The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-10-01 (London, England)

ATTEMPT MURDER A POLICIE SERGEANT.--.-011 Sunday, an atrocious attempt to marder Police Sergeant scribed to ha-re been of idle and dissolute habits, and their home was maintained by the industry of the woman, panbliaof tt,ll.6L'eoincoln county constabulary, was made , shoemaker. It appears- at a who went out washing. About three months since she 1) an William hour in the amomin laaanb was on duty in the left him and engaged herself as a kind of housekeeper to village of aaxillav near Lincoln, and when neaathe house an old man named Janice Warren, nearly 80 years ofa. of a man named Harrison; thought he saw same one in age, and his son John, who was about her own age,, both the garden. e went to the spot and found it was Wiloccupying a cottage on the edge of Chadwell Heath. It seemed that the two were so comfortably cared for that w fallow. The officer at once 1119 la a TrhePy°leardas'e evere. scuffle, both of them, the son John made her a preaosal of marriage,. which seized..Btailing to Laen ground, Wilson being uppermost. The fellow was accepted. The banns were read on Sunday week in battered the officer about the head., and struck Dagenham Church for the first time, and. she was pre. paring her wedding dress, and, making other, arrange. him violently several times with his fist. Wilson then ments for the marriage, which was fixed to take place in put his hand in his pocket and took out an ordinary. the early part of next week. Wane frequently, requested 1 knife,which h d. Denby said, " Pray don't "P for God'sensPak nee titb • ' end, after Hrs. Blunt to return to hire, and on learning that she use.that ; f - Pn the knife somewas about to be married to John Warren he was heard hesitation, the pnsaner shut again an put in his pocket. A. short time afterwards, however,. be to say that it should not take place, and that he would again took the knife out, and commenced to cut and "do ". for her. Unfortunately, however, these were only shah at the officer, saying he would do for him. he cut deemed n to be idle threats, ad no notice was taken of completely through the greatcoat anti stock, making them.. On Saturday morning he was in %public-house "together five wounds, one of which was an inch deep lieu the heath, drinking, and in an excitedastate. While and an inch and; a half wide, the jugular vein being net he was in the place the woman Blunt,, who had been out 3 missed. Wilson then got up and made off, but Dajnby marketing, met a woman coming out of the house. In followed and. caught him, and another struggle took place. the course of conversation Mrs. Blunt made some alluThe noise aroused Mr. Harrison, ho opened. his bedoverheard to her forthcoming marriage, whieh, no doubt, was room. window, and the prisoner rau away. The .same overheard by Wane. She then proceeded on her way to morning Wilson was apprehended, and it waaascertamed the cottage, and, having prepared the dinner, she went that he and two other men also in custody had during s to wash in a kind of little washhou,se or lean-to, and the night stolen some fowls lelongMg ta'a)lir.. Drury, James Warren, as was his usual custom took a shoat walk for half a pint of beer. This was shortly after ten farmer., o'clock. The old man, on his way, called at the house