta him, he soon became a favourite in the workshop. When his term of apprenticeship , was over his master employed him as a journeyman at a very decent wage, out of which he was able to assist his parents, who were becoming porer and ! poorer. But at the age of twenty, he, having already heard of his brother's experience, determined to make his escape from the chance of service in the army. He hod sold all he had to turn it into money in order to pay his fare to London. But the difficulty was how to make his escape when the Granetz—the territory between Rus,ia and Germany—was guarded. The gendarmes would not allow any one to pass unless provided with a passport, signed and sealed, and notifying the place of destination. This Israel did not have; and had he applied for one he would have been asked all sorts of questions, and being so near to the age when he must become a soldier, they would have arrested him at once. The difficulty of passing the territory, however, was easily got over. In every town there are smugglers, come of whom make a special business of this sort of thing. Lipski's escape was effected in a very peculiar manner. A miller had occasion to pass tho guards with a van load of flour, and Israel being on friendly terms with the miller was placed among the bags and taken over to Germany. From thence he took the train to Hamburg. Walking the streets in the hopes of meeting a countryman among the many Jews in Hamburg, he met a man, who, after some conversation, eiigaged him as a servant in a cattle ship bound for Lmdon. here he arrived penniless. At the docks there are plenty of "runners," and among them are agents for "s-renters." Israel Lipski was taken to Mr. Mark Katz, his late employer. Lodgings were taken for him, and in a few days he was seen in the workshop. Having been taught the trade of a turner in Warsaw, it was not difficult to two to stick-making. Mr. Katz found him an energetic workman, and gradually gave him a rise ; with it he obtained a good wage. His employer saw that he was a prudent and respectable young man, and after a time Israel was engaged to his sister-in-law, Miss Kate Lyons. Mr. Katz gave him another rise in order to enable him to save more money with which to get married early. Israel was now beginning to learn to read and write English, and with the assistance of his sweetheart he managed to read some easy things. The engagement was broken off for a time, and afterwards renewed until his arrest. Business with Mr. Katz became black, and Israel did not earn sufficient to keep himself; he was thus obliged to withdraw money from the savings bank. But this could not last, so Mrs. Lyons, the mother of the young woman, advised him to get work for himself. The advice was taken, and Israel withdrew the remainder of his savings and bought some tools for his work. On the second day of his new enterprise the murder of Miriam Angel was committed, and the events which followed are well known. -LIPSIiI'S