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Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-09-04 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

BRUTAL MURDER IN NEWCASTLE.  On Saturday night, a deliberate murder was perpetrated in a house in Mitford Street, Newcastle. The murderer is John William Anderson, about 32 years of age, and his viotim is his wife Elizabeth, aged about 29. Anderson was for some time a soldier in the 98th Regiment, and was bought off by his wife. He was then employed as a clerk, and for several months he is said to have worked occasionally as a labourer at some of the factories in Newcastle. His wife kept a provision shop at 61, Mitford Street (one of the streets which lead from Scotswood Road to the river), and they lived in rooms behind it, a part of the house entered from the lane separating Mitford Street from Tyneside Terrace, which ruins parallel with it, being sublet to a man (who was a fellow soldier of Anderson) and his wife. In consequence probably of Anderson's intemperate abits he and his wife have lived very unhappily together, and they have had frequent quarrels. On Saturday night Anderson was the worse for liquor, and his wife, it is said, had also been drinking. They were together in a neighbour's house, which ti,ey left about half-past nine o'clock, apparently on good terms. Soon after they entered their own house, some neighbours heard them quarrelling, and then loud screams came from the shop. A crowd collected, and Anderson was seen to come out and walk up the street. The house being in darkness, no one at first seemed disposed to enter. At length ayonng man named Ralph Taylor, followed by a man and woman, went through the house into the shop, which was in darkness. A match was lighted, when Mrs Anderson was found lying among blood at the back of the counter. Taylor raised her head and supported her in his arms. She was on. conscious, and showed but feeble signs of life. Medical men were at once sent for. Dr May soon arrived, and afterwards Dr Dixon. Mrs Anderson was beyond the hope of recovery, and she died a few minutes after being stabbed. Seven wounds were found ou.the body, evidently inflicted by a large knife. Two of them are of a fatal character; one exteuds from the top of the left side of the cheat to the region of tho heart; the other penetrates the back and reaches the abdomen. Various statements of the circumstanoes of the murder are given, but there seems little doubt that when Anderson stabbed his wife there was no light in the shop, and the doors were locked. It is stated that a son of Anderson and his wife, a boy about six or seven years of age was, present when they began to quarrel, and that before attacking his wife Anderson pat him outside and locked the door. A large knife known as a gully was found on the floor by Taylor. It was covered with blood, and it is probably the instrument with whioh the murder was committed. Anderson gave himself up to the police at Laurel Street Station. He appears to have gone direct from the house to the pollee station. There was a large wound in the prisoner's hand, which was sewed by Dr May.
Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-11-06 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING WIFE MURDER IN BARROW.  Considerable alarm was caused in Barrow on Tuesday night by the statement which was circalated that James Pugh, a slogger at the Barrow Ironworks, had strangled his wife in their bedroom, McClintock Street, Barrow. It appears that Pugh and his wife have led a moat unhappy life during the past few years in consequence of the latter using her stepson, who was the child of Pugh's first wife. Pugh has been off work for three weeks, and on Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, be and his wife commenced to quarrel. He struck her a blow in the eye, and caused a severe wound, which bled for a considerable time. After this Mrs Pugh went upstairs, followed by her husband. Here a second quarrel maned, but it is impossible to asoerI Lain exactly what took place. After some time, however, Pugh left the house, and locking the door took the key with him to his brother's house in Dundonald Street. He had not been to his brother's residence since a quarrel they had five years ago, but on Tuesday he marched into the place and told his sister-in.law that he had killed his wife at last, and he asked her to send for a policeman to take him into custody. Police-Constable Branton was sent for, and prisoner told the offioer he had killed his wife by striking her with his fist, and said he was happy now that he had done it. Bruntou took tho man to Cornwallis Street Police Station, where he was placed in the gaol, and two policemen then went to prisoner's house to investigate the statements made by him. They were horrified to find Mrs Pugh lying dead on the bed with her clothes on. There were appearances of a severe struggle having taken place. Prisoner some time ago was hurt on the head, and the wound was filled up with a silver plate. It is thought that this may have weakened his reasoning power. He was quite sober on Tees. day, and seemed to have committed the deed deliberately.—Ja.mes Pugh was brought before the Borrow magistrates on Wednesday moraing, charged with the wilful murder of his wife on the previous day. Mr Supt. Barker applied for a remand till Thursday, when a post mortem examination of the body will have been made. The adjournment was granted. On Wednesday evening the inq tiry was held in the magistrates court before Mr J. Poole, when evidence in support of the statements already published was given. On being charged by a police officer with murdering his wife, the prisoner replied, "I did do it. She called my son names, and said she would have a doze of poison for him. I don't believe I would have done the deed if she had not mentioned the poison." Dr Bust gave evidence that death had not resulted from strangulation, but from suffocation. He was of opinion that deceased had been suffocated either with a pillow or with prisoner's hand over deceased's nostrils and mouth. Prisoner at the close of the inquiry said he killed his wife by striking her three times with his fist. A verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned.
Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-01-09 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

FOUR EXECUTIONS.  Vl* Jaines Cranwell, aged 50, who was convicted at the list session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of a woman named Emma Bellamy, with whom he had been cohabiting, by beating her on the head with a shoemaker's hammer, and cutting her throat, was executed on Monday, within the gaol of Newgate. The prisoner went to bed early on Sunday night, but he slept very little, and got up and -direesed himself about six o'clock, and shortly afterwards he was visited by the Ordinary, the Rev. Mr Loyd Jones, and also by the surgeon, Dr. Gibson, and Mr Sidaey Smith, the governor, and the culprit thanked every one of these gentlemen for the kindness he bad received from them during the period that he bad been confined in the gaol. To the Ordinary he frequently expressed his regret for the crime, and expressed a hope that he should be pardoned in another world. While the executioner was placing the cap over the prisoner's face, he asked him not to put it too much over his month, and in a very few seconds all was ready, and the drop fell. The rope appeared to be of extra length, for after the platform had beim dropped nothing was visible but a portion id the rope, and the body of the culprit was entirely hidden from view. The prisoner was a tall, fine man, and he appeared to struggle for two or three minutes before life was extinct. Three of the murderers sentenced to death at the last Liverpool Assizes underwent that terrible penalty on Monday morning within the Kirkdale i6fraol. Two of the men, Michael Mullen and John NrCrave, were principals in the cowardly attack on ;Richard Morgan, a respectable young man, who, with his wife and brother, was quietly walking home, when he was accosted by M'Crave with a +demand for money to drink with, and immediately -after was knocked down, and so savagely kicked that he died in a few minutes. Another of the 'murderers, Peter Campbell, was also sentenced to death, but was reepited on Saturday morning. The j ary had recommended him to mercy on the score ef previous good character. The third roes executed as William Worthington, the master of a canal Sant, who caused the death of his wife by oontinuons sad brutal violence, chiefly kicking, whioh extended over several Loom In his case also efforts at cornlimitation had been made, but unsuccessfully. Before -their execution all the prisoner' except Worthington - were profoundly penitent, and though he was quiet oad docile, he °mild not be convinced that he had done anything worthy of death in kicking his wife. M'Cmve, the greatest bravo when hying with his /ordinary companions, was timid when he had to look death in the face. The noose and other preliminaries having been adjusted, during which time all the men responded with apparent earnestness to abe players ef the Rev. Father Bente, the chaplain, Anderson, the executioner, drew the. bolt. There was little struggling; death appearing almost in.
Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-11-13 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

NAME.  The Featherstonhaughs, who formerly lived here, were a noted family in these parts in ancient times. The origin of their name is thus given by an old writer:—" fheir house was formerly upon a hill, where there are two stones, called Featherstones, and was moated about for defence against the Scots; but upon the ruin of this, the house was afterwards built in the h .lme or valley under the hill, which they there call Haugh, and thenee it was called Featherstenehaugh. Courts of manor were anciently, and many of them to this day are held in the open air; the place is distinguished by a large etc .e, which the steward n Beea a table, at which th 3 honikge take the oath. It seems probable that the stones here mentioned were used for such purposes in former ages, and were nailed the Fettaerstones, where the feudal tenants of the manor were assembled.  Helios du Featherstonehaugh was in possession Of the eadtle in 1212 Thomas Fe.ttherstonehaugh was conservator of a truce between England and Scotland in 1327, and in 1335 Edward 11. gave him a mandate to array all the men at arms in South Tindle. In 1.14, Alexander eatherstonebaugh, being v%out to proceed to the king's foreign ware, maw.. a settiement of his estate before the high sla.:iff. About 1460, Alexander de Featherstomjiaugh engaged to marry Maud, daughter o bi Richard Salkeld, in ease his brother should die before he married the same lady. Sir Albany Featherstonehangh was high Sheriff of Northumberland in 1530. Ile vas murdered at Greensillhatigh, near the farm house of Wydon Eels (situated on the opposite aide of the river, about a Mile from his Cat tie), b.) Ridley, of Unthank, on the  24th October, 1530. The event ig quaintly told in Bartow? famous ballad :  "Hoot awa,' lads, hoot awa,' 'Ha ye heard how the Ridleys and Thirwalls and a' Ha' set upon Albany Peatherstonehangh, And taken his life at the Deadman's katigh P There was Williamoteswick, And Hardriding Dick, And Hughie o' Harden, and Willie o' the Wa,' I cannot tell a,' I cannot tell a' And many a mair that sold Nick may knaw." —Richard Featherstonehaugh, D.D., was chaplain and manager for Queen Catherine of Arragon, in the affair of her divorce, which he conducted with great zeal; but refusing to subscribe to the king's supremacy, he suffered death, July 30th, 1540. Henry Featherstonehaugh was appointed receiver general by James I. of all the king's revenues in Cumberland and Westmorland. Timothy, his son, who, daring the civil wars in the reign of Charles I. rained a troop of horse at his own expense, was knighted under the king's banner, for his gallant conduct, but he was taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester, and beheaded at. Bolton, in Lancashire, in 1651. The castle and eitate continued in the male line of the family for twelve generations, but their interest in it disappeared in Abigail, only surviving daughter of the last of their line. Tradition assigns her a most romantic death. Vide seg.
Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-10-02 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

ALARMING FLOODS IN CORK.  For nearly a week the district around Cork has been visited by a heavy downpour of rain, which has had scarcely any intermission. The consequence was that the River Lee became very much swollen, and floods became daily imminent. For days past the fields along the river in the vicinity of the city have been flooded, and it was thought that the worst had passed till Tuesday between one and two o'clock, when, with alarming rapidity, the river overflowed its banks at the western side of the city, inundating immediately all the low lying streets in the neighbourhood in a couple of hours. In some places the flood rose as high as five feet above I the level, while most of the quays were completely ' submerged. Two steamers of the Cork Steamship Company, the Bittern and the Pelican, were carried sway from their bertha at the quay by the strength of the current in the river, which was computed at ten knots an hour, and got ashore on the bank a couple of miles down. No loss of life is reported in this neighbqurhood, but about 500 head of sheep and 200 head of cattle have been drowned in the grazing fields which abound on the banks of the Lee. Dead carcases of sheep and COM are being constantly picked up on the lowerriver, whilst hundreds of them have been drowned in the fields. The accounts from the country districts report great destruction of property both in cattle and out crops. The postman carrying the mail between Mallow and Kanturk, has been drowned by the flood caused there through the overflowing of the Blackwater. This river has quite submerged both Mallow and Fermoy, which are situated on its banks, and business in these towns has been entirely suspended. The tributaries of the Lee in the Macroom and Bandon districts also overflowed, leaving those places under water. The permanent way of the railways to both these towns was also carried away, and railway communication suspended. A good deal of the quay walls in the upper or navigable part of the river Lee was washed away in the height of the flood, but no greater damage was done in this respect. The inundation was due solely to the excess of the mountain torrents in the west of the county of Cork, where rain has been incessant for more than a week, and it is believed that these are now exhausted, and that there would be no recurrence of the flood unless the rain continues, to fall, of which there is not much likelihood, as the weather has greatly cleared up. What has happened in the city will muse much misery and suffering, the districts affected are principally occupied by a very poor class of people.  At Stirling Circuit Court, on Tuesday, David Wardley of Dunbarton was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife by brutally beating her with a stick and a hammer.  A farmer was run over by the London express on a level crossing near Stoffmarket on Monday night, and out to pieces.  The sheriffs Knight and Broffit, and the undersheriffs Crowford and Bayliss, were on Tuesday sworn in at the London Guildhall with great ceremony.
Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-11-27 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

DEATHS. At Hudshaw House, Hexham, 25th inst., aged 65, John Cowper, Esq., formerly of Alston. At Nenthead, 20th inst., aged 36, Hannah Walton, wife of Mr John Walton, innkeeper. At Nether Park, near Alston, 21st inst., aged 49, Mary Teesdale widow of Mr Isaac Teesdale. At Alston, 24th lust, aged 5 months, John Mitcheson I rving, son of Marl Jane Irving. At Bellingham Workhouse, 19th inst., aged 40, Mr Chas. Magee. At Gateshead, 7, Oakwellgate, 24th inst., aged 72, Mary, widow of the late Air Ramsey Thynne.—At 16, Sunderland Street, aged 52, Mr William Whittle, 21 years in the employment of Messrs J. Abbot and Co. At Lintzford, 24th inst., Joanna, infant daughter of Mr William M. Annandale. At Annitsford (at the residence of her son-in-law, J Sheriff), 22nd inst., aged 77. Ann, widow of the late Mr J. Hindmarsh, late of Marley Hill. At Sunderland, 13, Laura Street, 20th inst., aged 63, J. Blackett, son of the late Rev. J. Blackett, Wesleyan minister. At London, Canada West, James, third son uf the late Mr James Calvert, Moorpark Lanercost. At Haltwhistle, 11th inst., in her 95th year, Elizabeth Bywell, late of Greenhead. At Penrith, 23rd inst., aged 66, Mr Robert Bewsher, late of the Crown Hotel, Pooley Bridge. At the Felling, at Charlton's Row, 19th inst., aged 66, Ann, widow of Mr James Johnson, formerly of Derwenthaugh. At California, at Oakland, 27th October, aged d 8 years and 7 months, Mr tieorice Turnbull, former:s, overman of Wylam Colliery, Wylam. At Mickley Bank tottages, 20th inst., aged 22, Ann Isabella Tate, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Tate, Mickley.  SATURDAY, NOVEMSER 2k.  ON Thursday, Sir John biker and Mr Hardinge Giffard were formally appointed AttorneyGeneral and Solicitor- General.  A REPOn has been circulated that it is the intention of the British Government to purchase the interest of the Khedive in the Suez Canal for a sum of £4,000,000 sterling; and that Parliament will be called together at an early date in order to obtain the necessary authorisation.  THE reception of the Prince of Wales at Baroda was of the most enthusiastic and gorgeous description. On Thursday, the Prince paid .a farewell visit to the Governor of Bombay. His Royal Highness embarked with his suite on board the Serapis at 5 P.M. amidst the firing of aalutes from the other vessels of the squadron and the shore batteries.  THE TRIAL of the brothers Wainwright for the wilful murder of Harriet Louisa Lane commenced at the Old Bailey on Monday, but so slow has been the progress of this remarkable trial that it seems exceedingly improbable that the verdict will be given before Wednesday next. The prosecuting counsel anticipate the completion of the case by an early hour on the following Tuesday, but as there are a dozen very important witnesses for the defence, and as the mass of detail to be gone through will give the speeches a somewhat ususual length, the utmost period we have named may elapse before the Wainwrights learn their fate.
The Atherstone Times. — 1879-05-03 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

ANOTHER GAMS LAW CASS.—HARD.SWEARING —John Wilkins and Thos. Boss were summoned for trespassing in search of game at Polesworth. on the 20:h ult.—Ross did not appear.—A. givnekeeper said he saw the defendant Wilkins, with et. gun, on Poleeworth Common and several fields I occupied by Charles Collins. Defendant did not get a shot.—By the defendant : 1 sow you on a a field. You were on the road when I came to you. —Samuel Harvey was called for the defendant. He said he was with Wilkins on the day mimed. .lie was with 'Wilkins all the time. Wilkins did , not go out of the lane. Ross was the man in th• I field, it WM not Wilkins. Wilkins went off the , I path for about 40 or 50 yards, but not into any field. If Ross was there he would say the same. —By the gamekeeper : I carried a gun, so did Wilsims, but we had licenses —The gacack,eper reiterated that he was sure it was Wilkins.— Defendant was convicted end wdered to piy a, fine of lies., and costs, 20e. 6d., or one month's i hard labour. lASSMILT.—CharIes Toone Was charged with ! assaulting and beating, on the 31et or karoh last. Sarah Jones, at Arley.—The complainant said tars on the day named the defendant met her in a field, ' threw her down,:put hie hand on her mouth, and attempted an ss,qault. She screamed, aud after • few minutes he let her go. As soon as she got home she told her mother of what had occurred.—.  The mother of the complainant produced the jacket worn at the. time by her daughter, widen was  , beamudged with dirt. She ssid on the day named ithe:earne indoors in a very frightened state, and her clothes sailed. She askeu her what was the matter, and she said what Toone had done. She said she thought he was going to murder her, and she was very much frightened.—Defengant said be was "three parts drunk."—Poliee-sergeant Hannah said when he read tl'e warrant to the prisoner he denied beating the complainant, but admitted throwing her down, acting indecently, and said be was drunk.—ln reply to the Bench it was stated that the prisoner Lad been frequently before the Magistrates for drunkenness and as,aults.—Tue priioner was ordered t.) be imprisoned for four , mouths with hard labour, and to then enter into * bond of g'.lo to keep the peace for six months. ALLEGED INDKCKLIT ASSAULT —J017411 Clarke, a labourer, was charged with indecently assaulting a ysung girl named Emma Thompsom, who Brea with her parents near Wash lane 14ridge, Nunea! ton. Prisoner was arrested at Aston on Monday i last. The complainant, who is thirteen years of age, stated that on the 2nd October last sh.: was alune in her parents house, and the prisoner entered and indecently assaulted her. Complainant described to the Magistrates what took place, but the particulars are unfit for publication. i Aft ,r hearing the evidence of a neighbour who I was attracted by complainant's screams, tlie Bench committed prisoner for trial at the next Warwtok I Assizes,