The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-11-30 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MURDER OF AN 1;1..11 SAILOR. Live on Sunday night so hish sailor, named Cornealy, was h ully reurdere I -uyi a Spaniard at Newport, Monmouthshire. A Party of sailors had • been drinking together, an-I an aigurnent took place I shout the Spanish-Ameriean War. Alter they lett the public-hou,e, the Spaniard suddenly rushed at Cornealy, and drove a stiletto through the back of his neck. The point of the wee on came out of the poor fellow's mouth, and after walking a few yards ho fell, and died in two or three minutes. flts assailant took to his heels and oisappeared. The horror-stricken spectators, not knowing at the time that a dagger was used, did not follow him until he was out of sight. The police immediately instituted a search among the vesse;s in the harbour, and I subsequently arrested several Spaniards on suspicion. I QIJACK ADVERTISERS SENIENCED Before Mr. Justice Darling, at the Central Criminal Court, London, on Satuniay, William Brown, Harriett Annie Cross, Abiaham Emanuel Abrahams, Philip Perron, and James Armitage Fox, who have been severally found guilty of a conspiracy to incite women, by means of circulars and ad.- rtisements in the name of "Madame Frain," to attempt to commit certain illegal acts, were brought up for judgment. —Mr. Justice Darling observed that Brown had made a con- iderable sum of money out of this illegal, dangerous, and disgusting busineoi. He (Brown) and Fox and Abrahams were 'obviously the worst offenders, for they were the proprietors of the business, and into their pockets habgone the moneys obtained through this nefarious trade. He had consulted with the Lord Chief Justice with reference to the case, and had his full concurrence with regard to the sentences he was al out to pass. He sentenced Brown to twelve months', and Abraham.; and Fox each to nine months' imprisonment, as offenders in the second division. Cross and Perron were severally bound over to come up for sentence if called upon. —Mr. Ju•tice Darling de.fred it to be k TIOM n that any newspaper profrictor, editor, or {tinter would render themselves liable in the future to i rosecution and conviction if the class of advertisement referred to in this case continual to be accepted.  At Burnam Assizns, John Wilde, twentv-eiglt I years of age, ex-policeman, was charged with the . murder of his wire at South Shields last October. ' The accused was alleged to have held Ins wife in the flames of a paraffin lamp which had hen knocked over during a quarrel, but Mr. Justi, 0 Grantham intimated that no jury could cqnvict on the evidence atlouced, and Wilde was acquitted, I At an inquest held at Dudley, Worcestershire, it was shewn that a Birmingham steeplejack, named George Bartlett, had met with a horrible death. I Der eased, a thoroughly experienced steeplejack, fell ' 1 from a chimney stack 70ft. high. The accident was I due, it was thought, to two bricks slipping out of I their place. Deceased fell with a terrible thud, and . was instiintaneously killed. IA Whitby shipowner, named H. O. Barry, was, ' on Saturday, found dead on the railway between 1 Stockton-on-Tees and Eaglescliffe. The deceased was travelling from Sunderland to Whitby, and was seen in a first-class compartment at Stockton. On arrival at Eaglescliffe, however, the door of the carriage was found open, and upon a search being made the deceased's body was discovered about a I mile from the station. _--...=••••••••••••••••••••••••=n....  .-...._  9 a  MONEY TO LEND BY TUE PRO£2SO, 000 viNctAx. UNION BANK in stuns of £lO to £5OO on NOTE OF HAND ALONE, or on any other security, at a few hours' notice, to all clam*, repayable by easy instalmeats.With and without sureties. No good application is ever refused. All communications strictly private. The business of this Bank was originally established ia 1863, and hag grown to le the lariest in the Kingdom owing to the honourable and straightforward manner in which it has been conducted, the uniform courtesy andp rompt attention of lie Officials having inspited the confidence and recommendatio of its inumerous customers. The public are cautioned against those loan offices and money-lenders, whose only object is to obtain fete. II desired, an Official from the Bank will attend at appt' cant's residence with Cash, and carry out the ladvance without