The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-21 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER AT CARDIFF.

One of the most cold-blooded and deliberate munlers on
record was committed Monday morning at Cardiff. The
scene of the atrocity was • small shrimp hut, on the Heat
Moors, which, with • piece of fore shore extending from
the low water pier to the parish of Ruth, was rented by
• man named Edward Stelfor, who also kept a public.
house in Bute-road. Stelfox was a fisherman, and fished
on this portion of the foreshore, but some time since be
built the hut., which only contained two rooms, and lived
there with a woman named Anne James, with whom he
cohabited. Stelfox as be paid the Marquis of Bute .ClO •
year for the right of fishing on the foreshore, objected to
others fishing on his ground. A man named John Webber,
living in Adelaide-Mane often went there to fish and in
the summer time pthoed his small fishing boat high on the
shore, lived in it, and sold shrimps from it. He had been
frequently removed from this place, and between him and
Stelfox • fend had existed, for the last two years. On
Monday morning Stelfox rose up about seven o'clock;
previous to that one of kis nun had been to the hut and
lighted the fire. In front of the but were Stolle: lived is
the fish house, and here • quantity of fish that had been
caught on Sunday was stored. Stalks and his man Seth&
were, • little after seven o'clock, engaged in weighing out
the fish, when Webber appeared at the door carrying In
hand • double-barrelled gun. Ile said to Stelfox' are
you the man that removed my planks r meaning SOWS
plank' belonging to his ship on the beach. Stelfox replied
No, lam not the man to do that." Webber said " I
believe you did. I heard it said you ran about and told
the dock police about it, and by o—l'll shoot you now."
He than raised the gun to his shoulder. Stelfox cried out
"Oh, John, don't shoot me r The prisoner pulled the
trigger and the shot entered Stenos* left breast Ile
cried out, "Oh, Lord, mm • dead man. " Ile then ran
and took hold of the musala of the gun, but feeling faint,
he staggered from the fish house Into the hut, and called
the woman Anne James, and said he was dying She Fog
out of bod, and running into the outer room, caught him,
as he was felling on the floor. She put her arm under him
the blood rushed out in a strum, and he died almost im-
mediately. Webber evidently supposed that Stelfox
would go into the bedroom, which was on the ground door,
but on breaking • pane of glass in the bedroom window
and not seeing him there, In went to the outer room
windyw. The woman James saw him, and, leaving the
body of Stelfox on the floor, went and locked the door.
Webber went to the window, broke two of the panes of
glass, and looking in, said, "Oh I see the is not dead
yet ; give Lmn another charge." He then put the gun
on the window sill, and fired again, the shot entering the
left thigh of the deceased, from which the blood spurted
nut in • stream. He then left the house, walked • short
distance down the bank, and gave the gun to •
young man, to whom it formerly belonged, and told him
to take it home, saying at the same time that he had
killed Mello:, and should be hung for it. When the young
left, Webber went to the Dock, and told a police constable
what he had done, and gave himself into custody. When
he fired the first shot Sellick attempted to take the gun
from him but did not succeed. He then said to Webber
"Don't kill me ;" and Webber replied. "No I won't hurt
you," and the same remark he made to the woman
James. The gun be took out of pledge on the 17th January,
having bought the ticket for 9a ed., and since then he had
threatened to shoot Stelfox when he got the chance. He
was brought before the magistrates, Suesday, at the
Cardiff police-court, and rent inded till Wednesday, to
enable • post.mortsiu examination of the body of Stelfox
to be made. Dr. Pratt, who saw the body, said that either
wound was sufficient to cause death, from the loss of
blood. Webber although • fisherman, has spent part of
his life in Australia, where, it is said, he lived in the hush.
lie made no reply to the magistrates nor asked any
questiotw of the witniolloll, with the exception of saying
thst it wu aggravation that had done it. The place of
the murder was visited by thousands of persons, and the
police-court was crowded during the prisoner's examina-
tion.

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AN ANTI-VACCINATOR SENT TO PRISON.
Mr. Milner, chairman of the Keighley Board of
Guardians, WWI fined ten shillings at Keighley on Thurs-
day for refusing to vaccinate his child. Defendant
objecting to oay the fine, he was sentenced to 14 days'
imprisonment with hard labour.