The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-08-26 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GENTLEMAN AND LADY SLIOT BY  A BUTLER.  Mr. John Johnes, aged 75, of Dolancothy, between Lampeter and Llaudovery, Carmarthenshire, formerly recorder and county court judge of Carmarthen, was on t'aturday shot by his butler, a man named Trimble, who was under notice to leave. Trimble next shot Mrs. Cookham, a sister of Mr. Johnes, in the breast. A policeman attempted to arrest the murderer, but Trimble presented two revolvers at him,and walked defiantly out of the house and shot his two dogs. Mr. Johnes died immediately, and Mrs. Cookham is not expected to survive. The man afterwards blew out his own brains.  . _ The latest particular; of the dreadful tragedy in Carmarthenehire, state that Mrs Cookman is still alive, but in a critical condition. The knowledge of her father's death has been concealed from her. Wheu Tremble, the murderer, presented the gun at Mrs. Cookmen. the cook placed herself before her mistress and refused to move. Tremble then forced the muzzle of the gun under her arm, and so shot Mrs. Cookman. It is stated that before destroying himself, Tremble shouted to the policemen who were outside his house that he would kill himself, as he would not have his children told that their father was hanged. He then shot himself in a most determined manner. _ _  At the conclusion of the inquest on Tuesday, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Henry Tremble. The jury in Tremble's case returned a verdict of " Fels de se." The murderer was buried at midnight of Monday. Tremble, before committing suicide, wrote to Mr. Chidlow, vicar of the parish, requesting him to become his executor, and apportioning his money between his daughters. Th vicar has handed the document to Tremble's widow.  At Derby, on Wednesday, several labourers were remanded for wounding a policeman named Webster with bricks. The constable is in a precarious condition. John Thomas Green, a painter, was charged before the Leicester magistrates with murdering his wife. The prisoner, who had for some time been drinking heavily, returned home on Monday night and shot his wife, who died next morning from her injuries. Thomas Cameron Close, the late borough accountant, has been corhmitted for trial by the Middlesborough magistrates on charges of embezzlement and falsifying the books of the coyportation. Bail was accepted, himself in £lOOO and two sureties of £750 each. Burton Steam Flour Mills, Kettering, belonging to Messrs John and Thomas Wallis, caught fire on Wednesday, and the flames gained such hold that within two hours the buildings were burnt to the ground. The mills were capable of grinding 800 quarters per week. - _ _  At the Hull police-court, James 0. Ward, 30, merchant, was charged with forging bills of lading and policies of insurance, by which it is alleged he obtained £14,000. The prisoner has been brought from Fiji by a detective of the Hull police. He left Hull early last year, and was not heard of for several months, but in January information was received that he had passed through Melbourne. Connected with the works of the Imperial GastubeWorks, Birmingham, was a drawbridge supported by four iron chains. Over this bridge four men were wheeling a handcart laden with iron tubing, when then bridge suddenly broke down. The men fell into the water, and one being buried under the tubing was drowned. The other men escaped with a ducking. A coroner's inquest has been held at Bethnal-green by Mr Humphreys, on the body of Elizabeth Platt, aged 13 months. The mother and father of the child quarrelled, and the father threw a knife at the mother, who had the child in her arms, The knife entered the child's head to a depth of two inches, and the child subsequently died from the injury. The jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death," and requested the coroner to severely censure the mother for having aggravated her husband. "The Countries of the World," an entire'y new and original work, enriched with illustrations of striking interest. Graphic sketches will be given of the appearance, productions, industries, society, politics, and wonders of the various portions of the globe according to the latest discoveries. Maps will be supplied wherever necessary to the elucidation of the text, while the whole will be profusely illustrated throughout by engravings of scenery, cities, plmts, animals, and other features ot geographical interest,by the best artists. The author, in addition to supplying much unpublished information from his own observations during extensive voyages and journeys, will be assisted by many friends, who, as experienced travellers and correspondents, will describe those regions with which they are personally aoquainted. Cassell, Patter, and Galpin, and all booksellers.