The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25 00:00:00

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AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.

An inciiiest watt held at the house of Mr. -John
Turner. the Nag's Heed Inn, New Street. on MAl-
day evening, before Mr. E Docker,Di-triet Coroler,
tooehing the death of Mary Ann,. rerki, aged 10,
ho died at riluothy Callaghan's No. g, 'Woudtnaa
Yeld, New Street, on Saturday morning.
1., Sylvester was foreman of the jury.
Mary Ann Callaghan said pine lived at No. 1
Court, New Street. She had known deceased for
about t.vo years. She had lived with her father
until he turned her out of home about 12 months
ago. Deceased lodged with witness's mother. She
was taken very ill about a quarter pus, four on
Swurday morning. Witness act a y T:u insn
welt to; Dr. Eager three times o..ture ia ea I,e, and
when he did come the girl was dead. D,>ceased
was assisted from t.:e bed room to tile room below,
and lay on the settle. When they w. ut to Dr
Ea.iar ill, first time he told them to go to Mrs.
Johns, the midwife. they went to Mrs. Johns
stud she eai she should not go without a uoie from
Mr. Mills the teli,ving officer, or from Dr. Eagw.
Witness went to Mr. Mills who cline down stairs
and wrote a note. She took tile note to D. Eig ir,
wh , told her to take it to Ms. Johns. S took
the note to Mrs. Johns an I tipla went limns Whel
shearrived home deceased was in a fit, an I when
NI B. Joi.ns came about 10 miou,es past ,7
she was still in a fit. Witness and frueman had
eon running about from hali-past tour o'clock
until a guar er past 7, whet dea-esse,l di 1. Sue
die i whilst. witness was going spin for Dr. Ea hex.
In witness's odinirm deceased or her child would
have le-en alive at the pre,ient time if she had, been
properly attended to by Dr. Ea-ar or Mrs. Johns:
When Ali a. Johns saw deee‘sed she said she 11,d
taken lai7denuat and sent at once for Dr Eis
,She went for Dr. Eager and told him he was to
come at once and not stay a minute, and he said he
ou catsh her. She waited by the Town C ock
'for 10 minutes, and as he did uot come she a nt her
lather for him. When the doctor dil come the girl
wss des I.

t aqny Trueman said she lived at CaPaghans and
was a to'low lodger with deceased and slept with
11.4. Witne,s thought deceased we. in laho r
about a quarter pant four &n Satur•tay morning.
Deceased was awake. Timothy CaLagh-in got up
and made a fire, and thty gut deceased down stairs
Ibis witness corroborated Callaghan res ec'ing ie
time it to tic to get the doctor and the raLda ife. Tue
midwite said deceased had taken lautianum, but
witness new she had not t 'ken anything of the
sort, or any p. ison. Thtre were no sighs tt pt.i*on
about the place. . _

Jemims-Julans said she rFaidel at 31, Biruaing-
hani mr.lei, and wa, a midwife. She had been a
midwife over 30 years. The two previous woiroses
fl at came to her li.cue at Gil) on sa unlay morning
and aain at 7.10. %t h. n thy ,came the first (hue
they eaid they hod a note trum the doctor tor her
to attend M iiy Ann Pik.. T e hit n t got a
note. and she tuid teem she e,ui.t not atnend with-
out one, and s,..tit them to Mr. -Mills, t... relieving
otfif. Warn the,' brought her the none :t.e
g coi,d time they came to her house she once
went to Callaghuns. It lens 10 minut. p ,st 7 w.:en
she passed CI: Town Clock. When foie go: to
Catlaguens ehe saw deco eel lyiug on tile -qoab.
She was insensinnie. Mrs. (ialiaghal w wit ht:
Ih-re were ut siuis 0! laboar. \Vi.u..es asked tn'e
laghans what dece teed !Jai beim taking, and
they said "No hnng." Mr. Callaghan told wi.uees
ihat deee eel. was in Is our, but witne-s sal there
were no symptoms of lobour near her, 80e ex-
amined deceased. Witness thought from her no
p stance that den eased wa, dying aud sent at once
for Dr. Eagar, but she was dead bworii the doctor
arrived. Deceas,ti lived Lora 20 ininuttsto all
an-tour after witnore got to the Lliii,t.S3
ookra if dec-a.sid bed tok .o lau laiiuw. or tiny other
poisulu and the) a Lid ,lha ha riot. The doctoi cain,
thout 8 o'clock. e 5. ovli think thai decoa,,-ii-
la,tl died in a fi-, or else she must have taken
poison._

Dr Hagar said he nits firstealled up on Salurday
morning at had past six o'cl-ek and aske.. to att- un
Idary Ann Perk., wi.o they .aid was in labour. Ile
asked them if they had a note and they said the.
ad. lie then toll them to go to Ma. Joins. Thy
:!atne tiack to him at 10 minutes to 7 wi; h a note.
Iltmy 11d nu note the first time they came. lie
thcfn to tilt,. the note to Mrs. Johns, and iu a
Thort da,. they cams back aiain and said that Mr.
.It.huf. had tent scut for ti.m. Be at °ix- got up
and went to Callaghans and arrived there sit,oat
T. 30. Deee,sed gave one sigh and died. There
was not% ing to show the cause of death at the luxe,
but fr..m engin tied he had made to came to the
conelusioa that deceased died from apoplexy. She
certainly haa.not taken laulanum. 111,re were uo
.ig aof I.bour, although deceased was ',regnant.
there were no signs of dife.ensed having taken any
poison. 1.1«. did not think he could have done any-
t,!ing for neceast d if he had been there an hour be-
.:ore. If wmi his cue om to let Mrs. Johns attend
uudwitery cases first, but he always followed atter
wards.

Mary Ann Callaghan, recalled, said it was abont
four &el °lc o:i S.,urday morning when she go,
honik. She could not tell the time, but Trueru tO
it:ad ner it was a q-,arter past four when they passed
Tewn thock to go for Dr. Ea,:ar. The witness
con'radicted herself several times regaiding the
time and other portions of her exansination in
cnief, and the Coroner said there wds no reliane
kt) he placed on i:e evidtnce.
Tru win, recnlltd, said she looked at the Town
Clock as th: y passed: and it was a quarter past 4
he th:l want for the LIOC*OI*.

1' e Coioner having summed up at some lengtl.,
ju y coostilted in private fi,r a c tiaLlerable
:n ultimately returned a verdict '• That
,i( celse I died from natural- canee whilst in an
am-Th.l. lit.," atri added Clitnllocting "T.
the jui y B,rarf opinion th t the arrangement of
Ii tiret elfi municatien betwecn the doct -r, th,
rlitvii.g officer, an--i the with% ite wa e b done,
p!actiue %light :It once to be dia..;oLi-
tinned."

A.e.e:Clerl2D I NsTtruTz.---Tfie annual rneetine of
mernhoro of the Mechanics' reetitute wee hold
INlonday night; Mr. A. W. Worthington pee-
ei,ting Pu:lch-r, lion. eecrebry, read the te-
doro fer last year. Th.ne were ninety-five maubers
on the hooks. and the income had been £55 17e. 11d,
which covered the expenditure and left a balance in
hen I A oe,ortortud claae had been carried on with
fair en eats; but a French class had Leen diecontin-
tted ee-iug to the illness of the teacher. A commit-
tee had been formed to carry on a course of lectures
in the present year. The report -was received ancl
adopted and officers were appointed for the current
year.—Mr. Buckler was re-elected hou secretary,
and Mr. D. K. Shoebotham treasurer—The mil
gamated meeting of the Meahanics' Institute and
the Working Men's Institution we afterwards held
under the presidency of Mr. Rupert Deakin.-
I':.e report of the Mechanise' Institute baying been
read by Mr. Buckler, that of the Working Men'a
In.ticution was read by Mr. Lycet: The lett. r
showed a roll of 183 members, and the balance-
sheet showed £l9 19. 6J. in hand.-11r. Short
read the rep ait of the Building Committee, which
mtated that an improvement bad been made in
.tt.e
boundary ot the inititute premises by an exchange
and sale of some land, aid the lecture room bad
regeire c n•id• rAble outlay. A sum 11A been sold
out of Consols nisiet the special out.ay of the
year. The cleat f Mr. .1. C. A. Scott (on .2 of the
true:cog) was :erred to With regret by the Build-
ing Committee, and they drew attentien !c.) toe de-
iratility of a fresh appoin.meet of trust•es being
made before !one., the present nut, bet now being
redue d to tb...et.) —Mr. Worthington moved that
the reports be adopted and piinted, and said he
eyed in future wiuttre there would be an attempt
to rerm tn.tre clauses, and th it the you ger meal-
s wool Ibe ac:uated by desire for eelfeirnprove-
ment.—Mr. Rakes seceeided the :notion ; and the
U.,eirtnao, in putting it. err I it hai been a hard
time of late for many i foi,dtee; and he wal, !!lad
Chore was so much groubd for congiatulatitm i.;no
reports which had been read. The motion was agr. ed
to, and a building committee was afterwards ap•
pointed for the year.

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PEOTLIt's %,,,CERT SOCIETY. -- The twenty first
concert in connection with this Society took plan.
at the Town flail on Wednesday night, in the
iireetnee of a larks and appreciative audience. The
vocalists were Miss Rose James, Mr. Barry Mob-
belly, and Mr. Frank Bill; instrumentalists, piano.
forte. Mr. G. Halford; violin, Herr H. Suck;
violouc•llo, Mr. A. J. Priestly; accompanist, Mr. S.
Simms. Miss James was ih good voice and sang
her tmo songs " In the ch;mney corner "and Let
me dream again" in a tasteful and pleasing mutt
nor, and w te recalled for each. She also joined
Mr. Mobborley in two duets, which were well re,
ceived. " Good company " and "Come into the
garden, Maud," were well rendered by Mr. Mobber-
-I,ly, 'rim met with his usual hearty reception. Mr
Frank Bill, who made his first appearance at these
concerts as a soloist, is the possessor of a good bass
;Mee, an was heard to great advantage in his
scams, "ile powder monkey" and "The monk,"
and 3 warmly applauded The highest praise 1-
due tt, dio in.trutuentaliets who ga • the audieuce
a rich Ire t by their masterly aud fiiiisho,l perform-
ances Special mention twist be made of the ttio
for pl..:\oforte, violin and violoncello. The various
movei... etc were exquisitely playtd in a brilleint
itud ari:4tic manner; also the duet for pianofoit
::.ad vi.,in, executed with faultless precision A
:..anoforte solo played by the talented c nductor,
G.,11 alf ord, was vociferously applauded The
violin and violoncello solo. were also marked
textures of tha ooncotte Mt. a. Simms was au al.

dent accompanist.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS. Mr. P. Pargeter pre-
sided at the weekly meeting of this board yesterday
Admitted into the house during the week 6, dis-
charged 5, dead 1, remaining in the house 501
corresponding week last year 568. Out-door relief:
Kingswinford .£5O 17s 10d, Stourbridge £4O 9d 101,
Helesowen L3lOl 30, non resident paupers .£1 13,
6d, total £124 IM 50, against ..£ll4 6, 3,1 last year
Game TREFPAsS.—At the Po ice Court yesterday.
before Mr. T. D. Thomas, Joseph Bateman, Thomas,
Forreat. end John Tnemes Newy etre charged
by Chart, s Moore with trespe Sieg on land in
arati f rabbits on the 17Ai inst. P.C. lley said
he saw the defendants in a field n ar the Birehe-
liagl .y. beleneing. to Lord Ly telten. Tiey had
net en I were beating the fence for rabbits. lie
waiched item for half -anelour, and when he went
towarcli them they ran away Defendants .aid
they h d ne net with then and were jumping the
gorse bu hes to keep theius.lv $ ,varm as it was a
very cold dey. 'los C each, 14s 3e,
or 14 days,
A D3E:NKIN WOMAN. --Mary Ann Callaithwn was
cha, god wth beint or..nk wed dtsorderlv en t.
21st ins' gin ii h Street. P C W. Jones pro,ed
the ease Fined 10a ant c ,sta or 14 nays.
SNOWBALLING.-61,orge Tailor an i Jatnes Stuart
were charged with anowballine on the 19th inst.
High Str et. In peotor liereian prove I th! cacto
Fl: et Is including coos —& team Ru.sell and
lit.'orge Uial were oh-aged wita a similar otf.inee
ou the 19,1 last. P.C.'e Jones ILA Moore pioved
the case. Fined is including coats.
Sem° L lioaan OASF.B.-lldore Ni•ssrs. T. D.
Th ma. aud N.J. Turtle , a numeer of pe.sonsw re
summoned by Ineeeetors Baker and "fhomp-ton for'
nei,l,cting to send their children to !who-4, and
fined, and three case brouent by Mr. Thompson,
and one by Mr Wit:Weer were diembesee.
CAUTION TO CARTERS. Join WillettS %%7:15
charged with being drunk whilst in charge of two
hor es and a c,irt at Cleat, on the 20th i tot. P.C.
D tvie s proved the cage. Fined 5s and costs.
~..pautex Oa Lica:esti:3a PREMISES I— Levi Taylor
was ,har,od wi ti being oritee at the star inn.
'Talbot Ste et, Lye, on the 18th. P.C. A. Jones '
privet the case. Fined 2s 6d sad costs, or 7 ORye.
REFUSING TO Quer. —Eli Hart was charged with
being drunk and refueing to quit the Liert-iu-Hand
Inn, Stain ber Mill, on the 20th inst. Mrs. Mallen,
the aaelady, proved the caee, and defendant was
I fined lOs and costs
OBSTRUCTION Finny Marshall. hawker, was
chargei with creating an obstruetion by leaving
her h,reet and tan ter 30 minutes on the 22nd just,
in Coventry Street. P.C. Guar proved the case.
Fined 2s 6.1 o sts.
A WIFK DESERTER. —, William Corfield was
charged with neeleeting his wife and famity, and
allowing teem to become chargeable to the seem-
mon fund ot the Stourbridge Union on the 19te 0!
Januery. Mr. J. aline, relievine o:lieer proved th,-
,as and stud that defendant's wife and five child
d.ei had become ehargeab e to the Unimn, BUJ had
cost 21s 11d. DeLnitaut was ordered to pay Llio
amount due and costs within one mouth, and the
case was adjotnn-d for that time.
ASSAULT IN A CRAFEL.—Cieorge Hanley was
chereed with aesa.ulung on tOo 12ttt
inst, at elredley. Mr Homer aupeared fur com-
plainant. ane Mr. W. Blowzier, of Cradiey iletth,
d ftuded. Coxpl:inamt said he way at the Baptist
Ch.pel. Cr.tdley,. ow tie ab ,ve dice. He Ises
101 JUt to put eel the gas when defetidatr 'truce.
on lace and pushed hint agaiust a wad,
knocking hia, een-lese. Feteieriek Willetts Efti-1
no was it tht 3 iptiat Jaansi int the 12:tt 'rust, aud
6:t.v 5 or six of tee gases out out before conn.lain
ant * oat tl,e gas. H, raw defendant et.ii.•
cumin:aunt .t wi h his hand and thou push him
down. fie was i.tsensibie, and witness took hint tc,
P.C. Webb atid then took him home. Jos;)ph 1.14,
a, d other if ituessee were called. joe Liefeuee was
that di-:•leadant caught hold of eonspleinant to ere
vent aim putting out the i,a3, and hue fan and sus-
_
tadile:l his inj alas. Serd wituomaii were ealkd
fur toe if puce. . T.. 0 den ;h were quite setistied
tat tee assault h LII beeut co.nalittee, and fined
def.:lie/int Ds an .
('HA.UE AGAINT A PUBLI:-As;.—Flaunali Brooks,
laaelady of the Seven Stale, Lye, was summoned
fo,;aécii3.ug ii r house oT;en during pronibtted hours
ol the 17-11 inst. Ser4eant Chars said be was on
dutj- in tioduture Ito-id, Lye, at 11.40 on the night
~f the 17th in-t, lie se is a V. oavta named Mary
Ann levees „o to defendant's do in and defendant
.snded her eoinethiug wtach ho afterwaade &nine
was beer. Ile afterwards went to trio Seven Stars
and a Iced defendant how she accounted for the
effax, aid she field she only gave Mrs. Evans some
beer tut her sapper Deteuaant said the woman
Evans had been working for her, and she gave lieu
tee beer. The Bench said they should take a
lenient-view of the cese, and allow it to be with.
(+raven ott peytuent of costs.