The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-07 00:00:00

the reply, and to communicate in other ways. It is of im-
portance also, though these may at first sight seena to be
trivial matters, that the instruments should be places iathe
signalman's hut, as to face the directions in which they are
intended to communicate, three on one side and threeon:the
other, if the signalman has a telegraph station on each slide
of him ; that the up-line needle also should be placed on
the up side, and the down-line needle on the down side ;
that the train instruments should be marked only " line
clear" and " line blocked," and the former on the left,
the latter on the right, or vice versa, but all in the same
manner; and that the talking instruments should bo
marked with letters and figures in the usual way, as well
as with any private signals which the signalmen are in-
tended to employ. Any signalinan entering any hut then
sees at once what work every instrument and every needle
has to do; and he is quite ready to take any other signal-
man's place at any moment. Further, the signalman should
have clocks and record books, for entering the time of each
train as it is signalled, to them, past then, and from them ;
and they should be stationed in convenient huts, with cot-
tages near them, that each man may have the means of
calling up the man with whom he takes alternate duty, if
it should become necessary for him to do so. Minor details
of this description, though they are of great importance to
the public safety, receive but little attention, and there is
. great need of improvement in these respects in all parts of
he country.

A GAMEKEEPER SHOT DEAD BY A

10ACHER NEAR UTLEY.

On Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, one of
the gamekeepers of Timothy gorsfall, Esq., of
Hawksworth Hall, was shot under the following

circumstances :
Wm. Smith, the keeper shot, stated that about
the time mentioned he was in the fields and heard
the report of a gun in Hawksworth Springs, and
on going in that direction saw the man whom he
knew to be James Waller (a desperate fellow, and a
notorious poacher). He followed Waller, and got
within about 15 yards of him, and only about 150
yards from the poacher's residence at Low Springs,
in the township of Bingley. Waller then turned
round and shot him in the body, about 60 shots
entering him. The keeper then turned round, when
Waller took aim and shot him a second time, the
shot entering his hand. • Joseph Batley, a farmer,
states that his son called out from the house door
that a man was shot. They at once went to the
place and met with two other persons, named Roy-
ston and Anderson, who had been attracted to the
spot. The poacher was with them, leaning over
the wall looking at the man he had shot. The
keeper had been heard to cry out, " Oh, Jim, thou
hest shot me." Joseph Batley remarked to the
poacher that Smith (the keeper) said it was he who
had shot him, when Waller replied that he had not
till just then been out of the house during that
morning. The keeper again and again repeated the
charge. He was removed to Batley's house, and
Waller walked deliberately away. He afterwards
went to the Sconce for some milk, returned part of
the way home, and then appears to have drunk part
of the milk and left the remainder and the cau
under a wall. The keeper, after being shot twice,
took the muzzle off the dog which he had with
him, expecting the man to return to him. The•
dog attempted to get the keeper up, by its efforts
tearing his clothes to' pieces, and refusing to allow
any one to approach until another keeper ac•
quainted with it arrived. Mr. Steele, su.rgeon,
Baildon, and Mr: Hepworth, surgeon, Guiseley, were
speedily on the spot, but Smith died at 20 minutes
to one o'clock at noon. His depositions were taken
before his death, by Timothy Horsfall, Esq., in the
presence of several persons. Waller absconded
shortly afterwards. He is described as 35 years of
age, about sft. Bin. high, rather stout built, walks
very erect, is full breasted, has dark hair, and large
dark whiskers, which meet under the chin, a rather
long thin face, and generally wears a dark vel-
veteen shooting jacket, with a white smock under-
neath, and a dark cloth cap. He was thus attired
when last seen, going in the direction of Idle, by
way of Buck-lane, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
The deceased lived at the back of Hawksworth, and.
has left a wife and child.
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