The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-05-23 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MURDERED FOR AMUSEMENT.  Amusement of a decidedly bloodthirsty charactet Is in favour among some of the criminal inhabitants of Belleville. An inoffensive man named Geigat was walking along the boulevard of that district late the other night, when he was suddenly attacked by a band of miscreants,among them being a person who wore a Zouave uniform and a was medal. One of the rascals butted Geiger with hie head in the breast and sent him rolling in the mud, where he was despatched by the man in military uniform, who stabbed him to the heart. The twe ruffians, Baron and Lang, who committed this crime have been arrested, and in admitting their guilt showed a brutal cynicism the existence of Which in a civilised city is almost incredible. Baron raid that he butted the unfortunate Geiger by way of a joke and because the man's looks did not please him. Lang, on his side, used his knife to show that he was more serious in his attacks on people whom he did not like. It appears that Langan: wearing the uniform of a soldier whom be and who had imprudently lent it to him.  During a violent gale on Sunday night the Norwegian barque Ceylon was wrecked near the Goodwin Sands. Six of the crew were lost, and four were picked up on Monday morning clinging to the wreckage. The survivors, who were greatly exhausted, were landed at Dover.  Mies Dod, the ex-champion lady tennis player, who is not likely to take part in the All-England contest this year at Wimbledon, plays golf, rides • bicycle, sings well, and performs upon the plane and banjo. A young man of 20, named Bun, has be arrested in Paris for setting Ire to the hotel is which he had been living. He made a heap of rags and shavings in the middle of his room, and having saturated the pile with petroleum, and applied a match, left the building. The Ire was fortunately discovered almost immediately, and extinguished. Buys wrote to the proprietor, pre! claiming himself an Anarchist, saying what he led done, and regretting that the Ire had causal st little Annan.  Artificial Teeth exquisitely fitted. Natural At appearance, ombirftWo is use, and we/rented to last life-time. Fitted complete at ens visit without the extraction ef loam teeth er stump, sr the least pain. Success guaranteed m no. sharp made. hi Teeth from .fd • sets from one gems.. Dante! repairs completed While weiting.—Mr. W. J. Wat. an, 1 Csrvo,sMso Street, Birmingham (Fri door less N th. left). imllnisenn tom day, 10 tin ; Iss, pedaloes alimibma,  TARTU .JIALFOURI TRIAL Jahn Spencer Balfour appeared beers &r John Bridge on Friday afternoon for the seventh time on the charges of fraud and conspiracy connected with various companies of which be was a director.—Mr. C. Mathews and Mr. Horace Avory prosecuted; Mr. J. O'Connor and Mr. Swanton defended.-.A& O'Connor stated, in reference to the request Meths should consent to his client being committed on documents not submitted to the court in his he had put various views of the ease Cefore presence, client, and at his wish he consented, as in the public interest, but only asked that prior to the trial every facility should be given defendant to consult with his friends.—Sir John Bridge said every possible facility would be given for the ' defendant to confer with his advisers and friends, and to enable him to prepare his defence. —Prisoner was then formally remanded for a week.