Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1889-06-29 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN SOUTH LONDON.  The Canterbury Theatre of Varieties in Westminster ,Bridge-rortd, was on Friday night the seem of an extraordinary tragedy. The theatre was well filled, and the entertainment wad drawing to a aloes when about a quarter to eleven a !brougham drove up to the stage door beneath the railway arch. It contained tim Lathe troupe, oomprising Mr. and Mrs. Lynne, their daughter—a child—and three young women, who bad been !performing at the Paragon Music Hall, Mile End, and were timrd to perform at the Canterbury at a quarter-post eleven, the performance being one of the last turns. When the carriage conveying the troupe and their machines stopped at the stage door the femaos members alighted and entered the theatre, leaving Letine in the carriage. Immediately he eel foot on the pavement a man considerably older than himself advanced from the side of the stagadoor, and with the remark, " I have been waiting for you a long time, and now I have got you," he thrust a knife, into the acrobat's abdomen. The determination with whisk the murderer eacried out his intention completely paraly sod the by-standera, and- when Utilise fell to the ground whit a peen the 'people stood aghart. Scarcely had they realized what had taken place when the murderer without apparently experience g any opposition walked across the street, and deliberately placed a revolver between hie teeth and fired. The report of the pistol brought polieemen, tradesmen. end *Mara quickly to the spot. Some of those on the stage, being startled by the report, /an, out be amertain its came, and saw Letine being lifted loseneiblevintu the carriage, while on the' opposite side of the thoroughfare the police" were raiaing op the unconassions aseassain. The distressing scene whisk ensued can he better imagined than deastEbe ed. The wife rushee frometbe theatre only to d that both her husband- and, his mind r were on their wq to S. Thansaa'a Hospitaig; On being admitted to the accident ward, it wog .ppseat theeLetinewas dying, and he saccunehed about ball au hour alter adetisalon. His assahint ' WM also satimilwale The bulltitwes found embecid tirthe roof of the mouth, but the condition of the man did not permit of its being then extracted. There was, however, thought not to be any , immediate danger, ant he was conveyed to one of the wards and plamhunder cereal. Mrs Latins, !on leaning at the hospital that her harshen' was dead, hinted. It was ssetrsequentty discovered that the murderer was a man in a good position—Mr. ,Nathaniel Carrsgh, the manager of the Oesyford Waterworks, Kent. Mr. Curragh has a wits—his etwond—and threw . daughters and a son. if. has bitriad a daughter by .ble firs* wife, aml lute lobe feared that tins girl'M death,-which reaulted from coneumption, is mainly responsible for the tragedy which has been enacted. It would appear that Mr. George Letine, whore correct name is George Thomas Gorin, his age being thirty-six years, originally employed Mr. Curragh's dammed daaglotes as •oue of hie troupe of performers. She was, however, dismissed from the troupe, it was alleged, on the ground of incompetency, and shortly afterwards died. Several actions at law, it is understood, resulted from the dismissal, but in each of them Mr. Letine was the victor.  AI, IN leai