The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-09-30 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

At the Harlow Petty Sessions, on Saturday, Mr.
James Base Mußinger, M.A., St. John's College,
Cambridge, was charged with stabbinf with intent
to murder a lady, the wife of Mr. } rederick Bar-
nard Hasslam, miller, Brecknock road, Tufuell Park,
London. It appears the lady was on a visit to a
relative, Mrs. Barnard, of Harlow, and on Tuesday
evening in last week, the accused, who is slightly
related to both Wire, called at the house, and
was asked to stay to supper, when an altercation
ensued between him and Mrs. Haslam, and he took
up a knife from the table and stabbed her several
times. The knife was broken in the struggle, and he
then took up another, and again stabbed her, inflicting
altogether 18 wounds; but according to the medical
evidence they are not of a dangerous character, unless
tetanus or erysipelas should intervene.
Prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Turner, of the
Home Circuit, was committed for trial at the next
Essex Assizes for attempted murder, and bail was re-
fused. The accused is a gentleman of high standing at
Cambridge University, and was superintending the
publication of a work from the University Press.

A few further particulars with reference to the
murderous arsault made on Mrs. Heidrun may be ac-
cer ntable.
The attack upon Mrs. Handam by the prisoner, Mr.
James 131.1 Mulliuger, M.A., who is 37 yeare of age,
seems to have arisen out of family differences, real or
supposed. NVlnen the prisoner was announced at the
house of the Barnard family at Harlow, where the oc-
currence happened, Mrs. Haslam was playing with
one of the children. line accused had known Mrs.
Ilaslam before, but he addressed her as if he was quite
unacquainted with her. He said he !wished to speak with
her about family differences, awl Mrs. Hashuu told
him she would rather that he left them, and would go
and have it out with Mr. Haslam, who would be down
on Friday. After a few si.conds of angry conversa-
tion, Mrs. Haslum told him to leave the house, awl
that sine should not say another word to him. Ile
scented annoyed at this, and soon afterwards he made
several stabs at Mrs. Ha-lion, first with one knife and :
then with another, both being taken from the supper
table. A surgeon was sent for, until Mr. Nash, smut-
ant to Mr. I/ay, of Harlow, was soon in attendance.
He found Mrs. Hashan very faint from loss of blood,
! and he ordered her a Oa, of sherry, but sine could not
take it at tint, owing to the hemorrhage resulting from
a cut inshle the under lip. 'line blood, however,
being washed away, she was able to take a little
sherry. It was follfill that she had sustained If
wounds ; some of them were unimportant, but there
WILK a rather serious gash on the throat. The left
jaw, the back of the right hand and the right wrist,
the ring finger of the left hand, and the left wrist had
all reeeiveil ruts. Mr. Day, on into arrival, wan of
opinion that the wounds were wit dangerous in them-
selves, no artery having teen severed, but from the
windier awl position erysipelas might supervene. The
&vilest wounu is on one of the hands.