Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1889-01-12 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

THE "JACK THE RIPPER" CRAZE. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A MOTHER AND BROTHER NEAR BARNSLEY.  On Wednesday, at Barnsley, the magistrates remanded a collier named Thomas Roebuck, for unlawfully wounding his mother with a formidable carving knife, at Wombwell. The prisoner resided with his mother, who is 71 years of age, and two brothers. He returned home at a late hour on Tuesday night, when the family had retired to rest, but he insisted on his mother coming dowo to get him some supper. On getting down she found prisoner with a carving knife in his hand and was horrified to hear him declare he would "Jack the Ripper" all the lot of them. His mother , quietly went to the cellar to get him something when he struck at her with the knife. The blow missed the old woman but went through the panel of the cellar door. Mrs. Marsden ran upstairs, followed by the prisoner who inflicted a serious gash on her wrist. He next went to a bed where one of his brothers was sleeping and struck at him with the knife. The blow missed the lad, but with such force was it dealt that it passed through the bed clothes and through the bed into the mattress. An alarm was raised and two policemen arrived, and found the prisoner had undressed himself and quietly got into bed as if nothing had occurred. Be was ordered to dress himself and was taken to the Wombwell police•station. Ills stated that although the prisoner had had something to drink he was not drank, but seemed to be actuated by a fiendish desire to imitate " Jack the Ripper."  The " Pain Davison" diamond, which is reported to have been discovered at the Cape, is indeed-a monster, and is entitled to its reputation as the largest yet found in the South African mines. The weight in the rough state is 240 carats, and when cut it will still be of coneiderable size. Large as this seams, it is inferior in the rough state to the weight of the lioh4-Noor polished. That precious stone weighs 279 carats. Had it been dealt with skilfully it should hare been much more valuable, as the original weight is reported to have been 800 loarate.  Information was oonveyed to the Coroners for North-east Middlesex on Monday that a weaver, named Joseph Sodeaux, living in Hanbury.street, Spite Melds, had, hung himself. He had been despondent siooel, he sciaide of hisiwife, who hanged herself in the same way. The revolting murder and mulilationallin the neighbourhood preyed on ' her mind, and she was therefore afraid to go out, and when the woman Chapman was murdered a few doors off, Mrs. &deans took her own life. There has been skating on all the lakes and ponds round Paris. At the Stang de Villebon a band of young skaters, happening to see one of their acquaintances with a bicycle, induced him to go on the ioe riding his machine. There were then at least 700 or 800 people on the pond, and the majority at °nee set off skating after the bicycle. The formidable cracke which eneued frightened many, but the bicyclist, encouraged by his friends, persevered though be bad upset one skater and fallen on the ice himself. A gentleman who saw the danger took energetic measures. He skated op to the bicycle and knocked it over, and declared that to there was no one in authority there to prevent hnndreds of people's lives being thus rieked, he would take it on himself to prevent the bicycle being ridden on the ice • and he did eo. The yomig 1940 need s goo deal of strong language, hut ones of " Smash the bieyele Off with it I" silenced him.  Lorrnoass awn BALTYIII'S Pna.s.-11 frequently ha pee that when an article bse established a resutation, sad th' public an Itoqule ng for It, attempts are then made to Bopp'. sell in its place an imitation, which leaves a larger profit. This we find in the nee with LOroBoollB