The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-11-05 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ATTEDIP2ED DOUBLE MURDER IN NORTH LONDON.  At the Anfield Petty Sessions, on Monday, John Walter Burrell (38), a labourer, of St. Albans Cottages, Nursery Road, Southgate, was charged, on remand, with maliciously wounding Win. Burrell and Mary Burrell by stabbing them with a knife.— The evidence of the woman was to the effect that the prisoner, who was her husband's brother, had been residing with them at 7, St. Albans Cottages. On Sunday week she was in bed in an upstairs room,her husband, who was ill, occupying a separate bed in the same apartment. The prisoner came into the room and sat by the husband's bed, and asked if his mother was in bed. On witness telling him that his mother was still downstairs, he walked between the beds towards her head. Witness's husband said, " What is he going to do ?" and prisoner replied, "Well, then, you will have it, Poll." She noticed that he had a knife in his hand as he walked towards her. He came straight up to her and clutched her ;by the throat. She saw blood and called to her husband, "Charlie, he has cut me. She did not feel the wound, but blood ran down her arm on to the bed. All this time the prisoner had hold of her, forcing her down on the bed. Notwithstanding his condition, her husband managed to get out of bed and crawl downstairs for assistance, leaving witness and the prisoner alone in the room. Another brother of the prisouer,who happened to be in a neighbour's, rushed to the house and upstairs, releasing her from the prisoner's grasp. She made her escape from the room, but before leaving she heard the prisoner say to his brother, "I'll serve you the same, Bill." She did not see the threat carried into execution, but in a few minutes the brother came downstairs with his head and arms bleeding. Ile left the house, and witness hid in the coal-cellar till the arrival of two constables, who took the prisoner into custody. Dr. Williams arrived at the house 80011 alter, and dressed her wounds. Witness said that she could give no reason for the attack, as there had been no quarrelling between her and the prisoner—in fact, they had been on the best of terms for a year or two.—The inspector in charge of the came said that William Burrell was still too ill to attend, but it was thought that he would be able to be present in about seven days.—The prisoner was remanded for a week.  Swine fever is said to be very prevalent in the Spalding Division. Over a hundred animals have had to be slaughtered. Princess Christian has promised to present the badges at the British Nurses' Association Con versazione, on December 4th, to be held at the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. Lord Kuutsford left London on Saturday for Balmoral, to act as Minister in attendance upon the Queen' in succession to Mr. .Ritchie. Mr. Frederic Harrison is determined this year to escape the horrors of the November and December fogs. He has fled to sunnier climes, and will not return for several months.  lhe municipal and Parliamentary voters' lists for Manchester just issued show the total number of electors in the city is 62,772, as compared with 61,227 on the previous register. There i an inurease in every division. AL the Lewbbitry roux° Uourt. Jamos vhllea,u, who has for a number of years been stationmaster at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Station at Dewsbury, has been sentenced to three mouths' Imprisonment for embezzling upwards of £73 belong. ing to the company. Prisoner's salary was only 355. a week, out of which ho had to pay ss. for rout, coal, eco.