The Express. — 1865-05-16 (London, England)

FELONY BY A LANCASTER MAGISTRATE.  SUICIDE OP THE ACCUSED.  The Leeds Mercury of yesterday gave brief particulars of a (+harp of theft of railway scrip against Mr. Wham, a magistrate of Mks toreagh of Lancaster, sad secretary to the North Railway. Dar: lag the whole of Sunday lAncester was in a state of intense exalteamint arising oat of this serials charge against one of its moat prominent cams, who bad bald the position of mayor, had hitherto borne an irreproachable character, and I was held in great otos. _ _ .  N IS It 17 SO N 105 UR 68 MI So Ti -.110 Ul 144 165 111 IN 86 0 Tll Tit  Oa Saadi; ►wing increased intensity was given to the general excitement by the discovery that Mr. Wholon's body bad been found washed ashore at ► village named Knott End, situate on the opposite side of the river Wyse to Fleetwood. and about Afters or sixteen miles from Lan_  U 0 61 U 64 di 102 106 111 ltli 101 60 106 107 01 61} 1114 112 06 06 61 02  Various rumours are current as to the extent of deceased's detaleatioas, sad speonlatioa is rife as to the liabilities and probable logs of the vicious companies with which he was consectei AU that can bs ascertained with certainty at preent is, that oa Saturday two of the directors of the North-Western Railway Company arrived in Lancaster to _ *sire into some alleged irregalarithe in the isms of scrip. t She result al their lavestigatioe, and an interview with Mr. lb Whelan, was that deceased admitted the charm spinet him, and, with some of his Meads; offered to ooraprorniae the matter by the payment of 8,0031. This offer was de. diced by Major Adair, ono of the directors, who firmly Informed Mr. Wheice's friends that no suoh oompro• miss mad be accepted. This interview took plate on Setae. day deem= at the King's Arms Hotel. Mr. Whelon the Mt the Lee, end wee last seen going in the &Welke el the sew ship yard, on a toad by which he 2 might arrive at the petit where his body was found, by C going is a circuitous directioe. In taking this ent•of•tho, way direction it is thought probable that he desired to get 11 oe board one of the Irish steamers leaving Morecambe es 111, Fleetwood, as when he strived at Knott Red he took a ti small Scat and pus out in the direction of Fleetwood. e Whether this was his isteatioa, or whether he wished to down himself at this point, thinking that his body would be at owe taken out to sea, it is now impossible to learn. What adds to the mystery of the case is that his body when found was divested of all clothing with the exoeption of his shirt.  195 188 If 8 90 101 01 101 114 181  In addition to the public offices we base 'heady named, we easy aviation that Mr. Wheaton was treasurer, and held the funds of the rids amps. He was sot chairman of the Lancaster Athesnum Company, as previously stated, but inanities director. Yr. Whig= was what is styled a " esibmade mas," having started life tweety years ago without a shilling. He has does thee become a cotton manufacturer, owning a mill at Preston ; a ship-owner, a railway secretary, and a large participator is the management of public companies.  toL is  ----91 Fee 5.94:1 1111 us  I le se 711 llt lit 140 144 N 41  0 & 14 IS 11141 1114 4 94 10 148 4 4 pm 96 HS  M 411 77 SO