Widnes Examiner. — 1890-12-20 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE EXAMINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890. . . . THE TIPPERARY ASSAULT CASES. MURDER IN A CAB AT . LIITERPOOL. Shortly after eight on Wednesday evening, a fatal stabbing outrage occurred in a cab in Liverpool. the victim being a young woman about 24 years of age, and who is now lying dead at the Royal Infirmary. liler name is Margaret Cowie, or Stewart, and she has been living since Thursday week with a man giving the name of Arthur ?infold, at 28, Lambert-street. Pinfold is about 30 years of age, and is said to be employed by a railway company in Liverpool. The woman is stated to have come to Liverpool from Lanark, in Scotland, her father being an hotel proprietor in that place. The man and the woman were in Ranelagh-st. on Wednesday evening shortly before eight o'clock, the former being under the influence of drink. They went to the Ranelagh-st. cabstand and engaged a cab Pinfold requested the cabman to drive them to 28, Lambert-et., and they both entered the cab together, Magee, the cabman, shutting the door. On the , way the driver did not notice anything unusual, or that any outcry was made; but when the vehicle arrived at , Lambert-st., on the cabman opening the door, Pinfcld, who made no attempt to get out of the cab, said, "1 have stabbed this woman,cabby. You can go for a policeman, if you like." The cabman replied, "Is it right P" and Pinfold said, "Look," pointing to the woman who was unconscious and covered with blood. Pinfold ;Aided, "lain not going away." The door was immediately closed by the cabman, who called two women to look afterhis cab while he went for a policeman. Two officers at once proceeded to the spot, and found that the woman had been dreadfully stabbed about the body. Police- , constable 668 immediately arrested Pinfold, and took him to the Detective Office, Dale-st., while Police-constable I 31, had the woman taken to the Royal Infirmary in a , cab. She was attended to by Dr. Gould and Dr. feare. who found that she had received six stabs of a serious• nature on the left breast and side. Three of the wounds were superficial, but three others penetrated the left breast and lungs. Her clothes were saturatued with blood. She was unconscious and died shortly after admission. On the way to the Detective Office, Pinfold said "II did it. She asked me to do it." In the Detective Office he said, " I hope she is dead." The police found on the prisoner a large two-bladed clasp knife the longer and larger blade being about four inches long. This blade had apparently been used to inflict the injuries on the woman, as it was covered with blood. The prisoner's hands and part of his clothes were also covered with blood, and when arrested he took matters quite coolly, although he was evidently under the influence of drink. , The deceased, who was an unfortunate, was respectably dressed, and had been previously living in a house in the same street for about five weeks. The prisoner was subsequently charged at the Detee.. two Office with causing the death of the deceased. He said nothing in answer to the charge, but appeared te feel his position very keenly, as he shed a few tears. 138 Informed Mr. Boyce, the well-known Liverpool detective, that he was unmarried, and that he had no father nor mother living, and that he earned his living as a grocer's porter. He states that he was bornin Hertford, and was thirty-one years of age. The sum of is. 4d. was found in his pocket, but no papers. At Liverpool, on Thursday, Arthur Pinfold, grocer's porter, was remanded on a charge of murdering Margaret Stewart, alias Cowie, by stabbing her in a cab on Wednesday night.