The Herald of Wales. — 1887-09-17 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SWANSEA ARTIST AND THE RAILWAY (OMFAMES.  The South Wales Daily News, of Tuesday, gives particulars of a somewhat extraordinary ease winch PIM beefOfe ine magistrates at Aberdare on Monday. Jean Goldman, artist and photographer, of Swansea, and his son Montague, were summoned, the former for obstructing two railway officiate in the execution of their duty at Aberdare Station, on the Bth of August, and the latter with interfering with the comfort of the passengers in the carriage. William Devise Perrett, goods:porter,:eaid he recollected the train arriving at Aberdare at about 7.20 on August Bth. Some passengers, mostly ladies, seked him to open a door in a third-class carriage. The door of the compartment in which defendants were seated was locked. The elder man was lying down, and the other was sitting at his feet. Witness opened the door, and the younger defendant said, "They're not coming in here." Witness replied that they were, and eight pamsengere went in. As the elder deiced ,nt did not get up, and three of the passengers had to stand, witness told him to get up, and touched him, whereupon he the elder defendant) cried out, "Get out, you scoundrel." On being asked to make room for passengers, he used abusive langusere. Evan Davies then came up, and inquired what was the matter. Davies asked the elder defendant to sit down, as the train IMP full and many passengers wished to get in. He thed banged the door and struck Davies in the mouth. The passengers, screaming with fright, jumped out of the compartment. "They were jumping out into our arms like flocks of sheep," said witness. One lady fainted afterwards on the platform. The younger defendant's coat probably caught in the door, and was torn when the defendants were beibg removed. Witness was peftei out of the Witch; he was not struck. By Mr fhiilips: Defendants were allowed to go home to Swansea that evening. The guard, Pickwick, did not remonstrate with witnese and tell him that the elder defendant was very ill.— Evan Davies said that in the course of the 'affair he received a back-handed blow in the mouth from the elder defendant. Mr Stonnill, the station-master, came _ defendants were ejected by witneae and Perrett. On the platform the elder man tried to strike him again.—Mr. Phillips, for the defence, urged that the defendants were really molested by the railway officials, and that the elder defendant, who was ill, had called for an explanation of their conduct on the day after the occurrence. Some correspondence had passed, and proceedings against the company spoken of; and at length the company adopted the course of proceeding against the defendants. —Jean Goldman, the elder defendant, said he had been in blueness as an artist and photographer in Swansea for 30 years. He frequently travelled on the Great Western line. Some time ago he mct with an accident, and on the day named he was very ill, and returned home suddenly from the Monmouthshire Valleys, via Tredegar Junction and Aberdare. At Tredegar Junction he told Pickwick, the ruard, he was poorly, and he was put in a compartment alone with his son. At Aberdare, Perrett let a lot of people in. Witness called out for the station master and Picwick. There— upon there was a regular scuffle. In the excitement he might have given the porter a blow. Be was pulled on to the floor ; one or two per, eons walked over his chest, and his was taken down and smashed. He said to Davies, "ion scamp, what do you want with me I'm ill." The man ref deed to give his acme. Ihe otation master came up and laid hands on witness. Cross-examined: He did not make nee of any abusive language.— The Deputy-Stir:celery did not think their was sufficient cvidenee on whieb to convict Montague Goldman. The summon; against him would, therefore, be diemieeed. For obstructing the railway officials the elder defendant, Jean Goldman, would be fined 20s and costs. The summons against him for ii•arg obscene languege would be diemiseed.  Mr. John W. Drought, of Whigsborough House, near Birr, magistrate for Ring's County, committed suicide, on Wednesday, by blowing out his brains with a gun. A coroner's jury found that deceased was temporarily insane. James Jenkins and Wm. Moss, were eharlel at the Pontypridd Police Court, on Wednea,l ay, with stealing a sack of flour from the gels yard of the Taff Vale Railway at Pontypridd. The charge against MOM was withdrawn. but Jenkins was committed for trial bail being accepted, himself in g. 50 and a surety of £25.  A five months child, named George Herd, having been admitted to the Plvmmth Workhouse in a frightfully emaciated condition, dicd, after four days great suffering, and at an inquest, continued till a late hour on Tuesday night, it was shown that the mother, wife of 2 petty officer, drank habitually, being often intoxicated for weeks tog,ther, auring which time the child wouFi be left in civil go of the eldest dauxhter of ten Cr,.,,,.s Medical testimony ',hewed th it the b.lll, protradinz, yz, 2211: a.lll I.OIIOW, and there -was an entire aloe-boo of tat, the child being levs than half the noraml A verdict of manvlaughter apiust the r ‘ess returred: