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Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-03-09 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF WILKINSON. at noon, and the Crown couusel at once proceeded to state the case on behalf The conduct of the condemned man Edward of the Attorney-General, contending that Wilkinson. who is now under smentime• of death i all the men in the crowd in which for the murder of P.C. Graham at Wrekenton. District Inspector Martin lost his life were b - assumed a somewhat extraordinary Imre eqnally guilty of complicity in the mnrder.Beeides, Father McFadden was evading arrest, and had , past few days. His attitude toremained in his house for nearly a week, during officials of the gaol is at times which time he addressed from a window as ex- 5 being rather insolent. Since his sincited crowd which assembled with lights near week gone Tuesday the condemned man the house on the morning of the murder. A boy ..o visited daily by the prison chaplain IRev. was semi carrying provisions into the chapel as , H for a siege. Counsel said a policeman described .Fletcher), but Wilkinson will pay no &henI:the noise of the blow with which the deceased spiritual ministrations of the clergy. *as felled as being like that of a man driv- I rather angry than otherwise at ring his foot through a piece of board. I visits. it is also re,• The priest certainly in the eye of the law broke t' ' , from arrest, he being placed in legal custody the 000 or two occasions I . .. , moment a hand was placed on him, and in so far well satisfied with his lIA he broke from arrest he was implieated. He be said, is in keeping made no real attempt to quell the excitement, as when on t he might have done, and evidence was clear that •he participated in au i unlawful riot and acted in concert with wrong-doers, but whether i as a mere rioter or something worse the Court could decide. The learned counsel spoke for an hour, and before sitting , down said the Crown consented to discharge 21 of the peasants in dock.—Mr Houston, Q.C., instructed by Mr O'Doherty, for the defence, asked how many that would leave ?--Mr Roes: Fourteen. including Father McFadden and three women. During the identification of the prisoners the police made a mistake, and the wrong woman Wall discharged. The mistake arose from a child being changed from its mother to another female prisoner. On the prisoners being ordered into the dock, Father McFadden sail he must go too, even if refused the privilege of remainiug beside his counsel. He wonld not be separated from his own people. The audience in the gallery bere- • upon cheered, and the gallery was cleared.—Constable McSwiney deposed that when Father McFadden left the chapel there was a crowd of people assembled, who refused to disperse at the order of the po'ice. Father McFadden walked quickly past the witness, and was arrested by inspector Martin. • Sergeant Dunning Mlle forward to produce the warrant, and while Martin was dragging Father McFadden along the crowd threw stones. The •
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-10-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ALLEGED INSUBORDINATION OF  SEAMEN.  At the Middlesbrough Police Court yesterday three firemeu named Robert Craig, Charles McPherson, and Thos. Gills were charged with refusing to obry the lawful orders of Gail. Geo. Clararieu, master of the steamship Coleridge. and Gills was further charged with assaulting the chief engineer, Powell.—Mr J. T. C. Coleus Senderland, prosecuted, and Mr Wethey de feuded —Mr Colour said the three men signed articles on the 9th of September as tirearee, and were told to be on board at seven o'clock the following morning iu order to clear up the stoke hole and get up steam so that the vessel might proceed to sea at three O'clock. The prisoners did not come on board until a quarter past three, when they were under the influence of drink. Steam had been got up by the dookeymaii and engineers, and on the prisoners getting on board the vessel at once pro ceeded to sea. Gills was ordered to take the first watch, but on the chief engineer going irto the stoke hole shortly after he found the tires were going down itud Gills absent. The chief engineer took up a shovel to bank up the fires himself, when Oil's came down and Powell wave him the shovel, Gills threatening him if he did not leave the place that he would murder hon. Powell remonstrated with him and told him to go on with his work, when Gills struck him a blow on the bead with the shovel, and would have repeated the offenee had Powell not warded off the blow w.th hi'; arm and then got out of the way. On getting on deck the captain also remou'Voted with Gills, and ordered him to drop the shovel, which he refused to do. and iusteal of going down below as he was told he jumped on the ship's rail, and would have thrown himself overboard had he not been prevented troin doing so. its eomiug to McPhersou's watch he refused to perform his duties, as he said there were too many cinders in the stoke hole, and tha vessel bad to be put into Hartlepool, where a Board of Trade officer came on board, arid information was given the West Hartlepool police. An expense of et; 15e was incurred through putting iuto Hartlepool. After the men had IWO warned the vessel proceeded on her voyage, and all went well until the vessel was at Dunkirk on the 12th lest., when Gills and Craig went on shore without leave, got very drunk, and refused to obey the captain's ordere. —Mr Wethey,iu defence, submitted that the men went on board shortly a'tar seven, as ordered, but finding uoue of the officers about to set them to work they went ashore again. On returuing shortly after three o'clock they went aboard again in a sober condition, but owing to the ashes baying socumulated In the stoke-hole the men could not stop down many minutes, the beat being so intense. The sossult,h• contended, had never been committed. The prisoners were tined 40e each for disobeying orders when at sea, and Gill was further fitied 40e the chief  aiisnit  engineer.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-12-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE MURDER CIF A MANCHESTER JEW.  PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH.  The attendance in the Manchester Ai1817.0 Court on Thursday for the trial of Dale, charged with the murder of a Jew named Gordon at Bury, betokened culminating public interest in the Mtge.—Mr Robt. Mitchel, surgeon, of Bury, who assiated at the postmortem examination on the body of Gordon, described the numerous wounds, some of them of a ghastly nature, on the head and face. The skull was fractured, the brain congested, and the frontal, bone and right orbit bone fractured. A number of' blows must have been inflicted, and the injuries were such as might be caused with a hammer or a pick like aim* produced. Witness next described the numerous blood stains be saw in the room at Dukes's home. There had been an attempt to hide some of these by means of varnish and whitewash.— Cross-examined, witness said he did not think any of the fractures on Gordon's skull could have been caused by his falling backwards on a fender with another man upon him.— Corroborative evidence was given by Mn Isaiah Jones, senior house !surgeon at the Bury In- ' firrnary. He also said that none of the fractures could have been caused by is fall unless the man had fallen from a height and come to 1 the ground directly on the top of his 1 head.—This concluded the examination of witness. Mr Blair then commenced to address the jury, but had only uttered the introductory sentence when ' Mr C'ottingliam said prisoner desired to make a statement to the Judge.—His lordship, after some hesitation, said he would permit such a course; and Dukes thereupon rose, and iu a firm voice said he was in drink on the day in question, and avoided Gordon in the morning. In the afternoon, however, they met, and angry words followed, during which prisoner alleges Gordon attempted to strike him with a 1 haramer. A struggle ensued, and resulted in both falling, the decemsed trtriking his head on the fender. He does not know what followed, but he may have struck Gordon in his passion. The statement caused greet sensation. Mr Blair then proceeded with his address. I There was, perhaps, he said, on the part I of the defence an object to reduce the crime to one of manslaughter, but notwithstanding 1 the advice prisoner had received, the jury, in the ' face of prisoner's statemeut, could acurcely come Ito that conclusion.—Mr Cottingliam, replying for the defence, said prisoner no doubt had been i guilty of deceit and fraud towards his employers, I and for that reason was doing his utmost to keep out of George Gordon's way instead of seeking to do him an injury. George Gordon, who was . understood to be a man of hot temper, was doubtlees exasperated by the prisoner's irregularities, and the statement of prisoner as to the eiretun. I stances which occurred leading to Gordon's death i was both probable and ingenious. Dining the i delivery of Mr Cottingliam s speech prisoner wag I much affected, and wept with bowed head.--The I jury found prisoner "Guilty of wilful murder," and I he was sentenced to death.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-09-14 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ANOTHER WIIITECHAPEL MURDER. 4 THE VICTIM'S HEAD AND LEGS MISHINO. After a brief suspension Irma his fiendish . labours the Whitechapal murderfir has again regained his bomb!. task of slaying and matilat. big the unfortunates, whom he seems to have doomed to destruction. The discovery of the latest victim wee miele at half-past five on Tuesday morning, when P.C. Pannett, 239 H, found the headless and legless body of a woman under • railway arch in Pinchin-street. This street is • small side street running out of Back ChurchStreet, one of the narrow thoroughfares leading from Commercial-road to Cable-street, and con. Moping on to St. George's-road, which is still better known by its old notorious name of Rat. elide Highway. The next street to Back Church' street, going away from the ciLyds Berner-street, in which is situated the International Working . Men'. Club, the yard of which was the scene of the fifth of this ghastly series of tragedies. Pinchin-street is formed on one aide by the arches of the Tilbury Railway, and on the other is a hoarding which encloses • site of some "desirable building plots." The railway runs ' over • series of arches, and two of these are used by the Whitechapel Vestry as a sinusdressing yard. One of these arches is open to the street. It was originally boarded up, but the wood has been gradually stolen for firing purposes, and there is now no protection. Many of the lowest class which exist in this cparter have used this arch to sleep in at night, and it was Do minimal thing for the day watchman, on . making his appearance in the early morning, to rend several men and women asleep on the 'gronud. So far as can be learned, no one slept there on Monday night, and the policeman on his , beat shone his lantern under the arch when he 'passed at five o'clock. At that time there was we one asleep there, nor were there any Ingrid of any one about. Moreover, the body, which be found there half an boar later, was not there. On making the shocking discovery the constable rushed across the road, sounded his whistle, and then returned to make a claw inspection of the ghastly contents of the arch. On the body lay a portion of a blood-stained chemise. The trunk Adel( lay on the front, and when it was turned over it was found that the abdomen was fearfully gashed and the intestines mrposed. Several oflicers quickly arrived on the scene, and a careful search was made of all the surrounding streets and alleys, but without result. Dr. Clarke, the assistant divisional police-surgeon, was promptly sent for, and after be had ma le a superficial examination of the body it was removed to the Shadwell Mortuary.  . IThaaile• very lated  _L the . three or four oe, which °sun__ __ that the body had not in the ,'ece whore it w, red that ?dr r of '  1 posranee I at least f  svi-rienoo,  August would be  committed  sod his prophesy hss coine trot, the y. Be is ncv sttemptsog to solve the mystery of this crime.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1886-03-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SHOCKING MURDER BY A MADMAN  NEAR DERBY.  A murder was committed on Thursday at Quarndon, about two miles from Derby, by a farm labourer named Wagstaff. Wagstaff, who manages a small farm under Mx Yager, is about 50 years of age, and the father of seven children, one of whom, a youth aged 15, was suffering from brain fever; and a relative, Mary Ann Morrell, a married woman, of Derby, had been called in to nurse him. On WednesdOy night, after family prayers, they all went to bed, Wagstaff being on good terms with every one. He and his wife and five children slept in one , room, and the eldest daughter, Lizzie, aged 20, slept in the room with the sick sou and Mrs Morrell. About half-past two o'clock Wagstaff went in to his son, who was delirious, and bade him "go to sleep like a good He then returned to bed apparently all right, but at half-past four Mrs Wagstaff was awakened by her husband, who was striking her violently, and apparently trying to push her out of bed, and she ran into the other room, crying out, For God's sake, come, father's gone mad." Mrs Morrell attempted to quieten her, and ving into Wagatan3 room, found him sitting up in bed with his hands clenched, and a wild look in his eyes. Becoming frightened, she returned to the other room, and at that moment Wagstaff dashed in after her, and jumping upon his son's bed, attempted to strangle him. Mrs Wagstaff and her slaughter thereupon ran screaming from the house, but Mrs Morrell seized the madman, as he undoubtedly was, and attempted to pull him off the bed. He thereupon turned on her, and a fearful struggle ensued. Her screams were terrible, but neither Mrs Wagstaff nor her daughter dare return, and went to the house of the nearest neighbour, a man named Shipley, for help. In the- meantime Wagstaff had attacked Mrs Morrell with the rung of a chair, and beat her frightfully about the head. Then he got his hand into her mouth and literally tore out her jaw, and then he seems to have thrown her upon the floor and strangled her by pressing his foot upon her throat, which was evidently the final cause of death. Shipley came out in his night dress, and went to Wagstaff; but the screams had then ceased, and being unable to enter the house, he went for the village constable. The latter, with two men, obtained an entry, and found the murderer sitting in tho house-place, and his son, who had not been further attacked, lying unconscious before the fire, whilst Mrs Morrell was lying up stairs dead. Wagstaff was then comparatively calm, and lie said to the officer, lou came here to find snares, but why weren't you here to prevent me doing this ?" He was taken befora a magistrate during the morning, and remanded. Wagstaff was a goodtempered main of good character, and of mild manners. It is supposed that his son's illness preyed upon his mind.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1886-11-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MTIL MAY DAY. occurred. A great heartburning existed between the citizens of London and the foreigners, who competed with them in their wares, and sometimes excelled them in workmanship. The City swarmed with traders from all nations, and some of the richer classes were no doubt very insolent. Hence there were brickerings, jealousies, and hatred on both sides. These aliens were insulted, and even beaten in the public streets. At times the servants of foreign Ambassadors acted very impudently. A carpenter was ' buying a pair of stock doves in the Cheap, 'I probably in high anticipation of a pigeon pie, when a Frenchman took them out of his hand, saying they were too good for a carpenter, and he must have them for the Ambassador; and, despite all the carpenter's complaints, actually walked off with them, and, worse still, gave such an account to his master of the rough language of the poor Englishman that the Ambassador demanded his life as the forfeit for his offence. Such things as these rankled in the breath of the citizens. On May-day the citizens used to go forth into the green fields of Finsbury, or to the village of Islington, and perhaps as far as the quiet hamlet of Camberwell—where they gathered green boughs, and afterwards danced around May-poles erected in different streets. It was rumoured that this May-day was fixed upon for a general massacre of the foreigners. The Lord Mayor, in order to prevent the destruction of the foreigners, ordered a proclamation to be made in each ward that no man should he allowed out of doors after nine. An Alderman going down the Cheap saw two apprentices playing at bucklers, who, being ordered home, made impertinent enquiries, and would have been put in the Compter, but they raised the cry—" 'Prentices ! 'Prentices I 'Prentices I Clubs! Clubs I" which at once brought their comrades to the rescue. Out came the appretice3 streaming from the houses; for, if the masters locked the doors, they jumped out of the windows, and soon there was a great crowd in the streets; so that the good Alderman had done all this mischief by interfering when he had better have been quiet. Then they rushed to the houses after well-known foieigners, and commenced the work of pillage and murder; on which account the day was afterwards called "Evil May Day." Several of the ringleaders were executed afterwards for their crimes, and the whole body of the rebellious apprentices were brought, with ropes on their necks, before the King and his Court sitting at Guildhall, and there they stood, and having confessed their wrong they were all forgiven, including some who had not confessed, but who, finding mercy was to be had, slipped on their halters and stood with the rest. Have you ever been to London? If so, you have seen the Royal Exchange, and, of course, you have read the inscription thereon suggested by the late Prince Consort—" The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." But perhaps you did not observe, on the top of the highest pinnacle, the figure of A
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1886-01-09 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

JEWISH HERO.  In s little village in Hungary there lived j many years ago a Jew who gained his living by carrying goods from place to place. He was so upright and honest that it was commonly said of him, "You might fill his waggon with a load of ducats without securing them in any way, and not miss a single coin." Summer and winter, rain or fair, he might be seen driving his horse and wellladen waggon, elemetimes here, sometimes there, gaining his livelihood and that of his wife and children literally by the sweat of his brow. He was so strong, too, and powerfully made that often without assistance he drew, the unfortunate animal out of the heavy bogs, which still exist, and render the roads in that part of the country in rainy weather almost impassable. One day a , carriage drawn by two horses appeared in sight, while the carrier with his heavy load was painfully toiling through the deep mud. "Get out of the way," cried the coachman of the empty carriage. "it is you who should give place," said the Jaw," for you have two horses and no weight to carry. "bog of 'a Jew! Take that !" exclaimed the coachman, hitting the carrier s heavy stroke with his whip. Our gigantic friend could not stand this, and seizing a piece of wood which was beside him, be hit the coachman an unfortunate blow which killed him on the spot. Much concerned, he placed the body within the carriage, returned home at oace, and communicated the occurrence to the chief of the police, giving himself up as guilty of mtirdet. pfin, he quietly awaited his trial, while general consternation reigned throughout the community, in which the honest carrier was held in high esteem. Friends were not lacking, who spared neither money nor trouble in their efforts to save the unfortunate man; his hitherto blameless life, and the fact of his having had no intention whatever of committing murder, also pleading strongly in his favour. The day of trial arrived; the examination began ; .sympathy for the prisoner was so general that the very questions put to him were worded in such a manner that he might easily have cleared himself from the charge of murder. "No, gentlemen," he said, "it may be that in the eyes of human justice I am not guilty, and do not deserve death, but I cannot live with such a heavy weight upon my conscience; therefore I beg , to be allowed to suffer capital punishment as ithnonly expiation of my crime. One favour ' only I ask; that my remains may be interred 'in our own cemetery, that I may sleep rumongst my own people, and may be buried quietly in the early morning according to the rites of oar religion." His request was granted, but there were tears in many eyes when sentence was pronounced. A few days later a small sad procession was seen quietly wending its way to the Jewish cemetery, people of all Dreads uniting to pay this last respect to one who, although he had died the death of a criminal, was none the less innocent, and as 'true a hero as many of those who have played a leading part in the world's history.  Tl'F'dYne  KAYa .