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The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-01-08 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

TRAGEDY IN WORCESTER.  ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER AND  SUICIDE  On Wadnekiday. great excitement was created in Worcester by the report that a man had attempted to murder two persons and then ccmmitted suicide. It appears that at about seven o'clock in the morning , John Hicks, a horse-hair worker, 32 years of age, went I into the house 4 his next door neighbour, Richard Groves, of Fish-street, armed with a hammer-axe, and and attacked Grove's wife. He struck her two violent blows on the head with the axe, and caused shocking wounds. Groves, hearing a noise, came down stairs, and Hicks struck him also on the head, wounding him severely. In this state, bleeding profusely, Groves and his wife rushed to the police-station, which is not far off, and told the officer in charge what had happened. Sergeant Preece and Policeconstable Jones went to the house and took Hicks in charge. At the police station Hicks turned some money out of his pockets. He was asked if he had a knife, and his wife and mother, who were with him, said he had not. Sergeant Preece searched by feeling on the outside of his pockets, and could not discover anything. Hicks was locked up; he was quiet, and appeared to be rational. Sergeant Preece visited him in his cell and found him sitting quietly on a bench. Police-constable Oakley relieved Sergeant Preece at the station at a quarter-past eight, and visited Hicks, ' in company with the latter's mother, at ten minutes Ito nine. Hicks then had breakfast and appeared all ' right. Police-constable Somers, in charge of the station, went to him at half-past nine, when he was lying on the bed, and was again quiet at ten minutes to ten, when Somers passed the cell door. At ten o'clock the officer heard a peculiar noise, and on going to the cell, saw Hicks standing with a penknife in his hand. Blood was flowing from the 11.18.11',, throat. The officer laid hold of him and the knife dropped. Hicks fell into the arms of the officer, who laid him on the floor and called for assistance. Mr. Budd, surgeon, arrived very quickly, and found Hicks had a very deep gash on the front of the throat, the windpipe being severed down to the vertebrae. Whilst Mr. Budd was there, Hicks gave one gasp and then expired. At the inquest, held last evening, the wife of deceased said he had been drinking very mush lately, and was in an excited state. He was in a similar condition a twelve month since. He was wild, but she did not consider him dangerous. His mother was formerly in a lunatic asylum. Early Wednesday morning he called out that the house was on fire, and shortly afterwards ran into Groves's house. He had had no quarrel with the Groves's.—The verdict of the jury was that deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity. Soon after the attack upon them, Groves and his wife went to the Infirmary. It was found they were snffering from fractured skulls, and they remain in a precarious condition.
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-07-22 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

HOLIDAYS. . rine, to join her farmhand, M. Leschetizky, who is inThe Chairman then moved : disposed. They will return to St. Petersburg in ft.few Via' the Board, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday, weeks, and will then decide about the proposals which Aihrust 28th. have been made for the fair pianist to make a tour of  _ Mr. Bagnall seconded the motion, and it was carried. The Board adjourned.  six months In the United States, for which the sum of .£4goo will be guaranteed uith all travelling expensee for two perf-ons, during the series of concerts, four in each week.-4theraeuns.  The painters of Newcastle-on-Tyne, after being co strike for 13 weeks for ea advance, have returned to work On the masters, terms. Addresses from the Town Coundls of Inyern Dingwall, Taut, and Wick were presented to Sir Saler Jung on Saturday at Dunrobin Castle. The Margate Police Superintendent having been. called upon by a majority of one of the Watch Committee to resign, indignation meetings were held. In excavating to lay the fouellation of atemperance hall in Donegal, the skeleton of a full-grown female was discovered. It is supposed to have lain there for half a century. Leon, this Mexican, who undertook to ride some recently imported Texan mustangs one hundred miles in five hours, accomplished the feat on Saturday at the Alexandra Palace. In the Royal Ulster Yacht Club regatta on Monday, • in Belfast Lough, the first prize of 1.21,0 was won by the yawl Neptune, the schooner Olga being second, and the cutter Cuckoo third. A yacht's engineer, named Fisher, forty years of age, is in custody at Southampton for attempting to murder his wife by cutting a deep gash in her throat. It is hoped she will recover. Twvcaoss v. GItANT.-Iti the Court of Common Pleas, on Monday, it was arranged that the motion for. new trial in the case of Twycross v. Grant should stand over until next sittings. A farm lad has attempted suicide by jumping into the water at Benham, at a short distant* from the mausb al of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart, When rescued he said he was tired of hie life. Tne Belgian News says :—The proposed leliathan hotel, to be erected by a Belgian Cowpony in the new Avenue de l'Opers, will have a flat roof, 011 which will be a skating rink, with manerous groves. Shortly after the operatives. nearly 300 in number, had left work on Saturday, a fire occurred at Messrs, Townsend and Sons' cotton mill at Attleborough, Nuneaton, destroyink a considerable portion of the building andta large quantity of cotton yarn. A meeting was held at Blackburn, on Saturday, of the representatives of the cotton operatives in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire. Among the resolutions unanimously passed was one expressing the firm determination of the meeting to resist any reduction in wages.  A NEW MONASTERY Or
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-03-04 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

PUPIL TEACHERS. his father was wearing two pair of trousers ; he took one pair off and burnt thorn, after which he went and A report from the managers of the Dudley Read jumped off a wall into the pool. Witness was quite Board School was road, in which complaint was sure his father did jnmp, and did not tumble off the made of the coeduct of one of the female papil , wall into the pool. Witness shouted to a man whir teachers, named Smith, who had displayed diens -was driving a waggon up the lane, and he came t t towards the mistress (Miss Brookes). The his assistance. There was no one else near when his spec fattier jumped into the w ater. He had heard his managers had had the girl before them, and had I lather before threaten to destroy himself ; that was told her that she mast obey the illisaress in all that ! always when he had been drinking. His mind was related to the diseipline of the school. Immediately affected on Monday last. He Was drunk on Sunday, after the girl had go.•le out, the mistress informed and did not go to bed on Sunday night.—Police- the managers that ar.::—that pupil teacher—had told constable Robert Wilson said he was fetched to the the other teachers that no fault had been found with pool on Monday afternoon, and tom that the deceased her teaching by the managers. The managers had had jumped into it. When witness got there a man, communicated with the parents of the girl, asking named Bradley, was diving for him. Bradley got the that she should write an ;trilogy to the mistress, to body to the side with a boat hook, and witness as- be read in the presence of the other pupil teachers; sisted in getting it out of the water. 'rhe water (iii.sra but this had not been cemplied with, and the girl about 16 feet deep where the deceased jumped into the water.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect had not been teaching for several weeks. The that the deceased committed suicide whilst in a state managers of the Dudley Road School reported the osary. insanity. of temo ease. to the Board so that it might be dealt with. s( •ANDS AND ' (Ltarran.)--We beg to direct The Rev. J. E. Gladstone said it was highly 1111Ja :NON the attention of our readers to this advertisement, portant that proper discipline should be maintained •and specially to the circumstance that the subscrip- in their schools if the work of education must tion list closes to-day.
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-07-29 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

THE IRON TRADE. WOLVERlllairrobr, Wednesday. Best Staffordshire pigs were strong this afternoon. Whilst cold and hot blast all-mine produced in the Dudley side remain as last quoted, the best iron of the Wolverhampton district was firm this afternoon at from £4 ss. to £4 10s. for Bovereux, and from .£3 ss. to £3 10s. for Tame iron. Makers stocks of best pigs are not increasing, and there are instances ,n which !stocks of that clam have been reduced quite one half since the reduction in make by those firms began. Taken all round, the present supply of Staffordshire pig-iron may be said to about balance consumption. Finished iron has not improved in demand upon the week. Best bars are, however, in fair average request. The production of finish's' iron in Staffordshire by improved mechanical means is engaging the renewed attention of the trade. It is noteworthy that in connection with the manufacture of pig-iron in South Staffordshire the Cowper method of heating the blast, which has been found so very effective in the North of England, is about at length to be applied. Messrs. Cochrane, of Woodside, are now erecting two of Cowper's hot-air furnaces. The effectiveness of the apparatus will be in excess of present respirements ; blit Messrs. Cochrane anticipate larger requirements hereafter. Coal is increasingly difficult to sell, and daring the week a few more pits have been laid off, whilst those at work have generallykeen unable to keep on so many hours as before. Priees are firm at some of the leading collieries, on the basis of lls. for thick furnace coal ; but there are other instances in which less money is being accepted for coal of equal quality. The reduction is leading to slightly better business at some of the pits, as compared with that doing at the pits where maximum quotations are still demanded. It has been a long time since it was possible to get good Staffordshire thick coal for the prices at which it can now be bought. Believing that those prices will not be evrrent beyond this quarter. there are large consumers who are laying in stock. The Warrington Guardian reports the death of John Ackersly, at Penketh, aged 91 years, who had served in the same ship as Lord Nelson. A portion of the town ofGavray, near Cherbourg, has been burned down. 100 houses are destroyed, and 400 of the inhabitants are rendered homeless. Mr. C. B. :Shaw, of Bath, commited suicide on Friday, by placing himself under a train running from Broad-street station, in the City of London, to the Alexandra Palace. In the Custer massacre, the Sioux Indians are said to have lost 400 men, amongst whom was Sitting Bull, the chief of the tribe. CoCOA.—
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-01-01 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN IRONMASTER. I On Sunday morning, Mr. Henry Lancaster, an , ironmaster, carrying on business at The Fleck, ; Walsall, committed suicide by placing himself in front of a railway train near to the bridge that crosses the line at Newton-road. The driver of the train (which was the one due in Walsall shortly after eight) did what he could to avoid running over the deceased, but as the latter had remained hidden by the bridge until the train was close to it, no effective means could be taken. Deceased laid himself down on the six-foot and placed his head upon the rails. He was struck by the guard of the engine across the middle of the face, and the head smashed in, producing death instantaneously. , An inquest was held on Tuesday morning, at the ' Red Lion Inn, Church Bridge, West Bromwich, before Mr. E. Hooper. The body was identified by Mr. Franks, of Walsall, brother-in-law of the deceased, who added that the deceased was very easily depressed and elated; in fact he was a nervously timid man.—George Ralphs, fireman of the 7 3.5 train from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, via 'Walsall, stated that when the, train got to Newton Road bridge he noticed a man cross the line and lie down upon the metals. Before the driver could slacken the speed of the train, the engine had passed over him. The life-guard of the engine severed his head in two, and one portion adhered to the life-guard, and was carried to the Newton Road. —Edward Ward, a servant in the employ of the deceased, said that his master had bcen very strange in conduct for some time, and was subject to loss of memory. In reply to the Coroner, witness said his depression was caused by business worry.—Mr. Hibell, son-in-law of the deceased, explained that the deceased was in no pecuniary difficulties—The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-01-01 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE OF AN IRONMAVER.-Mr. Henry Lancaster, an ironmanter, carrying on business at the Pleck, Walsall, committed suicide on Monday by placing himself in front of a railway train near to the bridge that crosses the line at Newton road, The driver did what he could to avoid running over the deceased; but as the latter had remained hidden by the bridge until the engine was close to it, no effective means could he taken. The deceased laid himself down on the six-foot and placed his head upon the rails. He was struck by the guard of the locomotive across the middle of his face, and the head was crushed in, producing death instantaneously.  A Dublin correspondent states that Mr. Isaac Butt has proposed the organisation in that city of a new Tenants' Defence Committee, to be constituted of persons chosen from farmers' clubs in different localities in such a way as not to transgress the Convention Act. "The local members of the committee," he says, " and all persons interested in the cause of the tenant, should be invited to send to the central office information of all cases in which notices to quit are served or attempts made to force upon the tenants either new agreements or incre teed rents." "Means should be taken," Mr. Butt adds, "to preserve a full and complete record of this information, and to place an abstract of it from time to tittle before the public in a clear, true, and authentic form."  A Brussels correspondent writes :—An interesting question of international law has been recently decided by the Superior Tribunal of the Prussian Rhenish Province. A young man of Prussian origin, but living on the neutral portion of the Moresnet territory, which is administered conjointly by Prussia and Belgium, claimed exemption from the German military service on the ground that the neutral Moresnet territory does not belong to the German Empire. The Superior Tribunal decided that the subjects both of Belgium and of Pr! .ssia are, while living on the neutral Moresnet terrhory, not deemed to live in a foreizn country, arid remain, therefore, subject to all the civic and military obligations and laws of their respective countries. rt-SEV AND THE tvios pr Toe
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-04-29 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

WEDNESBURY.  DEATH OF MR. J. T. BAYLEY.—On Monday morning, Mr. J. T. Bayley, who for eighteen years acted a, clerk to the Local Board of Health, died after prolonged and acute suffering. Mr. Bayley, for his courtesy and uprightness of conduct, both in his public and private life, Wag much esteemed, shd to those who knew him intimately his death will be deeply regretted. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A COLLlER.—Yesterday morning a man named Joseph Ashdown, collier, residing in Mathews' building, court No. 1, Queenstreet, Wednesbury, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Deceased was a collier, employed last at hlorgan's pits, Ridding-lane, Wednesbury. It appears he was hurt in the knee about twelve months ago by some falling debris, and has been unable to work, since which time seems to have prayed upon his mind. He was in receipt of 7a. weekly only, from the Union with which he was connected. It appears he had applied for parish relief but was rat,: ed. His being unable to work, and his impoverished eon •ii fion, preyed upon his mind, which was very visible 'se about him, and has exhibited symptoms of c 'ad mind. Deceased got up early yesterday morning. had his breakfast, and went upstairs and shaved himself. Shortly afterwards he again went upstairs to do something for his wife, and a few minutes afterwards he called out he had done it, by which his wife understood him to mean he had done what she wished him to do, but on going upstairs she found him lying in a pool of blood with his throat cut from ear to ear and his head nearly severed from his body. An alarm was made, and a neighbour named Martha Roberts went in, and seeing what was the matter went for the doctor, and Drs. Moore and Blackwood were shortly in attendance and found him quite dead, death being almost instantaneous. The affair created a great alarm in the neighbourhood where it happened, and a great number of people congregated about the house, as is usual on such occasions. The deceased's wife has had two strokes, the last one about twelve months ago. and it is feared this trouble will have a serious effect upon her.
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-02-05 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT WEST BROMWICH.  THRILLING AND STARTLING INCIDENT. On Friday morning, at about daybreak, an incident of thrilling and startling nature occurred at West Bromwich, through an attempt to commit suicide by a young woman named Phaibe Gill, 18 years of age, the daughter of Joseph Gill, a collier, residing at .Greet's Green. So far as is known of her, the woman in question obtained her living by working casually in brickfields, but latterly she has been leading a loose, disreputable life, sleeping about in any hovel where she could find a shelter_ The scene of the occurrence was "Tinker's Meadow," district of West Bromwich, in which there is an unused pit shaft, the property of Messrs. Co: and Haywood. This shaft is railed on two sides, after the ordinary fashion of coal pits when in use, and the runner ss placed over it, but not to the fullest extent, leaving a small space between it and the opposite side of the pit. It was in this space that the young woman was found hanging down the pit, clinging with all her might to the framework,. and suspended over a clear " drop " of 150 the depth depth of the shaft. After placing herself in this ; awful situation the woman seems to have thought better of her intention, and she shrieked for help. A girl—Elizabeth Bailey—on her way to work at an adjoinining brickyard, was the first to discover Gill. She raised an alarm, and a man named Thos. Ince, who happened to be near, immediately rushed to the woman's assistance. Bailey was so frightened that she ran away, and was never seen again, and Ince was left to rescue the woman as he best could. This he did at a good deal of risk to himself, Gill being a stout, heavy woman. Ince says that in a few more , seconds she must have let go her hold, for when he 'reached her, and before he succeeded in dragging her up, her limbs were straightening into rigidity, and her nervous power had almost forsaken her. When "brought to bank;' as may be expected "else was more dead then ali, e." She was handed over to the custody of Police-sergeant Smith, who lodged her in the West Bromwixli lock-up. No reason, is given by the woman for committing the rash act, but it would appear that either she or some other evildisposed person had been during the night in Mr. He.mblett's brzrkyard—where she is known to have frequently slept of late—and spoiled a number of bricks.
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-02-19 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

DETERMINED SU ICIDE. —The Borough Coroner (W. H. Phillips, Esq.) held an inquest on Monday, at the New Market Inn, Cleveland-road, concerning the death of nßichard Evans, a miner, late of Moseley Village, whose body lay at the Hospital—Elisabeth Bowker, of Moseley Village, a neighbour of the deceased man, said that about• ten minutes peat one o'clock op the afternoon of Wednesday last, the wife 'of the deceased raised an alarm and' witness followed I her into the holm,' and going with her Lao the cellar  she saw the deceased kneeling down, and heating his head upon the floor, and heard him say he wanted to get out of his misery. She noticed that he had a wound in his throat, and she took a steel out of his hand. There was a great deal of blood on the floor, both in the house and in the cellar.—Alfred James Mitchell, assistant to Mr. Hartill, surgeon, of WOlenhall, said he had attended the deceased for some time. He had a thumb taken off, and was, in consequence, a patient of Mr. Hartill. Witness called bu him on Wednesday last, and found him with hie throat injured and bleeding. The windpipe as cut. Deceased told him he had inflicted the wound with a knife. Witness had the wound dressed, and sent him to the hospital'. The deceased hail been very low in spirits, but he gave no signs of an intention to destroy himself.—Miss Wood, nurse at the Hospital, said the deceased was admitted on Weduesday afternoon, and died on Friday afternoon. He was rather violent at times, but appeared to be sensible. Re told witness that he had inflicted the wound with a knife. amid afterwards thrust a steel into it. lie said he ha I got into a low way, and that lie wished to die. Seveml times whilst in the Hospital he tried to get at the wound to re-open it, and' also asked witness to re-open it in order that he might be killed out of his misery. He also said that he had been watching his opportunity to do the deed for a week. The jury returned a verdict that the dafeased had committed suicide Whilst his mind was in a weak state.