The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1882-10-21 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

THREATENING TO MURDER THE PRINCE OF WALES.  At Bow- street Police Court, London, Wm. Bruoksh aw, a traveller, w...s brought up on Saturday afternoon, before Sir James Ingham, charged on a warrant with feloniously and maliciously seeding a letter, through Colonel Teesdale, threatening to murder the Prince of Wale,. The orisoner was an inmate of the Fulham Workhouse, and on the 9th Oatober, the day on which the letter was posted, he was absent from that institution. The following is the letter referred to :—" Colonel Teesdale —Sir: To be brief I am a young man brought up within sight of Buckingham Palace, willing and anxious to work and cannot get it to do, The best thing that I can do under those circumstances is to go abroad to one of the colonies. Tell your Royal master, the Prince of Wales, that I requ're £lO to start me there. If I sncoeed it will be repaid. I want it this week. Send it to me at Wm. Bruckshaw, Lemon's Hotel, 21 and 22, Great Chapelstreet, Westminster. P.s.—lf you do not Rend it this week I will camp on the Prince of Wales's trail, and by all the gods serve him worse than Lord Frederick Cavendish was served.—Yours in great earnestness, W. 0. B. Sorry to speak so harsh, but severe diseases require severe remedies. Don't forget this week." Thomas Brown said he WES porter at St. George's Workhouse, Fulham. He had known prisoner as an inmate there for seven months, during which time he had left and returned several times. On Monday, October 9th, he left at 11 o'clock. He returned en the 11th. Witness produced a receipt for c'o thing signed by the prisoner. The paper upon which the above letter was written was similar to that supplied to inmates. The envelope bore the workhouse stamp. To the beat of witnets's belief the letter was in the same handwriting as thereceiptfor clothes produced, William Bolton, an inmate of the workhouse, acting as ssaistant to the last witness, proved the signature to the receipt in question as being in prisoner's handwriting. Mr. Coll, master of the workhouse, said that he had no doubt the paper upon which the letter was written and the envelope had been supplied from his office. Mr. Wilson, inspector of the South-Western District office, proved that the letter was posted in the neighbourhood of West Brompton for the 12 o'clock delivery on the 9th October. Witness compared the signature on the receipt and the handwriting on the envelope, and expressed his opinion that they were written by the same person. Superintendent Walker, of the Metropolitan Police, attached to the Prince of Wales's household, proved receivicg the letter from Colonel Teesdale. It was subsequently handed to the authorities at Sootland.yard, by whom enquiries were made. The prisoner was arrested by Chief Inspector Hagan on Friday night at the St. George's Workhouse, Fulham. He said that he was born in Buckingham place, and had been for seven years in the United States Army. In answer to the charge he said, "It's en infamous lie. I never wrote such a letter. Somebody has been making use of my Darn?." The Prisoner was formally askea if he had anything to say in answer to the charge. He said, "I am not guilty, and under no circumstances would I be guilty of such a crime." He was committed for trial.  _ . At the Central Criminal Court, London, on WedneE— day, the trial was postponed until next se3sion.