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And YOKOHAMA
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About WEDNESDAY,
21st October
THURSDAY,
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and
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THE LUARD MYSTBAY.
distressed him P-That was, his expression in his letter to me."
HOW ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITERS DRÖYE.... Did he refer In conversation to any letter A GALLANT BOLDIER TO SUICIDE.. which he had received 2-No. would not lat
bim talk more than I could help * London, Sept. 218t. The coroner's laquest on the body of Majors
Police-Superintendent Ford said he searched General C, E, Luard, on Saturday, ended with the bedroom of General Luard, in the prorence of Colonel Warda, M.P.4, and the Chief Cons the verdict which was the only possible one in
stable of Kent On the dressing table he found the circumstances, of "Suicide while in a state
£tion, tid, in monny, a gold, watch and chain, of temporary insanity. But w
amall compass, and two bunches of keys. On Colonel Wards asked the coroner's permis the writing table there were a pair of spectacles, sia to make a statement instead of "apa pips, a tobacco pouch, and a number of questions in the usual way. While indicating stamps. There was also a telegram torn lo six clearly that General Luard's resolve to take his pieces. Witness put those together, and they | life was due to the malicious anonymous letters read as follows:
which he had received, Colonel Wards recalled many little incidents to support the theory which, be himself entertains, that the final decision was only arrived at within an hour of the sad affair at the railway crossing. He is convinced that the letters which were after-
wards found in General Luard's bedroom were written on a sudden impulse, fter the General had risen, taken a cup of tea, and had his bath,
all in the usual course.
The letters were thies in number. Those which were addressed to Colonel Warde and to Mr. Hartley, the General's brother-in-law, were read to the jury, Colonel Warde's letter was' now made public for the first time. It proved to be quite unlike a "fabricated "-letter-this was Colonel Warde's 'own term-which was published on Saturday in some journals, but
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"Willick, Burnside,” Kendal,—I have gone. to her and the other life. Good-bye. Some thing has snapped-Lauria."^.
The Coroner explained that Mr. Willlck was" a half-brother by marriage of General Luard.
· LAST MESSAGES TO RELATIVES. Superintendent Ford added that there was in the 100m a photograph of Captain Luard and a letter from the latter, as well as the letter
from the coroner, to which reference had binn ? made. There were also two sealed letters ad dressed, "Captain Luard, D. S. O, to await arrival," and "Hartley, Esq., to await arrival,y
These letiora" were now placed before the caroner, still unopened. Mr. Buss handed one to Mr. Hartley, who was seated near bim on the platform, and Hartley, having opened and read it, handed it back to the coroner,
The Coroner-This is a letter dated from Barham Caer
18.-9.08.
letter contained the phrase-" I cannot face my son to which Colonel Warde Indignantly
"My dear Tom,-Something has soappadˇát directed; the corgoes's altention; General Luard, of course, did not write anything of the last, My strangth has gone, and I have gone kind. The third of the letters left by General to join her. I had left her everything, but Luard was intended for Captain Loard him have now nikdo a new will (at Atkins') leaving self. It dealt only with intimate family mat-everything to Elmshirst, and you as sole exa- tera, and its contents were not divulged to the cutor. Good-bye, dear brother, jurj.
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The most dramatic moment of the afternoon came when Captain Luard, in answer to the „coroner's summons, entered the room, seated himself on the little platform, and grave. ly perused the letter from his father which the coroner handed to him. "There is nathing which would interest you," he said at length; and the coroner's decision ant to read the letter aloud was met with cries of Bear, hear from the jury Captain Luard, who had Jóft South Africa after hearing of the murder of bis mother, reached Southampton only in the early hours of Saturday. He had expected to find his father in waiting for him when the Union Castle Kizer Norman cams into part. Instead, be received from Colonel Warde, M. P, the news that General Luard had died a few hours before The Jury, in returning their verdict, gave expression to their sympathy with Captaio Luard, and their sentiments wers on- dorsed by the coroner and by the Mayor of Maidstone, on behalf of the inhabitants of that
town.
Coloner Warde, with whom deceased had been staying prior-to-bis.denthy road the fol lowing letter-
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My dear Warde, i am sorry to have to re turn your kindness and hospitality and long friendship this way, but I am satisfied that.it is best to joju in the second life at once, as I can be of no further use
any one in the future in this world, of which I am tired, and In which I do not wish to live any longer. I (bought that my strength was sufficient to bear up against the horrible imputations and terrible letters which I have received since that awful crime was committed which robbed me of my happiness. And so it was for long, and the goodness, kiuduoss, and sympathy of so many friends kept me going. "But somehow, now in the last day or two something seems to have snapped. The strength has left me, and I care for nothing except to join her again.
So good-bye, dear friend, to both of us,
Yours very affectipastely,
C. E. LUARD. P.S--I shall be somewhere on the line of railway.-C.E.L..
Please send off enclosed telegrams to Elm- birst, my brother-in-law, Hartley; and my
maid.
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"These telegrams were enclored in that letter," Colonel Warda said, unfolding three slips of paper. "Needless to say, I did not send them off, but sent modified telegrams in my own words. - Thèse were the telegrams;--
Miss Huiab, the Knoll, Ightham.Not returning to day. Captain Luard goes Barbant Court.
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allowed to make one more statement. "1 was borrified this mo.niog," he said, “in coming down here, to read in the daily Press a fetter which was said to have been written by General Logid. I know that, la cases like this, orrom must creep into she pipers, but there can be no reason why any one should invent and give to the réponers a letter which was absolutely a lie from start to finish. The letter that I refer: to is in these Terms You will fad my body at Testou crossing.. I am sick of the scandalous and lying reports, and, I cannot.íace my son, whom 1 decided to meet, and have decided to end my life. There is not asyllable about his son in his letter and it was a most gróss thing to import such a thing into it, and make him *sy,'* I baudot face my son.”
Colonel Warde, after a pause, 'nsked to be
Then, that Jetter, is a fabrication 2: the Coroner asked:
"A fabrication, absolutely, from beginning to end," Colonel Warde replied.
In answer to the foreman of the fúry, Colozel Warde stated that he thought the letters were written between lez minutes past eight sad′ quariar to dine oo Friday morning. They warn dated that morning, and be thought, it was; in- possible for them to have been written before daylight, because the candles in the bedrones ware only slightly burned anking Road | The Coronet. I gathershat, undoubtedly, the anonymous lettare which ha received greatly.
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C: E. LUARD. "It is all the horrid letter (destroyed) and tbo insinuations that have been made.")
THE CORONER ON ANONYMOUS LETTERS. The Coroner, in summing up after recounting the events of General Luard's military career, alluded to the murder of Mrs. Leard on August 24, which he said was still the subject matter of investigation by a jury. "But I think it is my duty," be continued, "to make some kind of reference to the many raporis, the many base insinuations in the shape of anonymous letters, which have been written to General Luard, suggesting, almost that he is responsible for the death of his wife. Tboss letters have been inaumerable. They have been received by the police and by myself in any number. But
need hardly tell you, that I have simply put them into the wastspaper basket, and have been disgusted with them,
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"It is a feature of English justice, and we - hope will ever remain so, that cintil a man is proved to be guilty of any crime wo must as- same him to be innocent. The persons who have been prompted to write there laiters have not been satisfied to let the general remain with his grief, and to iyimpathing with him in his great trouble, but have added to the poig nancy of that grief: and 1'imagion that, sansi, zive and honourable mau “as he was they have made his life almost unbearable. That, no doubt, was a great factor in inducing him to rid himself of this present life, and, an he said,, join his wife. Let us hops, that the writers of these letters, if they have any con- sciences at all, will reflect and feel, at any rate, that they must have contributed more or less. to the doom to which the general went himself, Let us hope that, although they treated bim so badly.in the last remaining days of his life, they' will; at any rate; respect bis memory now, and utter no more of these libellous, baseless, and unfounded lasinuations,
THE VERDICT, 1/ After conferring together for 'a few minutes the jury returned a verdict of “Suicida whila · lo a state of temporary insanity.* The fore- man added that they wished to thank Colonel Wards, M. E., for his straightforward and explicit sintement, and especially for the cou tradictions which he gavato so many falsehoods which have been in circulation.
The Corner said he joined with the jury in expressing his deep condolence with Captain Luard and all the relatives of the deceased. As for Colonel Warde's explicit statement it had greatly assisted the inquiry, and they wore all greatly indebted to him.
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