The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1881-09-17 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

ARREST OF THE LI:ADFORD MURDERER..  Joseph Taylor, the lb:Miura murderer, is now in the limas of the Retford police. Since the 3rd of August, when Taylor murdeled a woman named Mary Bowel" in Brooklyn Street, Bradford, he has mamtged to evade all ;attempts to bring him to justice, notwithstanding the fact that Government mad issued a reward of .C.OO for his apprehension. When bronght to liettand on Monday morning Taylor made it desperate attempt to commit suicide, and sneceeded in inflicting a jugged wound on the left bide of his theuet. TM, policeman sei/ed his hued, disarmed him. and it doctor was afterwards tiled in and dressed the wound. The murderer was discovered in the following manner lie applied to Mr. \\ illl4lll Wood, foreman at Messrs. Morris "bother,' chemical works, on the Trent, at SLOCkWith, on Thursday afternoon, forcini:u%) Meat. The meta Wl311! ;IA leaving for the day. The prisoner asked Wood it he could give him ii hial Was told by Weed if he would call on Monday morning he would sac what he co Id do. Through bseking at the reward bills Wood was struck Wall prisoner bore to the published deseriptiun and pooteptaph. Wood did not know w here he WWI !edging, or he would have COaralalli.. cited with the pdiee. On Monday morning Tg ler went to the wo.ks at six o'clock, and Wood sem ter Felice Constaible Fryer, and tout hint lie haul better take Taylur to the lock-up and see if lie correspond. d .aith the description of the Bradford non, doer who was wanted. They went together to the leek up, mid the policeman told hint he should take him to tietford on suspieion. The prisoner is-its very quiet, and replied, " Ysou will lied yourself wrung, end will have my expenses to pay." Fryer told him he could not help that; he should detain Mal. niseuer then said his IMMO traS Greenwood, arid that he lived at Doncaster, and that they would " rind him right enough." Ile turned to Mr. Wood and asked lama if he would give I. hi a job when he tame back, and ho ir'plied that It- e amid if he nut-del one. The policeman deciabil cenvey the prisoner in a mat, and glen reaching Deiturd the trap was pelted up at the Black Boy Inn, end primmer lalta. all excuse to go into a stable fur a moment.. The police-constable and Mr. Wood accompanied him, but be managed to evade their is atchtuiness, and having taken it knife which he had concealed somew iii re apart lit person he made two cuts ut his throat, dose to the jugular vein, :DI the tw.i men were covered with blood before they could secure the weapon. A strefcher was at owe procured, and the primmer was (-allied to the police station, where he was 'Mende-a by it surgeon. The prisoner lay for )1 long time ill a kind ot stupor, feigned or real, and a gaivanie battery Wit 4 procured Imo applied to hien, which had the desired effect. The doctor does not consider the wound dungclous. In the course a the afternoon the prisoner was conseyed by train to Bradford, where, .at the railway station, an angry crowd had collo teal, and they made a noisy demonslti iou itS lae was removed on a mattress to a tor conveyance to the police station. Taylor's victim was only"wenty-nine years of age, but, although married, is stated to have been on too intimate let 1113 with Taylor, to whaan she was related by marriage. In the course of a jealous wrangle Taylor plunged a large bread kuite into difis.eit parts of Ler bitly, each of the ton wuunds inflicted bears sufficient to account for death.   WIT AND 111:110Ult.  Thr Clvii service—Upening the doer tor en) body.  NEVER go to law. IN ot more than half that win their ease.  " BRETHREN is ARM,."—Male twins. Ti ii ROYAL Ro.',D TO