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The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-09-07 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

INSIDE AN AMERICAN PRISON. A singfilar insight into life in an AmeriCan prison is furnished by a letter from Poughkeepsie, where a young woman named Matty Howe was detained, awaiting her trial for murder. Her cell is on the upper corridor, on the west side. Directly under it on the next corridor below is the cell of Eugene Schmitland, a good-looking German, who has been indicted for grand larceny in Stealing a number of watches and a quantity of jewellery in Fishkill last spring. He is a good-natured sort of fellow, and has been allowed the freedom of the outer corridors. One of thes3 corridors leads to Matty Howe's cell, and Eugene soon became acquainted with Matty by seeing her and talking to her through the bars which separated them. The at first casual acquaintance, under adverse circumstances, ripened into affection, and from that time farih through the long hours of the 'day, until the time arrived for each prisoner to be locked"up for the night, the loving Eugene could be seen sitting by the bars of Mattie's cell, the two exchanging vows of eternal constancy. One day Eugene addressed a letter to his father, in the Old Country, saying he had got into a little difficulty, and sadly needed 500 dels. to help him. His father, who is reported to be rich,.in a few weeks after sent him 400 dols. in gold. Then the lovers decided to get married. Eugene, through the consent of the Sheriff, sent for a first-class tailor to cornett° the gaol andmeasure him for a suit of clothes, and in due time the suit was finished. He then sent to Van Kuren Brothers' jewellery store and had 'samples of jewellery sent to his cell from, which he selected a complete set for Matty, including a gold chain and locket, and presented them to her. He also gave her a fancy lace collar and fancy necktie. Having thus, as he thought, prepared for' the wedding, the next thing was to get a minister to perform the marriage ceremony. He requested Gaoler Vanderpool to. go after a Methodist dominie! The gaoler, knowing that such a thing would not be allowed, replied that he was too busy to attend to the matter then, when Eugene requested the attendance of Mr. Boose, the cigar dealer, who came to the gaol. To him Eugene opened his heart, and Mr. Boose endeavoured to get a German minister to officiate, but he declined on the ground that such a marriage would be unlawful. Then Justice Baker was appealed to. That official said he would marry them if the Sheriff would consent, but the latter' peremptorily declined. This intelligence was conveyed to the determined lovers, who received it with sadness. The Sheriff, however, in order to appease them, sent them Word they could II)e married in open court by the presiding judge. They, however, received that news with distrust.  The family of Sir Harry Verney. M.P. for Buckingham, has sustained a. severe loss in the death of the hon. haronePs daughter, at the ace of 29. She died at Claydon House on Tuesdly 1..
The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-07-20 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

ALLEGED WIFE MURDER IN LEEDS.  COMMITTAL OF THE ACCUSED.  John Deardou, the man who is charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Minnie Deardon, was brought up on remand on Thursday morning, before Mr. Bruce, at the Leeds Town Hall. Mr. Malcolm again appeared for the accused.  Betijamin Foxcroft was recalled. He said, in answer to Mr. Richards, the assistant clerk, that when he returned from fetching the doctor, he entered by the back-door. Prisoner was coming out of the sittingroom.into the kitchen. Witness went into the sittingroom, and then returned into the kitchen. Prisoner was stood then with his face towards the wall. He raised his hand up to his throat and pointed the revolver to his neck, having hold of the trigger. Witness, seeing him in that position, ran to him and took it out of his hand just as he was going to fire. Witness then took the revolver into his own house.  Mr. Slingsby, gunsmith, Lowerhead-row, was also recalled. He repeated the additional evidence given by him before the coroner last Friday. Joseph Wilks, gunmaker, and well acquainted with the construction of revolvers, was next called. He had heard the evidence given by Mr. Slingsby, and he agreed generally with what Mr. Slingsby had said in respect of the improbability of the revolver having gone off from the table of itself. By Mr. Malcolm —All revolvers of this kind were dangerous when loaded and carried carelessly. Had known them to explode when thrown about.  Alfred Carter, a young man who helps his father, the landlord of the Albion Inn, Lemon-street, said he had known the prisoner about six months by his doming to their house. In the month of June the prisoner brought a revolver to their house, and asked witness to take care of it, as he was in lodgings, and did not care to carry it about with him. He said he had bought it at Hull, to carry with him when he was with the boat, as he had dangerous places to pass at nights. He left six cartridges at the same time. Witness returned the revolver to him on the 28th June. Prisoner then said he had got into a house of his own, and he might as well take it home. Occasionally the prisoner had complained to witness about his wife being a bad woman and goinz with other men. He had said if she mould stay at home and do what was right she would be well done to. The revolver produced was the•one he had referred to. Witness believed that he saw the prisoner on the Tuesday. before the occurrence. He said that his wife had gone away again. He said he theught he should not bother with her any more, as he could not get her to stay.—By Mr. Malcolm: There was no threat used. He always spoke very kindly of her. They were very affectionate when together. Prisoner, had lodged his money with witness's father. So far as witness had observed prisoner was a careful and steady man.  This concluded the evidence for the prosecution, and the prisoner, in answer to the charge said," I have got nothing to say; I leave it to my solicitor." He was then formally committed to the assizes.
British Miner and General Newsman : — 1862-11-01 (London, England)

OCT. 20.  There was a numerous and interesiing meeting of the committee for the relief of the distress in Lancashire at the Mansion-house yesterday. The sum of .£7Bl additional subscriptions for the first half of the week was announced. A letter was read from Lord Rosse, Lieutenant of the King's County, addressed to the Deputy Lieutenants, exhorting them to make local efforts to raise funds, and reminding them that in supporting the present appeal, in addition to the general obligation imposed on us, as part of the United Kingdom, of joining in a combined effort to relieve the distress in the manufacturing districts, there are special obligations arising out of the fact that many from this country are now resident in those districts, are sharing in the general distress, and are participating in the general fund. He feels convinced that this occasion will be gladly seized upon as an opportunity of showing that we have still a lively recollection of the great efforts made in the north of England for the relief of the severe distress in the Southern and Western districts of Ireland during the famine years. • Two influential Roman Catholic gentlemen, Mr. Corballis, Q.C., and Mr. D'Arcy, D.L , were added to the committee, and Mr. S. Bewley handed in £ll9 from the Society of Friends. Judge Fitzgerald informed the meeting that he had learnt from private sources that the distress far exceeded in severity any public account that had reached this country. Alderman Roe expected that in a very short time local committees would be established in every town and village in the country. An outrage which for cool audacity surpasses even the conduct of Hayes who murdered Mr. Braddell, occurred at the Tipperary Quarter Sessions on Friday, when Mr. Serjeant Howley, the respected chairman of the county, was very near being wounded on the Bench, where he sat surrounded by 12 magistrates. There were two stipendiary magistrates and 30 constables present, and the Courthouse was densely crowded. A young man, about 22 years of age, named Richard Carey, was indicted for stealing two shirts. He paid no attention to the evidence and seemed quite reckless. The jury found him Guilty, and, it having been ascertained that he had been imprisoned before at Cashel as a deserter, he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The moment the sentence was pronounced the prisoner made a sudden movement, and flung a stone of a pound weight at the head of the judge. Providentially he had not taken his eyes off the prisoner, and, perceiving the sudden action, he threw himself back from the chair and thus avoided the blow. The stone was flung with tremendous force, as if from a sling. The violence with which it was thrown smashed the stone, and a portion of it re- , mained in the woodwork behind the chair. The ' greatest consternation was excited by this daring outrage. The magistrates held a consultation and , resolved to have the prisoner indicted and tried for this offence at the next assizes. The learned judge was warmly congratulated by his friends on his almost miraculous escape.
British Miner and General Newsman : — 1862-11-29 (London, England)

MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN SUFFOLIC.—On Tuesday night the body of a policeman was discovered at Halesworth, whose death had evidently been caused by foul play. It seems that the murdered officer, Ebenezer Tye, who is a young man only about 22 years of age, went on duty as usual on Monday night, his beat comprising the town of Halesworth. He was seen by a brother officer in the course of the night, and that was the last time he was seen alive. He would go off duty between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning, and would then go to bed till the middle of the day, when he should report himself at the police station. At dinner-time Tye had not as usual reported himself at the police-station, and this, of course, raised apprehensions as to his safety, and later in the afternoon, as he still did not appear, inquiries were instituted, and a man named John Ducker arrested as being implicated in the supposed murder of Tye. Search was now made, and between 8 and 9 in the evening the body was discovered in a small stream which runs through the town about two feet deep. The poor man was lying on his back, with his hands in front of him, as though when he died he had been endeavouring to force back some person with whom he had been struggling. Close beside him were his pair of hardcuffs, and some yards off lay his hat; his staff was found an osier ground which borders one side of the stream. In addition to the man Ducker, a man named Stephen Warne and his wife have been apprehended as being concerned in the murder, though the evidence against the latter will, it is said, only tend to show that, if they had anything.to do with it, it was after the crime had been committed. As regards Ducker the facts seem to be these :—That about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning the deceased and Ducker were heard scuffling at the corner of a court called Clarke's-buildings, leading from Chediston-street to the stream where the body was found, and, as it is known that the deceased was watching Ducker, who bears a very bad character, it is supposed that the deceased stopped Ducker and endeavoured to search him; that Ducker made off, ran through the water where it is crossed by some stepping-stones' and Tye catching him in the osier ground, they had a scuffle there. Then, it is thought, Ducker succeeded in breaking from the deceased, and ran into the water, where Tye followed him, and the scuffle was renewed, and that Tye was knocked down and held under water till he was dead. The face of the deceased shows marks of a very severe struggle having taked place, but outwardly there does not appear any blow of sufficient violence to cause death. The man Ducker is much more punished about the face than the deceased. He is a man of between 60 and 70 years of age, but, nevertheless, of considerable personal strength. The deceased had not been very long in the force, but this is not tho first time he has had to struggle for his life, for about a year ago, while endeavouring to apprehend two men who were committing a felony in a barn close by the town, he received very severe injuries.
British Miner and General Newsman : — 1862-12-06 (London, England)

THE BRITISH MINER AND GENERAL NEWSMAN.  "Oh !" interupted Mrs. Rath, "didn't he come to our bed-room to warn us of the danger ?" "That was his art, ma'am—that was art, his infernal, diabolical, low-class cunning; he thought by doing so that he should ingratiate himself in my favour. I see it all, his two brothers played the thieves, the two partners of his guilty—of his guilty—" Mr. Rath paused for a goodsounding word for an effective conclusion, and was compelled in default of better to put up with—"of his guilty blood," "My dear, I think " " Don't think, then," said, the eminent individual, cutting his wife short. "I'm tired and sick of thinking; what I say is work! work! work! and when people are guilty—big or little—hang! hang! hang! By the way, Mrs. Rath, not a word of this young villain's rascality before Ellen, she must be kept in the dark; just mention that to Miss Adams, and take care that the newspaper is'n't left about, and that the servants don't ohatter. I don't want the child to know anything about it." "But I know all about it pa," said Ellen stepping into the room from the window that was levelwith the garden, "and I know that Jce is innocent." "Of course, my dear, of course, and his two brothers —they're innocent too, no doubt, sweet lambs !" "I don't know about his brothers," replied the child, "but they must be great stupids to take up poor 'bar Joe. Why that old man was murdered on the 27th wasn't he? —that was Friday." "Yes, dear." "Well, Joe didn't leave here till the 28th, the Saturday; he couldn't be in two places at once."  " Eh P" There's the paper, pa, read it yourself." "Bless my soul," said Mr. Rath, after perusing the paragraph, then the boy must be innocent ?' "Of course he must." "And he's now in prison, pa, and you ought to go and fetch him out. I know if I were a man I would I" • _ _ _ _  And the large tears gathered in the girl's black eyes as she cried, "Oh, my poor Joe, now locked up in a prison cell!" _  "I will get him out," said Mr. Rath, rising; "ring the bell, my dear; I'll ride over to Sleighborough at once, and see the governor." "Oh my dear, good, pa." "Tell Robert to put the mare to. Give me a kiss, dear; give me a kiss, Mrs. Rath :" that astonished lady complied.. "Give me a kiss too, Miss Adams :" the young lady somewhat flurried, presented her chin. "Cut me some sandwiches—l'll have him out—with plenty of mustard—l'll save him—in thin slices—the boy sha'n't be sacrificed— with butter—never fear !" Mr. Rath drove off—the women of his household, servants included, bidding him a tearful goodbye, and little Ellen, held upon the wall by Robert, who had a broad grin on his face, waved her handkerchief till papa, horse, and gig were out of sight.
British Miner and General Newsman : — 1862-09-20 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT HARTLEPOOL.-032 Tuesday afternoon a determined attempt at murder was made by a man named Win. Mackenzie M`Bean upon a young woman named Mary Ann Smithson. From what could be gleaned upon the spot it seems that the female had been for some time past, but not latterly, cohabiting with the man, and had left him. On Sunday he appears to have come to the town in search of her, and having fallen in with her, he tried to induce her to go and live with him again. This she refused, notwithstanding his earnest entreaties. Meeting her in Minerva-place, he endeavoured again to prevail upon her, when she firmly refused. Exasperated at her obstinacy, he made an attack upon her with a knife, aiming at her throat. He made several gashes about her face, and gave her a deep cut in the left arm, which she had held up to protect herself. A companion of Smithson—a prostitute—Hannah Cundhill, who strove to assist her, was also cut by Mackenzie. The circumstance was observed by several persons, and he was immediately seized and handed over to the police. He had been going about the rocks on Monday like a crazed creature, knocking his head upon the rocks. In his pocket were found papers, showing that he was formerly in the 26th Regiment of Cameronians. At the police court, on Wednesday, the prisoner, formerly a householder in Middlesbro' a bookbinder by trade, was charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding Hannah Cundhill, on the 9th inst. It appears from the evidence the prosecutrix first became acquainted with the prisoner at the hanging of Smith and Loekey, Durham, in 1860, and that she cohabited with him for eighteen months, during which time she left him nine times, once for attempting to cut her throat at Knaresborough, another time for putting her on the fire at Darlington, and again for kicking her on the face, for which he was incarcerated in Wakefield gaol for one month. She last was with him at Sunderland, but he used her very badly there and ran away with her clothes. She then came to Hartlepool, which is about a month ago, and on Sunday night last she met the prisoner. He claimed her as his wife, and on her refusing to go with him, he dragged her along the street. A policeman interfered, and ordered him away. She again met him in Minerva-place, about four rad. on Tuesday last, and again refusing to go with him, he seized her by the hair of the head, and drew a pocket knife three times across her throat, and inflicted a severe wound in her arm; there were also cuts on her chin and hand. A policeman saw the attack, and rushed upon the prisoner and felled him to the ground; and, with assistance, took him to the station house. The unfortunate woman was taken to a doctor, and had her wounds dressed. Prisoner said in defence, that the prosecutrix had a stone in her hand to fell him with, and that it was while endeavouring to obtain the stone from her the wounds were inflicted, and were not done intentionally. Committed for trial.
British Miner and General Newsman : — 1863-01-17 (London, England)

PRIBON.—On Monday Francis Dimollard, a prisoner, was taken before G. Whitfield, Esq., at the county prison, Lewes, charged with assaulting, with intent to murder, Mr. John Sanders, governor of the county gaol, on the previous day. Prisoner is the same man who attenipted to - escape from the prison a short time ago. From the statement of Mr. Sanders it appeared that the prisoner was undergoing a sentence of nine months' imprisonment for stealing silver spoons and other articles. On Saturday morning he was locked up on refractory diet for continually ringing his bell and complaining of his food without the slightest cause. About six o'clock in the evening he broke the lock of the small trap-door in the door of his cell and threw out his bread, so that he was obliged to have him removed to the light refractory cell. Witness did that to prevent the annoyance to the prisoners, as he disturbed the whole place. On Saturday morning the governor went to the refractory cell, where the prisoner was confined, accompanied by Robert Spinks, one of the warders. On the governor asking him if he had anything to say, the prisoner came forward and struck him, drawing his hand across his face. The prisoner was quickly seized by Spinks, and put on the floor. Mr. Sanders then found he was bleeding; the surgeon came and dressed the wound. The prisoner, the governor said, had given the officers as much trouble as any fifty inmates of the prison. The prisoner continually interrupted the governor while he was making his statement, which was confirmed by the evidence of Spinks, the warder, who took from the prisoner a small piece of tin, sharpened like the blade of a knife, and fixed on a slit in a piece of wood, with string round the handle, to hold the tin tightly in it. About five hours after the occurrence, witness went to the cell, and prisoner said there were some more who should have it if they did not, leave him alone. Witness did not know where prisoner got the tin out of which the weapon was formed. After some further evidence, Mr. Richard Turner, surgeon to the prison, deposed that the wound was nearly three inches in length, extending from the angle of the left lower jaw towards the chin. The bone being in that sittation very superficial the wound was not deep, but at the further extremity it had cut down to the bone. It was certainly inflicted by a sharp instrument, and by a very severe blow. The prisoner, having been cautioned, made a statement involving a series of complaints against the governor for withholding letters from him, and punishing him undeservedly on several occasions. He said he had been very much ill-used by the governor and other officers. On Sunday morning he, the prisoner, had put up his hand to guard himself, and in it was the bit of tin, and it might have struck the governor's face. Mr. Sanders said the statement was a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. The prisoner was committed for trial.