TWO LETTERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 7

TWO LETTERS.

;: " ■■ A---;--- ; -'-V--TV."TM ; G|py;;v, v- : - '-■;/' ;;•■ .' y VERDICT.,^":','."'/ ;4ss<iciition;) : '/ ; ///" ' "" >Si' "• ° ; ;-'^ ;; ---y'' : 'P h - pi, '« h «"h 1 -.'Oofijber ; 23;--- : * J .^''i? , " es ' •N toß ' cW^'! the; death': of Alice Mitn/.Newmaii, >h6//was shot "dead- iji the Ji/ver/.Grid- ojMandarnigHf,,'wai"'.'ramine'd b'eW*'f. 8.. Hasolden/coroner;- and V'jury ' of sirtMs- -morning.';. Theaccused,'-; Robert's was .again in' charge'of .two -con' : stables.:-'-■: -1,y ::! .:'- .'':';-''''■'■'-■; ':*'■■ ■-■■'.' : " v^T^K 9 on: October W: ho,was. Searching -.for Roberts in thi> Probblo&?^v lcfc i W, Q ?W n - rr,Ta '■"'i tho ' -#ebb!eion . W* 'p a feH^ ll -. 30 .a-m,. .ho quietly. Entered tho : :^^ v ■terfwriting. 0 letter.. ;Roberts put-the letter in' ' pocket, and foundivrcyolyer (produoed), loaded .• 111 -,? l ?vchambers.; ; ;Witness .' took the' revolver 1 ' ' and ammunition.: He, handcuffed Roberts,-and then charged, him; 'with the : murder of., Alice ' Newman. .He repWd:..''You've got the" wrong ' man this time. -. A few minutes later he .took the letter (produoed) he- had been "writing" from his-pocketed thrcwl'it .behind him.'. Witness picked it up, and.Roberts asked him to destroy ,it...,- Roberta then took another letter ' (produced) from ; his "pocket; and tore ,it •■"in halt. He agaiti : asked witness to', destroy them, as they wbuld.-dohim harin.i'r :■;: ... ,",-' "; Tho' coroner then: read. the two .letters td. the '• jury, who.- afterwards examined • them; The : ftrstjetter,;,whlch; Wis.'addressed "Dear Mr. ■ Burns^'-^.was', as'.'follows:— r '~''Exciise.m'o.vfo'r;v;riring-yon' these few' lines,--, Irai I could not. live' without Alice. ';I am taking, my'own', life now, and -1 am" ■ : /sorry, .I' - did' /' "hot : fake :■ that < life ■'• . ; '.who ■was':• trying Vto :d6'--nie :of it". • ~ 'We'vo a.- child,'';'and., I hope' you' will'. ,- )?et somebody itd-.'lbok. after it.- If it had ' .been, near'/'ns at-the tithe .I,ivOuld' have. ;■' done for „ the. poor, little chap rather thari • : ■ . see- him' homeless .in this, world.: Might- God .'"■' forgivo md'"f6r; ab'in'g such, a; thing, but-1 '■■■; -,could ; not seo- : W.messing around other / ■felloes. So, Mr'.'.Burns, you might'do me. ';a favbhrVby'ltitting'm'y people know about" ".' this sad tl^iiig.'. Write to Mrs.. Sinclair, 47 '■..'■Ore. Street," Govaai'.-Glasgow." ; ;';'.'." : , "'■ The letter.bore, the signature; "A.' r ßoberts," which, however,-had been deleted^;'*■.. ' . The second'letter was'in the':for'm of a poem; and .was written on the biacfc.':pf a letter-to Roberts, frbmi, his mother: in Glasgow. Jt was as follows':-?:- ..-,.'", ■.' :■■■' ■';.' '.'''Whoever, finds, this send it home to my , mother. /.'>'.""■■;. : i ; -'.'J' ■'■ "Dear mother,' I- cannot live without her, However m'uch ■ I .try; ■';'.. .When I think of our' troubles, ■" ."."','.-', ■ How,-bitterly I cry/ '- I think it will bo' better, ..; When'underneath the clay, : When Our. souls meet together '" Iri'tWt' brigbt,land forever." . The letter.was" signed;' "Yo.hr broken-hearted ■' son."./,.:',' : -".'-'...'-.' -■}■■'.]'■ ■'-■:; '-. ' ■' ■ ',"' :'. : X:' ! ' CoMnuirig his evidence, Constable Evans said he found a box of cartridges on-accused. - ■ 'At 12.10' '•'p-.pt;' tlid* jiiry'.rotired, and .ah hour < ; later.■ returned'.-the following ycrdict':— . ■■'-.. - /"That the said-Alice Editb'Newman died .'at Christcbwcß on October. 18,1903, from a ' . bullet wound inflicted by Arthur John Wil- : : soft Roberts, and that the said Arthur John Wilson.Roberts did. murder the said Alice ■ . Edith Newman'.."-:, ■'. Roberts-will'appear, at' tho Magistrate's Court next Wednesday on a charge of murder.