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The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-09-21 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE WEST HAM TRAGEDY.  At %Nen Ham Police•court, on Friday, Edgar Smith, thirty, a carpenter, of Vernon-road, Stratford, was charged, on remand, with the wilful murder of Martha Appleyaid, aged twee.ty-six, *la single woman, by cutting her throat, in West Hamlane.  Mr. W. Lewis appeared for the Public Prosecutor; Mr. J. Pickup represented the intirests of the accused, against whom a verdict of wilful murder hillab-wrajeturned by the coroners lury,l ,e. Lthe case as Alreabr revealeill„, are freal.Ant,helic mind. The &apple& wir, had lived :th a bargeman mined Clay for eight or nine *ears, had for exalt a ye gg alsiiiived with the prisoner. They quarrelled, and on- the night in question she went to Wet ~am Police-station to complain of hill. Outside the dour. he seized her and, intlietgd three wounds on her scalp„ as well as a gash on her throat, from which she bled to death In about an hour.  Phomas Brooker, of Preston-road, Stratford, said that at about seven o'clock on the night of September 7th he was at his door when he noticed the prisoner pass. Be went on to No. 15, where the deceased lived, and looked towards the window. She came out and spoke to him, and he put his arm towards her, but she pushed him away. She muttered something and went in the house, and he walked away and stood near a dead wall. Mrs. Clay came out in a few minutes, folio-,-ed by the boy Ellis, and the two were joined by Smith, and Ow all left the street. Witness did not see anything in the prisoner's hand. Dr. Grogono, divisional surgeon, said it was totally impossible for the wounds on deceased to have teen self-inflicted. After the death of the woman witness went to the West Ilam Policestation and saw the prisoner. It was then about ten o'clock. Prisoner was perfectly calm, sober, and sane. His trousers, the wristbands of two shirts he was wearing, his collar, his right t not, and the left hip of his under pants, as well as his hands, were blood-stained.—By Mr. Pickup: Witness saw no signs of homicidal tendencies. Mr. Pickup, for the accused, said that accused had had a mental weakness, and this it was to wbioh the tragedy could be attributed The crime .irar one absent of motive, and the circumstances under which it was committed suggested that Smith was not in his right mind at the time. At the time of the murder he was in a thoroughly dazed condition, and his memory ot the matter now was a inplete blank. The Bench committed the prisoner for trial for wilful murder.  at a meeting or toe Bridgena Board ot ouarnians, "n Saturday, the Cottage Homes Committ?e reported that they had investigated the case of alleged illtreatment, by a mother, of one of the children at rie domes, and found that the lad had used soft soap when washing. They exonerated the mother from any charge of ill-treatment.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-09-21 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

BABY FARMING CASE.  At the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Ehillimore, Amy Louisa M'Neil Douglas, aged 28, was found guilty of the manslaughter of an infant, named Evelyn Constance Hodgson, through gross neglect and starvation. There were two other charges of manslaughter against the prisoner in respect of the deaths of infants entrusted to her care, but they were not proceeded with. Sentence was deferred to give the prisoner an opportunity of making an explanation with reference to the mysterious disappearance of a fourth infant, which had been adopted by her for a monetary consideration. Mr. Hutton said that the prisoner, who carried on a baby farm at Chingford, had made a statement which was to the effect that the infant, which she had taken from its mother for a sum of £5, died suddenly whilst she was away from the house for a short time. She added that she put the body in a bag and left it in the street near to some stables. The inquiries of the police shewed that a dead child was found in a bag in the street, and an inquest was held. There was, however, no evidence to prove that the child had died a violent death. There were no marks of violence on the body. The cause of death was unascertainable, Detective-inspector Nairn "gave the results of the inquiries hetirld made respecting several other infanta which been entrusted to the care of the most of whom had died, or were in a ig condition at the time she was arrested, The prisoner pleaded, in extenuation, that she Was inexperienced in the rearing of children, aniUwas . not aware that they were in so serious a condition of health. Mr. Justice Phillimore, in passing sentence, said there Were points in the prisoner's case which almost made ft appear that she was a murderess ; but he was inclined ixo take a leninient view of her case, and to treat her in the category _of a woman who was utterly indifferent to infant life. Taking this view of her case, he could not pass a less sentence than that she be kept in penal servitude for Ave years. • —lke prisoner was removed arying bitterly.  At the London Guildhall an Monday, John wiiliams, a box manufacturer, who created a disturbance in Liverpool-street on Sunday night by shouting that he was going to tight the Bows and causing • large crowd to assemble, was lined 10s. or seven days. A fatal accident occurred at Edge Hill, Kineton, near Straticad-on-Avon, on Sunday night. A motorcar was proceeding down a steep hill when, by some unexplained means, the car overturned and the occupants were thrown out into the road. One of than, a Mrs. Begins McLeod, was killed almost instantly, and the driver sustained very severe injuries to his face and body. Be was removed to hospital in a critical condition.  A despatch from Debora states that a pilgrim train ran en the rails near Baladon Station. A large number of passengers, chiefly women, were injm but no one was tilled. The municipal council of Ledignan has changed the name of the Rue de la Republique into that of Rue Alfred Dreyfus. The little town has long since possessed its Rue Colonel ricouart.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-04-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

LILY AND THE BARBER.  At Bow-street, London. on Saturday Lily Lawence, twenty -x, of Little Goodge - streel, Toltenham-eourt-road.WaS charged with being and disorderly and with asaulting Garabed TarsPion. a barber, of Bedlard-At...et. As the proseetr entered the box, the prisoner drew herself up into a mel thematic a•titude, and, in the tragic totes of the laroine in the last ait, addressed him: Dr. Orro k, tell the truth! Do you call yourself a man 1,4 bring me here after sv.. have spent so many days ard nights together ? My mother's dead (soh) you know, yGu villain! she died yesterday, and ke cause 1,1 my grief I got drunk you give me Iss charge of a policeman. Your worship, I was drunk, very drunk, yesterday, but it is all through this shameful man.  The clerk : Let the geotletnan tell his story first Wu can have your turn afterwards. Prosecutor: Your wi,rd,ip, lam not a decor, I am a Slierman bar, Sr. I don't know dig lady. I met her in the Strand—how do you say P—by shame, sine months ago, and ye had a oickey together and cot Is all. And den she comes to ma chop and she say: "You are a din tor—You! You are D ctor °nook, a d I yid rour-r-r-ver you!" And last night she catne to a public-house were I von and she seize me hy the coAt collar and she say: "Come with we. you vicked am!" and den dis polisman„ he told. her here. Prisoner, Oh, you slanchnius villain! tie is Dr. 1.5 illiam Orrock, Lancash•re man! He comes from Salmi, and lam Louisa Wool. I was hi. patient ten years ago at Guy's Hospital You are! Do, you dare to say you're nt! I will bring all Gu Hospital agaiest you! Why, you can see his ).1, • down in Tottenham Court-toad. only he has p. glosses on there. Pro•ecutor: Nevaire! Verefore should I vi• ,r 1L sees l'risoner: Yes, I was drunk last night, very. drunk, hut he is Dr. Orrock.—Mr. Lushington : Whether that is so or nothor getting drunk you wi!l go to prison for fourteen days' hard labour.  Wednesbury, Ellen Griffiths was reminded f,-,r several impudent thefts from drapers' shops, the stolen being immediately pawned. A Sheffield girl named Florence Dearnley, nine years of age, dropped a lighted candle on her nightZress. She was immedia,ely • mass f flames, and though asaistance was promptly rendered she was terribly burnt, and succumled to her injuries.  The body of a widow named Ann Whitehead, aged fifty-eight, of Barnsley-, has been found in a disused quarry at Monk Bretton, near Bari.Alry, under circumstances which point to murder. I.Pceased was I at seen on Saturday nigl.t, being then intoxicated. There were marks on the throat, and her pocket, containing purse and money, had been taken.  An unknown man has did at Barnsley Infirmary from fearful injuries auiesined on the Midland Railway Extension works at Barfield. - •  George William Parker, el gineer. has been remanded at Wolverhampton on a charge of shooting at his wile with intent to murder. Arthur Pyle, fourteen, slipped into the river Wye at Buxton. Five of his schoolfellows ran below hini, and, linking hands, reached him and dragged him out.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-01-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

LINGERING BREED. If the Longhorns are dying out they are suffering a very lingering kind of death. Several times they have appeared to have been on the way to extinction, hut each time some new man has come on the scene to revive them into life once more. For about nine years no prizos have I ern offered forthis breed by the ltyal cult ora S,ciety. 'Ms R.ototv, -however. wtora mowed to offer prices at the late SI!11' at Lint ifl. 55, ao,l the result was that twenty-two anizrali put in an appearance. We are interned that as a result of that meeting there has bien a di:trill:ocm of specimens. Animals have been sail from Mr. Shaw's herd WIIG was the breeder cf the first prim, cow) to go to the Isle of Man, hem Mr. F.r.lwynla herd ler exportation to Buenos ,13 rex, and also to co,:gested districts of Ireland, and from Mr. Sale's I.erd (who bred the first prize bull) to several distil, ts of England. 'Thus we see a distribution which may resuscitate the breed and keep it going, if it does not bring it into prominence once more. s Amos OF Lime acts by causing the fermentation of organic matters. To this cause is usually attributed the excellent results produced from lime after green manuring, and when applied to new land where the sod has been recently turned under, or to land so foul with weeds that a sort of green wanuring is obtainable by ploughing it. It is, perhaps, [llia tendency to destroy organic matter which makes the too frequent use of lime pernicious. To it is probably due in part the proverb, "Lime enriches the father, but beggars the son." It has, however, to be remembered that years ago farmers were prone to believe that it could be employed as a substitute for manure. Hence a tendency to abuse in using it. No doubt many a field has been reduced to the verge of sterility by applying lime until the entire store of available nitrogen and phosphoric aci I and potash had been used up. all the evidence teaches that lime is no substitute for manure, it is a mere addition or reinforcement, which may occasionally be employed with advantage. When lima was the only commercial fertiliser accessible to the farmer he thought himself compelled to use it on every escasion.  Henry Spurner, RM., has been committed for, . • trial at Fareham, charged with the wilful murder of A quay labourer named Quinn has been ki;led at James Whatmore, at Browudown. Dublin by falling from the deck of the as. Dunmore George Cunningham and several other men were Head. seriously injured by the upsetting of a vitriol Ernest Hyde, platelayer, South Western Railway, vessel at Earle's shipbuilding yard, Hull. bag been killed near Southampton by being run over on the line. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers during the Four Khirtoum heroes were on Saturday decorated past year paid off loans of £50,030 incurred during with the Victoria Cross at the hands of the Queea the last atria°. . at Osborne.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-10-26 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ALLEGED MURDER BY A FATHER. At Marlborough-street Police-court, London, on Monday, Daniel O'Connor,sixty-one, a hootmaker, living at Stephen-street, Cott .nliam Court-road, was charged before Mr. Fenwick with the murder of his son Dennis by stabbing him with a knife in various parts of the body and head one Sunday. The prisoner appeared very much overcome at his veition, and was allowed to be seated in the dock.—Chief Inspector Shannon said that at half-past eight in Sunday evening he saw the prisonex at Tottenham Court-road Police-station, and said to him: "You are already charged with fe7oniously wounding y..ur son Dennis by stabbing him. I have since seen the dead body of your son at Middlmex Mr spital, and you will now be chargmi with the wilful murder of your son." Be showed the prisoner the knife (a leather cutting knife) produced, and said: "It is statscige you caused the wounds with this knife, arid tliere appear to be bloodstains on it." Ile also pointed out bloodstains upon a coat taken off O'Connor a short time beforo. O'Connor said: "It id not use a knife on Lim, and the bloodstains on my coat were caused by blood from a wound on my neck about two Mill' hi S ago. I did not clean my coat, as it was not worth it." Ile then pointed to an old wounet on the left side of his neck.—The prisoner was remanded for a week.  The United States transprrt S ,nr.tor, about whose safety some anxiety has been felt, has arrived at Key West from Manila safely. Eight stacks of hay were destroyed by fire at Neville's Cross, near Durham, on Monday morning. Beneath the debris the remains of a woman wee found charred beyond recognition.  While undergoing four days' imprisonment at Wandsworth Gaol, John Bowter died in his cell from the breaking of a blood vessel. He had apparently been trying to ring the bell when he fell. A water famine in October is somewhat remark able. Llanelly, the capital of the Welsh tinplate trade, is face to face with one, however. Scarcely any rain has fallen throughout the summer, and what water is in the reservoir is said to be almost undrinkable. If no rain falls, all the tin works will have to be stopped, and there will be considerable distress.  tinplate  The Essex police at Grays are doing their best to recapture a prisoner who has escaped from their custody under remarkable circumstances. He was arrested on a charge of stealing the yacht Foam. When captured he fought like a veritable Paul Jones. He was placed In an iron cage adjoining the cells at Grays Police-station, but about half-an-hour later it was found that he had escaped by wrenching away the iron bars at the tops and got clear away.  Mr. Robert Lewin. employed in the office of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company at Douglas, has mysteriously disappeared. He has not been heard of since Thursday night, when he played in an orchestra at Derby Castle, where a dance was being held. Prince Napoleon, acoompanied by Comte de Laborde. has arrived at Farnborough on a visit to the Empress Eugenie. Hikbrother, Prince Louis, is expected to arrive shortly.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-07-11 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TRAFFIC IN VICE.  At the Upper House of Convocation, on Tuesday, the subject of juvenile immorality came under the consideration of their lordships. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol,who introduced the subject,said that their lordships had all been deeply interested in the measure which had received the assent of the House of Lords during the present year, namely, the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. Their lordships were probably aware that, owing to the present state of bipiiness in Parliament, anxieties were expressed that that most important measure might not be introduced into the House of Commons horn want of time. Nothing, he said, c ,old be more grievous than that a bill of that kind should for the third time fail in receiving the assent of the Parliament of England. The urgency of the question was terrible. There was now, he believed, evidence before England generally which proved the need of a law being passed to prevent those evils, if they desired to save themselves from the judgment that fell upon cities and nations when such terrible, frightful, and diabolical sins were committed. He concluded by moving, "Trust this House desires to express its thankfulness that the Criminal Law Amendment Bill has received the assent of the House ot Lords, and its deep con viction that there should be no delay in regard o the steps still necessary ti be taken in order that the bill should become law." Tne Bishop of Peterborough seconded the resolution,and said it was a subject which he felt a very deep interest in, and he fully concurred in what the Bishop of Gloucester said with regard to the urgent and pressing importance of some measure for the better protection of female virtue and innocence and youth from crimes of violence and fraud, which were a diszrace to them as a % professedly Christian nation. He believed that those awful crimes and atrocities were not confined to London and two or three great cities, but those of them who were in country towns knew that they existed there also, and they knew that those who were engaged in supplying 'the hideous market of vice id London recruited its subjects very largely from the country districts and towns. The Bishop ot Lichtle:d said thatno words were too strong to describe the state of thing-, which now existed. The Bishop of Oxford suggested that the following words should be added to the resolutd : "Even if it be but a pariial remedy for the terrible evils it is intended to cure." This was accepted by the mover of the resolution, and after a few remarks from the Archbishop of Csuterbury the resolutidn was unanimously agreed to.  A childmurder has been committed at North Burne, a suiall hamlet on the Canterbury and Deal roar% As a boy named Button wam walking p ist a pond, he noticed at cardboaid box in tio• water ; on pulling it out and opening it he timid the body of a Medical examination shows that the child was drowned.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-05-02 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

REVOLTING SCENES AT AN EXECUTION. The execution Lefore the prison of Lit Rnquette of Gamahut, the murderer of Madame Ballerich, was attended by some revolting incidents. Gamahut had hopes of a reprieve, although his sleep had been frequently broken by fearful dreams, for the terrible exigencies of the French law, by which a criminal is informed of his fate only a few moments before death, had kept him continually on the rack. The fatal order was transmitted overnight to the executioner, Deibler, who appeared on the scene in the morning at half past 2 with his assistants and the " Bois de Justice," or guillotine. A mixed and ribald crowd had assembled around the prison, and for some time a continuous stream of cabs conveyed contingents of midnight revellers, male and female, from the nocturnal cafes of the grand boulevards. Jokes were freely bandied about by the crowd while Diebler and his men, surrounded by police and mounted verde, were preparing the guillotine for its awful work by the light of lanterns and torches. At last the dread instrument was ready, and stood waiting, grim and gloomy, for its victiin just as the dawn was breaking over the spires and domes of the city. The crowd became suddenly hushed and silent. No sound was heard save the opening of windows shutters in the neighbourin houses, the inmates of which appeared at their balconies or windows in order to view the ghastly spectacle in the full light of day. The murderer had by this time received,with blanched cheeks and bloodless lips, his dreadful eunamone from the governor of the prison. He was then pinioned by the executioners and walked firmly enough, preceded by the chaplain,to the place of execution. The culprit bore his fate with average composure. At his express wish he passed 10 minutes aline with the chaplain, who just before the descent of the blade embi aced him. After the knife had chine its terrible work the quivering remains of Gamaliut were quickly collected and taken to the cemetery, where a mock burial was gone through according to law, after which the bead and trunk were handed over to the School of Medicine. The profeasors were so anxious not to lose time that they went to the cemetery aid began their work directly the hody was reilaced,in the prison cart. It is pretended that the results of this e.xamianfatteirond,e ecaffpe ictlaetdi oant, atrhee osfh rxtt rei nmteeryi Ipoorftan3:iceminutes experiments had especial reference to the effects on the motor regions of the cerebral substage° ot their being stimulated by electricity. It was ascertained that on the brain being directly subjected to excitement by electricity a movemeat was produced by the facial muscles. Some disgraceful scenes were enacted after the execution. One of Deibler's aosistanta had to go through the crowd with a pail of water, empurpled with the blood of the criminal, in order to throw it , down a drain. In doing so some of the water fell by the side of the pavement and a street Arab immediately dipped his find in it and rushed gricnacing among a crowd of frightened women.