The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-01-02 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MURDEROUS SHOOTING AFFRAY.  -- At West Ham Police-court, on Monday, George Blighton, 22, a labourer, was charged, on remand, with shooting Jane Young, alias Blighton, aged 24, and William Marchaut, aged 29, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm, on December 21st. —The prisoner and the woman Young lived together at Alnwick-road, Custom House. and on the night in question, after prisoner had been out for some time, lie was remonstrated with by Young, who said that now he had had his fling she would go out and have hers. She was about to go out, but prisoner drew a revolver and declared she should not go. He fired, and the noise of the shot attracted Mrs. Marchant and her son. The son ran to Blighton's door and asked what was the matter, and Blighton called out: "It is all right, Bill." Them without further ado, he fired at Merchant, who ran into • bedroom. Prisoner followed, and fired again at him, having fired four shots in all. He then ran out of the house, and was seen by a man named Johnson, who saw him with the revclver. Prisoner said there was nothing in it, and offered it to Johnson, but he changed his mind, saying he would give it to • police-officer himself, and he went away. Later on next day be was arrested by Sergeant Bolding, at his mother's house, at Canning Town. The prisoner was in bed, and on the way to the station he asked if he could say anything, and when told if he did it would be used as evidence, he said: "In that case I will say nothing." The injured persons had been taken to the Seamen's Hospital.—lnspector Gilbert said lie had that morning been to the Seamen's Hospital, and had seen Jane Young and William Merchant. Neither of them was able to attend the court that day. The woman was still in a comatose state, and was not regarded as out of danger. The man was improving, and would probably be able to attend next week.—Mr. Fowler (the clerk) to prisoner: Do you wish to ask the inspector any questions P Pris3ner: No, sir.—He was then remanded, bail being refused.  Linton Ivei, a professional vocalist, went into a public-house at Staleybridge and committed suicide by drinking a quantity of opium. The deceased was twice a soldier, and finally claimed service exemption in Jubilee year. He was a baritone singer of considerable repute, and for some time a member of the Livermore Troupe of Minstrels. It Is said that he had been drinking heavily of late. • A man of middle age was found dead on a mountain about four miles from Porthcall on Saturday. He had been travelling on the Great Western Railway without having paid his fare. He was stopped and went away. He had the appearance of being in drink. I is supp,sed that he wandered to the mount:, -. where or was overcome with the intense gold ae. perinhed._  ‘,l content:tir. Oliver Wenaeil Holmes once ! that when be was young he liked his praise teaspoonfuls, that when he got older he preferi ' it in tablespoons, and that in advanced years vas content to receive it in ladle*.  A mat never realises the superiority of woman so mu.:ll as when be is sewing on a button without a thiinble. pushing the needle against the wall to get it half way through, and pulling it through the other half by hanging on to it with his teeth. The figures correct. —Railway official: "I must say you put rather a high value on that trunk. What's in it?" Paasenger: "I don't know. My wife packed it." Official: "Hum! Perhaps your estimate is correct. If a woman did the packing, evervtliine in the house is in it." Accanng to the Areiix Leitung, it nes been neatly decided to hold a fresh inquiry before a Court of Honour into the case of Herr von Notre, Master of the Ceremonies at the In:perial Court, who was accused many months ago of being the author of a number of objectionable postcards et nt to persons of note in the capital. The paper adds that the court will at the same time investigate the conduct of Baron von Schrader, also a Master of the Ceremonieit. Lord Dunraven has sailed for England, having declined to make any statement as to the result of the inquiry which the New York Yacht Club had made into the dispute relating to the America Cup race. A New York paper, however, states that Lord Dunraven has failed to prove the charges he made against the syndicate which built the Defender.  Susie (at her music lesson): "I'd like to catch an old air I heard in the music-room last night." Professor: "What air was that ?" Susie (demurely): "Oh, it was a millionaire." "Fact is," said one man, "I married because I was lonely as much as for any other reason. To put it tersely, I married tor sympathy." "Well," said the other man, "you have mine." "Madam," began Mr. Dismal Dawson. "you see before you a victim of circumstances." "Oh, I do ?" said the suspicious lady. "What circumstances I" "Straitened circumstances, ma'am."  Guest. "By Jove, I've eaten such a hearty dinner that I guess I'll have to go upstairs and sleep it off." Hotel clerk: "In that case, we'll have to charge you with a meal taken to your room."  mr. si imam: rimmed, writ) n.a ur.l figure in the world of amusem Slit for 30 years, diet! at Blackpool on Sunday nurning. Boin'in 1837, he was for COMO time a travelling ehoninan, and afterwards he managed the Royal Music Hall at Holborn, the Canterbury, North Woolwich Gardens, Surrey Theatre, the Alhambra, and the Albert Palace, Battersea, where he lest £30,000. Latterly lie managed the Winter Gardens at Blackpool. A complete understanding is said to exist between Great Britain, France, Belgium. and Germany for the protection of European trade marks. As Princess Frederick Leopold and a lady of the Court were skating near Pot,clam, the ice gave way, and both tell thiougli. They were rescued with difficulty, little the wane for their immersion. An inquest was held on Saturday by Dr. Danford Thomas on the body of James Connor, 48, employed St the Parcels Post Office. After visiting some friends at Willesden on Boxing Day with Inc wife, they found on ieturning to their home in Wilsoncourt, Grey's Inn-road, that they had lost the key of their room en the top floor. They accordingly rested on the landing, but Mrs. Connor afterwards obtained the assistance of another lodger, when the deceased was found to be dead, according to medical evidence from syncope consequent on an affection of the chest, accelerated by the cold. The Dartford magistrates toed Alfred Robinson, lantllord of the Kentish Arms, in that town, £lO and costs on each of two charges of selling spirita diluted below the legal _limit.