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Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1865-06-22 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

STEALING A GUN.—On Tuesday, at the Magh;trates' Clerk's Office, before J. J. Farquharson Esq., 'Charles Lovell was brought. up in custody, charged with stealing a gun the property of Henry Melmoth, keeper to W. S. Erie Drax, Esq., M.P.—Our readers will remember that at the last Dorchester assizes a charge of attempt to murder was preferred against Solomon Wedmore, but identity not being proved to the satisfactio.n of the jury, he was acpuitted. The gun then used was wrested out of the keeper's hand, and all trace of it was lost until Friday night, the 16th inst. On that night P.C. Hunt met the prisoner in Salisbury-road. Knowing him to be a poacher, he stopped and examined him, and found upon him a gun. Not giving a satisfactory alcount of how he came by it, and knowing that he was suspected to have been one of the poachers s.t Collwood the constable retained the gun. On the following day, 1 both Mr. Melmoth and his son identified the gun, notwithstanding that it had been considerably mutilated. The barrel had been cut, the heel-plate and trigger-guard removed, and the gold mountings near the barrel taken • off. A warrant having been granted Lovell was apprehended, and the above facts having been deposed to he • was committed for trial at the sessions. In his defence he said that bein at work in the allotment ground in -• -April last he 'vent into an adjacent copse to get a bit of furze to set tight to some couch grass, and saw the • handle of the gun underneath the furze. CRlCK,—Blandford eleven V. Wareham ele ven,—On Monday, the 19th inst., a most exciting match was played 'between two elevens of the above-naroed•elubs, on ftterElsmdford ground, at St. Mary's. The Wareham gentlemen first handled the willow, to the bowling of Messrs. Hookey and Churchill, and were dispostd of aftlfekmaking a score of 44, including byes and wides, ..T-Blaridford followed with a score of 52, to which Mr. • Train contributed 27, including 2 fours, 4 threes, and 3 ttwos, carrying out his bat. This left the Wareham ....gentlemen eight behind. The second innings was corn--menced with good spirit, and the batting considerably 2 Improved. W. Squires scoring 38, including 2 fours, 1 tairee, and 5 twos; .E. ElmeS added 16, and C. Radclyffe ' 13, making a total of 97, thus leaving their opponents ,• 89 runs to beat. By taking it "coolly," or rather by . some most splendid play by Messrs. Percy, Churchill, . and Traill, the "balance" was soon marked be the other side, the first-named gentleman running up a. score of 44, which included 2 fours' 4 threes, and 8 twos ; Mr. Churchill made 15, and Mr. Traill 13, the two former gentlemen bringing out their bats amidst the loud cheers of the spectators. The match terminated in favour of the Blandford eleven, with five wickets to go down. A capitaltpread was provided by Mr. Monckton, of the New Inn, Blandford St. Mary, and heartily enjoyed by those present. The following is the score
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1865-12-21 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE MURDERS IN RAMSGATE AND HOLBORN.  I St Then Forward, alias Ernest S outhey, who poi:ooe,l J three children and afterwards shot his ow, wife and child, is to he tried thi, wcek at Mah,!stone assizes. a correspondent thus descrihes how Forwar I occupied the past four nymtlis in prison: —Fur ward's chief desire seems to have been to write eqsays to convince himself that his mis,ion was to murder these five per,o,.a, and there is a dash cf incoherency in what ho writes that would make one fancy he was mad, were it not clear from other circumstances that ha is sane. His manlier has been while in gaol quiet and reserved. But one allusion to his friends seems to have affected him at all. He glories in the havoc of human life ho has made, but the c illimag to mind of the name of an old schoolfellow seemed to bring him to a recollection of what he was and what he is ; but the emo ion was slight., a:.ci soon over. In appearance he looks much better than when he first entered the gaol ; lie has allowed the hair on his face to grow, and the cunning eye has gained some additienAl lustre from the regularity of his life. One dark and dreary page in the history of this case must be that which tells of his invitatisns to,and interviews with, the clergy; latterly, he has expressed a desire to see different clergymen. The Venerable Archdeacon Davis has seen him, and the congregational minster has visited him several times at his request ; but the object of Forward has not been to make peace with his God, bat, on the contrary, to argue with these reverend gentlemen that he has dope right in committing these murders, on the ground that certain murders ate recorded in the Bible, and the Perpetiators were not punished, and, thtrefore, he has a right to Tr-leader. It was at St. Leonard's that Fo ward was edneateil, and he has writen the clergymen there a letter asking that gentleman to give him a character and to see him. He reminds the rev, gentleman that he always bore a good character in the school, and that on leaving the rev. gentleman added his commendations to those of his instructors ; he also states that he has never forgotten the precepts he learned at school, and it is quite clear, too, from conversa:ion that his rnemo,y is bettor than that of the bulk of his more fortunate fellow countrymen. The clergymati at St Leonard's did not grant him an interview, but wrote him a letter full of kindness and good advice. I have it on good authority, but I state it as a rumour only, that Forward wrote a most insolent reply. Such, then, are the leading facts in connection with his history in Sandwich Gaol. On Friday ho was removed to Maidstone The defence to be set up is insanity. Of its failure I for one have little doubt.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-12-15 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

DREADFUL MURDERESS.  On the 30. h November, at 1111 a.m., a dreadful woman, one Kate NariY, was hanged in Stein-ans Anger, the frontier town between Styria and Hungary. In the annals of crime she twill occupy one of the first places, for, although she confessed to sx murders only, she was con. victed of 26, and we may auppose that she committed many more. She found means of obtaining poison from chemists in small provincial towns by pretending to have a house full of rata. The small cakes which she sold in a tiny shop were so universally liked by old and young that she could sell poisoned cakes to the persons who wished to rid themselves of a superfluous relative without arousing suspicion. Her first murder was probably that of her own husband, and when this remained undisc ivered she oommitted a succession of ot'ier murders, for which she was paid by the parties concerned. Her victims were men, women, and children, old and young, and although her neighbours had long suspected her, still no one dared for some t me to accuse her of the dreadful crime. She was believel to be very pious, and it was chiefly by her aid that the D 'Woken friars of Ste'n-ansAnger were able to found a religious society, which gained great influence in the course of years. Although she confessud to six murders, the Court of Justice condemned her only to hard labour for life: but the Impsriel Council, appealing t s the High Court, ohtained a death sentence, which was sifavd by the Emperor about the middle of last month. Ever since the sentence was communicated ti Kate Nagy she epee her days and nights in praying and fasting with her tether confessor ever by her side. On Thursday the hangman arrived from Buda Beath. and Kate Nagy was taken to the place of execution at the other end of the town. When she appeared in the street everyone was surprised to P4lO a meek little woman of about 60 years of age, with a kind, motherly expression in her sm3ll face. She was wetted by a detachment of Imperial dragoote, and followed by thousand. who had come from all parts of the country to see her. As she entered the wooden fence which conceals the gibbett from the eyes of the public., she started, for her daughter came up to her and begged leave to enter with her mother. When she was refused, she fainted in the arms of some women who had come with her. The hangman fulfilled his terrible task in a few seconds. In the meantime the crowd outside behaved in a moat shameful manner. They surrounded the murderess's daughter and declared she must be executed ale), because such a dreadful woman's entire race should be extirpated once for all. The rufilons would have lynched the girl had not a brave woman etood up in her defence, sad by her undaunted courage intimidated them near her until some dragoons came to her rescue. Kate Nagy refused to name the persoas for whom she prepared her wino°, so that they cannot be proseouted.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-04-14 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

LAMSON'S MEDIATOR."  The London Figaro says :--'• Like many good people before him, Sir Wlllism Harcourt has, under stress of temptation, suffered himself to be led astray. We shall not repeat the senseless statement that the convict Lamson has been reepited 'for a political pummel' we believe that, in acceding to the request of the President of the United States, the Home Secretary was inspired by no other motive than a desire to show ()Amory to the chief magistra e of the great American Republic. The case against the Home Secrets, y is that Lamson has been convicted by a jury of a cruel murder, which almost everybody in England but the ladies who presented him with bouquets of flowers, feels sure he committed ; that the attempts to prove him mad od this side the Atlantic have oompletely failed; that the evidence which is now on its way from America,' might have been in the hands of the solicitor for the defence two or three months ago; that the responsible ruler of another count!), has been allowed to interfere—fur what is mediation but into' ference— with the couree of juniors in this; that a precedent has been established which, if not in the present, may, on some other occasion, result in the most serious complications. But we go further than this. We assert that the evidence which is to be submitted to the consideration of the Home Office cannot possibly be worthy of attention. How can it be? Lamson has lived for many years in Europe; be married an English lady; be practised as a physician in an English town; sufficient is known of his career in Eagland to enable anyone to form an opinion about him; and he is an Englishman. If even it could be proved that he was mad in America, we should reply, he has not been mad in England. We decline to go back to, or to have anything to do with, his school days, and it is nonsense to talk about his being mad 'last,stimmer.' The President of the United States has, in fact, no more to do with the matter than the Shah of Persia or Cetewayo. But the presumption of Mr. Arthur, and the folly of Sir William Harcourt, will acid to the wretched murderer the agony f suspense. It is not conceivable that the respite of a furtnigh,t will be followed either by a final reprieve, or by a'commutadun of the oapital sentence--capital punishment could not survive the scandal. Yet, there is no doubt that the convict is buoyed up with the hops that, as his powerful friends have already secured the postponement of the execution. they will, by a little more pressure be able either to obtain his liberation, or to prevent' him from expiating his crime on the gallows. Bad as Lamson is, it is to be re6retted that he should be exposed to torture of this kind—to torture nearly as shocking as the torture to which Percy John was subjected."
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-03-03 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

MORE MURDERS.  A murder, which is directly attributed to the Fenian organisation, was committed in Dublin late on Saturday night. A constable, hearing groans in Skippers.alley, a squalid thoroughfare near Cookstreet, went thither and found a man lying on the pavement bleeding from severe wounds in the head. He was removed to the hospital, but died on the way. A medical examination showed that he had been shot through the brain, a second shot having fractured his cheek bone. He was subsequently identified as a labourer, named Bernard Bailey, aged 35, who gave the police information regarding the storage of arms by Feniane, the murder being in revenge. At Ballyhaunis, on Saturday, Martin Cunnane, secretary of the Lake Behan Land League, his son Patrick Cunnane, Patrick Finn, and three brothers named Brennan, were arrested in connection with the murder of Joseph Freeby. Other arrests are expect, d. The murder was perpetrated at a place called Balydrehod. The victim's father was a member of the local branch of the late Land League, and a popular man in the neighbourhood, until it became known that he had paid his rent. The fate vi larch has mot the un fortunate young man was apparently not intended for him, as the party broke in the d. or, and, it is said, shouted for the "Traitor who paid his rent I" They then weat into the room where the young man was sleeping with two young brothers, and, not finding the father, they seized the son, dragged him outside, and subjected him to the vilest usage. He then made his escape into a house, where he was followed, and once more dragged cut, when two shots were heard, which must have instantly put an end to the life struggle, f r the Rev. J. Kennedy, C.C., who was promptly or the scene, found him lifeless, with a largo wound in his right breast. The neighbourhood has hitherto been remarkable for tranquillity.  It Is stated that the Government are in possession of information which leads to the belief that a conspiracy of a serious character has been biouht to light in the district of Tutla. Fourteen arrests for treason-felony have already been made, and it is stAed that an informer has supplied the Government with full intirmation as ta the doing of the alleged conspirators. More arrests ara exp cted to follow. In visw of an anticira'eri attack on the county Litnet ick gaol, the military guard stationed there has been increas.,d. Within the prison and also outride, by 'ay and night, military s,ntinels are on duty, and the whole prig, n is closely watched by the military. Toe constabulary are actively engaged in different dint rici l,f Limerick and Clare searching for ant a, but up to the present their labours have not been attended with any result. Private information has been given to the Government that an immerse quaLtity of alms are secreted in plaice named ; lut whether it is that the information is a hoax, or that the suspected ' persons were apprised before the adilllt a the cooaQ awn Clha 60 laud.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-06-16 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.  --- - - On Sunday afternoon, a shocking tragedy was perpetrated at the village of Crosby, near Liverpool. Arthur Golding, an estate agent, gave himself up to the police, stating that he had accidentally shot dead his servant, Mary Craven, aged 20. Upon the police arriving at Golding's house, they found the deceased lying on the kitchen floor with • bullet wound in the centre of the forehead, and the brains scattered about the place, death having apparently been instantaneous. Golding's statement was that he loaded a revolver ba the morning, but for what purpose has not transpired. It would appear that the prisoner and deceased were alone in the kitchen, and that Mrs. Golding, hearing a report, ran downstairs and met her husband, who told her he had shot the girl and was going to the Police. station. On Monday, at the Magistrates' Court, Liverpool, Arthur G dding was chargi d with the wilful murder of Mary Craven, who had been in his Patrice as domestic servant. upt. Wel,h said that on the previous afternoon the prisoner went to the police-station at Crosby, having in his possession the revolver produced, which war loaded in five chambers. The sixth chamber had evidently been recently die. charged. He said to the tergeant who was on duty there—" I was standing at the scullery-door conversing with my servant, Mary Craven, waiting for my shoes to be cleaned, when she said to me 'What woule you do if they went to shoot you first?' I put my hand to my hip-pocket and pulled out my revolver, which I purchased, and which I had a licence to carry for selfprotection, from my next-door neighbour; and presenting it towards her, not thinking at the time it was loaded, I raised the hammer and fired, killing her on the spot. I immediately, went upstairs and told my wife t had shot Mary, sod that she was dead. It was quite an accident, as I would not have laid my hands on her for anything." In consequence of this statement the sergeant took him into custody, and at once proceeded to the house. He found the deceased lying -on the scullery floor dead. The sergeant shortly afterwards charged the prisoncr, and be said in reply—" I must reserve my defence; it was purely accidental." Subeequently to that the prisoner made another and Important statement, which needed enquiry into, and, If true, showed a motive for the murder. It would be shown that he loaded the revolver on the previous day for the purl ore, as he alleged after the murder, of shooting a clog. After hearing formal evidence, the magistrate remanded the prisoner. The incpbet was opened at Crosby on Tuesday. Superintendent Walsh deposed that the prisoner stated at the police-station that he bought a revolver to defend himself against two neighbours. Witness found in deceased's box seven letters from Mrs. Golding bearing strongly on the case, and the enquiry was adjourned until Tuesday next to admit of their reproduction.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-06-02 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE THREAT TO SHOOT THE QUEEN.  HEAVY sANTENcE.  On triday. at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Lopes, Albert Young, 17, clerk, was charged with maliciously sending, knowing the contents thekeof, • letter to General Sir Henry ft.nsonby, threatening to murder her Maj,sty the Queen, Prince Leopold, and other persons. A further cunt in the indictmemt charged the orkoner with demanding money with menaces from Sir Henry Po nionby. The prisoner looke at least five or seven years older than he is described in the indictment, and hoe a large scar extending over his left eye. The Attorney-General, in opening the case, said the prisoner at the bar was until • few weeks before a telegraph clerk in the s Irvine of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Llncolnshire Railway 0 mpanv, whmie offices were at Rxthorp, close to Doncaster. Or the morning of the 24th of April a letter wee deliVered in the ord in ry manner threttgh the p)at into the hands of Sir Henry Ponsonby, private secretary to her Majesty the Queen. That letter contained matter of a very disgraceful description, containing as it did a threat to murder the Queen and other members of her family. There would be no other queat,On for the jury to decide in thie case sic ,pt the prinCipal and primary one as to whether the priioner at the bar was the person who wrote that letter or not. The Attorney•Ganeral then read the letter, which was as follows:  April a  Madatu.—l am a Roman Catholic priest, and I have Illy men in the pariah who have been eviCted by land. lords. These men have banded themselves together for your destruction, as they blame you for being the cause of their Misery. They, however, promise to leave the country on receipt of DA per man to defray expenses for selves and families. This amount must be in the hands of my dupe, through whom von will receive this, in three weeks from now, or they will commence operations isgai nst your life. I know this is treason that is why ,I shall make use of a person of it 'tiding and character in England for the dupe to transmit your raply to me here in Ireland. I strongly a 'vise you to send me the monioy, as the men are deiperato enough, and they will make a series of attempts aseinet your We and those or your sons and daughters, which must succeed in more than one respect. Assuredly you will nut heoitate t oend what will be hut a moiety out of ench p ocket, if all the members of the Royal family subscribe among tharweivi s for the required amount, rather then endanzer so many precious lives. Ask Prince L•opold how be wou'd like a bullet put through him on his wediing day, of which I wish him man) NIPPY returns, and die a lingering death like Garfield. I may add that if no notice is taken of this I shall absolve them of all their misdeeds instead of as now holding them in check by threats of excommunication. (Signed) A WIiLL
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1886-01-01 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

IRELAND.  FATAL FIGHT.  A fatal dispute as to right of way is reported from the village of Fortishill, near Newry. It appears that a man named James M.acparland was killed on Saturday night by a man named Pat Macparland. Tbe parties are distant relations, and had a long standing dispute as to a right of way, which was renewed on Saturday night, when Pat Macarpland struck James on the head with some iron tongs, smashing his skull in a desperate fashion, so that the brain obtruded. The man died two hours afterwards. Pat has been arrested on a charge of murder.  An inquest has been held at Bridge, near Canterbury, respecting the death of a little girl, named Goldfinch, who died under peculiar circumstances. She was a scholar at the Bridge Elementary School, and a week ago, as she was running up the playground, she Milne into collision with another child, and received a blow on the forehead, which caused her to fall down. Subsequently she complained of head ache, and the next day she was taken ill, and had to go home. She became worse, and was attended by a medical man, who found her suffering from inflammation of the brain' from which she died. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned. Some cases of swine fever having occurred at the Royal Dairy in Windsor Park, which is in the occupation of the Queen and the matter having been duly reported to the Windsor authorities entrusted with the (=Tying out of the provisions of the Contagious Diseases ( Aknimabi) Act, the place was on Saturday declared to be an infected area, and measures were adopted to prevent the spreading of the disease.  Early on Sunday morning a fire occurred at the cotton doubling mills of John Belie and Co., Stockport. The two top storeys of a building, fifteen windows long, were destroyed, and several thousand pounds' damage done. Among the debris were found the remains ot John Bentham, a dyer, a married wan with five children. He had assisted in removing finished goods from the mills. Bentham's limbs were burnt away from the trunk, which was also minus the head. several others had narrow escapes.  The present Duke of Somerset, although the second duke of the realm, will certainly be the poorest. The late duke hio; bequeathed :omerset House, Parklane, to his daughter, Lady Hermione Graham; Bulatrode, the place near Maidenhead, where he generally lived, to his daughter, Lady Gwendolin Hainsden ; a third estate to Lady Ulrica Thyme ; all the Devonshire properti4othe late Lord St. Maur's natural son, and • e legacy to his naturaldaughter. The present uke only inherits Maiden Bradley, near Bath, and the land adjacent to it.— Word. Accvdents are reported to have occurred at two adjoining pits at Merthy tydvil. At Aberteasid the W-ndc down of • pumping-emgins resulted la en accumulation of water in the pit so the depth el sint hot, and 700 men were thus readered idle, whale the South Pit a hundred colliers narrowly death, old workings having inadvertently bees= into.  •1000--''jaa"s-'