The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1862-02-11 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

FEARFUL RAILWAT ACCIDENT AT CHELTICRWAIL—A dreadful accident oocurred at the Midland Station here, on Teasley evening, to • young man who was employed in the capacity of clerk. It appears he sometimes assisted the porters in their duties, and on this occasion was standing on the line of rails, when the engine made a sudden start, knocked him down, aid, together with the tracks, passed completely over his body. Ile wee i Ricked up n a dreadful state, both his lep being entirely amputated. Re was at once conveyed to the General Moapital, where he lies in a very critical condition.  ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A STEPMOTHER AT He Tuesday a youth named William Tenser. about eighteen years of age, was brought up at the Hull Police Court, before Thomas H. Travis, bah the stipendiary magistrate, on a charge of attempting to hoot his stepmother, Mm. Ann Turner. The circumstances of the ease are as follows: The proseentrix resides in Norfolk. street, Beverley-road, and on Friday the prisoner called upon her and requested to see his mother's marriage lines, which were in the prosecutrix's possession. In the evening the marriage lines were given to him, and he appeared quite friendly disposed towards his stepmother. After he had read the lines lie went into the yard for about five minutes, and upon returning iatothe house said, "Good bve , mother, lam going back te London in the morning." Prosecubrix accompanied him as far as the door, with a lamp in her hand, when prieener suddenly turned round and discharged a pistol at her. Fortunately, however, it took no effect, the contents of the barrel passing her. When prisoner saw that his attempt to shoot her had failed he said, "I've missed," and then ran away. On Tuesday morning the prisoner gave himself up at the Hull Police Station' stating that he had stolen some money while he had been working as a glass stainer in London. He admitted that he bad attempted to shoot his stepmother, and said the barrel Of the . pistol had • large bullet in it, and he expressed his regret that he had not killed her. The magistrate remanded the case until the following Friday, for the production of some further evidence. Our readers will remember the case of Maloney, who was convicted ef murdering his wife in Westminster in October last, mainly on the evidence of a stranger who said he entered the house accidentally at the moment the prisoner stabbed his wife. As even -upon his showing the murder appeared to be unpremeditated, the convict, after long inquiry on the part of the Government, has had his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life. The man, however, persists in his ant statement that his wife stabbed herself, and sounders that he has bees unjustly condemned. A shocking orime, reminding us of Italian or Spanish scenes of violence, occurred in the High-street of Marylebone on Monday afternoon. Four or live drunlren costermongers coming up the street seised hold of A 'RAKE loaded with bones at a respectable butcher% door, and commenced assaulting the carter by throwing the bones at him. - The Masher came out of his shop to mist the carter, when the gang attempted to enter his shop, and on hie resisting one of them stabbed him with a lrnife, from the effects of which it is doubtfel if he will recover. The whole of the gang are -in custody ~and several witnesses swear to the perpetrator of the cowardly act. Tax