'A. well-known Lancashire company director, whose name was kept Secret, and who was described as "Mfr, X," was complainant at Liverpool Assizes this week in a remark. able blackmail case. The accused were a young married couple living at Southport, and there were four charges against them of demanding money from "Mr. X" by menace and threats of exposure. "In a ease where the insidious crime of blackmail is concerned," counsel for the prosecution said, "it is desirable that there should be. suppressed the name of the complainant, who in this in is a man of some and at the first attempt to save him' the rescuers were forced back, but second attempt proved- successful, just in time, Several people owe their safety to Princess Mary. She warned them that it was dangerous to remain in the room where they were, and advised them to move. They did 0, and two minutes Inter the ceiling fof the room crashed down. Lord and Lady Allendale's three children were roused from their sleep and taken to safety. Princess Mary's! two children also were in the house, but they were not, apparently, in the danger zone. One of the first things Lord Lascelles did after the fire was to send a telegram to the 'King and Queen, assuring them that) Princess Mary was none the worse for her experience. Despite their exciting time, many members of the House party' carried out their ar-Fangements to go shooting the following day.
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