The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-04-30 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SCENE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.  At Abingdon County Sessions, on Saturday, Robert Dooley, 25, sailor, was charged with strilt. ing at Jane Starkey, of Wolverhampton, with s knife, and attempting to murder her in a railway carriage at Radley. The plaintiff deposed that on the 7th she was a from Paddington to Wolverhampton by te 3. train. She had her ' baby with her. Miu Stutter and another lady travelled with her. Prisoner, who was intoxicated, got into the carriage at Reading. The guard asked him to get into a smoking carriage, but be refused. There was no gentleman in the carriage. Soon after the trim started from Reading the prisoner said, That is my child. You have stolen it." Plaintiff did not answer him. He repeated that she had stolen it. The prisoner was sitting opposite to her He drew out • buckhoni-handle knife and with this threatened her, trying also to take the child out of her arms. When bliss Stutterd remonstrated with the prisoner he threatened to take her life also. Finally he fell down upon a seat, and she suggestet; that they should all sit upon him. This, however, the other ladies were too frightened to do. Prisoner made some other attempts to seize the child from the plaintiff's arms. All the efforts of the passengers to attract attention were in vain until they arrived at Radley. Here the prisoner was arrested—Miss Stutterd was examined, and stated that when the prisoner got into the carriage at Reading she did not think he appeared to be very tipsy. Some time after they left Reading she saws knife hanging between the prisoner's legs. She was frightened that he should have a knife in his possession, because she thought he was a lunatic. She heard him threaten to cut complainant's throat If she did not give up the child. She was pulling the chord for about 20 minutes, but it had no effect. —Edward Gregory, guard in charge of the train from Paddington, said it was his duty to teat the coin. munication cords, but he did not on this occasion as the train was so short. As the train pused Culham he noticed a person's arm out of the win. dow, but he did not stop the train as be thought it was some one playing with the cord. The company and also Mrs. Starkey intimated that they would be satisfied if the case were dealt with as one of assault, and the Bench fined the prisoner £.5, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment.—The Bench thought the guard was very remiss in placing such a man in a carriage with ladies. They also thought that the communication between passengers and the guard was not good enough, and hoped this 'Pinion would be duly laid before the company. -Colonel Army Knoll)s, S.A., whose eNposure of the condition of the lepers in Robber' Island has been attended by gratifying improvements in the condition of these ;unfortunates, contributes an article to the May number of Bleekeved on -home Very Noble Savages," giving an account of a recent excursion into the heart of Kafirland, and putting forward a plea for the protection of the Zulus in the struggle for Africa  thsrket Costs for young ladies, in, Scotch T, .-Axls, very stylish; J. Page, Bull Street.