The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-10 00:00:00

THE STOURIIIIIDGE OBSVRVn.

i Sedgieve Mie atchemin, and Mr. and Mrs.
D-r4.lr.rrirA—.T.caY cr A GOLTe7eT,TerTY ! Settee eif leirminehein 1, Mr. B. Wrnewer I (of
TO MR. JAMES 2aATErEws. . Wolyerhamptoni, and Miss Fisher of this town,
Aim sniife 'They are no more." Mee. Sutton
• On Wedrrsdry evtnting last Mr, ;holes Met- . ,r.avi v. " Lo, here the Gentle Lark," and received
hews', of tWe town, the. eminent flantiet. "*" . n hearty f P(11 re.
redifiely preßented with n gold tittle in the tn ion . At th.e close of the concert, Captain Walker
Hell. This eentleiiintee skill in fide playing is : moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Mathews fuel his
en well knewn by one renderw. that it wollil be friends for the entertainment they hail provided.
superfluous to Nor nine), alont him. especiallY as Mr. Mathews reelied in a neat speech, and the
we have heti eo often to land his fine playing. proeeedle vs terminated.
It will therefor', safli.,. to soy that as iut amateur
his playing is second to none in England, and
CHARGE or BIGAMY.
few indeed am the professionals that can exeel
. him. In coesequence of his acquired skill, his On Friday last, at the Halmowen Petty See-
kindness, eourtesy,nnassumingand gentlemanly gone, before E. Moore, Esq., Thomas Chew, of
bearing, and his being ever ready to render his Spring Hill, Halesowen, elmemaker, was charged
aesistanee to any charitable or pnblic canoe, he with haying, on the 19th September, 1866, at
has created a great number of friends who to Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, feloni-
. mark their appreciation of such conduct end onsly married and taken to wife one Fanny
valuable serviees, detetmineil to present him Frances Phillips, his former wife, Mary Ann, to
with ioine suitable neknowledgmentto show their whom he was previously married—to wit, on the
esteem towards him. 19th of May, 1856—being then alive.
• A few of his own personal friends met to- Fanny Frances Phillips deposed: I live at No.
, gether, and decided tied the best way to show 4, Cromwell•place, Cromwell-street, Binning-
• their respect for him Was to present him with o ham. I know the prisoner. I war married to
, gold flute, AR most suited to his taste, and which him at St. Ciente/Met Church, Birmingham, on
it Was thought would be best appreciated by him. the 19t1i September, 1866. I lived with him The flute it deseription of which will be found emelt five months. Ha then left me. T went
below) being complete, it Wes determined that back to him in the months efTebieutry, 1868, and
. the presentation should be a public one, on in about three months afterwards he turned me
' which occasion Mr. Matthews gave a fide recital out, lie courted me for a month, and said he
' and was assisted by a number of his friends. WAS a widower. lam new pregnane by him.
. As repels the flute, it is certainly a fine piece lle used me very ill doting the time I was with
of mechanism and workmanship. The tones am him. He Kept me short of food. Hirst became
certainly the finest we have ever had time plea- aware of his being a married man about at week
sure of hearing from a flute. It pieeeisees int- after I Was newried to him, and when I taxed
moose compass and greet power. The upper him with it he replied, " I wee divorced from my
notes are as clear as it hell, and the lower notes former wife at the Police Court, Moonttreet,
, are full and mellow, and those who heard it meet end if you make any fuss about it you will get
have been well pleased. into more trouble than I shall." I gave him
The room was well tilled with a fashionable into custody on the 29th September bit.
audience, the elite of the town and neighbour- Cross-examined by the peisoner. . You did not
heed being present. Previous to the retort, tell inc that you were a married man when yon
Mr. E. B. Martin said he hail great pleasnre courted me, but said you had buried your wife
in calling mien Mr. Forrest to real the addres. three years. My mother never told you that she
, Mr. Forrest, the originator of the gift, then wonld give you £5 to take me and my child on'
1 amid cheers came on to the platform, and read their hands. I aid not tell you that my mother
' the following address:— was jealous of my father-in-law, and therefore
" Mr. Matthews. I was anxious to go away. My father-in-law did
net say he would do everything for us to make
" Dear Sir,—We have met this evening us comfortable, and did net make you tipsy be.
with the very pleisant object in view of present- fore we weut to church. He gave you three
lug you with a gold flute manufactured expressly
pairs of top boots, one pair to be made for me.
—most carefully, and, we hope, satisfactorily— He did not give you a leg of pore, and I did not
by Messrs. Reddall, Rose, Carte and Co.. Lon- mine down to the shop on the Saturday morning
don who have telten the kindest and most ' ' - ' before with the money in may hand to be =illicit
friendly interest in the matter.
My brother did not say to you, " Let the Hutt r
"'The original idea was that the instrument stand a bit longer; you do not know what nasty
should be of silver, but we soon found so milny
tare np. I diii not say to you, on the mornieg
not wily willing, but meet anxious to join, that before we were married, we hid better to at
we may alinoet be said to have found the Philo-
once, as seven weeks have piss fd, and the banns
gopher's Stone, as through the kind and hearty
will be out. I did say, "My father will find a
help of many friends we have succeeded in turn-
tumor, but not pay all expenses."
ing silver into gold.
Mary Ann Mason deposed: I live at 81, Bath-
"We hope that yon will not Consider tide a street, Birmingham and know the prisoner. I
public teretimonial, but ne it tribute of real per-
sonal esteem for yen as a freiul, anti thorough was in the chard' ;hen he was married to my
ilimgetter. Mary Ann Matson, at St. Luke's
appreeietion ef son as nn nrtist.
Church, Birmingham, on the 19th of May, 18.56.
"We all he irtfly 11,11, in the hope that yen
Ile lived with her seven years, and then they
may long Ii v • ! , !• , , • the it it'. and th-,` it
separated, h: raieie he olid not behave well to her.
Is3Y u'lr''''l ..' . i ''- .H'''"uure hut ' ''' ' ' ':' 11, ill-use-1 Mr, and kept her short ,4 hil3ll. lie
:13 it hit .• 1 i 1 :V.'. .'
Ilmi il VC CIIIMII,II by her, three of whom are now
living. My daughter is 110 W alive, and is now
preseut.

—(Great

Cross.examined by prisoner: You were not
able to keep illy daughter &ntl h i children when
yO!1 wen, in the hospital. Von had 3 lodger.
Fy datL4iltUr did elope with liba aid is noir
.thun. 1 did not help your wife to rob
thinu.s.

•ho previous evening the deceased, wbo was for the last
live sears of Ilia life afflicted with tits of derangement,
was left alone in his house, and it is sill:posed that to.
fell into the Hre.p!acestront the fact that he was found.
•ipon an entrance being effected, to be severely burnt on
.very portion of tea body. The whole of his elogi inc.
had been burnt If, and the flesh we, charred and es.
coriated in a dreinifel monitor. The assn.:east leaves a
wife and Liege fewily. An inutscat will bu beta this day
(Saturday).