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The Sun. — 1864-09-02 (London, England)

MURDEROUS ATTACK.—By the arrival of 8...111.'s surveying steamer Beaver we have a full account of the melancholy but not unexpected murder of Alexander M'Donald and several of his party while on their way through from Bentinck-arm to Fort Alexandria. On the 17th of May M'Donald and his party started from New Aberdeen, at the head of Bentinek-arm, for Fort Alexandria, on the Fraser. They had 42 pack animals, 28 of which were loaded with goods for the mines, valued at between 4,00 A and 5,000 dole. On arriving at Naneootloon Lake, about 75 miles from the arm, the met with a party of Indians, composed of part of the Chilcoaten, Tatla, and Sitleece tribes, among them being two of the murderers of Mr Waddington's party at Eute. M'Dougall's squaw,whe was a daughter of one of the Chilcoaten chiefs, here learut from ono of her old tillicums that the Indians intended to rob and murder the whole party, and at once informed the packers, who, becoming alarmed, began to retrace their steps, when they were attacked by the savages. Two of the number, M'Dougall and Higgins, fell from their horses at the first fire, the latter shot through the breast; M'Donald's horse was shot under him, on which he mounted another, which was also shot down. He then took to the bush, and when Jost seen was standing behind a tree shooting at the Indiana with his revolver. Barney Johnson was badly wounded in the face and breast by heavy shot, and a ball passed through his horse's head, killing the animal and tearing open the I rider's cheek. Malcolm M‘Leed was wounded with ,shot., and his hand badly torn by a ball. Grant got a ball through his arm and his side filled with shot. Frederick Harrison was also considerably cut up. Farquharson was the only one who escaped unhurt, although his horse was shot under him. He escaped into the bush, where ho was four days wandering about without food, except berries, not daring to return to the trail for fear of being seen by the Indians. He at last made his way back to the head of the Arm. M'Dougall's squaw was also shot by the Indians, and all the horses and property carried oti. Grant found his way to Mr Hamilton's ranch, and burst in upon the family, his face and body streaming with blood, telling them of the massacre. They at once packed up a few valuables, and taking their arms and ammunition, hastened down to the river and embarked in a canoe. They had hardly got dint when the blood• thirsty villains appeared on the high bark above them. They did not fire, however, being intent on plundering the house, and the little party fortunately made their escape unhurt. The Now Westminster Volunteers landed at Bentinek-arm on Sunday, the 19th, and started at once after the murderers. They were accompanied by 30 Bella Coola Indians, who had been supplied with arms by Governor Seymour. A force of Marines, probably 60 or 70 in number, would be despatched by Admiral Kingcome, to follow the Volunteers and reader all the assistance in their power. Governor Seymour started across for Fort Alexandria on the following Monday.—Victoria (Vancouver) Colonist, June 28.  ,
The Sun. — 1864-05-10 (London, England)

THE INQUEST.  Yesterday Mr J. R. Ingram, deputy coroner for the Huddersfield district, held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, Bradley, on the body of Joseph Pogson, cotton twiner, 64 years of age, who was brutally murdered on Saturday morning by Joseph Haigh, of Bradley, at whose house he lodged, and who is believed to be insane. The murderer was present in the custody of Superintendent Heaton, and his manner during the inquiry was that of a man suffering from fits of mental aberration.  The principal witness called was the eldest daughter of the prisoner, 15 years of age. She said she lived with her father and mother, and slept with a younger sister in a room on the first floor of the house, opposite to that which was occupied by the deceased. Her father and mother slept down stairs. About four o'clock she was awoke by her mother's screams, and directly afterwards her mother ran into the room where the witness was sleeping. She tried to shut the door after her, but was prevented by the prisoner, who burst the door open. He was very excited, and his eyes rolled in his head. Witness saw him strike her mother on the side of the head, and jumped out of bed and tried to restrain him. She and her mother succeeded in holding him down on the bed. At this moment Pogson, the deceased, came out of l' room to ascertain what was the matter. Directly Thligh saw him he burst away from the witness and her mother, and gave the old man a blow which knocked Ws hneaci upon Pomp.' s head against the drawers, and caused him to fall on thefloor near the hearthstone. Witness again got hold of him, and garrell-edfrOm the house, tried to hold him. He said if she did not leave loose he would do for her to. He then stamped with his naked foot, and the witness, her mother and sister, assistance. When in alarm, ran out of the house to prooare the witness returned again the old teen lay bleeding on the Was not aware that her father hearthstone and insensible. By the Prisoner—The morning but one before his murder and the deceased had ever (1 my father told Pogson to go awayand he said he would do so. Mr W. J. Clark, Eurgeon, of Huddersfield, said he was called to attend the prisoner about 12 months ago, at which time he was in a state of melancholia, with delusions, and had an idea that People were conspiring to injure him. He attended him about a fortnight or three weeks, and he came better. Since then he had seen nothing of him professionHe thenally.gave a gave surgical explanation of the in-, juries of the deceased. This was the whole of the evidence. The Coroner then summed up to the jury. They had to decide how the deceased cane by his death, whether the prisoner was the cause of it, and whether in their opinion he was guility of wilful murder or manslaughter. Having clearly instructed them as to the law upon the point, he left them to consider their verdict. The jury, after a brief deliberation, brought in a verdict of manslaughter. Ths prisoner was then committed upon the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the York assizes upon that charge.
The Sun. — 1864-05-10 (London, England)

THE INQUEST.  Yesterday Mr J. R. Ingram, deputy coroner for the Huddersfield district, held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, Bradley, on the body of Joseph Pogson, cotton twiner, 64 years of age, who was brutally murdered on Saturday morning by Joseph Haigh, of Bradley, at whose house he lodged, and who is believed to be insane. The murderer was present in the custody of Superintendent Heaton, and. his manner during the inquiry was that of a man suffering from fits of mental aberration.  The principal witness called was the eldest daughter of the prisoner, 15 years of age. She said she lived with her father and mother, and slept with a younger sister in a room on the first floor of the house, opposite to that which was occupied by the deceased. Her father and. mother slept down stairs. About four o'clock she was awoke by her mother's screams, and directly afterwards her mother ran into the room where the witness was sleeping. She tried to shut the door after her, but was prevented by the prisoner, who burst the door open. lie was very excited, and hie eyes rolled in his head. Witness saw him strike her mother on the side of the head, and jumped out of bed and tried to restrain him. She and her mother succeeded in holding him down on the bed. At this moment Pogson, the deceased, awe out of his room to ascertain what was the matter. Directly Haigh saw him he burst away from the witness/ dial her mother, and gave the old man a blow which knocked his head against the drawers, and caused him to fall on the toor near the hearthstone. Witness again got hold of him, and tried to hold him. He said if she did not leave loose he would do for her to. He then stamped upon Pogson's head iwnitahlahrmis,nraaknedouftoootf, thea ndh theoes to witness, her mother and sister, procure assistance. When the witness returned again the old man lay bleeding on the insensible.Byer Was not aware that her father quarrelled. ahneadrtthhsetdoneceeaasned had d my atEfyhr to thee l Prisoner—The morning but one before his murder Von to go away from the house, and he said he would do 80. lair W. iai tnmht eh e then about theng a v J. Clark, surgeon, of Huddersfield, said he was called to attend the prisoner about 12 months ago, at which time be was in a state of melancholia, with delusions, and people were conspiring to injure him. He of the deceased. eahae ghaa vde fortnightseeno surgicalr nothingth reexeplweeks,explanation tmo andn p orof hfteehs came esprofessionally. injuriesn ahtadtenande:idsehe This was the whole of the evidence. The Coronerthen summed • They had to ablelytt.er. up to the jury. decide how the deceased came by his death, whether the prisoner was the cause of it, and whether in their opinion he was guility of wilful murder or manslaughter. Having clearly instructed them as to the law upoE. the point, he left them to consider their verdict. The jury, after a brief deliberation, Lrought in a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner was then committed upon the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the York assizes upon that charge.
The Sun. — 1864-05-10 (London, England)

THE INQUEST.  Yesterday Mr J. R. Ingram, deputy coroner for the Huddersfield district, held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, Bradley, on the body of Joseph Pogson, cotton twitter, 64 years of age, who was brutally murdered on Saturday morning by Joseph Haigh, of Bradley, at whose house he lodged, and who is believed to be insane. The murderer was present in the custody of Superintendent Heaton, and his manner during the inquiry was that of a man suffering from fits of mental aberration. The principal witness called was the eldest daughter of the prisoner, 15 years of age. She said she lived with her father and mother, and slept with a younger sister in a room on the first floor of the house, opposite to that which was occupied by the deceased. Her father and mother slept down stairs. About four o'clock she was awoke by her mother's screams, and directly afterwards her mother ran into the room where the witness was sleeping. She tried to shut the door after her, but was prevented by the prisoner, who burst the door open. He was very excited, and his eyes rolled in his head. Witness saw him strike her mother on the side of the head, and jumped out of bed and tried to restrain him. She and her mother succeeded in holding him down on the bed. At this moment Pogson, the deceased, came out of his room to ascertain what was the matter. Directly ilaigh saw him he burst away from the witness and her mother, and gave the old man a blow which knocked kis head against the drawers, and caused him to fall on the floor near the hearthstone. Witness again got hold of him, and tried to hold him. He said if she did not leave loose he would do for her to. He then stamped upon Pogson's head W, not aware that her father with his naked foot, and the witness, hermother and sister, in alarm, ran out of the house to procure assistance. When. the witness returned again the old man lay bleeding on the but one before his murder hearthstone and insensible. away from the house, and he and the deceased had ever quarrelled. By the Prisoner—The raortliog =meat, of Huddersfield, said he was my father told Pogson to go said he would do so. P about 12 months ago, at which calllierd IA ro . attend J th time he was in a state of melancholia, with delusions, and had an idea that people were conspiring to injure him. He attended him about a fortnight or three weeks, and he came better. Since then he had seen nothing of him professionally. Se then gave a gave surgical explanation of the injuries of the deceased. This was the whole of the evidence. The Coroner then summed up to the jury. They had to decide how the deceased came by his death, whether the prisoner was the cause of it, and whether in their opinion he was euho. l' lty of wilful murder or manslaughter. Having clearly instructed them as to the law upon. the point, he lett them to consider their verdict. The jury, after a brief deliberation, brought in a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner was then committed upon the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the York assizes upon that charge.
The Sun. — 1864-05-03 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT DY A FOREIGNER, —Louis Napoloon Lo Gras, a French engineer, living in Black Horse-yard, Rathbone- place, was charged l efors Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Edward Walters, a lock• smith and bellhanger, living in the same yard. The complainant, whose head was enveloped in a surgical bandage, said that the defendant having kept his (complainant's) son, a boy, 10 years of age, from school all day yesterday turning a wheel for him, he went yesterday evening to ask him why ho had dono so. The defendant slammed his workshop door in hia face, and in doing so the shutter of the door fell first upon him (complainant), and then upon a dog, which set to howling. The defendant then struck him with a hammer, first on the hand, and then on the head. From the blow on the head he became insensible, but after a time recovered himself and went to the hospital, where the surgeon found that besides having received a severe wound on the head, the knuckles of his hand were dislocated.  Richard Bartlett, a boy, living at No. 6, Black Horseyard, said he was in the defendant's workshop turning a wheel with the complainant's lit: la boy. The complainant came in, and said " Why do you encourage my boy here and keep him from school." The defendant made use of some bad language. and slammed the door in the complainant's face, and then the shiater fell and the dog made a noise. The defendant then struck the complainant on the head with a hammer. The complainant wished to state that the defendant had had two years' imprisonment for manslaughter and one year for bigamy. The defendant said the complainant called him a "foreigner," and asked him why he kept his boy from going to school. Some words then took place, and the complainant pushed him, upon Which he took up a hammer to de• fend himself.  Mr Tyrwhitt said it was a moat brutal act. The father was quite right in going after his. boy and inquiring why he was kept from from school. The defendant might have killed the complainant.  The complainant stated that the surgeon said if the wound had extended half an inch further he would have lost his life.  Mr, Tyrwhitt remanded the defendant for a week, but offered to take two bail in £2O each. BIRD NESTING IN KENSINGTON GARDENS AND DAMAO • INC Tun SIDIImm—A boy named Thomas Styles was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with damaging the shrubs in Kensington Gardens. Thomas Putt, one of the park constables, reposed that yesterday afternoon he saw the boy in the plantation near the Serpentine, with a blackbird's nest in his hand. On the plantation he found that a number of choice rhododendrons, just coming into bloom, had Eeh beenra nldamagedexamining anng and trampled down. lie then took the boy into custody. _  The boy said ha was a native of Warwickshire, and was taken to the place by another boy, and did not know that it was wrong.  Putt said it was an every day occurrence, and many of the most valuable plants had been destroyed. Mr Tyrwhitt observed that the shrubs were planted at great o s• ands mast be protected. lie should fine the by o .
The Sun. — 1864-03-24 (London, England)

THE RENNOR MURDER. Thomas Watkins was indicted for wilfully, and of malice aforethought, killing and murdering Mary Ann Watkins, his wife, at. Hennor, near Leominster, in this county, on the 18th of January last. Mr. Cooke and Mr. Matthews conducted the pro. secution, and Mr. Wightman defended the prisoner. When the prisoner was arraigned yesterday he pleaded guilty, but by his lordship's advice he afterwards withdrew the plea, and the trial was fixed for this•morning. The trial occupied most of the day, but the facts, as elicited in evidence, lie in a narrow compass. It appeared that the prisoner had led a dissolute life, and had separated from his wife, who earned a living by going oat washing and ironing. The deceased lived with a cottager named Smith, and some time before the murder the prisoner had said to Smith that he " should like to be the death of his wife and of one or two others." The deceased, too, was afraid of being out at night in consequence of the threats that her husband had used towards her. On Monday, the 18th of January, the deceased went to do a day's washing at the house of James Lane at Renner, and left Lane's house to go home at about six o'clock in the evening. When she left Lane's she said she did not much like going home by herself for fear of meeting her husband: The poor creature never reached her home that night, but between 10 and 11 o'clock, as a witness, named David Lipscombe, was passing through an orchard on his way home, a short distance from Lane's house, he heard groans proceeding from the other side of hedge. He got through a fence, and following the direction of the sound soon came up with the poor woman, whom he found lying on the ground in a pool of blood which had flowed from several frightful cuts in her head. Lipscombe placed the woman in a position in which she could breathe more freely, and having obtained assistance, she was carried to the union workhouse, where she died. Next morning at daylight an examination was made of the locality of the murder, and traces were found of a person wearing clogs of a peculiar make. The prisoner was suspected of being concerned in the murder, and it was ascertained that he had been in the neighbourhood on the evening of the murder. Between five and six o'clock he called at a house about a mile and a half from Lane's, and about nine he was at another house about a quarter of a mile from where the murder was committed. He then wore clogs, and said he was going to Smith's to ask his wife to go and live with him. As he left he said, " Good night; perhaps I shall never see you again." A day or two afterwards the prisoner was apprehended, and, being charged with the murder, answered, " Well, I did not do it." A number of witnesses were examined to prove the above facts. It was shown that on the night of the murder the prisoner called at several cottages distant from half a mile to two miles from Hennor, 1 with no apparent object. He talked of his wife's conduct, and said she had been unfaithful to him during his absence, he having been for four years
The Sun. — 1864-03-24 (London, England)

THE HENNOR MURDER. Thomas Watkins was indicted for wilfully, and of malice aforethought, killing and murdering Mary Ann Watkins, his wife, at Hennor, near Leominster, in this county, on the 18th of January last. Mr. Cooke and Mr. Matthews conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wightman defended the prisoner. When the prisoner was arraigned yesterday he pleaded guilty, but by his lordship's advice he afterwards withdrew the plea, and the trial was fixed for this morning. The trial occupied most of the day, but the facts, as elicited in evidence, lie in a narrow compass. It appeared that the prisoner had led a dissolute life, and had separated from his wife, who earned a living by going out washing and ironing. The deceased lived with a cottager named Smith, and some time before the murder the prisoner had said to Smith that he " should like to be the death of his wife and of one or two others." The deceased, too, was afraid of being out at night in consequence of the threats that her husband had used towards her. On Monday, the 18th of January, the deceased went to do a day's washing at the house of James Lane at Hennor, and left Lane's house to go home at about six o'clock in the evening. When she left Lane's she said she did not much like going home by herself for fear of meeting her husband. The poor creature never reached her home that night, but between 10 and 11 o'clock, as a witness, named David Lipscombe, was passing through an orchard on his way home, a short distance from Lane's house, he heard groans proceeding from the other side of hedge. He got through a fence, and following the direction of the sound soon came up with the poor woman, whom he found lying on the ground in a pool of blood which had flowed from several frightful cuts in her head. Lipscombe placed the woman in a position in which she could breathe more freely, and having obtained assistance, she was carried to the union workhouse, where she died. Next morning at daylight an examination was made of the locality of the murder, and traces were found of a person wearing clogs of a peculiar make. The prisoner was suspected of being concerned in the murder, and it was ascertained that he had been in the neighbourhood on the evening of the murder. Between five and six o'clock he called at a house about a mile and a half from Lane's, and about nine he was at another house about a quarter of a mile from where the murder was committed. Ho then wore clogs, and said he was going to Smith's to ask his wife to go and live with him. As he left he said, " Good night; perhaps I shall never see you again." A day or two afterwards the prisoner was apprehended, and, being charged with the murder, answered, " Well, I did not do it." A number of witnesses were examined to prove the above facts. It was shown that on the night of the murder the prisoner called at several cottages distant from half a mile to two miles from Hennor, with no apparent object. He talked of his wife's conduct, and said she had been unfaithful to him during his 4133eucv, he haying been for four years