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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-12-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ATI:OGIOUR WIFE MURDER FOUR YISAIIS AGO.  At the, Liverpool Aseizes, before Mr. Justice Smith, Robert Reid was charged with the murder of his wife Anne Reid, on the 3rd December, 1862, in Liverpool. The cam de i.ved an additional interest from the fact that after the murder Reid escaped from England, and was only captured in August lamb, the arrest being made in the city of Now York, and the priloner being brought to Liverpool by detective officer Marsden. Reid, when in Liverpool, woiked as a tie-plater, and lived with his wife and child In a cellar in Myrtle. street. About midnight of the 3rd of December, 1802, the prisoner entered the cellar in company with his son. His wife was sitting there together with a female neighbour named Rogers. The prisoner sat down. The collar was dark, the only light being a faint glow from the fire. Reid appeared quiet, and Rogers did not notice any appearance of intoxication about him. Pointing to his lad, he eaid to Rogers, "Mary, is not that a fine boy P. After a while Reid asked his wife to sing • long. She did an, and when she waited, Reid, after looking at his wife in a wild manner, began himself to eing: "Rambling roiled the world for sport." He Mopped in the middle of the song, and rising from his seat eeizod his wife by the hair, and dragged her towards the door. Rogers lin. plored him not to do her any harm as oho had not provoked him in any way. Reid did not speak, but be loosed bold of his wife. What followed Is best te hi in the words of Rogers herself : "lie left liold of her, and she crawled along the wall to the fire-place, end lay doers with her back to the wall. She was not able to stand. When she sank down I maw two little fountains of blood coming from under her left side, right under her arm, like water from a tap." The prisoner stood a moment in the doorway, and when Rogers said, 'Oh, Bob, you have murdered the woman," and came forward a little, and saying to the boy, "Johnny, come on," he took him by the band, and left the place. Rogers then gave the alarm, but Reid could not be found. The wife had been stabbed twice under the arm, the wounds being from two to three inches in length, and eke died in a few minuted afterwards. A witness named Adams saw Reid coming out of the collar, with • bleody knife in his hand, and noticed that be afterwards crept it dual& a tewer grating. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death.  A public dinner ia to be given to Sir John Holt, the Attorney•Genersl, member for Weat Gloucester. shire, at the Shire•hsJl, Gloueeeter, on Friday, the lth of January. His °rite° the Duke of Beaufort will preside, and a large number of the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the county have accepted invitefiend to be preeent.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-10-26 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT BETHNALGREEN.  The investigation into the circumstances of the alleged murder of Mary Ann Scott, otherwise Burgess, by her husband, William Scott, was resumed on Friday morning by Mr. J. Humphreys, Middlesex ooroner, at the Prince Albert Tavern, Mape.street, Bethnal. green. Mr. Abbott appeared on behalf of the friends of the deceased; Mr. T. Board defended tho amused. The prisoner, William Scott, was brought up in custody, by Inspeator Honey, under a warrant from the Secretary of State. He trembled much while the coroner read over the two depositions made on the pre. 'ions week,_  Berber t Matthew Bargees, 12, Essex.street, Beth n algreen-road, 'mid that he was the son of the deceseed's first husband. About 3i yeare age witness went with hie mother in-law and Wm. Scott to Hackney Church. Witness was to give her away to Mr. Scott. Before the clergyman performed the ceremony Scott went out of the church and Mrs. Bargees then went away. They were not married then nor afterwards, nor were they married before to hie knowledge. Bat she told him that she had been married to Scott while Burgess was still alive. Burgeds went to sea afterwards, and it was believed that he was drowned.  The Prisoner : I can easily prove that we were married. By Mr. Abbott: The prim:mos said himself, four years' ago, that he was net married. Elizabeth Marsh, 1, Park-street, Bethnal-green, said that on the Saturday prior to the deceased's death, she wont into her shop in the Bethnal-green.road. Scott sent for a quartern of gin. Deceased said, "That is how he spends the money." Scott replied, "Yes, I will while I can get a sixpence to spend." Deceased stooped to settle her stocking; Scott took up a poker and said "I will smash her legs." Witness interfered, and shoved him away. That took place in the room behind the shop. She left to go Into the shop, Paying, "That is language to use to a dying woman." She took up a pound weight, and flung it at hits, but witness caught it in her hand. Mr. Scott kicked the deceased behind, and then in the chest, saying that he would kick her eyes or nose; witness could not remember which. Deceased, when kicked, screamed violently and seemed much hurt. Some time since Scott said he would be her death.  Other witnesses spoke to acts of violence on the part of the prisoner during her eying hours, and to statements made by the deceased, when lying in her bed, respecting blows which he had given her. The medical evidence testified to the existence of bruises of recent infliction on almost every part of the body. Mr. Gant, of the Royal Free Hospital, said he was of opinion that death resulted from repeated acts of vioknee ; and Mr. Rolph, who was present at the postmortem examination, fully concurred. A verdict of "Manslaughter" against William Scott was agreed to. The prisoner was then removed in custody, and large crowds assembled in the street to see him, giving the police some trouble.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-10-19 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

COM. leg into my house about the hour of ten o'clock. Some of the family were at their breakfast. I gave him a bowl of milk, and asked him to eat some of the potatoes. He drank the milk, but I think he ate none rf the potatoes'. I filled a pipe of tobacco for him. He smoked it. He reached mo the pipe, and immediately walked out. Some time afterwards I drove the cows up the road, and I looked up the mountain in the di. reotion of Slier° Snaghtha. I saw a man, and, to the best of my opinion, it was James M'KePrey. I took it for him anyway. Condy Herren said I live in the townland of Coolvoy. I remember laet Sunday. I went with other people op to Shave Snaghtha. We were looking for a man named James M'Kelvey, who was wanting. We were all searohing for him, and I found him lying on his beak dead in a place called Crookbraok. His face was covered with blood, and his face was all like strokes. I saw a little blood on the ground, about two yards from where he was lying. I saw a stone, over five pounds weight, lying on the ground near his head. I looked at the stone. There was a little blood on it. No person left a hand on the body until the sergeant came. We carried the body down to the road, and it was taken home on a cart. Henry M. Clarke, M.D., said , I made a post modem examination of the body of the deceased, James M'Kelvey, and I am of opinion that ke died of extensive fractures of the skull, caused by some blunt Instrument.  Te est eevrei 1 I sy aen nil stthaab e tahaitdl:reer woe( n'tt ht°e tohoen scatoalt" lary, accompanied by a number of country people. We searched the mountains from about ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon. One of the police called to me from the top of the hill that the man whom we were looking for was found. I proceeded then to the top of the mountain, and saw there the body of a man whom I believe to be Jame M'Kelvey. He was lying on his back. His tam was pertly covered with blood. I saw a cut on his head. saw a quantity of blood on the ground near where he wanly in g. I saws stone about eight pounds weight olose be his head. There was blood upon it, and hair attacked to it, and particles of white matter. I saw • place about four or five yards from the body from which a stone had been removed. I put the stone which was found near his head in the place, and it corresponded. The body was afterwards removed to his dwellinghours% This is the body on whieli the inquest is now helffing. At the close of the evidence the jury found That the deceased had been murdered by a person or persons unknown. between the 25th and 30th day of September, 1866."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-08-03 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DREADFUL ASSAULT AND MURDER OF A LITTLE GIRL.  On Saturday afternoon, James Longhurst, aged 10, was charged on remand at Gaildford, before Mr. J. Mania Molynoux with the wilful murder of Jane Saxe. The following deposition of the child, taken by Mr. J. Macdonald, at the hospital, on Wedneeday morning, was put in and read : "On the acme day I was brought to this hospital I met the prisoner in a footpath whieh leads from Shore to Gorashall. The prisoner was holding open a gate, and as soon as I passed through, he took hold of me, and squeezed me, and laid me down in the footpath, and laid on the top of me for a little while. He then picked me up, and took me into a wheat field amongst the wheat, and threw me down, and put his hand uo my clothes. I cried out and prisoner tried to choke me. When he was holding open the gate, I now a knife in his hand. Whilst I was in the wheat field he out me with the knife and I ran away, and I called out to David Edser, and he came. The prisoner in the boy, I am quite cure he in the boy who did it." David E leer acid, At a few minutes after seven o'clock in the evening of the 28th June, he was on his way to Share from Gonishall, across the fields, and hearing a faint cry he looked and saw a child on the bank in a wheat field, with her face and neck covered with blood. He asked her who had done it, and she said "that boy." He then looked round and now the prisoner running away about 100 yards off. He called out to him, but he took no notice, and he ran after him and brought him back to the girl. Ile then asked her, "Is this the boy " and she cold "Yea." He carried the child to Share to Dr. Capron, and then gave information to the police, and accused wits taken into custody. Dr. Capron and other medical witnesses proved the nature of the wounds in the child's throat; one was quite sufficient to cause death. Four knives were found on the prisoner, and one, which was snob a one an might have inflicted the wounds, had blood upon it. The medical men also expressed an opinion that al. though dying, a person with such injuries as deceased had would be of pound mind Bo as to speak to individual identity. Police-constable Lambert proved when he charged the prisoner with attempting to murder Jane Saxe, and took him into custody, he made no reply, but licked blood off his left hand with his tongue, and wiped it off. When confronted with the girl at Mr. Capron's surgery, the girl said "he was the boy," to which batten replied, "I did not do it." When witness first took the four knives from his pocket the one produced had a good deal of blood on it. The prisoner, being advised to reserve hie defence, said nothing in reply to the charge, and was fully committed for trial for murder.  At an inquest at the Surrey County Hospital, where the same evidence was given, the jury returned • verdict of "Wilful murder" against James Longburst.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-11-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

AMERICA.  New Tonic, Nov. 14, Morning. Washington despatalies report that the Secrete'', of the Treasury wdl urge upon Congress the oily resumption of speo.e payments. Judge Bartel has sustained the Governor of Maryland in the latter's removal of the old, and appoint. mint of the new, police commissienen. The new commissioners have made fresh demands fir the Barret der of the polioe-statior,s, but no reply has as yet been received from the old commissionore. Baltimore remains quiet. General Sherman, socompanied by minister Campbell, left New York on Saturday, for Vera Cruz, in the steamer Suequehanna. The Federal authorities arrested Ortega and his ignite, upon their arrival at Brazos de Santiago. Ortega has issued a protest, u President of the Mexican republic, attributing to the Federal Govern. anent indireet armed interference in Mexican local affairs, and protesting against any acts of the United States tending directly or indirectly to force the Juarez Government upon Mexioo, The Fenian William Hoeden has been sentenced to be hanged at Toronto on December 13.  Release of the Clergyman's Wife. —On Saturday sureties were offered to the Notts magistrate in behalf of Mrs. Jenonre, wife of the Rev. H. C. Jenonre, rector of Burton Joyce and Gonaldson. The magistrate accepted the snretiea, and Mrs. Jenonre, who had been confined in gaol for a week was liberated.  A Woman Drowning Her Child in a Water-butt—Early on Sunday morning a woman named Harriet Rowe, the wife of a pointsmen on the South• Eastern Railway, at Maidstone, murdered her Infant, a boy nine months old, by drowning him in a water-butt; she afterwards jumped in herself, but was rescued. Shortly after five o'clock • man named James, living at 34, Astley-street, Maidstone, was awakened by hearing a knocking at the shutters of his lower back-room, and • voice exclaiming, "I have drowned poor Willie." He at once got out of bed, and on loek. lug out of window saw his neighbour, Lire. Rowe, in the water-butt, which was nearly full of water. He ran to her assistance, but she was then standing up in the water, which did not cover her head, and he turned his attention to the child, whose body he took out, but it wan quite dead. Jame oalled for assistanoe, and, with the help of another man named Bourne, got the unfortunate woman out. She was in a state of the greatest excitement, and a medical man, who had been sent for, ordered her immediate removal to bed, where she still remains in custody. Mrs Bowe bas been in a very low state of mind for some time, and has been under medical treatment at the West Kent General Hospital. She states that she went to bed as well as tumid, but woke about five o'clock, and then, only partially dressing, she went downstairs and threw the child into the water-butt, and then jumped in herself; but she suppoeed the Lord did not think her time bad oome, and so she was saved. The body of the child awaits the ooronar's inquest.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-11-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

AMERICA.  NEw YORK, Nov. 14, Morning. Washington despatches report that the Secretary of the Treaeury will urge upon Congress the eau ly resumption of specie payments. Judge Bartel has sustained the Governor of Mary. land in the letter's removal of the old, and appoint. ment of the new, polio° commissioners. The new oommissioners have made fresh demands 1, r the surreeder of the polioe-statime, bat no reply hue ae yet been received from the old commission:lre. Blltimore remains quiet. General Sherman, aocorepanied by minister Campbell, left New York on Saturday, for Vera Csuz, in the steamer Stisquehanna. The Federal authorities arrested Ortega and his Unite, upon their arrival at Brazos de Santiago. Ortega has issued a protest, as President of the Mexican republic, attributing to the Federal Govern. bent indirect armed interference in Mexican looal affairs, and protesting against any ants of the United States tending directly or indirectly to force the Juarez Government upon Mexico. The Fenian William Hoirden has been sentenced to be hanged at Toronto on December 13.  Release of the Clergyman's Wife. —Ga Saturday sureties were offered to the Notts magistrate In behalf of Mrs. Jenoure, wife of the Rev. H. C. Jenoure, rector of Barton Joyce and Gonaldson. The magistrate accepted the sureties, and Mrs. Jenoure, who had been confined in gaol for a week was liberated.  A Woman Drowning Her Child In a Water-butt.—Esrly on Sunday morning • woman named Harriet Rowe, the wife of • pointemen OD the South• Eastern Railway, at Maidstone, murdered her infant, a boy nine months old, by drowning him in a water-butt; she afterwards jumped in herself, but was rescued. Shortly after five o'clock a man named Jamea, living at 84, Astley-street, Maidstone, was awakened by hearing • knooking at the shutters of his lower bank-room, and a voice ex laimicig, "I have drowned poor Willie." He at once got out of bed, and on looking out of window saw his neighbour, Mrs. Rowe, in the water.butt, which wan nearly full of wilier. He ran to her assistance, but she was then standing up in the water, which did not cover her head, and he turned his attention to the child, whose body he took out, but It was ouite dead. James called for assistanoe, and, with the help of another man named Bonnie, got the unfortunate woman out. She was in a state of the greatest excitement, and a medical man, who had been sent for, ordered her immediate removal to bed, where she still remains in custody. Mrs. Rowe has been in • very low state of mind for some time, and hes been tinder medical treatment at the West Kent General Hoepital. She states that she went to bed an well u usual, but woke about five o'clock, and then, only partially dressing, she west downstairs and threw the child into the water-butt, and then jumped in herself ; but she supposed the Lord did not think her time had come, and so she was saved. The body of the child swaite the coroner's inquest,
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-12-21 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WHOLESALE MURDERER, AND FRENCH VIEW OP EXIENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.  The Court of Assizes of the Deem Byres (Niort) has just tried a wealthy farmer, named Martin litian, on • triple charge of murder by poison. The persons whose death he ceused were his first wife Marie Jeanne, his second, Julie, and a son of the latter, Abel Reim. Ile is also suspected of having murdered his brother Pierre by similar means, but as this latter ie.) in 1853, and as by the law of Prance no one can be ; ried for murder after the lapse of 10 years from the time the crime was committed, this last case was not gone into. Towards the end of 1856 the first wife was taken ill with • violent inflammation of the throat and cheat, and expired in great agony in the December of that year. She was much afraid of her husband and very unhappy, and frequently told her neighbours that he administered medicine to her to avoid having any family,. In April, 1858, the prisoner married as his second wife a young girl named Julie Bontemps, described by all the witnesses as a charming person, but not ong after her marriage she lost her spirits and her health, and began to decline, her husband forcing her to Wm certain mixtures %hie& he prepared under the same pretence as in his first wife's case. In April, 1865, the second wife bees me very ill, and was attended bye doctor of the neighbourhood. But the husband nearly always administered the remedies prescribed. She continued suffering until July, the same year, when she died, the symptoms of her illness being precisely similar to those witnessed in the case of the former victim. In the commencement of January, 1866, the prisoner began to manifest an intereetinbisehild Abel,who had been removed to the house of the grandfather, and who immediately upon the prisoner visiting him exhie bited the same di:Arming symptoms as his mother, and died on the 27th of the month. The suepicion or uneasiness which had been excited among the neighbours by the previous deaths attained such &degree at this last instance that they applied to the authorities, who arrested Wan and had the four bodies exhumed. The chemical analysis of the remains disclosed in each ease the presence in large quantities of a deadly poison, the perchloride of mercury, or corrosive sublimate, which had even saturated the earth surrounding the coffins In each of the four deaths licein had a pecuniary interest, as he inherited from his brother; his first wife had made a will in his favour, and his second bad done so likewise to the extent of half her property, the remainder going to her son Abel, but in case of his death reverting to the prisoner. By all these inheritances Beau had amassed a property of some 150,000 fr. The evidence left no doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and, the jury having returned a verdict of "Guilty, with extenuating circumstances," he was sentenced to hard labour for life.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1871-12-29 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER BY A GERMAN FANATIG.—The religious denunciations, both from the pulpit and in private, in the south of Germany, which have now reached such a pitch that the German Parliament has had to provide special legal means against them, have unfortunately again led to a very deplorable result. It seems that the Burgomaster of Graz, Franz Hangi, a Protestant and a decided Liberal, bad made himself particularly obnoxious to the Ultramontanes, and was subjected by them, in spite of his advanced age, to a variety of vexations and annoyances, which, however, did not alter his mode of thought and action. Unluckily, however, these constant attacks seemed to have taken so firm a hold upon the mind of a young peasant, named Joseph "'aches, that two years ago already he was beard to threaten the Burgomaster's life because be was a " religion robber." Handed over to the legal authorities, he was by them consigned as a religious fanatic to the lunatic asylum, whence he was recently released as cured. But very soon his mania again seems to have broken out anew; ant a few days ago he forced his way, armed with loaded pistol, into the Burgomaster's office. H silently opened the door, and finding the Burgo master working at his desk with his back thine(' towards him, he lodged the whole contents of hi pistol in the body of the unfortunate man, wh, without uttering a sound, fell down dead. Tb. murderer, taken red handed, made no attempt t. deny his deed, but, on the contrary, expressed great satisfaction in having freed religion fron ibis great enemy. The excitement against the clergy produced by this event is said to be very great indeed.  "Paris; or, the Days of the Commune," is the title of a sensai ional drama by M. D. Lon, played at the Grand Opera House, New York. 'Firdusi," a drama, in Bye acts, by Herr F. Km nbergor, has been brought out for the fiat time at the Reaidenz Theater of Munich.  M. Th. Juste hes published in Brussels a brochure, entitled "M. de Bismarck et Napoleon 111., " with reference to the Belaian and Rhenish Provinces.  It is pointed out by the Paris Temps that there are from 15,000 to 20,000 Communist prisoners at the hulks still waiting to be brought before the courts-martial, although seven mouths have already elapsed since the fall of the Commune.  A new enterprise will be started shortly, "A Theological and Philosophical Librtry," edited by Drs. H. Smith and P. Schaff, of New York—a series of text books, theological and philosophical, consisting partly of translations, partly of original works.  Two pensions hr distinguished services, each o' .C 1 u per annum, have been placed at the di-ptii-al ;.,f the Duke of Cambridge, by recent appointments. Mr. John Goss, the organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, has decided to retire from his office, after a service of 33 years, during which time he has enrizhed cathedral musical repertories with some of tile best compositions that have ever been dedicated to the service of the Church. Ins