The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1887-12-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SAD TALL OF DOMESTIC MISERY.  Mr. U. P. Wyatt has held a lengthy enquiry as to the death of Elizabeth Aubrey, aged fortythree, who was found in the wa,er of the Grand Surrey Canal, at the gasworks in the Ohl Kent Road, Loudon, under somewhat suspicious airoumetatmes.—Charles Aubrey, a gas-stoker, of of, Leo Street, Old Rent Road, stated that deceased was his wife. He was separated from her,and she resided at 18, Blockhouse Street. He paid her es. a week, and last saw her on Saturday, December 3rd, when she refused to take her money. She was then outside the gasworks in the Old Kent Road. He heard nothing more of her until Friday last, when he was tutu that her body hid been taken from the canal, and he went tcdthe mortuary and ideutihed it. She had threatened to commit suicide, but had altered her mind. Ono,' she said she would jump over Loudon Bridge. She had ofteu t4' upped out till one and two in the morning. She was very vielentotud he believed she gave way to drink, as he had seen her fall down in the house and in the streets. She deserted him.—Sarah Vine said that she was a merited woman living at 18, Blockhouse Street. She had known the parties for some time. fluty had been married about two years, and utter the nutrria.:e they lived in the next 'roue to her. There were frequent dispute., and the husband s ~rown.up children did not agree with the deceased. Witness had often seen II:e deeeased'.., 1800 disfigured with black eyes and cute, and on August 171.11 last she Caine to witness and told her that her husband had deserted her. The detteatted was the most temperate woman wittiess had over seen, and she had often known her to walk to Deptford in searob of work. She lied never heal ti her threaten to commit suicide, and thought she was It 111108 t unlikoly person to do so. Deceased went out to see her husband on December 3rd, wild witness saw nothing more of her. —A bargeman, named Phillips, stated that on Friday evening lie was pash,rtg his barge off front the gas oompauy's whaif, when be saw the body of a woman rise to the surotee. He succeeded in getting the hotly ashore, and sent for the poliee.— Police-constable Gayloid, 137 P. stated that he was eal.ed by the last wituess to the (meal hank. Several men who were standing round said the body was that of the stoker Aubrey's wife. Witness sent for Aubrey's son, who was at work in one of the retorts near by at the time, but he said be was busy, and could not come. He then took the body to dm mortality, and subsequently the husband attended and said he thought it looked like his wife, but he was not quite sure. On the fingers were two gold rings, and also a silver brooch in the woman's d, eas, Witness called Dr. Id unr„.o, wLO r7preF tit° (kWh was due to di ow it•ue lett it,,,, 11:1. it I Illice on the face, which tim doctm emi,l had been caused by a blow, but whe:lier soul, blow 1,4 I beau give„ fore or titter ti. ii lit lk 1,1 llllltiti it. seq.—Thera was 1•0 ins it:al us Iroi too ill, Coorii4 hut tht, hUtih..nd was roe s I out, mot hp,uiiinswer to further questions, told a !meg tato ot dutatestio misery. According to biz account ha tunic led the woman two years ago. Flom the thi st day of their married life both he and his chiblreu were afraid of her. She was most violent in her conduct, and frequently quarrelled with witness's daughtes. She had threatened to murder his two young children, aged seven and twelve, and had thrown a saucepan at his dauliter. In August last he went home to his dilutor, and she then, he said, seised him by the throat and bit him on the hands. Us sintp:y held her off, but she summoned him to the Greenwich Police Court, and the magistrate bound hint over to k, ep the peace, and buboes quently lie was direettil to pay his wife 6s. a week. He then moved out of his house and left his wife with her furniture there. He had asked her to come and live with biro again, but she loud rot used. A mouth ago he Wooed paying her it week's money, and she sum. moned him to the police oourt. The witness wax, questioned as to the result of the ease, and ba said it was adjourned. Ott the evening of December 3rd he VMS hastening to his work, when his wife followed him. He offered her the money, but she declined to take it and he went into the gates of the gaswm near the canal bridge. He /more that was the last I o 81IVI of her. He eould not imagine how she hail got into the water, and at the spot where she was found, which was practically inside the works, there were men constantly at weak day and lidtlit,—The jury returned an open verdict of 'ilfoutill dead."  It is stated that the war panic, which has par: the e iggehnterai Gtiaaliliyoiejs:itu,nbwalldmeeretelrulilti.:baonVlteisseartillie.liest,rcaidshetriBlhotwameasate,lini its come to a standstill. Scarcely any orders have been given to V tendency being to dispose of Clock in hand almost . at any prva, Patrick Ooroorati, foreman printer of the Exam has been. arrested on the charge of publishing repo' I f meet :ogee( suppressed branches ;f the Nationa, 16,1glie. Daring theday he was %hen before Mr. Redmond, resident magistrate, and remanded for rn days. It is stated that the improvessent in Mr. John Morley's condition iswitistactory maintained. He is now able to be move I about in the house, audit is not improbtille that he may be showed out of doors within the ;it few days.  A‘rliAluviay ibg ut foutbsilat Aberoarne. a young wan named Smith 1% au edruo'c by ilia ball In the abdomen, and vxllitc.l bun...Hatay. it is officially staled liiwt Lord Randolph Churchhill's vb-it to the Russauu capital lois no political eignifiance, intelligence lilts been received from Auckland that the French have via tually annexed one of the islands in the Society Group. For stealing forty shillings' worth of paving stones two men have been convicted at the Middlesex Seiniom., and aenteneed to four months' and six months' imprianntuen t reeventively. Thu Dublin Curperatlilll 11,•i0 aeCided to confer the hoodoo' of the city on Mr. Sexton, the avowed iuteutiou being to help Mr. Sexton to defeat the attempt to prevent him from becoming Lord, Mayor stext year.