The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-06-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--On Thursday last, a man named Markham,. forty-five years old, went into the tollhouse, on the Spilshy-road, near Louth, and, after eating a biscuit, fired a pistol at Grimsley, the toll-keeper, but missed him. He then pulled out a heavy hammer, and struck furiously at Grimsley's head. The wife of the latter rushed from an inner apartment and seized the ruffian by the neckcloth, when, to release himself, he seized her hand in his mouth and bit off half of her finger. He then felled the poor woman to the earth with his hammer. Grimsley's son, a stout young man, hereupon rushed into the room, when the villain fired a second pistol at him, the ball of which lodged in his arm. The young man grappled with him, but he pulled forth a razor, and cut most savagely with it, the young man succeeded in getting the hammer, with which he struck the ruffian on the head. The shaft of the hammer was broken in the struggle., After further conflict, the villain seized a loaded gun, from which, however, he lost the cap. The old man contrived to get hold of a sword stick, with which he stabbed the assailant with as much strength as he had remaining. Ultimately all of them were so much exhausted that they CQII Id not continue the struggle, but the ruffian contrived to escape while the old woman was absent looking for assistance. Markham was subsequently taken into custody. On the appearance of the officers he cut his throat with a razor, and is not expected to live.  - -----'re of a THE PRICE OF A Kiss.—Ten shillings is the f 4.1 e sake bench of magistrates, and it is to be hopedhbours won't kiss in Herefordshire according to the assessment of their character for gallantry that ourneig snatched from the grumble at the price of such a daintyy was settled at coral lips of beauty. The statist: priceccasion of an amorous Leominster last week, on the and picturesque village farmer, residing in the delightfulurrounding country as forof Kingsland, (known to thaefs a famous quack doctress, nut of merly the dwelling-place eople of the age in which she uasit;liseases, and was much sought °before a bench of magistrates for lived), being cited without leave, and in the presence of a third taking a kiss witere afterwp ahrotyp. br professed e Theses these d credulous dc atilt- e the circumstances which attended the for lt is which unnecessarythe perpetratorewsahsoufined i particularisen es and dates, but it would seem that the servant) complainant (a domestic , was sent by her mistress taken by the defendant, situate in the a person who was ill, and residing in a house that that defendant (to whom she was a perkct vPvilatie, and,i istecrfupon kissing her befOre horriblephcooaamrdis be eoefn E atrocitynlyaaet:ly vtehe house; and tb * hen Ives rathera protracted s theh stranger)al ebf ot struggle for the prize 4 s impropriet ,' j,. ehow. -fpr other came to the ears of th aervant's rrri• • rik • ho* 4 quired the farmer to' i. plowanw nocent of any very 'arost• . liducl tliuseet .f . , andiqhe mistress thereupron ifisistgd trp.4l: ' nt bringing the matter)before a bench of`, :_ :r; , ' WllO awarded the penalty aforesaid. V  June 11, 1844.