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The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-09-25 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

THE WIFE MURDER IN NORFOLK.  An inquest was held on Saturday at Cranworth on the body of Sarah Webster, who was murdered early the previous morning by her husband while she was in bed, disclosed the following facts :--Mrs. Webster had been for eleven weeks at Hingham, a few miles distant., and Webster was angry at this. His niece wrote to her on the 10th at his request urging her to go home as he was not well, and complaining of her running about the country as a travelliug servant. As his wife, who was out with her mistress, did not receive he note, Webster went and met her on her return to Hingham, and demanded that she should come home. She yielded, and on the 15th instant went home. Webster gave her some money for rent. He had it back itext day, and both appeared to be very angry about the money. Mrs. Webster having expressed her determination to go back to Hingham to nurse, Webster asked her in the morning whether ehe intended to leave him. Site said she should go, whereupon he took a knife out of his pocket and said she should not go, and ran it into her throat. The poor woman screamed "Murder ; " end their grandchild, who vele at the door, cried "Oh, grandfather, don't.' 3.lrs. Webster piteously said she would stop at home, but the old man said, "It's too late; the job's done." As she jumped out of bed Webster seizedither by her hair, pulled jar down and stabbed her again in the throat. Ile then went out and told his neighbours what he had done, returned and bade his dying wife good-bye, and walked away to Southburgh to deliver himself up to the parish cousMble. Meantime the neighbours had I,astened m the spot, and fourd the deceased expiring. On reaching Southburgh Webster asked Reyett, the constable, what he owed hits, and having paid a small debt, told him that he had killed his wife, and wanted to keep with hits nntil be could fetch a policeman. He then described to Revett , how he committed the murder. He said he came , downstairs about six o'clock, and went into a shed and sharpened the knife to cut, her throat. He then went and had a pint of beer. Ott 0011thIff back he asked his wife to stop at home to hake him sonte cakes, and p off going to Hingham till Saturday, when she replied. "I will go to-day." He said. "You mean to leave me?" She replied, "Yee, I won't live any longer with such an old rascal." Telling her that she should not live with anyone else, he stuck her in the throat az she hey in bed. Following her round the bed, he got bold of her -and "stuck her in the sante way as they do sheep. You know what I steno, just under the ear." Webster told Revett to state this to the magistrates, and "try to save him a bit, as he knew he should be hanged. The inquest was adjourned.  Ditsrit Or Sin
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-04-24 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

THE EXAMINER.  FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1875  Sir Joseph Hawley died on Tuesday afterloon.  The candidates for Breconshire are Mr. Maitland (Liberal), and Mr. Howell Gwynne (Conservative).  The summons against Dr. Kencaly for libel on Mr. Wright, of the "Morning Advertiser," was dismissed on Tuesday. The Press Association has authority for contradicting the alarming rumours respecting the health of Cardinal Manning.  Mr. Charles Parnell was elected for Meath I by 1.771 votes, Mr. Raper having polled 902. and Mr. Hinds 138. The colliers' strike in the Forest of Dean has terminated by the men consenting to a 5 per cent. reduction. The London correspondent of the"' Leeds Mercury believes that Mr. Disraeli was prepared to give up a Government night to Dr. William Tobin, alias Niven, was on Tuesday executed at Cork, for the murder of Johanna Cotton, in August last.  - _ _ A reduction of is. per day has taken place in the wages of the Glasgow ironworkers. The men have submitted, and there will be no strike.  Sir George Campbell. the Liberal candidate. was on Tuesday returned for the Kiickaldy Burghs. He polled 1.811 votes; his opponent, Mr. Harker, polled 1,171. Mr. Kennedy, petty sessions clerk, Riverstone, Cork, and young Cashman. who attacked him in a fit of feverish -frenzy. on Saturday. and then cut his own throat, have both died. A commercial tra,veller named Redfern was on Tuesday sentenced at Dublin to seven years' penal servitude for bigamy, in marrying Miss O'Cleary. of Dublin (who had a fortune of £5,000), while his first wife was still alive. At a coroner's inquest, at Chatham. on Wednesday. a verdict of wilful murder was returned against George Blamfield for killing his fellow labourer. James Catt, in the Chatham Dock yard, on Friday last. The "Echo du Parlement " says that at Coire a marriage has just taken place where the bride was 103 years old and the bridegroom 60 years of age. The bride has had your husbands besides the present one.  A gang of robbers. supposed to be the same who recently attacked four English ladies while walking in the Via Appia, have been pursued by the herdsmen of the Campagna. One of the band was taken prisoner, and another killed.  It is rumoured that_ a petition will be lodged against the return of Mr. C. S. Parnell for Meath by one or other of the defeated candidates, on the ground that one of the polling stations—Duleen—was not open till half an hour after the appointed time. The Durham joiners have given the masters notice for an advance of wages and the reduction of the working hours. The masters have made offers which the men decline, and they will therefore tender their notices on Saturday. _  TA. fisherman at Cork. named O'Callaghan, after being out drinking with his wife during the day, returned home on Wednesday evening. Screams were heard, and immediately afterwards the wife was found lying dead on a bed, having, it is supposed, been licked to death. Her husband has been arrested.
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-11-13 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

THE MINERS OF SALOP AND THEIR  GRIEVANCES. To the Editor.  Sir,—Will you allow we, as a miner, to make a few remarks on the above subject? In the first place, with your your permission, I will refer to the late trial in the County Court at Newport. It appears that some men and the master they worked for could not agree as to the amount of work they had to do, so they left work and took proceedings against their masters at the above-named Court. When the case comes on for hearing, the Judge tells the men and their advocate that they, the men, are an ingenious lot; there is always a lot of trouble with them; and he must dismiss the case. Now, sir that is a decision I believe to be unfair, and, from this and other eases I have seen and heard of, I believe we shall never get much good at county courts nor magistrates' meetings. I will, therefore suggest that when there is aeother grievance of this kind, where masters take advantage of their men, that they take their case officially to the district council, and that council give them orders to come out and do no more work til the master is shifted straight away from the pit; and then I believe that we should not want to trouble and put about his Honour at Newport any more. The colliery proprietors would soon settle the grievances and put a stop to the oppression that is put upon the miner by the chartermaster, for the colliery proprietors know that out of twenty naen they can choose nineteen chartermasters. but out of 100 chartermasters they cannot choose five who can get minerals enough to pay for the candles they burn. It is an easy thing for a man to go from a working man to be chartermaster, but it is almost murder to put a chartermaster to work for his living and get it by the sweat of his brow. I should like to see the •asaousit a.. work they would do in a fortnight. I believe that the furnaces and the pit banks would not be filled with coal and stone like they are at present, but I fancy that the poor sexton's back would ache in less tl.an a week, for nine out of every ten would sooner die than work for their own without they thought of the awful doom that awaits them, for the good old Book says "Cursed is he who oppresses the poor," and that is a nut for them to crack some day or other. In conclusion, let me say a word to the non-union men of our district—come boldly forward, and join our ranks, and not join the ranks of those that push you into the earth! Why do you stand aloof from the ranks of the new national union? It is by union that your hours were shortened and your wages raised; and if your wages have been lowered since it has been your nen-union men that have been the cause of it to a great extent, for the masters would never have attempted to have reduced the wages of miners so much as they have if you had stuck to your union. So let me beg of you to some and join at once, and by your doing so you will oblige yourself and ONE wHo is • Madeley, November Bth, 1875.
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-10-16 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

MURDER SENSATIONS IN FRANCE.  A Paris correspondent writes that a brace of shocking murders divides attention with the Turkish financial smash and M. Dumas pa' last lucubration. One of these crimes at least may afford a new theme to this strange professor of morality, as the papers not inappropriately head their account of it, "Les Dranaos tin Mart:age " Here is the story in brief. lAbout a month ago an Italian named Rizzi arrived at lan hotel in the Faubourg St. Honors with a young ; woman whom he represented to be his wife. They led a quiet retired life, and did not make themselves in any way conspicuous. Last Thursday there arrived lat the same hotel another Italian named Crocci, who, as his luggage was being taken up to his room, I mentioned that the hotel had been recommended to him by a countryman, one Rizzi, who had been in ; Paris some time ago. "Why, he is here still!" re. ' plied the hotel-keeper "his room is at No. 20, on the same floor as yours. He is staying with his wife." Crocci made no remark, but at twon'elock next morning the hotel was roused by a tremendous scuffle, and cries of " Murder i " Police ! " in a foreign tongue. The noise proceeded from 1" No. 20," and on getting there the inmates of I the house found Crocci, knife in hand and covered with blood, trying tfs kick the door open. while cries ef " Murder " and " Police " continued to be uttered from inside the room. Crocci ; threw the knife from him, and stated, to quote the papers, in a tone of some excitement," that he had just killed his wife's lover. According to his account, the lady had eloped with Rizzi, taking with her some £4,000. The account given by the erring wife is somewhat different. she deposed that, about two in the morning, there had been a knocking at the door, and her husband ordered Rizzi to open, saying he had the police with him. Rizzi complied, whereon Crocci rushed at him, and literally larded his chest with a knife about ten inches long. The unfortunate wife rushed forward to save her lover, receiving a few insignificant cuts about the arms, but was able to pull her husband off his victim, thrust him out, and shut the door. Crocci i in custody. Rizzi is at the hospital, and it is said likely to recover. The papers ; tell us that Madame Crocci on Monday paid her 1 wounded lover a visit, and that the scene was mosti affecting. The other murder is less sensational. It I occurred at a lodging-house in the Faubourg Mont- I matte, kept by a Mdlle. Monnteourt. A commercial traveller, named Ceiasae, persecuted with his atthn- I tion a young actress of the ChAtelet. On Friday, I they had a quarrel, the lady peremptorily ordering her admirer from her presence. He drew a revolver, rushed at her, and discharged it. She escaped by ducking her head, and the bullet struck the nnfor- I tunate hotel keeper, Mdlle. Mountconrt, inflicting a' mortal wound, whereon Ceissac immediately turned the weapon against himself, and blew out his own brains.  Two Sicilian brigands were killed on Sunday by Italian combines:" in the neight,osrhood of Spadafers,
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-03-06 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

ALLEGED CARD SHARPING ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.  On Monday, at the Divisional Petty Sessions, held ' at Wolverhampton, Messrs. S. Cartwright, G. L. Underhill, and M. Ironmonger being on the bench, , Samuel Birks, an elderly man, was charged on remand, under the Vagrancy Act, with unlawfully gambling in a train on the London and North Western Railway. —Mr. Barrow defended.—lt appears that a sailor named Mackenzie was travelling from Bristol to Edinburgh, and at Birmingham the defendant and one or two other men got into the compartment in which he was seated. The sailor, who was the worse for drink, pitched some money on the three-card trick, and lost £7. He said, had not the defendant prevented him betting on one occasion, he should have staked £5 and won £lO. The defendant won three times. At Wolverhampton he complained to the guard, and the defendant was arrested, his companions having meanwhile got away. Nathan Brown said the defendant, on being accused, counted his money, admitting that he had won three times; but the result of the game had been that, whereas he had £29 when he left Birmingham, he had then £23. Mr. Barrow. for the defence, contended that his client was a fellow-victim of the sailor's. He called Mrs. Jane Barber, of 36, Barford-street, Birmingham, where she had carried on the business of a provision dealer for twenty years. She was now a widow. Had known the prisoner for about twenty-five years, and until four years since he carried on the business of a wholesale fish salesman. He was a man of independent means, and on the death of his wife he realised some property. He lodged with her, and when he left home she gave him £25 in gold. He generally carried a lot of money. He had a lot of buildings when he buried his wife. He was a wholesale fish merchant, dealing with Jersey and other places. After some consultation, Mr. Cartwright said the Bench were disposed to remand the defendant in custody until Saturday. He would remain at Stafford for a week, until enquiries were made as to his antecedents and general character. Mr. Barrow said he was prepared to find bail to the extent of £5,000 if it was required—any amount of ball. It was not a murder case—{laughter). Mrs. Barber I will telegraph, and get any amount of bail. The Bench consented to accept two sureties in £5O each, the bail being certified by Mr. Glossop, head of the Birmingham police.—Acting on the suggestion of Mr. Barrow, Mrs. Barber said she could go to Birmingham and obtain the req teed bail and certifiate. Defendant was detained until the result of Mrs. Barber's efforts were known. She tendered herself as one of the sureties, and was accepted conditionally upon Mr. Glossop's certificate being satisfactory.  The Right Hon. B. Disraeli will give a series of diuner parties, during the Parliamentary session, at hi official residence in Dowing-street. The Premier has issued cards for a dinner on Saturday next.
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-05-29 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

GINTLRMAN.—On under discussion, and much speculation wag in- Monday Arthur Morrie, gentleman, aged 27. eon of dulged in as to the line of action to be adopted by the late Alderman Morris, draper, of Oswestry, who the Manchester Home Rulers in the event of a has also held the office of Mayor of that town, was contested election for the third peat for that city. brongbt up on remand at the Oaweetry Police It was argued that the number of Irish electors Court charged with stabbing with intent to murder in Great Britain was entficient to dec de the Mary Mason, his servant girl, in her bedroom, on fate of even a strong Ministry, and a „rertieri the 6th inst. The prisoner had been remanded in a city like Manchester. where the for- twice previonsly, as the girl had been so serioosly tunes of the third seat are trembling in the injured that she was unable to attend before balance, it is held to be a matter of certainty that Monday. Mr. Loxdale Warren, of the Oxford the Irish vote could be (quit with effect into .either circuit, appeared for the prisoner.—From the scale. It was the 0/.ject of the organixatioti to evidence of the proeecutrir, who said the prisoner teach the Irish electors that they may be the was a moat kind master, and that she did not auxiliary, but must not be the sppendage of toe wish to prosecute, it appeared that she was leaving Liberal party. The membere of the Revers! ward ' her situation that night to go to Liverpnol to be branehea in Mancheater have been advised to watch , married to the prisoner on the Sunday following. and wait. "using the Liberal party us it had been, On the 6th instant he came into her bedroom while aye, as it still was, using them.' The confedere, she was washing her,elf, and, after being in the tion asserts that its members can poll 10,000 is the room half an hour talking he stabbed her twice in city. Sir Thomas Bazley has expressed a wise to i meet his leading - iopp,,,, i the head, once near the ear, that entered unto the mouth, and twice on the shredders, on ot which A Cremation Company is about to be establi e shed entered the chest, puncturing the Mug tiete••en the in Zurich. second and third rib:. This was done with a The detached squadron arrived at Cape de Verdes dagger-knife, nine inches long: and capable of on Sunday ; all well. greater extension. Dr. Fuller Nod the proeecutrix was now out of danger, but two of the wounds A thief in New l'ork recently swallowed a 100 were d g roue at one time.—The prisoner was dollar diamond ring to avoid detection. commita e t:dto the Shrewsbury Assi,e3 to take his The contents of the India Museum, London, trial on the cherge of unlawfully wounding, with have just been transferred to South Kensington. . intent to murder. Bail was refused
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-09-18 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

NEAR STAFFORD. On Samlay. night an extraordinary affair 'happened at the hemlet of Herksvrich, about two miles from Stafford, which resulted in the death of .a man who is up to the present time unknown, but who is supposed to belong to Walsall. Mr. Hare, a well-to-do farmer, who resides at the place named, had, after returning from Divine service at Stafford, retired to rest at about a quarter to ten, and shortly afterwards was aroused by the smashing of windows. He got up, and having dressed himself went down stairs, where he saw one of his own labourers in the kitchen, At the sauce time he heard a man outside calling to be let in. After some delay, during which the man outside said that two men were following him and would hdot him, Mr. Hare went outside, and the Mall then repeated his story. Mr. Hare and his man having searched round the rickyard, returned into the house, and the stranger was :eked to go with them, it being Mr. Hare's intention to solid for a police-officer. However, in about ten minutes after they had got into the kitchen the man suddenly sprang from his seat, and took up a knife which lay on the table, and with this corn. menced a furious attack on the labourer, whose name is Sollom. The latter was very seriously cut and stabbed in the course of the struggle, but eventually the knife was wrested from the hand of the infuriated assailant, and for a time he appeared to be exhausted. This was, however, only for a short time; in a few minutes he reCommenced the conflict, and seemed bent on taking the lives of. Mr. Hare and his servants, another of whom, named Marshall, had appearl on the scene, and in spite of their united exertions, it appeared as if he would carry out his murderous intent on one or more of them. Mr. Hare, at this point, fetched his gun, and, having loaded it with 'small shot, said he would shoot if the man did not desist.. This was without effect, and as he still seemed bent on doing violence, Mr. Hare at last shot over his head, but even this was useless, and ultimately, after repeated warn. ings, Mr. Hare shot him in the legs, and directly afterwards went for a surgeon. In the meantime a police-officer had arrived, and the wounded ulau still struggling, was secured, but he sank very rapidly from exhaustion, and fit twelve o'clock died, apparently from loss of blood, but it is of course impossible to say whether other injuries received in the course of the fight may not have contributed to his death. On his person was found a pawn-ticket with the name "Limier (High. street t) Walsall. There was nothing else to lead to identification. It would appear that the unfortunate man on Sunday morning visited the Roman Catholic Church of St. Augustine, at Stafford, and there, at early service, grossly inisconducted himself, having forced himself within the railing of "The Sacred Heart," on the altar of which he put three shillings. Subsequently he attempted to force his way to the high altar, and had to be ejected from the church. There can be no doubt that his mind was affected to some extent.
The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-01-02 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

YORKLEY.  On Monday a numerously-attended meeting was held at the Nag's Head Inn, when Mr. John Wintle presided: The Miners' Agent made a long speech, and stated that he had received a cheque that morning for £lO from the Derbyshire and Leicestershire Associations— (applause)—and be was glad to say that the general contributions had now exceeded £2OO. It had been, he said, suggested that another payment should be made, and in this he quite agreed, believing that all the available monies at their disposal should be distributed this week. (Cheers.) All the Forest union men were now financial, and that being so he would suggest that all shared alike. (Applause.) There were none now outside the pale. Having referred to the resolution of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Association to subscribe £2O from each lodge to the Fores# men, he adverted to the position of the Amalgamated Association, and its inability to render 'immediate support to the Forest men. They had now entered into the seventh week of the strike, and he regretted to say there was no signs of settlement. Two of the associated employers were meeting their men that day, hut he had his misgivings that they would off, nomore favourable terms and if they did not he didn't believe success would attend their good intentions. He never found the men so determined, in any matter as they now were. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Goold met representatives of his men on Saturday night at Cinderford, and inasmuch as he was unprepared to withdraw the Lotice,, and moreover, only able to offer the men to resmaie work at a five per cent. reduction on the let of Janudry, und another five on the first of February, the delegates were not prepared to accept it. It ha.i been stated that an offer had been made to colliers with regard to Heywood— vise that the men refused ss. GI. a day when they had a chance to get it, but he had referred to the matter at Cinderford, on Saturday, when several of the Heywood men declared that they could not earn more than Is. Gd. a dny, and some as low as Is. 6d. (Oh, oh!) Many of the batty men had said to him they could not get their wages under the limited company. The agent commented at some length on the present mode of working at the colliery which he(condeumed,stating that by working the t' pillar" as at present done, it was impossible for the work to pay. After proeeediug at length he referred to the Parkend colliers, and recommended that if the men resumed work for three da) s at a small reduction they, should then ask for a ten per. advance which the meeting endor.ed ; and after a brief speech :rom Mr. Timothy Smith the proceedings was brought to a close.  A murder, supposed to be of an agrarian nature, has been committed near Coleraine, County Londonderry, vliere a farmer, named Stephen Church, was shot dead thiong,l4. a window. Two Arsons h4us-be rnatt.d, ITETLRITtOR OF