The Poole Telegram. — 1884-02-29 (Poole, Dorset, England)

THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. •  At the Petty Sessions on Friday, befrre C. J. Parke, the Rev. Carr J. Giyn, and C donel Paget, Timothy King was brought up on temand, for the third time, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Matilda King. on the 13th of Fat raary. We have already reported the facts. The prisoner, a little one-armed old-looking man of 60 stairs, is a higgler, and lived with his wife, a woman some two years his junior, and son, a lad about 15 years of age, on the outskirt i of the parieh. Some six years ago he lost his aim through an accidint, and at times since then he has been very ramose in his disposition. On the ev-ning of the day in question his son, suddenly ebtering this cottage, found his father standing with his foot on the bosom of his moth r. ,:tased with a formidable clais -hammer, the poi r W. 3111 in be,ng litt rally , deluged with bleott flowing from wounds on the bead. The prisoner then made a rush at the lad, but he mati aged to escape rind to call assistance. Seeing this aoproachiog, he ran to a well, in which there were about 7il. of water, and j iimped in feet foremost. On coming to the surface, some of the neighbours held his head above water, and eventually got him out, when he became extremely violent. They, however, took a very summary mode of dealing with him, and tied him to a tree until the arrival of the police. The injured woman has since been attended by Dr. Parkinson. Grave fears were ot first entertain d as to her ultimate recovery, but she is now progressing favourably. Mr. Supt. Batty said he was unable t o proceed with the case that day, as the woman was still unable lobe present in Court. He, however, asked fcr a further remand. Dr. Parkinson, in reply to the Bench, stated that he was going on i•atisfactorily, but he did not think it would be advisable that she should be removed for a fortnight. Her wounds as at present wets a sufficient justification for that opinion, and should erystisiles at any time set in Use case would assume a much more serious aspect. The prisoner was then remanded to Dorchester gaol for eight days.  --At the sane petty sessions the ether cases for hearing were of an ordinary nature.—ln that of °earles Lacey, charged with assaeltiog Eli Wilcox, egainst whom Lacey preferred a cross-summons, a dog WB4 the aunts belli. Lacey possesses a dog, not the most amiable of its race, and. .n the day of the fracas it rain out and endeavoured to F Rusty himself as to the taste of Wilcox's leg. W lcox naturally objected, and tried to beat the dog off. Seeing that,Lacey knocked him down twice, and Wilcox returned the compliment once. Lacey was fined 153., and the other summons was dismissed. John Bannett, of Kinson, pleaded guilty to. and had to pay 101. and costs for, the not altogether unknown luxury to him of getting drank and disorderly. A lone widow, named S ,ean Smith, was fined 53. aei costs for a similar ex aoit. She added to the entertainment she derived from gett'og " overcome " by running alter the passers-by with a stick. Two young men, mimed Fetcher and Bennett, of Bournemouth, were summoned for working a horse in an unfit stet,.—There was a doubt whether they were really cognisant of its state, and the case was dismissed. A labourer, of Colebill, n peed James 111oxhain, was summoned for stealing a plated spoon, valued is.. the property of Samuel Smith —The prosecutor wished to withdraw from the case. and this the Bench allowed him to do, having given toe defendant a good ttsking O.  the vault by eight bearers, preceded by the Rev. Carr John Glyn, rector of Witchampton and Stanbridge, uncle of deceased, who read the Pec ond portion of the burial service. Among the mourners were :—Lord Wolverton, the Hon. Pecos Glyn, Hon. Sidney Carr Glyn, Rev, Ed. Carr Glyn (brothers), Mr. Henry N. Glyn and Mr. Frederick Carr Glyn (sons), Mr. Carr Stuart Gyn, Lieutenant-Colonel Willi tins, General Glyn, Hon. Francis Pelham, Rev. C. G. Paget, and several other friends of the deceased.