The danger to which Railway Companies expose their pas- sengers
by neglecting to provide any means of communication between the compartments and the guard has been again illus- trated this week. Miss Kate Dickinson, a young lady of twenty- one, residing with her mother at Midhurst, was coming to London by the South-Western Railway, when Colonel Baker, of the 10th Hussars, entered the carriage at Liphook, and began a conversation with her. They talked easily on indifferent subjects—Salvini's acting, and the like—but after passing Woking, Colonel Baker, by the prosecutrix's account, began kissing her, and at last com- mitted an indecent assault. Miss Dickinson pushed him away, and at last, in terror and excitement, stepped on to the foot- board and hung screaming, half supported by the handle and half by the Colonel's hadd. In this attitude she hung for three miles, and was seen by many witnesses, including Dr. Baldwin Brown. The accused has been committed for trial, bail being accepted to the amount of £4,000. Colonel Baker reserves his defenoe, but exonerates Miss Dickinson completely, declaring, however, that her evidence is exaggerated by fear and excitement.
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