The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1885-09-12 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

SHOCKING OCCURRENCES AT BIRMINGHAM.  A dreadful ammooe taok place at an early hoer en Monday 2norniog.et the village of Quinton, never Bermingham, owing to a family dispute in ref erenee to I he provisions of the will of a deceased father. It appears that at eight oktlock in the morning • Her ... i . eghana moo named Charles Defile, visited his brother David Dmley. a farmer at Qiiinton. where a bitter quarrel ensued, in the eoume of which Charles struck at David, wife cub an umbrella. Dsvid endeavoiered to protect his wife, when Charles drew a revolver from hie pocket, and shot Mrs. Healey. She ran out of the hoise and down (ho lane scream, murder, and followed by Charles, who fired at her &gam three times, each shot takieg easel. Her husband melded down after them, and endeavoured to wrest the revolver from his brother. but ineffee. many. He receivml some shots In bes own holy. Cherie. Deeley then returned to hes brother's home, and My., down upon dee conch ell-ch .rged the revolver into hie oWo mouth, inflicting such frightful injuries that he died shortly after three o'clock in 'ho afDrnmen in the Queen'. Homit el, Bennington., whither he had been remove I. Hived Dieley ie very seriously injured. One bullet has entered the left temple and lodged in the head, its exact position not being ascertainable. A sescond struck the bottom of the wee, cutting away the upmr and loilgieeg ia the right cheek. Tbe third, which is most Irhely to bring about a fatal termination, entered the left sieleAnd passing bet ween the rebt, lodged in the interior of the I:ealy. It fearas that the ball Des etruck a vital part, internal hleeeling hewing resulted. The fourth bullet entered the left arm, and has not yet been located. Mr+. was also wounded in four places. The first ,hot entered the left side of the skull and lodged in the heed. the second iellected a slight wound in the bock, the third lodged en the left shoulder, and the fourth shattered the little finger of the right hand, which well probably have to be amputated. A deockeng mureler and suicide occurred on Monday evening at Aston, near Bermingham. Lilly Walker, a you, married woman, who has been hying apart from her husband and has acted as barmaid at the Adon Lower Ordunds, leas been lodging at the house of a 11 re. Horton, in Frederiek-road, Aston. Sonde attachment appears to hove sprung up between Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Horton's son, Alfred George. The latter bee been very strange in his demeanour, and before going to hes beciness on Mond ey morning he med to his InOtMlor, .1.111 IOWI I tel l" On his return hr rue in the creed, em asked his mother to , got him come tea. He then weed up into Mrs. Walker's room. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Horton heard two petrol Mote. and on eolng upstairs found that leer eon had shot the young woman through the bock, causing her inttent death. and thdt he was bleeding from a bullet wound in the mouth. • • •  He had a revolver in hie hand, laud gaeping LJIy ..Mother," he fell dead.  The Lord Mayor of London has returned to his dotien at the Mansion Hoene. His lordship and the Lady Mayoreas vnll give a ball at the Mannim Moose on Friday, Comber 9, when ma, of the r•7lvibriVizzror oZzi:,7,7greof the juMlee of be Reformed Corporations. :