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The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1886-08-14 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

GLAMORGANIRE ASSIZES.  NOS IN COURT.—FRIDAY. ins, the culprit in the Cardiff Murder the jury red wed last night to one of w, was the rind who appeared in orning when Mr. ;natio° Matthew , tat a quarter ?est ten. He looked Toted, and whit asked if he had iay why sentence should not be passed sorely looked on but spoke not. He azed by the positien in found himself. Throughout of the ease he has mains rreateet composar-, and his calm o his fate his won for him no little mongthoee in remit. The sentenoe is lordship is regarded as fair and hough prisoner is eympathiaed with, it the habit of carrying revolvers in for use, upon every trivial occasion, 5 deprena• ed. That prisoner caused ' Carey he himself admits, and, as inted out, this, considering that not Rimply his property, was in danger, least ameen ed to manslaughter. • f the pioseoution in not 'OM Merchant, the sweetheart of the been severlv commented on by I Mr. Bowen Rewlande A number bees of the bar say that the legal ich they were brought up did not a tactics in prosecuting • prisoner. rl seemed nervous, and was inclined wed, but when she made a mistake gad it frankly, and the jury. as his 'stied, evidently believed her in o the witnesses for the crown. mils one thing; and it isthis, that in its surroundings are a breed of whose equals are not to be fotind in any town of ginner size in the Cardiff, Crrdiff, Cardiff, is the amnia' to the frequenters of the maize court, and it was only the at we had the town denounced from a sink of iniquity. The secret of all the unsettled character of many of its of the town. There was a time is had a bad reputation, when outcommon and general crime But that time has passed. • become settled, while Carwing its innings. Mr. Justice Mato' sentencing a prisoner last night, Sly characteristic. A man named leaded guilty to a charge of cutting g, and on coming up fir judgment. Ley were considering the case of owingdialogue took place have you got to say ?"—Mayer, n very sorry, sir."—The Judge: to be. You'll have six months." Inez then came forward, a rather mg fellow, who was charged with rounding his wife. He also seemed cition acutely. The Judge: "Well, nte say ? Prisoner: " I don't ay Lord, I was drank." The a a good job for you your wife iely injured. Four months." It on the first day that Sir James itthew, which is the full Natio° Matthew, was economical language, and he has certainly opiruon formed. To-day for the Lordship showed his teeth. It is a A caw's, and ladies arenot admitted. prosecuted in one case, and he next. In his cross-examin the prosecutrix, he put ting to her honesi7, but when the hat the learned counsel was unable isee with a record of conviction he sat son pretty promptly, and censured t severely for the course he hai r. Beason received his drub grace imaginable, and appeared disooncertad. In the NM Prins is wading slowly through his Lacy case from the hills occupies all ay.
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1886-01-23 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE LANDORE STEEL WORKS.  COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR. . . _ _  At the Royal. Hotel, Swansea, on Friday evening last, a complimentary dinner was given to Mr. J. G. Gordon, chairman and managing director of the Landore Siemens Steel Company, by the officials, clerks, and foremen of the company. Mr Lewis, secretary, occupied the chair, and Mr. Reynolds, mill manager, was in the vice-chair. After the usual toasts had been given, the Chairman rose to propose the health of "The Guest of the Evening," and said that he had much pleasure in doing so, as having in his official capacity great opportunities of judging, he was able to testify to the great energy always displayed by Mr. Gordon, and to the deep interest he manifested in the working of this company and the welfare of the employees. The Chairman hoped that all connected with the works would give Mr. Gordon all the assistance they could to further the interests of the company. The town was received with great enthusiasm. Mr. Gordon, who, upon rising, was received with loud cheers, said he never had accepted on invitation with greater pleasure, as he considered it an indication that his efforts were being appreciated by those by whom he was surrounded. It, had no hesitation in saying that the steel manufactured at the Landore Works was the best in the market, and this had, in a great measure, been brought about by the rigid inspection of the overseers, and he was pleased to see three of these gentlemen present on the occasion. He felt sure that if the employees of these large works continued to work together as they had in the past a great career was before the company. He concluded by saying that great assistance had been rendered to him by those present in the management of the works, andd he took that opportunity of thanking them. (Applause.) The Vice-chairman then proposed "the prosperity of the Landore Siemens Steel Company." He referred to the difficulties which the steel manufacturers had to contend with, but he felt convinced that 89 soon as the present depression in the iron knd steel trades had passed, the Landon, Company. whose productions were giving universal satisfaction, would be the first to feel the benefit of better times, although during the past year a large quantity of work had been turned out—This toast was well received, and was responded to in appropriate terms by Messrs. Store, Ball, Roberts, and Williams.— Several songs were well rendered, and a most enjoyable evening was spent, to which the excellent catering tended in no small degree.  A Central News telegram from Rome, on Monday, mays :—The report that the joint naval demonstration will be made in Greek waters, is inamorata The project dropped several weeks ago. 'A desperate murder is reported from Tipperary. A respectable farmer named Edward Allen, rosiding at Park, Galballem, county Limerick, was shot dead near Schronalle House on Saturday afternoon when returning from the residence of Mr. Chadwick, of Danteville Ranee.
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1884-03-15 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

HABITS OF THE HERRING.  H.M.S. Jackal, Commander Pr ickett. with Professor Cossar Ewart, Edinburgh University, convener 01 the zicientific Investigation Committee of the Board of Fisheries, was last week on the banks of Bad lantrae, iv hen some interesting investigations were made into the nature if the sea-bottom, and spawn deposited on this famous herringthed. The banks were dredged over from a depth of eight to T 2 fathoms. At a depth of eight to eleven fathoms the bottom was composed of clean gravel, with very little sea-weed; beyond the eleven fathonui, clay, mud, and shell. On the stones lifted by the dredge portions of herring...mown were found firmly attached to the surface of the stones in different stages of development; the more advanced manifesting, in lively action, the embryo herring. Spawn was also taken from the living herring and pito ed on glasses in hatching boxes; and these also shewed the eggs in progress of development. The information obtained by Professor Coeur Ewart is entirely ' new to science, and will be of the greatest importance in throwing light upon • hitherto bat imperfectly understood question in natural history. For the , first time it was discovered how the herring spawns , and how the roe is fertilised.  Mr. F. H. O'Donnell, ;M.P., in a letter to the Dublin newspapers, ridicules the rumoured new Irish agitation, which he says, if brought about, will let the agitators live and thrive while Ireland is perishing, and will raise a new subscription, to be spent without trace and without responsibility. Ireland, in Parliament, he says, is represented by the spirit of brag and the spirit of clique.  A man named Roberta has been charged at Ruthin with leaving 1,0201 b. of dynamite on the highway in a cart; at Clwyddnewdd, sear Ruthin, whilst he was in a public-house. The man who had brought the dynamite from Trifrew, pleaded that he had received DO special instructions to be careful. The magistrates condemned his carelessness, but only ordered him to pay the mitigated fine of klwith costa. •  Coloured snow of • dull leaden appearance has fallen at Kippen, Btirlingah,re. Afterthe anow ceased there was a slight froet, and the snow looked as if it had been saturated with smoke. It extended only about an inch from the surface, and below was the pure =ow of a dazzling whiteness. The fall was from the south-east. Joseph Westwood, a collier, was at Sedgley on Tuesday committed for trial for committing a shock. in outrage on • cripple named Jane Timmins. The prosecutrix has not had the use of her anus and legs for 40 years, and is entirely helpless. Westwood entered her house whilst she was left alone, and committed a murderous assault upon her, afterwards attempting to commit • criminal offence. The unfortunate WOMAO was afterwards found covered with blood and in • state of melancholy.  o RY FEET sed4 COMFORT by wearing the 'Mob rated IC Roots. All sits . t WALLACE'S,
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-04-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDERER'S CONFESSION.  The author of the hideous double murder at Pesth has been arrested and has made • full confession. He is a Slovenian named Balentits,formerly a post-office clerk, but having inherited a few thousand florins some months ago, he had lately been leading a disso. lute life and drinking bard. On the day before the crime angry words were exchanged between him and the murdered woman, with whom he had been on terms of illicit intimacy. They quarrelled over money matters, and on leaving her house that day Balentits vowed he would have revenge. Before returning to the woman's lodgings the following day, he went to pray on a friend's grave, and then, armed with a razor and a poniard, he proceeded on his eriminel expedition. The following is the substance of his statement to the investigating magistrate: "As I entered the room where Vera was dressing I immediately locked the door. I did not utter a word. Vera was terrified when she saw the razor, and when I seized hold of her she struggled to get away. I held fast, however, and she struck use • blow in the face. Then all became red before my eyes. I do not know exactly what followed, but the next thing I remember was hearing Vera scream like a wild beast and seeing a jet of blood spurt from her throat. She managed to free herself, and rushed into the next room, whither I followed her. She made for the outer door ; but I had locked it. She then gave one more scream and fell to the ground, as I thought, dead. Afterwards I looked about for my second victim, who had hidden herself. I found the child behind the stove, whence she stared at me with her large terror-etricken eyes. As I went up to her , she clasped her hands and implored me not to hurt her. I pulled her roughly out of her hiding. place, resolved to murder her so that she might not betray me. When I laid hands on her she screamed so fearfully that for a moment I released my hold on her. She ran into the next room, and wanted to escape, but I caught her by her thick brown heir and slaughtered her sea butcher does a lamb. The idea occurred to me that I had better cut open her body. I had read of that being done in some novel. I accordingly did so. My next impression was that I should make off, but I saw Vera still moving, so I cut her body open too, which caused her intestines to protrude. I then felt happy and contented. I was conscious of having taken brutal vengeance, but I fancied nobody would cast suspicion on me. I washed my hands, taking a towel from the cupboard to dry them. The child was lying close by, and although life was extinct she had her eyes fixed on me. I took neither money nor jewellery. lam not a thief; I merely sought revenge. On going away I locked the door from the outside. I met several people as I went downstairs. I whistled • merry tune so as to pass by without exciting suspicion. I changed my clothes on reaching home, and went as usual to sup at the caf, which I did with a good appetite. I threw the key of Vera's lodgings in the drain as I went home to bed. I could not get to sleep before morning."
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-12-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NONITN FACTS.  In a grave ca ne of this sort it is absolutely necessary to giv to the accused the benefit of every suggestion that would indicate or prove innocence of int entiom For what legitimate Purpose then did Nash take his child to the Pier-head on a d ark December night, above all places in the a 3ighboarhood It was preemine.ntly a father 's duty to protect his motherless child, and the public will ask and answer in their own way, go, estions like these : Was Nash legnii nately on the Pier-head with his child at 5.30 on Friday evening, with a wild sett breaking' at a period of the evening when darkness had set in. and if this visit to tho Pierhead was for an Lomat ,and innocent purpose, what was that purpose? As Nash has givera two-conflicting statements as.to how he lost sight of the child—that he left "it there" (on the end of the Pier), and that he lifted it on the Pier railing in order to put it on his back to (presumably to carry it home). Which is the correct statement? If he left it on the Pier head to the mercy of the 'ward and the waves, was it his intention merelyto desert it, and if so, was that a parental act on the part of the father? On the other hand, if he lifted it on the pie' r railing, in order to place the child on his back, so as calily to carry it home, and naocidentally fell back to the sea, what efforta did he make to seven, and why did he sneak off the pier, apparently to avoid the men he saw coming towards- him? Why, moreover, did he tell two stories, each of which indicated a callous eareleesnese as to the fate of his motherless chili!? As to motive, it has pulsed into a judicial proverb that there never can be a sufficient motive for murder; but is there anything in Nash's case that would serve to shew, that a train of thought was peening through his mind from the time he received the child from the the good woman in Plasmarl (who gave it back to its father, simply because she wile unable to maintain it out of her means)? Within at least ten minutes from the time he had received his child, with an apparent show of good.feeling, he deliberately walked with it to the Pierhead. So far as can be known there was no indecision. Outside the Corporation offices he talked in his ordinary manner to three men he knew, and then proceeded straight to the pier head, shewing, apparently, that within ten minutes after the child was handed over to him he meditated a visit—not to his new home in Graham-street, Hated, but to the wave-lashed end of the Extenaion.  When the working-people in the neighbourhood of the docks became aware of the nature of the tragedy there were cries of "Lynch him," .and it would have fared badly withllash.had the ,men of his own class got hold of him.
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-12-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE OPENING STATEMENT. Mr. Mandeeley, the Deputy ' Town. Clerk, prosecuted. He s rid the prisoner at the bar stood charged with the enormous crime of the murder of his own child, and that child was an infant, under six years of age, and the painful duty devolved upon him I of bringing forward sufficient evidence to enable them to commit the prisoner upon the eapital charge. The facts of the ease were as follows :—The prisoner, a labouring man, had lived for a period of three years with one Mrs. Goodwin, the keeper of a lodging house. He there lived with his two children two daughters, one aged 16, and the deceased; he being a widower, his wife having died some time ago. I fortnight ago, last Monday, the 16th November, prisoner suddenly left this lodging without having said anything to his landlady previous to his going. He left on that day and Yrs. Goodwin saw nothing more of him. She afterwards learned, however, that the prisoner had married a certain woman. She learns where he is at work, and as there are arrears for the keeping of the children, she of course, as a poor woman herself, follows him ip to where he is at work, and asks hue what he is going to do for the children to relieve her of them. He pats her oil, saying that he will see all about it, and, have them removed. Nething further is done. She hears , nothing more of him; the children are left with her. Later on, towards the end of last week, she learns that he has been employed by the Corporation of Swansea, and in ouch employment is in the receipt of wages which will admit of his keeping the children. She, knowing the day on which the men were paid , their wages, takes the deceased child with her, land confronts her with the father, and requests him to tako charge of the child. That win the last she saw of him, as he led the child away by the hand. The time that the occurrence took place was late in the afternoon, some time of ler five o'clock, and therefore would be dark or nearly so. The speaker went on to teach upon the evidence he proposed to call with regard to the suspicious movements of the prisoner, and the subsequent fate of the child, and the motivefor the alleged crime. The mere fact of a man, the father of a child, tailing her on such a night, to such a place, was itself, a coneltuive proof of the sinister intention; of the prisoner. It had been suggested by the prisoner that the death of the child was accidental, that he put her on the ,railing to enable him to carry her on his shoulders, and she fell over. Was that likely ? The seats all along the pier would have been more convenient I for the purpose. After dealing with the other statements made by the prisoner. Mr. I Maudealey proceeded to call the first witness
The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-02-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CROWN COURT. Before Mr. Justice Smith.  0/LAROK TO TIM OLAND _TOUT.  His Lordship said that the calendar was one which did the county extreme praise. One knew that in the county of Glamorgan there was a oast number of works, and that it was a ' county of considerable popul Won, but when 01113 read that calendar through he found that the Today of °Rennes was one of the lightest possible nature. It stood out in prorainenee when pitted against the calendars of the North— Durham, Liverpool, Newness's, and Manchester. There was no charge of murder and no charge of attempted murder, and taking it all in all, the quality of the offences were very light and numerically they ware very few. The number of prisoners wail 31, and of these there were only three to which he need refer. Before going into the matter, however, he knew that th 7, as justices of the county, would like to know f, oat others who had had experience about the country how crime stood in the State. I There had been an emormous diminution of of late. Prom the statistic* forwarded from ' the Lord Chancellor, which really cause from the Home Office, it would be seen that from 1556 down to the preeent year, 1885, the diminution of crime had be. n something astonish. inn. During the five years previous to that of 1860 the eentenees of penal servitude had been, in round numbers, 2,64 per annum. Fla the five years previous to the present time the total number of penal servitude sentences had been only 1,460. This showed a decrease of 1,160 per annum in the number of sentences for penal servitude in the short space of 30 years. Thews figures would appear all the more striking when it was considered that during that period the population of the kingdom had increased by seven million people. When they came to imprisonment offences there was no less a diminution than 2,500 a year since the mane per. iod. The cause of it no man could with certainty assert. It could not have been entirely : due to education, because the Compulsory Ede, cation Act was not passed until 13 or 14 year. ' ago. But no doubt education had its effect. One cause may have been that the working classes were better off now than formerly. Some people , had put the diminution of crime down to Blue Ribbonism; some to the Salvation Army. He did not know what it ought to be put down to, but he was sure of the re s iLt, and that wee that there had been a very goat decrease of crime. Hie Lordship, in conclusion, having referred to the cases of Elias May, charred with shooting and wounding at Cardiff; Wm. Jones, charged with killing Nicholas Roderick by reckless day. nig, and Mary Miller, charged with perjury at Swansea, dismissed the grand jury to their duties.  David Willlama, 45 years of age, a miner, was indicted for neglecting to appear and plead to a bill of indictment found against him for larceny and receiving goods knowing them to be stolen, at the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions in July, 1883. No proaecutor appeared, and the prieoner was discharged. The prosecutor's costa were directed to be dieallowed.
The Herald of Wales. — 1888-10-06 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SCENE IN MITRE SQUARE. Mitre Square and the surrounding ..e.tp,r, this afternoon thronged with :poop u. idle ones standing in groups Miscuing tb o ....der.. The square itself is lively, rough bu • ',sing in full awing, and sever,' wag 4. in being draws up to unload at the vurions *lu-houses. The spot where the body was fon • is surrounded by a morbid crowd, who apd rive satisfacti.n from standing upon tLa flu stones where the horrid deed was d. ne. ' SEVERAL A ItRES FS.  A. man was arrested on Sunday eight a coffee shop opposite the Thurlow Anna p tile house, at West Norwood Jon anspiei t connected with the Whiteehapel mu Ints picion appears to have been excited ,Li feel being much ecratehed, and by m t .4, api arently of blood, upon his clothe. J guilt, either of complicity or of actual con, .ssion of the mime, has, however, yet be eroved against him. Three men are detained atLewan ret an,4 Commercial-street Police station esujjuj enquiries as to their whereabouts on oturd night. The excitement amongst r.a -dents ir the East End shows no signs of abating. A street row, each as is only too frequent in the district, occurred in Great Garden -atreet early this morning. The rumour immediately spread. that another murder had been attempted and; the fiend had been captured. A great crowd.; collected, and the police bad conaiderablo trouble in clearing the mob away. Just before daylight an arrest was made be.' tween Canton-street and a road at the back of Church-lane, the person taken into custody' being apparently a woman. On being taken to Leman-street Station it was found that the prisoner was a well-known local reporter who had dressed in female attire, and had walked over from Leytonstone in the hope that in tug disguise he might gather some important information. He was ehortly released from custody. Two men were arrested :on Tuesday morning in connection with the Berner-street murder, and are now detained at Leman-street, pending inquiriea. The authorities do not attach great Importance te the capture. The police believe that the murderer must have been in Mr Diemshatz's yard when the steward dr-we hi with his pony cart, but that in the confusion which LAI° wed he escaped before the arrival of the police. Another arrest was made in the City about I 1.30 onTueeday. A gentleman in the City calledl , a coustable's attention to a man whose ' I behaviour was somewhat suspicious, and he was immediately conveyed to the Old Jury Puttee Office, where he is at present detained pending inquiries. At present the police are not disposed to attach much importance to the arrest.  The bills offering £soo reward on behalf of the City authorities were widely circulated on Tuesday morning. The City police are in ' receipt of innumerable suggestions, not only from London, but from all parts of the country. Many of them are of course of no practical value, but some of the information which has thus come into their hands has led them to prosecute inquiries which would otherwise not have been made, and which may leads to important results.