Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express, etc. — 1916-06-24 (Penistone, South Yorkshire, England)

RANKLING GRIEVANCE.  For some years the inridiou.s position in which he stood in relation to Brookes as a sewage works caretaker had rankled in the breast of Tingle, and had embittered his relations with Brookes. There is no reason to suppo,e that Brookes returned the feeling of animo•ity, but he RAS aware of Tingle's dislike, and there rested between the men, in censequence, a passive condition ot trading. Both were quiet, undemonstrative men, however, and so tar as is known there had never been any actual altercation between them. They bore estimable characters. and were well enough liked in the village. The quiescent feud over the sewage farms was well known, but no one attached particular im port an ce to it.„ much guessed the poteihtlity of it, rnlminating in a horrid murder. Tingle was 56, of powertul physique, and Brookes was 63, of slightkr hnild. Both men were married, with adult and both men lived near the sewage farms, which are itnated near ilartlebrook, hard by the Midland railway station. On Monday morning Tingle came down to his lam giving no evidence of anything unusual in his mental condition. Ue was quiet to the point of taciturnity. bet that was not remarkable in him. He remarked toi coc of the workmen that it was rather cold, and he ordered a tire to be lighted in the: hot. Nobody seems to know esactly how he ame to encounter Brookes, but apparently he came upon his victim as the latter • .1. proceeding to the dyke for the purpose el attending to the outlet of his farm, a regular Monday morning duty. Although. as the I 'omit Pr subsequently pointed out, there was evidence that the ermine was to WOO este nt premeditated. the attack was carried nut with such intensity and ferocity as to suggest that, at the moment, the assailant was inspired by a paroxysm of  hatredThe nature of Brookes' injnries is a pretty clear indication of what happened. Tingle, arifarently felled him with a erpade, but Bmoker did not lose consciousneve, and managed to grasp the weapon. Then. according to witnesses who related their story at the ingnest, there was a short sharp struggle on the ground, and Brookes managed to gasp out to a girl who ran by, -Fetch someone." he ran screaming to her brother's honse and raised the alarm, hut in a few seconds Tingle had obtained the mastery, and completed his work with the spade, and, medical opinion suggests, also with a razor. Brooke's' face waa battered and harked out of recognition, and by the time assistance arrived he was quite  deed. Tingle was kneeling on the ground  with his hand to his own throat, and when •he removed his hand the blood gushed from a great wound which he had inflicted with  _ razor, and he fell back dead. The terrible affair, with its loathsome, -sanguinary detail, created a painful sensation in the village, where the two unhappy men and their families were highly respected.  brother took from him and threw ii OHthmir. At that time her brother had not *Aid anything to Tingle. People iame running down the hill. hut by the time they arrived both men were deed. From the tune mbv and her brother ran down the hill to the time both men were dead would not I* more than ten minutes.  Annie thane. elci lives with her brother at 172. High street, I:eviestield, and who is the sieter mentioned in the evidence ot the previous witness, gave corroborative evidence.