The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-12-29 00:00:00

IRAOEOIEB, FATAL ACCIDENTS, LC., Al
CHRISTMAS.

On Saturday afternoon a nun nained.fames
ball, a J41.1111,1', living at 3, Drury-lane, Londe],
having quarn•lled with his wife, attacked her, and
with a penknife inflicted a superficial cut, extendot;
from the left ear to the middle 4.1 her throat. Sia•
ran Ocrraming down the main and cocain,' it
husband, who followed her wows diatauce, and after
wards made his way to the bark of the lion-%
clambered over the r.mf of au outbuilding, awl Oen
fell through a skylight. When the door of the oot
building into which he had fallen WA. forced ‘meri.
Whitehall Waal found lying on the flour with Ins throat
cut in a terrible manner. Thu knife, which a pole,
Mtn bad found lying by 1/14 aide, had cult
tlineigh the throat, and although au attempt Wao
Noo,lo to ttop the bleeding, the' mall dirt' in a
few mooning. The &bunt forty year.
of age.
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ATAc. liarnahas•road, Sheffield, late on Satetelay
night, John Heves, a marknosker, stabbed bin wore
with a large yenknife, and afterwards eevered biii own
windpipe. Ti,.. woman is expected to recover, lett
the man is in a dangerime elate.
(hi Friday morning, at Itarrow•in•Furnem, a man
nano.l Joseph Baines stabbed Isis wife to death. The
coupe. WII.I IN•sidtal at 54. Fentotistrect, had berti
quarrelling on Christmas Eve. The husband bad
been drinking heavily. They created ettisiderulile
disturbance and antosyc,l the neighlsotr. blotch an
extent Oust the atteitti.m of a pessinic
called to them about two "clock in the morning. Ho
went into their house and cautioned Itaitio• t,, helime
qtnetly. .t bout eleten o'clock on Chi iumas morning
Mr.. Baines went into • neighbour'. house, occupied
by a man iia,ned k:vana, for the purtese of escorts* g
what time it was, and about two minutes afterwards
she was followed by bar husband, who immedistely
drew out of hia waistcoat a botcher's knife and
stabbed her four times in the breast and abdornon,
lair woman at once fell Lack, throwing up her
arms, and trying out "Oh, deer." Evairt clotted with
U,. murderer and knocked him down, when the knife
fell out of his hand. Nile.. Raines was earned into her
own house, sun died in about fifteen minute, with,
aAntd
rune
I:e7ceilitl'sitnerallyluidwitul‘ very
t 1 hive
d"trorn7?wiiignig•lil'u:gtiatet'it.n.about four years ago h, lied C.-410 left
him, and since then h. has practically gone to the
had. He ban been repeatedly before the magistrates
for being drunk and abusing hie wife, and ha. been
imprisoned on two or throe occasions. If. has leen
heard to say ha would take his wife'n life ,'uiniu day.
A bout two years ago one of Baines' children, a boy .4
fourteen years .4 age, ran away from h •to esc.tpri
hi. father'. illoteage. Thin boy wan accidentally
killed when sleeping out one night, and at the inquest
Raines WAS oeverely cenniired by the corner br hi,
conduct, and told that he had had a nerniw recaps, of
beim: chant.' with manalaughter.
On Saturday, at Barnataple, an inquest wan held on
the body iif mlro. flew, a married menet', who
expired suddenly on Chriettna. night. It was ithown
that the decrees, irratiok very heartily in the day of
gone., plum pudding, and alibi, and the doctor stated
that death Was dill. to the effect. 14 everdAting.
A svla...ridomt occurred on :Saturday night at the
Chriatina. Fair Wllll4l Is being held at Sunderland.
I/tiring the evening IMMO bora attempted to itteal
money from • rifle saloon in charge of a girl name.,
Isabella Stumm'. 'rt. girl la stated In 10,11
innalltiolloly Impaling hack Ow crowd of led., with s
gun, when the gun Went fa, and a youth
MUMS' Daniel Connor was severely wound.' in th,.
left sitle. lie Wks I,lllnYod an the infirmary, and hi,
life being de.paired 'it, hie depteitions were taken.
Nutinan, who wan arrrntvd, amerteil that the gun wa•
knocked front the stand, and that on the butt atrik•
ing the ground it exploded. She fainted itmnedi•
ately after the occurrence, awl she ham since been
suffering front fib..