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The Herald of Wales. — 1889-06-08 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER OF A BANK MANAGER.  Terrible tragedy took Tibiae on Friday at Bally-mesa, County A.nimm. At about half past four o'clock, Mr. John Hillard Lawlor, managencif the keel branch of the Provincial Bank, left his residence to take a walk on the Galgorm Bond. On his way he passed the residence Mile cashier of the bank, Mr. Edw. Murray, who lived in Gladstone Terrace. Murray was afterwards seen following Lawlor with a double-banelled gun, said en neatly both gentleman wen diseovered at uoklamous lying dead on the footpath, within a abort distance of each other. Mr. Lawlor etas in front of Mr. Edward Murray, with a deep gunshot wound at the lower part di the back of his neck. Murray was lying on kila back, and presented the appearance of having committed suicide, the shot having passed through his mouth, carrying with it a portion of the brain. Notre of the occurrence was convey to the caurtalmlary barracks, and the patios were soon on the scene. In the meantime a large crowd had harried to the spot, and Intense excitement prevailed. Shortly before six o'clock the bodies of the deceased men were conveyed to their homes by order of the comer, and the crowd joined in the solemn procemico. The theory advanced is that Marray murdered Lawlor, and then committed suicide. It appears that a short time ago unpleasantness arose between them, and since then they have not been on the best of terms. It is said that Murray was in his house, looking rot of the window, when he maw Lawlor passing. He immediately rapier his gun, and threatened to shoot mime person. His wife remonstrated with him, and endeavoured to prevent him from carrying out his threat. THe, however, got sway from her, and she immediately called for assistance from people living near. Mr. Wright, ▪ neighbour, statee that she came to him in a most excited state, and, in oompliance with her earnest solicitations, he proceeded in the direction of Brocklemona. Another young man had been requested to follow Murray, and both ran after him. At Alexandra Terrace they taw Murray a little behind Lawlor, Ind shortly afterwards heard the gun dis:barged and saw a man fall. The man who fired the shot immediately turned round, and another discharge was beard, and he fell. Lawlor was found lying on his face, and Murray on his back. Mr. Lawlor was a native of County Cork, and went to Ballymena about a quarter 5f a amatory ago to manage the Provinulal Bank. fle married a daughter of Colonel Cairns, of Coleraino. by whom he had several children.
The Herald of Wales. — 1889-03-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE MURDER OF THREE  CHILDREN.  A shocking case of murder and suicide ocemrecl cut Reltwhistle, in Northumberland, on Sunday night. A labourer, named John Nicholson, went ma a visit, and left his wife and four children and a niece of his wife at home. About six o'clock Mrs Nicholson dressed her edest boyand sent himand her nies,c to chapel. Some little time after that the woman was seenleaving he: home, carrying her youngest child, aged six mouths, and the other two walking alongside of her, going in the diroKti-m of a stream which flows into the Tyne. Although Min Nicholson, some four years ago, had been an inmate of the County Lunatic .Asylum, her condect did not arouse any susremn. The woman seems to have gone direct to the stream, which was very full, owing to the recent reins; and in one of the dams which supplied water to a raM it is supposed the timt east her children and then drowned bereelf. When the husband returned home about 9 o'clock awl foand labs wife and children absent, with no clue to tleir whereabouts, he -sought the aid of a -police inspector, who sent out search parties, but without finding any trace. The stream was dragged, and, eter a long search, the body of the youngest child was found, and in another dam farther down the hat of the little boy, aged four. Later in the day Mrs. Nicholson's shawl and skirt were found, but the bodies of the mother and the other two children are still undiscovered. There is not the alighest doubt that all four are drowned, and it is surmised that the bodies have been washed into the Tyne, and will probably be recovered in the lower reaches of the river.  Intelligence from St. Petersburg slates diet the town of Linsk, to the Government of Kinek, has been almost entirely- deatroyed b flee. Some hew-trending seems were witnessed during thi eija-r-F-rx per,,,, net
The Herald of Wales. — 1889-03-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE COPPER TROUBLES.  MORE FAILURE'S IMPECPED. A leading metal broker, who predicted the failure of the syndicate, but whose words were anticipated by the suicide of the secretary of the French company principally concerned in the bus:Wass, informs a representative of the Suiti.y Times that the leading brokers on the metal market seriously fear that at least four or five firms will fail to meet their engagements. It is also believed by the brokers in London that, pro-1 vided the holders in Paris of the 160,000 tons (a quantity which represents the entire Ripply of the world) be firmly held, the price of copper will remain certainly at or above its present value. It is well known that no copper-producing company in England can live at the sent price. As a matter of fact Devon Gres Consols the greatest producer of copper in the countri, which was the world's supplier not so long MO, is, so far as selling mineral is concerned, shut down. It may be added that among the subjects of talk between principal members of the Metal Exchange it is seriously believed that M. Secretan., the orginator, has not only sold his very valuable gallery of pictures, but that he is utterly rainwl utterly discredited, s.nd no longer associated with that society which, supposed to be so strong, terminated its existence on Thursday.  A ratter serious football accident happened on the Swt.nsea football ground on Friday afternoon about G o'clock in the course of a match between Trinity and the Young Men'. Christima Aesociation Ramblers. The match wee the semi-final tie in connection with the District Challonge Cup competition. Arthur Wolk, a Trinity three-quarter, was running with the ball along the touch line when' in attempting to , tackle him, Robert Davies, of the Rlllll. team, collided with another player of the same aide. As the three fell his right leg was twisted ander him and, it is feared was broken just above the ankle. The injured limb was at once bound by some of the players, and a stretcher obtained whereon Dairies was conveyed to the C:rhospital. After this unfortunate sod. tti match warn not proceeded the hospital our IN had sustained a
The Herald of Wales. — 1886-10-23 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SECOND COURT. WILDIEEBDAY.—Before 0. H. loam (caairmanj. T. A. Harken, and James Jones, Fops.  .3111:12GLLATZEI AT  David Lewis (19), and Peter Hoffman Crowman (18), both labourers, pleaded guilty to 30M. mitting burglaries at Llanrhielimn, on September Bth last. Superintendent Howlett said the prisoners were well-known eriminals. The Court sentenced each of them to six months' hard labour.  LITIMPLID SUICIDE Li IllreaDML. _Emily Mann, a respectable looking woman, pleaded guilty to attempting to oosamit suicide is alyssums., on August 20th. She said she had oome.froaa London with a man whoimad deserted her. Her friends in London had forsaken her immune of the man. The court eonsigered that the imprisonment already suffered was enough, anal matenood her to only one day feather. PAI4II PlXTBaleal.  Thomas ThOmaa, al;;;;;;' ". was charged with obtaining gooda by fake pretences oa Deeember 2nd, 1886, from Henry Thomas. Mr. Glasoodine prosecuted. According to the evidence, the pneoner procured flannel from factery at Giviosegurwon, toying that he wae to take it to the weaver's mother-in law, at her request, with whom he them worked. The flannel was not taken by primmer to the motherto-law, but he admitted taking it to rinainan and placing It to a public-house there, and according to the publican's statement, sold it for 6s. M. ad., prisoner denied, and said the flannel was only placed in the public house, and that he failed to get it back. Priaoner mon after left the neighbourhood and was not apprehended until Augart last. The jury found him guilty sod previous convictions having been proved, prisoner was sent to priaon with hard labour for six *slender months. ALLIMAD ITODIMUNI AT  John Thomas was indicted with haring unlawfully and maliciously wounded Benjamin Thomaa at Merthyr Tydfil, on September 6th , last. The parties were father and son, the former being the accuse. The •uy found the trijnot guilty, and bilwas . Ms. .arria defended, and Mr. T. W. Lewis (instrutted by Mr. D. Robert Lewis, solicitor) prosecuted.
The Herald of Wales. — 1886-12-18 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NEWS FROM IRELAND.  The following items of news were wired to us from Dublin, on Thursday :—H.R.H. the Commandi-r-in-Chief has appointed a commission to investigate and report on the Royal RuTacks, Dublin. Mr. C. Hamilton, agent of Mr. G. T. Brooke, over hie Wexford estates,served notice upon Mr. Mayne' M.P., at Arklow, whilst carrying out the plan of campaign, warning him against parting with therents received save to thetenante who handed him the moneys. United Ireland, under the heading "Is thete to be a crisis ?" says that it depenas upon Sir Beavers Suller'a freedom of action in extending to the rest of Ireland his Kerry policy. United Ireland, under the heading " Queen's Bench Emergency Men," says that the object of proeecuting Mr. Dillon was to relieve the Jas, le from the predicament which Attorney-General Holmes' certificate of the legality of the plan of tampaign placed it. The parade of binding to Xuod behaviour a man before whom the very judiree bound down in homage, was a patent htudbug. Mr Dillon's cooduct will be just what it has been. Nobody cares a rush what Judge O'Brien's opinion as to the legality of the plate Is. Every Irishman's programme is a conspiracy in the eyee of the august menials of tni Four Courts until it becomes law. A ghastly discovery was made, on Wednesday morning, in a house in Ballymaearee, a suburb of Belfast. It appeirs that the neighbours of a seamstress, named Eliza Drennan, having I or tome time noticed the house to be closed, end enquiries regarding her whereabouts having been made, suspicion became' aroused, and, upon breaking open the door, Drennan was discovered lyisg dead on the floor, in an advanced state of decomposition. Deceased, who lived alone, and I was about forty years 014, must have been dead 1 a month. The police are investigating the I affair.  A sensational double murder and suicide btok place, at Mayo Briqge, about four miles from New*, on Wednesday morning. A farmer, nausea ..Talur Fetran, killed his wife and child with a liatolict and then hung hinatalf. The naifislales and police have proceeiLd from Nesfr the RCM() of the tragedy. On WedlWislAy night, the houses of farmers townerrliartin tnmva,. Nunan, and Brosu.in, North Pork, 'wereWsreible entered by a disguised and armed gang of moonlighters and arms At a meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of cat:chit' off. The police force of the district C ,mmerce, on Wednesday, it was resolved, al I was coriliderably weakensd by their necessary ur,re the Government to take immediate sf,rs 4 presence •it. acme inoonlighting caws at for eonsidenng and practically dealing with the' '..,tinstir Aires' and the raiders were question of a harbour of refuge, and that in an. thus enabled to ply their nefarious trade witbort sequence of the loss of 300 lives in the P,it,l; moth feariaf detection, Chrirad, during the recent gales, a commission of enquiry should be at once appointed to erica,. tain the most imitable site for a harbour of refuge sank rate advanee don Thareday to five per hi the Bristol Channel. • i *ea.
The Herald of Wales. — 1886-10-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

BLUE RIBBON MEETING.  The tonal weekly 111,1111thig of the Seinen Gospel Temperance Union was held at the Albert Hall, Swenson. Kr. Wiliam Harris presided, and was supported by Rev. J. Bailey, Rev. K. Evans (ef o ), Yam& Wm. Lloyd, T. Lloyd Davies, and . Rothe. Yr. William Lloyd reads portion of &rip. turn and offered a abort prayer. The Chairman thought that the question of temperance was the moat important quad= of the day—s question which ought tO missive the dreg consideration of them who had the power of advancing it. The Rev. J. Baffe , in the course of an earnest addres, remerkea that math had been said of the temperance speakers advising their helms as to how tie:raid me their votes at lanai • cipal and parliamentary elections. He wished to know reason why anything should be said against them. Had they, the temperance spsalens, not a right to advise their hewers as to hew they ihould use their votes in m= or parliamentary elections 1' Those who temperance meetings and those who advocated the mans were brothers and sisters, and as each they bad • perfect right to advise each other as any matter they pleased. And if one of their brothers sought their suffrages for munielpsi honours, bad they not a perfect right to vote for him P He thougnt so ? Besides, if in the Town Council there were a lot of old women,—(laughter)—they, the temperance people, had a right to put better men in their place. (Laughter.) As in the ems of manioi pal matters, so it was with parliamentary matters. They had • right to vote and advise each other to vote for a candidate who would advocate the cause of temperance in St. Stephens. Therefore those who said to the con- , teary said what was wrong. Yr. Y. Evans, of Cardigan also addremed the rsestiag. evening the Rev. J. Bailey and lifrp.ltrierne gave one or two solos. The benediction closed the meeting.  Let neighbourhood of Trebeeth I evening last, startled br • or that a most desperate at. suicide had been made by • well Lt— a rumour which we found, as being only too true. Mr. f Llangyfelach-road, 53 years ig with his family, had for • ..01111 unable to follow his emit partial blindness. Of late he spondent, and had taken very a baseless report that he was ems to secure a sum of money ly society, and last week was delusion that he was wed. He had been seen on rasor,and though of late he had &bit of using it himself, no one gof it. About two o'clock he th his wife and afterwards Nee, ig a few words to her in • front Mire sa usual. Shortly sitar heavy thud and rushing up m weltering in his blood. Her brought her neighbourly tediaal aid was immediately sent Jones, of Brynhyfryd, wee moon was shortly followed by Dr. =Davies, of Hafod, who gashes had been made e. on his throat with • rasa,  st!mienti I  Thom who Wu Cod User oil ase 01111111•11 ler eonsarison's maks to town boats of tho Wien Brand. ebtataed direst from the Norescsa lisbaries. Tida is ars: iniversaßy adsitind to be Ihe pared, most palate able, alba nowairag. • amigo as anikatisa. 10. aad is. liestios.— W.
The Herald of Wales. — 1886-11-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ADDRESS BY THE REV. T. OUTRAN affairs, Lord 'Coleridge wrote a private with regard to Miss Coleridge, when Sir Henry hithe mortuary. The boys asked to be allowed to MARRA s T.T, letter without reserve. Hiss Bishop James objected, as the questions were not see the body in the shall, and were horrified at dia. "CHURCH DEFENCE AND CHURCH tbo ht it right to hand that letter to relevant. °Deering their missing parent. Asthe coroner was Mr. . Hence the second action. The The Judge: Degree ; this is persecution, not Point mrs.. :epeLedhe eviendterenzattbthee inquest the, deoauthhtugtee The membership of theßME..;lieh' church cut. learned dier"deomeinnproselirt shee=gintbadeatlDwiordth Cothaleridtenibg: P"B°TheutfleMmaa of the jui7 , The yary are bitterly. She said that her husband died on the same since its foundation, twenty-six reps ago, ha; day that -the body of her father waa recovered from increased from 210 to 21,000, of ' whom 18,400 literally carried out his promise to reinstate his agreed that all this is outride of the iserrie. the Thames. The lure returned an oPen verdict, but are lay oommuniminte, and the remainder 16 daughter in her position before the action Mr. Adams : Then I have nothing more to one fact pointing to suicide is that on the day before bishops, and 9,600 ' and deacons of the against Bernard Coleridge. Sir Henry James ask, his body was found Church was discharged from wort chord, of . The Swansea Brew* constructed the terms of the settlement, showing Mr. Harrison (solicitor to the defendantd) became he ...dew the intimnce of drink. that Miss Coleridge's position on her marriage was the next witness. He said he wee , which has progressed relatively to very much the mine extent, held its annual moetin had been assured by Lord Cotwidge, and it she instructed on behalf of Mr. Bernard A
The Herald of Wales. — 1886-12-04 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

REYANDID. Thomas Jones, one of the prisoners in a former case was charged with stealing from the KNOW steamer " Lodore," four scaling tools, and _a two chipping hammers the - of Jot.' Collinse The proseentisaairl atopMfsr, sad the tools '  LLLEOED  Evan Lewis, tramway inspector, was summoned by John Johns, dog-maker, Morriston, for an asatult on the 23rd inst. Mr. Webb appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Robinson Smith defended. Complainant said he entered the 10.40 train from Morriston. Defendant, who appeared to have been drinking, said "Clear out of *la" lie oaught hold of his waistcoat and dragged and knocked him about the car. He then made for another ear. The driver then said, "Have him down, Lewis." Defendant caught hold of him and said "You go chat from here." He also wrendied his arm seriously, and finally shoved him off the car with his foot. Defendant followed and struck him down, and said "I could kill you, you b—." Eventually, he received help from someone who said "We will have no kicking here." The witness was croas-ex amined at length by Mr. Smith as to his conduct in the oar' and towards the tramway officials. He denied that he was drunk or used abusive language, but admitted that he had "a go ' afterwards at Lewis, and was refused a drink in ',c-house.  public-us._ He said, in reply to further questione, that he had been up on several occasions, four times for assault, and he had been convicted once for interfering with * tramway official. John Clarke, who was in the company of the complainant, gave corroborstive evidence. John Jones, printer, Plaamarl, and Thomas Joseph, Morriston, were also called, and spoke as to the assault upon the complainant. Mr. Smith, for the nee, 3alted five independent witnesses. A new inuazons of Lewis v. Johns was irs,rd also for anault Iwasproved that -Toa  the Duke  Baron Seckendorif, professor at the Agricul tural College, has committed suicide by firing a revolver into his mouth. Being well known is Vienna society, the event has created a painful impression. 'The annual meeting of the members of the Swansea Liberal Club wee held on Tuesday night, Mr. T. Phillips jun., in the chair. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, remarked that as the businese was purely formal, and as there was a great deal of work befo, them, it would be better to at once to in that work. There was no need on his part Ito address the members present, upon the amount of good that the club had done to the Liberal cause, because they knew as well as he did the results it had brought about in the diffusion of Liberal principles. The report of the general committee end the financial statement for the year, which was of a most satisfactory character was read by the secretay (Mr Rhys Edwards). Mr. Dillwyn, M.P. was re-elected president; Councillor James, hon. treasurer, Mr. Rhys Edwards, hon. sec., and the following were elected on the general committee:
The Herald of Wales. — 1887-05-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

HUNGER. I shall not strturgle more, Nor longer strive for food, I've lad all vital power, And energy of blood: I sink space, and fool The etillnese of the grave,_ To whom can I appeal, Or what is left to save? Still I want bread, and bread I crave, Or scraps or dusty crumbs, Until my a.m.. rave Or midneas numbs: 0 Heaven! and thou art kind, To grant a soft release, By waste of flesh and mind,— By gradual decrease!— Not torn sway in pride, . Nor mow'd fulness down, Nor frenzied out to suicide, By intellect o'ertbrown. I sigh`d for bits of bread, Oft thrown unto the doge And gnaw'd my gums until they bled, At victuals mash'd for hogs; And fancied that this .:arth  _— Was barren to mks eye, Where boasts mould fatten from their birth, And man with hung,  What pangs I feli, when rain'd, My first desire for fond, As if my stomaeh drain'tl  My tirteriPß of blo-d And then I ravrd, and wept, And long'.! with Ptarviutz glare, Untireabausted Natan• slept 'Midst banquet., rirh and rare.  Why dm ad the angry eland Of thunder, tempeat, rain, When there's an element as loud, That rages in our brain r When dizzy oara no more Can hear the howling rry Of famisli'd organs, in th..ir For hopeless charity?  flygenitvi WB9I rurikul, By pa un lerkninetl, Or yna I in that rrakile nurkaul  Which doscorates No matter—let me glance Above, below, *mind,— Oh whore, min mini conntenamn Can charity be found re Nought left, but to &sire  !.Fli'ai iu another life No same min hunger dire Promote such vital strife! I have on use for stomach, jawit, Teeth. glair., or bowels—lot it be, AR here I faird to Natur, 'a laws, I need *on not eterustiv ! ' Still I want bread. and br,:el I orave _Or_serat s' ot dusty mamba.  , Until my sena,. rave, Or madness want,  ,Um was found in the gear of a Great We.ttrn rtni;way at Salford, on Wednesday. A seareh pwr • xplored the line for the remains, but dieenver..' n• thing.  A column ben been ereo, in Rome, to trm memory ment in th.. migbbourin, boars th following et  Monte Piaci°,  imprinon.--Medias. It "Thu neigh. nrirm 6,11.P1h pr rtT of Iffedicifo, the pr',..egri of Gaiin I lili. guilty of hpring APO' lilt' earth round the Ann.— LIK(;eI.,XXXVIT," A magiArAte, liii Tne.,l y. tol 1 n man -oho with 11`,iDP ;1611.iV.. language, that  was ilts:  I, tt  the f tet of niq of the ff,n rongistt  bee.it 4iurk ti Wh;:t  34 an a,tv.ravation Ikr.attla the at ,f ha had :ara,hed no , ,r howildeted  117 cle,cribes tlbert ,  man tn do A Meairan y Mauna Ac... 1. j,youa AR aparr fullof melody A r".r junip,l at Tn.:Pvt.,' on 4 in tbhe"e b. .m cG:dfir:n.ri tiiaeJy 11141" .: a a l't.  r,a to %%In  .1 •  -.• ,ttagrs  At Merthyr P.diee C..art. :L.kday, a rake was he u I. !1r.., ucday 'riakina. ex enk,,;y . The Rawl, hou-, ear, ed a m :apiary kantener, fie.' i th, :rerang hie liceus,: te be tuderke;  I..tri .  ;