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LOVE LETTERS FROM CONDEMNED CELL.

Murderer's Outburst to

Welcome Death.

Letters of love for a dead girl. written by her murderer from a prison cell, were read, in the Court, of Criminar Appeal recently,

The appeal was by Robert Alfred Sheppard against his con- viction at the Old Bailey for the murder of Florence Lilian Jones, at Tottenham

HOW WE LOVED!

The first of the letters written to Mrs. Ellen Bacon, of Drayton- road, Tottenham, Sheppard's land- lady, from Brixton Prison, read:---

"I sincerely hope you will not; mind me writing this letter.

I have no one at all to whom I can write or who will send me a trifle to help pass away the days I am bere, in hospital I eannot think you believe I was: the cause of my Lil's death, and I wear to you I would have been so glad to have given my own life to have saved her.

"Oh! Mrs. Bacon, nu one can realise how we have loved one; another, how we were longing for her 21st. birthday to come so that we could be man and wife.

People may say barsh words about her, but she was the best girl on earth; her only fault was that she loved me far too well and was absolutely wrapped up in me.

"I can clear myself of the: charge. She must have gassed herself, and when I found her I pulled the tube out of her mouth and turned the gas off. I told them it was a suicide pact, and they will have to believe me be cause I am the only one who knows the truth.

I am determited to hang. I am determed to go to my Lil.: I would die happily knowing I did my best for her, for she told me every day how happy and proud she was with me. Do have little kindness and pity for me.

I am in such trouble.

PRAYING FOR DEATH.

In another letter to his sister, Mrs. Ada White, at Repert- streer, Reading. Sheppard wrote:

There is no ebance of my seeing you again after my trial. I do not want to put up a defence.

I know my Lil is waiting patient-

ly in the other world for me, and

I love her far too much to want to be acquitted.

I hope and pray almost daily that I shall be found guilty sol that I can go to my darling wife. I have told the doctor that I strangled her, and that will be put in against me. so there can only be one verdict and one

sentence against me."

A letter to another sister Mrs.)

Marshall, read:

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EX-ARCHDEACON LOSES HIS CASE.

Judge and Film Acting.

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Wright denied slander, and plead-

ed fair comment.

JUDGE'S CRITICISM.

CINEMA PICTURES.

Mr. Justice Darling. What bad the cinemas to do with the trial?:

unfrocked." declared Mr. Wake- ford.

Mr. Charles: We are not cop-

In summing up Mr. Justice-They put pictures on the screen cernel with the leniency of the Darling said this action appeared and I was asked to go and explain sentence.

M:. Wakeford:

to be part of Mr. Wakeford's pro-them.

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damned

Leniency!

I have never

Expressing the unanimous paganda. He admitted acting for What were they, pictures of the There is no leniency, there is no opinion that the case should never the films, dressed up as an arch-judges?-No: a representation of leniency in compelling a man to "I shall be tried in a few days have been brought into court, deacon, going in and out of the the outlines of the case, the hotel, make explanations at every turn for a charge of murdering my Lil the jury recently returned & ver- Bull Hotel It was all very offen- and the front of the Cathedral at and to be at the mercy of a man

like your client Well. Kate, it has been good for dict for the defendant in the sive. What was it for but pro Peterborough. me to know you have always action brought by ex-Archdeacon aganda? What was that case but What else? And me going in missed an opportunity of facing believed me innocent of the Wakeford who claimed damages propaganda? What was the jury and out of the hotel. This was that conviction and saying quite plainly what I think of it to the charge. I thank you from the for alleged slander.

being asked to do except a bit of after the trial. bottom of my heart for all you Mr. Justice Darling entered film acting?

Do you mean to say you tock public. I am an innocent man have done for me, and I know judgment for the defendant, Mr. Mr. Wakeford, giving evidence part in those cinema shows-1 and I have been unjustly coa- you will be terribly shocked to Henry Wright, managing clerk of said he lived at Biggin Hill, took the part I was asked to do

Mr. Henry Wright, the defen- know that I killed ray darling Messrs. Lee, Bolton and Lee, Kent. He denied having com by the people who got them up.

Acting? Yes, just as the Kirg dat, said he had no feeling with my own hands, although she solicitors for the Bishop of Lin-mitted misconduct at any time.

Mr. Charles (cross-examining); and the Archbishop of Canterbury gainst Mr. Wakeford. On the contrary, he had every sympathy "I put the gas tube in her The action was a sequel to the Did you not do all you could to have done in other fine.

wth him. He michs in conver- mouth and turned on the gas, but proceedings against the plaintiff. keep your conviction by the

COURTING. PUBLICITY.- Nation Dave remarked: "Some- after a few minutes she pulled Rev. John Wakeford, au Ex-Privy Council before the public?

Replying to Mr. Charles, Mr. one has said ibat Wakeford is the tube out and said she archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, be--Explain what you mean. did not like it as it was too slow. fore the Consistory Court and Have you not been round the Wakeford said he courted public-a very good fellow if he could keep the Seventh Commandment. Then he asked me to strangle the Privy Council.

country with cinema shows?-Iity still

He never said that he had traced her with my own hands and to Mr. Wakeford complained that have spoken at some cinema

Wakeford to hotels with women. gas myself afterwards, as she did since those proceedings Mr. shows in Lönden.

The jury, after half an hour's not want me to have a murderer's Wright had slandered him with death.

deliberation, returned the verdict given abovB.

consented.

cola.

acensations

of breaking Commandment.

"Her last words to me were: Seventh "Goodbye, my darling Bob. will

le ready to welcome you, my lover, in the other world. Nobody could have loved as we have, at d I could ask for nothing better than to die at, my own bey's hands,"

"No now you know, and I def

hope you will try to think well of

me sometimes.

WILLING TO GO TOO.

In and ther letter to Mrs. White.

the said: "

Ioved her wo noch that I arr wiling now to go with her as f Ste DeLaot live without her. loved me so much she did not murmur wiren she knew she wer oing to die. She was dez d five minutes after... She low di me far too well not to give na her life when I asked her for it. What a wonderful thing it is for a man to be loved by a girl as 1 TEL.”

The Court dismissed the appeal, the Lord Chief Justice pointing out that the jury had made a recommendation of mercy, which would be given full consideration. On hearing the verdict. Shop- pard said Thank you." and laughed as he left the dock.

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