... T No, replied Mrs. Finch; I have never seen the pistol. 1 have heard him speak ol Mr. Hardy, saying he was a very nice fellow. I don't know whether he knew Miss Hardy. What was his object? And to go and commit such a crime in broad daylight I Last summer ...

... place, and with attempting to murder Frances Hardy, a clerk in the post-office. He gave his name as George Vincent Heneage Finch, describ- ing himself as a theatrical artist, of 15, Ospringe-road. Miss Frances Hardy, who acted as the post-office clerk, states ...

... THE A A ?? INQUEIT AID VERDICT. Yesterday evening, Dr. Danfed Thomas held an inquest, at Crowndale Hall Camden Towmn, N.W., into the circnumtances atitndig the death of John WiLliam Bowes, alleged to have been shot, last Thurs- day evening, bg GOeIr Vincent ...

... John Wil. F lianm owes on Thursd3y eVeUilg, at the post-office, S 165, Brckiedck-road; the attempted murderof Ftances r X Hardy, at the same time and place and with stealing 1 fromitheabove premises about 71.10s,,the property citha ( Postmaster-Gelneral ...

... been so convicted.-Mr. Fletcher sen- tenced him to five years' penal servitude. DEATH OF A BARmAID IN ST. JOHN'S- WOOD.-Dr. Thomas held an inquiry at Marylebone, on Wednesday, relative to the death of Caroline Williams, aged 38, a single woman, lately ...