Reading Observer 10-1919

.

.. ,

,

ONLy,1FrVE .INT]U1NED··~·~i:Jj1~~., ,NOW:
WITHIN' PRISGN ' WALL'S~ ... \.
.
I "

'.

'"

.'

. ""

/ .

A GREAT POf:T MI\'ilf; . ~AMQQS.
.... _ _ •

-::','

":._

•

I

... •

W.iIIS~~. l ~N~. .WW;!iI ~,.

,',t"

\..

'

'.- \OO~ .AND EGGS:~'

I

I,_J:

1

'" La.wa b"e rIII'''I
"'t,
I know·not whethllr
Qr-whether L&_ be Wl'OU/r; " "
Allth,..c! we know who live in gaol
Is that the. ..ali. is strODg; . 1 . ~

a.th.

A .aid rtory of

, And tw1Utrqt · ~ 'one:, Cell: 1
"
We.turn the orank, .o r tear the TOPe.
Ee,oh iii Ibis Bepa.ra~ ~!lll, . .',
And th~feUenoe is mono awful far

And, that Moh day is like a y<iar,
A year whose days ""e long.

7lhan the- so'und of " '/brazen bell.
-From" 'rhe :B.Uad

&ading gool i, upoctod to he closed . .

I

'

.

.

'rhi, i.
\ t

It bu &COOmmodation for 224 priBonet:!. Ai
present tOOTe a.re onl,v five aliens interned t,he!'e.
No -official dl'cialon .has set been- announ~ ,
but. there is every likelihood th&t it will soon
cease to eDIt as a. criminal prison.
\
.
No criminal ~ have been houEed there since the
.arly days 01 thO war. Then tho 'building wa.
turned into (I f) internmeut place ror · alif;QS.
I t i •• till u.sed for t hat pmpolO. but tho number
of inter ned aJiens ba.s been dwindling for 'Mme
time. At preseot there 'o nly five pen!ODS det.ained
i. t he building.
' .
rrisonm 'who.j 'Ware' forma-1y aocommoda.ted in ·
Rcadin~ prioou '&1'6 now seno to Orlord. Apparently this arrangemeq,i, although some""h~
incoDvenje:nt and costly, ..ia found to answer, for
....0 nn~d tb .. ~ wheH"tho five ' ..lie~. ~OW' :in-:
temp<! ~t Reociin~ h~v. been diopooed 01 th~
autllonti .. inl<!nd
010.. t.bo pris<m.
,What use <venlllally ",ill be m&de 01 the boiid·
ing can on ly be ' clmject.ured.· Certainly It. w~ll
not ~ i.flowed to t..main empty. It b\" been sug·
gested that the M~istry 01 Food might take over
the 'place as a. store!

w.,had
~

,

U."
I

fhe

.I

A ~risdn wall was. r0!1n us both,
lJ.'wo outoast men we ere:
T"~ y.!orld' ha.d ' thtUat
,from it. heart,
, Arid ,God from out ~[l ~t'e:
.
, , ..And, t~e iroQ gin .th~ -y.its ror ' SiD
Hed C8.bgbt ",, ' In itB .......

pm-;.~'

~to

. In ..ivid
••t
tb. memory and
the' M ...t .t~e fa.Uen poet ga~ ,u, an enduring pic.
ture of P1~D 11I&; , • •
W~
' th slouch aDd " ·jog around the ring
. .. ' W e trod tho F 6o]s' ,L'H.ra<:te 1

W:18

1896.

. . . ,., .

ps.' jo

from 1843.

SometIme trooper in the Roy~l B one Gu~&.
()biit H .M. PruOo. R:"~ing. Berka, IJuly 7'"",

He d qe" not sit '\\fit h silent, men
W'hb ...watoh. him ni ght a.nd d a.v;
'W ho Wis.tch .!;lim. "When he trios to weep
And when 'he tri •• to ~rar :
Wl10 \'I"'at.ch_him. 1elft him ~lf should rob
The priton 01 i\s pre)" [

lVild.

' . FROlf: E.ARLIEST DAYS.
. "
There ha..~ been a. Reading gaol (rom very f~ly ·
t imes. but lbo presont building-tho berb Cob.nty
Gaol, .to give it if.!l official naine--datM b.1.Ck .o~)y

C.T.W. ..

0.01."

It. is sweet to dance tQ violins
When Love and Life <LTC fai~; '
I '1'0 cauce t.o thlkl!, to dance to lutes
Is deliaat.e and raro:
,
Bu ~ it ii not flweet with., nimble feet
<1·· To dan,,!, ~P!'~l tbe air! "
• '.
,
~
. Tho guardSlDllll gOOf< .rod
' ,..teoto:
Lib two..docimred shit?l ~&t
It.onn
We Lad crossed, each ~.r'.
But 'Wtt-'O'lIlde n~fn, we said no w(Jrd,
no
'to Gay;
~~r "" d'd not moet in
holy nigh' .
. Rut. in
BhlimefUljY'
.

,

crttiea in TCd briC"l: with white "tone
facings, on: p a rt of the· site of the old Abbey. ,A
castellated building, cap:i.ble of &Ccommoda.ting
224 prisoners, it, was ahe of the moat. modern and
up-te-da l e priHODB in the country.
As n. mattt-r of fact, there ha.a been .. gaol in
Ren din~ ~tDct" tb e days of Edward t.he GoofeelOr,
It. wa.tt for centuri es merely a one-room bui~ding}
llDd at OUe ti me w as situa.ted on the r.uin,; of Orey' riar,' Priory. on the ,ite 01 which the preatnt
chu.rclJ slands.
T bc.JlTCsen.lt I.luirding.-which ill both modern and
ugly. h:l.S ba.rboured a certain n umber of n otoriOu!!
crimina.l •• but it will he chieBy fe_mhered in
hi,to,y "" tho git.ol 01 Oscar Wilde. It ..... .
here tha.t Wilde wrote biB.. (amou~ If, Ballad ()(
Rei\d.ing G;l.(Il," ;lDd also parts' or tha.t most reo
ma.rkable htlnum document, " De Profuudil'! ," port ion' 01 which b.ve been publi.hed.
'The cpmplete ·M.S.S. wore 10ft in the hands 01
h is literary executor, a.nd the. rea.son why only
pa.rts of i~ could be gi'fen . to t he world wu tliat
the rest was too penonn.1 and. virulent.
,Vilde's num~ M . a prisoner yrllo C. 33. He
de<\icat.es tbe ballad a. foIl6ws: In Memoriam .

or n...dlllg

, ~ga.ill ho COIll(,S ' h{lck to t" e l!rj 90ner:s w;istInl
l~ II np~n that Httla tillt oi blue' ',.'which pri~.
on~ro call ~he sJ..-y" in his"" , nd story-the '''''ry
of the gua,rdmran-" the ma.nj who had to swingJ"'

k

It

~., ~'\

_.

.. ;

> , ,.. ,
" - -.)t,

~I

d ..not ca.re: we ~ V;e wore
p."il', Own Bn~"de:
And ,haven head and l.et 01 lead
Ualro • merry "''''''lu6Ijld.:
,

We

Wer ~nre the tao-:v roPo to r;heds
"" Ith blu nt and bleed in g Dllolls;
We nlbbed the dool"R. an d scrubbed the H~ .
And ci . ....d t ho ' hining rail. '
,
And • ...."k by rlmk. we ,,,,,ned
plonk
And clattered w ith the poi 1,.
'

the

W,. ~wed the e:a.ckl'l. w e brokG the stones
We tumed t ho dusty drill
•
W. banged the ti"" and ba":lod the bymo.
And ~1'I"ea.tod o n the mill:
'
'
Dut in tbe...hcart of
man
TClTOr WM lying :still.

every

Another criminal. more nolorious than fAmous.
w&& Mrs. Dyert ·the bl\by fa.rm er 1 who was' u&D,ied.
Soma of her utt~e victiDlb were thrown· inoo the
Th,rn.. at 1M Qlappen.
net' a.rrest. WM made by Detect.ive-Inapector
Ander!OD at a, . hou."16 in Kensington-road , whe-re
, h •.liad bee~ Jured 'Irom the West 01 Englan'd Ly
a.o mgemo?S pollee trnp. ,
A SENSATION4L TRIAL.
H~ trial oau.sed a great' 86llB8.t)on. OP'fl Sund ll~ newspa.per e:ent down a. ipOOi&l oommiwODftT
while
wtl!"a. w", ' .waitin~ · tri.1 in Roading
gaol. It .. <!lId tha! he posed "I' & b&rrisi<!r from
London brie/i,d to delond tbe prisoner. In that
way, IK) tb? \ldory goes, he managed to penruado
th~ a.ut~Orltl~!I. of ~he priSO D to g rant him a
pn \"a.U lD t..cntiew ~t.h the accUSed. Thus it WI8
that be got from her a. full oonfeeeion which tho
new'paper ho rop ..... nted pu\lli.hed· tho ' 10\Jawi.ng
week.
'
~. tho OOlIf~n pIO.Ocj of m&!erial aaiat&noe
to th!! Crown In fihag .hu 'guin upon tho wum.&li,
no sU<ips were taken a.gainst the enter prising re-'
porter.
.
Mr.;. Dyu wu tri. d &lid hanJted in LOndou.
A not&blft ~ecution at Reading 9'8-8 tha.t
00 March 12th. 1877, al n enry and Fran ...
Georgo TidburY~ whb were hanged for the murdet'
of two ~lieemen .
Th e IMt crimi na} to be h,, ~d " t Reading W&8
a: man. ntwlM ~a.nd !l!T'sJ, who cruelly murdered . a
httle grrl at WlOdror:

I

'

,he

It is in " D e Prpl~ dis" th~ he deos:riboa how
he went down the pnm!'O~ pa.th to t.be so.und of
1hrtes, how he feU n.nd ' ln the solitude and aadneJIs
of prison obtained' a new view ,of art, · of life, &nd
of the rela.tion of t he two to religion .
It con ·
t.a.in~ pa:ssages of ra.re beauty. It. is m ore humn.o,
lea artificial, thaI?- his ca.rlier wo rk The si.yle i!
aimpler and surer. P f}rbt\ps it. WM. bec.a.U!l8 in this
book h') was writing about. himself and about ex·
periences tbat. ware real and tragio t.hat be mfl.Q·
aged '1> produoo • book which is likely to bo reme.mherad when h is ecintillatlog ~ med iee are for,gott<!u.
"
WIL DE'S M.'>STERPIECE.
P rom bis fa.11 W ilde rose to cis grea.Le!t heigh t.
I n Read ing gn.o} he achieved h ill tnllSt.erpiecet!.
The f., yourod idol of societ.y took bi!l ~ r&'Fe~l\l oi r?rtu ne badly.
Then. w~ n othi ng in
ROW FOUR A.LIENS ESCAPED.
Reading gaol th at a.ppealed to him. That WILl
Dini ng t.be W&r t.he gaol will the N:el\& of "
Jlt)t t,o H.-. (J:tpccted.
But instcaa of making the d&riD g MCape by four inw rnw alienA. ' V'e lll'fl
this week to give, fo r tho tint time. the real
"bo$t of i t he made t he worst.
In h:s. halla.d an 8O~e neT"et" to be forgotten I.d.. Th. e"",pe W,," c;a.rried 0 1lt 00 the n ight 01
pictm'e s of lile a;s W ilde found it in Reading gao1. Nowmbar 3m, 1911. A.n Aoount appeared lD the
I.onden phpen ' . lOw dap later. but only l he
The fir!'t is the FtOry of t h e m&ll w-ho W&I to bare out riDe Qf a. :sensa.tiona.l e pisode waa pubhaii ~ f(,r t.he murder of " the poo.r . dead 'W'oman
]i ~hed.
Here i!l the true &t.ory.
Wh om bo loved."
The a.liens in qUCl!ltion were:Carlos de 1& Esoosura.s, ~ Cuban t
I DOTer'SRW a J"lIUl who looked
l.lOui!t ClASS, of Germ:a.c p8 rentago;
Curt Mull er . oJlO a Corm "";
~Vi lh such a l\'j ~ t£uJ ~e
Carl lIeml ar, :\D. Austrian .
l""pon that. little t int of blue
They we.re interned M dangerotUI arran!. Tt, iJ!
Wlich priso.e" coll t he sky.
belicvoo tbat t hey got po!.~ion of iIJl imAnd a.t every drifting cloild thRJ. went
pre .. ion of th~ · by of ,be outor door 01 tho
With sails of silver by.
prioon with whi ch they ,ucooeded in. "peninll •
n litr door. Thus they gnt out into tlie ground!.
l '1is i, the burden of t.he .dog, Bv m~ans of A ro p ~ mad e 1lp ,of va..rit]tUI kinds
of nJaterial tied together And, attach&d to it, a
I, F or each IDlan kms the thing he loves,
l~g Turk's h~ad ,brUl!h, t~cy were -able to get ,
Yot. each man
. does not die."
.
' ~$l' 3' ftry higb W1I.ll. ThlS wall W&I!I a.bou.t. 22
leet high. By this mean. thoy got .way.
H I) does not d ie. a. dD:l.th of W.a.m6
ESOOtSlrraS went to London a.nd took muge in
On a d a.y of da,rk disgrace,
tho Sp ... ioh EniI>aa<y, bnt ha. M ... hooD dopciltM.
~ or ha.n a. noose about hi.s neck,
Th e othaI'll also suooeeded in getting l.o Lott.don.
"Kor a. cloth upon his fa.oe,
bu t were all rater arrest.cd.
Nor d rop feet foremost 'through t he floor,
O~ her intorerlillg occu pant.:. of the gool during
tho war were some well'kooWn Sinn Feill leaden.
Into an empty place.

_ple

.. MISS:'
"WRAF'S, SHUN! -DIS- -_ _ _- : 0 : - ' - - - - - -

DEMOBILISATION SCENES IN
. THE FORBURY.

ONE HUNDRED WHO "DID THIIR BIT"
•
The grey Pf"t)Cinct.s of the Aaize Court:s in
For bury-road were bright with bloc uniforms on
Saturday morning . . One hondred. Wra.b, were
being demobiliwJ. there, very . peedily and etli.

,J,

a;

I'Iiuter ·,~ ,JrtlliSl>< ord; ' p¥l\dedn"!i!~f; ~""","

the Hunnrf.;;.(\

'~~

Gbwoo.,.1

. .

•. 11·...'" -, " '--lebl~d tp ' tJd'Oo. ~tlla' ~~.~ .
!Dent in the eecond din8iOD.t ..
' .~
:q~ •
Â¥Z.
~ Nailh. ~bo:i'"-m.t1ron. _1 of
,
the Guardia.ns. said Clayton, wb~:Jha.d l'revlOl"ly , .
'Col1Ft Opened , ~e.r-& 'Was :to con~e an M.oeJ~t ~Wer. c.t:neU.o Hui;gerfotd '
.
Ol"D'Wd of people oattide waiting to be
.. workhou"!' mOBt.er "Iter bo WY, demobiliaed in . &dmittod. · EaOO. tim. the aCcu.sod h... bOon
F.qroary tb.s' yOax.,. H. ordere<j Imm. trsd"",,,"." bmugM up tb<, Imb!io ~U~ ha. boOn filled to .
g9O<fil1on n.ooount. of tho GuaJ:tha.n •• and-~on ., hl~ "'_".
,
~' .
n:.
I
OWl'l ~l:it. :\n~ Jlbarged tbf!tJl :dId o t.he-t.Cin.nd- . rts utmost .seatIng a..ccO'UlQlcdat.JOo. On MOnd&y
ia.ns, falaifying: invoi~ ,. and book.,
n.c~nt {or "".therll ~ m~1 people ,,.ho we~ unable to getl
tho. m""o~.pe"t. . Fop ;.nat~cO.h. . ~~~t \. into to. C":,,t, but they ~tien'ly ......it.Od crut.ido
whillk~, ~n ""d ""n.e' lot h"n~lI. and llh<lYM. !t . for the """,t" <>1., th~ 1JlO1'!ling's bearing. ,Seldom
,n bbe boOk. :II! hacon aDd .ggo .lor. tho UnlOll,",. " h .. more interest heAln 'd·emlmst.raled i1i . '~
M;. Il.D~<;t. for: OI.ytoo , ao.id btl hod ~ :. The lint witneSs to 'he called lOr 1M p~iion
& ~QOr J~&W ~ .. tce.r for some ]3 }"e&t:H, A'D'd" ~ere
.
~
.
'
.
had ~n Dothin~ "Il~inst him ljef"".. " II. 1..1 in w~ Percy VlOCODt Shep\lerd, a; mm"",omplayod
3 moment ol,temritat.lol\ ln ~ time of stre:a ~ben by\tho G .W.R. Company. liVing a.t 31. Beediam;
W&fJ tindets~n.ffed.
HQ ~ad aem"d itl roo.d, Reading.
r",
in. Fran",!, and ,.... "<I1"etill1le:red by a
He told th.Court that .ito
met Dowling"
,
~hn wns, willing to kp,sf' hU!l <m-.
'
a.bout ten weeks previO\l3.
Since theD -!le ' had
The Charnnan f.a.tdJ t,ney oo1lld not. uoopt Clay. bee
" f' d
.
,'
. ,
ton's ex~. , He ha~ betr4yed .a. ,p,ositi':ln of tnst , . n very rlen, lY' WIth ~~' and had ~Cd out
an~ commItted ~ oen.. oNra.uda: '
WIth her. , Dunng tha.t t.me they - ha<\ .had no
Senknce as ~ aboVe. ,
_quarrel until l;!Ie Iveuing of t4e 000u,r0n'"" in

w.

to

1

i

.'
,
P~ace a~d

om

•

,,

,.'

.

. NoT sCi

h.

-speuing

.
AND ' SOLO. :

haa only bee.n in, ex1.~ce some eigh teen month•.
A few hn.ve joi~ si np then , but mnDy'of the.m
w~re 'woritiJ'lg at. Mil~ before £:hat. M ci ... i1.i.a.us'";
ut two yea.n· lleTTioe iu
Moo of them h a.Te

T

to ,three other ~rl.s.

Be then ' moved a.wa.y · a. few ya.rds and
a mILD nAmed ·Snlliv"n. .
.
Whilot. opeaIi:iug "" 'SulliVID he .".. joined by

you."

.
'Artbur Heath, 01 Cbo1oey, lent his bicyd. 'to
William ],~""'" ,ged 'n, on Jnno 11tb. Mo," anotber 1.1I0w, Be....nt. whO shortly' "rt.rIr.ro.
"".!'tho b'cycl ..... d then ,.ld .'t lor fJ2.
,.
..alk.d
to Dowlirlg. SnIlivi..n then lelt him.

uP

Bo was found 5tU1ltv of steahnl.! the machine, t'
and sentenced to 12 months' hard 'laoo1ll'.
.t

.

I

" , ~TA:R'RK:b 'IN THE

ARM."

energy. ' Peace ' and p~oaperity atteRd

1 The. ne~t t.~ing b€- ~nticed was tha.t the prir.onu

Dvkn . was. by hut sIde.' BetOTe he ~ew what was , hap"
Acland. K.C. 'oh.im..nl. Mr~ A. J. M,okey (Ti.,., p<lIl' Jlg, h e had heAln stabbed lQ th. forearm.
chn.innl\n), M~. J H. Benvon (J~rd Lit'IUto;lnnrit of , The Ma.gistrates' Olerk: "Did yon seen a.ny.
.Berka). Sir W . CamATnn GuU, '"Bart .. Colonel W. thin'" in her ivmd ?"
Th<"!M'lt.on. Colnnf11 Wil.lett. Mr.~. A. F,,"ro. [. ~hepberd. :" . N~ I d id not. It Was too dark.:"
Mf'lor·Glmf'lnl T . Wuddme;t.on ... M"l or C. Tllrn cr.
C t"
'1
'd he l ' - - '
d ~ l'
! rr. J. W. W:t.lker,
Colon AI F. G. Barker, I
on lnnm ~ . :m ,nf"~ SILl
c o~ an Sltl'fgg eo
Mr. E: D. Manolleld, Mr. L. W. J . U.Potit. etc.
ith IDowling. DlITIng tbo t,...l. be folt • Btab
,
;
..' .
in th lJ a.bdomen and two 5light ones in the ch~t,
I The cloth •• Sheptord ....as wearing at the time
; W(\T'fl prodn ood, and showed where the knife had '
; cn k l'ed &lid thb bloodstains.
A ma.n named Belcher, na.ted witneec, 1"t1!hed
'I IN, READING .
i np a.nd grappled with Dowling, and Besant
, bandaged his arm · for him.; Lie wu.s taken to the
DISCHARGED SOLDIER'S' LOSS. Roy"1 Berkshire Ho'spital, where he had veen a
pa.tien~ .n p till tho- previ?U8 Sa.~urdn.y. . : .
"
1
t
,
.
~
d
'dd
1
'~d
'
Magistrates
A lri cve e was • 0 eo 0 " W.on n.y ml II.T rom ou ..... e .In reply
. to .1M had
' L_Clerk.
_
d Sh.pherd
'
the OffiOM of the T00<',,1 War 'reMOn, Comtqittee, St. sa.ld tha.t Dowling
never tnreatene hun .
Lan~ft<:.·. Chnrch~&rd.
'
STORY orA KNIF:f:
.
"Bicycle t\1;et"ing i" ",twa.!,_ despicable. Tn this e u e .
.
: '
it i" nr}' b&d, as,tbf; owner ia. cUiJcha.rged. a.nd diea.bled .1
The eTldenC& of Be!a.nt cocta.LDeJ so~~ remarksoldier.'
·markn.ble 8ta.te..rnent8. He spoke to eeerng Shep~
He b~ occa.don ~ .Ieave his mlLchine .outside the h6td leave Dowling outside th o "London T_nm "
(lm~ whdf'l he -.c:Ollt IDl5ld~. He wu only In there for and walk u
he thou ht to B lch
H bad "matter of a'hclut fiu mlnuUs. When he ca.mo ant
p,
g J
e. cr.
,e
the bie.r.ele b.. ~ d!Aappu.rf!(] . . .
.
~ a :' few wOrds, " so 'he went up to he~ a.nd
~or."ad...,.,plion ofth.b.oyclP. '&"yinfonna- ., ... d,"Wh.ti.them. tter. Dol1y?"
tiOll about It will IN!! wel(!ome~..
! Sbe rep'Jied: .. If I had
k if r
-'d k'U
. A Rel1t1etn&n'" hlu!c Warnck machine : free whee',
.
_
.
& m e
WOw
I
one Ifrip 00 thol bAndle.bt.n missiu.;: w ith bell. blaok him. Ha.ve yon got one?" In his opinion 8he
oit ,lam", the ~nt brake ont of ..... orking 0J'd1tl 4l\d the did Dot seem to be any the worse, for drink:.
frant wheel.h&,htly buckled,
uNo," h B replied, " bnt I'll get on~
PAri-v,
ThA Mnsrilltratefl were :--Sir Re'fin:l.ld

the use of Sunlight Soap.

:ft.

LEVER , BROTHERs UNrrED,

COOL BICYCLE THEFT

PORT SUNLIQfT. ·

.su

!..
I

•

I

I .'

I

off

+

.TEETHf

TEETH! I

'1tEETH III

DENTAL WORK 'OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
PereonaJ Attention.
Terms Mod.era.te..
Satisfaction Gua.ranteed.. '

Mr. P. E. COISH, ' 21, Statl"on Road, READING.
.A H
tome Monday, Friday &: Saturda.y. 10 a .m. till 5 p.m. , or later by appomtmeai..
.bel at .lb:aDchee-BA51NOST9Ke and NEWRURY. Por at.telld.a.nce see LOOIl Ptopen..

-~,J
) Siftgle Tooth from 2 ' 6:
.Upper or Lower Set from 21 /.
sha.lI I ? U Dowling Ria YM."
~ CommLTA.'l'IONS .1.ND· ALL ADVICE F:au.
1'B.:IzpBON1t: RKlDING 772.
WitDeSIi then described how he walked over to
ESTABLISHED· IN RE.A...QING 1876 fIY~1 F'. J. COISH (Dental Burgeon).
DISBANDMENT OF 1st VOL. BATT. Sh.phord a.nd returned to where tbe prillOner wa, I~==::=:::==:::::::::::===~=:::==========
,
ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGiMENT
.tanding. Ho ' gave h~r , a knif.· S~. walked
•
.~ ,a'lfl\,. towlIfd. Sbopbei:d .
:
BES'F
PRICES
given for
: ~
"Two 01' three minutes later," Mid witness,
.. A" READli'iG COMPANY. ' ,'
• • Bheph<>r<1 C&Dle up and showed
hi, arm. Second:'hand
, wbich was bleeding. I tied it . up with mv h3lldkerchiel." Witn"-,,, lurther ""ted lb.t Shopberd
61. ST. MARY'S BUTTS.
Equiorment. etc., a.t p!"eIe:M in J)OBSeMion ot \ had been stabbed in the a.bdomen, but it was Dot
mombero will 00 ...... ved into .tore at tho Battalion blooding, .Dowling was al'l'81lted by a ·policemaJ).
a liadq""""''". St. Mary'. Butu!. Reading. by th o who h&d bOa. informed 01 the occnrrenoe. .
Regimootal Quartorinuw Sergeant on d&t.ca and
i:lagistrat-os' Clerk: HWhy did you give ' her the
"houn u foUo ....... commencill8' on ~l1eBda.y, 1tb knife! I I
•
'.
'
~. 19lP
:W"
,Tb
d
d
msant:'
I
gov.
the
knif.
""
~he
girl bec&u.o ,
Tuood &.}'!S.
m.auu&J"8.
eone5U11o~.
un &~ SoD
I t , _. b-' b
'd
. L
I d 'd
ttL ' k '
FridaTII : 9 a.m. to 12 uoon, 2 p.m. to "50 p .m "
re~loUU "IV __ !'l e 6&1 .M a JOj e.
1 DO
IIlll :
7 p.m, to 9 p.m.
she meant what. f!.he said."
.
I
Sa.turda.'ys : 9 a.~ . t.o 12 noon, &.nd 6 p.m. to , Describing h ow htl came to be st.a.bbecl in the : I
8. t::daY' : 9 a.m. to 12 nOaa .
'
' left. Wl"i.t. Ha,rol~ Victor Be'<;her. of 186. I..·reat "
All equipment a.nd othor Corps property must be Knollyw"'!treet, sa.i.d he he&Td romebody qt!8rl"'11·
re.l,tzm('d to' Ba.t.t.a.ljon He.adquartens by t h" ilBt. ing outllide tbe " London Ta.v~m." He ea~ th"
October, 1919.
.
r
! man ShepheI'd walk a.wa.Y' from the pri! oner . wh o
(B'l!"od) H. F. Capt.a..i.D,
KJl>IGllAM. .. ' {0 11 owed h'1m an d strnck h'l~r B e1ch er 631"d b e
OJmm.a.nrlln~( ·I A" Compe.ny, 06Ula .hot see w~eth er Dowli~g had anything in
.
1st Y.B i . BUYJol Berks lJ.egt. j her ha.-n d at the t ime.
..
Ba.tt...li?D H ea.dquarlBnl.
i
\. "Someone" l.1.id witne&~ U shouted that sh~
~. 6t.h October. 1919.
"
•
,
, lad a. knife, so I r&D np 00 her. I tried 00 take ;t
The ! ol1owing letteT hu beeD. receiTed fro.m hh& , awa.y from ~r. I took bold bf her a.rm a.nd re(I

me

FU,RNITtJ:RE.

PRINTING.

All kinds of Commercial

KiDg : _

\

ce.ived a on£ on the left. ''''';!It '. ''

Bis wound waa

[Con·1.umor&1 C~tJ~. "
treated that .ilfbt at tbe HospiW.
lBll> September. 1919.
BURGEON'S EVIDENCE.
In' tb. enl<".l dar' at obe . beginning of 1917 ,1
Dr. C. G. Tenon. hOU86 B1Il'geon a.t th~ ;&oyal
,~p<aled to tho Lom. LiOllt4n&nt of Gte&/, Bi'wn .
.
.,.ist, in lb.. o,~ation 01 tb<l Yclullt.eor Berlooure Hospital. doocribed the ~bdominal
Form whic4 • sbort time before had oeea 1ecog· ....ound reoeived by Shep~w a.5 . ~ eerious, but jt
n;sed u an integnJ. porl.ion of tlI o -AImed Fprces
. ht h
L..
" 1 ' t h d L__
{
of the Crown in th o. RCheme of Home Defcrl.oo. 1 nug
ave oeeD very senOll1l 1 I ,il ua:n 9 rae·
pointed aut that iu tho a:bsonoe oj t.he T cmtbrtal tiou deeper." An opera.tion was performed the
Faron abroad it had , beooo:ao . necessa.r:r 1,.p IQU O saMe night.
: .
"
provision fo:r t~e ,~egtl.a.rdin.l of th~ shora§
Giving eviden oe of arrest, P.G. Ca.ve produoed·
opinst """,.hle ID'... , .... and that lor t.Iris pUrposo
__ , by D "._
,L
li
it bad been decided to .utilise the patriotic spirit n. &ta.teomoot w&u&
OW~ ~t WJ6 po oe flta...hieh bod ma.n\f ... tod itlelI among tbe old.r men tion , and ~gDed by her.
th,. sl.al<!ment obo
m ~. e&rliec stages of the W ..r wboo. ·tbqy. had 1!ia.id: . " I saw him kiss ano\lier girl. I sa,jd to
of u...;,. 0,," &COOrd .bo.!lded th~v .. t.o&8\bor ; tho girl {riood with m.: • Walt till I get ..lm out·
&8 a Vohml.eor TraUllDjf Oarpo.
d ' l _L him pa.y Ior' 1','"
Ho~:twwlU'l the response to that apJ;w -.nd iii e. I Wli mllAo
:
,
h?w
i~ l"66ulta, are DOW m6,tt.enI of j The statement concluded:
~ did not know

and Oeneral · Printing

ita succeu.

.

C/.

I

chair),

I

~~§~~~~~~

u..

~. Eo

, ~~l ~

' f:'~~'

';~;~~::~!~7:~~;~'

I'ROBLEM. , .' .
• ho baa lIap,

And
I
,

tb

put.. : in to wOl'ds

!l

OliO hnn lly k
;;. uf6.oi.OOtly~ gl·~t.efLll r.o r wh at

executed , expeditiously 'and effiqiElntlJi'.

t.he

lf1'eat Jwar. ·~·

,
nttrilml(.'(1 lh o
"or. ,V i~ely to ~h o.! spirit of

•

141'.:> Drown

..

J)rovai1¢d ~ aDlongst our ilion.

11iffi.~1t. a.od exacting s·.t" ".," ,," "".' '"
hardships . and p'ri\·at.ious, and
~ most"' awful fl ....h t.i.lIg , ou r :1H'11
humotked. ,_. \.Vlla t. was there

I '

t heliibt-hea.rtoo lct.t.ori> wh id\
r Oceived ·{rom,.Woil· sons in

;STEREOTYPJ,NG FOR THE TUDE
. ",
A,. ~PECIALITY.
'
I

over ';t:~d one. catch a.
throt.t~' which ' the lo.ds ..... C'l"l~
oj JUs 8o~:~,

"~~, P~qUD.

, ~ ;WJ) &rQ' glad , a.nd we ;\1'(' l'
t.od.-t"to be able to entertain !Io nd

..:11to1:iR".'"

lAid Mr. Brow.n

i l\

~~ that tho w olcome .

';~~=~~~l~)::

Ox.~ t.o ·you arc
• y~ . ,wiil. 1i~'reCiate tho sp.nt

,

oqr £b.Mb +-1md ,,·cloolDo."
Y"...) :" .

.

" BOOK,B INDING.
~,'El'''rY ...facilitY
,. . - "

,
for.,. Ruling and
~i~ding
Account Books of all
.
, "

..
'

r.a'eac;rW'~OIIl." ~~ ~e,: Bi~Dg ~f

'

M!I«azmes. and other _Books.

......

I

~r~r.~~:~ ~"i~~With~~ ~'~~~~F~~:~~~~~

was

the saorificcs they hud m a.d~ .
~ na.~QOO t1 y. Theil' sen "ices to

4' ,

.w.:"

The' function had been anan,g"d
berS .~f . the · mon's club

it

'.

I

gave the ~c a.n appeal·a.ncC'

ho sa.id; to" bu abll') to 'w r ll'!)llh ' t h,'
Iho -front.
All gr eat ly ::11 1 " ,"
g- IiCSta. had don e. 'l lh ey h llli
llloir country's s·ol'\,io.:e. · One

hbn
...
d to tum 01

I

atmaepqere of the commodious ha ll
rhe arltistica.lly a.rra.ng~d fta.gs ,

1)~1l' -Plvaluab ]C' ,

Mr. · IW. Po1llbm lID tho
O. F&n'eI.·, Mr. D. Role and~ . Eo J.
. .
.
J

Ronald Hartnesll. of 22, Melroae-aTeoof;, wu rom ..
moned. far driving a m owt' car i~ 8. mauner daDgeroua
t.o the public along LondOD-rolod t~~.tda the cemetery.
It was on tho day of ~o ~dt'en'. OJ1WU! in ~e
~~u~':L~::~!.,=aaid P .O. Harma,D.• 'and tbo street ...a.
..
.
The de1endaDt was dri:riDK OD the
road. The mot01' car shot p.ut
got in front of ,. tzamoar aDd
ruotor also .Vubk ~ ...
. aid

the Pa.lm.el' Pll.l'k m stituw, wh en!
many r eturned members of
"uteitai.noo .
The weH..s,prcad ta.bles added nol
spirit::,or. welcome an.d tha.nk fuln{'ss

eyening

A WARM OVATION.
RiSi~ ~ to . pro pose I h~\ .,
Brown l received a wa rm 6\":tli('11.

I",'

BEAVYPENALTYÂ¥ORD~Gl!lROUS, DRIVING.

To· the. growing list, oi welcomes

mEm. . . wbo ha.vc como ,back mus t b{;

waS

Observer"
Printing 'Works,

I

con yeying m y high aP'!"lreeia.t.iM Ot· too sel"'Vioe8
.
.
•
renderl!ld by all ra.tib of tim Force 1 BUo} a~ trr
.
.11 who. by Ib.oir ' wiIl;:o~ oupperf. <XntnOOted ,to ,WEDNESDAY.-B&f....

JHEMEN '

kc;t.

'~Reading

hia~Jr~~~ b&~pily nover caJled ttpm;t to a.1!WI~ ill ."ha.t ~ ~!"" 9~ing and &ID ~
I' &any if I have
rcpolijng mnmon, the Foroo o.n va.noUS OOCM1OUS . hurt hilll..
gave nroor of ita value a.nd milit.&ry IIpiri~, notably
Whan the prisouer's father offem 'him!eU as a

!'

war. They h~d
the co lou l'~
~he benefit of those who h:l d
They bad arm.ngcd t his ",11el'l""''''
gibIe ' demonslration of L)lt:ir
follow · members had I'cturn(.fl. ,
Lht).1&diEil tb.cy h a d pI'ovirJed a ' I'c:ll
Thi-bhairlnan o[ the Chtb \ ~1 1' .
Iweautcd; j&Op6sed tohe. first.- to ast- ·'
wJlicb
-duly hOIlOU fl'tl.

Undertaken at the

1·"

,

disa.bilitY or othC' I' prC'ssi ng
vent.ed 'from iOi.1111l (J' th o fighLlll g

I."

Inl

.Arrival of the

~ENCH'S,

I

VOR OF
MAYOR OF · BRIGlfrON.

..c.m.I;.

The efficacy ofSunli8bt Soap prevent.
la1,our . bemr ' transformed mto drudg.
ery. Ita purity is in perfect accord
with,', the des~es of tile thrifty house.
wife, who ' is' as anxious to preserve
her clothes as ahe' ill to . conserve her

Excellence.

I.poke to

or.

d£sord~

Sunlight Soap i~ , essential to' the
prosperous .,'iwun.dar·.

Soap i~ a
Guarantee
of Purity.
.and

~ ",""Y of ita m _ 'I<Ilulll<!crod (or whole

'1

. Viewed frOID every standpoint

The 'lIame .

surety lor bail, tho poople i~ the publio gaJlo.,.
' ....,... 00 the rout In tho Ilijnmer of lIJIl!.
.
.
d
I .
The Chi.1 W ..I overIoobd ao)' la<;!< of ""re- tune
thoro"brl r eliovm, trooIJI ~ t'eQuired for ' wr- burst Ulto oheenn.g &J;1 ~pp &~!e.
t 11, . seldom
mony iI. bis ~'in" ':BDd li&t.o.. d "" hiDi with vice OTet'8ea.S. &n.d abo .....ben ' the call ·."'u made 0'00 h6&ra .such demoost.ra£IOn. In the p.recmct& of
.. lIatjoplt. Pored ~••
upon ~m . to _t.in 'Fti..urcr&ft doI_ ""d • Oomt, of 1.'0'.
T~ are 100 wom.e~ he~," she e&id, " who oth... ~poMoiry I"""",,,·
.
ara all 'beillg demobill8eid. tbJs morning:
Witli tho paasiD:B at the em.e:rg'ency H; hu now
dOoided to rel .... Iibmn lrom ~ obligatiOCl!
"They.early all 1 e in Reading, 0\' in the _
eonn"'" .loUl1d ll8dilt, 'l(b.y havo heen ..ork· IlDd to t&ko st.cpo; to ~oe ~. dillb,alidmellt
.
ing at Mil""n.
,
I, !
'
of tho Force forthwith.
. .. -.
READING
BORO~GH BENCH
I wish to tab tho opportunity ~ you of
,
•
H~ir length of. ' ice varies. The W.R.A .F.

diff~rent. t.&cl.1~.

~efu)

uoer on

a. ~~da.tiO'D tli~t. be be treated under Ha went np to her and, after a. little Wk, said to
Jhodifie.a '!lQnta1 ~yllMl. .
I.
i hjlr : "Dolly. I do not wan,t anything to dO with

,
JlDll!W~O

adv.antqe -avoid d~ .~bEJ
rather' than wuteful.

'1

l

"lI(U aenteoced to nine -months' imlln80Dmeon., ~1Uld sa." 'DowIing

Prosperity.

,.'~ ~ ~naure peace ~d; proa~r.'
. lty we must apply labour to

question, wheg,).bey had a !' few wbrds."
.~
~~r ' HONEST. ,
It w"oh, ~n'f' Q~\Dg~ Is:.J;ii.p;~r~h) .thnt
FreOe~ck WJlIillDl , E~.nds, A farm l,.bo~. ,:went ro.to, ~h~ ' c,Lcn)doa ,~Ihr~r<Y- _a J~!lb~houeo
aged 18. .... d..on1>o9 as "\"'Y; but sobor a;od . !II Broad.~t • ..,,~ .",~. Ji,he back
hOlt... "
,
'.1
~
". mom.
They hola. ~:~~~.~~went '
n ',.... proved bh.at be. s.ecnnd • n.ighbour:~ . to t.bo other oi,je- ~r tbe· ;;,om :~ '6o.t. ~fi with
~tch 'I<~y; &n.d got: ,n"" t~,e tlot.tAJre,{j/ .. f.r~ " IOinO fri.nd~ fonow uid' ~wo · strIa. ' 'lIe 'r..
l.I>ouror. (}eo""" R,r.hud..,n. ~t K.ngston LJS e.
.' ed th
t'f 10
1,,,·
.\
robbed Richa-r.dson. of £251. in money" whicn' ma-m,
~ un L
,P..lXJ. / .Cn,n.UH '" me.
. .
d in a. cbedi.
I
'.
Wltoeea thEm descnbed ho~ , .be. ' 'Wc·.o.t outsido
I

I cannot forg et t.he self-ucriAoe and pattjot:Wn
i9sPired 80 rna.ny of my 800jec.Q!.~ . who from
cien'tl! &lid with & groat Mal 01 good humour.
all~ orderly cycked -her h.~lo sharply a.nd ~, rwhich
• ..".. of b ...1t.b . or "". . .
fula.b ", to ·.......
In tbe vestibule, a lotty, echoing llaJl. 5toM ported. The Cblef WTal rose and d&pa-rted, and abroad. to come forward and tn.in t ll.omaelves for
aD)'
o.e.ntuality
in
tho'
hour
of
.
t.hcir COWLtrTe
pa.~ ed and &W!.tero in &rebitectut'e, tJ1e lloel10 WM t he' " Ob8erver l ' mnn'. lOuree of information "u
Deed.
an UDU' u&l one. Th. cmtom"'Y ' .iieJ1oo .... dried up.
IlEOltGE :&.1.
brokeu . not by the eolt loo~laU. 01 the 'u~n or
Ao fu as b. oould -find ont, no ~Tr8.n~m.nts
the subdued murmuring of gollipiJIg. bewigged ....... mad.. lor 6ndin~ employmeot , for tho d~
_osel. hu' by tho clatt.er of DWlT .I.out boOb m'ibi1ised ~r&f.. beypnd 1M : ulilal f""ilitk. of
aod the noiay chatler of .. hod. of gula.
t,be Labou F.xohanMre4' Molt of UII8m had homes
NO EASY MATTER.
to 110 to, and a lew hlId already oocarod job<.
EX]~A
L~f:ADlNG AS
It i. 00 eaoy ~t.er to <kmobilioe 100 Wnl~. .
" GLAD TO JBE OUT OF IT."
They were otanding in groups .U 0_ tho ph."". I " W
lad to he
t I 't' " .d . ' I
They could 'never be found when tb~ wen Of
e Me g
.,
ou 0 1, ~&J ono gJ.l' .
"Q'&nted. Anxious orderliie r.an about. ..nth bundles · There Are IKml8 ~ "We ahtJ.1 nuM, of CO\lf'le.
of n.pers, loudly calliug n _ .
The ~. ~~oh'1? and the old f&<>lll ~ I1Il"
GeotoIe .We.lllDa'l., ~' _
d Brown. Brown." ahmited "". ordorly TO' 1""'I'4"'K'"
~ " , 1IIad to. he!-. d.me ...~. "bit..
.... at 0Il8 "-1! .~ of
]>eatodly. Then> w .. uo -ron"', Tholl ""d· ODe \II &1.., IIlad .to nltUl"d to _Ilife,&ga.m.
j)f Reodinr" 0nV '~' 'U
. aenly six Brown. appoo.ted. aDd $bo ordedy
~d ,ta.. ..".Read~g Qt.nor." DUlIl. who ~
,
shufBed ber 'paper. leVoNhIy.
.
'
booll demoliih~ ..hiI!\JI\lf> aoqu'O!ICOd 'Y"'~,.
Wellman. Whti1
A" other ord!'t:ly. fre. b lrom tho office. wit!!. ~. . '.
."
. . '. .
Il>ok-tho ,lCoeneilt
W' hi1!'l,.!!le or {tlr,l"I. tried
She
DelPlt.& .the 8e6UllDR
a.t times. the ia.nd athJeties were
,, ne
J"Ow~ df'.-i her \-Vrn. s up in a. grouts, aod t!Jl d them baamw wa. ' reallT ~ ,t.hrougb eroeditouBl,.. . .ASI in t.be da.:p wlteJl
to 1~1J in. Then . he worted th.... ,..meetly to ' mid-day dre... ou. ~he crowd had <lwindled ._,.. i ing and Diltrict
l.u io. Then she beoouJdtt them ~itilnlly to 1&11 IlId bot,,"! long the \aat WrrJ. l>Uaed em wi'b her Uui~. he W&8 a
in They gat,b erM round he. in • l"l',ihing ~I')'. d~~FP poptn..
fo~ .~ ill 1!er ' ~ Criobt Club
. ,
.
•
At ·& mombor of
One orderly hod a br igh~ id... She otoOd 00 & . ~. . '
cl.. i~, $nd nb d. I n oi .. li ke 3 Na.,. and ArmY
Tho
had .....fIlj ~ 1Iie ~mre ~_iled
Cant.eon Bo~t"d . And the Wnb aroaud bf;r im· Ihoat.
.. u 80ld _ : ~ ,...,. .. IOUDd
mediately ttll into a, 'queue, and filed up lor their
'Wnf drivw · ".. pe:nIIUe t;rad6
p.pe....
. *A~
"Tllo
Wraf look "",or;ri~. Sba at in tt..
II
'-=!'
in the d r.\J1!h~ bot...n .. &1'")1
'., ' •
~1find."w
!;winw.u,c!' dOOl"S of the Nm Priu
. ~~!!!!o!!'!!""~~~~!!o,
Collrt.
.
~d .., ordorly" in tho q>ro
·",""'''f''l~·
, Teet
At
Th. . Ohiof ' Wral
OIl the table with a peltcil.

,

..

"

"

1'_ r..,.,
loted
~rIioJoIre Q,uajWr, "'-",-:.'
With.~dnteht always In, pDe's hei.rt. .
\"hen Anhll,l' (jj.~; . ~. 33, ,,

-'---==~

not offi cia l as yet..

.''1 (" ;\1:

.

, .'

>, ','"

•

,, '