Glasgow Courier. — 1853-01-27 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. A WOMAN THROWN OUT 01 A RAILWAY TRAIL  One of the most diabolical attempts at murder of which we ever remember to have heard, was made on Tuesday evening last at Cottingham, near Hull. The circumstances attendant on the shocking affair are of a most extraordinary character, and are as follow :—Mrs. Duffill, the wife of a most respectable innkeeper at Beverley, had occasion to visit Hull on Tuesday for the purpose of transacting some business. She left this town by the last train for Beverley in the evening, taking her seat in a riage. In this carriage were seve mo, however, a,11.-fes:ts out wiser ebttingharn, with the exception of thus left alone with Mrs. Duffill. train in motion again than this unforbanate woman, and robbed het out of the carriage no doubt intending to kill her. The night was dark, so that the fellow's proceedings could not be seen, but the screams of Mrs. Duffill, and her cries of thief,' were heard at the Cottingham station. The persons who heard these exclamations immediately proceeded up the line, and found the poor woman lying on the line in an insensible state. She was at once taken to a house near by, and next morning was removed to her house at Beverley. There she still lies in an insensible state. She is fearfully cut and bruised about the head, and no hopes whatever are entertained of her recovery. It is known that Mrs. Duffill had a considerable sum of money upon her when she left Hull, but none what. ever was found upon her person when she was picked up, so that no doubt the perpetrator of the shocking act secured a good booty. And now COMPS the most extraordinary part of this unfortunate affair. The villain who threw Mrs. Doll out of the carriage escaped. As the train was slackening speed on arrival at Beverley, a man was seen to Jump out of the carriage in which the crime was committed, and run away. In the darkness of the night he escaped. Mr Hawker, the vigilant superintendent of the York and North Midland Railway police, was immediately sent over to Beverley to investigate the matter, and the result was that a cowkeeper residing there, I named William Hillyard, was taken into custody. Yesterday he was brought before the burgh niag,is. trates, when such evidence was adduced as they considered would justify them in remanding the accused until Saturday. He was, however, allowed to be set at liberty on finding bail for his appearance in the amount of £lOO. Up to eight o'clock last evening Mrs. Duffill was in a state of insensibility and suffer- 1 ing fr,orn concussion of the brain. Very faint hopes were hntertained of her recovery, which, if it took place, would be a work of film—Hull Advertiorr of Fridasb  second other  persons  a man, who was In sooner was the 'w set upon the  fellow  thilew  Derbyite to oppose e. sod fe- of 1 what  can.  might not be in _— in a very different manner were anxious to make them, which of  never  These  mentioned  _ _ I openly an, frequently, and I entreated my comaitafinta popot dap triiiisi -rfaelW4l- to-ponderylvegreve;and to reflect irtgitlherfl'irtifh for 4 . . an , just possible that their independence danger of being compromised from others wm,. - I