The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1870-03-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.  shocking discovery was made on Sunday evening at a small house, No. 12, Crafton terrace, Old Ford road, which has been occupied for some time past by a man named Edward Balers—who described himself as having been formerly a builder, but lately a bricklayer--and Emma, his wife. It seems that Banks has been in the habit of ill-treating his wife, and that on this account his landlord had given him notioe to leave the house, which seemed to prey greatly upon his mind. He sent away a female lodger who had been living with them, and nothing was seen of either Banks or his wife after Wednesday week, when they were noticed entering the house together. On the following days the blinds were all down, and on Saturday evening, when their son called at the house, he could get no answer. He repeated his visit with the sameresult on Sunday evening, and then, becoming alarmed. he sought the aid of the police, and entered the house forcibly. In one of the rooms, the door of of which was locked, they found the dead body of the woman, fully dressed, lying on a bed. Her eyes were wide open, her hair was thrown back, and blood was issuing from her nostrils; she was quite cold, and as decomposition had set in, it was evident that she had been dead some days. Underneath the bed was the body of the man Banks, also fully dressed, and without any appearances of a struggle having taken place. Near the body was found a dead cat, which had apparently been suffocated. A further search showed that all apertures shout the room had had paper pasted over them. and on the hearth was e. 'saucepan, which contained the remains of some burnt coke and charcoal. In a cupboard were several bottles labelled "Poison," and in a pocket of the woman's dress was a bottle with laudanum in it, also marked" Poison," and a letter addressed to "My mother." It was apparently in awoman's hand writing, and on the inside the words " Loan bear it no longer," were written. In the opinion of the medical men the woman must have been dead four, and the man two days; and it is supposed that the former died from the effecta of poison and the latter from suffocation. A paper was also found in the cupboard showing that Banks had received a "Ticket-of-Leave," in reference to a portion of a sentence of five years' penal servitude passed upon him for an attempt to murder his wife. It was quite unknown to the neighbours that he had been convicted of any offence, and it is thought that the fear of this secret having been discovered may have had something to do with the shocking occurrence above narrated. They appear to have been invery needy circumstances. An inquest was held on Tuesday evening, when a verdict of " Temporary insanity was returned in each case."  On Saturday afternoon a conferenoe was held in the Caledonian Hotel. Robert-street, Adelphi, "to consider the beet means of counteracting upon a more widely-extended scale the strenuous and systematic efforts of infidels in the metropolis and th-oughout the country, which are now assuming so alarming a character." The attendance was numerous and influential.  The John Bull gays that the bishopric of Sierra L one has been offered to the Rev. Henry Cheof ham, vicar of Quarmlon, near:Derby.  At Sligo and Enniskillen the judges congratulated the Grand Jury on the satisfactory state of the counties of Sligo and Fermanagh. Dr. Nevrma.n's new book, "The Grammar of is said to have cost the author more time and labour than any of his previous works.  The commission for the Faraday memorial statue I to be erected in the hall of the British Museum, has been placed in the hands of Mr. Foley. The King of Prussia has abolished a long standing Hanoverian law, which forbade the opening of theatres on tlu: eve of Sundays and fete days. The Church Times announces that the Rev _  Edward Husband, who seceded to the Church of Rome, has been re-united to the Church of England. THE MORMINT DIVORCE oAB.—On Tuesday morning, on the application of Mr. F. A. Inderwick, the Judge Ordinary made an order in chambers that the petitioner be entitled to be heard before the fall Court on the question of the petitioner being entitled to proceed with his suit, notwithstanding the insanity of the respondent. Mr. Searle assented for the guardian ad litem.