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Blandford Weekly News. — 1889-03-23 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

FOUND MURDERED.  Another of those unfortunate women who lead what is euphemistically called a gay life has (says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Tilegraph) just been done to death under mysterious circumstances. The latest victim, Marguerite Dubois, did not hold the 'sine position in the demi-monde as those who fell by the knives of Pranzini and Prado.She'exercieedher wretched calling in a humbler quarter, occupying a I small appartement in a squalid house in the Rue Payenne. Miserable as was her life, she had contrived to put & little money by, and, like many of her class, she was in the habit of boasting of her pos.essions. She was a quiet woman enough, so far ' as her neighbours were concerned, and as she paid her rent regularly she was not molested by her landlord. Marguerite Dubois was even on tolerably intimate terms with a married couple who lived on the same floor, a workman and his wife named Brea. She used to look in and take coffee with them nearly every day ere she started for her nocturnal promenade. Early in the morning Brea went out for an hour to make some purchases. He noticed that Dubois's door was open, and, finding that it was in the same state when he returned, he jumped to the conclusion that something was wrong. He hurried downstairs to the porter, and on entering the apartment the two men found Marguerite Dubois lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with a deep stab between the shoulder blades. The woman was quite lead. She was in her ordinary dress. The police were at once communicated with, and an examination of the apartment shelved that every drawer had been ransacked. The knife with which the deed was done was a common kitchen one, belonging to Marlguerite Dubois.  Sir Edward Scott, who commanded the first tranr t that entered the Bay of Naples during the an baldian insurrection,bas just died at his residence in Greenock, aged 75 years. Sir Edward was knighted by King Victor Emmanuel for his services, and received a eword of honour from General Gal ibaidi.  Two ladies, Mrs. Mary Hirsk and Miss Elizabeth Poole, residing in the Broadway, Cardiff, were, the other evening, driving home from St. Mellow!, when their vehicle was stopped by a, gang of roughs, who clambered into the carriage and robbed the ladies of a gold watch, a silver brooch, and other articles. Their cries brought assistance; but all the men escaped except one, who was held by the ladies and handed over to the police. A constable of the B division named James May has been in the metropolitan police force about 16 years, and for the greater part of that time has lodged with a sergeant of the same division in Chelsea. Recently the sergeant's wife confessed to her husband that May was the father of one of her children; and when May heard of this confession he cut his throat. The wound was very serious, buff nolt_fatal ; and a few days since he was brought before the magistrate 'at the Westminster Policmcourt. He was remanded in order that his friends in Kent might be COM inooicated with.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1889-06-29 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

IDENTIFYING CRONIN'S ASSASSINS. The expressman Martensen has identified Martin Burke as the 'Williams" who had employed him to carry furniture to Carlson-cottage, picking Burke out of 52 men standing in lino in the gaolyard. The Chicago grand jury, after hearing witnesses upon the workings of the Clan-na-Gael, without important results, has taken a recess. The cane, says the Times correspondent at Philadelphia, remains open, and on any further development of the facts the jury will be reconvened. The police are elated, and expect to capture the entire gang of assassins. They are reported to have found two member.' of Camp 20 in the Clan-na-Gael, . who are telling them everything. Another important witness has voluntarily visited the Chief of Police, Mr. Hubbard. This man, George Brooks. is a newspaper seller, and says that on the night of May 4th he was driving in Lakeview with his sweetheart, when, happening to go along Ashland-avenue, he saw three men loading a trunk into a waggon at Carlson-cottage. About half an hour later he saw them " dumping " the contents of the trunk into the catchbarsin wherein Cronin's body was found. He saw the men distinctly and will be able to identify them. His female companion also saw them and can identify them, and he will produce her when wanted. Brooke explains that his failure to tell this before was due to fear of losing his life, as he believed the men concerned in the murder were RU desperate that they would kill witnesses against them. He says the knowledge oppressed his mind and he could not keep quiet any longer, believing it a duty which he owed to himself and the community to tell what he had seen. He stipulated for protection, which has been promised. He described the three men to Mr. Hubbard, one of the descnptions fitting Burke, now in custody at Winnipeg.  The house at inverting In which She Gltown Prince Rudolph died is in course of demolitioo, and in a short time not a trace of it will be left. Every effort is to be made to obliterate the scene of the tragedy. _  Pine. Albert Victor, on his visit to India, will probably land at Bombay, and travel through Southern India, proceeding from Madras by sea to Calcutta, and after Chrirtmas travel through Northern India. The Sultan has contributed £2OO to the relief fund for the Conemaugh Valley sufferers. The President of the United States has replied,thanking his Majesty in the name of the people and the Government of the United States.  Miss Maggie Harrison, nines of President Harrison, narrowly escaped drowning at Lake Minnetonka the other day, through the capsizing of a boat in • gale. The party were in the water an hour, and were exhausted when rescued.  The Empress Eugenie has placed a graniteslabin the Emperor's chapel at the church of St. Mary's, Chiselhunt, on which the following inscription is oat: "On this wok rested for many years the remains of Napoleon 111.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1889-02-16 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY.—A public meeting in connection with this society was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evenir-., the attendance being a fair one. The Rector (Rev. H. Fynes Clinton) presided, and was supported on platform by Mr. It. Lewis (Blandford). In the course of his opening address the chairman expressed the opinion that drunkenness was a murderous evil, because if it did not lead to actual murder the brutal treatment that resulted from over indulgence in drink was also tantamount to it. When a man committed an offence when in drink, it was almost always used as a mitigating circumstance. A fact which he could never understand because to his mind it ought to be just the other way. Drink was the most dangerous enemy a man could have, but still he hoped and believed that the traffic was gradually diminishing. (Applause.) They often heard the expression "Slow but sure" and he thought that was not a bad motto for a temperance society, it reminded him of the fable of the hare and the tortoise, and in the end though they worked slowly they would surely achieve their object. The society under whose auspices they met that night was a most excellent one, and he was also glad to be able to say that a great deal of work was being done by the Church of hngland Temperance Society. He had often been asked to join it and give up his connection with the Blandford Total Abstinence Society. His answer was that though he was a sound Churchman, yet he found the kilandford society working so admirably when he came to the town that he cast in his lot with it, and should stick to it as long as he remained in Blandford. (Applause.) —Mr. Lewis gave an instructive and entertaining address on several phases of the temperance question. Pointing out that a great deal of misrepresentation existed in reference to temperance work, lie remarked many thought they wanted to do away with all the public-houses in the country. That was quite a mistake, because all they wanted to do away with was the stuff that was sold over the counters. The houses were all right, but as long as drink was sold in them they must war against the traffic, which was so hurtful to a man's body and life, and to society and the nation at large. (Applause.) They made war against it because they believed the warfare to be right and just, and contended that they were really doing the work of God as much as any religions denomination in the country. It was because the temperance cause had done so much good in the past that they were there that night in advocacy of its principles. There had never been a time in the history Of the country when earne.t sincere work was needed so much as at the pr,sie time, because they had to fight against the three great foes of ignorance, interest, and indifference. (Applause.)—ln the earlier part of the evening addresses on the game subject were given to the members of the Band of Hope.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1889-06-01 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

LIBEL ON LIVERPOOL PRIESTS.  At the Liverpool Assizes, before Mr. Commissioner Bosanquet, Q.C., and • special jury, an action has been brought by Father Jeremiah Dowling, one of the priests of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church. Liverpool, against the proprietors of the Liveroi Courier to recover damages i. alleged libel. The defendants,while admitting pc., ication, denied that the article had any defamatory meaning, and Oeaded justification. In February Mr. J. T. Taggart, a Home Rule member of the Liverpool Town Council, was presented with a testimonial,and made a speech in reference to Irish affairs. Father Dowling looked in at the meeting to see some of his parishioners, but stayed only a few minutes, and did not wait for the presentation nor for the speeches. Three days afterwards an article appeared in the Courier, headed " Irish Incitement to Murder." The article referred to some previous utterances of Mr. Taggart's, which had been denounced by Baron de Worms as "a disgrace to humanity and civilisation," and then went on to speak of the scandal of presenting such a man with a testimonial. Referring to the presence of Father Dowling and of a brother priest, Father Cahill, at the presentation, the article said "The presence of Fathers Dowling and Cahill at the League's cere-1 monial, and their subscription to such a scandalous and reprehensible testimonial, amounts in the eyes of those whom they chiefly influence to a sanctification of murder. They have, in effect, issued a certificate of indulgence to the blasphemer and the assassin. "—The plaintiff stated that he had never heard the language uttered by Mr. Taggart until some time afterwards, and he did not approve of it. He took no part in getting up the testimonial to Mr. Taggart, nor did he subscribe to it; and he was only present incidentally for a few minutes at the meeting where it was presented.—The defence was that there was no personal ill-feeling on the part of the defendants against Father Dowling or any of the priesthood. The editor was discharging a public duty in commenting upon a matter which was of public notoriety, and if I'ather Dowling had supported Mr. Taggart without making any inquiry' about the man or his opinions, he was hardly entitled to recover damages.—The jury found for the plaintiff, with 2....50.—} ether Cahill, curate of St. Anthony's, also brought an action against the Courier for libel. The facts were similar, and judgment for the plaintiff for £3O and costs • ea agreed to.  Thirteen British vessels and 11 foreign vessels were reported as shipwrecks during last week. Two British and two foreign vessels sank by collision' the number of collision cases being 25, of which 17 took place off the British coasts. The total number of shipwrecks for the present year is 611. Among the North American Indians the hair grows to a remarkable length. One Crow chief is said to have had hair loft. 7in. long. He wore it rolled up with a leather strap, which made the coiffure weigh several pounds; but on occasions of ceremony he let it bang over him like a mantle.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-06-26 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE KENTISH TOWN TRAGEDY.  On Friday, at tb.• Marylebone police-court, George Vincent Heueage Finch, 19, described as an artist, of 15, Ospringe-road, Kentish Town, was brought up on remand charged with the wilful murder of John William Bowes ; also with attempting to murder Frances Hardy, and, further, with stealing 1.7 103., the money of the Postmaster-General.-- A lad named Sale said he went to the chemist's shop, 165, Brecknock•road, to purchase some stamps on the day of the tragedy and noticed the prisoner and Mr. Bowes in the shop talking together Shortly after leaving the shop he heard the report of tire. arms.—Henry Brown, policeman, liviog nearly opposite the chemist's shop, said that some time before the murder he noticed the prisoner walking up aril down near the shop and frequently looking in at the door. Shortly after 4 o'clock lie heard a report of firearms, and then he saw the prisoner come out of the shop and go towards Oqaringe-road. Witness immediately ran out and subeequently went for adoctor.—Robert Hardy, chemist, of 165, Brecknockroad, said he was a postmaster, and the deceased, James Bowes, was his assistant. Mr. Hardy described the interior of the shep, and said that the cash-box produced contained the gold used in the Post-office business. It was possible for any one to see that box in the till when open, and there was an opening through which any one could get round the counter. Prisoner was a stranger to him. Dr. Saunders, in stating the result of a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased, said there was a gunshot wound on the left side of the temple, which had caused death,—William John Stone, page to Mrs. Finch, the prisoner's mother, said that during the last three months prisoner had been stage manager to a theatrical club. About three weeks ago lie saw him with a revolver in his bedroom near to the dressing-table. Witness said, "I did not know you had a revolver, sir,' and iii, said " Yes ; Ma knows all about it; I had it a year or so ago, and I expect she has forgotten all about it. I never keep it loaded." Witness looked at the revolver, and he knew that it was not loaded, for he tried the trigger. On the morning of the murder witness found between the mattress and tlie palliasse of prisoner's bed, a tin can containing a number of ball cartridges.— George Saull, hall-keeper at the Kilburn Townhall, said the prisoner hired the hall for a dramatic perforaaance to take place on the 10th Juno, and paid a deposit of 10s.' the balance to be paid on the night of the rehearsal of the morniag on which the performance was to take place. At the last rehearsal the prisoner said he could not pay him then, but he would nee him on the matter the following morning. The audience assemhled on Thursday night, and also the actors except the prisoner, but no performance took place.—Other evidence having been given to show that prisoner at the time of the :rime was in want of money, he was io,mmitted for trial.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-08-21 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

CONSERVATIVE POLICY FOR IRELAND.  New York papers publish a letter written by the Duke of Abercorn, in which he says : Mr, Gladstone has, in my opinion, sadly misused the opportunity which his position and his previous services gave him for conciliating the jarring elements which sever English and Irish feeling. Had things been described as they are, and not as they Mere sought to be made to appear for the purposes of party, much that has re cently been said would have necessarily boon left unsaid. The Conservatives, whether in Ireland or in lingland, are above al I things anxious that their fellow. countrymen in Ireland of every creed and class should enjoy equal political rights, equal consideraton, and equal social I iberty,granted to them by law and secured So them b% .ts observance. The false cry against "coercion" raised by men Who know the value of appeals to misinformed sentiment really means tolerance of crime; it is against that alone that any demand for force exults. If the boycottings, the murders, the maimings, which have disfigured parts of Ireland, and, I am clad to say, only a few parts, ccised, or if the existing mode of detecting and prosecuting lawbreakers is found to suffice, none will be more delighted than the Conservative party ; but the supremacy of the recognised law, whatever it may for a time be, is the very foundation of national prosperity, and this must be supported. As for what is called Protestant ascendancy in Ireland, that is a thing of the past, and nobody would desire to revive it in its former political character. Eut what we Conservatives do most strongly condemn is the substituting of one ascendancy for another—an ascendancy which would become a descension, because it would, in our opinion, strike a fatal blow at individual liberty and the best interests of our country, by banishing confidence from our shores. To sirs the greatest possible scope to the natural aspirations of the people for self-government without impairing the Parliamentary union- to hasten the . time when Irishmen, like Scotchmen, shall Ell all the administrating poets in their own country—to insist meanwhile that the poorest as well as the richest shall have the protection of the law for person and property—this, I apprehend, is the genuine C anserve live policy.  '• The death is announced of M. Michel Nicolas a 1 well.known French littcrqteur, who was born' at I Nimes in 1810. He was appointed to the Chair of Philoeophy at Montauban, and was especially versed in Reformation lore. He was& frequent contributor to the loading French reviews and encyclopoodlas. I Some time ago a joiner of Blackburn, named Johnson was examining the mouth of a retriever dog, which he thought had something in its throat, when the animal bit him on the thumb, inflicting slight scratch. Johnson bit out the piece, and continued well until a day or two ago, when he coin. pialned of feeling unwell. He got worse and was re. moved to the infirmary, where he became unmanageable, and died In great agony from hydro.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-08-21 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

PLANNING A DIXMOND ROBBERY. Five men, named Palmer, Scandland, Jaeoby, Leon Weiner, and Adolphe Weiner have been charged at Bow-street with being concerned in an attempt to murder Mr. Tabak, a diamond meichant, and to steal from him diamonds worth £2,000. The offence was committed in March last, when a man named Dueant was taken into custody, who MIS subsequently convicted and sent to penal servitude. The men now charged have only just been arrested. Mr. Tahak positively identified Palmer as the man who came to hia house with the one alresdy convicted, and inflicted the blow which stoni.s d him. Eleanor Denunzio, the daughter of the man Dusant, deposed that on the day of the robbery Pelmer called on her and asked for her father. He said, •'1 struck the old man. He screamed, and hie wife came upstairs, and we were obliged to run away. I daresay your father will blame flue for all this, but tn 3 brother was outside and did all he cult te stop the servant." Witness asked if the servant was stopped. The prisoner replied in the negative. She asked if her father had got away. The prisoner replied "No," and told her she had better pack up her luggage and eet away from the house at once. Ile said, "You know where Weiner lives, you must go down to liuiii and tell him to sestet you." Witness packed up her luggage and took it to Waterloo Station, and sifter. wards went to Adolphe Weiner's house. Directly he saw her he said, "For God's sake go away; I will meet you in Castle-street." She went there, where he shortly joined her, and took her to a wine es-'p in Chancery-lane. Witness said, "lou have got niy fat` er into this trouble, and I shall expect you to get him out of it." He denied at first that he know anything about it. She told him that her father had irnoimed her about the affair from the beginning. De said that all he did was to get her father a situation. She said she knew that was false, and that he sent her father to Mr. Tabak. First he eaid he would not assist her at all, and then be gave her five shillings, and said he would give her that every week until she got employment. He said whatever she did, she must not come near Dyer's-buildings, because he was watched. Then she went to Jacoby, who said he did not knew where they a-ere going to strike him, Subsequently witness iv, nt to the house of Palmer's mother-in-law, Witness knew the whole of the prisoners, who were in the habit of connng to her father's house. Three weeks after Christmas Jacoby called at their house with a bottle of chloroform, and they tried it on the kitten. On a subec quoit occasion the elder Weiner took a rabbit to the house, and witness was ordered out of the room. When she returned the windows were opened, and there was a strong smell of chloroform in the room. She believed they had tried it on the rabbit —The accused, who protested their innocence, were remanded.
Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-07-24 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

KICKING A WIFE TO DEATH.  A terrible story of a 1111111's violence to his wife was told at the trial of Thomas Flavin, at the Monmouth assizes for the murder of his wife. They lived together at Newport. On Saturday, the 29th of May, the wife went out in the evening to Pill Gwenelly to a pawn-shop. The prisoner came home and hearing trout the children where his wife had gone, followed, and they returned home together. It appeared from the evidence of their daughter, an intelligent child of some 10 years, that they had an altercation about money ; the man struck her a blow with his fiat on the bide of the head and knocked her down, and while on the ground he kicked her several times. One of the kicks took effect in a vital part, the toe of the boot causing a wound which induced hemorrhage, and the woman bled to death. About 10 o'clock at night a neighbour heard screams, and saw the children running out of the prisoner's house. She wint in, and by the light of the ffre saw the deco:died on the ground and the prisoner kicking her. The shrieked " Mrs. Stacey, don't leave me, I'm murdered." Mrs. Stacey took hold of her and suppoited tier head, but the man continued to kick her and said, " He would be hung if she did not get his clothes cost of the pawnshop." The prisoner then went out, and Mrs. Stacey sent for a candle; he came back in a very violent manner, and chewed • purse which 'seemed to have a shilling and some coppers in it. The deceased woman said, "He has finished me at last; fetch me a priest and a doctor." The man, with great brutality, said, "I'll give you • viest and a doctor," and kicked her again. He tirsatened the witness that he would serve her in the same way if she interfered. When the 06sone; went out Mrs. Stacey sent for a policeman; she wiled in another woman to help her, and together they lifted the deceased woman, who was lying i.- a pool of blood, into a chair. A doctor was sent for, but before he arrived the woman was dead. Vie facts were not disputed, but for the defence th. learned counsel alleged that there had been great exaggeration on the part of the witnesses, and at empted to reduce the offence to the degree of marolaughter. It was suggested that the deceased womaL had received money (125.) from her hue-nand to get trings out ,d pawn and to supply the family with food , that she had spent the money in drink; that the provocation was so great that he struck the woman and knocked her down, and that the injury might hays been done by her falling on the leg of the chair. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of mauslaughter, and the prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for life.