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The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1883-09-29 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

INCITING  TO MURDER.  An extraordinary charge against Francis Randall, master of the National School, NaHutton, of incitieg John Smith, Hull fishermau, to murder two children, Sarah Jane Bell and George Kiving• ton, on Elth instant, was fully investigated at Dritheld, East Yoikshire. police•court, on Saturday.—The Court urecincts were crowded. The prit•onfr was defended by Mr. Laverack, solicitor, Hull.— -John Smith deposed that on the 12111 instant at Nalfetton, he met the misoner, who otf red to give him a curious job. lie wanted two childten thrashed. The witness agreed to meet the prisoner the next night on the high road. They met, as arranged, the prisoner bringing w iii him a heavy cudgel with which Smith was to deal the girl a blow on the back of her he d, then throw her over the tptickwood fence, where he said he wou'd have dealings with her. He promised to give him two sovereigns, but if he did the girl properly he would doodle the amount. Witness asked the prisoner, " Do you want me to kill the girl, or only thrash her ?" and he replied, " Stan her." He gave no reason for his extraordinary conduct, although witness asked him. Evidence was given by two police-officers who had watched the prisoner, one of them having heard the prisoner planning the affair for three weeks hence as he believed. The police at that time were watching him.—Sarah Jane Bell deposed that elie was a dressmaker's apprentice, and that she was familiar with the prisoner. He used to kiss her Vi hen at scheol, mid up to the present time had visited her at her parents' house. He had propos«, to marry her and take her to foreign paris.—Cross-examined : The witness said the prisoner was at her father's house on the Fame ngF t -is he had arranged with Smith to thrfudi her ; but he did not appear angry with her.— The mother in her evidence said that the prisoner ftarituntly visited the house for a lid of tobacco. He recently asked if her daughter would go abroad with him LP he was miserable at home. She did not discourage his visits after he had made that uffer, as she thought tom a gentleMan.—j;.mes Bell, the father, deposed : On the 13th inst., the prisoner was in my house, and asked, "I-i there any prospect of may havieg your 'laughter tor may wife ? " I replied, " I could not thiek of such a thing, hecaloe you ate a married man, with a family." '1 h. prisoner then asked if I would allow him to be in a room with my daughter a bit, and if I would grant that request, he (piineter) would do a,u thing for me. This was all the evidence offered, and Colonel Brooks. book, the pre4ling magislra,o, said the ele.e wn. the most extraordinary one he ha.) ever heard of. Time Pei,ch had decided to reduce the charge to ineitiniz to do erie, taus bodily harm, and he wool he entorrit,..l 'or ti ial at the quarter sessions, bail being refused.
The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1881-10-29 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

MEETING OF SHOP ASSISTANTS.  On Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the Shop Assistants' Twelve Hours' Labour League, a pablic meeting to petition Parliament to legislate with a view to shortening the long hours which trielesmen's employes and others were at present compelled to work," was held in the large hall of the South Place Chapel, Finsbury, London, Mr. J. Nicks occupying the chair. Amongst those present were Mr. Ashton Dilke and several induentiel tredeauten intetested in the movement. The hall was densely crowded, and the proceedings were evened by the chairman explaining the objects et the meeting, awl remarking that they, tie shop assistants of London, thought the time had come when they should make a great effort to insprey.: their position with regard to the number of hours they should be called upon to wen-le—Mr. E. A. Jackson then moved a resolution to the effect that Government be at once petitioned with a view to a bill being introduced into Parliament making it compulsory on employers to close their shops after a period of twelve hours' labour by their assistants.—Mre. Ashton Dilke, who was tete:ivied with cheers. said she had lung taken an interest in the welfare of shop assistants, and had attended the meeting with a view to endeavour to assist them in deciding upon a wise course of action on this subject. She thought they should pease before they exited the Government to legislate tor them in this matter. Government intervention by way of legislation should not be called in on every eoeial subject. (hear, hear.) There was the 'Victory Act pissed in recent years which, she believed, had done as much harm as good, because it prevented it great number of WWII,II and children from obtaining work when their very existence depended upon their earning wages in sOILIO way. Tncre were numberless objections to this project of leeisletion, and she wished to propose an amendment urging continued agitation, but suggesting that their Mottle should be confined to moral uasien. Several speakers followed, all of whom declared that they had tried 11101111 dliaBioll long enough, and it lind done no good.—Mr. Strattey, of the Early Closing Association, held that the proposal for legislation was an absurdity. He reproached the shop amistante for not contributing to the Eerly Closing Aeeuciation, which could have helped them in this hiatter.—This wits not at all relished by the authil 1.0 was It general tight, the meeting breaking up in the greatest disorder.  At a Land League meeting at San Francisco the effigy of Mr. tiladstone was burned. Mr. Bourke had an interview with the sultan s:iturday. B.,ports received in Berlin from St. Petersburg, bay disorders in that capital within a short lee A very brutal murder is reported from Saham Toney, in Norfolk. The victim gas a girl of twelve, and she is said to have been feloniously as,aulted before being killed. Tito murderer is Daniel Stebhings, is a tieket-of-leave umn, and was only released front prison on Wednesday last.
The Lancaster Herald, and Town and County Advertiser. — 1831-12-10 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

EXECUTION OF THE BITRKITES.  ( From the Globe.) Long before the dawn of day on Monday morning, all the -ts leading to the Old Bailey were thronged with people— is of the working elasses--hastening to the fatal spot. taut streams of population were pouring into the Old Bailey they formed—around the seattidd and at the corner of every vet from whence even a distant or a faint view could be ained—a vast lake of life.  As day began to break we had an opportunity of surveying crowd from the top of Newgate, and we should think that that time there were not less than :30,000 persons assembled. he taps of the houses, lamp .posts, in fact, every station from thich the most distant view ot the execution could be obtained, tere by this time occupied. The Sheriffs, Alderman Cowan ad Mr. Pine, with their ruder-Sheriffs and several friends, rived about half-past seven o'clock, and the Sheriffs Moueudy proceeded to the cell in which the prisoners were confined. lifter remaining with them a oho. t time, the Sheriffs came to •te press room, in which there were about 30 persons assembled. Behop, shortly before he went out to suffer, communicated tidlowing extraordinary fact. He said he had been conned in hoeussing two men, who had escaped being murdered y the laudanum not taking sufficient effect ; that one of these Os an old man, and he intended to give him another dose, hut man entary remorse by the image of his own poor old father mug across his mind, prevented him front following up his icked design. Williams was next introduced, and the wonderful alteration CO days had effected in his appearance astonished every one rho Wits prevent at the trial. All the bold confidence he exnbited then had completely forsaken him, and he looked the aset misciable wretch it is possible to conceive. Ile turned llaesl to the Sheriffs and said " I have made my peace with 'W. I deserve all I have got ;" and addressing one of the Under iheriffs, be said, " All I have told you, Sir, is true.—! have 4dhins• more to say—every word I have stated is true." After hair been pinioned he turned towar4ls Bishop, and the teas a that time were ndling down his cheeks; he again exclaimed, I live made my peace with God." Esery thing being ready, the melancholy preeeF,:on SnFaHL Bishop was then conducted to the scaffold, and the aen era he made his appearanee the must dreadful yells and aisain:;s were heard among the crowd. Williams was then :then int, and the groans and hisses were renewed. •lest before he wended the steps he was asked if he had been mineeted with any other murder, and he said " No, ooze but The dreadful preparations were seem completed, and in a's than live minutes lifter the wretched men appeared on the neon the usual signal was given, the drop fell, and they were amehed into eternity. Bishop appeared to die instantaneously, la Williams struggled several minutes. The moment the drop fell, the mob, who had continued yelling 4 4"lilis gave several tremendous cheers.
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1898-10-07 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

CHINA AGAIN.  People would dearly like to know what has happened at Pekin. Has the Emperor really been murdered or has he merely been immured in his harem and forbidden to interfere with all matters of State policy? One day it is given out that the pour pitiful creature, travesty of a man and ruler, has had a red hot iron thru.st through his body, and has died after a refinement of torture Oriental in its devilish cruelty. Then the next day we learn. that ho has not been murdered, but that he has only been put out of the way, and that his kind friend and benefactor the Dowager j Empress has come forward to give him the benefit of her excellent advice ! It is wonderful how well the truth is concealed, when we remember the vast system of spying, of bribery and corruption, which is inseparable from Chinese I official life. Yet it must be borne in mind  that China is not England. 'nem fierce light of publidty bean% upon ilia royal throne The people never the Emperor. Ile is a mere dummy, of hill. or no concern to anybody 'eve thn chid Co, ernment officials and the Court liarpie--. p: is a very easy mattir to remove ,uch a ruler -- very easy indeed. as it used to be in Tiolo y and Persia, where monarchs and whole re:i” ing families could be got out of the, way cut the people hearing of it until fi dyna,ty was seated in the royal p'aicts. we do know about China leads us to innk that the Emperor's life, if not actually lost to him, is in grave danger. o lonz remained inactive and countenanced the abuses and corruptions of the Government all went well. The moment he attempted to introdue3 reform it was all over with Min. He was swooped down upon by the vicious woman who has virtually ruled China with the aid of Li Hung Chang and intrigue, and if net killed he was clapped into a plate where his refernting tendencies were useles,. The result is chaos. -Li, who was only disgraced a fortnight ago, is back again in power. Russian intrigue is in the ascendant, and British diplomacy counts for nothing. Wha, our duty is is very dear. There is no call for us to interfere with the squabbles of the governing party. It is for the Chinese to say whom they will have to rule over tie iii, If they depose a monarch every other day i, is no business of ours. What We IlaVe IS to remember, however, that we have a. great stake in the country, and to take inearit so to safeguard it that whatever trappens British trade, British traders, and interets generally, shall not suffer. Ilie Chine,e may put whatever puppet they I.khi upon the throne, so long as China rennin,. a Power. But if China is to break up we ne..t be ell the spot to see that we get our -iare of the pieces. This is a brutally frank way of putting it, but it is the ultimate eid of our diplomacy in the Far East.,  IVlwt
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-11-30 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

XNDARD AND COUNTY. ADVERTISER NOVEMBER 30, 1604  possible. The world of Thornville had been much disappointed by the postponement of the vicar's trial. Most people thought that on the receiM of Mr. Bellyar's letter the parson should have been liberated, and all the engines of suspicion and the law be turned upon Sam Lyons, alias Guy Gervase. Not thus thought the impartial Rhadarnanthus who presided at the Assizes, and all the minor legal lights followed in the wake of the great luminary, whose satellites they were— that is all save Mr. Daniel Shiyerall, who earnestly desired that the trial should proceed. When he found it impossible to prevent an adjournment he understood that the case of his client had assumed a very serious aspect, for the man Lyons would assuredly not make any statements which would incriminate himself. and if he did not it might be difficult to turn the cEarge of murder upon him. I Lilian Grey and Mr. Bevis had many conversations and consoltations respecting Mr. Cameron, in all of which the 10-cis tennis perceived that the girl's whole heart and soul had gone ont in sympathy to the vicar. There was not anything of the dog in the manger in the nature of Charles Bevis, and finding that Miss Grey was not likely to bestow any love upon himself, even if he asked it, he decided that the next hest thing to winning the girl for himself would he to further her cause with his friend. Mr. Cameron was soothed by the tender thoughts the murdered man's sister gave to him—thoughts faithfully reportod to biro by the locum towns. It was not wonderful that the vicar gradually suffered his ideas to dwell uvgich nthi the ennt.ronaenldv ghouersof Lilian desolation in mind. prison appeared to him a hundredfold more cap. tivating than the charms of her person. How often did the idea occur to him that she would make the very helpmate for a clergyman which minister of the gospel should choose, sharing his anxieties and cares and interests, and walking hand in hand with him on the road to Heaven ^ What a haven of rest Thornville vicarage would be to him if only he were a free man and posssesed of Lilian Grey an his wife ! Mr. Cameron had almost forgotten that the girl was now an heiress. The memory of Myriam Greyille only remained to him as something like a had dream. All Mr. Greville's efforts to had his daughter failed wholly. He was not able to discover the faintest clue respecting her disappearance. He and Miss Bevington had succeeded in concocting some kind of explanation for the girl's absence, an explanation never quite accepted by the good folk of Thornville, who soon began to suspect ,e truth. ( To be eontintted.)  A Never. Pots,—The House of Lords was. on Tuesday, occupied with an appeal as to whether the owner of an adjoining estate had the power. without the consent of his neighbouring proprietor, to cut down such branches of trees as overhung his property. The Court held that the man whose property the trees overhung had a right to abate the
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1902-11-14 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

CLARK'S LAST WORDS.  " Gentlemen and ladies.' he began, in a clear voice. though he was thoroughly terrorised, 'I am up here this evening, and this crime is upon me. I 11111 guilty, and I hope and trust to God that it win be a warning to everybody. . . I deserve the punishment. , . _  . Oh, 'my God, the time has.,:oide, and the, have set a way by punish me. I wanted to• my baby. They proiniaed they would brlng her to me.'  "He reiterated the Matement that he did not want to harm Mrs. Whitfield, hut w,inted money. He was almost in a state of utter collapse. 'The devil take posse,s7fm ot me. I have nothing against you, gentlemen. There i, but one thing I dread. I would rather all of you to shoot me dead Jrl hang ow than to burn  "The mob cried 'Burn him.' John Timberlake addressed the crowd. Being mauler of eereitioniege he gave imtruetions that not shnt should be fired.  "The time Vva; ne.arly up. . . Then began a scene that appealed more particularly to the morbid. The negro's coat was cut up and pieces distributed to the crowd as souvenirs. Then strips if his clothing was cut off. His suspenders were torn to pieces, and, even the straps on his shoes were cut off and tossed into the crowd. Men struggled with each other for them. "It was then announced that .1. H. Henning, the murdered woman's brother. would touch off the fire. Taking off his Wat, he said to the crowd: 'Lion, an'd gentlemen, I want to show you I can set fire to this ,tyre with as much cold-blooded nerve as the negro murdered my sister.' . . .  'This statement was received with deafening applause. Henning then struck the match. . The expression of doors still haunted Clark's fare, and his lips moved. "As the fire itindled, and the tlain, cured higher, the crowd yelled with keen delight. Curses were heaped ripen the poor wretch. The enthusiasm became contagious, and spread throughout the vast throng. Only the more passive citizens, who stood afar off, failed to cheers. Men danced round the pyre, like savages of old going through some tribal ceremonial. The fire began to touch the wretch's flesh. Then. with a shriek that could be heard a long way off, he struck at the flames as if he could with hi, hands keep them if. Again and again he shrieked. and each time the er, of pain was answered with .drit.t.: of Joy or loud imprecations from the mush. The scene following then is simply indescribable. "It was 3-35 cfcloell ale's the fire wss started, and at seventeen minute, to four o'clock he hail ceased to move. "To the last Clark moved his lips in prayer He was heard to call on his Saviour ,nd his mother. His writhing and struggling again:: the awful torture was pitiable. It n,rely illustrates the tact that Missippi vengean, is more terrible than Mississippi justice:  GOR,
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-01-05 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MURDERER. °win to having protect, d their ground, to play off Cross Duckworth, aged 32. brass dresser, of their tie with Wigan. The visitors played ex- ' Witten, near Blackburn, was executed on Tuesday treinely well, but Swinton always had slightly the morning at Walton Gaol, Liverpool, for the murder best of matters, and Pearson with a long brilliant of Alice Bermes, a little girl oi nine, daughter of a run scored& try which was converted. On crossing Valentine got over again, and the home team won a Witton farmer, on November Bth last. Prisoner good game by a goal and a try to nil. Oldham enticed the child into a field, and she was afterwards gained a big and brilliant victory over Broughton found dead wPh a handkerchief stuffed tightly into by a dropped goal and four tries to nil. The coos- her mouth, death being caused by suffocation. At lunation of the Oldham backs was excellent. McCutcheon, scored a try. Hurst, who played a. Duckworth's trial the jury made a recommendation Groynn dropped a goal and his fellow countryman to mercy on the ground that the cruise was not magnificent game, gained no fewer than three tries, premeditated; but the Home Secretary refused to commute the sentence. The nigh Sheriff decided 'The Burton team visited Leeds, and being without not to admit reperters to the execution. After a somewhat disturbed niele, Duckworth rose early five of their regular players, suffered a rather and had a light breakfast. lie was visited by the severe defest. At the outset the Leeds men Protestant chaplain (the Rev. David Morris), who tthaiomteeedvzetredr? tries. .1 led d failed,Tbhey Bt upplta;:te:: attackid, and in quick succession on Monday gave him the communion. lie felt his Baston, Watts, and Walker obhitockal position keenly, but was fai ly calm when Pillingon, the executioner, who had slept in the prison, entered the condenmed cell. He led Duckworth to the pinioning room close to the scaffold, and the After crossing over, Melvin wretched man submitted to the final preparations and Watts added further tries, and one of these Fletcher conin an apparently dazed condition. At two minutes . to eight the executioner brought out the condenined verted into a goal At length man, and pla ed him on the scaffold, when the bolt the visitors had a turn, and their was drawn, and, according to the statement of the efforts were rewarded with sue- prison officials, death was instantaneous. The cess, Lupton gaining a try, black fiag was run up precisely on the stroke of which was not improved upon. eight, but as the morning was bitterly cold and Before the finish Walker again stormy very few people were about. The culprit crossed the Burton line. and in made no statement or confession of the crime. the end Leeds won easily by 1 Among those who witnessed the execution were goal and 5 tries to a try. ; the Prison Governor, the chaplain, medical officers, ----- and under-a eriff. Borne rather extraordinary results were witnessed : _ in the League matches on Siturdey. Perhaps the , greatest of these was the defeat of Notts County at :
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-06-29 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

LON DUN." He read on-- "Last night, between the hours of ten and twelve, a most atrocious murder was committed in the vicinity of tit. Paul's. The victim received no less than six deep wounds in the back, appearing to have been caused by a stiletto. The perpetrator is at present missing, but the police have obtained a clue, and have began their duty of search. I. um%  "The victim proves to be a Frenchman, by lame Dianrice Le Doux Great heavens !' gasped Cedric), as his cards found on his person Intimated. The police have strong belief the assassin 1611 not evade them long." "Grace. Grace," cried Cedric, excitedly, "he is dead—dead: Yes, look—murdered!"  She read the paragraph without the aliglitest touch of eensatiou. . . ' "  "Then Henri has avenged his father, and he has paid the wages of his sin.'' "Avenged his father," thought Cedric. deeply, " What is the meaning of this, (Irace : You remember your promise ° " Yes, Cedric ; and now I will tell you all." "So you did love this man 7" "Yea, Cedric t tlio truth I must confess. But when the wedding wAs almost at hand he disappeared mysteriously. Some three or four days elapsed, and then the reason for his doing so became known under circumstances most- peculiar. I was accosted by a person, Nonni Le Dona, cousin of this Mpriee. He had learned from some friend that I was his betrothed, and from him I leartrul that this Maurice visited his uncle's home during the summer the year before nor marriage, and, :Inding his cousin away in Switzerland, he murdered his uncle and escaped the country with molly thousand francs and valuable mat'. When the son returned and found his father dead, v.rged on by his fellow, wen, he swore a vendetta over the grave. Aud. sow, Cedric, you know the result." . •loiter Wjni Lauded in be the servant. tvlow.  opinail it contained the folloding words : "bayou placed him in my path at last, and, my father is avenged— avenged! And I, too, by now lie dead at the bottom of the Thames. " Farewell for ever, he will never give you trouble again. "HENIII LE Dorx." When the sun hemin to dip her crimson orb Into the dark stretch of cloud on the far horizon, and the mellow hue settled over the whole world, the mystery was then for evermore cleared away, and the brightness spoken of by Grace had once more enclosed them, they arm•itparm strolled out into the garden, scented with the fragrance of the flowers.  "Ak, Crave, the drama has ended, and we, like the virtuous, have conquered the vice. Peace once more is our theme, nud by God's help may our happiness he for evermore ;India. turbed." . . .  With those words, spoken with emphasis front his heart, he impressed a kiss upon the lips of his wife, saying in a whisper when she looked up at him: "Ili wife."