The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-26 00:00:00

THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.

At the P•ttyllainne on Friday, bet, re 11-. C. J.
Parke, the Rev. C or J. Gyn. and C done! Paget, Timothy
King was brought up on remand, for tht third time,
cared wile attanotias to murder his wife. Matilda
King. on the 13.6 of litbroary. We have already reported
the fadts. The prisoner, • little one-armed old-looking
man of AO year., is • ltiggliw and lived cilia di, wife. a
germ:nen come two years his Junior, and eon, a lad about
15 yews of ago, on the outakirt aof the pariah. Some six
year. •to he lost his SIM through an accident, and at
times stare then he hal bean very morose in 64 disponi-
Uric On the evening of the day in question hie son,
suddenly entering the cottage, found his father atanding
with his foot on the bosom of his mother, armed with •
formidable elae-humnor, the poor woman being literally
delayed with blood &awing from wound. on the head.
The prisoner then made. rush at the tail. but ho martini
to escape and to call assistant. Seeino this appritechlog,
be ran to a well, in which there were about Tit. of water.
and jumped In feet foremost. Oa immins to the surfehe,
some of the neighbour. held his head above water, and
eventually got kW out, when he became tattoos'',
violent. Tbe, however, took a very summary mode of
di &ling with him, anti tied him to a tree until tie arrival
of the p Tht injired woman h. abet been attended
by D. Parkinson. Grave fears were at Ann •ntertalnid
as to her ultimate recovery, but she is now progressing
favourably.
Mr. Supt. B .tty /laid he was unable ti p-o-eorl with the
ram tLat der, tithe woman was still unable to he pr. • nt
in Court. Ho, however, asked far • further remand.
Dr. Parkinson, in reply to the Bench, stated that she
was going on eatisfaotorile, bat be did not think It would
be advisable that she should be removed for • fortnight.
Her wounds as at premat wine a aufaclent justiflcatiin
for that opinion, and should erysipelas at any time *et in
the case would swum° • much more serious upset.
The prisoner was then remanded to Dorchester gaol for
eight days.

At the same pet'y Radon, the ether cassis for hearing
were of an ordicary nature.—lo that of Charles Lamy.
charged 'WWI os log El Wilcox. axdoet whom Limy
profaned • crueogu 11010116. A dog ores the t•••••• baa
LW*, P AMOS 11 • doj, not Ilia mod amtablo of lia race,
and r n the day of the fracas it ran out sad ondeavonoed
to ratholy himself as to (ho tart, of Wllcox's leg. %Vic ix
naturally ohjected, and tole Ito hest lb. dog off. &relay
thaLL ton knockod him down twice. and Wilcox returned
the compliment once. Lacey was fined lb,, sod tho other
snourono woo Mainlined.

--loirierilin-rpti...orkinaon, pleaded guilt, to and bad to
pay lUi. and costs for. the not alto•ether unknown luxury
to him of getting drank and diaorderly.
A lone widow. nemed S 14&/1 SCI3IOI wag filled si. and
costa for • similar exploit. She added ti the mit •rtaln-
ment she derived from getting "overoome " by running
after the paaiivarby with • slick.
Two young 01•14 named Falcber and Bennett, of
Bolinemouth. wart; summoned for working • bores in
en print st.t•-•lldre Vl4l • doubt whether they were
sully cognisant of its itite, and the case was dismissed.
A labourer, of CJlshali, named Jams. Yoxhars, was
summoned for stealing • plated spoon, valued Is.. the
property of Samuel Smith —Tile promecolor wished to
withdra• from the cam, end this the Bench &Bowed
him to do, basic( given the defendants poi talking to.