The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-05-30 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

JEALOUS LOVER.  At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, before Mr. Baron Pollock, William Richards, 21, fitter, pleaded guilty to feloniously wounding Alice Cornish with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix was a young woman residing a, Plunistead, with her parents. The prisoner was employed at some engineering works at Erith, and he had been courting the girl. On April Bth she was out walking with another young man, having previously told the prisoner that she wished to break off her acquaintance with him. The prisoner implored her not to break off the engagement, but she would not listen to him. He followed the prosecutrix about a mile, and when in a lonely spot unperceived came behind her and drew a knife across her throat, inflicting a serious wound, which had to be dressed at the hospital. At the policestation the prisoner said: "I am sorry that I did not finish it, Alice."—ln explanation of his conduct the prisoner now said that he had been drinking heavily for some time before the occurrence. He did not premeditate the act.—Baron Pollock said that the offence of wounding women by young men through jealousy had become extremely common. It was a very serious and cowardly class of crime, and one which must, on legal and social grounds, be put an end to. The prisoner must go to penal servitude for 14 years. THE H3LLOWAY TRAGEDY  On Monday Dr. Danford Thomas held an inquest at Islington on the body of William George, aged 63, a labourer, who on Thursday last week attempted to murder his wife, Lydia George, aged 56, by stabbing her with a pocket - knife, and then fatally stabbed himself in the heart. Mrs. George is reported to be progressing favourably towards recovery. —John George, a builder's labourer, son of the deceased, stated that his father, mother, and a sister resided together. He last saw the deceased alive six weeks ago. The latter had been out of work a fortnight. He occasionally drank to excess, when he was excitable and quarrelsome. The deceased and his wife lived unhappily together, and the former had broken up five or six homes in two years. Witness had often heard his father threaten to take his life, and his mother's as well. In 1889 the deceased attacked his wife with a big iron chiseLand quarrels were frequent between them—Alfred Williams, coal porter, said that when he returned home at 7 o'clock on Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Geoi ge, who occupied the fir ji floor, were quarrelling, and the latter cried "murder." She appeared on the landing and called to witness's wife: "For God's sake, come down, Mrs. Williams; he is murdering me." Witness at once hurried downstairs, and as he did so the deceased appioached him. Witness said: "What are 7ou doing now?" The deceased tanned up the whites of his eyes, walked towards the fireplace, and lay down. He never spoke. Witness afterwards noticed blood flowing from the deceased. Mrs. George, who was bleeding from her head, was taken care of by Mrs. Williams. A doctor and a policeman were fetched, and the lat er picked up the blood-stained pocket-knife produced.—Dr. Piney Wright deposed that he found Mrs. George in the back kitchen bleeding from the head. She was in a very excited state. He went upstairs and discovered the deceased lying beside the fireplace with a deep wound just beneath the nipple, immediately above the region of the heart. He died within a few minutes. There was no douot he had punctured his heart, first baring his breast. Death was due to syncope from hemorrhage consequent upon the wound. Mrs. George stated to witness that her husband made a rush at her with a knife, and that several limes before he had threatened to "do" for her.—The son, recalled, stated that deceased was a very jealous man, owing to the disparity of age between himself and his wife.—The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind.  The body ot Marti, the Cuban insurgent leader, who fell in action, is to be embalmed and exhibited in many of the Cuban cities, in order that the people may be convinced of his death. Marti has led in person several charges of Cuban insurgents armed only with the machete or broad-bladed Cuban knife. Marti was killed in the same battle where Gomez was wounded. The Spaniards made a desperate attempt to capture the latter, but a Cuban rebel named Barrero ran between the advancing lines of the Spaniards, and, lifting Gomez in his arms, carried him to a place of safety, in spite of volley after volley fired at him by the Spanish troops.  William Snape, 24, bicycle fitter, was remanded in custody, at Wolverhampton, on Monday, on a charge of causing the death of Albert Thomas Hampton, a single man, aged 30, in a light, which is alleged to have taken place between them on Sunday afternoon. A snuff-box, said to be made out of one of the uprights of the old triple gallows at Tyburn, has been sold by auction near .Nottingham. When executions were abolished at Tyburn in 17113, and the front of Newgate Prison selected instead, the woodwork of the gallows was purchased by a peittblcmaring innkeepea. Ultimately the timber was • tor the manufacture of souvenirs, and a de_unci.ot chi. .40,1h5ce. who died recently, • che  "Did you do nothing to resuscitate the body aftes it was taken from the water?" was recently askec of a witness at a coroner's inquest. "Yes, sir; we searched the pockets just as quick as we could,' was the reply. Big buttons still continue to be very fashionable. A lady, missing two buttons from her drew, asked her little daughter if she had seen them. "Yes, ma ; the cook's got them. She uses them as lids tc the saucepans." "Mother," sobbed the young bride, "he is just as mean as he can be." "No, he isn't, dear,' said the mother, soothingly. "A man can't really develop all his meanness till he has been marriee four or five veers."  —nay, Jach, what is the capital of Switzerland P " Jack (who has just returned from abroad): "Why, the money they get from travellers, of course."  'You certainly told me to embrace my privilege." "Well, but I didn't tall you to embrace my i daughter." "No. But to embrace your daughter s a privilege." "Have you ever loved another, Tom ? " said Miss Gush to her intended. "Cerain,y," replied he. "Do you wish written testimonials from my previous sweethearts ?" Bingo: "What is the matter with you and Mrs. Kingley that you don't speak any more ?" Mrs. Bingo: "The last time! met her she didn't ask me how the baby was."