The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

ACCMEXT To A VOLUICTEKU.—A rations accident
•••••••A a Simla, to • member of the sthNiirth-
emptonaliirs Rifles. The members or this corps
Assembled on Sunday. at Nordista!,ton, fur church
parade. and having march to a neighbouring village
!hey Attended the parish church. One of the volunteers,
however, instead of entering the sacred edifice, pre-
ferred going lore walk ; and when in the act of leaping
over a duo, his blyolll.li drOpp..l out of the isheath.•nd
he fell baierersis upon it with such force that it
required the insistence of three men to °strict the
weapon. The unfortunate sufferer was taken to the
Northampton Infirmary, and is going on favourably.
LIVE ISAVV.D UT CIIIMPLIN IL—On Sands, night an
Qarin was .pr,ol in the South-street Cl ffc, Leics., that
a young woman bad thrown herself into the river oppo-
site the Snowdrop Inn. The fact of the young women
being in the water at all events prored true, for upon
the Doles being heard by the occupants of a cottage
situated in the chalk pits belonging to J. Uiiiu.an. Esq.
of Lagtex, they proceeded to the &pot, and succeeded in
rescuing • young women of the DAUM of Diplock. in
the service of .1. Parsons. of Lewes. Though she wss
in the water 20 minutes, she was kept from drown-
ing by her crinoline. After being attended to by Dr.
Sieytli, lose was removed by Iniqector Dews to the
ation-bouse _

-kii-r-A-D--toto4 or LI/E.—A fire, attended with
fatal circumstances, occurred tot whole family residing
at Bethnal Green, on Wednesday morning. Although
the house contained but four rooms, it war nevertlideas
tenanted by several (mita, a. and no Iwo than 16 lemons
wets in it when the alarm of fire was given. The line
was first disooven.sl on the ground floor, where • hoolipt•
makiT 0,11110•1 Boworth and bid faintly resided.'Tse
mai, had been arinking and smoking, and fell asleep.
Ho and Ida wife and a oaughtes were conveyed to the
London Hospital in a hopeless slat.; and afterward.
the Sreinati discovered the bodies of tr.'. of Howarth's
children, aged respectively 6 years and 12 months,
burnt to • cinder. A man and his son living in the
lack nxim were oleo conveyed to the Hospital dreadfully
,burnt. In the second 60.. r back a widow and her aye
children lived. She endear, ureslat first to get them out
by way of the stairs, but the smoke drove her back ;
she neat proceeded to Ilia window and cried piteously
for help for lien.elf tarA her little rites. None arriving,
and • fretful death threatening them all, she lowered
them one by one after the other into the bock yard
and at last descended bervelf in perfect safety.

SUDDEN DZATII Or A BUIDS Os HEIL WIDDIIIO
11011.2:1/40.-00 Thursday afternoon Ur. W. J. Payne,
the deputy coroner for the City et I:ondon, held an in.
que.t at Dearmti's o,ffee House, Walbroolt, on the body
of Roam:nth Stewart, • fine young woman, who came
to her death suddenly whilst on her way to St. Luke's
Church, Old-street, to be married. Susannah Parker,
aunt of the deceased, residing in Bell-court. Walbrook,
stated that for • few days thedeceascd had beenstopping
at her home. She had engin to her un • viaie, as she
was going to be married, and 'witness was going to ac-
company bar to the church. She got herself ready, and
left the house at ten minutes past eight in the morning.
She left Pe house by herself, and witness had something
triding to do, telling her she would immediately follow
her. Witness ass only occupied a minute or two,
when she left the house—not eve minutes altogether—
when, on getting to the corner of Walbrook, she saw the
deceased girl lying on the ground, and several
attending to her. She was then alive, bet could tit
speak. She was taken to Messrs. Maclure, Macdonald,
and Co., lithographers. close by, where Mr. Parker, her
uncle, was employed, and Mr. Bleitkarno, surgeon, of
Dowpte-bill, war sent for. She for a moment regained
her MIIIICiOUASIOSS and knew witness, but in a few

minutes after she expired. The surgeon came about
five ii mutes after the died. Witness had never men
her attacked before. They were all good friends, and
there was nothing to excite her but the approaching
wedding. She had no mason to hurry. u they were in
good time for clinrch.--Wilbain Stewart, of Iligham
Ferrer., Northamptonshire, said the deceased was his
daughter, and had beet, in service in London. In her
letters to him she complained sometimes of being poorly
nod of a tightness in the chest. The jury returned
• verdict, "That the deceased died front Jutland
Clauses."
TUX MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CASS SIAS BARNARD
CAsTLE.—The aehaatiim caused by this deed it spread.
big, but myatery surrounds the eircuinstapcca, as re-
vealed by the coroner's inquest, which was held on
Wednesday before W. Trotter, Feq., coroner. It
pests that that on Thursday Mr. Gibson. the fanner in
whose serene the demisted stud the boy who caused her
death were engaged, hot been killing ruts, and he left
the gun loaded in the kitchen, but be cannot say
whether there was • cap on or not. On Sunday morn-
ing the woman, who was 38 years of age, and Was SO
have been merried at the snoring liartinmaa, complained
to hint of the boy's abusive language towards her. At
noon, the master went from home, leaving the deceased
and bhy to mind the Mime. Shortly after a relative
names! Kidd called to see him. Tiiia insn found the
deceased and the boy in the yard, end the boy had • gun
in his hands. rhe deceased asked Kidd to make the
lad put the gun messy, and lie told him to do au, but
instead of domg so. he merely laughed, and permuting
the piece at him, pulled the trigger, and the hammer
went down. As, however, there was no snap, the man
thought there was no cap on the gun. He made
an attempt to seise the lad, but the buy eveded
whereupon Kidd said " You young villain, if you don't
take the gun in I'll break your back." The lad presently
after, while Kidd was engaged in coneenatiott with the
deceased. preaeutrel the gun at the latter, and repeating
his threat, shot her to the heart Ti,. contents of the
pieee entered her right aide. She exclaimed, " Oh,
William luta shot me to the heart," and fell to the
ground. The lad merely said, "Oh, Ann, has it hit
you," and then made off. He was pursued by Kidd,
and brought back. The unfortunate creature was then
dying. Toe Mac sent the boy to the !merest farm-holes
to get ameiatanoe, but never since hes the boy made his
re-appears:toe. The man went to hts house, and elithin•
lug the help of Sarah flealop, rode whey to fetch •
doctor. Befure one ass procured, the deceased had
remed to breathe. The lad was last seen at Kinninive,
making liia way, it was eup:eseed, to Heehaw, where he
once was hiding for twelve month. from his uncle and
aunt, who have bad the care of his twinging op.
DlsTßitioilsO SUICIDIS THIIitCOH COMP.—On Thurs•
day morning about eight o'clock • moat diatressing
act of suicide was en 11111 l itted by Mr. Thomas Black•
burn, at his residence. 50, Judiiplace, Euton-roel,
under circumstances of a melancholy character. The
unforentuite gentleman, who is over 60 year. of age,
for runny yeara carried on an extensive businesa as •
pawnbroker and silveramith, in Skinneratreet. Somers
Town. Abut two months since he Met his eldest son
by • pulmonary complaint, which so deeply affected
him that he itionesliately retired from busbies's. Since
his son's death Mr. Blackburn has been in a most low
and desponding state, and nothing ared to reconcile
him to that which he deemed an irreparable lone. He
would frequently sit and cry for houra together, and
became so low and dejected that no endeavours on the
part of his wife could roue* him. Thursday, about the
time specified, Mee. Blackburn ruse and left her husband
asleep in his bed. On returning to her bedroom in
about ten minetea she was horrorstricken at finding the
unfortunate' gentleman hanging by his neekendlief from
the bedpost. She raised an alarm, and &ecstatice
being procured he was inatantly cut down. and Mr.
Luke and other neighbouring surgeons were sent the
and promptly attended. Bleeding and every other
reined, was resorted to, but life tau extinct. There
can be no doubt that the great depression caused by the
death of his son was the incentive to the commie/don
of the act.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT 00012.-011
Thursday morning, a woman living at Goole, ailniin-
istered poison to her two children—one 18 months old
and the other six years—awl then tried to take away
her own life by the same means. It appears that
between two an I three o'clock in the morning the
awoke the children and gave to each • quantity of
opium, and then took a dose herself. From the effects
of the posion the youngest child died in the course of
the forenoon. To keep the other child awake she had
to walk about in the open air. The woman did not
appear to be lunch worse. She is toe wife of a policeman
at Neweestle, and is said to be • Fenton of weak snind.
A week are two ago she mine to Goole on a visit to
some friends, for time benefit of her health and for change
of scene, as she appeared to be in • low state. Vs •
understand that within the last few days the was seen
by some of the neighbours to beat the head of one of
her children against the wall most unmercifully, AS if
she would murder it.—liastern Counties 'feral.
A MAN ?MANLY KILLED SY HIS Wine. —On the
evening of Wednesday • w 1111 l an, named Ellen Fleming,
was locked up at the Dudley police-statiom upon •
charge of having attempted to mereler bar husband.
Thome, Fleming. The prisoner is 75 years of age and
the injured man 95. 1 It appears that on Wedneelay
morning the woman Fleming went out with some other
pollen., and returned to her house in the evening the
wins° for liquor. Her husband, who was lying upon a
bed of shavings in a corner of the room, raked her fora
piece of bread. She told l,im that she would not give
him any, and upon his calling her some filthy flatus ails
commenced beating him abont the head and body with
▪ blackintbrusli. She also kicked hies severely about
the heed, and pooped upon his cheat. A neighbour
named Jane Mm-akin came in and forced the brutal wife
to mare her ill-treatment. By this time the poor mats
was bleeding profusely, and upon Folios constable
Lawley mining in the woman WU taken into custody,
and mumeuhical atil procured fir the injured men Mr.
Md•whin, surgeon, upon examiaing him, at once saw that
lie was in • thingerons atate, and advised his removal
to the workliouw. He WRA conveyed there at once, and
etteniled by Mr. Thompeon, the hones surgeon. His
demolition was taken on Wednesday, before Mi.
Blackwell, one of the county magistrates. and was to
the effmt that the injuriee he lied had anataineel were
iodides, by hue w fe. The prisoner was then taken
before C. Cartwright, Esq., and sufficient eviilenoe
taken to justify the bench in remanding her till
Monday.
AWFUL OCCURRENCI AT SEDOLEY.—On Wednesday
Mr: William Haden, nail manufacturer. with a boy of
*bolt thirteen year. of age, named Joseph Guest had
been to Dodley in • light cart, aed were rAurning
homeward, when, baying plat pseud the Shaver's End
Toll-gate. and opposite the union worklicame,an au loaded
with brooms wa.s ap 'reaching them front the opposite
direction. This seems to have frightened the 6.1,41,
and rowed him suddenly to hound to the right, on to
the footpath, soil then over the hedge and down the
embankment into • fi,ld below, • depth of ahem: eight
feet. Mr Haden wait thrown violently out, and stio
minel rub injuries that he died instantatieoualy. The
boy escaped militirt. Amietance WAS soon at hand, and
lee WAS curried to the tolblionse, and afterwards to his
rwaidenee at Sandyfielda, We have to record a meet
painful incident in connection with this sad catastrophe.
Mr. Neele, a broker, of Dudley. happening to be going
to Wolverhampton with some more persona in a trap,
C iftle on the scene close on the accident, and witneused
the removal of Mr Haden. Mr. Neale proceeded on his
journey,
bet On the Way Was seemingly egltated with
right at the occurrence. They had only got about tern
utiles when he was in such • fever of excitement that it
was found judicious to halt, aml to reuses.. Mr. Neale
into a home. He was plead in • chair, but expired
almost immediately. without speaking. He seemed to
communioato something, but could not articulate.
A 13100 AR Mot' SHOT BY A Timms Wogs/I.—The
sub ing magietrates at the West Entine Court, Bradford,
were on Thursday engaged in invutigatiug • charge of
manslaughter against a young woman named Nancy
Wood, daughter of Mr. Jacob Wood, • respectable dairy
farmer living at 13ollou Fold, near Bradford. The ease
was Of 11 Inds, lad Puuliar.pshstal &Amber. Tbs
ptissalt, gals Is bsbsl as sa faholsises sal well.