Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express, etc. — 1919-12-20 (Penistone, South Yorkshire, England)

YOUR CHRISTMAS SUIT.  Give your order to Fred iladwen and you be delighted with his smartly cut itnd wll tailored garments. Call iri and see the latest in suiting, coatings, and e,o,tumo ciailis,-,Pred 11 adwen, I lin practical tailor, 32, fl igit S r6et., • It tesborough, Woiabwell, and Barnsley.  THE /-:;OYLAND TaAGEDY.  Demented Mother Attacks Her  Daughter.  A Very Sad Case.  On lionday, at the Barnsley West Riding Police Court, „Elizaheth. :I:lolling, married woman, of lloyland . Common, was again brought up on a charge of attempting to murder her daughter, and with having also attempted to commit  Superintendent keDeuald, having Briefly outlined tlib facts,  Millicent Honing said when she retired to bed on the night in question her mother wai lying on the conch in the kitchen, being unwell. Witness said "Good-night, mother," and her mother replied with "good-night.". Witneez went to bed, and afterwards fell asleep, but was. awakened by something sharp on her neck. She saw- her mother leaning over her in bed with a -razor in her hand. She screamed, and her Mother put her hand over witness's mouth and said, "Shut up; I am going to do it to myself." Leslie, the son, was then in bed, and they, both got .up and screamed. Prisoner then started to cut her own throat, and witness struggled with her and tried to get the razor away from her. She succeeded and threw' the rakor on the floor, but her mother picked it urAnd witness again took it from her and sclosed it. Continuing, witness_ said her mother rolled off the bed on to the floor after witness screamed. A man named Fred Clayton and others came to the house. The razor, which belonged to witness's father,. had been kept in a cupboard in .the front room. Mr. Rideal: has your mother been poorly for a year or two?—Yes.  Has she corn plained of pains in ber lead, and of not being able to sleep?—Yes. Has she had faints and fallen down ?—Yes once or twice.  Replying to further questions, witness said that her mother and herself had always been very happy together, as also had the whole of the faMily and there was nothing beyond the illness to (ALISO her, mother any trouble.; Leslie Hollings, aged 11 years, brother to, the previous witness, said that he. slept the back bedfoom.. On the night in"question he went to bed about 9-50 and left his mother, who was unwell, lying on the couch in the kitchen. Some time during the night he got up and went into his mother's bedroom, : his mother and sister being then in bed. He had been. dreaming, and he told his mother that lie was afraid and asked her if he could get into her bed. Witness got into the bed and went to sleep, his sister keeping in the middle. That was about hall-past five. in the morning. He afterwards heard his sister scream, and he awoke and saw -his mother with a razor in her hand, but he, did not see her touch anybody with it. He jumped off the bed and got hold of his mother's hand tind said, ,"Drop it or I will bite your hand." Witness then felt some blood dropping on ,his shirt: The blood was coming from Millicent. He rushed downstairs for help. Fred Clayton, a miner, residing at 34, Beaumont street, Hoyland Common, said' that about 6-10 a.m. on, Tuesday, the 2nd inst., he was' going down Kaye street, by. land Common, returning home from work,. when he saw a number of women running; about the street, partly, undressed, and saying something had taken place at Hollings's, house. He went into the house, and in the kitchen saw Millicent 'foiling with her neck eut and bleeding. There was blood on her nightdress. He went upstairs,- and found. Mrs. Honing lying . face downwards on the floor. She was unconscious and fully dressed.. Witness got 'assistance, and lifted her into the bed, and found that she was bleeding from a wound in the neck which he ban. daged, and remained there until Dr. 'Ritchie. arrived.  Mr. Rideal Have you known Mrs. Rolling for some time?  Witness: Yes, sir; all my life. She was a highly respectable woman, had. been a fond mother, and the home was a happy one, so far as he knew. He knew: that prisoner had not been well for some tithe past, and had heard of her having fits. during which she did not know what she was doing. Dr. H. Ritchie, of iloyland Common, said he was called to the house about 6-20 a.m. on the 2nd inst. He found Millicent lying on the couch downstairs. He examined her and discovered a gaping wound, two inches long, below the left ear. There was a wound Oho inch long over the right thumb and a wound over the 'left thumb. Her nightdress was covered with blood. There was a blood 4 stained razor on the table. He went up. stairs and found Mrs. Rolling in bed covered with a blanket. The bedding was stained with blood. She had a wound a little to the left of the wind pipe, and another a little to the right of the wind pipe. There was also a superficial wound. At the base of the left thumb there was a wound two inches long. The wounds of the mother were of the same type as the wounds of the chila,, and could have been caused by a _razor.  By Superintendent McDonald: Mrs. Bolling was in a dazed condition, and did not appear to have any knowledge of what had occurred. _ -  Mr. Rideal: The wounds on the thumb and lingers would be caused probably by the clutching of the open razor?—Yes. Has she of Late been complaining of head-. aches and not being able to sleep?—Yes, In July she had a bad attack of influenza, and I also attended her in September this year. Knowing her character and general disposition, do You think it was one of those occasions when people are sometimes not responsible for their actions?—Yes, sir, Dr. R. E. Ford, house surgeon at the Barnsley Beckett Hospital, said that Pris 7 oiler was admitted to the institution on the 2nd December, suffering from . a lacerated wound on the neck about three inches long, which appeared quite suPerfiCial.• She also had slight wounds on both hands. The injuries were consistent with having been inflicted with some sharp instrument. When he saw the prisoner first she appeared quite calm and self-possessed, and answered qUeStions rationally, and she continued like that during her stay in the institution Whore she was detained until Wednesday, Dec. 10th. ' . Police-constable harper said that on Dec. 10 witness charged prisoner with attempted murder of her daughter Millicent and with attempted suicide. In reply to the first charge she said, "I did not know what I was doing." To' the second charge she made no reply. Prisoner was committed for trial, an a.p, lineation for bail being refused.