Runcorn Examiner. — 1893-05-06 (Runcorn, Cheshire, England)

ROBBERY AT A WIDNES WARE. On Tuesday last, a wake was held over the m::ther of John McMullen, of 48 Wellingtm-st., and a youth 18 years of ago named Samuel Bushell, was tlsare. Next morning when Ole " wake " was ended and the house had resumed its ordinary aspect, a pair of boots worth 103. were missing, and it being ascertained that Bushell had pawned them during the day, he was apprehended. The Widnes magistrates on Thursday fined him 1Q3., or, in default, seven days imprisonment.  A f*l .1: 1  Yesterday I had a chat with a Warrington tradesman who knew the murdered woman from girlhood she WWI the only daughter of a retired sadler named Morton, who lived at Whitley, Cheshire. When he died his daughter show6d a fondness for modes of enjoyment of an unbecoming character, and so thoroughly did she enter upon these questionable pleasures that quarrels between herself and her mother were constant, and it is said that her maternal relation died of a broken heart a few years ago, when it was known that her daughter had plunged in a life whose sole pleasures were betting on horse races and frequent potations from the cup that inebriates. She was only twenty-eight years of age at her death,and my informant assured roe that she was even up to her demise, a very handsome woman. How to account for her relationship with Shellard, he did not know, unless it was the moulding influence of betting upon her, as Shellard was a " horsey " man. He had been her groom, and was a very unprepossessing and ignorant man. He influenced her before her marrage with Councillor Whittle, of Chorley, (who is a much respected gentleman), and my informant says that he had an influence over her which she often tried to fight against, but unsuccessfully. She had been sent to Gresford to see if the change of surroundings would wean her from her obnoxious habite,and destroy the influence of Shellard; with a resultthat has shocked the whole country.  t A ; '  A correspondent writes :--" Thoss interested in the Society for the Suppression of the Ovium Traffic will be pleased to hear of an eff,)rt made by throe little girls Miss Laura Campion, Miss Nina Gerrard, and Miss Nelly Gandy, to send a contribution to this society. They met together to make various small articles for a little sale, which they held on Saturday last at 20, Parker-st. It consisted principally of doll clothes, bags of sweets, text cards, ttc. Mrs. E. T. Reed was asked to open the sale for the young people, which she did, expressing pleasure in seeing this result of bringing the subject before the young people at one of the meetings of " the Christian Endeavour Society connected with the Emmanuel Church." The result :of the sale quite exeeeded the expectations of the youthful promoters."  3,  --:.--:,-/,,,,:1Ai•—.:1t17,4Z:E.e...A:K.., ~,:;•tt-,',.--.,,r,i.—5.i tkt:',1•,,::v:,..:,, ?,,!.,... ~....;-.,A,.,0..: A., i:ltiSt ',',•,-.Z.'-'",':'4'"°;;-".;-.,:_:',...--:';'.-T"43 ~:.--,_•-.- - ~..,--, ....,'....j.„4-wi ~,-.,'• ,„•,..,;• • .te ~,:.;..q47,. \. e: f '.... • !•-.,..1 :,..:.,:' i * ~., , .7.-• :3 ....,;,., i 41...",,r i;iCiVi I, • , I -.,A;,.‘, ',:,,,-. ,:•.'l",?,',X;Fsl",:r-i'''!:,-t .1. /4.‹,-.::,\•:‘,.‘:•\.,00-4..,e,:., 555 •,‘,,,,',...,\i,-,71,7=:4-"iti!..V.ii,,,..i.A,c7;7:.. '' '-`\ \\\\ '\, ,A,4', '; ':\ \''i,'k.`;',.: ‘ N \ \'. \'. • •\.A5,.4?,!.1.1/441,:‘,.',. ‘‘ * \ , \\\\ A •-1 \ W 1