Here is a condensation of a few of them:-- The _Daily Telegraph_ remarked that in the history of crime there had seldom been a tragedy which presented stranger features.

The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists.

The Socialists had many branches in America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten laws, and been tracked down by them.

After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.
The _Standard_ commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the sort usually occurred under a Liberal Administration.

They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority.