Show HISTORY'S MYSTERIES ES Unsolved Riddles That Still Punta Authorities Here and Abroad oad The Tragedy 11 0 V 19 of ot the most m mysterious crimes in English history was that con nested with the murder of Thomas Th of In Wiltshire for forIn forIn forIn In addition to being acing o 0 particularly cold blooded killing Th was a person ol ot great prominence descended descend descend- ed from frum rota a 1 noble family and a close clos ol of the duke duhe of York The attack was committed while Tom Tern ot of Ton Len Thousand as was called m n 0 account ol ot large e furl fortune tine was riding in fn his carriage along ailing Pull Pall Mall and und the wounded man survived sur only a D few hours bours during dur dur- ur ing tug which time the duke Julie of ot Monmouth I sat beside the bedside of his dying friend But despite the fact that I i Th Thyme was completely conscious I he lie could give ghe no clew to the men who hind lind been heen guilty ol ot his murder for forthe forthe the tile reason that his carriage hind had been heen surrounded by a baud band of ot masked assailants assailants as as- tint nn and not net a n word had bad been spoken spul during the attack An active search conducted by Sir John and the duke of Mon Ion moult resulted in the speedy apprehensIon apprehension hension of three of the men who bad had been Implicated In the murder er Including In eluding a Pole named Boroski who had tired fired the fatal shot but it was very ery evident e that these were only a aid ll that some one in tn authority authority au au- had instigated d the affair Circumstantial Cir Cir- evidence e pointed Jointed to a certain certain tain Count aunt Konigsmark and he with the other three was brought to the bar har of Old Bailey on a charge of murdel mur mur- der del At the trial the tile l e evidence ence proved pro that flint Boroski had shot Th assisted assist assist- ed cd l by y his accomplices and Stern Except for the testimony of the accused accused ac trio there was lit little lie to connect Konigsmark with the crime save sa that he had bad b ben en living concealed In a humble lodging house and und had bad held communication with the murderers bOI both h before and after the killing The count however pleaded Innocent stating that the accused men were his followers and attendants and therefore be had frequently communicated communicated communicated com com- with them but never wl with b respect to any Intended criminal un ills Liis apparent biding he be explained by stating that be he had been seized wll with h rn Illness which rendered it inadvisable for him bim to appear in public adding ling that be he had never uever seen nor had bad aJ any quarrel with the deceased This defense though morally weak was strengthened by hy the total absence of any legal proof to connect I the he count with the assassination and by the favorable fu summing up of Chief Justice Justice Jus tice The three others were ere found guilty of the crime but mark marli was acquitted though public opinion held to the contrary as us Is la evident e from the entry of ot el E Evelyn lJ the famous In his bis record of the time Lime This day was executed Colonel un und and some sOllie of his hits accomplices for the execrable murder of Mr Th set on ou by the principal Ko Ko- The colonel went to the execution like lIlie an nn undaunted hero as us one who h h d ld dune done a friendly office for that base hose urd co Count maik k who had hud hoped to marry Th widow the rich lady Indy Ogle but hut was acquitted b by a corrupt Jury an and anc so got gol away After regaining his bis freedom the count left England und and went wen I to his hume home In Germany later Inter distinguish distinguishing ing himself In a n number of military operations and finally accompanying Ills his uncle Otto Williams to the Moren Iren where he lie was WIS present resent at the battle hartle ol ot runs and contracted pleurisy which carried him off nR Such at tit the early n age e of ot twenty twenty- seven se was US the end of Count s' s murk mark little litte more than four years eurs after after aft nfl er cr the Hie death deuth of his bis supposed victim and his bis own narrow escape from frum the gibbet to which he hc hud had been heen the cause rause of consigning his three thre associates No actual e was ver er discovered ered that the German had har been the moving power hn tn the sleuth dent 11 o ol of the wealthy En Englishman nor norUS was US there un any motive for his having ho Instigated the crime other than the one men toled by I the he diarist el E Evelyn n For or I t hi tilt reason the tragedy must b hl If listed among the unsolved crimes of ot British history taking Its place along alongside alongside side the Waterloo bridge murder Jiu other similar affairs of n a later inter dup day c O g bv by the Wheeler Syndicate |