No further news of the slightest importance has transpired about
the Chelsea tragedy. An inquest has been held, but no new evidence was elicited, except a telegram from Paul May's father, stating that his son and Nagel had been concerned in some great fraud. An effort was made by some of the jury to show that Mrs. Burgess had written the farewell letter from the deceased, and that May had shot himself after murdering his comrade, but their " evidence " turned out to be little more than gossip. The Coroner, who evidently believed in the theory of double suicide, warned the jury, however, that in law the survivor of a double suicide was a murderer, and the jury returned a 'verdict of wilful murder against Paul May. It is very impro- bable that he will be tried, as the doctors think he cannot recover; but if he is, he cannot be examined, and as he only knows the facts, the story must remain very much where it is.
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