Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1879-05-31 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE  ----, AT STOCKY() RT. 7.:• Early ion Tuesday morning a case of 'attempted murder end suicide occurred at Edgeley-, -Stock • port,..;. The would-be murderer was a woman Of weak intellect- named • Elizabeth Shirt, aged 39 years, fattory.operatite, who, it appears, has had a very c equered.life.• She Was well known in . Stockpo as "Seas- Chapel," and 'for several years lived_wi la a marridd- Win named Ames Hadfield, whO'diedala.Mt twelve' months ago -A 'short time .prior to liallfielirs-dtrath Shirt received from her brother, Sanmel Chapel,- t 400 which had been beqiieathed to ter- by 'Sec ' MICK --r Vii• ' George ~igiaary, who kaeforniertra::publicatt 'at 13arlow' Moor-lane: '' A 'few l- weeds-after tte "delith Of ' ffedlield, While at ti party; she' Met for ' the first"" rims 4 man "named JosepttShitt;agedt2 years, a" -labourer, formerly insiding at Iviimshi*: an the clai following they Were - Married- bYL-fineficii at . Stoniepo4. --Shittand his wife the it appears hied ,veify unhappily? togetl4r. -"Very -aim -after :their :marriage he lafitzed"tO Woile lir hie -Ordinary ' occupatiOn; and t4iCS-Mrs • Shirt. pro . ided the funda.to'bay.althree and "eiklind also tO;establisli a greengobery, Wiliness.: 'Shirt-di-utile ' heavily; -ithir ern both" occasions disposed of the paShiesi-for very. smill - Simla if Money. gra -Shirt - etideaL . vetted tb Prevent her husband aPending her *Limey. - and is retura it is Sktid therhe fre4iiently. ill-used her. The Wonien,alsO"seerne to base a very. violent "teriver, for a short time "ego abe was C'oriaititted.tO in:am by the local inagrstratei 'for, wien : gays, in, 'default . of . -,,finding" securities . to lkeep., the Ilieelee. iiii. an assault . upon her: . liushaiki" -pin , . tier rple-a-s , -Irons gaol Shirt, went to meet her,othervs4 ita_s_, thought she would tiqt hafe agoin lived with him.l,i. is also atated that when S4irt piiiildiiikt.induce •her to givs•Wa.rponey, b. I.Agr9,,,ch= Out of the . house, Which wo.k.forniShO:it spar,otilb9,4 £O, • and pawne4 them fpr the seke of, obtaiuing, 1111. toxicatiec:Aiquors, f.katle,y ..4rii qlijrp has also iven way to dkaliPated habits and,the result was that a few weeks ago the ;i14,00.-.wbici .she . possessed- at her - marriage lied .diseppeared _ Since Mad she and, her husband, have been obliged to part with the remainder :of „their furniture in orderto obtain food In the past few _days they. hays,,been entirely depoodeot.for u few articles_ of furniture on a brother-in-law of Alm ,S",lrt, and '. havo,ben entirely withenebdiclothing.. On Saturday they were drinking together, and in the' evening quairelled and fought in a public-atreet. On Monday night, about twellie o'eleHr,- Shirt and his wife met. Police,constable "Alhistm. at , ..Underbank, Stockport. shirt said that In Sup 449, ' night' he found O. ,razer under his 'wife's pillow, and she was going to cut ' his-throat, , He in- : ,timated his intention of going in the Morning to - the police ?flies and getting her -seven days' - im- ' ..,prisoement, as • she- had previonstv had for as, &with* him. Mrs Shirt complained .most bitterly . of the ill image She had received at the bands or . her husband:- She -showed the officer her arms: which were disco'ouied and said she would go to a doct ir in she morning.- They left the constable wand went - home to- their residence in Chapel-street. A quarrel ensued, but as Such affairs were° f frapient occurrence liitle notice Was tsken of -by .034 neighbours ' .AbOut , three O'clock Shim,. who was kalifeli,hiiakenedeuddenly to 'fined that his wife was attempting tam his Ihrtiat with a_ - potato knife. -Be had received a" very serious wound from which, blood was flowing copiously. . bin Shirt thee attempted to. cot her own throat, land succeeded in dieting a deep wound in her neck Two men named ,George LoMasand Isaac Burton residing in the same street, were kttracted by the noise of seine ash screaming, to 'the. houso. On -entering the bedchamber they found that both Shirt and his wife Were wounded, and that the man was in a very exhaustea state ()Wing to loss kof blood.. Shortly afterwards 41,13 shirt oh oht of the hoUsei apd proceeded to .Syles's reServoir, close by. Two men, ziatned -Thuinaa Atherton" and George 13arues, who had beers ironsed by the disturbande, went in pursuit and dieuoifered her in the water" quite dead. In the•water. was found a knife on.-which.wese etahas 0 blood . Shirt was immediately, conveyed to the Infirmary by Policeconstables Walton.and Brestoorsed was atteedett by Dr. Newton": The wound, in his Seek iskvvery dek_p one, and he. has lost a large quantity. Of blood but it is expected-that he Will xecover. He stated that his wife-cud his throat while he was asleep in bed. The dead body re, Mrs, ,61,4 t waamoveyed to the mortuary. On tuesday the occurrence caused inttok excitement in-thelleighbourlmod -of' Edgley, and a large crowd assembled in front of the house in Chapelestreet.  DEA v , WAGSTiFP.—Op the 20t't „ins.allE,At Stockport-0;14'44,9°4r 40414 YvnettiC aged 2 niont S. BILINDLd...rOu th 26th, instant, at 'St xikport• road, Denton, Mary Etzobl,, daughter ,of James HMtom Briodlt:o dg,ed It moOths: , th% oth iastaet, at 11tonroad, „14ehtleovt6arsh,4 wife;ot Henry Richardsi  son, ageds4 years. 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