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Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A JUDGE.  SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE.  At Nottingham Amis.:elitist Saturday, before Baron Pollock, Edward Wilhelm Ernest Arnemann, a, German dentist, was indicted for the attempted murder of Judge Briatowe on Nov. 191as1. Prisoner was non-suited by the Judge in a County Court suit on the day named, and following the Judge to the railway station shot him with a revolver, and wounded him so seriously that his life was for a time in danger.—Miss Amelia Willand, of Dame Agnes-street, Nottingham, said that she had received the following letter from the prisoner " My dear Amelia,—By the timo this reaches you I I shill be among the living, but among the living I dead. I know no other remedy for my good right I than to shoot the Judge, and I wish I could drink his blood. Had I ten lives to lose I should give them all to the gallows."—The Clerk of the Court then road the will of the prisoner, in which he appointed Miss Willand executrix, to whom he bequeathed all his gooda—The prisoner addressed the Court at length, saying he shot the Judge when in a great temper. A pause of about a minute ensued, and he intended to use that interval in committing suicide, but the re t oh-er did not act properly, either the cartridges or the trigger being out of order. Ile argued that lie had been insulted by the members of the dental profession in the town. This preyed upon his mind, and his condi.,ion was I aggravated by the adverse verdict given I against him. Prisoner, who became eloquent, said that his creative power wO.B turned against him, his soul was bleeding, his brain was on fire, and he trembled for the future; his life was poisoned, and he had nothing to live for. His revolver was before him on his desk, and the opportunity was a tempting one. He was tired of his life, and that waa the reason why he shot the Judge. He shot while he was in an insane passion. All:the previous thought he had about it was en. compassed in an hour. He acted under severe provocation in a straightforward manner, and redeemed his honour like a man. Even death on the gallows appeared to him more noble than a life of disgrace. He had had more peace in prison than outside.—Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude. He received the sentence without any apparent emotion, and went down the dock stairs smiling.  BIRKINCHAM LIBERALS ANI) THE DIRECT POITLAII LOCAL, Vvro.—At a meeting of the Birmingham 2,000 of the Liberal Association, held at the Midland Institute on Tuesday evening, the 'president (fir'Alelerman Cook) in the chair, a reso)ution was pro Posed heartily endorsing the direct popular local veto of the liquor traffic, as adopted, in the official programme of Liberalism by the National Liberal Federation at the recent annual' council at Mancheirtr, with other measures implying care for and trust in the people themaelve 3. 'rho beer for adjournment having arrived, a special meeting or the AWKlCillii9ll wa4 agreed upou fur sificsvosicru,
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-10-04 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MURDERED BY CHRISTIANITY." On Wednesday the enquiry was opened into the circumstances attending the death of Edward Easton, who committed suicide in Si. Paul's Cathedral.—Mrs Harriet Easton said deceased was her con, and 38 years of age. Four years ago he had an attack of paralysis, and had been in weak health, but his mind had always appeared very clear. A medical man had told her that he would commit suicide, and he was never allowed to be alone. He was at one time a strong Churchman, but lately changed hie faith and became a Secularist. Some time ago he left her the following letter :—" Dear Mother,—lf I should die suddenly I offer you this mein. to show that no I individual—least of all yourself—is the eause of soy death, but false Christianity. Your affectionate eon, Edward." A paper found on the body was as follows: "My name is Edward Easton. Christianity has murdered me. The reason I try to commit suicide in a church is to try and help to break up false Chriatianity.—A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily " was returned.  At the Bc.r-street Police Court on Xhursday Mr Augustus Moore, editor of the Hawk newspaper, appeared to an adjourned summons &arcing him with libelling Miss Gladys Knowles by reprinting a defamatory article from a French newspaper about her breach of promise case. Since the last bearing Mr Moore had public:od an apology, and he said he was now prepared to make further and complete apology, and pay all Mr Knowles' costs. On these terms the sl/1111110//8 WU allowed to be withdrawn.  I Mr Algernon Egerton has been unanimously adopted as the Unionist candidate for the Eccles I Division of South-East Lancashire. The Liberal electors of the division met on Wednesday and unanimously confirmed the election of Mr Henry J. Roby to represent their views. In his address to the electors Mr Roby promises to support Hwine Rule for Ireland, the local regulation of the liquor traffic, the Sunday closing of public houses, the eight hours movement, the completion of local government by the creation of district councils, and the disestablishment and the disendowment of the Church of Scotland.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-02-08 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SENSATIONAL SUICIDE AT MIDDLESBROUGH. On Sunday morning a gintsely diesosery was made on a field on the east sided thealbert Park, Middlesbrough, by Mr Thomas White, fanner. Mr White was waking acroes the laid between aim sad ten o'eLock, when be oeme upon • mases dead , body: stiff and cold, with • bullet wound in the 1 heed and a revolver beside it Information was given to Ilse police, and the body vim removed to the Mortuary. Nothing wig found upon the clothing to identify the corpse, whieti was that of a well -dressed young MO, but later in the day it was recognised by a young MUM named Roberts ea that of his friend, Wm. Cowans, who had been staying in the town during the "Dick `rVhittington " pantomime season on intimate terms with Mies Dottie Dettmar, the young woman who permeated Lick Whittington. The deceased had been drinking somewhat heavily of It., and had been said to be in financial trouble besides being jealous of the young woman referred to above. A few evenings before his death he fell out with his friend, and they came to blows, but they were friendly again soon after wards, and *ere was no ground for suspecting that the deceased came to his end otherwise than by his own hand. The bullet evidently mitered the deceased's head on the left side, and it may be stated that he was a left-ha.nded man. The evidence given below shows that the dammed had not only contemplated suicide for some time, but also the taking of the life of Mies Details's, his last message to her being "I have spared you." The pantomime company had left for Hanley shortly before the discovery was made, and Miss Dettmar returned to give evidence in response to a telegram from Chief Constable Ash°.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-12-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE END OF A SPENDTHRIFT'S CAREER.  Mr John 'William Farrar Wood, who for many years cut a rather conspicuous figure in the district of Bishop Auckland as "a gentleman of independent means." was brought up before the Stockton Magistrates on Wednesday morning on a charge of stealing a book and a waterproof overcoat from the ilambletonian Hotel. The prisoner was at one time a captain in the Militia, and claims relationship with an aristocratio family. For a considerable time be "put up" at the principal hotel in Merrington, kept his carriage in first-olass style, and generally "did it" in what the Yankees call "a skyer." His property—the backhnne of his Income— gradually began to dwindle, and of late the prisoner had been vainly trying to pull together the long-parted strings of his income and expenditure. On Sunday week he came to Stockton and engaged apartments at the Harubletonian Hotel, under the pretence that some of his relatives were coming down to see him and to render him ! some pecuniary assistance that he needed. The long-looked-for relatives, however, did not "turn up," and on Tueiale.y morning the prisoner asked to have his bill. This was at once prepared and handed to him. -He shortly afterwards went out, saying be should be back shortly. Scarcely, however, had he got at the end of the street when the landlady (Mrs Parsons) missed a large volume of a "History of the War" from its accustomed place in the prisoner's room. Suspicions were at once aroused. The police were communicated with, and Se, geaut Croikahauk traced the prisoner to the Railway 6,.ation, where be was just off to Newcastle with the book in his possession. He denied that he had any intention of stealing the book, but said he only intended to read it and bring it back again when he returned from Newcastle. Later in the day Mrs t'arsons discovered that the prisoner had stolen an overcoat, which the po;ice found had been pawned by the prisoner at Middlesbrough a few days previously.— On being formally charged at the Police Court la.. Wednesday morning he at first denied his guilt ; but, finding that the Magistrates intended to send him for trial at the Quarter Sessions, he said that he would make a clean breast of it by pleading guilty.—The Bench then sentenced him to two months' imprisontaeut with bard labour.  TRAGIC SUICIDE OF • RATE COLLECTOR,— George likader, poor rate collector, Birmingham, accused of embezzling MO, was apprehended at Beacombe Ferry, Birkenhead, on Friday night, on his way to Bridgewell. Reader drew a revolver and shot himself through the head, death being instantaneous.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-08-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. —Ol2 Tuesday Henry Walker, Chester-road, Manchester, attempted to take the lives of his fattier and stepsister with a clasp-knife and then out his own throat. He is believed to be insane. He was brought before the roaKistrates on Tuesday and remanded. The father appeared with his Lead closely bandaged, having his ear cut through and his cheek and lip severely gashed. The girl, who was unable to appear, was stalibed in the arms and hand, and had also a wound in the throat. The father said he was awakened by the screams of the girl, and going into her room he found prisoner cutting at her with a knife. He had a long struggle before he could get the knife from him. The cut in prisoner'a throat is a severe one. Loan CHIEF Jos [lca COLERIDGE ON Baum OF PROHISE OF Mattataex.—ln summing up in an action for breach of promise of marriage at the Liverpool Assizea on Monday Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, alluding to some remarks as to the expediency of this class of action, said that whatever might be the enlightened ociholuaion of Parliament on the question he did not know. Parliament might think fit to abolish breach of promise as a ground of action, but A was much to be considered, are that consummation Was arrived at, whether in certain ranks of life women would have any protection against the misconduct of men. It was too much forgotten that these actions were often extremely useful in keeping people within the bounds of duty which, if there were not such laws, they would avoid. It very often happened that a woman gave up honestly and affectionately the beet years of her life to a particular man, and put aside all thoughts of marrying anyone else. When that man dishonestly and illegally broke his contract with her, the only compensation she Gould obtain for the wrong done to her was to seek heavy and substantial damages in a aouri 0111 W.  ',!'.i.,,,, ,miimioloomirOpr ~, ~
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-11-05 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

INSTALLATION OF DEAN BRADLEY.  The Rev. Dr. George Bradley was formally installed Dean of Westminster at the Abbey on Tuesday morning in succession to the late Dean Stanley. There was a large assemblage of wotehippt•rs at the choral morning service, which preceded tne inbtalLtion. At the choir entrance the new Dean was m. 6 by Canons Farrar, Barry, and Protheroe, SubDean Jennings, etc. The deed of presentation baying been made, Dean Bradley made the usual affirmation, ar,d afterwards read himself in. The ceremony closed with the celebration of the Holy Communion.  A GENHBOUS LANDLOBD,-011 Tuesday Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding. sent for the whole of his tenants, and informed them that the whole of last half year's rent now due, and payable in a few days, would be remitted. This step, they were informed, had been made in consequence of the bad seasons with which they as a body have daring the past three or four years had to contend. At Glynneath. Monmouthshire, a man named Daniel has been arrested, charged with threatening to murder his wife, who had just tried to kill her child and attempted to commit suicide. Whilst in a dying condition, she confessed having been unfaithful, and Daniel at once became furious, and threatened to murder her. A razor was found on him.  Sin M. HICKS BEACH ON THE LAND QuitsTION. - Br H. Hicks Beach, speaking at an agricultural dinner at Alton on Tuesday, referred to several pending agricultural questions. As to settlements, he was not for looking up land, telt thought a change would not greatly bereflt the farmer. As to the abolition of distress, that was a tenant's question, but he did not think it would proie so advantageous as was expected. Then some politicians wanted compensation for tenants leaving their holdings. He wished rather to induce them to stop there. Ten POLITICAL CLows.—Lord Randolph Churchill spoke at a Conservative banquet at Hull on Tuesday evening. The noble lord argued in favour of Protection, while not pronouncing distinctly in its favour, and asked whether it was wise for the country to rely entirely upon America for grain supplies. With regard to legislation to modify the rules of the House of Commons to prevent wanton obstruction of busineas, he thought that if the action of members were fettered they would have to consider seriously the question of triennial Parliaments. Lord Randolph frankly admitted that the object of himself and a few Mends in the House of Commons bad teen to harass the Government. KAY'S LINSEED COMPOUND for Colds and Coughs cures nine cases out of ten. Sold by themlsts F. lid, Sts 91. " There was a young man in the city, Whote feet were an object of pity, For corns be hat got, NOT one, but a lot; Allcock a Suicide had them out In a Jiffy,"  A
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-06-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

STRANGE REQUEOT.—An inquest has been held on Monday at St. Pancras on the body of Napoleon de ia Flanders, at one time the editor of the Morning Adtnrtiser; who died suddenly at his aparttneuts. 34, tilbert-st) eet, Regent's-park. Dr. Henderson, of Stanhope. terrace, said that death was caused from fatty degeneration of the heart and ulcer in the stomach. A letter addret Bed to his landlord stated that it was written in case of his death and he left the whole of his property to him in rezoguition of his kindness. He strictly charged him to see that his temaine were given over for dissection, which would preclude the p,a-sibiiity of his being buried alive, inasmuch as some of his complaints might cause a person to remain for a lengthened period in a trance, simulating death. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Sir Stafford Northcote, speaking at the annual meeting of the Constitutional Union on Monday, urged that the want of organization was the cause of their deeeat at the late General Election. The main endeavour of the Union was to educate the people politically, and promote the Conservatism which, he believed, was the salvation of the nation. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE —A NOW York correspondent telegraphs that Baron Hugo Malapert de Noville, 25 year, old, said to he the son of Freiherr von Malapert, Chamberlain to the Emperor William of Germany, committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon in Chicago by jumping from the tower of the Nortbside Water Works. At the time he was in the company of Herr Vieb.r Gangeliue, formerly an officer of the German army.. His fearful leap of 176 feet broke his neck, killing him instantly. Besides a letter , addressed to his employer, enclosing one to his mother, there was found on the body a number of letters from his relatives in Germany, one being from his brother, a lieutenant in the German navy. It is da ed " Yokohama," and written from the vessel on which a German Prince was making a cruise round the world. A second attempt having been made to  interrogate O'Donovan Ruin& as to what he knew about the Doterel explosion, the wary Fenian, noting tinder the advice of a solioittz whom he bad consulted, declined to I wanly.  • - , .
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-06-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE CONFESSIONAL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. An inquest was held at Retford on Saturday relative to the death of Realm Meekness, l 5 years of age, who had been living with lldr Boardman, a frame-work knitter, of Spital Hill, who was found drowned in the Chesterfield Canal on the previous Friday afternoon.—The evidence given by William Boardman and his wife Phcebe showed that the girl's mother lived in London, and her father in America. On Tuesday all day she was cheerful and happy enough, but in the evening she was sent for by the Rev. P. H. Leary, a High Church curate of the R:tford Parish Cuurch, and remained with hint until about nine. On her return she was greatly distressed, and cried bitterly, alleging that Mr Leary looked slightingly at her, did not offer to lend any books as usual, and told her that the Vicar (Mr Elsworth) had said to him a certain lady was of opiuiou she should be turned out of the parish guild unless she could clear herself of certain impress.on caused by newspaper reports of a County Court case, in which it transpired that a married man .pamed Turgoose, 40 years of age, had offered her marriage. She said, "God above knew she was innocent," and sobbed for a long time. Sme went to bed at ten. On gettiug up at four her guardian (Mr Boardman) found the room empty, and she was not again Keen alive. Two letters bad been written by the deceased, in which she declared her innocence of the accusation which had been mentioned to her by the Rev. Mr Leary, and etating that what he had said to her male her feel more uncomfortable than even—The Rev. P. H. Leary was questioned by the Coroner and the jury. Hs first knew the girl by preparing her for coutiralation. Hi smt for her on the present occasion that he might be able to send her mother au account of the Turgoose case at the County Court (merely a summons against her for some presents, indignantly aismissed by the Ju ige), and to inform her unless "she could wear herself from the impression the report had conweed," she would have to leave the parish guild. Se expressed her innocence.—The C.,roner : Has there been any impropriety between you and the girl since you have known her?—Absolutely noue.—A Juryman: Were you seated in this room, occuuyiug the relationship to that girl as a priest in the confessional ?—Certaiuly not.—Has she been in the habit of coming to you to confess ? —I should never have allowed such a thing in my rooms.—Either in your roon.s or anywhere else ?—She has been in the charch to confess, by her mother's wish.—The Corouer: Sue has confessed to you in the church I —Yes, with her mother's oonsent.—The jury returned a verdict of " Committed suicide in a fit of temporary insanity."
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-09-10 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.  The village of Old Windsor, cn the confines of the Royal demesne, was the scene of a very tragic occurrence on Saturday morning. A man named John Dixon, recently a groom in the service of Sir Reginald and Lady Cathcart, of Titness Park, had for some time been courting a girl about eighteen years of age, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Pullin, who reside in a cottage near the Jolly Gardeners' Inn. Latterly, however, Dixon appears to have been abandoned by his sweetheart for a rival, and the estrangement would seem to have considerably affected the unfortunate man, who, about eleven o'clock, went to the house of the Pulling, and, finding it closed, awaited in the little garden the return of the inmates. Mrs Pullin and her daughter, who had been doing some work at the village church, came back shortly afterwards, and directly Dixon saw them app-oach the gate he knelt upon the path, behind some raspberry canes, and cut his throat in a, fearful manner. Horrified at the spectacle, the girl screamed, " Mother, he is cutting his throat and at the cry Dixon, razor in hand, and with the blood streaming from his lacerated neck, staggered along the path in the direction of the women, who ran off at once for assistance. Mr Blake, a neighbour, seeing what had cccurred, ran into the garden, and, after endeavonriug to arrest the flow of blood, despatched a trap to Egham for a surgeon. Mr Lewndes, how• over, reached the place while the nue-•seuger was on his way to the town, and, having sewn up the wound, Vie sufferer was reinovid to the Windsor Royal Infirmary, where he was attended to by the medical officer of the institetien. Dixon expired boon after his admission, having, it is said, in a fit of exciteinee,:torn open the would in his neck. The cottage occupied by the Puffins is the same house where, some years siuce, a man named Cook, after murdering several of Lis children, commiLted suicide.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-09-10 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WRY FRANCE SEEM TO IM-.  POE HIGH DUTIES.  The following is from the Trade and Finance article of the Daily News:—"On the suoject of financial stability in France there has lately been an uneasy feeling in quarters where much is at stake, and where information is not likely to be very wrong. The olificulties thrown in the way of a renewal of the Treaty of Commerce are not the only sign of a desire to augment taxation in France, and while, according to one French journal, " an industrial crisis bas been raging for four years," the short grain harvests, and the vineyards ruined by the phylloxera, show that French agriculture can be in no prosperous condition. It would be iuterestbig to learn, first, whether the French, as a nation, see that attempts to keep out cheap foreign goods are attempts to further tax them; and, secondly, whether French consumers—i.e., the majority of the nation— are nut already overtaxed. They have to pay duties already for the protection of native industries—in order, as U. Tillers said, to "Keep the high chimneys smoking "—they have to pay shipping and sugar bounties, and to pay holders of the Five per Cents, much more interest than need be, considering the credit of the country. Meanwhile they have been long kept in good humour by the cheapness of money, which caused the value of laud, and mord particularly of securities, to rise. Everyone, from the beet protected merchant to the burnb:est taxpayer, has been encouraged to forget his cares in dabblings on the Bourse; premiums have been offered, preminm-hunting has been toe rage. Suddenly, however, money has lost its cheapness ; and like a keen wind dear money brings out previously unfelt paics. Tue speculaticn in France has been great : it has been based largcly on had foundations. The state of trade can hardly be very sound when, as is now reported, the item "commercial bills over-due" at the Bank of France—this item representing bills not punctually 'net—is six times the corresponding amount a year ago. Gold coin, moreover is disappearing from circulatieu. As to the speculation on tue Boursa, so many signs of a possible breakdown are apparent that it may be well to look into the recent history and present condition of the French stock markets."  SUICIDE Or A