A Scotch Precedent for the Whitechapel Horror.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3095, 4 January 1889, Page 2

A Scotch Precedent for the Whitechapel Horror.

In the reign of James I of Scotland there was born in East Lothian, village a f>*iv miles from Edinoiirgh 1 Sawney Beane, the son of poor, but I haul working people. Evincing from boy bo Oil a hatred of all labor, and ' disphiying evory kind of vicious quality, ho at an early age abandoned Ins home audfled to Galloway. He was acoompamed by a fit companion for his.'criinesm the person of a young woman, a nativu of tbo satno village. The home of this pair was in amo of about, a mile in length and of considerable breadth, the mouth of which' was washedjjy the spa, tho tide sometime penetrating the cave a distant of 200 yank The viotims were* wayhid under cover of night on tl»/ way from country fairs, or in tho cm of isolated travellers across the country were openly attacked in broad daylight; The same soul-sickening mutilation was practiced; the abdomen was out open; the entrails dragged out, and the body carried.to ■ tho cave. Tq prevent detootion they murdered every traveller they robbed, and for years thoy continued their horrible calling, 'ln this manner, the _ chronicler, tells us, they • lived until they had eight eons and six daughters, eighteen-grandsons, and fourteen grandaughlers—all the offspring of jnoest, After a long, career of murder, the gang were captured by King James, who, roused to action by the long immunity of the criminals'from deteotion, headed a body of troops, and with the aid of blood-hounds, sucbeeded in unearthing from a cave the.whole - vile tribe, to whom was meted: out a death agreeable with the life they ' had led. The. merir says the histofian, bad their entrails-thrown'.: into the fire,, their hands and 1 legs;' severed from their bodies, arid they were permitted to bleed to deathi. Die mothers of the whole craw, thei daughters, and the? grandchildren, .after being spectators of the deaA ■ ;of the men,- wero, .cast info-ihfeo .separate fires, and consumed to ashes, | ON THE WING, .

/ (By Ulysses.),' t' Why mankind wasjorn lo persist ,r \ in-grumbling is one of those things M " no fellah can understand," tspeci.ally whet) selfish man is gifiel by a fbounteoup natiue ''with - so. many 1 blessings in this highly fiivo _ ed land, • Yet the factjf)maius,;meii will|,6wj, -,Vr l'he. force of this Bmall piaoi' of' ■ ■ philosophy ,oe?er jetruck /" yoa:» ?

;BQg^ciuudl % y"- hu i r./iiy uiul wiiii so' i/.lliird a hliook as on the upwarl track Mom iilaatei'lou to Wocdvillo. All «ng tho routo sighs of natural health present tliemsolves, l'rosperity is not a thing to be eagerly • Bought for, it presents itself in vary- '. ing fovms at ever)' bend of a road - , when you' have one; where joii haven't cvon. it sticks out a foot, ii mau lins only the inclination and pluck to make a try. Uly—tliatV me-wns muchly surprised at the ' signs of co&g prosperity ' tlie route', ami it cannot bo gainsaid that a big future awaits (no great dato ahead) the country through which I have just passed. About Ekktaiiuna you have good strong sinews for a very prosperous settlement, the only trouble is tho carrying on of the railway line past their hamlet. The construction of the railway from Mangamahoe has been attended with many dillicnlti.es in the way of slips, Jjut it is anticipated that an opening All bo made at tho end of the year. oomnimiication, as a rule, f spoils townships, but I fancy there will not bo much " through 1 ' for some years. Wliilo at Eketahuna I was much struck with the enterprise displayed by the banking fraternity; why, not a bank opens thero at all, and a visit oiice a week from Woodville would bo looked upon as' a Godsend by the 'business people, 1 travelled around there like a houseless wanderer for a wliolo week with a Government cheque for £l7 and not a business mail in the place'conld cash it. .Maybe they were afraid of the Government, but it was, I fancy, a caso of non Mipns mhikP. At the back of Eketahuna there is some Viry good land, rather rough, hut promising. The road as one approaches the township is interesting "m in places inclined to be ""Wher romantic in the matter of scenery. The predominance of the Scandinavian race tends to render life within tho precincts of the dis trict somewhat prosaic, but a man with any originality in him can make some fun one way and another, 1 travelled with- an Insurance Agent M>art of the nay and was somewhat "truck by his original way of meeting "different kinds of people, but one worthy man from the Norse country was quite a match for him. His reply to tho regular question was: " I vos iusure mine life, oh no, I vas come to leaf some money to de vife to pv anoder hoosban, Oh 1 no," and with that sagacious remark he Ravelled. 1 was somewhat surprised to hear it stated that about the gloriously windy and moist Kkctnhuna, the altitude was as nearly as possible the same as the heights of the Rimulaka, perhaps the easy ascent does not make it uoticeable. By the way-very muc'i by the way . I may remark-I found that the barbarous, old fashionedf outlandish, perfectly unwarranted system of tolls prevails in this portion of the island. The sooner this is abolished the better. Many a man travelling might be minus the small fee (two shillings for a buggy) required under a most iniquitous tax. I am glad to learn sinco i arrived in town that tho gato botween Woodville and Pahiatua is to be done away with. The ride from Eketahuna to t PAHIATUA. 3 very eujoyable, some delightful iiery is met with, tho road is in capital condition and nature really " sheds her light around" to considerable advantage on tv clear day. My good Bucy (the shrew) often paused to ponder on the gay scenery and the songs of the many feathered minstrels in the bush, but I noticed a peculiarity. It struck ine as that Bucy wanted to see the worms of the ftk as well as listen to feathered geters, for wherever a nice patch ;oung grass presented itself, and I might happen to slacken the reins while keeping my moustache straight with a small machine with basketwork about it, holding probably half a pint, Bucy naturalised. PnluKtun has a, big future before it. The land is being rapidly taken op atid vigorously improved. Prophesy is a bad line to go in for, but I have little hesitation in predicting a coming time for Pahiatua. Somo of the land is rather mixed as far as quality gops, but taking the average it is good. There is work at the back of it for half the unemployed of any of the distress-caying cities in the Colony,. An- amusing incident etruck me as I rode through the bush. There was an Irishman, of on a stump with a jifle at his shoulder; well I was dnwed at first. jifeVhat are you going to do?" I rsifiarked rather tremulorsly. "Faith tbm, I'm goin' to shoot," replied my neighbor," " bhoot what ?" I enquired. "Tliatdivil av a cat that's been ntin' me.chickens," said he. " Shoot it with a bullet, man. you'll never dq it; use shot," I chimed in. " Yerrah, roan, I've put foive bullets into that log yondher, pointin' at her, and a divil'a one sthruck her; faith, maybe I'd use a bagful of shot wid her, and bullets is bigger I" UefiJum. Tho"d is being well opened, and it i'b to be reasonably supposed that tho Education Heserves now being placed on tho market are likely to draw more capital and labor into the dietrict.—Esauiiner. :*

The Whiteoharel Murdera

Knives Founi

IJbAmmiy. übiili is supposed to Tfconnected wiili tlie recent murders wn Whiteohapel, wim mado in Kanon tiuurlny, the 2ht of October (says tlio 1 St. Jama's , Gfzeitu 1 ), but in Consequence of the secrecy observed by the jiolico it lioa iiiiherto not been made known. While passing a liouso in Harrington ■ square, Gloucester road, a lud noticed in the garden Foinftthing bright olose to some Bbruliß, and upon entering to B'itibl)' bin eiinubity ho discovered a sheet containing two Very large knives. It wns supposed that the knives had been stolen from some ot the houses in the neighborhood, and had afterwards been thrown awuy by the thief through fear. On the knives, however, ..being sub. milled to Dr Duke, he said they bore stains ot blood some six weeks or two months old, but whether it was hiiniiui or animal blood he could not say. It lias beeti definitely axceriained that tfi'ey are Glioorka knives of th« best manufacture and Mceedinaly sharp . All efforts to trace the owner of the knives have Ijftl, consequently the theory that a Malay was the perpetrator of the recent crimes in the .East End gainx favor among ninny people. Coiniiient- ! ing on this discovery the same journal remnrka Tlio discovery of twb i blood-Brined■ kookeiia (the knives 4y)ted by the Gboorkan of Nepanl) iu (be garieu yf a bourn to Kcasingwo

will- iitiiurillly ■ suggest - a new' «et of theories in regard to the East End muiders, Hie .discovery was, nitide nearly ut fortnight ai;o, but has remained until now a secret only known to the police. A kookeri in «ki|led hands is a most murderous wuap.ni, and tliu Gliuoka has proved that ho can usb it in rainy a sanguinary light. It has often liemi iised, mornover, for^ tVinjHnn<l crapl mutilations, boil) on tlm field' of hattlu and in tW execution of private revenge.. The discovery would point, with equal likelihood to some European who wiis familiar with Gliuoka methods, ;