The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1875-11-12 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPTED MURDER ANO SUICIDE. At the Northampton DivisionalSessionaon Saturdsy a woman named Jane Elizabeth Gordon, the wife of n labouring man (John Gordon), of Kingsthorpe, was committed to take her trial at the assizes on the charge 'of attempting her own life and that of her infant child. According to the evidence adduced, the unfortunate woman appears to have run recklessly into debt, and a few days ago the county court bailiff took possession of the house under a distress warrant. Partly in consequence of this trouble, and partly from dread of her husband's anger—he having, according to her statement, frequently threatened to take her life—she resolved to destroy herself and her child. Going down to the Nene, half a mile away, she tied the infant about her waist with a shawl and jumped into the water. Several persons witnessed her struggles, but no one attempted a rescue until a man named John Percival arrived on the spot, jumped in, and saved 0 both mother and child. The husband, John Gordon, , was at the same time charged with threatening her ) life, but was dismissed with a strong reprimand for his • cruelty to his wife.  "A. PAINFUL fRAGEDY."  _ What the New York Herald justly calls "a painful tragedy" has just ended the unprofitable life of one Charles Revere, a well-known sporting man in New York. Charles Revere used to be a wholesale butcher, hut abandoned his business some time ago, becoming much attached to a woman some years his junior, on whom he lavished about 50,000 dollars. Her displeasure followed close upon the diminution of his resources, and he promptly bought a revolver, telling her he would shoot her first, and himself afterwards, but she was not to be terrified. One morning, as the Herald graphically relates, with revolver in hand, bleared eyes and a haggard eountenance that told of desperation, Revere threw himself at the feet of the woman and begged her "forgiveness of the past and her love for the future." She swore she would grant neither. The desperate man drew from his pocket a roll of bills amounting to several hundreds of dollars mid a superb gold watch. These he extended as peace offerings, but their charms were unavailing. 1A ith a bound the woman attempted to gain the door and depart. The supreme moment had come. Revere, a moment before pleading for love, at once demanded blood. Seizing the miserable woman in his arms, he hurled her, with all the savageness of a tiger, back in the chair, and, kneeling before her, plac d the grinning muzzle of the revolver at her head, " Now will you love me," he cried, "or I shall murder you.' The woman again endeavoured to recipe. Revere instantly struck her a blow with the pistol, felling her to the floorand cutting a severe gash over her left temple. She cried "Murder:" and doubtless Revere thought he had killed her. To carry out his threat so often made be placedthe weapon to his head and then pullod the trigger. Death was instantaneous. A post-mortem. examination revealed the course of the wound and disclosed the bullet flattened against the ins.de of the skull. The deadly messenger, still wet with blood, was shown to the lady, who said, "Why, I didn't suppose it would be so flat." If any misogynist wants a text for an essay on Ihe love of woman, he cannot do be.ter than take that simple coniment.  THE PHI! iADELPIII