The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-03-26 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

IMPUDENT THEFT.  At the County of London &Wong, Cl rkenwelL, on Friday, Patrick Dicey, 21. harker,was convicted of having broken into the idtop of Charles Edridge, . and stealing a quantify of tea and other goods. value EI.O. "(load montinu, onatatle," raid Dacey to an officer who was on duty in the Whitechapelroad early cn the morning of February I,7th. "You are open n 2 earl," Pulll the officer in reply. "Yes," remarkeu Dacey, "vre always do n Thursdays," said continued takitig cr.!, the shutters. As the prieuner had on a ice clean apron. agd appeared to be a shopman, the c. Eatable valEed away. At about 8, however, the moat or to the rosecutor arrived, and di.covered that the place had been broken in.o, and tea and other ploperty stolen. lie at once informed the p lice, an I a detectivesergeant arrested the pt ironer on the fol'owing day. —After Warder Cook had re, lied ninny previous convictions recorded arc n•t Darey, he was sentenced to three and a halt years' penal servitude and two years' police  YOUNG FOREIGNER'S SUICIDE, On Friday. Mr. Samuel F. Lanham, the Coroner for the City of London, was forwarded the particulars of a suicide that occurred late on Wednesdly night at 44, King William-street, the There has been of late In Paris a good deal of premises of the Aerated 'tread Compiny (Limited). renewed gossip with regard to Chief-Insi octet' About closing time a young foreigner of about 23 Melville and the Legion of Honour. It will be en ered and asked one of the waitreimes for a cup of remembered that it was chiefly owing to the tact i coffee. He was served with it, hut did not drink it, and adroitness of that officer that so many of the but shortly after said he would like to have a wash. French Anarchists who toek shelter in London after He went to the lavatory, and as he did not return the assassination of President Carnet were tracked a search was made and lie was found hanging to a and captured. As a reward for these services beam. He was immediately cut down, but on the President Faure recon men 'ed him for the Legion arrival of a doctor he was pronounced dead. He of Honour, and the ribbon of the Order was sel t was respectably dressed, but nothing was found on over io London. Up to the preent the chief of the clothing to lead to his identification. The Inspector Melville's department has refused him deceased had evidently seen service in a foreign permbsion to accept the honour, for reasons which arm,, for he is marked with sword cuts in three neither his associates nor the French public consider places. It la believed that the deceased must have satisfactory. been a deserter, and his description will be clime. lated in the hope of ascertaining his identity. At The priory church of St. Bartholomew-theddreat, present it cannot be traced where the deceased West Smithfield, is claimed to be structurally the obtained the rope he used to hang himself, and it II oldeit in London swept one—that in the Tower. Presumed he brought it with him. Help is urgently needed to estingui.li the debt of I £1,300 incurred in the restoration if this ancient I fabric, which dales back to the 12th century. The restoration of the Lady Chapel awaits conipletion. I On the following two. Saturdays lectures will be delivered in the church on its history and architecture, when opt ortunity will be afforded to contritute to tbe restoration fund.  BERVA NT t; I I.'S