Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-01-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE BRADFORD MURDER. THE INQUEST RESUMED.  A DOCTOR CENSURED.  The inquest respecting the death of the boy, John Bell, who WIIII found inuidered at Bradford, on the 29th December last, was resumed on Friday morning. During the proceedings a letter was brought to the foreman of the jury, and it being addressed to him, the coroner thought it was a private communication. Upon it being opened, however, it was found to relate to the enquiry, and was from Dr Rime, who wee engaged to make a medical examination of the body on behalf of William Barrett. I The letter stated that "some of the evidence of Roberta and myself is in direct conflict with the medical evidence already before you in the case, and consequently opposes the conclusion founded on the position of the evidence." The coroner remarked that a more improper thing cowl not have beat done, and a doctor ought to have known better.  John Thomas Dyer, member of the Salvation Army, testified that on the Saturday morning after Christmas Day he was in the back of Bello Vue, just before six o'clock, when he saw William Barrett coming out of the stable there. He was carrying a bundle, and witness spoke to him. He hung hi a head and walked on. He went to Mavis-street, and down the Spackat which led to Mellor-street, where the body was found.  In response to an appeal by the committee of the Merthyr Public Library for funds for the purchase of new books, Mr C. H. James has contributed £lO, and Lord Aberdare, Mr G. T. Clark, and the representatives of the late Mr Edward Williams, of Middlesbro', each. There is ample scope for such an association as the National Amalgamated Sailors and Piremens' Union, which, starting twelve months ago with seven men in Sunderland, has already seven thousand members. No man is qualified for membership ur.less be has served four years in a British ship. The objects of the union are to improve the condition and protect the interests of all classes of seamen , and to establish homes for sailors on the cooperative principle. Well managed, such a , society should be an infinite benefit to sailors,' especially if it does not launch into the work lof promoting strikes. There is no body of men in greater need of union and mutual assistance than sailors—none more preyed upon and helpless than they. No sooner do they return from sea and obtain their pay than they are attacked by harpies, male and female, ! who do not leave them until they have wrung the last sixpence from their pockets. One of the objects which the association ought to set before itself should be to bend memhers together against taking service in 1 ' ships in which a portion of the crew is composed of inexperienced landsmen—taken on simply to make up the number required by law and whose incompetence not only throws an , unfair share cf work upon the real seaman, but is a source of danger to the ship. Another _ . . . .  object should be the dissemination among the members of thecharactere of the masters and officers of various ships. Such information ! would, in a short time, go far to eliminate brutal officers from the service ; for however indifferent the owners of vessels rafrht be to the nature of the discipline on board their ships so long ad those ships were navigated safely into port, they would be fora4d to bestir themselves if they Lund their veswls lying idle from wants of hands on account of the bad reputation cf the masters and officers. There are many other ways in which such an associations, embracing the whole of the seafaring population, could render immense services to sailors. At the same time,it is easy tc see that such a union, unless properly administered, might be a grave source of trouble and baconmamma