Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-22 00:00:00

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IivSPERATE *STRUGGLE
BETWEEN A LADY AND A BURGLAR.
About two o'clock on Saturday morning, a lonely farm-
house of one storey, called the Ing Head, and occupied by a
young woman named Sarah Gledhill, was entered by a
desperate burglar, and an ineffectual attempt was made by
him to rob her of the money she had. For the last 28
weeks since her father's death, Miss Gledhill has been the
only occupant of the farm-house. On Thursday and Friday
nights,:however, an old woman residing in the locality came
to pass the night with her. The nearest dwelling-house to the
Ing Head' is across two fields. On Saturday morning, Miss
Gledhill was awakened by a noise at the parlour window.
She distinctly heard the sash raised, and a person apparently
getting in at the window. She immediately rose, and while
hastily putting on some of her clothing, a man c ime across
the parlour floor and entered the house. As he stood before
her, she demanded to know the meaning of his errand, telling
him she knew who he was. He answered that he was on his
way to Halifax, and that he had come for money and intended
to have it. Miss Gledhill replied 'that she knew that he
came not from Halifax, but from Bradford, and that he had
better be gone. The burglar now seized Miss Gledhill
roughly by the throat and demanded her money, the rattling
of which he heard as he struggled with her. She offered,'
however, a firm resistance, and, at the same time, called
aloud for " Jane," the old woman, and told her to come to'
her assistance ; for, in the excitement, she had at first
. forgotten that she had left a companion in bed. The
burglar, evidently disconcerted by the knowledge of the
presence of another person, instantly withdrew his grasp
from the throat of Miss Gledhill, and began to beat a hasty
retreat towards the parlour window, whence he had tome.
He had reached the window, and was about to emerge thence,
but seeing that Miss Gledhill had now seized a poker,
and was about to accelerate his movements by its appli-
cation, the burglar hastily turned upon her, and
after a violent struggle, disarmed and threw her with
great violence against the wall on one side of the room.
He then disappeared, taking with him the poker, which
he presented in a threatening manner. Miss Gledhill,
though she saw his form and features by the light
of the moon alone, felt satisfied, from his appearance
as well as his voice, that she knew the burglar, and
accordingly on Saturday she described him to one
of the West Riding constabulary force. On Saturday
evening, Miss Gledhill (who is a tall young woman,'
of strong, muscular appearance) proceeded to Bradford, in
with a police officer, in search of the burglar. He
was immediately recognised by a member of the Bradford
borough force from the description, and in a Very short time
an Irishman, who gave his eine as James Renza.. a hawker
of crockery, was apprehended, and immediatel.7 and unhesi-
tatingly identified by Miss Gledhill as the burglar. On
Saturday night he Wes lodged in the Bradford Court House.
About eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon, Chadwick, the
keeper; found that the prisoner had hung himself, and was
ceite, dead. He had seen him about eight o'clock, and
given him his breakfast, consisting. of tea and bread and
butter, which his wife. had brought; but on. ping to the
cell about twenty minutes past et6ven he was alarmed to
discover that the prisoner bad swpended'hiniseltto-
e ring
in the wall;. and, had strangledi himself. Oil Ilionday the
coroner held' alu inquest on thrAbody, and the jl).ry-returned a
verdict of Fe& is se.

THE
MURDER. AT WALW MIRTH.

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