Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-06-10 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE ALI,FOED CONSPIRACY TO THE FOURTH OF JULY IN EUROPE. 1 , ' ' '' ' • MURDER. ' ' Those American citizens who are detained in Europe At tho Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justke daring this Centennial are feelmg, many of them, like the who has to stav at school through the Mellor, William Kingston Vance, 20, described as a eA. medical student, and Ellen Owe, 29, described as vacation. But even these do not mean to go entirely without their celebration.. The preliminary arrangebeing married, were .jointty charged with conspiring Monts". are under way in many of the chief centres of "tAgetl2.er iind feloniously nod of their malice aforeAmerican sojourn •, and there is no reason to doubt thought, inteiding to kill and murder one Ellen Once.. The prisoners were also jointly charged with that the bird of freedom will spread his pinnies as ing together to feloniously cause the death of some conspirtimidly and soar as loftily "on mighty pens," on this person unknown, ride of the ocean as on the other. I The Americans of Geneva have thus far made no The Attorncy-General„ the Solicitor-General, Mr. , movement for common festivities. Some organisation Poland, and Mr. Bowen pr'osecuted for the Treasury.; should be made betimes, to bring together all American Mr. G. Francis and Mr. 11. Avery defended the pri- . enizone residing in the neighbourhood of Lake Leman; sonar Saes i and Mr, Collins and Mr. Caul! appeared for Vance. , at some convenient point of rendezvous, no that the . demonstration of national feeling should not be lost The Attorney-General, in opening the coo', said it b being dispersed :m a scattering dozen of hotelwas one of a very peculiar character, and, althoug,h . y among , dinners, and a score of isolated pyrotechnics. The the prisoners were charged in ono count of the indict- dinners, of all Ainericans naturally look towards Coniul meat with conspiring to murder someperson unknown, I U ton. the universally respected as the official reprethe substantial charge against them was that Mrs. ' sertative of the nation—to give the word for a preSnee had resolved to commit suicide, and that the . ...,,... liminary meeting. other prisoner feloniously conspired to aid and assist het in conunitting that offence, which was a crime The Americans in" Stuttgart have been "foreagainst the law. handed" with the announcement of their programme. George Clerk, a detective inspector, repeated the eviThey propose a celebration at which Mr. Consul donee which he previously gave in the pol lee-court, after Potter will preside and in which all American resiwhich Mr. Mainwaring, surgeon, of Bethual-green dents, without distinction, are invited, with their whose service the prisoner Vance had been, identified ,' ha ladies to take part. The exercises will include the the handwriting of the prisoner with the letters reading of the Declaration of Independence, an 1 . nod poem, a dinner with addresses, orchestral p orewhich were now produced. The various letters, which I fon n I s have been already published, were put ni uie. and vocal and instrumental solos by American in and read by 1 . the officers of the court. Evidence was then given as artists. to the various letters having been sent to the different pact-offices, and to the prisoners having applied for them