The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1889-10-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DISPUTED OWNERSHIP OF A LIFEBOAT. THROWING A CHILD'S BODY FROM A 1 SERIOUS AFFRAY. TRAIN At the Portsmouth Police Court, on Tuesday, The occupants of the London train, which arrived Captain Lawler, of the American masted lifeboat in Snow Hill Station, Birmingham, at fourteen IN eversink, lying in the Camber, was brought up on minutes past seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, were a charge of at tempting to murder a seaman named much surprised to find themselves made prisoners in Meades, under extraordinary circumstances. It apthe carriages, the doors being locked immediately peered that for some time past there has been a on the arrival of the train at the platform. Such dispute with reference to the ownership of the craft an unusual proceeding naturally excited considerable in questiou, which has, since her arrival at Portscuriosity both amongst the passengers and the per- mouth, about a week age, been in the sole charge sous standing on the platform,and this was increased of Lawler. The firm of Messrs. Black and when each carriage was separately visited by Detec- Knowles, claiming to be the owners of the Nevertives Superintendent Black, Chief Inspector sink, took advantage of the absence of the captain Van Heiden, and Inspector Stroud, who on lNlonday night, and put on board a crew subjected all the passengers to a searching of five elm When Lawler returned, as usual, cross-examination. The cause for this procedure was with the idea of sleeping on board, the crew dethe receipt of a telegi am from Leamington stating elined to allow him to remain. He went the next that the dead body of a newly-boru infant had morning to the American consular agent for advice, been discovered in the six-f,ot immediately the train and was told that he had better retake possession left, and the police were, of course, searching to with as little force as possible. Lawler, however, see whether they could discover the person who adopted a different method. Armed with a sixhad thrown the child from the train. Their search chambered revolver and two iron bars, he arrived on was not successful, and there is every reason to board the ship, and is alleged to have floored believe that the perpetrator of the act left the train Butcher, the first luau he came across, with a crowat Warwick, the only station at which it stops bar, and then fired three successive shots from his between Leamington and Birmingham. Two revolver, wounding a man named Meades in the leg, travellers by the train—an American lady and though not dangerou-ly. Eventually he was gentleman—in fact stated that they saw a woman secured from behind and held down until the who had entered the train at Leamington, with a arrival of the police. The boat containing the brown paper parcel under her arm, leave at War- prisoner took him to Portsea, as owing to the wick without the parcel, and as the child was threatening attitude of the crowd, it was not conwrapped in brown paper when found by the railway sidered safe to laud him in the Camber.—A remand officials there 800IUS little reason to doubt that the Mr a week was granted. woman was the person sought by the police. Superintendent Black, on hearing this story, at once obtained a description of the woman, and as his informants were proceeding by the train to Wolverhampton he sent Inspector Stroud on with them. They described the woman as being between thirty and thirty-five years of age, and of pale complexion. She was wearing, they said, a black dress, and had a shawl thrown over her shoulders. This information was forwarded to the Warwick police, who are using every endeavour to trace the woman. The 'oody of the child, which is believed to be only a few days old, was removed to the Leamington Town Hull, where it now lies awaiting