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The Bee-Hive : — 1869-06-05 (London, England)

WOMAN MURDERED BY HER PARAMOUR.  The crime of murder seems to be epidemic in Glasgow at present. On the 29th ult. Thomas Dears, a labourer, and Ellen Hall, a woman with whom he has cohabited for some time past, rented a single apartment in Little Dove-hill, off Gallowgate. Dears, on quitting his labour for the week, went home and gave his wages, some 17s. or 18s., to the woman, who went out with the money to purchase provisions for dinner. As she stayed away some hours Dears got Impatient and went in search of her. He was unsuccessful in his efforts, but on returning to the house he found her lying drunk on the floor, along with another woman who was in much the same condition. A man and a little girl, a niece of the deceased: were also in the room, but the former left almost immediately. Exasperated at Hall's state, Dears began to kick her about the body, and seized her by the throat as if to choke her. At this point the little girl also left the room, and ran to her mother's, in East Campbell-street, with the information that her aunt was being severely beaten. At the same time the landlady of the house in which Dears and the deceased lived, interfered to prevent so much noise as was being occasioned, and to her Dears began to complain that his paramour was being led into drunkenness by the woman who had accompanied her home. The landlady asked him why he allowed that woman to be in his room, and he replied, "If you go out to the lobby for two minutes I'll make it all right." The landlady, it should be stated, occupied the kitchen, which led directly into the room where the two drunken women were lying, and a person going out of this kitchen, except into the room, went out of the house altogether. The woman walked out into the lobby, as desired, and as soon as she had done so Dears bolted the door and kept her out, and she heard nothing of what passed, until, at the expiration of about four minutes, the door was reopened and the drunken woman who accompanied Hall was put out. Dears then returned to his room, shutting the door after him, but in the course of a few minutes he called the landlady and told her that he thought Hall was "by with it." The , landlady went to call a doctor, and while she was I away the mother of the little girl before-mentioned came in and found Dears making efforts to restore the woman to sensibility. He was supporting her head before an open window, and chafing her temples, and he expressed great concern at what had occurred. Dr.l Porter, Gallowgate, saw the body, which was lifeless before his arrival. Death had evidently taken place from strangulation, and finger marks were deeply impressed on the neck of deceased. Dears made no attempt to escape. He is stated not to have been the worse for drink to any apparent degree, and was remitted to the sheriff.
The Bee-Hive : — 1869-06-05 (London, England)

SHOCKING MURDER IN IRELAND.  A shocking murder was perpetrated in the parish of Rathgormack, county of Waterford, on the night of the 25th ult. The murdered man was a respectable, peaceful farmer, named Patrick Power, who held a, farm of 50 acres at Craigavalla, in the parish of Rathgormack, which he came into possession of at his father's death. There is nothing in the crime which can in any way connect it with the long list of agrarian outrages that have stained this part of the country for years back. On the morning of the 25th ult. the deceased went into the town of Carrick on Suir, about seven miles from his own house, to dispose of three firkins of butter, which he sold, and left town about eight o'clock in the evening, with some flour and oatmeal in the cart he had brought with him. He was then observed to have had a little drink. At ten o'clock the same night he called at the public-house of a Mrs. Kennedy, at Rathgormack, in company with a young man whom the Kennedys do not know. He was sober. After leaving this house nothing more was heard of him till the following morning, when about seven o'clock he was found by his son and daughter, who had gone out to look for him, lying stone dead in a ditch on his back, with his head literally smashed to pieces, having fourteen frightful wounds on it, so that the features were fearfully mutilated. A large pool of blood was under him, and the stones lying near all besmeared with blood also. His horse was found straying by his son on the following morning, which led to their going in search of him. An inquest was held on the remains at deceased's house, when a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. On the 27th a party of constabulary succeeded in arresting the man who was last seen in company with deceased. His name is Wall, and he admits having been with deceased,and tells a confused story of some recollection of lying down with the deceased to sleep on the roadside. His clothing was saturated with blood, and he was in bed in his own home when arrested. He has been committed to the county gaol on the suspicion of being connected with the murder. The greatest horror and indignation is felt throughout the entire neighbourhood at the commission of this foul deed, and each and everyone in the parish is giving all the assistance in their power to sift the matter. Deceased was a strong, hale man, about 58 years of age, and leaves two sons and a daughter to mourn his violent and untimely end. It is surmised that the renewal of some old faction feud gave rise to the commission of the deed. The deceased's father, it is said, was the leader of one of the factions in this part of the country called the " Polleens " and the " Gows," but the deceased himself was never mixed up with the faction feuds, but always led a peaceable quiet life. It is further reported that the man arrested belonged to an opposite faction. This, of course, is only rumour, but the people of the district can in no other way account for the murder. All the money deceased had with him when leaving Carrick was found on his person when dead.
The Bee-Hive : — 1869-04-10 (London, England)

THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT NORWICH.  --It has been already stated that the clerk to the Norwich magistrates has received a letter fr;.-..m Brighton with reference to the extraordinary charge of murder against the convict William Sheward. The letter bears the Brighton postmark, under date March 31, and is in the following terms, "Near Brighton, March 31. Sir, ' —I have been kept in a very painful state of excitement waiting for the decision of the jury as to the innocence or guilt of William Sheward, although partly resting satisfied of their finding him not platy of murder, as the supposed muderecl woman is now dictating this to her sole companion and attendant for the last sixteen years. I now wish to tell you word for word as I dictate 'being too weak and ill to do it myself. While living ve!y unhappily as the wifefof the accused, from the fact of not caring about him, and being so different from the dear soul who kept me previous, and knowing him for years, he would have been married had he been able to do so, and gave me a handsome amount on my marriage to William Sheward. It was after my marriage that I heard of my only love being ill on a bed ;of sickness, and he wrote to me begging me to come and attend to him in this very neighbourhood which I am now living in, and have neves left or will ever leave again alive. He died here, leaving me sufficient invested for my life, with the promise I would not return or make myself known to my husband and friends. You may believe the above or not, as I shall not make myself known, not even if the law should de its worst. Scarcely hoping this strange communication can take effect without stronger proof, as I feel sure the least excitement, in my present state of health, would be certain death, I feel myself justified in retaining my privacy under any circumstances, as it is my husband's madness is hastening him to the grave. Wtitten for Mrs. Sheward at her express desire.—A. T." The letter, which was posted at Brighton on March 31, the day on which the London morning papers containing a full report of the trial of Sheward would reach Brighton, appears to have been written by a female, mid the caligraphy is moderately good. The Norwich magistrates are not disposed to initiate any action in the matter, although the convict's solicitor (Mr. Stanley) is pursuing inquiries. The friends of Sheward affirm that the person referred to in the letter is one Worseltine; and although at the trial Worseltine appeared to have only a mythical existence, it is affirmed that there really was such a person, and that Mrs. Sheward lived with him before her marriage with the convict now under sentence of death. Inquiries have been made as to the history- of Worseltine, but the explanation sought to be given for the meagre account afforded of him is, that the pecuniary resources at the disposal of Shewar and his family were insufficient to thoroughly collect and exhaust the evidence which might, under more favourable circumstances, have been adduced on his behalf.
The Penny Bee-Hive. — 1870-02-26 (London, England)

LAMBETII.  THE ALLEGED MURDER FROM WESTMINSTER BRlDGE.—Charles Nobbs, 35, described as a porter at the India °face, was brought up on remand, charged with causing the death of Louisa Ovary by throwing her from Westminister Bridge into the river. Mr. Bury ilatchinson now appeared for the pris:ner, and the case was watched by Mr. Moore on bchalf of the Associate Institete for the Protection of Women. The evidence given at the last hearing haling been read over, Inspector Bull, who had charge of the case, said he had some other witnesses. Daniel Dowling said: AboLt nine o'clock an the night of Saturday week, whde crossing Westminster Bridge, a woman passed him, put her hands upon the parapet, and jumped over into the river. No one touched or pushed her, and if she had remained a moment on the parapet he could have saved. her. By Mr. Elliott: Did not notice the prisoner near her. There were seveial perso.l passing at the time. By Mr. Hutchinson: Was unite sure no one turned her over the parapet, for if anything of the kind had occurred he should have secured theoffeuder, Mrs.  :Tharlotte Keep, landlaly of the Boar' S Head, Kingstreet, Westmi ster, said she knew the ;Jrisoner and the deceased woman, whom she believed zo be his wife. The woman came into tne house between eight and nine o'clock OR the night in question. intl called for a half quartern of gin and Water. She was not intp)Ocated, but very mach ekcite and Stated that she had ha . words with her hushan By Mr. lintennison : The prisoner was aim ys a well-behave-r4-setrer, anti in-dastrious man. Had seen the woman_ a little the worse for. drink. Mr. giliott: Has the'body been regovered ? Inspector Bull : No, your • worship. Mr. Hutchinson, in answer to the charge, pointed out the great kindness with which prisoner had always treated the soman, and contended there was no evidence to show that prisoner had Itrown her over the bridge. and therefore it was not a case to send to a jury. \lr. Elliott said he had carefully gone through the whole evidence, and although perhaps, there vvag not positive evidence of the throwing over, yet there was such testimony as would justify the case' being sent to a jury. And with regard to the facti in the case before him, he (Mr. Elliott) pointed to the ev;dence of Mr. Flins:er, a most respectable :vicness, who distinctly stated that he saw the prisoner and the woman standing by the parapet, and that the Woman, in his presence, dehber itcly put her leg upon the p4rapet. and then suadeniy zu over. That witness als.) stated that ptistater 'night have saved the woman. The prisoner's statement was qahe the opposite, lie saying that se rushed past hint, and went over in a moinent before he. got near her. On these ttrounds, and to allow tittle for the recovery of the body, he should order another remand. On the application of Mr. Hutchinson, the magistrate consented to accept bail after inquiry by the police.
The Bee-Hive. — 1873-08-02 (London, England)

OCAXIAOII. He knew it was all over with him when he observed the silence of the jury at the last triaL He described all the cireumstanoes of the murder, calling his victim "poor Glass," and " poor fellow," He  qutered the bank in <office-hours, and placed , weapon, a file, on tho.tabb3; .When Glass saw it, he asked what he was going to do ;with it,, the prisoner replied that he was dangerous, and brandished it about. Glass laughed, and turnqd round to a map on the wall. The prisoner struck him, and after he fell dead an the fioor, at down beside the body and read. the 40fot .Yetvs Leitar. Having told the dismal atm with all its horrible accompaniments, the hardened convict went to other matters, and ehatted as familiarly with his visitor as could the most innocent person.  The Prince of Wales has written a letter of condolence to one of the sans of the late Bishop Wilberforce, whom he knew from his own eailist childhood, and esteemed as a hind instrUctor and friend, The Bishop was the Prince Consort's chaplain when Archdeacon of Surrey. Those who attended at Exeter 1411 when the Niger expedition was set on foot will reracinher this scene. The Queen's chosen husband was the eerntral figure, with-a -beauty and a modesty almost maidenly, on his right stood, the late Sir Robert Peel;. on his left, the late. Bishop; both speakers On the occasion, and both killed by falls from horseback.  Mr. Henry Labouchere, not without present reason, calls attention to the subject of rivalry between, or among, Liberal candidates at Parliamentary Elections. Ms appeal is to the three Liberals who offer themselves .for the one seat at Greenwich, whom he warns that, unless they reduce themselves to one, the Tory will certainly get in. The plan he proposes to avoid such a result is as follows :—That each candidate , nominate an equal number 01 representatives to a meeting, and each, representative have votes one less than the oandidatos offering themselves, and not allowed to cumulate his votes on one person or. more, The representativs are shut up in a room. aupposing five candidates, each has four votes. At the first ballot, the candidate who receives the smallest number withdraws. At the second CEA has three votes, and another is voted out. /..t the third each has two votes, and a, third igot rid of. At the fourth each has but one ipte, and he who has the,majority 'becomes the candidate of the party. Whilst each set naturally support their owp. man, as regards the vetes given to his competitors, they act as 41ependent jurors. As it might be possible under this system to brine forward candidates , riierely to swell the majority of some one else, of,prelirainary investigation would be necessary to. decide upon, the claims of individuals to becOMO, candidates, and to send representatives to the meeting, care been taken to allow all those to be represented who could show reasonablo grou4a for believing. they will be supported by a section of the electors.
The Bee-Hive. — 1873-11-29 (London, England)

MARVELLOUS ABSURDITY.  Folks in this age are very civilised indeed. Look at the way they go to war. There was never anything to equal it. None of the oldfashioned methods of killing now; no puny cannons, no hand-to-hand conflict, or next to none. Science has taught us to slaughter by machinery. The devil likes science, but it is not certain that the human beings who have to be shot at care much for it. .emitrailleuse will discharge 370 bullets per minute, and Mr. Henry Bessemer has suggested the construction of a steam killing machine to project 2,000 missiles per minute. It would be interesting to know how many sudden deaths such a machine could produce in an hour. Perhaps, Sir, Mr. Henry Bessemer will make one, and if his family have no objection, try it 3•11 himself. Mankind can better spare Mr. Henry Bessemer than the hundreds of thousands of fathers and brothers whom his diabolical invention might kill. Folks in this age are very civilised indeed. A person at one end of the globe can exchange words with someone at the other, almost while he waits. It is not essential now for ships to "wind and weather permitting." They ona dispense with sails altogether. Signs of progress are everywhere. Never was human life estimated at a greater value than in the era which has produced the 33-ton gun. A boy in theee days is not hanged for stealing a watch, nor in most civilised countries is a man applauded for slaying an adversary in a duel. Human existonosis saered. Thetis to say, Sir, it. is sacred on a small scale. .Folks iii this age are very civilized indeed, especially in regard to war. National disputes are settled by two huge rows of men standing opposite each other to he massacred. The slaughter is r e a periode h their e of ir enlivened by the music of military bands, mingled with the groans of the mangled and. as dying, and, far away from tho scene of carnage, by the suppressed agony, audible in the ear of God, of those who are being bereaved. culleaVii:i'kactidnagoi uespsntil id n nations, absurditywar. A t this the world's history, when commerce h done so much to interweave the interests of it is no more necessary for rulers of eivilized peoples to resort to brute force for the settle. moot of national disputes, than it • is for two neighbours of the same street to murder and maim each oth4's childeren over a difference tbat might be amicably adjusted lo a court of law. When people recognize this ,Sir, we may expect rulers to settle national disputes in accordance with common Bensoh and the true interests of the governed-7 arbitration. Brave and good men in France, Italy, in Austria, in Germany, and in other In co countries, as well as in America and in,itinental are at work to thwart the sensel ,ngland, war, and it remains with the "3 etist""f m nations to determine, by the extent of their masses of these sympathy and (to-operation, how long they are willing to sacrifice life and tieasure to what is none other than a mary.,ll ous absurdity. GUEENWICEr.
The Bee-Hive. — 1875-06-12 (London, England)

FACT WORTH NOTING.  Few men have incurred a larger share of odium than gr. Plimsoll for what he has done to protect the lives of our merchant sailors; nor has any man drawn from the friends of capital .00 much self-contradiction, folly of assertion, and stupid denial. ShiP June 12, 1875.  owners have been nearly frantic with rage, members of Parliament have been more than ordinarily copious in descanting on the evils that would flow from any protective measure that might free the shipowners from their responsibilities. All this has been of no avail. The public believed that murder by drowning was being regularly but quietly committed, and a determination had been arrived at, that in some way or other a stop should be put to it. the backing given by the working men to Mr. Plimsoll showed an earnestness about which there could be no mistake.  Row necessary and how beneficent the work of the honourable member for Derby is may be seen by a case noticed in the papers a few days since—a case which, important as it is, did not, that we are aware of, call forth any comment in the leading journals of the country. In the Dublin Crown Court Mr. Freeman, a merchant of the city of Waterford, was convicted for sending a brigantine, named the Alcedo, to Cardiff in an unseaworthy condition. In fact, so bad was the condition of the vessel, that "the decayed parts could be taken out in handfuls." It appears that before sending it he wrote thus to the Messrs. Begg, of that t°lvn :—" I would be inclined to renew the former insurance of X 250 at eight guineas, if I thought there would be no danger of Plimsoll. This between ourselves—private." This is an important revelation. "If I thought there would be flo danger of Plimsoll." There is not much disguise here. Friend 18 speaking to friend; one business man utters a confidential aside" to another. The lives of a few men may be sacrificed, but that is not of much consequence if it can be done quietly, aild it no doubt could be so done "if Plimsoll" was not about. To this the Cardiff friend replies, "We don't think there is any fear of Plimsoll interfering with the deed (at all events on this Side), as they don't appear to be so much on the look-out over .Ore." They were, however, on the look-out, and the Alcedo was aid hands on, and the prisoner, who was so anxious to do this °lt of insurance, now lies in gaol, we believe, waiting his sentence if he has not by this time received it. When a fact of this sort is brought to light in a court of justice, °f What value is respectability of position? Of what use is Iloase of Commons twaddle? Certainly they are of no use to eijittice the faith of the working men of England in the necessity 117 legal provision to tie the hands of those who, as a matter of asiness, speculate in human life.  1-1 E
The Bee-Hive. — 1871-07-01 (London, England)

BROWN. is nice man, thought engaged. la a nasty business—has under him a number of persons very estimable no doubt in private, though in their public capacity iwedi ng occasionally no doubt moderate fumigation. ,T liege persons properly enough had their " outing." the other day, and their point of destination was the Black Horse, at Sidoup. To give eclat to the occasion, Mr. Poog, made known, we presume, to the public* by his connexion with the murder ease at Eitham, accompanied the poor fellows, possibly that by a characteristic speech the affairsoU the day might have hi them a fair flavouring of sensation..  So far nothing could be better. . The men no doubt had got 'themselves up for the occasion, and roox, if the truth was known, had also got himself up, and Might have gone to Sidcup and have returned again refreshed and exhiliarated without anybody being the wiser of what transpired,. had nct a lucky thought come into the head of Peox or Bnowrh-probably it may never be decided who should have the iwur of, it--that as Chiselhurst lay on their way, they might do themselves the, honour of making a friendly call on the Durfnion. We have not heard that any of the sewage-men sent their cards in when the Waggons were brought to a standstill. But they did what, perhaps, answered the purpose better, the band struck up'" God Save the Queen," but as this had not the desirod effect, "Auld Lang Sync " knocked off with all the force oflzthe trom. bone, no result, however, was produced till the men themselves burst into a round of British cheers, which, even coming froth the Weniof the sewage contractor, could not fail to loramand respect. Whilst these iVere, ringing m.the air, " tha, Dannon, the EsTPREss, and 6fe yOung PRINCE " made their appearance at  the gates, and the EMPEROR walked across the Common in the direction of the men. Mr. POOn was at once unanimously appointed to address his late Imperial MAJESTY, which he did as the solicitor of Mr. BnowN, the sewago man, and whilst doing so assured the EMPEROR that it was "the earnest hope of those whom he stood, there to represent that the clouds which had been so long over France might soon be dispelled, and that the sun which was then so brilliantly shining upon them might be taken as an augury for the future of France, the restoration of the EMpire, and the consolidation of the friendship which had, by means of his Imperial MAIESTY, existed between France and England," This rather confused bit of rhetoric must have produced a strong circa in the waggon -- certainly it stirred up the Millman, standing, it is to be presumed, ou the Wind side of his audience, to make a declaration of his affection fel. England. "I feel," replied his OX-MAJESTY,' "that I ha Ve always been a good friend to England." This declaration, we are informed by the newspapers, was followed by loud cries. froth the sewer-men of "You have—you have; we know you have," which cries were followed by nine hearty cheers—three for -the EMPEROR, three for the EMPRESS, and three for the