The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-02-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE ON A WOMA N. Daniel Shannon, 35, a bricklayer, of Campbell. road, Holloway, was charged on remand before 31r. Haden Corser,at North London Police.court,onTues. day, with violently assaulting Jessie Keeley, a married woman with whom he lived. evidence given last week was that the prisonet accused the woman of drinking, and struck her a violent blow on the back of her lsad with a poker. flo prisoner, however, declared that the woman took up the poker to striko him, and, in struggling. they fell on the floor, the woman's head comiog in contact with the fender. The woman last week .vas in a terrible state owing to loss of blood; am! Inspector Charles Bradley now reported that Mu was not able to attend; in fact, as a consequence oi previous destitution and the assault in question, she had become insane, and was now in the work house infirmary.—Mr. Haden Comer : Who proves that P Inspector ltradley: I can; I saw her on Monday being held down by five nurses. She had attempted to commit suicide, and, when seized by the nurses, bit several of them.—Dr. George Wright. divisional police surgeon, sttbse. quently attended the court, and stated that the injured woman was in the condition stated.—The pmsoner said he would like to have the fentlet produced, to prove his version of the affair.—lnspectm Bradley, in reply to the magistrate, said the prisoner made the same statement to I • as regarded the fender. The prisoner was again re. minded for a week.  The Liverpool steamer Merchant Prince, from West African ports, arrived in the Mersey mawsday with her bows badly stove in. Her mastei reported that on Monday, while off Tuskar, she was in collision with the Hungarian brig Hem, which was no badly damaged as to sink in four minutes. Her crew, numbering nine hands and the captaheE wife, had not time to launch a boat, but scrambled into a Norwegian canoe which they threw into thi water, and were afterwards • rescued by the 4teatuer's lifeboats.  Mr. Belliolllill Davis, an aged collier at Mountain Ash, has just re,eived an intimation that his sister in America has died, and left him £20,000. On Monday night the Prince of Wales was present st a dinner given by the Duke of Fife, at his residence in l'immanstispore,to welcome Sir Henry liwt and the Hon. Cecil Rhodes. 'the Duke's othei guests included Mr. Gladstone, the Duke of Aber- , corn, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Hartington, Earl Grantille, Lord Kingsford, Lonl Carrington, Lord flenwhell. Lord triffanl. Lord Rothschild, Sir 'ferny James, Mr. Chamberlain, Sir William Harcourt, Sir James Ferguson,,, sir l'hilip Currie. sir Ibiliert Her!iert, Sir Charles Milts, Sir Francis Neellys. Rural H. de Worms, Mg. Albert I;r v. Mr. HOral, Farquhar. Mr. (Jove Cay..istou, Mr. A. Wit),, and Mr. R. Hawk/dry. Tfle autnonnes an Havana res.:rusty received Ins formation that several bandits, including the notorious chief Montelongo, Intl taken passage in the Spanish steamer Inldont•ro Iglesias with the intention of making their escape t*cnlon. A body of police was consoquently ordered to proceed on hoard the steamer to effect their capture. The bandits ou ob. tying their approach opened tire awl a desperate rich* Onsllloll illurivz which threat the desperado., n.E, killed including. Mows:long., w'.o jiamped into tit: as and Wl,a shot while attempriair to make his eseape by swimming. Of Ho; only two Were WOtirld: d. A panic prevail, •.• ,•_7• the other pi-, 'agent who took refuge in their during the lighting,