The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-10-16 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

THE BEN WELL MURDER. ANOTHER FXTRAORDINARY STORY.  A Dalziel's Agency telegram from Toronto says popular interest in the fate of the condemned man chall has been revived by the publication of the following story :—Ou. a night in Februaty las', or the early part of March, a strange man presented himself at Thompson's Hotel, Wooistoir. His visit was not made directly after ill.) arrival of & train, nor did he drive up to the hotel ; in fact, it is not known by what means he reached the town. lieis described as a short, thick.set man. Ho was in a very nervous and xcited condition, and on having a room allotted to him at once repaired to it. The next morning he rose eatly, and ordered breakfast, but after he was gone it was found he lied left the meal untested. His manner when paying his bill was such as to excite in the mind of thQ clerk a suspicion that he was just recovering trona delirium tremens. Nothing has since been heard or seen of the man. Signiticance is attached to his visit to the hotel from the circumstance that he loft under the pillow in his bedroom a 38calibre revolver, the chambers of which contained recently-exploded cartridge shells. Mr. Thompson retains possession of the weapou, which has a plain black handle. The bullets in the head of the murdered man Benwell were of 38 calibre, and the revolver from whieh they were discharged could not be found. The stranger is stated to resemble an American colonel who had been 110011 with Bitchall in Loudon. A Woodstock resident, who is somewhat in Birchall's confidence, has started a new theory of how the mime was committed. He thinks that if the condemned man confesses the truth it will be found that two men were concerned in it. and that it was done while the parties were out driving, Benwell, who was bitting in front, being shot by the man behind.  The steamship Perin, of London, was towed into Dover on Monday with bows stove in, having been in collision with another vessel early in the morning, off Hastings, doting a fog. The Bishop cf Loudon has returned to town, and look a wonderfully better for his holiday in Devonshire. He was at an "at home" the othor evelitug with Mrs. Temple. and was in excellent spirits, chatting most genially and cordially with everyone he came aoro9s. He has almost regained his sight, for, 1 hear, lie recognised a gentleman in the room whom he had not seen for many years, whereas when he was last in London he found difficulty in identifying his warme3t friends unless they came quite close to him. „. .  A eablegram from Sydney, Cain Bintou, states that the British barque Algeria, Belfst for Sydney, has been totally wrecked at Cape DJlphin. The mew were eared. _ .  The death is announced of Mr. Samuel Miller, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who was struck last week with paralysis of the left side. The Justices of the County of Surrey have decided to hold their future sessions at Newington until the completion of the new county buildings at Kingston, which are expected to be ready for use in about two Twig time. • iNow, my dear,- said the teacher, "what is memory %" The iittle one answered, after-' a moment's reflection: "It is the thing you forget with." 'You've mother,to elderly lady visitor: " Don'tyou think the baby looks very much like his father F" Old lady: "Yes, Ida • but I wouldn't worry—be may oat-grow it."