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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 February 1913, Page 2

"By Independent"

U'YLVXD LINER'S PEKIL

Cabled News From Abroad.

(Sydney Sun Special.)

LOUD GLADSTONE ACCUSED

The followers of General Hertzog iicctifso the Governor-General, Lord Gladstone., of using liis odiee in parlisiiii manner and of improperly favlining General Uotha.

IiKOTIIKKS' .SHOCKING CRIME

LONDON, February 8

A Hamburg boy named Heap was :on lid strangled, the <:rim« hiavi>i<; 'leeii committed by his two brothers iged 1(5 and 17.

They wanted money to attend .< carnival. ,so they made the younger lad drunk, killed him. and then took his savings, which amounted to sin shillings.

LONDON, February 8. The I'.eyliaml liner Alexandria was mi her way to Jamaica, in the AVest Indies, when an explosion occurred in the hold.

Flames .shot up through one of the hatelinays, and the crew did their best to stop the outbreak, hut with-

out success

Then .sign als of distress were hoist"d. ami n Geriman oil steamer saw them and .stood by for a day until the fire was got under control.

The Alexandria had to return to Liverpool, where it was found that part of her betweondeck was burned out. land her .sides hndlv buckled.

D'OKSAY OF THE PROFESSION

.SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. "8

Hidden in a slimy marsh two miles iroin thua San Quentin convict prison in California, two men have discovered the body of Herbert llepsold, who n;is known as ''the perfumed burglar.,.

.I'epsold (!.scaj)Ml from the gaol .-n ■January 10, and tho governor believed that he got bogged while groping his way across country in the dark, and was unable to extricate himself.

Tho dead man was serving a sentence of 15 years. Ho was one of tho cleverest of American cracksman, and his work was admired by his professional brethren for ite dash an-l precision. The police always knew when he had committed a crime, ior lie always left behind him the odour of a scent known as Caprice Perfuoio ivhich he always carried with him.

He was a man of good family, ami wont wrong early in life, his first. ffenco being recorded against him i.t the age of IQ. He was a debonn'r. well-dressed figure, with a smiling face, and he always resented any rough -handling on the- part of the police who used to humorously iespect his foiblo, and address him a? "Your Grace" or "Your Royal Highness.,, They frequently apologised profusely when finding it necessavy to put the handcuffs on.