The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-10-01 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. On Sunday, at lealf-put 5 o'clock, a horrible murder was collimated at No. 7, Little Suffolk.street, Borough. It appears that a man named Charles Martin, a shoe. maker by trade, residing in that street, had made the acquaintance of a young women named Johnson, aged 21 years. She was a girl of some personal attractions, was much respected in the neighbourhood, and had been married, it is supposed, unhappily, for she shortly after her marriage left her husband, and lived for a considerable period with another man, and during that time had a child. Shortly after this she met with Martin, a married man with five children, and residing at a house in Lent-street, Borough. At 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning Martin presented himself at the police-station, Stones-end, and asked to see the Inspector on duty. He said, "I give myself in charge for murder." The inspeotor said,"You are joking." Martin replied, "1 amnot, for Ihave murdered my dear Sarah. I loved her, and rather than see her in the possession of another man I killed her." The inspector, seeing that Martin was wrapped up to the throat, asked him what was the matter. Martin making no reply a constable pulled his ooat down, and then a gash was discovered in his throat; but the in. jury was comparatively trivial, and the officer on duty considered that he was justified in sending him to Guy's Hospital, where he now remains in such a state that there is no doubt he will very soon be able to ap.. pear before the magistrate. The police authorities proceeded to the address indicated by Martin, and on the first floor they found the corpse of a young woman lying on a bed. Her head was almost severed from her body. The bed clothed were completely saturated with blood, end her infant was lying by her side unconscious of its mother's fate. Dr. Donohue, of Westminster-bridge-road, was called in, and pronounced life to be extinct. The wound itself was of a frightful nature. There being no signs of a struggle, it ia presumed the unfortunate woman was murdered in her sleep. The motive of Martin's crime appears to have been jealousy. It is alleged that on Saturday night the deceased was seen with the person alluded to, the father of her child, at a tavern in the neighbourhood. Martin appeared excited, and asked the deceased if she intended to leave him. A very angry conversation ensued, and Martin left the place, saying in a loud voice that he would "stand it no longer." The parties thee retired to their homes, and it was not known that anything unusual had occurred until Martin gave himself into custody on the charge of murder. Information of the occurrence has been forwarded to the coroner for the district.  The number of wrecks reported during the past week is 45, making for the present year 1,696. Amongst the first contributions paid to the Irish Church Sustentation Fund were 41,000 each from Earl Derby and Mr. H. W. Peek, M.P.  Chief Justice Whiteside and Mr. InsticelCeogh will try Barrett at the special commission in Galway, for firing at Cantain Lambert at Atheury, in that county. From wreckage which has been picked upon the Welsh coast--Carnarvonshire--it is feared that s screw steamer which trades regalarly between Liver. pool and Spanish ports has been lost in St. George's Channel. The New York Timer says: —"A son of an el President of the United States, from Virginia, who hos become utterly debased by indulgence in strong drink, has been admitted to • charity ward in one of the hospitals of this city." At Wilkephorre, the Pennsylvania Coal Miners' Union have published a card denying the report that the Avondale shaft was net on fire by miners. The Scranton Republican declarea that incendiariem is the only explanation of the fire.  The number of message' which paned over the French Atlantic cable during the week ending Sep. tember 18 was 647, the cable charges on the lame being 88,075 f. In the previous week the messages numbered 478. and the earnincts were 26.700 f.