NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 104, 23 April 1908, Page 4

NEWS OF THE WORLD

THAviF.DY (JAUSICD liY IiOU'INd 110KSE. Jxmdon, February -1. "Mr. Hairy i'. Peters, of llareiicld, liViitun, Devon, was killed (luring the run of tin; Household Brigade hounds at East llamstead Park, Workingham, on Saturday. Soon after the run began Mr Peters horse was seen to break away to the left, but when a cheek came -Mr. Peter's did not appear. His friends surmised that he had given up and had made his way to the railway station, but later instituted a search, and found the dead body of Air. Vetera lying under a small birch tree. His skull was fractured, llis horse was found about a. mile away with severe sears on its head, and it is believed that it bolted with its rider and carried him against a bow of the tree.

Oi'F.RA .SINGER'S TRAGEDY. New York, .February 11. lime. Koy, the American operatic singer, who formerly appeared in grand opera under the name of Miss Gracia Calla, and who accuses her husband, M. Paul Roy, of murdering her brother, Mr George A. Carkins, at Ncwiugton, New Hatnpstead, on January 2, made a iurther statement to-day at her New Hampshire home. Mine. Roy denies the suggestion made by Colonel Henry Mapleson, the impressario, who is now in London, to the effect that Mr. Carkins was her husband, and not her brother.

"It is true that 1 purchased an estate at Ktretat from Colonel Mapletun," she says; "but when the deed was made out I asked him to be sure and insert my named its Lillian Carkins. 1 knew that I could not hold property under anything but my proper name. Culonel Maplcson must have confused the name with that of my brother Coorgc. for lleurgc was my brother. L'ulonel .Maple.on is a good friend of mine, lie gave me good advice, which I wish 1 had'followed.''

It is believed here that Mine. Koy realised that her marriage to M. Hoy was not valid in France, as the consent of M. Hoy's parents had not been secured, and "for this reason she .had to use her maiden, name in order to acquire a legal title to the property at I'.fretaf.

TIiAUKDY (IF Hlirii-TAKIXC. Jiondon. Februarv UK. The tragic death ol the Hon. Mr... F.lizabeth Kate Hhellv .Meade, wife of .Captain I".. IS. Meade, and daughter of Visumnl Selby, owing to an overdose of the drug trional, was investigated by the Brighton coroner yesterday. Mrs. Meade engaged a room at the Crand Hotel, Brighton, last Satuiday. (hi Sunday afternoon the chambermaid informed the manager that she had found Mrs Meade lying in bed apparently fast asleep.

A tloctor was stiiiniionoil, and it was ! .mi.l that Mr-. Mi-a<h- was in a cnmii--1..-.. -t:.t.-. iiiul Mini- lailunt- of Irional u-r- on t.h- liil.lc. 11-r svniiitoins in-.lii-;it...l (hat sin- hn.l lak.'ii •...mo of (his drug. Kv-ry .'11(111 wa> l I- lo re-, lore her to -oiwi.msn.'s>, lull- slin ili-.l on tlie \\e,lm-,lav r.illiiwirijr without luivini—ovrtvil ioiwion-n-s. Sli,, was IhirI v veal's of j.jo. ami fur vo.irs hail li—n in Hi- liiil.il of Inking .lilies to in.line -loc|i. So fur as he knew she hail no iionl.ii' or i !t\i< t\ of miy sort.

Tin' i'»r -r r.'inark.'il thai |.-o|il.' t.iKin.ir drills no .loulit in-rcase.! the .!..-- as time went on. ami an overdo-. 1 iilliniati'ly proved fatal.

A vcnli.'l of death from misadventure «ns returned.