The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

STOVEBRIDGE OBSERVER.

The whole -tie wound. The seconu---
head extended immediately below the tip of the right
ear to the angle of the mouth, and cut through the vaunts
of the lower jaw and divided the internal maxillary artery.
The third wound of head .or rather of face was made by a
pointed Instrument; it was situated in the right side of lower
lip, and was an inch in width. The !Bettie, wounds were made
from behind ; the latter from in Bout_ lie also sustained
three gun-shot wounds. One ball entt r,..1 on right side of
spine opposite third hone of sacrum, awl travelled down to
outer side of right thigh, at the junction ttf lower with middle
third. The ball could be felt under the cuticle In this posi-
tion. It was an inch long and contest at both ends. The
other two shot wounds existed at the very extremity of the
coccyx, and were about the sixth of an inch apart. They
took a direction inwards, anti lodged in the pelvis. From
the direction of these balls I believe they were fired while
Mr. Herbert was lying on the ground. I HIS think that
they were inflicted by a single discharee. Ile was perfectly
drained of blood, the hemorrhage conning front the internal
maxillary artery.
"Mr. Lloyd.—There were three sword wounds and one
gunshot. The former were situated up ti the right side of
the body: two entered from behind. They penetrated the
liver. The third entered below the lower edge of liver, and
wounded the bowels in its course. The gunshot wound was
situated upon the top of the right shoulder. It was two
Irrclp-s in diameter, the charge entered the upper outlet of
the thorax up.tln the right side. it must have been infltcted
while Mr. Lloyd was down, cc, from its direction, it could not
possibly have been done while he was ins standing or running
position. Two small wounds of exit existed at the right
sterno-clavicuiar articulation. The greater portion of the
charge remained inside the thorax. The right clavicle and
several of the ribs were shattered. The skin around the
wound and the hair upon the right side of the head were
burnt by the ibuih from the discharge.
Mr. Vyner.—April 24. 5a m. Belessi. Body in a running
attitude, left leg being slightly flexed. Aries bent and held
out slightly in front of elect. Features calm and in no way
Indicative of having stmtained pain. There was an immense
quantity of condensed foam or saliva around the titoeth, xliii
this fact, when taken in connexion with the muddy state of
his trousers and boots, renders it probable that he must have
run to the full extent of his endurance. Ile only sustained
one wound, viz , a bullet wound. The ball entered on the
left of the spine, opposite the centre of the dorsal vertebra,
and after piercing the heart, made its exit half an inch below
:old an inch and a half internal to the 101 l breast (nipple).
I),ath must have been instantaneous and painless. The body
was net disfigured in any way.
"M. Boyl—Sustained two gun-shot wounds. The first
entered itum.liately below the lower angle of the right
scapula, and lodged in the right Meg. The second entered
three Inches below the lower angle of left scapula, and made
Its exit on a levg I with and three inches to the right of
umbilicus. lie sustained no other wounds, and was not dis-
egured.
"No regular post-mortem of any of the bodies was made,
so the cause of death in each C•Ne was too painfully evident.
" A. BOLTON. M.B ,
" Her Majesty's ship, Cockatrice, 'Pincus.
P.S. April 20, 1870 —To-day we discovered in Mr. Vyner's
clothes the bullet which inflicted the fatal wound in Mr.
Vyner's case. It was an ordinary obl-fat.hioned round ball.
weighing about an ounce, and having the runner still attached
to it. Some small portion of the runner has been cut off
roughly. I thiek that the condition and kind of this ball
prove that Mr. Vs oer could not have been killed by a random
shot from the soldiers.

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Mr. Thomas Cook has sent the following for publics.
tiou, thinking that "this fragment of informatiou will
be acceptable to the British public
While the Foreign Office is promptly furnishing to the
Press every fractlon of official information relative to the
Greek massacre, it may interest your readers to have an ex-
pression of public opinion in Greece, and unofficial informa-
tion of the action of the Greek Government.
The following is an extract of a letter which I have re-
ceived from an Athens correspondent, dated April 30
You will know, of course, by the newspapers, of the fatal
end of the captives, which is a great calamity for Greece.
Nevertheless, the Government has taken severe measures for
the destruction of brigandage, and till to-day the detach-
ments continue with great courage the prosecution of the
brigands. They have destroyed the baud which have cap-
tured the poor victims 14 brigands have been killed, and
seven taken alive, wounued, so that henceforth I hope that
Greece will be safer than formerly."

The extracts from Mr. Lloyd's pocket-book are as
follow :

•
Monday, April 11, 1870, 430 M.—Cold, mist, rain, 6p m.
to &.308 m. Wood of Raphini captured by bawl Arvanitakis.
Night on Pentelicus. Laugnage.lesaon to brigands. Supper
on mountain, 2a m. Reached first Shemena in Stannita ;
little copse on hilt-side ; discussion of terms with brigands.
Spend the day. Sixteen soldiers passed along road below in
the afternoon. Alarm of all parties.
Tuesday, S e St. to 6 A M.—Left after dark along high road
towards Cephissia. Halt in plain. Alarm of parties near
Brigands surround us, ready to shoot. Sleep on thorn hush.
Resting place in pine-wood. Very wet and cold. Brigand
warms Dormouse [ Sir. Vyner], by lying down close to hint.
Roused at dawn,atid go to other pine-wood, a short way off,
for the day.
Wednesday.—Day in pine-wood. Heavy rain. Caught two
peasant', and borrowed their capotes for us. Lighted tire
for toast, and broiled lamb. Sent off peasant with Muncaster
at 9 am. After dark moved off to hut of peasants for night.
De Boylk servant came with grub.
Thursday—Brigand reads wo hours history—Keramide
St. John. Rainy and cold. Hut 60 by to, our end badly
closed by pine branches. Fires, but hard to keep warm.
Roast lamb again, and more presents of liver. Evening came
Ddmy sand agents from Athena Scene by night—negotiating
et lie end, feasting at ours. Warmer at night, with my oil
cloth from Poly.
Friday —8 am. to 7.30 p.m—Very fine day, and view of
Mount Delphi lot Enbiea covered aPh snow. Left at S a.m.
Seven brigands, self on mule, Herbert and De Boyd on white
hones, Dormouse on brown without saddle. Baggage horse.
Other brigands to follow. Pass wood of Tatoe ; defile.
Magnificent view over Athens, W. ; Entica, E Halt almost
in sight of guard-house to breakfast. By PASS of Deceleia,
3,000 feet above sea. Guardhouse. Fraternize with four
soldiers. Alarm on descending to plain. Alexander sent on
with Erskine'. toe ,l) t . troops seen below. Peace. Officer
lunches with us and brigands Across plain and through fine
wooded country. Marcopoulos Received by Demarch, and
general fraternization with Albanian inhabitants. Fresh
eggs. Reached village of Wallack shepherds.
Saturday.—Coraki —Village twenty-live hilts; shared one
with chief [sail five brigand., circular, thirty by twenty dia-
meter. Five In middle; people make everything for selves;
spinning and weaving Hut 'Tett, warm. Walked up to
Agropolis ; cloudy. View over plain of Oropos, village of
LA Scala, and house of Paparigopoulos. Two agents from
Athens. Dance of brigands.
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..... .
Sunday.—Down to church in morning. Blessing of palms;
is lone. Vi-it to Demarch and house of Pap. coffee and
saki friendly meeting. Demarch to go to Athens to nego-
tiate.
Monday.—Jamping and throwing stone by brigands very
good. Music at night, singing and fluting. Evening, came
Dinoye, and Grimier, who slept.
Tuesday.--cervants left. Afternorn marched over to
Orono!; good house, room with fire-place, slot seven be-
aeons. Fine dav, and pleasant haff-hour's walk.
Wedneelay.—Very rainy. Colonel Theastnis come to
treat; also Noel, woo stopped all night. Long discussion as
to terms.
Thursday.--Messenger from Athens. Armistice partly
withdrawn. Troops en cord,t. We not to move. Chief
says he will go to a place a quarter of art hour off on
Ocy.mpos. . Know troops are in force ; danger impending
love to J. and Erskines in worst case. Noel left early. Fine
ob-won Inountams in Eaton. Covered with Snow 123111
Delphi to N.

tendered coppers, whi ii were declined with a civil smile. A
simple fellow came hp, and was also pressed. By the time he
had taken half -a.dozen bulletins the men all laughed in his
face; and he rather s,oa ly saw that one was enough. I have
since learnt that the •i les" and " No" bulletins are respec-
t', ly issued by two committees, the former employing twice or
thrice as many.listributorsasthe other. Yeu will catch probably
sooner than I did that the immensequantity 'Yes' bulletins
strewing the ground indicated not only the number distri-
buted, hut also the number rejected by voters who polled
"Noes."
A notice posted on the railings of the Bonne int onned me
that the arrondissement was divided into twelve sections for
the present purpose, and that the Mairie and the Italian
Opera were the pollieg places for two of them. I proceeded
to the Mettle. As before, there were a sinzen men tendering
bulletin.. Under the entrance, and in the courtyard were a
good many National Guards and Sereens de Ville. Inside
were several stands of piled arms. Over a door on my left
was "Jt.tiee de Pair;" inside were the mail National Guard,
packed rather closely. Aacending a staircase on my right, I
found much the same apparatus, the same sort of
persona, and the same process as before, a rather
better class voting, but coming up very slowly.
Thence I went to the Italian Opera. Here, as be-
fore, ten men were offering bulletins, but in one
respect the dignity of the Pkbeecite was better main-
tamed than either at the Bourse or the Maine. On the
threshold stood a stout, good-loosing man, with a tricolour
scarf round his arm. Re had an attendant in a sort of livery,
who stood a little in the background. The official seemed
in a pleasant, genial way, to invite the public to enter. Every'
body whoadvanced to'the door he addressed, and, having re-•
eetved a brief reply, motioned to pass within. Not being in
& condition to make a pertinent reply, I held back. By
and by, no one coming up, he looked at his at-
tendant, who looked at him, and they went off together
to • wineshop over the way. The coast being clear, I walked
In, and to my surprise found no less than fifty well-dressed
persons standing in a corridor, quite silent, pair behind pair,
waiting patiently their turn to vote. It appeared tame tke
last arrivals would have to watt half an hour or more. This
was the only place where I saw anybody waiting. Al I came
out, the n.an with the scarf round his arm returned, rubbing
his hands, and with his attendant resumed his place at the
door.
Sines that I have Come upon two other polling nieces—
one a cdnisiunid school not tar from the Euglish 1.:7111. s,sY,
and tie other a primary communal school in the Ninth
Arromiissement. At the former I waited some time, soon
after 11, and nobody came, thnugh there were a dozen men
, ready to supply bulletins. At the latter, which I came upon
at 530, half an hour before closing time, there were the
dozen men as before ; and the whole pavement as well as the
passages of the school was thickly lint red with bulletins.
l Looking down, I saw that many of the bulletins were :siege-
• We, though I had not noticed even one at the other places.
I send you one :

SPUTTERINGS FROM JUDY'S PEN.

LIMBS OF InE LAW.—The Members of the Inns of Court.
It 'Tit 31/kii A mIoGIES. —A Pushiug M&n ViiCo ant

Jocelyn.
IF an M.P.declines to pledge himself to any special course,
does it fella. that his constituents are immediately
" popped "I
lioW to sews a dinner—Swallow It at once—and serve it
right.
Tilt sporthg prophete have been so far out lately, people
say they ore rally Cumming it too strong.
A 111,SYCEMEAN FEAT. Daneing in our cups—and

saucers.
A 0.000 narnalor a large-sired Lonisa—Vnlimited Loo.
VAN-TigiN--k tune by Van Noorden.
A TURNING Point—The Period came to a full stop, but le
coming out again.
AN Air of loportance—One's first breath.
WHEN is it Lost difficult to get the seats into a marquee?
—When they'r rout seats.
110 W to JugHare.—lnduce a magistrate to lock up
popular comedan.
INN-IMPENIANT —The Boots.
AN AUTHORS QUERY —Does " copy " ever mean "crib?"
THE CITY ALMS —The poor-box at Guildhall Police Conti.
BEE MAJEsiv's Lent Preachers, so the newspapera said
recently; nil& one enquire to whom
WHY is a lour sentence like the cheese-paring economy of
the Governmeit P.. Because it ought to be put a stop to.
JUDY knows a girl whose face is far from pretty, but then
she "snakes for It in other ways.
ONE way b 3 which some of the members of the Liberal
Government have lately shown their economy has been to
turn their own coats.
N 0-11 pot buy the Shoemakir's Journal, be sure you ask
for the last edtion.
EYES if youpull down the blind, you should not willfully
Upset cripples
To RIAING ARTISTS—Get on the right side of forty, and
you'll be hungon the line.
A MEDICAL gentleman, who inui recently done his week In
"lorry," says all the time he and his wile were quarrelling,
and anent everyevening doße-a dose.
SOME childres are badly brought up, whilst others are
brought up by a policeman.
CAN a baby be called a screaming farce 2-1 wean it may,
AI P is a short title for a play, but Judy hopes, while it
runs, the Little name may never be M.P. T. Robertson.
—Judy