The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-16 00:00:00

SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER AT

BIULD7O3D.

Yesterday, at the Bradford Borough Court, before
**mayor, Mr. Alderman Brown, and Mr. Alderman Li ti,
• man, named Edward Lister, aged
(amid
been in good circumstanoss at shelf),
was charged with *view, on Monday evening, fired a pito!
at Mr. George Frank, linendraper, of Barkerand-road, with
the intention to marder him or to do him some grievous
bodily barm. Mr. Terry appeared franks promecution.
=dwas unded's Comma Frank being called, said
raper in 13arkarand-road, Bradford. The prima.,
Edward Lister, has been residing for some time at lies;
wonky, DOW Leeds, with my wife's sister, but in come.
el something that had passed he has lately left bee
MILD day avowing last, about 7 o'clock, the prisoner canna
at my shop. I and my errand-boy were in at the
time. There wee also • cuelornsr in of the name of
Plumbs Hargreaves. On coming late the shop the pri-
soner said, "Is Martha in 1" insanisyg my wife's eider.
I said, "No, you know that very era." He then
" Well, what am Ito do about my money r I said,
" That is something I know nothing about. I bare
nothing to do with either you or that matter." I thee
said, " If you want to see Martha, I will mead my boy with
yes tohar. She is living in Manchester-road." The prisoner
*ea said, " Wall, you say that you have nothing to do with
it, but I will make you have something to do with it. It
will be a serious affair for you to-night:" The prisoner wee
quite sober at the time. He bad his right hand at the time
la his coat pocket, and when be said that I felt efr.id
that he had intended to carry out • threat he
bad made at • previous time. I went round the ouster,
and west up to him as calmly and quietly se
I could. When I was on my way towards the middle
of Gas the pilaw said, " Frank, did you Wad
the polioo sear* me* the ADA= the other week r I
said, "I did." He then said, "Mat was that allotment
about?" I " Well, you know that you came to my
shop sad created a diets:beam, and also said you would
blow my *sins out. I want protection." It was in con-
sequence of the prisoner having so threatened to blow
my bruins out that I bent police-sergeant Baker. I
approached him. I thought be was getting bold of a
Mend I seized him. I said, " Yon have got a pistol."
" I have sot." He still kept his bend in his
podnst, and I said, " You have, and I will havelyou searched
at dm leek-up." I held hie arm to prevent his lifting it
towards my face, and I at the same time backed him
towards the door, intending to put him into the street.
Having backed him into the doorway, I bad just room
ratchet to put him out and close the door upon him,
but at the moment I was doing so, he lifted his right
I cooked a pistol, and fired at me. Some cif the
pollen Mt ms, some entered the door, some fell on the
floor, and some entered the dressof a woman who was in the
I than immediately seized the prisoner, and called
shoe I
saw Inspector Shuttleworth coming up the
street, and I gals the prisoner into custody. The prisoner
aid" Shutilsworth. is that you? This is not the fine time
we have been tegailner." Shuttleworth replied, " Thin is r
vizus/014001 The prisoner replied, " Why, it is a
leak is not so serious as I intended it to
be ; I ince= M tis be the death of him." Other witnesses
gavecorrespeming evidence, and the depoeltiom werSordsred
to be take* and itis prisew was committed for trial at the
MIS Min& • Ire meilimisad that Mr. Frank's wife's enter
and thilphinter base kepi a draper's shop at New Wortley,
and that the *ow tens exasperated because she inhumed
to Mr. Frank • he el lends for which he could not obtain
Pellutat•