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Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-12-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE STOCKTON HERALD.  hfbitions of amusement she had given at times throughout the proceedings led some people who had conceived the idea prisoner was utterly iiallous to express their belief that she would receive a verdict or guilty even with a smile. Everybody was certain- that the verdict would be , one of "guilty," but the long absence of the jury caused considerable uneasiness, and the , prospect of s disagreement was freely diemewl, on the chance that one or two of the jury might object to a verdict of guilty. At last ' the news flashed round the court that the jury were returning, and it caused a great feeling of relief to all present. As the jury filed into the box the people in the public galleries, who were invisible to those in the body of the ! court, craned over one another, and some almost fell, in their eagerness to obtain a view. At last the jury had all returned, and their faces were anxiously scanned to read if possible in their countenances the decision which almost 811 were certain was about to be given. The Judge entered a moment afterwards. a hush fell upon the hitherto noisy Court as the prisoner, looking haggard, and followed by four warders, including a female, and also the prison surgeon, ascended the steps from the cells into the dock, and advanced firmly to the front. For a few moments the whole of the attention of those present was concentrated upon the prisoner's face, which gave no sign except its pallor of the agitation which she must have been suffering. The names of the jury having been called, the question "1)0 you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty ?" was put, and a murmur of approval was heard in the court as the foreman answered "Guilty." Yet the prisoner made no visible sign of emotion. She was than asked "Tf she had anything to say why sentence should be delayed," and in a voice slightly trenibling, and almost inaudible, she said "Only that I am innocent of the charge." This sentence she repeated a few moments later. The Judge assumed the black cap, and before pronounring sentence in the usual form, addressed the prisoner in a voice unsteady with emotion. He said she had been proved to be an active party in a most cruel and horrible murder, and her case WWI one of the many instances which had come before him of the terrible results of persons giving way to prurient and indecent lust. He could hold out no hopes of any mitigation of the sentence, but he hoped in the time which would be allowed her for preparation she would use it for her eternal benefit. He then passed sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner replied, "lam innocent of the charge," and walked eteadity from the dock, though her face was deadly pale.  The death of Kr Styles, the father of the murdered Mrs Phoebe Hogg, has just taken place at, Rickmansworth, where the aged man has for some years past resided. Although he was aware that his daughter Phcebe was not alive, still the exact knowledge of her sad end and that of her child was kept from him to the last.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-08-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE STOCKTON HERALD.  "Yes, beoshse the boy will now be considered --" and then I stopped helplessly, with the dread word on my lipa " ? I know. But what do I care for legal phrases if I get him all to myeelf, never to be sundered again? I can bear anything now if they only give me the boy." 1 I drew a long breath of relief, and told her to I get on her things and accompany me there and then to Greenside and claim her own. Then for the first time a shadow appeared to strike across her luff, and she paled and let her arms drop helplessly by her side. "Oh, if we should be too late ! If he has killed him I There was murder in his eye when he took him away. I feel—l feel a presentiment that something has happened; that I am never to see him I again in. life.' . . . .  "And will you stand there paralysed while he is in danger ?" I asked, and the words bad the effect of rousing her to action, though she continued to whisper her fears during the drive to Greenside, and was so pale and pinched-looking when the cab stopped that I thought she was to faint there before we could get up the stair. Strange, the first thing she did on getting into the stair was to stop and listen intently, as if for the screams of a child. All was as still as the grave, however, and we got to the door, when I gave the bells ring that might have waked the seven sleepers. Hendon himself opened the door, having thrown out his servant, box and all, an hour before and he seemed utterly taken aback by the sight:of us. "Where's my bairn ?" cried the mother, trying to rash past him into the house. 7 You're not toss'. him," sullenly answered Hendon. "lie's sulking in there, and pretending he has a headache, and won't eat his dinner. It's just spitefulness—" " He's dying ! I know it! Feel it!" screamed the mother, staggering back, ready to faint. "Nonsense I" 1 cried, and hearing a whimper in the room opposite, I dashed in and found the boy fevered and bruised, but not dying or anything like dying. When he saw his mother he ran out to her like lightning and cried out— "Oh, take me away, never to come back to him!"  Hendon would have interfered, but by that time I bad him charged with bigamy and handcuffed. The shock seemed to deprive him even of the use of his venomous tongue, for he uttered not a word while the overjoyed woman, clasping her arms about the boy, fluttered down the stair to the cab, without a single backward glance ether nightmare. Hendon went to prison for two years, and then disappeared, and Mrs Hendon has now a much bigger family, being married to the "one she should have married.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SHOCKING MURDER OF A GIRL IN  LANCASHIRE.  ARREST OF HER STEPFATHER. A discovery was made on Sunday afternoon at ice, near Wigan. of what is believed to have been the horrible murder of a young girl, and it is fared—though suspicions have yet to be confirmed—that the child had previously been maltreated. On Wednesday night last week a report was made to the police that a child named Hannah Lydia Birch&ll, eight and a half years old, was missing from her home in Petticoat-lane, Ice, and though search was made and the canal dragged, no trace of her was found until Sunday. In consequence of passers-by having noticed that a number of large stones surrounding an old disused pit some three hundred yards from Petticoat-lane had been removed, and that hair was found on some iron bars beyond, the police, acting under the instructions of the superintendent., removed the covering of the shaft, and having erected a windlass a man named Orrell was lowered to the bottom a distance of 80 yards. Here the body of !the missing child was discovered. The deceased was the illegitimate daughter of the wife of William Dickinson, collier, 25 years old. and lived with them. The mother, who was married a little under two Tears Hannaheft go,a who at has s e ntwooch,ti.fren bya Dickinson, icekviennin win; while she went to the pawnbroker's to pledge a shawl. Her husband was there also, but on her return in about half an hour he was absent. Shortly afterwards her husband said after looking after the tea she had better call Hannah, but she was nowhere to be found, and information was given to the police. The it where the body was found lies to the rear of Dickinson's honer, on a vacant piece of land. The shaft had been partly bricked and then covered over with sleepers and dirt, but on two sides loose rubbish and large stones had been used, and part of these had been removed to allow of the body being thrown in. It would be impossible for the deceased to have done this herself, and there seems little doubt that she was the victim of a cruel murder. On Sunday night the police apprehended William Dickinson, the stepfather.  A telegram received in London on Thursday announces that Major-G enroal S i rlieward Elphiestone has been swept overboard and drowned while on a voyage to Teneriffe by the steamship Tongariro. ' Mr Burnett, chief of the new Labour Department of the Board of Trade, has for some time been engaged upon a report of the great strikes of the last seven months, and the statistics it will contain will be of great interest. Mr Burnett has had considerable assistance from the Trades Unions. A great number of strikes followed on the dock labourers' strike, and the probability that these disputes have by no means ended is shown by the oircumstanoe that on the tact day of February TS strikes In different depiutmaubt of labour were goiug on in CiroM Brituia.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-01-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES  AOTS•  CONFERENCE AT DARLINGTON.,  The annual conference and public meeting in connection with the Northern Counties , League for Abolishing State Regulation of , Vice was held at Darlington on Tuesday. , In the afternoon a public conference in support of the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases . Acts was held in the Friends' School-room. The Mayor of Darlington (Nlr Morrell) presided, and opened the proceedings.—The Rev. C. S. Gellingwood read the report, which was a lengthy document.. The report stated that the last election came on them somewhat suddenly, I-ut they were not altogether unprepared, and they had made progrees, althougn the question of repeal was not a test question. There were 109 repealers in the new Parliament, a body which had, he believed, received additions since at the bye elections. They had in the number given 30 more members of Parliament than in 18'74, cud there could be no doubt that as it was in the Parliament of 1874 se it would be with the present Parliament, that whenever it came to a division on the question there would be found many who were repealers who had not been reckoned on. In this district there were a considerable number of members in favour of repeal— 6 out of 10 in Northumberland, and 12 out of 13 in Durham, and the 13 that had already voted for repeal, and he hoped they would do so again. The League had stopped the progress of this system in this country. Never since the matter was understood had they, its advocates, been able to advance one step in the British Isles. There was no possibility of extending the Act now in this country. The report spoke strongly of the introduction of the regulatiou of Tice into Hong Kong and Bombay against the wishes I of the people, and tee same was the case in other countries where it was introduced— the workitig clessee were generally against it. , The report reviewed the state ef the question in different countries of the world, and drew special reference to the means taiteu to stop decoy iug English girls to Belgium.—Alderman Charlton (Gateshead) said that there was not one known prostitute allowed to walk the streets of Gateshead, owing to the careful supervsiin exereised.—ln answer to the , Mayor of Derlingtou, Alderman Charlton • admitted that thete was a different state of things in Newcestle, where there was great ' laxity. Other gentlemen addressed the ' meetieg, including Professor Stuart, of Cambridge, who delivered a long and interesting address, and the Cenference closed.  The Midland express from Bradford on Tuesday morning ran into an overturned waggon belonging to a goods train at Kirkstali, near Leeds. Fortunately none of the passengers were injured, but t;.e waggon and its coatents were destroyed. At Sanmarisl, New gothic,. 15 whites have been massacred by a band of Apache Indians. Other murders and outrages have been committed. _ _  --A branch of the Irish Laud League has been formed at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-11-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THIRD DAY. MAILEITONE, Monday:  The trial of Lefroy for the murder of? 'Jr Gold on the Brighton Railway was resumed this morning, at the Assize Corrt, Maidstone, before Lord Coleridge. The Court was again densely crowded, and there did not appear to be the slightest diminution in the interest taken in the trial. The Attorney-General said, in reply to the Judge, that he hoped to conclude the evidence for the prosecution by half-past twelve o'clock. There was some delay in the commencement of the proceedings owing to the late arrival of the special train in which the counsel and solicitor for tee defence travelled down. When the proceedings commenced Creeke, the assistant to Moses Adams, pawnbroker, in the Borough, was called, and produced the books. showing that 40 pegs were taken in on the 21st of June, and they were all entered according to the order they were receited. The last entry would, of course, be 'shout seven o'clock. The bock would not show the time at which pledges were received. On the lath of July the second pistol was Vedged - that would be after the prisoner was in custody ; and he produced the pieta'. It was pledged by a lea in the name of Watson Jarvis. The detective was there at the time. The pistol was similar to one pledged on the 218 t June, and Jarvis told him to bring it along to Lendon Bridge, which he did. He mentioned to Jarvis that it was like the pistol pledged on the 21st June. The pistol bed been in pawn ever since. Cross-mean:deed by Mr M. Williams He spoke to Jarvia LeeftLlSO the pistol was like the one pledeed by the man whom he believed to be the prisoner. Mrs Sarah Beeken said she resided at 32, Smith-street, Stepney, on the 27th of June. She had lived there some years. On Thursday, June 30, she bad a hill in one of the windowe saying there were lodgings to let. t.n that 'ley the prisoner called at her house a little after eleven o'clock in the morning. He m-ked for a room, arid the amount of rent she would charge. She told him the price, and aidted him where be came from. He said from Liverpool. She askA him his name, and he said Clarke," and that he was an engraver. Witness &eked him if ha liked the room, and Is mad be did, and should like to take it that day. Tee room was not quite ready, and be was going out, but could return about two o'clock. Prisoner went out, and returned about two o'clock. She asked him if he had any luegaee, and he said "Yes." adding that it would be „tinge next day. He paid her a sum of 3s lit otkeeccount of the rent. He went out for a short time in the evening. He was absent a short time on the following day, leaving soon after breakfast, and returning about two o'clock. From that day (it was a
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-04-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

CUPTAIN ,TOBIIIJA PANAVELLO.  - . AR among the Jews of old, so among the Waldeeses, God raised up, from time tei time, mighty men of valour to deliver be people. One of the most remarkable of teese men was Gianavello, commonly known as Captain Jcshua Gianavello, a native of the Valley of Rora. He appears, from the accounts that have come down to us, to Lave possessed all the qualities of a great military leader. He was a man of daring courage, of resolute purpose, and of venturous euterprise. He had the faoutty, so essential in a c.im. mender, of skilful combination. He was fertile in resource, and self-possessed in emergehotes ; he was quick to resolve, and prompt to execute. His devotion and eucra were the means, under God, of mitigating somewhat the terrors of the Massacre of 1655, and his heroism ultimately rol ed back the tile of that ,great calamity, anal Wade it recoil upon its authors. It was the rooming of the 24th of April, 1655, the day which saw the butchery commenced that we have described above. On that same day 500 colliers were dispatched by the Marquis di Pianeza to the Valley of Rosa, to massacre its unoffendiug and unsuspecting inhabitants. Ascending from the Valley of the Pities, they had gained the summit of the pass, and were already descending= the town of Hera, stealthily and swiftly, as a herd of wolves might descend upon a sheep-fold, or as, bays Leger, "a brood of vultures might descend upon a flock of harmless doves." Happily Gianavello, who had known for weeks before that a storm was gathering, though he knew not when or where it would burst, was on the outlook. He saw the troop, and guessed their errand. There was not a moment to be lost; a hula longer, and not a man would be left alive in Roca to carry tidings of its fate to the next commune. But was Gianavello single-handed to attack an army of 500 men? He stole up hill, under cover of the rocks and trees, and on his way he prevailed on six peasants, brave men like himself, to join him in re. pelting the invaders. The heroic little baud marched on till they were near the troop, then, hiding amid the bushes, they lay in ambush by the side of the path. The soldiers came on,little suspecting the trap into which they were marching. Gianavello and his men fired, and with so unerring an aim that seven of the troop fell dead. Then, reloading their pieces, and dexterously changing their ground, they fired again with a like effect. The attack was unexpected ; the foe was invisible e the frightened imaginations of Pianeza's soldier* multiplied tenfold the number of their assailants. They began to retreat. But Gianavello and his men, bounding from cover to cover like so many charnels, -hung upon their rear, end did deadly execution with their bullets. The invaders left fifty-four of their number dead behind them; and thus did these seven peasants chaire.from the Valley of Rohs the five hundred assassins who hail csme to murder its peaceful inhabitants —From The History of Protestantism, . by the Rev. Dr. Wylie, for April.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-04-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

OAPTAIN JOSHUA GIANAVELLO. As among the Jews of old, so among the Waldenses, God raised up, from time to time, mighty men of valour to deliver his people. One of the most remarkable of these men was Gianavello, commonly known as Captain Joshua Gianavello, a native of the Valley of Rora. He appears, from the accounts that have crime down to us, to have possessed all the qualities of a great military leader. He was a man of daring courage, of resolute purpose, and of venturous enterprise. He had the faculty, so essential iu a Odinmender, of skilful combination. He wae fertile in resource, and self-possessed in emergencies ; he was quick to resolve, and prompt to exeoute. His devotdoi and °flares were the means, under God, of mitigating somewhat the horrors of the Massacre of 1655, an'd his heroism ultimately rolled back the tide of that great calamity, and made it recoil upon its authors. It was the morning of the 24th of April, 1655, the day which saw the butchery commenced that we have described above. On that same lay 500 Fathers were dispatched by the Marquis .di 'Fianna to the Valley of Rom, to massacre its unoffendiug and unsuspecting inhshi i ants. Ascending from the Valley of the relics, they had gained the summit of the pass, and were already descending on the town of Rork stealthily and swiftly, as a herd of wolves might descend upon a sheep-feld, or as, says Li ger, "a brood of vultures might descend upon a flock of harmless doves." Happily Gianavello, who had known for weeks before that a storm was gathering, though he knew not when or where it would burst, was on the outlook. He saw the troop, and guessed their errand. There was not a moment to be lost; a little longer' and not a men would be left alive in bra to carry tidings of its fate to the -next commune. But was Gianavello single-handed to attack an army of 500 men? He stole up hill, under cover of the rooks and treee, and on his way he prevailed on six peasants, nrave men like himself, to join Lim in repelling the invaders. The heroic little baud 'starched on till they were near the troop, then, hiding amid the bushes, they lay in ambush by the side of the path. The soldiers came on,little suspecting the trap into which they were marching. Gianavello and his men fired, and 'with so unerring an aim that seven of the troop fell dead. Then, reloading their pieces, and dexterously changing their ground, they fired again with s like effect. The attack was unexpected ; the foe was invisible; the frightened imaginations of Pianeza's soldiers multiplied tenfold the number of their assailants. They began to retreat. Bat Gianavello and his men, bounding from cover to cover like co many chamois, Lung upon their rear, and did deadly execution with their bullets. The invaders left fifty-four of their number dead behind them; and thus did these seven peasants chase from the Valley of Rora the five hundred assassinu who had 03MO to murder its peaceful inhabi. tants —From The History of Protestantiss, by the Rev. Dr. Wylie, for April.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-04-02 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SHEFFIELD MURDER.  OONFESSION OF TUE PRISONER. At the Sheffield Town. Hall on Thursday Tames Hall, cutler, who had beateu out his wife's brains on Saturday night with a hatchet, was charged with, wilful murder. In reply to the charge, he confessed in a cool and unconcerned manner how he committed the crime. Addressing the Stipendiary, he said: "It won't take me many miuntes to say all I have to say. It has been stated by one of the witnesses that I have threatened my wife many a time in the course of my life. That is true, and the reason is this:. Three years ago we lived in Paternoster-yew (in Sheffield), and going home one night I found the kitchen door fastened. I thought, Where is my wife?' and tried to open the door. I pushed hard, and the door opened, but my wife pushed ma back. I thought there was something wrong, and looking through the back kitehen window saw a man going down the passage on his tiptoes. The man jumped over a wall and escaped. I went back and said to my wife, • Who was that man in the house with thee?' She said, • There was no man with me. There has been no man here.' I said, 'I know the man; it is either Booth or Londe; and if I catch thee at these tricks I will have thy life. Now, mind, don't let me catch thee, or I shall do as I said.' I went home la,t Saturday night at about a quarter-past elev,u o'clock. A man and my wife were on the sofa. I said, What sort of a garcods this, Poll?' I flew towards the mad to get hold of him, but he kicked over a table against me and ran not of the door. I. picked up the table and ran to the door, bat the luau had then gone. I came back and said to my wife, ' What lost thee think about thyself r She answered, ' Thee 'oes as thou likes, and I shall do as I like.' Having had a drop of beer, I goes to the cupboard, gets the hatchet, and says,'l will do as I like.' I.len I struck her. She fell on the ground. I struck her again and again!' 4Seneation.) Them I said, 'Well, she's dead.' (Renewed sensation.) I look's at her, rube my baud across tay forehead, puts my hand into her pocket, took out her pence, and puts my hat on to go out. I then met my daughter at the door. She called me a liar, and, being agitated, I struck her with the hatchet.".— Selina Hobson, daughter of the murdered woman, was called by the Stipendiary, and stated that she never heard the prisoner make any complaint to her mother about being visited by men, and she had, never seen tie)/ man in the house.—Wm. Londe, the man referred to by the prisoner in his statement, was also called. He denied, that be had ever been in the priesner's house, or that the prisoner had ever accused him of being on improper tarms with his wife.—The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder.