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Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1898-01-07 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

BARRISTER /MURDERED. ROBBED AND STABBED IN SPAIN. Particulars of a shocking murder of a Londe* rrister were reoei vet ii, London We on Toesnight. The murdered man is Mr.eßicberd en Irishman of independent nieses, Middle Temple, where he had chamber* , No. 1, Temple Gardeus. For the past twelve months Mr. Oreenhalgli has been travelling iat Spain for the benefit of his health. Three weeks ago he.arrived in Barcelona, accompanied by his valet, and while he was on a tour of inspection in the poorer neighbourhood of the town four men, nineked, and wrapped in long black coats, suddenly sprang from a dark passage and demanded money. Mr. Greenhalgh, with a cry of warning to his valet, prepared to defend himself, bet. the rufilana were too quick for him. While one matched his watch and chain the other three sprang upon him. Mr. Greenhalgh rained his hand to strike, but one of the moo drew a stiletto from his bolt and plunged a into their •icitim'e abdomen. Ile cried out "I'm stabbed " and fell to the ground, and hie valet at once flung himself upon the man with the knife, and succeeded in shaking him off. "Murder ! " was raised, and, in response to tlie shout, assistance MIR quickly forthcoming. The robbers, however, taking advantage of the darkness of the street, succeeded in making good their escape, although a hue and cry was raised. Mr. Greenlialgh was carried to a neighbouring house, where his wound, which was found to be is serious one was attended by a Spanish doctor. In spite of all that medical aid could do, lioweveyj the unfortunate gentleman never rallied, aud mix:limbed to his injuries just before Christmas Day. Strangely enough, no news of hie death was received in England until the arrival of his valet in town a few days ago, the man reaching England after travelling eight days and eight nights. A day or two ago somebody called at the murdered man's chambers, unlocked the door, and went In. This was, it transTired afterwards, Mr Greenhalgh's valet, who had come for some important documents. The valet afterwards communicated with Meters. Merriman White., and Thomson, who, in turn acquainted the deceased's executors of the tragic occurrence. The solicitors have been in communication with the Office, and the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs promised to take up the case, and see that cinema enquiries are made at Bareelona with a view to bringing the murderer to justice. Mr. Greenhalgh was called to the Bar in 1871, and hex held the chambers at No. I, Temple Gardens just 21 years though for the greater part of that time be was ;broad, his health not permitting him to weather the English winter. He was of an extremely adventurous disposition' and had had many narrow eecapes during hoi long sojourn &braid. It is understood that the Barcelona police me making every possible enquiry into the tragedy, and, as most of the desperadoes are known to the authorities, an early arrest is anticipated.  •
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1890-05-17 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

STANLEY AND THE QUAKERS.  A STERN REBUKE.  Mr. Stanley, in the roam of his remarks at the Guildhall, on Tuesday night, sad :—" The Germans have immense odds in their favour. They have a wide-awake Monarch. Wissmann never heard of such things as Quakerism, Peace Societies, 'Protection Combinations, Anti-Enterprise Corn. I • pantos, and namby-pamby journalism—the clogs of every honest endeavour in this country. The other day Mr. Pease called the attention of the Hoare of Commons to the alleged fact that the Imperial British East African Company were employing slave labour, and realising profit out of the goodu borne by slaves to the Coast. He was quite ready to charge some of the noblest and most public spirited of his nountrymen with reaping profit from the misery of slaves. He may know more of this case than I do bat I understood that these same gentlemen Ind contributed £12,000 to the roles. of 8,000 slaves. Have the Quakers of England contributed 12,000 pence to reams their dark relatives from slavery? No; but if you and I proceed to their mansions in the North of England, I could  show you linable and substantial proof. that the purchases they annually make of ivoryhandled table knives and forks, tooth, clothe., and hair brushes, ivory paper cutters ivory backed hand mirrors, penholder., billiard Inns, and such trifles have contributed more than anything else to enrich the Arabs, who have obtained that same ivory by the murder of °counties. thousands and devastation of the most fertile regions on the face of the globe. There is a body of men in this country who, with an unrighteous solf.,:altation, are continually thrusting themselves forward to demand popular applause by arraying themselves against all legitimate enterprise abroad. But I ask you if it was not by enterprise that this England emerged from barbarism, and whether it is not true that the hour the spirit of enterprise in this country is extinguished the hour of decadence begins. Bin, about live hundred English travellers and missionaries have left their bones in the Last of the Continents. Among them are the names of • Mango Park, Clapperton, Lucas, Gordon, Comber, Hannington, Parker, Livingstone, and Mackay. Athwart EqnatorAl Africa there are 21 mission stations, and about 50 English minionaries at work, painfully podding on in their frequently thankless tasks of impregnating the dull minds of Africans, sodden with barbarism, with the light of religious ideas. At last the capitalists of this country, stimulated into soave sympathy with the prevailing feeling that the time has come and the hour lias struck for civilisation to enter Africa, have begun to advance in three separate whim]ns to attack the dark. Their purpose is to create roads into the fastnesses of cruel., and ignorance ; to extinguish the devastating slave trade; to arrest the Arab kidnapper and man destroyer. I say, then, that he who rises to lilt his voice against this goodly purpose of redemption and civilisation should be rebuked by every maxi in whose soul the Divine feeling of Christian charity is not quite dead."
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1890-01-11 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

SUNDAY MUSIO.  Ma. EDITOS,—It appears from the letters recently published in the Gaicitc that the advocates for Sunday music are having it pretty well their own way. I had hoped that some abler pen than mine would have replied; but, failing that, I venture again to make a few more remarks upon this much discussed subject. I am perfectly aware, as I stated in a former letter, that I can bring nothing forward which will in the least operate upon the =dß of those who so strongly advocate the desecration of the Lord's Day, for this reason' that a converted man, urn true Christian, will never be able, of himself, to bring the unconverted man, or noodling, to think with him either in worldly or spiritual mutters; the grace of God alone can do this. My object in again addressing you is with a desire to stir up those who hold the same opinions as myself, that they may use their infiuence GO prevent what, if permitted, would eventually prove a curse to the town. Wordly men bring forward many argin meats as to their ideas how the Lord's Day should be spent, but the question is not what man saya, but what God says. His command is" Thou shalt keep the Sabbath day holy." If that command can be broken, thee why not the others, "Thou shalt do no murder," " Thou shalt not steal," &c., dm.? Is it became the advocates of Sunday music are each great lovers of music, and not being able to get satisfied with the quantity and variety with which they are supplied from 8 a.m. one Moiaday morning until 10 p.m. on a Saturday evening, that they wish to have their earn feasted again on the Sinidayl I cannot believe it. Alas! that it should be so; but I very much fear that it is sadly too true, that they who are so eager to introduce wordly enjoyments into the Lord's Day would be too glad if that day could be wiped out of the calendar altogether. A true minded man, if he 'wants music on the Lord's Day, knows where to find it—in the house of God (and not there, to listen to organ recitals or concerts, but where he can join in hymns of praise and thanksgiving to his Maker for all the rich mercies showered upon him from day to day.) He wants no bands of music to help him to spend an idle day. The man who truly loves his Maker can ' find plenty to do on that day without calling lathe aid of worldly pleasure to help him. As this matter has been brought pretty well before the public, and they have had a lair opportunity of thinking over be sides of the question, I trust when the time arrive, (and I suppose it will be brought forward in due tuns) when a decision hue to be made, that the advocates of Sunday observance will show a bold front, and that the attempt to introduce a continental Sunday into Bridlington Quay may be squashed for ever. lain. Is: 18-14. Bridlington Quay, Jan., 1890.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1889-02-16 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

WIFE MURDER AND MUTILATION IN DUNDEE.  Mr. William Henry Bury, sawdust merchant. from London, gave himself up to the Dundee police on Monday, saying his wife had died in a tenement house in Dundee, and he hat mutilated the body. The police found the body terribly mntilated, and packed in a trunk. A post-mortem examination of the remains was made on Monday afternoon. The result, it is said, does not bear out the statement made by Bury that when he iwoke on Tuesday he found hie wife lying strangled on the floor, and that on a sudden impulse he then stabbed her. The belief is that very little time elapsed between the strangulation and stabbing, and there is strong reason for suspecting that the strangulation was not self-inflicted—in fact, from marks on the body it woull appear that a struggle had taken place before death. Bury made his statement with coolness, and gave the key of the door to a detective with directions for finding the house, which he said had red window curtains. A neighbouring pnblioan Mateo that Bury has, daring the past fortnight, been a regular customer. He saw him last on Saturday right about Ilioo o'clock, when he had a small quantity of beer. He generally took some beer home at night. On Saturday week the woman accompanied him to a public-house, and they had some drink towether.  A: correspondent telegraphs—At Dundee !Policecourt on Monday William Henry Bury (29 years of age), a native of London, residing in Princess-street, Dundee, was remitted to the Sheriff charged with the murder of his wife, Helen Elliot or Bury. Tha prisoner surrendered on the previous night to the police. He stated he came to Dundee from London three weeks since. On Monday evening bin wif., and he wept to bed drunk, and when he awoke he found her lying dead from etramulation. On looking at the body he wine seized with an irresistable impulse to mutilate it. Ho drew a pocket-knife, and before this fit of violence was over he hod =Hated the body in a fearful manner. Shortly afterwards he became frightened at what he hat done, and then crushed the body into a lox. Bury was detained, and officers sent to search the house, which they found to be a dwelling of two rooms, one of which was empty and the other contained a bed, one chair, and a large box. On opening the box they saw that the body of a woman had been forced into it among a lot of books and papera. The body wan covered with a linen sheet. It was fearfully mutilated. Later on the body was examined by medical men, and its appearance contradicts the statement of the prismer in several details. It is believed that the woman was attacked and strangled, and that after death the body was cut open with a knife. The police, on searching prisoner, found upon him a bank-book, showing LC to his credit, 20s, in silver, end a lot of jewellery. Bury's movemeuts sines Tuesday last are unknown. Inspector Abberline and other detectives, who were engaged in the recent Whiteabapel murders, wore inatituting inquiries on Monday night among the relatives of the woman Bury, murdered in Dundee.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1889-02-09 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

DEATH OF JAMES SNOB  JOCKEY.  Jame. Snowden, the well known Doncaster on Wednesday morning, tl death being consumption. For yea prominently connected with turf m the country, though be was best northern racecourse.. A more acco man there was not anywhere, and m "Jimmy" snatched out of the lire or beaten horse. There were not in Britain that °mild afford to give Sa at a close finish whim skill and essential. Many were the encounte and his rival John Osborne, and Snowden seldom had any reason for the manner in which he acquitte contesting against a horseman iv' finishes. For a good many season twalliciated with the principal anecest - with rod spots" of Ask,', near IL: over tho present or late Lord Zetlan engaged in a race at a weight whit Snowden to get into t e pigskin, hi the mount, and did good service. of • family connected with the sp time immemorial. We believe that Li the profession of horseman, whilst was in no 'repeat inferior to the be day, and was on Mr. Merry'. Sun Aylesbury's St. Alban's when these animals won the Doncaster St. Lerik 1860. The deceased had the mono most distinguished and famous gained the judges verdict in the refer to the Mahon bred, owned, ai Athol. Blair Athol who, as far bat !erred St. Lager honours on the ' enrolled him on the hat of jeckeya, the Bret horses in yearly celebratio Derby. In the Derby of 1671 Sot Merry's King of the Forest, and m of it with Mr. Cartwright's Allen second place to Baron Rothrchild's Oaks Snowden has been =coeliac ' gained the judge'a lint on Mr. East. • Recently he took part in that rems the Ladies Race" when main on three leading p.isitions, Snowden be Jenny Howlett. Snowden had mounts in 1871, 24in 1872,30 in I 28 in 1872 23 in 1886 22 in 188 remembered that Snowden hail nt many good mounts, his services I. required for the vast namber of North of England.  TREACHERY OF THE t THE PACIFIC A GOVERNMENT AGENT CE Information just received ft Australia, dated 23rd of Deceml murder, in a most treacherous Armstrong, Government Agent. was on board the labour recrniti at anchor off Meslington Wand. from the shore, and the occupants the place was unwell, having a bad strong made a lotion, and went in the island. He one proceeding to the chief lived, when he was end by a number of natives, all arms knives. The seaman who was wit: got clear, but the poor Governmen stabbed and hacked to death by hi the seaman last saw Mr. Arm,ti were cutting up his body in a manner. The boat was still at al the Government Agent, the mate When the news of the terrible a mate, ho made to shore with the v the body of his late comrade. Thi by that time had come down in i the beach, and instantly fired o The mate was then forced to ret with arrows and bullets showeris whole time. Mr. Armstrong was not to go on shore as the natives he thought he would win them ov to their wok chief. It is likely thi gentleman was eventually eaten b.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1886-12-04 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

EXECUTION OF THE BARNSLEY  MURDERER. James Murphv, the murderer of Policanonstable Antwiek, at Dodworth, near B.rosiov, was mooted at York Castle on Monday. Tue representitives of the pre-s were not admitted, but immediately after the culprit had paid the last penalty of the 1.. a blank flag was hoisted halll.maet high on a pole at the summit of Clifford's Tower. Berry was the x•cuti,ner, and tie officials only were piesent. Murphy slept well on Sunday night and in the morning showed the genteel uneonce n about his fete. On the eesdold, when Berry, who performed Ins work efficiently, placed the rope round his neck: I he said, "Put the rope tight, old boy—don't he nervous."  Another account saye—The roroalion took plane at eight o'clock in the morning, in the pretense of the Under-Sheriff, Mr. E. Gray, the Governor of the Gaol, Mr. Boyce, and a large body of warders. The criminal was attended by the Bev. Father Brady, of St. Georges Church, York, at an early hour of the morning, and the rev, father awn, mulled biro to the scaffold. Berry performed the execution, and the fain stir.. the !muteness of the law hat been carried out One signalled to the people ' whom curimity had led to assemble near the Castle by the hoisting of the bleak flagon Clifford's Tower. Murphy had not far to walk from the condemned cell to the roaflold. The roll is not the old one, but in situated in the new wing, and is that in which John Wood wee confined before his execution. The floor of the roll it at a height of four or five yards above the ground level, and to reach the scaffold the tiortGge had not to go out in the prison grounds at all. The soaffold, instead of beiog erected in the prison ground., is situated in a which in divided from Murphy's cell by only a prongs tome six yard. long. Murphy walked to the gallows with mush fortitude, and underwent the whole of the dreadful ordeal with perfect selfposleseion and calmness. The Governor of the gaol and a I who have been brought into eontact with hum bear testimony to Murphy's etoliditi. Murphy robudited to the operation of pinioning without a tremor, and when naked by the Governor whether he had any complaints to make, quietly replied that everybody had treated him with the grottiest kindness. The drop was pulled almost to the moment, and a few seconds after eight the crowd of about a hundred porous., which had gathered outaide the Castle, now the black flag run up. A mond had also assembled on Oro-gate Bridge. The demeanour of these crowds, though quiet, tumid hardly be rolled sympathetic. A kind of levity marked Uieir bearing and olivervanone while waiting for the signal of death to be hoisted ; and its eppaaranoo was followed by remarke rather of sstiefronon than pity. There had been rain in tbo early morning, but at the time of the UWOIIIIOI2 lbe weather was bright and fine, the sky being beautifully colonred, and • fresh wind blowing.  R.2/11. or
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1892-10-29 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

THE MURDER OF DR. KIRWAN.  AN ASTOUNDING STORY.  The police have ascertained that about a week prior to the death of Dr. Kirwan, a man named Haynes, who on Friday lint was sentenced to nine months' hard labonr, was arrested for a daring highway robbery in the Borough, and during hie incarceration in Holloway he was regularly visited . and ;laughed with food by the gang now in custody for clueing tbe death of Dr. Kirwan, of which Noble, known by the eoubrionet of the "Ace of Spade." was the head. It appease that on October 16th, Inspector O'Dea, the chief of the Criminal Inveetigation Mons for South London, received the following letter Her Majority's Prison, Newgate, Oot. 16, 1892.  " Dear ,—I think I oan about clear up the Borough Myetery, if you iJloomc nod eee me.—  Yours truly, "doom Fsexussevork." "Inspector O'Dea." On October 18th, Mr. O'Des, acompenied by Detective Sergeant Gentle, went to Newgate and sought an interview with the man Featheretone, • who made the following etaternerit:—" I am a prisoner awaiting trial at the Central Criminal • Court for felony. I wan committed for trial from Marlborough on October 13th, and was conveyed the lame day to Holloway Prison. I was placed in the reception cell with two other men. One of them told me hie name was Waller, and said, 'Mn and this man,' meaning a man afterward. found to be Lee, 'are charged with killing a bloke.' I raid, • Where?' and he said, 'ln the Borough.' I raid, • Whereabouts in the Borough ? ' H. maid, We had been drinking in a public-hours, and we got the old toff boozed. We then took him up a court. There was three of an, one man they have not got, Noble, my mate Balch, and myeelf.' I fund, 'flow did you do ii?' He sail, 'I put one of my hands in his allirt collar and the other over his mouth, and held him while Balch—who had got hie knife out to etab him, but I stopped him, and I got a alight dab on my chin with the knife—etruck him on the head with his fist, and the other MliD, the one they have not rot, went through hie clothe,: I said ' How much did you got?' and he replied, 'Only one pound sir.' I said, 'That is not much to kill a man for,' and he said, • We did not intend to kill him, and if we'd known he had only eo little (money) like that we should not have touched him.' I asked Waller what rent of a man he was, and he raid, 'Hen an old toff ; a moutlipieee.' I mid, What is that?' and he raid, A solicitor.' I said, • Did anyone see you with the old gentleman?' end he aid, Yee, wore. hick. A woman from the publie house where we were hae identified us, bat gibe hes made s mistske in this man (pointing to Lao) . He went into the public home, and had a hail-pint, but he did not drink with ea. I'll take 10 years for my chance,' raid Waller, bull raid, • Von will get off, no one law you do it.' Waller then raid, ' There was an old woman in the court where we took the old toff down, and I believe she saw no. That is sere to come up against or. I'll take 20 years for my donee. I don't can io long 41 II doff not come to a baogiag job."
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-12-15 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

EXECUTION AT WANDBWORTN.  SHOCKING SCENE.  Charles Taylor, 39, a carpenter, was executed on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock within Wandsworth Prison, pursuant to his sentence. The prisoner was tried at the November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his trite, Caroline Eliza'aeth Taylor, a woman about his own age, by Gutting het throat almost from ear to ear. They reel ,ed in Tustin street, Old Kent-road, and the act was COMOlitte I on the 18th of August. The reaSon why so long an interval elapsed between the murder and the trial wee that the prisoner immediately after cutting his wife's throat mad 9. a deaperate attempt to destroy himself by cutting his own throat, and for soda) time hie trfl was despaired of. Eventually, however, he recovered sufficiently to be put upon his trial. The defence sat up for him was that he was insane at the time he committed the act. Witnesses were called for the purpose of establishing that plea, but the evidence was not by any nears conclusive. All the facts tended to prove that the dreadful act was prompted by a feeling of jealousy, and a oeliet that the unhappy woman had been uufaithful to him. The jury, atter a very brief deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of wilful murder. The prisoner seems to have behaved very well since his oonviction, and to have been all along prepared for his fate. Hs repeatedly expressed his lyrrow for the act he had committed. - passed a restless night on Monday, and on the exeCutioner, Marwood, being introduced into his cell, he submitted to the operation of pinioning without saying a word, and walked without assistance to the scuff Id, but looked very pale. He had a drop of over eht feet, and appeared to die without a straggle. The long drop given had the effect of opening the wound in the throat self.inflicted by the criminal directly after the murder, and the consequence was that the heal was nearly to, n from the body. There were very few per. sons waiting outside the gaol wnen the black flit; was hoisted and the usual to itices affixed to the eate.—The necessary inquest was held in the ;gluon in the a4irternoon by Mr. Bonaies, the dep4ty.oor ter, the prison surge in, deposed to the death of the criminal, and, in answer to questions by juryineo, maul the woun i in the throat h.l limbs I, with ib exoeption of • fistulas openi ig in the wiudpipe. The scar was tender. The result .1 the long ,irop id ne ely ?severing the head from the body was no more than be expected. • Death was the remit l fracture of the vertebne and rupture M the vessels of the neck, whi: had ceased the i,ssm irrhage seen by the jury du vie lug the body.—Tme jury returned the u ual verdict.— While at me gaol Marwood received an atimiymoni letter threatening him with death if es visited frielenct to hong any one there. Marwood left tbo gaol two homy earlier than had been inWaded, and Woo sow.v panial by on atom.