npedrazzini/19thc_murder_suicide_news huggingface dataset:
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-10-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ACCIDENTAL DEATIL—On Saturday morning last, at seven o'clock, Mary Coleman, a child five years of age, daughter of Cornelius Coleman, labourer* of No. :3, Gilkes' Cottages, was so severely brunt that she died at a tbarter mist fonr in the afternoon, roller the following circumstances, viz. :—Deceased was left it) th-t house by her mother whilst she went forstane milk, and by some means or other her clothes caught fire. Her screams were heard by Mr Spangueriery, who we'd to her assitdance, and found her in flames. Dr. 5i1111,3011 was called in, but his efforts to relieve her sufferimo were unavailing. SERIOUS CASES OF ASSAULT AND CUTTING AND WouripiNa.—At a special coutt, held on Tuesday, John Welsh, of Stockton, and Michael thudding, of the same place, were charged with having committed a most aggravated assault on James Kelly; and Mary Gallaghdr, a very stout and repulsiVe-looking woman, was charged with aiding and abetting in its commission. Superintendent Saggerson, in asking the Bench for a remand, stated t lie particulars of the case, which were as follows :—A short time ago Kelly lodged with the woman Gallagher, and, having occasion to leave his lodgings, he did so, owing her at the time 275, about which amount there was subsequently some dispute. On Monday night, abut 5 o'clock, and according to agreement, the prisoner Gallagher, her husband, the two prisoners, and two other men, met at the Ship Launch Inn, in Darham-street, to settle matters with the prosecutor, who was prepared to pay a portion of the debt. The woman, who, it is believed, was the instigator of the assault, ordered drink fdr the party, and a waiter named Nitnmo served them with it in the tap-r torn. Immediately afterwards cries of " Murder" were heard proceeding from the room, and, on attempting to gain admittance, the waiter forted that the door had been secured on the inside. An alarm was raised, and assist trice having been obtained, the door was forced open, ad Kdly was found lying on the floor bleeding profusely from several wounds on the head. He was at once assisted, and the police sent for, when Sergeant Skelton and P.(3 Temple succeeded in arresting the three prisoners. The principal offender, the man Uallagher, managed, however, to elude their vi2ilance, and has not yet been captured. Kelly was at once taken td the Itdirmary, when it was found that several severe wounds had been inflicted about his face and head with a knife, and that a contutted wound had also been caused by a pitcher, with which he had been struck over the head. Fortunately none of the wounds were of a serious nature in point'of situation. One or two of them, although immediately adjacent to the principal arteries, were nevertheless quite clear of them, awl as Kelly is a very strong-built mall, it is anticipated that he will soon recover born the effects of the rough treat ment to which he has been subjected. —The Bench remanded the hearing ttf Lie ease for one week. A reward has been offered for the apprehension of Gallagher.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-06-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE FUNERAL OF LORD A. VANE TEMPEST.— the remains of the late Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, , .P. for the Northern Division of the county of urham, were interred in the family vault, at Long ewton Church, on Friday morning last. The funeral as quite private, and the number of persons present d not exceed forty. The corpse, enclosed in three etffins, arrived from London at Darlingtott, at four clock the same morning. Shortly before nine, the f neral cortege, consisting of a hearse and four mourning .aches, began tomove towards Long Newton, where it a rived about eleven o'clock. The mourners were— ad Vane, Lord Portal lington, Lor I Hardinge, andeleur Stewart, Esq.. Stewart, Esq. The Rev. .1r Dykes, rector of Long Newton, was present at the f ineral, but the service was performed by the Rev. E. astley, the curate. A number of Lady Londonderry's t • nantry followed the remains to the grave. The outer ifflot, which was of polished oak and highly ornamented, ore the following inscription : "Lord Arhdphus ' rederick Charles William Stewart Vane Tempest, urn 2nd July, Itt2t, died I lth June, 1864." The ault in which the deceased member is buired was uee I t r the first time on Friday last. It was built eight ears ago. In accordance with a request of the Mayor .1 Durham, the shops of that city were closed fro II elve o'clock on Friday, as a mark of respect to the emory of the deceased and to his family. SUSPECTED MURDER —At about eight o'clock in Thursday morning wer.k, a gardener at Norwood, bile proceeding with his work, found in a field close to the Anerley station, the dead body of a woman, espectably dressed. Having obtained assistance, the oily was conveyed to the Robin Hood public-house use by, where it was subsequently identified as that of . Mrs Louisa Dyer, a woman who obtained a livelik• cal y hawking articles with her sister, both being well nown in the district. It appears from what can at resent be ascertained that the deceased was last seen the company of two men, having the appearance of aymakers, on the evening of the 14th inst. Site that veiling visited the Robin Hood public-house, and was fterwards seen to go in the direction of the field %here he brdy was found. The men cannot at present be dentitied, and the persons living iu the neighbourhood f the field alluded to do not appear to have heard any cream or alarm of any kind. Mr Inspector Thomson, f the detective department, Scotland-yard, and Detecive sergeant Thomas discovered near the spot where he body aas found, a short iron bar, with which it is opposed the fatal blow was struck. From the xamination of the body made by Dr. Wood of Pelage ottage, he is of opinion that death was caused by a evere blow on the head, there being other marks of iolence on the deceased person. It is supposed the tody had lain in the same spot for about two days, and his corresponds with the fact that the deceased had een missing during this time.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-11-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PAIRING OFF IN BATTLE.—III the course of General Grant's attack on Lee's position on the 27th ult. (seys the N, w York :limos), some of the men got utterly lost in the woods. A squad of our men, who became separated from the main command, ran against a similar body of the enemy. Neither party knew where they were, and a mutual agreement was entered into on the spot that they would keep together, and whichever among them might happen to strike the opposite side would surrender. The two parties ultimately ran into ,our lines, and we received 23 prisoners as the restOt. _  61:sPEcrED Muurw.a.--A. mysterious affair has occurr ed in Sairotil .Tes'..e Valentine, a carter in the employ of the Corporation, and described as a sober, industrious man, was discovered on Sunday night near the goods station ef the Lancashire and Yorkshire It Company, tim Irwell-street, in a fearfully bruised and mangled condition. He died at the Dispel'si ry a little after midnight. Ile had evidently been attacked, hut no motive can be assigned for the ontragr, as he had no watch or rummy in his possession at the till)".  St'sl'FrrEll 'MURDER IN A RAILWAY TRAIN o 1-11 k ItAILWAY.--It IS alleged that a man has been murdered, robbed, And thrown out of a train near 12 ngliy. The pollee met the train at Liverpool, and apprehended a soldier and three sailors named Murphy, Mansell, and Reynolds, on suspicion The sailors belonged to the Commodore, Capt. Parry, paid off on Tile.dav in London. The telegrams from Rugby and S•.,ll.iril ,ay the man was not found. It is alleged that the man who is said to have been murder. il was one of the ship's crew, that he was drunk, and that he was showing his motley, when the dour Hew open, and he fell out. lb cV DIt,wNED.—A bout six o'clock on Monday night a melancholy accident occurred at the Jarrow landing of the Tyne General Ferry Company, whereby a young lad, about fifteen years of age, lost his life. It appeared that as the steam ferry-boat Judy, which plies between Howden and Jarrow, was approaching the landing, the lad suddenly sprung from the vessel on to the end of the landing stage, but his foot slipping he fell land: Mtn the river, and was never . seen to It is believed the name of the lad was Welsh, an I that he belongs to North Shields. A SHIP'S Gibson, captain of the new ship lunesfallen, of Liverpool, was summoned before the Sunderland magistrates for threatening to punish 'nouns Mclntyre, a . carnal] who bad joined the ship to sail on a voyage to Bninbay. On Sunday last the crew were requested to wesh the deck and polish ilce brasses. They refused, as the vessel was not about to go to sea, and on the ground that it was not work they thought they ought to do on Sunday. Thp rawain cahai them aft, and told them " When I get you to sea, I'll pick you out for it." The complainant and the rest of the crew were so much afraid the defendant would carry out his threat that they required him to be bound over to keep the peace. The magistrates ordered defendant to find personal sorties of £25.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-03-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FELLOW PASSENGER EXTRAORDINARY. Obily a very few months back I was starting from King's Cross for Mann, when into the first-class carriage where I was sitting entered a person of herculean proportions, with an enormous empty Keck, and an open knife in his hand. He apologised for the latter circumstance upon the ground that the blade (lid not shut up, and therefore could not be put in his pocket without inconvenience; but I confess I felt awry that we were alone. What would be easier than for a 111:1I1 of his great physical superiority to first find a sheath for his deadly weapon in myself, and then to place my carcass in that sack, for ehich it seemed so eminently fitted—the very rade mecum of a resurrectionist, and which no respectable body. snatcher should be without. " How many minutes are there before the train starts ?" inquired this gentletn in with earnestness. It is nearly a quarter of an hour," replied I. with great civility. "Then there is yet time," answered the stranger, and instantly sprang out of the carriage, and disappeared with his peculiar luggage. I knew that, if the police did their duty, I should never see him again, and, moreover. plenty of fellow-passengers of both sexes soon joined me, so that I no longer entertained any apprehensions, even in case lie should return. Jost as the whistle sounded he did return, bearing with him bolt knife and sack, only this time the latter was full. Ills countenance gleamed with a hideous satisfaction, as he hurried in and took the only vacant seat, and refusing the guard's offer to take charge of his luggage, hugged it between his knees. It struck me at once that lie had rushed out into the Gray's Inn road, committed a murder, and was now about to take his victlm into the c .un(ry. His eyes seemed to fulfil every condition laid down by Professor Taylor for the indication of homicidal insanity. I saw a young lady who sat opposite to him glance at her mother in umnistaltable alarm, and lie saw too. and winked, as I believe, with a view to reassure her. No sooner did the train besin to move, than he addressed her with great good(humour: n You were thinking. Miss, what a pity it was that there was no bread and butter." Indeed, Sir, I was not," commenced tho young lady, politely. "0 yes, you were, Miss; don't tell in,.' interrupted the stranger, wagging his head with bird. like sagacity. " But, bless you what I've got here is good by itself, with nothing faded.' Ile opened the twisted canvas of the sack. ‘• Ilete's"—l thought he was going to say "cold meat ;" but what he did say was: " Here's oysters; and the best in England. There's a shop close to this station as I never pass by without looking in and buying a lot to eat on my way down. Here's plenty here for all of us, and I'll open 'em." And he did open them, and exceedingly well too, and we all partook of his bivalves, not excepting the young lady and her mother,—Clianiber's Journal.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-05-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LORD SALISBURY AND MR WM.  O'BRIEN. M.P.  AN ACTION FOR LIBBL.  A writ for libel and slander has been issued against the Marquis of Salisbury by Mr Win. O'Brien, M.P., in respect of the Premier's speech at Watford on March .19th. Rimers linhne and Hammond. who are acting as solicitors for Mr O'Brien, called the noble lord's attention to the following passage in his speech —"Mr: O'Brien. in hingnage not so cride as r have used, but perfectly distinct, urged upon all those who beard him Oat men who took audit farms should be treated as they have been treated during the last years in the locality in which he spoke. That is to say. that Vag should be murdered, robbed, their cattle shor and illtreated, their farms devastated." ills lordship was *eked whether this correctly reported what he said, and wee informed that words imputed to Mr O'Brien were not •spoken by him in his speech at Clonruel (to which it was presumed the noble lord referred) which could bear the interpretation adopted by his lordship. As a serious criminal offence was imputed to Mr . O'Brien, the statement constituted a false and malicious slander. A complete withdrawal of the charges was accordingly demanded. with an apology at least as public as the passage of which Mr O'Brien complained. . .  The Press e;sociation anderigands that, in reply to this communication, Lord Salisbury's solicitor, Sic Richard Nicholson, said that he had already intimated that he was prepared to accept service of any process whic'n Mr O'Brien's tolledtore might see tit to issue against the noble lord, lding •—I think that the enquiry which you have addressed to his lordship should have been addressed to me. Lord Salisbury has the record of the language which he used at Watford on 19th March last Assuming, however,the report in the Time, of 20th March, which you quote in your letter, to be correct, it is clear that the last part of the pallikl2B extracted was not, aud did not purport to be, a quotatiou from Mr oldrieds , speech. Prior to the date of Lord Salisbury's I speech at Watford his atteutiou had beau called to the following language, proved iu court or law to have been used by Mr O'Brien " Now you have a good deal of leeway to make I up. The air of lilievenanion used not to be a t wholesome climate for land grabbers or for emergency men. lam airaid they are in it. I am afraid they are living and thriving in the midst of you, and you kuow it. I need not go into perticulars. If all oar labours for the t peat tel years have not been in vain yon ought Ito know ) a land-grabber when you meet him ; you ought to know how to deal with him without any iustructious from me." Lord Salisbury's attention had also been called to words of Mr O'Brien, quoted by Alr John Morley in the House of Commons as repxrted in the i'erses of a.th February.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-11-23 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. At the Nottingham Police Court on Wednesday Arnenetun was brought up charged with attempting to murder. The Court was crowded. The Town Clerk appeared to prosecute, and in opening the 'case Metaled to the esteem in which the Judge was held by his professional brethren. Something, he said, seemed to have arisen in the County Court which gave offence to the prisoner, and he conceived against the Judge animosity of the most diabolical character; in fact, be had no re. I collection of szythlng of the kiud happening !before in England, and the Bench would be glad !to hear prisoner was not an Englishman.— I Formal evidence having been given, the prisoner was remanded. IS ARNEMANN SeNE , Artiemaim seems to possess but the faintest knowledge of the English law and of the consequences of -his act, frequently converses ! with the officers in charge of him. Ho talks I reasonably enough, and betrays no remorse for Ibis crime. He told the police sergeant who was I with him on Tuesday night that he had deter. mined to shoot the Judge if the verdict went I against him, so that his C 111.3 might get before another Court, and his wrongs become known. I Ha dre•lared that if be bad committed such an lact in his own country he w3uld have been acquitted. and he believed what he bat done , , would be :or the benefit of the reing generation in England. There is no doubt that Arnemann, i who is a man of good education, holds advanced i political opinions, if be is not a Socialist. Yes; tetchy afternoon he instructed lawyers for his I defence. Prisoner has lived at :it. Petersburg, and is a well-travelled man both in Europe and America- He is, however, very eccentric. Being a bachelor it was bin habit to sleep in this open air—his bed being placed on tho fiat roof of his iock-np shop, which was never intended for a dwelling-house. The intelligence of the attempt on the life of judge Bristow° was received by wire on Tuesday eight too late t.) become geuerally known in the Ret:ord district, and Wednesday teing the day fixed for the monthly sitter; of the County Court the pa-ties to numerous suits which haul been enteral for hearing before the earned Judge attended at the lestford Court Hones as usuaL—u in Its assembling the Registrar (Mr S. Jones) expressed his horror at the murderous attack, explaining that it occurred late the previous aftereoon, and aiding, as there had been no time to appoint a deputy Judge to proceed with the business, he proposed to take the undefended suits, and adjourn the whole of the remaining business to the next Court. —Mr Thomas Bealcoby, on behalf of the solicitors practising in the . district, gave utterste^e to their feelings of sorrow for the occurrence. They all would have though; that the kindness. forbearance, and Integrity of the Jude° would have been sufficient to have protected him from she hands of any such miscreant, but, unfortunately, it seemed not to have bcen the case.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-03-02 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SUNDERLAND WIFE MURDER.  SENTENCE OF DEATH. At the Durham Assizes on Thursday Williain Rigg 127), forge roller, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Jane Rigg, at Moukwearmouth, on the 16th of I,;ecember. Mr Steavenson and Mr Luck prosecuted. and Mr Strachan defended. On the Bth December the prisoner and some other men came to his house the worse for liquor. One of the man and the deceased woman had some conversation about a man wh6 was supposed to be about leaving prison. One of the men, alluding to a previous term of imprison. rneut which the prisoner had served, said he ought to have got the treadmill. The men then left, and the prisoner returned to his home about 11 o'clock. His wife, who had been at the mar• ket, soon after returned. During that night a struggle was heard in Riggs house. On the 10th, during the prisoners absence, I Mr R. K. A. Ellis, the referee, and Mr James a Mrs Hall entered the prisoner's house, and Stokoe and Mr flobert Cameron, the umpires for found Mrs kieg lying on the hearthra% with the masters and men respectively, have given her throat nit, a id,presentiug a fearfujl appear- their decision in tha arbitration cage submitted &nee, so (eerier indeed that Mrs Hall ?led; and for their judgment a week or two since. The gave the alarm When the house was subse- shipbuilders some time ago gave notice for an quently examined evidences of a severe struggle , alteration in the present arrangements for dozkwere detected. When the prisoner was iug vessels on the Wear, pleading an a cause apprehended he said to the policeman, " You ; that repairing work was being driven to the Tyne ath a b-- liar. No one saw ine do it." and competing river, in consequence of the At first the wife, after the deed was discovered high rates charged by the shipwrights. The endeavoured to shield her hasbaud, and said she ; latter denied this, and alleged that the falling off, knew nothing at all about it. She ;if any. was due to the eteessive ilcAc charges on died on the 16th, eight days afterwards. ' he Wear. The arguments and evidence were —The Judge having summed up. the jury retire exhaustively heard before the referee and umpires at five o'clock to consider their verdict, named, who gave their decision yesterday. It returning into Court, the foreman aunonne was mutually agreed that the terms should not that they found a verdict of wilful murder be made public, bat it is said that they involve against the prisoner. Asked if he had certain concessions on the part of the men. arms thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him the prisoner replied, pointing at the same time to Detective Atkinson, who had had charge of the case lam not usual fotiridltsyhiopf vinTghaptasissetdhesmvaitnenwc,heoldnidtihte." form, the prisoner again pointed to Detective Atkinson and exclaimed, "My spirit will haunt you. I will come hack to see you." (Sensation.) The prisoner was then removed from the dock.