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The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-11-24 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

LATEST PARTICULARS.  The mystery overhanging the case of robbery and , suspected murder in Wolverhampton is in a fair way of being cleared up. There is now no doubt that the cattle dealer who was robbed, and who it was feared had been murdered, is yet alive. At about eleven on the night of Friday, the fith of October, the landlord of an inn in Bilston-street, which is much frequented by dealers who attend the Wolverhampton markets, admitted to his house a dealer who had long been a customer, but who then appeared for the first time that day. The dealer was in a and piight. He was only partially sensible, and seemed to have narrowly escaped drowning. Evidently he had been in the canal or some such place, for he was not only wet through, but was covered with the filthy mud and slime which is plentiful in the canal about Wolverhampton. By and bye the dealer was able to explain that he had that day sold in Birmingham, to a well-known dealer of that town, for about X. 300, a herd of cattle which he had brought from Ireland. That he had lost the money he now for the first time discovered. How this had come about was clear enough. He had come to Wolverhampton in the afternoon with the money in his possession, and in Berry-street met with some women, with whom he drank in a public-house Afterwards he accompanied them to their dwelling, in "Cat Yard," where he had more drink. What subsequently took place till he found himself led into the inn yard in Bilstou-street was all a blank. He inferred that he had been robbed, and had then been thrust or had fallen into the canal. In either and any case he wished his adventure to be kept a profound secret, and imposed secresy upon the publican. That condition the dealer had afresh imposed in a letter received by the publican this week. Seeing, however, the trouble to which the police were going, and the nature of the confession made by the woman Waldren, the publican deemed it his duty ,as a citizen to report this much to the police. The , name of the dealer is for the present withheld, but he is described as "a respectable man, accustomed to large transactions." Under these circumstances. the further dragging of the canal has been stopped, for there is now no room for doubt that the two cases are identical, and that the ugly business will by-and-bye be wholly known. The facts now ascertained having been substantiated in evidence, the charge of murder as well as of robbery upon which, on Waldren's confession, she and the man Thompson have been arrested, will be reduced to a charge of robbery and attempted murder in their case, and of robbery in the case of the third prisoner, the woman Edge. The police believe that the cattle dealer was drugged, and that after having been pushed into the canal, he got out and had regained consciousness enough to ask the way to his stopping place, in Bilston-street, whither he was then conducted. All the three prisoners will be brought up on Saturday.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-09-29 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

LADY STRANGFORD AND HER " MISSION."  In the course of a long letter to the London papers, Viscountess Straugford says: "I opened my fund on the 14th of August, and I have as yet been given but little more than half the money I asked for. There are sixty villages to be rebuilt, where neither house, nor church, nor school remains, trap of land to be restocked, cattle to be replaced, household furniture restored. My last letter from Philippopolis describes the women kneading their bread in aprons or handkerchiefs, and dragging their weakened and weary bodies to the streams to drink, none of them having a pan or a cup left in which to carry water. Before this letter appears In your columns I shall be already on my way to Philipnopolis ; may I not hope that the public will entruit me with money enough to do real abiding good? Every piastre will pass from my hand into that of the Bulgarians themselves, with no intermediate agents; the purchase of all that the Bulgarian who has suffered needs will be made from his more fokunate brethren; so that two sets of Bulgarians will be beneiltted—the seller and the receiver. The relief will be distributed solely by Bulgarian gentlemen who know the:, own people and their needs, and who are anxiously awaiting the arrival of help. It is money that is needed above all else; money to purchase, besides these things, native clothes such as they are acoustomed to wear, and which we can scarcely understand here. The women wear stuffs thick, stiff, and rough as our carpeting; the men wear sheepskins. There is little use in sending any made up western clothes, but I ask for money to purchase the right sort there. I wish here to reply to some of the numerous letters that have reached me daily; some of the writers accuse me of bad feeling and folly, others offer me all sorts of things totally unsuited to the primitive Bulgarian. If, instead of gloating over the unnecessary repetition of these horrible, dreadful stories, people would try to learn something about the various races of the east of Europe—to know Bulgarian from Bosnian, Servian from Roumanian— they would not only take a more appreciative interest in the events of the tlvy, but they would see more clearly into these intricate complications whioh render the continuance in or the removal of the Turk from Berope the great diffieulty of the century, and there would be Ist least a truce to the floods of nonsense under which the political facts of the situation are apt to be submerged. For myself I leave politics to these whose duty it is to deal with them. Charitable relief to people who without qur aid must soon perish is ray one single object. Let us be Christians, not crusaders."  Amongst a batch of prisoners who have arrived at Portland Prison was Wainwright, whose brother was eieented for the murder of Harriet Lane.  Ptioi R. LaßD.—The dyt.--wOrks -belonging to Messrs. Kenyon and Sons. Leeds, bete bees destroyed by See, the damage to stook sloe being .f3OOO.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-09-29 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

SLPPOSED CHILD MURDER IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. Ou Saturday, an inquest was held in the Schoolroom, Lydbrook, before H F. Carter, Esq. coroner, relative to the death of a newly-born child discovered at the Pluds, under circumstamces detailed in the evidence. lliabe-th Hall said she lived at the-Plirds, East De/11101A was the wife of 'Thomas Hall. On the afternoon of the 19th September, she was in her brother's garden, and there saw a dog. The dog was pawing something. Witness fetched Emma Hall to oe what it was. They went together to the dog, and there foiled what-they believed was a child's head; upon which Moses Hal:, was called, who drove the dog eg, and picked it up. This occurred about five o'clock in the afternoon of the day named. gallna Hale said she was the wife of Moses Hale, Ding at the ; was with last witness, and saw the remains of a child which the dog was gnawing. saw Police-constable French come to her husband's house, and saw that officer take possession of the remain, That was on the same afternoon she saw the dog gnawing the head. Samuel French, a police-constable, stationed at Lydbrook, stated that on the evening of the 19th of September, he went to the house of Moses Hale, at the finds, and was shown a child s head, a liver, kidney, and a portion of the intestines. Took possession of these parts, and showed them to Dr. Fletcher the same uvethug. The remains nos, viewed by the jury were the same he received. Henry S. Fletcher, a registered medical practitioner residing at Lydbrook, was called, and said that on the flight of the .111th September pc,liee-euustable French brought him the head, portion of the head, etc. ln his opinion the child had been born eight or nine days. It was impossible to say whether it was a male or female child, or whether the child had ever lived. In his opinion the child was born at maturity, the head being fully developed. The Coroner having addressed the jury, a verdict Of Maud dead ' was returned.  LONDON (Pad. m .m a- a p lar la a'; 1a4.4; 17 P 11225°r) IPS P • a r ll3 - P m‘P 75 F 7 Oxford . . . .. Leamington ... ... ... ... 1 or 449 101 1 l3 117 ll j .17 l7 3 Birmingham ... ... ... ... .47 5,8 55110 11 1 512 4 1015 35,6 45‘,9 ...... 4.1031 3 019 10 nockley ... ... ... ... ... ...17 99 59110 94114441 9,2 1 I _.l. 1 , Soho .. ... ... ... ... ... 7 129 2101 1 12,2 27; , 1 7 52103 1 47,3 Handswo.rth ... ... ... ... ...7 17,9 71101 11 1 172 32;4 175 42 p 371 57,10421 523 321 i , W.est Bromwich ... ... ... ...7 239 131102311 1 2412 3814 2345 48,6 579 431 31104811 583 alli ...... ..... 11 Swal. Village ..7 209 184102712 111 282 4214 285 527 29 471 21.1052 313 43i 7, ' Great Brulge *** ... 7 311 23,1032,12 5 1 322 471. 355717 749504 124105742 7347 1
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-08-04 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

TIIE BLACKBURN MURDER. SENTENCE OF DEATH. William nab, indicted fee the murder of Emily Holland, at Blackburn, on the 28th March, was trieg last week, befote .Mr. Justice Lindley, at the Liverpool Assizes. Mr. Higgins, Q 0., who, with Mr. Pope, Q,C., end Mr. Addison, prosecuted, in addressing tfie jut' asked there to dismiss hem their minds all that they had heard abcoat Use OW, SI it was impossible for theta not to have hoard about; it. He detailed the cireuna• stances of the ease, which are already well known, and stated that the primmer made a confession which, if tree, left no doubt of his guilt, and he proposed to prove the truth of the statement by independent evidence, in. eluding the mother and father of the deceased, sevecel police-officers, and some acquaintances of the prisoner, on various points connected with the discoveries rude, tending to prove that, indepencient of his contessio; Fish was the culprit. The father and mother were examined, and said they identified from various multi the portions of the body which had been found as the body of their deceased child; and it was also showe that on the evening when the parcel f remains wee found at Conliffe Farm, Fish was noticed coming froo, that direction. Other circumstances wore that his shop was closed earlier than usual on the evening ei the 2sch, _and that • bright light was observed through the diens of the shutters coming from the fireplace. Evident, was also adduced as to the employment of the bloodhound Morgan, and the discovery of some of the reiTheilli, of the murdered child upon the premises of the prisoner. Pieces of cloth and clothing which were attached to the various portions of the remains were ideutified by relations of the deceased. Medical evidence was given to show that various members which had been discovered all belonged to one body, and that over the body were' number of short hairs of different colour, and gush% such as might be found in a barber's shop.--Dr. Ahaloud said he had examined the prisoner and saw nothing to indicate insanity. It was a fact, however, that at times outbursts of mania occa-ionally tot place with. out any warning, but some truces of such outbresk always remained afterwards. He thought the prisoner knew what he was doing at the time of the murder. Mr. Higgins slimmed up the evidence for the defence, and Mr. Blair addressed the court fir- the prisoner, cos. tending that the very atrocity of the crime pr. wed that the prisoner was not in his right mind. lie also dwelt upon several circumstances, which he argued were not the acts of a sane man. .  The Judge sareined up, and said it was not because man was possessed of the devil and did somethiog bide. oosly wicked that it was to be assumed that he was Irresponsible. The jury, without leaving the box, found ,he prisoner guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to death. The sondemned man manifested little emotion, and was at once removed.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-08-25 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

WAIN W RICIHT WITNESS.  Alfred Fillip Stokes, described as a brush-luster, of 34, Baker's row, Whitechapel, appeared at the Worship street Police-court, Loudon, on Saturday, to a emumons charging him with having obtained gooos by fraud from Kdinund Martin, also a brushmaker, of 73, New road, Whitechapel. Mr. B. J. ibbott appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Hicks for the do. f en ce.  Mr. Abbott, in opening the case, said that the defendant was the person Stokes, chief vs itness in the Wainwright murder case. He mentioned the fact of the defendmit's connection with the case as, f on the part be took in the detection of the murder, this transaction arose. The goods were obtained by the defendant, who, after the close of the criminal trial entered into business as a brush-maker with a kr. Vaustries in Baker's row WhitechapeL On the 9thof Tune he represented to the complainant that he hada balance of £145 odd on deposit at the City Bank, Ludgate bill branch, the money being, he alleged, the proceeds of a subscription raieecl for him after the Wainwright case. Upon the faith of that representation he received goods on tile l,th of June Wits amount of .00. Ills. Pd., and a bill was dr ,wn at two months. That was dishonoured, and the complainant found that if stead of £145 the defendant had only a lie. lid. Since these proceedings lie had been served with a notice of bankruptcy by the defendant and his partner, and he found that a bill of sale had been given by the defendant on his furniture. The complainant was then called, and said that he was a corn merchant, of New road, Whitechapel. Mr. Abbott Are you a brilehtrinker Witness No; I carried on the business to get rid of the bribes. Mr. Hicks: What brushes?  The brushes made by WainwritAt. It was his business ; but when he failed I lent him money, and after his arrest I carried it on. WAinwright and this man defendant) were both in my employment, but this man left me.  Mr. Cooke: Wainwright was foreman, and this man under him ?—Yes, sir.  Mr. Cooke asked when the notice in bankruptcy WAS received, and then it appeared that it was received before the summons wastaken out. The complainant was cross-examined by Mr. Hid; and be aid that his business was that of a corn dealer, but he was acting as trustee of the Wainwright business, lie bad not purchased the businees. Vaustries Was emplo3.ed by hini as well as Wainwright and Stokes. He discharged Vaustries, but not Stokes. The latter went into business on his own account. with Vaustries. Witnesstid had no words with Stokes, and never told him that he would do his best to ruin him because he (Stokes) had given up his :complainant's) best friend. Witness had done his best to assist Wainwright after his premi es were burned down and bankruptcy followed. He lent him money up to the time of his arr,st. Eventually the proceedings were adjourned pending the bankruptcy proceedings.  A LADY AND lIEIZ
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-01-07 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

DREADFUL SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.  A shocking scene took place on the 17th December at the Tombs prison, New York, where three negroes were hanged for the murder of a pedler. The New York Herald's report says :—The sudden leap into the air made every one shrink, and a few of those who were before So anxious to see the progress of the execution turned away their heads, afraid to look upon the death struggles of those three black men who had between theta murdered a poor old man in the lonely Lydig's Woods. Weston being of slender build and so nonchalant in his actions, died the easiest of the three. He had quietly submitted to the adjustment of the noose and had just raised the crucifix to his muffled lips as the weight fell. Being so passive, he struggled very little, and although his neck was unbroken, he did not appear to suffer any pain. Thompson also died comparatively easy, but, being very muscular in the neck, his struggles were more prolonged. Ellis. however, met a dreadful death. Jnst as the weights fell he was noticed to quickly raise his left hand and clutch the knot, and he also moved his head to the left with a sudden jerk. These two movements caused the knot to slip under his chin, and as his body sprang involuntarily in the air he dangled in awful torture, for consciousness continued. He thus remained for perhaps half a minute, presenting a most horrible spectacle to the shuddering spectators. Then there was a struggle. One of his hands rose and fell in spasmodic emotion as if to seize the rope, and next the unfortunate creature swung round until his feet touched the board screen. As they did so Ellis began actually to walk up the screen, using his head as a lever, thus relieving the strain upon his neck, and, to the horror of all, he uttered a terrible moan, and cried out in anguished accents " Save use! save use!" As the words were uttered his feet fell, only to rise again and encircle the body of Thompson. As if by instinct Ellis clambered up upon his fellow-convict, his hand clutching the conl. The scene was a most dreadful one, awl for a moment no one seemed to know how to act. Just at this juncture, Under. sheriff Cuming passed through the executioner's door to order Ellis to be lowered, but as he disappeared the half-hanged wretch struck the fatal  knot with his hand, and caused it to slip to the side of the neck. In an instant of time Ellis's legs fell, and he began to die slowly of strangulation. The unhappy man suffered greatly even then, for his limbs moved rapidly to and fro until death relieved him. When the knot became adjusted. the relaxation of the body was so sudden that the handkerchief in the hand that had clutched the rope was caught in the tightened noose, and remained dangling in the air. Thus died the three murderers.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-09-01 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE ALLEGED THEEATENED FENIAN  RESCUE.  On Sunday night there was again an increase in the military and civil guard round St. Mary s convict prison. The extra precautions had been teken partly on account of private information having been received of certain violent threats said to have been used at some of the Fenien meetings, and partly because some of the chief officers and warders of the prison are absent on leave. Threats to blow down some of the prisons by dynamite or gun cotton, however, are in official circles looked upon as merebombast and puerile intimidation on the part of some of the Fenian agitators. It appears that there are five of the Fenian convict sin Ch at Li aui prison, some of whom were concerned in the murder of Police-Sergeant Brett at Manchester. The chief of these men has for some hew been we hod in a gang along with Bidwell, the bank forger. Susie e‘tra surveillance has for come weeks been planed over both, owing to the fact that some time ago one of the warders was offered a bribe of £lOOO to allow Bidwell to escape. Though the prison regulations are very strict, yet sometimes opportunities to escape otter themselves when the convicts are out at work. Two men even recently effected their escape. One, while he was out at work, got off through the town, and the other succeeded in crossing the Medway in a boat during a fog, and was not captured for a day and a half. Probably he would not have been taken then, but, having no change of clothing, he was found by some civilians in a hovel and was given up to the police. As regards any general rescue of the Fenians, Buell are the precaations taken that It is looked upon as an impossibility even ly some of the Irish Fenian sympathi-ers in Chatham. It appears that there are about 1500 conviets in the prison at Chatham, a !mem number of whom are employed in making the basins for the now docks and other Admiralty works. The new fortifications are also being rapidly proceeded with, and it is considered that Chatham will be one of the strongest fortilied places of England in a few years to come, the works being in great part done by convict labour. Con3i rab 1 e curiosity was manifested throughout Sunday by many of the inhabitants in consequence of the increased guard. Both the red, coated military and also the mail guard dressed in blue were armed with loaded carbines and bayoneth. and carried sevetni rounds of am..iunition. Extra precautions were also taken to prevent any person from going near the boundary wall, in case any letter or communication should be thrown over.  GALLANT Itr.,ct-E.—A gallant rescue from drowning was on Sunday witnessed by the p.sengera on the arrival of the Alexandra saloon steamship from Sheerness. After all the excursionists had landed, Mrs. Payn, the stewardess, missed her footing, and fell into the river. An &hie seaman, named Thomas Stephens, witnessed the accident, and, without divesting himself of hip coat, leaped lets the names, and with much •, c, she wni. -;• k. t•L• ••• •• • • •• tu...tredt, ma...est .!ue hip guiPat4 ounueet,,
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1875-12-10 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

BRUTAL OUTRAGE ON A PARAMOUR IN BIRMINGHAM. •  On Monday, at the Birmingham Police Court, before Messrs. T. C. S. Kynnersley (Stipendiary), W. M. Ellis, and A. Biggs, Richard Oxford (33), described as a shopkeeper, 72. Suffolk-street, was charged with violently assaulting Margaret Kirkham, single woman, of the same address.—Mr. Cheston, who prosecuted, said that the woman had been cohabiting with the man for some time. After stating what is given in evidence below, he said he thought the magistrate-es would consider it was a case for trial 1r :fore the Recorder.—lle then called Margaret Kirkham, the prosecutrix, who said she kept a fried-fish shop at 73, Suffolk-street. About seven o'clock (en Saturday night the prisoner Caine in the worse for drink. She asked him to lie down on the sofa till he felt better. He told her to go away, and as she was going into the shop he ran at her and kicked her on the body. To get away from him she went into the supper room, but he followed her in about a minute's time, and in answer to her appeal. " Don't touch me again, Dick, there's a good lad; he kicked her three or four times on the logs, and knocked her down. While she was on the ground he struck her in the left eye with his fist, held her by the hair, and tried to choke her. To extricate herself from his clasp she seratchel his face, whereupon he bit her on the breast, holding it with his teeth for several minutes, and making it bleed very badly. She &iced out, and told him that if he would loose her breast she would forgive him. He, however, did not let go till he was made to do so by a lodger 'Milled Charles Duno.—Charles Dunn said he was lodging zit 73, Suffolk-street, On Saturday night he was going into the back kitchen and heard cries of murder proceeding from the supper room. On going thither he found the prisener holding a chair above his head, and about to strike the woman. Witness asked him to desist, but the prisoner told him that if he did not go away he would serve him the same. At that time the woman was not on the ground, but when witness entered the room the second time the table was overturned, and the woman was on the floor. He heard her any, " Let go my breast, for God's sake." With great trouble, witness made prisoner let go her hold.— After Police-constable Loden had deposed to apprehending the prisoner, prosecutrix appealed to the Bench not to commit prisoner for trial.—The pri.soner, in defence, said that he was much the worse for drink he had been to his father's funeral, and had had spirits given him.—Mr. Kynnersley said it was a most savage and brutal assault, and the prisoner deserved more punishment than they could give hizn. Ile would be sent to the Ileuse of Correction, with hard labour, for six months.