The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-18 00:00:00

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44OCKING OCCURRENCE AT NORWICH.

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1
' The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital was the_
hassce neroef
4 dreadful tragedy on Monday morning, which_
' in the death of three boys. A male patient named
4 rds, who was suffering from dyspepsia and ner-
A,L; debility, rose shortly after five o'clock, and
pr.o-
-•,,._-'41,11 the temporary absence of the nurse, ,"°Kled down a corridor leading to a ward,_whwearz 1 Ys'were sleeping. Entering this room, Edwards
tiled the tongs from the fire place, a went
i,311? bed to bed smashing the heads of hislivi.ctimisti
I_lllld attacking the fourth b ,y, the nurse slepattngonce
:I:,adjoining apartment was awakened,. and
Edwards
itullthe ward to discover what was amiss.
14e4e0 attacked her as soon as she made her appear
udetsehre fortunately succeeded in shuttin g andbol t-
LA co . Foiled here, he rushed into another ward
t 6 " rtiMeno inmates
a murderous assault on the matei
m s
"
....anC nung boys. One of them, however, escaped coogoethe alar. The house surgeon at once p ba,,,14 to the spot, and was successful in dmm aringthe_
t
wish a poker as . He wat once secured and
In t 4 to the police station. Of the four boys attacked
46 ellit "ll'ecteinstance three are dead, and the other is
- d to live.
,
Rol:hibertlif-eent% before the Norwich magistrates
wou a .aciliwards (a labouring man) was broughtthe
Illiarn St arge of murdering three children named
, Iskr, .artio John Lacey, and Joseph Colman, in
thatinol• and Norwich Hospital, at an early hour
that t];'''ltreli froni the evidence of Mr. Baumgartner
iiespita? Prisoner was rLdrnitted as a patient into the
1111156.,,e11a ti°ll °lloBfa.ttu•daY• He was admitted on the recom.
---ci in
-- -60vernor, in the ordinary way. He was
o: theto.,— tile atherine Ward, on the upper floor
to ita.+e side of the hospital. This ward is not confined
low idParticniar disease or diseases. Mr. Baumgartner
t‘lm. 61,Wards between eight and nine o'clock on Saturf-
44wer'd3:g• Re did not make any examination
him
bele* 'nen, bet Edwards asked him to give.dhnnt
Rive 14g to Inalie him sleep. Mr. Baumgartner di
_i.
till)) etthieballrthing then but told him to take the rned
trtsre tc— '„ati been already prescribed for him by Dr.
-e.„444410)",„'1r,_. Eatungart-ner saw Edwards again on.
'"`oper --`uulg, between ten and twelve. Mr. Br;
~.kfferitgezanileed him then, and he appeared t 1L
410.131e,„fr°41 nervous disease His manner ma
rekti-art—mlitt.t leler think. that he was irritable, but Mr.
P,,,1 Was dan atv nothing to lead him to suppose that
tv,Warde gerotio. Mr. Baumgartner dii not
_see
-ten • !gain until he went his evening round, be.
%let in•eltt, and nine o'clock Edwards was then
11'4 dr- .u. and
1,1 Mr. Baum
At
attention was
the h.,,w4 to him „
vg At this time all ~manits we • -Peciall- • i
in bed. Mr. Baumgartner was
hi,tne wavi _ r!".1 'skttfonio•-:, egam a few minutes before twelve, and
1174 Who I`. Was still not called to Edwards. The
l'e Which pu,a4l charge during the day of the ward
4",,°11.• s.lo4l.lw•arda Was placed, as well as of wardse
iiiiiil.lllBBe h'aVotnamed Kehoe'; an assistant
.namd
coarge of the same wards during the
koki —.out f
our or five
_
nrcteheDforcliffe called Mr.
.Baumgartner
eb„?"4equence of what she said, he
hap-
other hz.o to rneet Passages and downstairs; he ay-
, who
~ cha,e another nurse named Hanoen _ „,
141:1 4, --Isa„a °,E the other male wards Nos. "z, "3
vole:" ne went upstairs Hearing, however,
N]. —°l 4 th. d - . named Denmark, whi
etkin owitairs in R. lIIIIT
the corridor, he came downstairs
N34;111(1 41'4 abPati,ent—a boy of fourteen, who had
the Nto the
4.4lT:quid fl °Ye ward, No. 12, some
dwayyoffea.o,n,
tee,"'VanlD °°, r• From what the terrified bo_
which 101
toste ()earner went at once to No. 12 ward,
,a
li4v4es a h... w° Separate rooms, with the foot of
Itun''l4' th-; l'pllifen them. On reaching No. 12 ward,
114
412 d kria'ner, who had nothing on but his
i• a 4 ia.,.. - Breen flannel -cape. prisoner 1244 - .°f tongs in his hand, with which
bedw.ard IZuk_ng repeated blows on a boy naineci
to til,4 4 eel `""3t, nine years of age, who waslying in
e ward. r•
L e - Icterof the M Baumgattnerwent
mrem7B-Plac
8 -`'S liah,• 6,and took up a poker. Edwards came
_ _ sa'fellt'lteib•Ro., Coo,alletn.r.atruck several blows at him, and Mr
','clitii,47,Btrue)
- Qr°PPed

...,,
. POR NEW YEAR'S DAY
1441' IN PARIS.
12th",..4 corr.
'4lt 'BPondent of The Times writes, under date
iip pe ~„ • :-....
`i V.ev`te the •.
event which are now occurring
tqlka reqeB Political s
ht. Red it , the g
t,t%ltl 4 Preparing ood
for thegeneral, lly
thoughnom
People of Paris are busily
f•P‘l' f1r,"41 of pres t n'• 'ng on the New
.Year.
45%4wind. •en -blVl* - latest specimens
'Nil, e'sntti -97 Is filled with the
P.. is 0...,„1"5' art or invention, and every such die.
kell:11);`,..."1"113' labelled etrennes, in ordereotehiaettythine
4(4141 atrY be renainded of his duty
10. that
titi° the shop in question inupetoticular. I
4 l'ltllitiiity.ostvo!..the articles in
_ci, astrion are of
ta, 44
h Ilhtetiab3oilltely instance, a
silver-
h-sra, Jocket b. kll
BPhen
.ance;aabljee,
jewel. box for 2f. 95c.
re, tbiee i • -0 , wit _ a monogram on
.it, at the
41(11 (hie /0 4. ruore to be recs.mmended for its cheap-
eriggest
th kektio t Its durability. Boxes of bonbons ,
'II
N.,14411d who is the person who would oily
' N'fit,:4,tch I saw hanging to-day outside a
N h...'"u011. near the Grand Hotel! The toy
•D'-'-'Pled with dolls not dolls such as may. be
etl ili'uglish nurseries,' but fine waxen ladies,i kte the latest fashions, with their real hair at.
4 ,Po,
.PetB ("jog to the prevailing feminine taste. For
d ,
oz ?node there are gorgeous wooden
furnished in a style of supreme luxury,
'f them are provided with trousseaux of
c},.tuagnificence and even with miniature
,-LectlY attired in black suits, with ties
----"6. Por the small boys there are no
or footballs, but there areplentycd military
az
44, imitation decorations or walking-sticks,
, 'froiesofred-trouseredleadensoldiers defend
th ' "!' against more truculent;lookipg. forces_.e
lae spiked helmet of the hereditary to,. . 112
h tge establishments are full to overflowin_g. of
tea establishments dresses and glove boves, while the shir
wfs owf
atrrhaennateodat brilliant ties and pocket.to
English, might lead one
.t
our manufacturera make especially to sui
tastes, or, what is more probable, that
, allay Alglophobia at cheaper rates than
by imported goods ; for, after all, the
, lite," so often seen upon the strangest
have a magic effect upon the youth of the

\Ttir
D MEAT.

Fuel .Reforaner gives the following

pie as much as possible to buy
in.g rules should ba observed in
stmguisl.a good wholesome meat
from diseased and bad animals.
met should neither be of a pale
uor a., deep purple. The first
condition, the last prows that
natural death. Good meat has
)Ic, in consequence of the branch-
Lich surround the adipose
of the inner orgtins,
in
always
never moist, while n general
'eased cattle is flabby and
often resembles jelly or
iolesome meat will always show
to the touch, and exhibit no
meat will appear soft and moist,
Wet, so that the liquid substance
when pressed hard. Good meat
ksZotr", 4E;.e", while unsound meat has a dm-
" thilk 13:EIY8 smell, and diffuses a certain
c'timi 'l6 can be dittinctly proved by cutting
*ith a knife and smelling the blade,
'-illZtat.er over it. Lastly, b 4 meat li?ei
;let, lt shrinks considerably in the boil- I
41 will" meat rather swells and does not '
eleht

oil();
t 0 di

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ek- vd-e-z:a'nfn -b-t lno-ew- -ws
riins t , raert
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hUa
II "d.
i .
egs in consequence, d Mr.
thi/iShrtZ.oyßed thweatroconsequence, a/'
Oire:t, 444:130ti closed with
n_nnthm
until
speoizretedrhimby t
came;
ae
Owy
gave the ala .
teetth; ep(l4tel,t,B4o arri:l?v, eddd Edwards was then properly
pe In
w-ch i `'ere h d b "three boys in the roome of
N.., 1.1% 11.. a een
tawkli•tizogartner first saw wards; on
_r
As soon as M .
he -.4, 8414,04 iv.ho
VI:1;:iellt llito.td
and he saw there
given Edwards up to the two porters,
rust "°3'll3,4ine other. boys' room,
• heads smashed. Thel
Ile of thee. g in bed with alp:
Martin, aged 1 .
ha th ° Wall named William
eliti ttlbt Wit; aeleuaiLl•Zge' aged 10 ;
tie
64 br th' but he
quite
walls.
dead,ao,u,r
..
were scattered on the pillows and d
sin
6.1 Wspe-8148 aoseph Colman, aged 11 ;hlswnasaAlfred
trsaalled to pulp The fourth Icll4othe';;Zilell9,; this lad had s..ustainedasevDereenmfraarckturo,
it.
be was alive. Nursehtwo boys' rooms.
bys,sji 44.. Ted, had charge ofulft)rnclgeemlanmovienreted_ethe tongs dropped
d with blood.
boa.
pitari, :rt. tatereen,
of the physicians of the
e_
414 hi ated that he saw Edwards on Saturday,
~ e4.2i
844'hatelletillditteed ap: itat7Patient. Edwards then slaw?
ki l'etl fro, en. ill ,
for six months, and that
hswarti„ m 4 ulence Dr. Batem.an • ; red his
he had
prescribed
fn.r
liC'eato,srlflat ingly ;a. . t
this
man,
he cons', e
but Dr. lii.teman
kiwzidtilied thal reasonableillalptns
su ch as those described by
4
ale kittlll light m
coincide with insanity.
to'gltibly
„.e..r. wa.s remanded. His
ret,,i;ned insanity, but hestsy
auea.
i The ninr-
13,;1?f,t4,atev_e_c.1,1c7 tow() poll cersceosn h
,mtn y
manner unmis-
Pitted quietly
but she promptly
°U hita
ou'lt:oatlnde
sof
etsheeanninid.
• Clarke and
„rick ,•• hour on ruesday evening, _ _anger.
hfillitm,,;•e's Btill alive, although not out of d *ate 'lB
18 14 e t
hed 4;04
m._llBdosiabtytwo
the Norwich Gaol, aol, and he
y
.114 -Lieeda„ THE INQUEST.
Itt,ll:l,atitatit,ie'llpio
41%
tEh .s S).3aßd _loge ns onl de
tchoer otnnerrefeorl Norwich,ad,,kil
led
411.7.1.ii.n , uolau Lacey, Joseph Colman, and Walter
ireDeat.lAlito
41 --'d, t
'house surgeon at
.the hospital,
the °re tile 18 substance the evidence given DY
1441:40:114tdeetdeot:tetthyhefe:egs.
phiG:
attnadr a!: ttt, o:eBheicrohr 1
meet Monday.nordeocif Edwards Mar
shain
for N :°8 hadrci°l 'ksa!
hi as, th o „iserlity .
hl2ad neivnear hlie,awrdntnhnadti 1 ,
, - was
Ncl. ,u,.' 'oat a month in the hosp_taarlh
itll/4150 j)eeti °witness had heard that Edwi ds' friends
would
and
imoutlodhdiso
ititl'' aa h 'lBed ,otte time since to confine 464 tie Watl 'restless " Witness, however, con-
thk,his (I,7,arcis a man of average intellect.
th
kt,..t511,4 f
(tt,B-tel'l4ll, the lad superintendent at the hos-
at rora lady
she observed of Edwards
els; a.pati:B4:tdulitted into the hospital s considered
9 B_l
he not
li he
aeoworb?. re_quired attention,as
...T.."
tcla night told the
nurse to keep a
question, Angelina Norcliffaer,
that she saw nothing u Edw
• earlY on Monday morningi
to_l.weaddasrdsnhoser,
ali '
' he reqEdwards,
particular care. t of bed during the
tro:t some :.i.m... e
itted the murder.
waß then adjourned. I::iaiigia=i ,

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