Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1878-07-20 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

DENTON. On Wednesday at about half-past two o'clock the neighbourhood of Crown Point, Denton was aroused by is cry of "stop that man," and in • few minutes a number of persons gathered together to see what was meant by "stop that man," when it turned out that a man who has been working at the New sewer iu Wilma.. street, had attempted to commit murder by trying to shoot a woman named Ann Shelton, with • double-barreled pistol, at the back of the Exchange public-house, at Crown point Denton It appears that the man Foyle has for some time been living with the woman, who has lately been taken on by Mark Wilde as a servant. On the morning of Wednesday at about nine o'clock prisoner went to his place ,of work, and brought awry his shovel, and strolled about the neighbourhood, visiting the Exchange several times during the early part of the morning, from which he was ordered away and told not to go there again; but the prisoner !seemed inclined to be obstinate, and went again, taking with him a double-barreled,pistol, and entering the house through the front door, made his way into the back kitchen to Miss Shelton. A minute or two after a disturbance arose, and she told prisoner that he was not wanted. He then drew forth from his pocket a pistol and pointing it at her head, at the same time telling her that she had only a minute or [two to live. He was then in the act of tiring, when in self defence she put up her hand and both closed together. She struggled avil screamed and managed to knock the caps of the pistol, and saved her life The back yard is common to the Exchange Inn and to the house of Mr Silas Grundy, butcher, and Mrs Taylor, servant to Mr Grundy, happened to be in the yard at the time, saw the struggle between Foyle and the an Shelton ran into the house and told Mr Grundy that murder would be committed is the yard if he -id not go quickly. Mr Grundy ran out at mice, and hearing screams in Mr Wilde'a wash' house he sr nt in, and fouud the man and the woman struggling. H. seized the man from behind, and pinioned him. The man had a pistol in his hand, and he tried to point it at Mr Grundy, and said he would do for hint too. Adjoining the yard is a smithy belonging to Mes•rs Burgess and Walker. The men there heard the ecreams, and ran to the place, and John Vernon. took the pistol from Foyle. Mr Grundy then let him go. He went through the beerhouse, and ran along Manchester-road. Mr Wilde, the landlord of the Exchange Inn, ran after him, and kept shouting out "catch that man." Foyle tu.ned down Peel street and can into the fields. Some stone masons were working for Mr Catlow at the corner of Queenstreet, and when they beard the hue and cry they ran after the man into the field, and caught him. They mastered him, and with the assistance of three or four others he was taken to the police office, and locked up. It the time he was taken to the lockup the police were all at the County Sessions at Ashton When In spector Kier returned Mr Grundy delivered the pistol to him. As already stated the pistol is a double-barrelled one, but the left hammer is broken, and appears recently done. The left barrel was charged with powder only, but the right barrel was charged with powder and shot. On extracting the charges Inspector Kier weighed the powder, and found it to have been 24 drachms in each barrel.—The prisoner was taken before W. W. Cooke, Esq., magistrate for Denton, on Friday afternoon. Full particulars of the trial will appear in our next issue.