The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-08-01 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE SOLIHULL MURDER. At Warwick, on Tuesday, the man in custody on the charge of having caused the death of John Gateley at Solihull five years ago, was brought up I before Mr. M. H. Lakin, one of the county magistrates, and further remanded. The proceedings were conducted privately, and considerable difficulty was experienced in getting particulars respecting them. The supposed assassin was taken before the magistrate shortly after eleven o'clock, the nature of the charge preferred against him being explained by Superintendent Mott, deputychief-constable of the county. Prisoner said nothing in reply to the charge, and in answer to whether he objected to a further remand, remarked that he -did not. He was accordingly again remanded for eight days, at the expiration of which period a public magisterial investigation will be held. The whole of the case, however, will not then be gone into, but important evidence of identification will be forthcoming. On the occasion of the full enquiry into the facts of the case, which will probably take place a week afterwards either at Warwick or Solihull, some startling revelations are likely to be made with respect to Fenian movements, and it will be satisfactorily shown, the police state, that they behaved with necessary discretion in refusing to divulge the contents of the documents found in ( tateley's box after the murder. The importance of these documents was only made known to three responsible officers of the constabulary, Inspector Hall being one, who has never ceased to act upon the information they contained. until at last he, who is believed to be the murderer, has fallen into the hands of the authorities. The credit of the arrest is not, as has been stated, , due to the Irish and Metropolitan police, but almost exclusively to Inspector Hall, owing to whose vigilance the supposed assassin has been captured. Detective-sergeant Winkless and Detective Whitcroft, of the Aston police force, are at Warwick pursuing enquiries into the ease, these officers j having it is said special knowledge of Duff, who for some years resided at Aston. LIC EN SEI) VICTU A MAULS' I /INNER AT  SOLIHULL, On Wednesday afternoon the twelfth annual dinner of the Solihull, I" • 's Heath, and District Licensed Victimllers' and "Beer and Wine Trade Protection Society was held at the Public Hall, Solihull, under the presidency of Mr. P. A. Muntz, M. I'. There • was a large attendance, which included Mr. J. C. Lord (the vice-chair), Messrs. R.Ramsden,W. laullow,W. Pearce, J. H. Knowles, H. Fulford (secretary), J. Wadhams, E. Bickley (solicitor to the association), W. Griffiths, G. Rotton (Birmingham Licensed Victuallers' Asso, elation), Colder (Aston), IVheway and Scott; (Walsall), C. Berne, Gardner, Illation, Rooke, M. Roberts, Morrill, Kingham, Hemming, Smythe, Sale, Ottignan (Showell and Son), Remus, G. Stafford, F. L. Thompson, Andrews and Cooper (Burton Brewery Company), G. M. Umbers (H. Mitchell and Co.), T. 1\ . Wiley, Heseltine, Luckman, \V. Portly (Ind, Coolie, and Co.), G. E. &c. Letters of apology for absence were read from Sir A. Gooch, Revs. Canon Howe and Canon Evans, Captain Ash, Messrs. H. Hiiwkes, W. C. Alston, H. H. Chattock, &c. . : • The usual loyal toasts having been given by the PRESIDENT and duly honoured, ' Mr. J. C. LORD proposed "The Army, Navy, ' and Volunteers," and in doing .so commented upon the disgraceful way in which the soldiers engaged in the Soudan had been treated. As regarded the Volunteers, he was sure that this department of the forces did their duty well, while at Wimbledon this year in the Eloho Challenge Shield competition, a Birmingham man made the largest score. (Loud applause.) Mr. Ramsnex, in roposing " Our Representa tives in Parliament," remarked that he was sure ' Mr. Newde,,ate the senior member for the SOLIHULL DISTRICT CONSERVATIVE northern division, lived in the sympathies of all