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Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1886-01-01 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

NOTES FROM AMERICA.  South Dorset has not gone unnoticed by the American 'papers. The New York .1 oily Tribune, commenting on the situation, says :—" Henry Parkman Sturgis has succeeded in winning a seat for the Liberals in the Tory stronghold of Dorsetshire. Mr. Sturgis is a Bostonian, having been born in that city in 1847, and recently married a daughter of Viscount Hainpden, late speaker of the House of Commons. Six months ago he was unknown in the constituency he now represents, and having defeated the local ' squire ' the rage and mortification of the Tories are intense."  The world moves. Four children of Newark, New Jersey, who have been bitten by a supposed mad dog have been sent to Paris for treatment by the now celebrated Dr. Pasteur. Suppose such an idea had been suggested ten years ago! The youngest of the quartette is five years old, and his mother has gone along with them as general nurse. The entire expense of this experimental trip across the ocean for inoculation for hydrophobia has been borne by voluntary contributions. • America, not to say the whole world, was electrified by the intelligence of the awfully sudden death of the richest individual in the world—William H. Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt's wealth amounted to not less than 200,000,0005, or when reduced to English currency rather more than £40,000,000. " Billy, the Czar," and "The Railway King" were the popular titles of Mr. Vanderbilt. So vast was his fortune that be would lose and gain millions in a day through the fluctuations of the Stock Exchange. In his will he has not been unmindful to the public, for he has bequeathed a million dollars t various charitable and other institutions. To each of his eight children he leaves ten millions apiece ; his wife receives 200,000$ annually for life, and also the Vanderbilt "palace" on Fifth Avenue, with all its furniture and appurtenances. The great bulk of the property goes to his eldest son, Cornelius. One of the most revolting murder cases in the annals of crime is now being tried at Rome in this State. The prisoners are an Italian butcher named Tozzi, his wife, son, and daughter. The victim was a rival butcher named Poggi. The motives of the murder were trade jealousy and family disputes. Poggi was first entrapped into Tozzi's cellar, where he was stunned by a blow on his head, then his throat was cut, and while he was dying he was held over a tub, into which his blood flowed. Tozzi and his son then carved the body into small pieces, and the fragments were scattered in a suburban forest, the whole family assisting in the work. The murdered man's blood was afterwards boiled into black-puddings, which were sold in Tozzi's shop. All the prisoners will probably be hanged, if not lynched beforehand ; but it is pretty safe to say that black-pudding will not meet with a very ready sale in the neighbourhood of Rome for sonic time to come. R.P.M.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1878-07-12 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE PROBABLE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. The possibility of an early dissolution of the present Parliament has again becotue a prominent subject of discussion in political circles; but while the Conservative agents still assert that such a step will not be taken this year, it is confidently stated in Liberal semi-official quarters that a general election will take place in November next. But at the present moment it may be taken for granted that, although this prediction may ultimately prove correct, it has not yet been decide 1 by the Cabinet whether there shall or shall not be a dissolution this year. In fact, no decision will be arrived at until the return of Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury from Berlin.  The Prime Minister will return to London on Monday. A party of United States volunteers have been embusceded by the Indians and nearly all killed or wounded. Some idea of the magnitude of the plague of locusts in Madras may be conceived from the fact that they are sufficiently numerous to stop the trains unon the railways It is reported that his Excellency Str Garnet Wolseley •starts on Saturday next, via Brindisi, for the Levant. He will take on from Malta to Cyprus a brigade of English troops as well as the Indian contingent The death of Prebendary Sinclair is announced, aged 74. In his young days he saw active service as a cavalry officer. An American named Townsend was committed for trial at Manchester on a charge of attempting to murder a cabdriver by firing two shots at him from a " seven-shooter." The German Socialist lies lel, who attempted to shoot the Emperor William on the 11th of May in the Unten -den Linden, was on Wednesday brought up for trial. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death. The funeral of the Queen of Spain was held on the 11th, and all the foreign Courts was represented thereat. Requiem masses have been celebrated in the churches of Madrid and the large towns. Sir Garnet Wolseley will leave in a few days to assume the governorship of Cyprus. The Post has reason to believe that he will take with him the Indian contingent now at Malta. A labourer's wife.at Manton, Wilts, who a short time since rresented her husband with twin boys, has just given birth to a couple of girls. The same woman had already 14 or 15 children. More than forty county seats which the Liberals did not contest at the last election are to be contested next time, and the Liberals count upon a gain of twentyfive seats in this respect. On Wednesday the Albert Edward Lifeboat, presented by the Freemasons of Rigland as a thank-offering for the safe return of the Prince of Wales from India, was launched at Clacton on-Sea with considerable ceremony, Lord Skelmersdale taking a leading part in the proceedings. David MReown, of Bootle, does not love his mother-inlaw, and on Saturday night he set fire to the curtains of her bed. When beiore the masistr •tes he said he had done it "for spite." A fine of £5 or two months' imprisonment will perhaps induce him in future to show his dislike in a less objectionable way. AN
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1878-05-03 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

WSE CETEBRE.  Lovers of the morbid interest which attaches to mysteries and murders are much excited by the trial ofIL Eugene Chantrelle, French teacher in Edinburgh. for the alleged murder of his wife by poisoning, which is to begin in the High Court of Justiciart onTuesday, the 7th of May. Madame Chantrelle died on the 2nd of January. A medical man called in on the morning of that day found her in a state of insensibility. He noticed a strong smell of gas in her bedroom, which it was discovered, was due to a rule break in the gaspipe. Concluding that the case was one of poisoning by coal gas,the physician had the patient removed to the Royal Infirmary, were everything was done for her that medical skill could devise, but all to no purpose ; Mdme. Chantrelle died at five o'clock the same afternoon. he husband was arrested immediately after the funeral on the sth of January, and was conveyed to the Calton gaol, of which he has ever since been an inmate. The chietfacts that have emerged since the arrest are that Madame Chantrelle was an Edinburgh lady and twenty-five years of age; that she had been married for eight yesrs, having been previously a pupil of the prisoner; that the pair had led a very unhappy life—a fast well known to the relatives of of the deceased, and that three children the youngest an infant, are the issue of the ma, liege. The formal indictment, which was served on the prisoner on the Bth of April, charges the husband with having administered opium or some other poison to his wife in an orange or in lemonade, with having evinced towards her malice and with having falsely accused her of monstrous immoralities, and with having threatened to shoot her and to poison her. The witnesses cited for the prosecution number 115, and the documentary and material evidence comprises 198 items. The latter includes letters from the deceased to her mother, Mrs. Dyer, describing the treatment she received from her husband, and three policies of insurance on her life— one for £l,OOO in her own name with the Accident Insurance Association of Scotland., one also for £l,OOO recently effected in the name of M. Chantrelle, and one for £lOO in the name of "Mary Byrne," who was a domestic servant in the employment of the family. It is surmised from the nature of these insurances that the intention was, in the first instanc.., to base the defence on the plea (I accidental death from poisoning by means of the broken gas-, ipe, how bioken remains to be proved. But the result of the post-mortenv investigation has evidently knocked that plea on the head; and it is now well understood that the strength of the defence will lie in the allegation that Madame Chantrelle was in the habit of taking narcotics, and that the poison found in the stomach was selfadministered. In whatever light it may be viewed, it Is an ugly case, and the trial cannot fail to reveal an appalling state of domestic indiscretion and social infelicity.  •
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1878-04-12 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE WLST BAT AND THE LATE GALL—Oyer two dozen vessels, threatened and buffeted by the late gale, put into the West Bay, and rode safely within a few hundred yards of the deadly beach. So late as Wednesday, there were at least a &men lishitig vessels riding off Chesil and the Railway station, and it was hoped the wind would not shift to the dreaded S.W., or it seemed they must all be embayed.  THE LOCAL BOARD contest has turned out a very hollow affair this time, little or no interest was shown, no canvassing was carried on, and a large number of the voting papers were returned unsigned. The following were the results :—Mr. Thomas Gibbs, 415; Mr. Elward Pearce, 381; Mr. Benjamin Collins, 336; Mr. Richard Sansom, 290; Mr Henry Otter, 270 Mr. Henry Smith, 256: Mr. R. B. Scriven, 240; Mr. Elijah Flee, 2:34; Mr. Henry Flew, 22:3 : Mr. George Mitchell, 222; Mr John Winter, 183: Mr. John Scriven, 165; Mr. Simon Pearce, 146; Mr. Abraham Pearce, 143' , Mr. Honry Gibbs, 123; Mr John Marwood, 115; Mr. W. Read, 77; Mr. E R. Way, 56. The first six are elected, and as we can only reckon one (Mr. Otter) of the New or Vigilance Party, againat Ave returned of the Old Party, it looks somewhat like a collapse; or perhaps the Vigilance Committee have determined to "Rest and be thankful."  BONE OF THE INNER LIFE ON BOARD THE BoS.—ln H. M. training ship were two boys, named respectively Moore and Dossett, of whom the first is said to be the worse. The story goes that they were pretty free in their dealing with the rights of property, perhaps being ultracommunist in their ideas. L,berty in this didnt lead to equality ov fraternity, Moore seems to have tyranniaed over the other, and to put the produce of his own robberies into Dassetts• bag. The latter was not anxious of the extra responsibility and risk, and threatened to confess all, when Moore, with that charming inconsistency occasionally seen in Communiets, declared he'd murder Dossett. So goes the tale, which adds that Dosaett's intention remained, when Moore got possession of a marine's bayonet, threw away the scabbard, and with the weapon approached Dossett lying in his hammock. Somebody approached, and Moore is said to have given the bayonet a hasty thrust into the hammock without aim, piercing the hammock cloth and the blankets, but fortunately not injuring the boy. Moore was not then detected, but next he is said to have broken into the sick bay, opened the cupboard containing poison, smashed one bottle and selected another containing oil of tar, which he poured into Dossett's tea. The powerful and taste weretoo much for Dosaett, who did not drink ; but two other lads were tars enough to swallow the scented compound, and they are ill in the sick bay. The affair was believed to be traced to Moore, who was taken before the captain, and as he was unable to deal with the case, the lad is to be tried by court-martial.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1878-08-23 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

EXECUTION OF A WOMAN.  On Thursday there was enacted at Bodmin a scene that is a disgrace to Christian England. Selina Wedge was hanged for the murder of her illegitimate child, notwithstanding the fact that the jury recommended her to mercy and the strong public appeal made on her behalf. Ihe prison officials appear to have been thoroughly ashamed of the tragedy Mr Cross compelled them to enact, for they rigidly excluded every one from the gaol, even the representatives of the press were not allowed to be present. Mr. Cross seems ambitious of emulating the example of Sir James Graham, who earned an unenvioua notoriety through mercilessly consigning poor, helpless wretches to the scaffold. We know not who to feel most ashamed of, the hard-hearted Home Secretary, who refused to listen to the strongly urged plea for mercy, or the nation, which makes no protest against such a revolting crime. Mr. Cross has only had the right of killing his fellow creatures for a little over four years, but he has evidently become so accustomed to the work that the word mercy appears to be unknown to him. The rapidity with which executions now follow each other is becoming quite alarming—no less than three times within the past nine months has the scaffold been erected in Nottingham ; in Chelmsford and Durham men were hanged a few days since, and now a woman is strangled : doubtless there will soon be other victims. What does the civilised world say of this relentless butchery? Does Mr. Cross ever think of the disgrace he is bringing upon us? Capital punishment is revolting enough even when a merciful Home Secretary like Mr. Bruce keeps the hangman somewhat in check; but Mr. Cross seems determined to find full employment for Marwood : mercy with him appears to be regarded as an inexcusable weakness. Atthebeginning of the year 3.5,0(,0 persons pleaded for the life of a yowls matt at Oxford; but he turned a deaf ear to all their entreaties. Not long since he kept a woman in prison for several months with the intention of hanging her as soon as her chi d was born, but the protests of humanity became at length so loud and strong that he was compelled to let his victim go. Then there were the three youths he sent to the gallows at Liecester !he case, too, of poor D--, but there we can proceed no further: it would fill us with horror even to count up the number of his victims. We are conscious, too, that we are wasting our time. Nothing that we oan say is likely to have the slightest influence upon him who now holds what used to be regarded as the prerogative of mercy. Our only consolation is that Mr. Cross is not likely to be Borne Secretary much longer. W hen the right of strangling his fellow-creatures in the name of the law is taken from him he will have time for reflection, and then may come calmer moments. We do not envy him the retrospect of his years of office. Oh those horrid streaks of blood that he will never be able to wipe out!
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1878-11-08 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

MURDEROUS AFFRAY WITH THE POLICE IN SOMERSET.  A desperate encounter between two of the SomerseCounty Police and two young men named Baker of Miaet head near Wellington, occupied the attention of the Wellington magistrates at the Taunton prison on Monday. The case was heard at the gaol because the two prisoners were unable, owing to the serious injuries they received, to attend at the usual plwie of petty sessions. The enquiry had several times been adjourned in consequence of the two prisoners and the two policemen, Ridley and Mundy, being tio ill to come before the bench. All four concerned were much cut and bruised about the head and body. On the 27th of Septembet the two Bakers were at a public-house called the White Horse Inn, Bradfotd. William, the younger of the two, became quarrelsome and put a man named Cattle upon the fire. For this he was turned out of the house by the landlord's son, and in retaliation he smashed the bar windows, severely lacerating his hands in doing so. Later in the evening a policeman named Ridley appeared on the scene, and William Baker was given into custody for several offences. He was handcuffed and taken in a cart toward the Wellington lock-up, but on the road he managed to jump out and get clean away with the h inticuffs on. Ridley obtained the assistance of P.C, Mundy, and with him proceeded to James Baker's house. IL.re they found the escaped prisoner, and called upon hins to surrender. The father refused to give his son up, and called upon him to kill the -- policeman. A desperate tight with fiats at first took place, then the light was put out, and both officers were violently struck with what they believed to be a broom or a hammer. They drew their staves and defended themselves. A free fight of about two hours' duration took place. The police were 153 violently used that they fainted as soon as they could crawl out of the house. They afterwards managed to get to a neighbouring farm, where their wounds were bathed and they were supplied with stimulant,, which somewhat revived them. They reached Wellington early in the morning, and were put to bed. They were confined to their beds for nearly a fortnight, and are still under medical treatment. A. doctor was sent to Baker's house the same morning, and he found the two men in bed covered with blood and wounds. • They have both been under medical treatment since, and the old man is scarcely yet out of danger. For his behaviour at the public-house, William Baker was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. With respect to the affairs at Bakers house the men were charged with attempted murder, and a counter charge of a similar nature was preferred by the Bakers against the police, which was not gone into on Monday. No decision was arrived at, but the magistrates intimated that the Bakers would be committed, though, perhaps, on a minor charge.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1884-01-04 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

SHOCKING MURDER AT SOUTHWARK.  About four o'clock on Friday afternoon a waterside labourer, named Robert Plums/ton, aged 49, living at Bsnkside, Southwai k, stabbed his wife with a pocketknife under tee left ear, inflicting so terrible a wound that death ensued in about an hour and a half afterwards. It appears that Plumpton and his wife and one child have been residing in a street of small houses at Baakside known as Princess-place, and occupied one roam on the first floor at No. 4. The deceased woman, Emily Maria Plurapton, who was rather younger than her husband, is stated to have been. a consta it tippler and spading a good deal of money in drink, with the result that she aid her husband had not been oa the best of terms. On Fri. day afternoon Pimento's and a nephew, named Cook, went to the house together about half-past three, when they found that the deceased women was away from home. In about a quarter of an hour she rause in, and Plumpton asked her to get him some tea, to which she replied that he must wait. Angry words followed, and he then asked her what had become of the blankets irom the bed in the room, and she said she hiscl pawned them. This further incensed Plumpton, who then asked her what she had done with the 104. he hat given her on the previous day, te which she sharply replied teat she had spent the money. He then made a rush ha dike her, and a etruggle ensued, during which the deceased woman shoote i to her nephew, who was then trying to separate them, "Oh, George, I am done for; he has done for me I" Wok then caught sight of an open pocket-knife in Plumpton's hand, and saw blood gushing from a wound near the e.r in deceased's neck. Ste rushed out of the room, downstairs, into the street, and he followed, Piumpten remaining in Vie room, and on reachiog the door Cook say her Wog on the stones in front of a neighbour's door. He ran off to find a doctor, attracted by the woman's cries. A barrow was obtained, and she Was at once taken to Gay's Hospital. The st ib was found to be most serious, and death ensued short before .ix p.m. Meanwhile, Police-constable Henry Roberts, 119 M, was fetched by one of the women residing in the house, and on entering the room, which was and while he was gone a crowd of the nei 4hbours collected, bespattered with bloo I, he found Plumpton lying upon the floor beside the bed, which Was also on the fl or, as if dazed with drink. He got up, and remarked th at he had always acted like a matt, and, producing the knife from his pocket, said he had committed the act with that Instrument. He further added that his wife tlitht to have been dead long ago,  d 4, IN v.  1  1 1
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1884-11-28 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

TERRIBLE' SCENE.  On Thursday, at the Lambeth Pollee-oone, Horace Robert Jay, alias Thorpe (23), was cha•gad before M Saunders with the wilful murder of Florence Dien Kemp. by cutting her throat with a razor on the 29th of September, and further with attempting to commit suard ). The pi limner seemed very ill when brought into C iurt, and hai freq iently to sit down, Mrs. Mary Weisner said : In September last I lived at 35, Larkhall-lane. About the 24th of August the prisoner came to live there, and gave the name of Thorpe. The deceased visited him frequently, and he told ma she was the young lady he was keeping company with, ' end that they were to be married. 0 i the 29th of September, the prisoner having been away • week. returned home in company with the deoeased. I went upstairs with the deceased, and then we returned to I the kitchen and made some tea for the primeer. The deceased brought down the tea t' ings, and then went upstairs. In about five or ten minutes I heard a dreadful shriek. In o ,mpany with a Mrs. Randall / went to the prisoner's room. I opened the door, and then saw the deceased lying on the floor with her head towards the door. She was fully dressed. The prisoner was lying down by her side. The deceased called out "Harry, forgive I" then, " Oh, he la cutting my throat with a razor." I stooped over them. I remember that, but I oannot remember what I did to the prisoner. I do not remember seeing the mot et first. I afterwards found I had • razor, %Web I took from the prisoner. It was open, and I shut it. We all three rose, and then the prisoner eaid, "I have not, I have not." We took hold of the dammed as she rose, and then I saw her throat was out, and the blood spurted all over us. On the landing the Nei:lased said,' Lord have mercy on me lam dying, lam dying." I got • shirt, and put it to her throat. I still keep the razor in my hand. Then I went down-.Wm, and on returning saw the deceased in the room and the prisoner. I saw him drawing a razor across tile throat, and I said, "Don't, don't. She was going to be married to you." He then out his awn throat In front of me. He dropped the razor on the loot.. After he out his throat he fell. The deceased dropped into • chair, and while I was attending to her the prisoner threw himself on the bed. Dr. Joseph fitt• oliffe said the deceased had lost a large quantity of blood, but was conscious, and in a little time I asked who did it, and .he said, "He did it," pointing to the prisoner. I asked her who oat his throat, and she replied, "lie did it himself." The deceased died the following morning from the injuries. The primmer, who declined to say anything in defence, was then fully committed to take his trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court,