The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-06 00:00:00

bILIRDER OF A CHILD BY IT3 MOTFIER.

We lately recorded the shocking murder of a, woman at
Bradford, and tire suicide of the murderer; we have now
to record another murder of a cool and deliberate nature,
the prrpetrator being a young woman, 21 years of age,
and the victim her own child, aged nearly five months.
Ann Edmondson is a factory worker, and only left the
workhouse, where she had been confined of her illegitimate
child, this day week. She was taken into custody, shortly
after the commission of the crime, on Wednesday evening,
and was on Thursday placed in the dock of the West
Riding Magistrates' Court, when the. case was fully gone
into hpfar. T. anti Inght... Rcrir, John
West, labourer, deposed : I was walking along the canal
bank between Shipley and Bradford on W4lfiaesday after-
noon, between three and four o'clock, and saw the
prisoner. She was going towards Bradford, and was
then about fifty yards before roe, but she walked faster
than I did ; and when we were betweea Pricking
Mill and Frizingliall she would be 200 yards before me.
She had a large bundle in her arms, under her shawl,
which she drew out and threw upon the bank about
three feet from the water, then stopped and shoved It
into the canal, and walked quickly away towards Brad-
ford. I followed, and never lost sight of her, and gave
her in charge to police constable John Whittaker. I told
him in her presence that I had seen her shove the bundle
into the canal, and he asked her what she had been doing
on the canal bank. She did not speak for a mieute or
two, but then said, "It was my child." Joseph Marshall
deposed to finding the body. Abi Walter said :
I live near the canal side at Windhill. I heard on
Wednesday, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, a child
scream, and went to the door and saw a baby in the arms
of the prisoner, who was coining from the direction of
Bradford. I told her to give it some pap, and thinking
she might get cold, I asked her into my house. She said
the child was four months old, and that she was going to
seek work at Saltaire. She remained in my house until
half-past three o'clock. I asked her where she came from,
and she said, " From the workhouse." The prisoner
admitted her guilt, and was committed to York Castle for
trial at the ensuing assizes, on the charge of ‘• Wilful
murder."

EXECUTION.—George Bave, who was recently convicted
of the murder of a corporal at Woolwich, suffered the
penalty of death on the scaffold on Thursday.
AUSTRALIA— The Walmer Castle, 78 days from Mel-
bourne, was off the Start yesterday. She has 150 tons
of copper ore, a full cargo of wool, 40,00 ounces of gold
dust, and 165 passengers. She left Melbourne, March
15; rounded Cape Horn, April 6 ; and crossed the Line,
May 1. Her passage through the Horn in 22 days, is
said to be the shortest ever made.

POISONING BY MISTAKE.—A shocking occurrence has
happened at Worcester, arising out of the sale and appli-
cation of arsenic in mistake for white lead, which has
occasioned the death of a child, the offspring of a green.
grocer named Norman, who died on Saturday, and the
cause of whose death w..s the subject of a coroner's inqui-
sition, which, after an adjournment, terminated on Tues-
day night. The circumstances are as follwas—Six weeks
ago the child, who was healthy, was horn, and the mother,
who had been in the habit cl using white lead to dust
certain portions of her infants' bodies (the ordinary
Practice in nursing), sent to the shop of a druggist named
Stringer, living in one of the principal streets of the town,
for a pennyworth cf white lead. The messenger, the
child's own brother, was served by an apprentice named
Evans, with a white powder having the appearance of
white lead, which was applied, but which caused excessive
irritation of the skin. Some more was sent for, and this
time Mr. Stringer himself served the article from the same
drawer. The irritating effects of the powder continued
to increase, however, a wound formed, and the child died
in great pain. Mr. R Bell, surgeon, believing that some-
thing deleterions had got into the powder, caused inquiry
to be male, and on Mr. Stringer closely examining the
powder in the drawer from which he had sold the quantity
to the Normans, he made the fearful disooiery that it was
arsenic. Arsenic, when applied externally under such
circumstances, was, aceording to the evidence of the
medical man, intensely corrosive. The child had died of a
slow burning, and must have suffered fearfully. It is only
to be hoped that no other calamity may arise out of this
fatal mistake, but it seems that the drawer had been filled
some weeks with the irritant poison, The circumstances
under which the drawer ramweedrictavis as
in his cellar,filledsvereas
tofolwlehwie—hAthirs.
Stringer keens his ,
apprentices have access. The arsenic in bulk was kept
there, and also the white lead, both in barrels of somewhat
ks
hS.ltrhiandgenro'st
similar appearance.tice, pappeparreaini tciec , a Some
e namedwee
ybeoeunngaepsptrenticed to the business four months, seeing the
white lead drawer empty, and thinking it to ba his duty to
fill it, did actuslly filled it with arsenic from the barr.l in
the seller, mist:king it for elite. lead. The boy states
that there was no label" Arsenic" on the drawer, nit this
Mr. Stringer contradicts. The unfortunate affair has
caused a great deal of excitement in the town, The
coroner, Mr. Rea, in summing up, said no legal blame
could attach to Mr. String r, and the jury returned a ver-
dict of Accidental death," but, at the same time, added
an expression of their opinion that due care had not been
exercised in the management of Mr. Stringer's shop.
caul AND DER") Boxxs.—The next important thing to the poss -
Edon of cash is, how (when you have got itj to keep it safely, either in
the c noting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds
and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied
stock of both these de;sirable articles. manufactwed expressly for Mr.
E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These
boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent
locks, which defy the ingenuity Of any " pick-lock" in the world to
open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors. and
others, these new safe., on a small scale, roust prove valuable indeed.
—Northern Daily Times, 2155 May, 1857.

PROCEt3SION AND DINNFR OF THE MODERN
DRUIDS.

The general committee of the grand order of Modern
Druids, which dates its origin as far back as the year
1756, having resolved at their last annual conference, in
.the Scientific Institution, London, to hold the meeting for
1857 in Birkenhead, the proceedings commenced yesterday,
by the members assembling in the field in Bridge-street,
the use of which had been kindly granted them for the
occasion. At twelve o'clock precisely, the members then
assembled, amounting to about six hundred, started in a
general ramble through various parts of the town-
ships of Tranmere and Birkenhead, to the Park,
accompanied by the Lancashire Militia, and the Juvenile
Birkenhead Bands. The first emblem of the order was
paraded in a cart, and represented on one side a Modern
Druid, rising up purified from the fire, close to the Ancient
Druid of the 'ffalsalarden, with a representation of Widows
and Orphans clustered around the Modern Druid, as
recipients of the benefits which its members receive. On
the other side was a representation of the goddess Justice,
with her significant balance in hand, with the motto of
the order underneath, "Do justice and have mercy ;" and
in the distance appears the picture of the Modern Druid
frigate, which, although now anchored in the quiet waters
of the Mersey, at one time saw a good deal of rough
service during the late Chinese war. Before passing from
this peculiarly interesting insignia, we were very much
pleased to notice that on the cart were seated the
widows and families of three deceased members, showing
that the order feel an interest and take a generous pride in
supporting and attending to the relatives of such as have
been associated with them on this side the grave. The
Loyal Pride of Birkenhead No. 300, the Loyal Morpeth
Lodge 314, and others followed, with very beautiful in-
signia. Towards the afterncon the rain began to
descend in torrents. About half-past four o'clock, the
members sat down and partook of a very excellent supper
provided by Host Sturt, the arrangements for which were
quite superior. The order numbers about 12,000 members,
with about 300 different districts. The celebrated Lanca-
shire bell-ringers entertained the company with their bell
performances, in which they were greatly applauded. The
meeting broke up at a reasonable hour.

EXECUTION OF BAVE FOR THE WOOLWICH
. MURDER

The last penalty of the law was on Thursday morning
inflictel neon George Bave, upon the new drop in front of
the gaol of Maidstone. The culprit was a seaman on
board the Sianey gun-boat, and he was convicted at the
May Session of the Central Criminal Court, of the
murder of Samuel Lang, a corporal of Marines on
board the same vessel, by stabbing him with a bayonet,
the act having been committed in a most deliberate
manner, and under a feeling of revenge on
account of the corporal having reported Bave for some
act of misconduct, and thereby, as he supposed, prevented
him from being promoted to the position of quartermaster.
The moment the dreadful act was committed the prisoner
exclaimed, "My neck for it—l have had my revenge, and
I don't care now what happens," and he never appears to,
have entertained the least hope of escaping the punish-,
ment of death for the crime. The offence having been
Committed within the county of Sent, the duty devolved
upon the sheriff for that county to see the sentence car-
ried into execution, and the prisoner, after the trial, was
at once removed to the county gaol for that purpose.
Ever since his conviction, the prisoner appears to have
conducted himself remarkably well. He has, of course,
been constantly attended by the Rev. Watson King, the
chaplain of the prison, and appeared to p earnest
attention to the religious consolation afforded him by that
gentleman. The prisoner, under the circumstances, would
not attempt, to deny his guilt ; but he states that he was in
liquor at the time, and that in a sudden fit of frenzy, ac-
celerated by his condition, he attacked the unfortunate
deceased man, inflicted the deadly injury upon him ;
and he declares that he was utterly unable to control
himself ; but he has frequently expressed deep regret
.for the act he had committed, and at the same time
admitted that his life was justly forfeited. It is not true
it appears, that any memorial WA sent to the Government
praying for a commutation of the capital sentence. Indeed
the crime was of such a nature, that it was felt to be hope-
less to make such an application, and the prisonor himself,
from the moment of his being taken into custody, appears
to have been quite resigned to his fate. It seems that the
culprit is a native of London; but the only relatives who
have visited him are two sisters. He was under an
engagement to be married to a respectable young woman
at- the time of the melancholy occurrence, and she was
permitted to have an interview with him after his convic-
tion at the Central Criminal Court. His sisters saw
him for the last time on Wednesday evening, and when they
left the town they appeared to be almost broken-hearted.
The culprit went to bed at the usual time on Wednesday
night, and slept soundly ire til half-past seven o'clock on
Thursday morning, and he then stated to the warder who
had charge of him that he felt hungry, and asked permission
to be allowed to have some bacon for breakfast. The wish
of the prisoner was at once complied with, and three
rashers of bacon were given to him, the whole of which
he ate, apparently with great relish. He shortly after wards
asked to be permitted to have some beer, and a quart of
!stout was supplied to him, and he drank the whole of it,
and then smo!:ed a pipe. The prisoner, after this, asked
for a glass of wine and this was also given to him.
portly before twelve o'clock, the hour appointoted for the
execution, Mr. Wilde, the under sheriff, accompanied by
several of his officers, arrived at the gaol, and they at once
proceeded to the cell where the unhappy matt was confined.
He appeared quite calm and composed, and upon Mr. 'Dil-
ater, the governor of the prison, asking him if there was any
request that he had to make, he replied that he was very
grateful fer the kindness he had received, and the only thing
more he desired to be done for him was, that his clothes
should be handed over to his family after he was gone,
and he was assured that, this request should be complied
with. Csleraft, the executioner, then proceeded to pinion
him, and when this had been done, the prisoner turned
round to one cf the warders, in whose charge lie had been
laced, and shook him by the'hand, and said, " Good let e."
The mournful procession was then formed, and the culprit
vsalked firmly up the steps leading to the drop, and
Mounted the scaffold with a quick, firm step. The
131breent he had taken his place under the beam, he
looked calmly round at the assembled crowd, and
Calcraft then placed the cap over his face, and
adjusted the rope. The drop then fell, and the cul-
prit appeared to expire almost without a struggle. The
Prisoner was twenty-five years of age, and was about five
"et nine high, and a remarkably strong, muscular young
!ell", very much re' embling in appearance Robert Marley,
mho was executed for the murder of Mr. Barry's shopman,
la Parliament-street. He bore the character of a first-
rate seaman and when he was transferred from the Fis-
god, to which vessel he formerly belonged, it was with the
.ttilderstending that he was to receive promotion, and the
.18appointment to his hopes in this respect, no doubt led
to the fatal catastrophe which resulted in his being thus
brought to an untimely end. The body, after hanging an
ueoar• was cut down, and was buried in the course of the
day within the precincts of the gaols pursuant to the
sentence. There were fewer persons proteut to witness
the execution ethan were ever remembered to have
been present ~?s such an occasion.

CAVEAT Emproa.—The Entr'acte has; the following
A very rich Neapolitan Prince recently remarked in the.
feolf of a dealer in eurksities, a superb. Japan five
feet and a half high, and very large. He bargained for
-having 4;000f. for it,
kbut the tradesman insisted- on
Whilst he was only, willing to give VOW'. ; ‘ hut," said he,
`` Ryon had the fellow to it, us value would he infinitelv
greater." . No doubt, Excellenza ;, the value. of the pair
w"ld be ;15,0001. A few 'days ago the Neapolitan
received.. ai
went strmmonsi to return •to his country,- and he
tuce more 'to obtain the jar. "I again': offer: you
3,-"`onnp," said he. " I will not take less than 4,000f.,',
answered the tridPsman. " I leave to morrow," "
aS N7o,
matter, I will keep my jar." The ruxt day-as the primes
w of the superintending-the packing up of his effects, a wave
hotel said,
glad to fitiethe " Your ,excellcuoy would no "deubt be
oneone the Japan jar ?. there is
in the -Fauh,urg St. Germain." • is it possible ?"
is quite certain.), Beppo;maV carriage." Arrived
14 :the Pattbotirk, the prince sitv that the jar was precisely
the same As the one he had bargained for. " Where did
Yon get it P, he asked::the tradesman who showed:4_,
" At the sale of the -Duch :As de Montebello ; therctwas
Pair of them, but I was outbid for the other." " Ala, yes,
I understand. Awl what do you ask ?" " 4 000 f."
lle
flees not know,"; thought the Italian, " that the. Other jar
offered fcrsale in another part of Paris. If I give him
4;0001. for this, I can buy the other at the came price, and
So have-for B,ooof. what is worth 15,000 f." bought
the jar aeonce, paid for it, and had it eDuveyed to his
hotel;.-:-I.le-then-went to the other tradesman,
and asked
for the, jar. He MS told that the tradesnian Was nut, and
that the- -jar . had. been taken away. He returned
thwriext day,- but-could not see the dealer ; but be learned
subsequently that the jar which he had purcbased,for
4;000f. was the very one he sad offered 3,000 f. for, and
that the waiter at the hotel had received 10f. to
inform the prince of the existence of the jar in the Fan,
Bourg St. Germain.