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The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-03-22 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

CHINESE JACK SHEPPARD.  Apoo Aboo has been at his old tricks again, says a Bombay paper received by the last maiL But do our readers know who Apoo Aboo is? Some six months ago, a night scarcely passed away without a house or two being broken into in Love-lane and other regions in Byculla. Boxes, money, watches, jewels, were taken, even under the nose of sleeping owners. The police set spies at work, yet the robberies went on as before; nobody could tell who the housebreaker was. At last success crowned watchfulness ; the robber was captured, and secured in Oomercarry Chowkey. This was Apoo Aboo—a Chinaman who had committed murder in Singapore, who had been liberated by a generous government, who had found his way to Bombay, 88 many other objectionable gentlemen do, and who was now endeavouring to make a living. The police were proud of the capture, because he was one of the best housebreakers that had ever performed in this city. But suddenly there went a cry through the chowkey of Oomercarry that the cage was empty' and with grief and rage the police found that the bird that had flown was—Apoo , Aboo. A night had not come and gone, when I a house robbery was committed at Malabar Hill; another night produced a similar tale; and on the third one more resident on the Hill of Fashion had to bemoan a rifled jewel box. The police recognised the handiwork; they were sure they knew the robber; they felt that it could be DO other than—Apoo Aboo. They searched far and near, but in Bombay no trace could be found of the Chinaman. From information which they got, they changed the scene to Tanna. Here a Parsee was taking a ticket for Bhosawid, or, it might be, for Calcutta, when a detective tapped him on the shoulder, then removed his speckled hat, and lo! down over his back fell a pigtail ! And who is the wearer of the pigtail and the speckled hat?— why, Apoo Aboo. This time the police took greater care of him, and he was sentenced at , the Criminal Sessions to seven years' imprisonment, with hard labour. Apoo seemed to be getting on decently and quietly at the House of Correction till a fortnight ago, when an action of his suddenly roused the zeal of those deputed to take care of him. While one of the guards was going his rounds at night, he heard a sound at a cell-door as if a mouse were gnawing at it. He listened; he looked—and behold, in a second or two the blade of a knife shone through the wood. He procured assistance, and when the warders entered the cell they found that they were just in time to save themselves from losing Apoo. A large panel had been cut out of the door, and Apoo with the knife in one hand and a rope in the other was making ready to escape. How he got the rope and the knife we cannot tell ; but a committee meeting of the house of correctioyi autharitie was held the other day, at which it wae resolved to take such steps as would pre% eut the recurrence of such a narrow escape of 11-mbay from being favoured with the comrany of this ingenious and daring housebreaker.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-06-28 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

TORTURING A BEN.  A man who gave the name of Jthn William I Raynor was charged with cruelly torturing a hen on Sunday afternoon, in a yard in Williamstreet. The case was heard with closed doors. Inspector Barker said he thought the prisoner had given him a wrong name. He had communicated with other police-stations and had received the intelligence that at Rotherham Sessions in August, 1867, he had been committed, under the name of William Marples for stealing a rug, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment; at the West Riding of Yorkshire Assizes in 1868, he was sentenced to six months in gaol for burglury ; at Doncaster sessions in October, 1868, for stealing a pair of trousers he got a sentence two years imprisonment ; in January, 1872, be was sent one month to goal for being drunk at Wakefield, and in March of the same year, he was sent to the same gaol for one month for conducting himself as a vagrant. The prisoner was sentenced to three month's imprisonment. Marples was then charged with being drunk on the same date as above, and sentenced to pay a fine of los. and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. (.1. e was further charged with being on the premises in William-st., for an unlawful put. pose, and sentenced to three months imprisonment. All these terms of Incarceration to be with hard labour.  Count Munster, the recently appointed ambassador to the Court of St. James, arrived in London, on Saturday. . .  The Government has offered a reward of £lOO for such information as will lead to the discovery and conviction of the murderer of Peter M'Partling, at Middlesborough. The Morning Post believes that Prince Jerome Napoleon has left Paris for Italy. The Post denies that he has come over to London. that he gave 01 was received at any dinner parties in Paris, or that any attempts were made to change the relation between him and the Empress Eugenie. He adheres to the position which he assumed immediately after the death of the Emperor. He had an interview with M. 011iver in Paris, and was in communication with come of the Republican leadors. A large ferryboat in the Rhone, at Valence, when crossing three days back with three carts carrying sacks of lime, their horses, and several passengers, was run down and sunk by a steamer. The persons were all rescued, but a woman was so seriously hurt that her life is in danger. The animals were, however, drowned, and the vehicles ars now lying in the channel of the river. Two actions to recover compensation for injuries received upon railways were tried on Saturday, in the Court of Common Pleas. The defendants were the Metropolitan Railway Company, for whom a verdict was returned, the plaintiff, who described himself as an agent for the sale of building materials' having been told by both judge and jury that his claim was based upon fraud. In the Court of Exchequer, the Great Western Company were sued by.a nurseryman, and he obtained MOO damagrs. . .  'MATZO 11?; CIIAItOE
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-09-20 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE TILIARS NIY:3T1:11S.  Since the finding of part of a female body by a 'Thaws policeman on the :"oh instant, noar Batteuea %Vaterworks, other 10 pieces have been found, and on Monday the jury empanelled by flio Crown to return a verdict as to Low the deceased met with her death have made the only one open to them, that the  deceased woman was murdered by some person or persons unknown. The remains are said to be that of a woman abottt 40 years of age, and on the scalp is the mark of a severe and extensive bruise, the soft parts around which were infiltrated with blood, so as to make it certain that the blow had been iiiflicted during life. The manner in which the body has been cut up with a saw and sharp knife repells the statement that the body had been used as a "subject' by some mediae' etudent, for bones had been sawn through, when by means of the knife only at joints in close proximity, the same course of dismemberment might have been effected. Front the state of the muscles it is evident that the body was dismembered while still warm, and the evidence of the medical men was to the; effect that the first portion of the body found indicated that life had not been many hours extinct. The inference drawn from these facts is that the unfortunate woman was killed by the terrible blow inflicted on the skull, her head then severed (torn her body, and- the remainder of the beorly cut into parts. These facts indicate that a murder of a more than usually horrible character has been committed. It is remarkable that none of the deceased's clothing has been found, but as there are so many who make their living by dredging the Thames for these things and then selling them to dealers in secondhand clothes, it could hardly be expected that anyone finding ally' such articics would voluntarily deliver them up to the police, whereby they might bring themselves under suspicion. Though it has more than;once been mooted as more than probable that a barge has been the scene of this tragedy, it is as passible that the deed was carried out at some distance from the water, and the portions of the body carried to the river after the crime had been perpetrated. As yet, no real clue has been started by the police; though they have hal information in emi,dance supplied to them. That information, however, has been of such a nature as to lead them :way front any distinct course of action while investigating into the truth of the information supplied to them. Now that the supposition that the deceased was Mrs Cailey has been disposed of, the police seem to be at their wits' end, but the announcement of a reward by Government will doubtless lead 1 them and others to increased activity in en- 1 deavouring to find on"; the perpetrator of this terrible crime.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-11-10 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

COLLIERY DISA STE R IN LANCASHIRE. 63 PERSONS KILLED AND 36 INJURED  A. fearful colliery explosion took place on Wadnesday, at one of the .% ltham coal .its, situated about two miles from Accrington, and which has caused a sacrifice of about sixty lives. The explosion took place in Moorfield Pit, which is situated on the canal bank, and which commenced wotking two years ago last August. 283 ) aids deep, and mining operations It is have been pushed forward vigorously, and on the morning of the explosion ill men and boys were at work at seven o'clock. The explosion occurred at ten minutes to nine o'clock, when the men working at the top heard a loud report. The ground was violently shaken, and the men 'working on the pit bank were thrown down. At the satue moment a hug.; volume of smote ascended the shaft. No time was lost in sencting exploring parties down, and it was found that men their way to the Whinney and boys were making Hill shaft, some of them being injured. Along this route helpers proceeded, and rescued a great many persons, and from ten o'clock the work of winding up the injured went on. Up to one o'clock injured were being brought to the surface, end as no dead bodies had been brought out, the poor women, who had been hanging about the pit all morning, found hope, and were encouraged to hold out. Then a most ominous pause took place, and after a time the worst fears were realised. At two o'clock 48 persons had been brought to the surface, and of these 36 were injured. At last it was reported that a large fall of earth had taken place in the main chain road at Mootfield Pit, and this 11,(1 stopped the work of the explorers. When thi, melancholy news spread, the worst was anticipated. It was not till half-past four that the Mootfield Shaft was clear. The first dead body was brought up at a quarter to five o'clock, and in quick succession seventeen others were carried from the cage to the smithy, where they were laid out for identification. By this time the brave fellows who were working in the pit had ascertained that all the remaining miners, to the number of 63, who were working when the explosien occurred, were dead. The scene which followed was of the saddest description. 'Hundreds of people were awaiting on the pit bank with intense anxiety the arrival of the cage bringing up the bodies of their relatives and friends. There were many Young men and lads employed in the pit, and some families had been thinned to the extent of two or three by the sad calamity. The experiences told by the 4xtdorers are harrowing in the extreme. The manager wan alive when they got near the spot where he was entombed, but succumbed to foul air before he could be extricated Many of the bodies are frightfully disfigured, and nearly all are tearfully bwolien by the obnoxious gases which had been inhaled before death.  _ Within Wandsworth Gaol, on Tuesday, Henry Powell was ixecuted for the murder of John 1). Burton, at Balham, by the new executioner, Binne, whose mode of operation is similar tg. that of arwood.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-10-23 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

REVOLTING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. On Saturday morning at Liverpool, Lewis Parry, thirty years of age, was charged with the wilful murorer of 0uaw5.....1+ ca age. on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, on the 13th inst. Mr. Marks, the prosecuting solicitor, conducted the case, and the prisoner was undefended. In opening the CU% Mr. Marks said the prisoner was an engineer's labourer, in the employment of Messrs. Lampert and Holt, and li-red in a court off Bent-street. fli wife was a seamstress, and had employed the deceased to assist her, and thus the prisoner became acquainted with the girl. So great an intimacy was struck up between them that it seemed to be known amongst their acquaintances that they were keeping company together. On the night of the 13th the prisoner and deceased were in a public-house drinking to • gethn from about eight until ten o'clock, and about forty minutes subsequently the girl was found foully murdered by some person or other. A. man named Keighley saw a man and a woman going in the direction of the Leeds Canal about half-past ten, and from their peculiar actions he followed them as far as a stoneyard on the canal bank. They entered the stoneyard, and shortly aftewards he heard a woman's scream, and a rattling amongst the stones. Being satisfied that something was wrong, he blew a whistle he had, and then went in search of a constable. He found one, and they re-turned to the stoneyard, but could not see anything. Grappling irons were procured. and the body of the deceased found in the canal. A man named Martin, a pointsman at a cabin oa a bridge immediately over the stoneyard, heard a noise in the yard, and saw a woman in an apparently insensible condition with her back against a man's knees, and then saw the man throw her into the canal. The man then waded across the canal and escaped through a coalyard. Another person named Stebbin, who was employed at a coalyard near, and resided on the premises, came up about this time and found a man, who he identitied as the prisoner, and whose clothes were saturated with water, fast on the top of the coalyard gate. lie released him. and in answer to interrogations was informed by the prisoner that he had been to see a Batman named Crutchie, and had been robbed and thrown into the canal. Stebbin allowed him to go. A person named M'Garry, employed at the coalyard through which prisoner escaped. thee came up to Stebbin and they both ran after the prisoner and caught him, but again released him. Each of these nien had ample opportunity of identifying the man, and each picked out the prisoner from among many others. There were also several persons who saw the prisoner in the vicinity of the canal. A p At. mortem examination had been made, which showed the deceased's face to have been horribly mutilated, in addition to several wounds on the lower part of the body, the abdomen, and legs, all inflicted with some instrument. No traces of drowning were found, death having been caused by the wounds alone. Deceased was not pregnant.—Prisoner was remanded until to-day.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-05-15 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ROYAL ALHAMBRA. THEA.TRE  On Monday evening a drama new to Barrow play— goers, entitled" Redemption," was put upon the stage of the Alhambra as the piece dc resistance for the Whit— suntide holidays. Redemption is a drama of consider— . able literary and theatrical merit, and one which is likely to become very popular. It is from the pen of Mr. 'Thos. Sennett, late of the Grecian Theatre, London, aud who impersonates one of the leading parts. The plots and counterplots are very good, surprises which dovetail into each other coming upon the audience in almost every scene. The leading features are love, hatred, sin, and redemption. There is murder conspiracy and all other mauner of conspiracy, and the great thing about the ending is that nobody is the worse for it. A simple action by a very kind hearted servant in the fitst scene-lays the foundation of all that follows, and each succeeding scene developes fresh interest. A gentleman, Frank Viuignerd (Mr. Adderly) is staying in apartments in Loudon, having been dieinheated by his father for refusing the lady lie has selected. A servant of the house knowing that he is penuiless. places a sovereign she has saved in his vest pocket unknown to him. He repairs to the house of Mr. Churchill (fdr.Marriott),whose daughter be loves, to inform him of his changed circumstances and to ask Ada (Miss Longmore) to remain faithful until fortune is more favourable to him. Meanwhile an adventurer Longtou Seaton (Mr. Coliimgwood), assisted by a 7ew money lender (Mr. T. Wilson) has tricked the father and implanted doubts in the mind of Ada as to the previous life of her lover. The Jew forces a forged cheque on Frans, baying it has been sent by Mr. Churchill. Shortly afterwards Frank and the adventurer meet at an hotel. The Jewpicks up a sovereign from the table belong,i lig to some oue else. Frank is suspected, and upon being searched the sovereign placed in his pocket by the s qvant is. found. The cheque is also found, ael Frank is. arrested on the double charge. A Canal. in (Mr. T. Senuett) having secretly obtained admission to Seaton's house sees the two confederates at work. The servant, upon hearing that Frank has been arrested, goes to the two men who have accused him and informs them of the truth. She is dragged in order to, silence her, but in the midst of the scene the Canadian arrives on the scene, and so far they arebaffled. The Jew afterwards attempts to murder Seaton, but is baffled by a faithful waif Johnny (Mr.. C. Denby.) After a variety of incidents of a startling character in the next act, virtue reigns triumphant in. the last, and all ends happily. There are a number of other characters we have not mentioned. Time piece is well cast, slid smartly played throughout. 'there was a very fair audience, who frequently showed their appreciation by calls at tt.e ends or the acts,  ATV .MPTED EORTIORT OF £21,010 Wonrir OF'
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-03-06 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE MURDER CONSPIRACY.  •WALSH'S VISIT TO LANCASHIRE.  IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE.  The Rochdale police are anxious that the name the hotel in that town where Walsh lodged should still kept a secret, and therefore the name at preses, must not be divulged. In reply to questions on Satns day the landlady said :—Oa Friday afternoon, the IN of February, a tall, broad-chested man, his hair tinge with grey, wearing a moustache dripping ouer the cor. ners of his mouth, dressed in dark grey clothes, with a slouched billy-cock hat on, and having a military bear lug, came into my hotel, and asked me, "Can I hav a bed here ?" I replied, " Yes ;" adding, "Do ys want a bedroom to yourself?" Oh, yes," he tusk In conversation he told me he was a traveller,,but 1 his upright bearing and manner I felt confident that must have been in his younger days in the army. ' left saying, "I'll be here shortly. I've some lugg at the station." About 9 o'clock at night he again with a carpet bag and a leather portman which he carried up into his bedroom. He to bed about eleven o'clock, and next morning anxiously asked my husband if he had a morn, paper. He gave him a local newspaper, upon glancing at it the stranger said "Oh, I do I want this paper, for it is a Rochdale paper, and not do me any good. Have you a Manchester paper My husband then handed him one of the Manche' papers, and the news in it respecting. Ireland he to himself in an agitated manner. He left soon aft% I wards and did not return until night. On Snuck morning he inquired at what time the trains ran Todmorden, and asked our waitress to accompas him. She refused. At about nine o'clock at night I returned, and he and my husband conversed ale Todmorden, for many years ago we used to live the The stranger said that he had been to Butcher's-I Knowlwood, Todmorden, and we: knew that was part of the town where the Irish reside. He al very uneasy, and refused to sit in any of the where customers came in. We also toot notice when he walked out into the street he now and *glanced suspiciously back, as if apprehensive of I watched. At ten o'clock that night he retired to. and next morning, about nine o'clock, a man gentlemanly appearance, sandy whiskers, fresh plexion' round shouldered, and dressed in dark ci and hat, came in and asked me "Has Mr. John Wi got up." I said "We have no gentleman stop, here of that name," but suddenly remembering traveller I inquired "Is he a traveller ?" "Yes," a he, and he agreed to take breakfast with him: ljpi this time the stranger had not told me his name, this was the first time that I was informed that he, called John Walsh. When the waitress took in' breakfast she had very soft slippers on and she upon them suddenly, and they seemed to be startlect their earnest conversation, which they changed insmi diately to joking with the waitress. They inquired what time the trains ran to Manchester and to T  pr!esetti