The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1895-01-26 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

TEIE SUSSEX LOVE TRA.GEDY PRISONER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.  At the Hastings Police Court, On Saturday, Thomas Foster, a baker, aged twenty-seven, was brought up in custody, charged on remand with having attempted to murder his sweetheart, Jane Smith, by cutting her throat with a razor on Decomber 19. When placed in the dock the prisoner was attacked with a hysterical fit. The woman was still unable to appear. The evidence given at the first hearing was read and confirmed, and Dr. Rutherford, house surgeon at the hospital, then deposed that the woman had been in danger of her life, but was now out of danger, and would be able to attend the assizes next March.— The Clerk of the Court read the woman's depositions, which were ac follows :—" I am a cook in the service of Mrs. Hunt Holly, 23, West Hill, St. Leonards. I have known prisoner for three years. I used to walk out with him him sometimes. About nine o'clock on the evening of December 17th he came to see me. At 10.15 p.m., when the people in the house had gone upstairs, he bounced in at the back door of the kitchen and knocked me down. He had been there at 9.15, and wanted me to go out, but I would not do so, and he went away.. There had been no quarrel between us, but I said I could not marry him. We had been keeping company for some time, but I found out I wanted to givd him up. He knocked me down with his hand, aud as far as I can remember I felt a cut on;my neck. I screamed. I did not see the razor, but felt something cut my neck, and then my right hand was cut. When I screamed he put his fingers in my mouth. Then the others came down, and he ran away. I am certain prisoner is the man."—Kate Kolby, maid to Miss Hunt Holly, said she heard the cook scream " Kate ! Kate! " On running downstairs to the kitchen she saw prisoner going out of the area door and Smith lying on the floor.—Police-constable King deposed that at 7.25 on the morning of the 20th, when he was on duty by the Parade, he heard a splash is the sea under St. Leonard's Pier, and saw prisoner struggling in the water. He was got out and takeu to the hospital, when it was found that the knee of his trousers was covered with blood, and that he had three blood-stained pocket-handkerchiefs upon him, one of which was marked "Jane Smith." Next to the prisoner's heart he found a cabinet photograph of the injured woman. Detective Cappard stated that on going to prisoner's house at Cannes Road he found a letter addressed to his father and mother in his box.—ln answer to a question by the clerk, prisoner said, "I have nothing to say on the charge." He was than committed to take his trial at the Sussex Assizes.  A fire broke out on Sunday morning at the Albion saw Mille atWest Hartlepool,and despite the efforts of three fire brigades it resulted in the total destruction of the premises, which occupied nearly two acres of ground and gave employment to 100 hands. Large quantities of manufactured timber were damaged. Three firemen susts.r!lecl slight injuries. A strong easterly gale prevailing at the time carried the flames in the direction of a row of cottages, three of which were partially destroyed. The damage is estimated at £lO,