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Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-10-21 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN RETITNAL-CIREEN.-- ! was sitting on the "hard mosand " near Doulton's I before the mamstrihes at theLnacaehire Petty Sessions ' Mr. Humphreys held an inquiry at the Whittington ' works, , Albert Mnithankment. The. flood-tide was ' . few days age, when a provision dealer of Morecambe cl i h ed with selling bread otherwise than by weight. ' and as the water encircledthe moun . was c arg 1 and Cat, Bethnal-green, on mine human remains I gradually rising, a I, . . found on premises recently occapie.d ter an under• the mon continued .ernoi of ear pipe, when all of a l A police superintendent deposed that he visited the - taker. Min Seir, of Sclater-street, Bethnal-green, sudden he put down his ea h.ha ' and an umbrella, ' defendant's shop and asked for a quarters' loaf. The with his hands clasped ', defendant replied that "he did not know what he . said that en Tuesday last he was at work at No. 70, l and walked into the Th amesh wldfonetnost beneath the I meant," and also stated that "he did net sell by weight." ' Bethnal-green-road. Up to March last the shop was 1 behind his back, plunging.talal ea'nd two labour rushed j The superintendent then asked for one of his largest e in the ocexpation of lir. Berridge, an undertaker, I mutaddy waters. A ' bat was then takes by a 31r. Miller. Witness was liu the riler was e° :aged' to emcee the would-be 1 loaves, and was supplied with a sixpenny loaf. engaged in building operations, and discovered a , suicide.. "-. removed to St. Thomas's TLespital. I which compared with the price per pound of 1 coffin, which on being opened was found to contain i Hit.n3 the 'aft:noon:he-recovered oensciousnees. He , bread at Lancaster, was 12oz. short in 'weight l the body or a child. Information was given to the l'infanned the surgeon that he had been studying very ' tend lilb. short according to the prevailing , ZiceLaalda tAillealberodzpwaz etohnavteyihede wtoorttme maaortauctfray; I days since deg ep a quantity of bones in the rear of the premises. These were sorted out and taken away ' ` 1 and tabs sold to a hone dealer. The inquiry vias ad- 1 daringim'a.uacahaa:a, thaeardashtemohnt h, but he refused to give price aLiverpool. n - •" ' ' t I defence it was urged had just conra.gp from the I that bread that - muntry, the 'he .wtaas altitirii:r: aorta 4.2,,apailclesadtetrasqweaatareii , 3d., b Two o the how I h loavesnever weactl lae,ithi weight g her:a . • a.t1,131 More" I as the case might be, and that the same baker the patient, who is about 40 years of ago. supplied the defendant and . many other shopkeepers ,e, i jammed for the attendance of Mr. Berridge.
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-12-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

DECEMBER 9, 1876.  A SHORT WAY WITH BRIGANDS.  A short way with Sicilian brigands has been discovered by a cerium n Benedetti Macio of Palermo. It was about nix o'clock on a tine morning of November, a month frequently eo balmy on the coasts of the blue Mediterranean, that 13enedetti opened his house door in Borgia-street, and took the rooming air. In a moment six desperate characters threw themselves on him, and tried to drag him to a trap which they had carefully provided for hie accommodation. But the trap should not be eet in the eight of any bird, and Macio had a strong dislike to entering the vehicle. Ths father of a family, he could not bear to think of the future anguish of his dear ones as demands for ransom would arrive, accompanied by sections of his portly frame. Perhaps he would only be allowed to return to his impoverished home minus his ears, or in the condition of "the Pobble who hue no too," famous in nursery tradition. These thoughts gave Macio preeenee of mind. Though no flgh ti ng man, he was exceasivelyheavy, so he simply lay down an She ground and refused to stir. The brigands, hopeless of lifting him, lashed and kicked him, but the more they flogged the less Macio would get up, and the more he yelled, till he roused the neighbourhood. His own son came to his rescue with equal courage and discretion. He went up into the balcony, first, we presume, taking the precaution to bar the door, and fired among the brigands within fowling-piece till their pmition became untenable. They fled in two-wheeled vehicles, end free. don's battle, bequeathed from literally bleeding sire to son, has much interested the natives of Sicily.  TRH Western Mail nays: "A Dissenting minister in the neighbourhood of FfrwEl Amos, and formerly of some popularity as a preacher, attempted to commit suicide, lie had been dismissed from his clerical office for insobriety, and, under an oppressive sense of him reverses, sought relief in suicide. He was seen to place himself on the rails before an advancing trnim.bitt was opportunely snatched .away when the engine ,was close upoithim. The would-be suicide was Welded ovsr to the careof his friends.  JAllliB ItuNDLEOIIO years of age, pitman, was tried before Mr. Jostles Liawkins for a gross outrage upon Miss A. Smurbwrits, at, Tunstall, near Sunderland, last October. Prosecutrix is daughter of a Sunder:awl merchant, and in returning from church at midday she was seined by the prisoner, who fastened her hands behind with rope, flrrigged her by, the feet into a field, and tied a cord round her nook. Prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for life.
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-03-25 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE OP A POLICE INSPECTOR. EPA II I' •..EN POISONED. At an ioquest on Saturday on the body of J311.1,{ Gre .t xeiL. • ....it. 1,1 in Stockton, on SunHunker, for IS years police inspector at Alt- .1- r. a iii!co, . our t itt a number of stone, who destroyed himself the previous day, On Friday, a man evidence shows 1 that the deceased had received 3:31.1,.1 • hi k sand boat on the river, orders from the Chief Constable two days pre- had found sonic ii .1 on loota,which he thought viousl• to remove on the following Monday to were parsnips. These be rook to Stockton ou Solihn:l district. The suddenness of this order, Saturday, where some neighbours' children named without reason assigned, caused him much grief Fish, five in number, partook of them, and were and greatly egoited him. Deceased's wife waited inimediately seized with symptoms of poisoning, on the Chief Constable, asking him to withdraw which resulted in the death of two children of the the notice, but unsuccessfully. A g rdbat of tern. • ages of five and three years respectively. Medical porary insanity was returned, the jury expressing 111191 being called in, the others were relieved of an opinion that the deceased had been tia.shly the poisonous root, and they ere reported to re. dealt with. . cover, Three other children, nu Tntpt M'Nanghtoh, were also subject to the seine effc.; s, but are now in a fair way of recovery. Several other persons are reported to have be-n more or seised with pains indicative of poison, which 'ac' 110 Var disapapeared. The police being apprised of the occurrence, Inspector Harrison apprehealc.i Kindler on the charge of having caused the death of the children, and he remains in cuittely ii au,ait a COTO ner'a and magisterial inquiry. Hu states that the children most have taken the root, which is now proved to be water hemlock, out of his pocket, Cr it had fallen therefrom; but one of the children etatos that he gave it to them.  LIVERPOoL
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-06-10 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ANTHONY J. W. BIDDITLPH AND THE CLAIMANT'S FINFENDS.—Mr. A. J. W. Biddulph writee as tf4llowe with reference to the charge of perjury brourt against Lady Radcliffe : As my name has been mentioned in connection with a summons applied for, id the Westminster Police court yesterday, against Lady Radcliffe, for perjury, alleged te have been committed by her in the late Tichborne trial, I beg you will give the fullest publicity to the facts I' I now allege. First. that, Mr. Harding, es. secrettry to the Chief Central Committee of the Tichhorne Release Association, of which I am the presiIdent, appeared to oppose the measure, with my entire concurrence, as one cruel in its tendency and suicidal to the hopes of the Claimant. Secondly, that when I heard of this proposed. prose-. cation of Lady Radcliffe, I declared that if shell: a step were taken it would Compel me to &shit from associating myself in any way with those who had originated such proceedings. Of this Mr. Guildford Onslow and Mr. Kimber had duo notice. Thirdly, that When this scheme Was proposed by Mr. 0 ?slow to the Claimant, in Dortinoor, on the occasion of my last visit, I gathered from the Claimant's manner that he objected to it, as he ifiimediately said, "Eat there is so and so against whom you can immoiliately es- 1 tablish such a charge." And, moreover, believing this 1 .ran tube my cousin, I consider myself the proper' m rson to interpret his ideas and feelings." .' 1 SUICIDE OF A BIRMINGHAM MERCHANT IN Sweneu.—lntelligence received from the Englisl, consal at Gothenburg announcing the death of Mr: IJ. W. Chudley, Of the firm of J. ir.Chudley and Co, the Well-known foreign Merchants, of Birmingham .1.1. r. °Midler was on a business journey t., Ow en. , ,td , atbtonuntii4otteclzesanrisciodre:Mtge,:dndwilymlautitchbrey respected dhiigs hint-: I eself into the canal at Gothenburg, at which plane he arrived the some day. The deceased gentleman was , mercial circles in Birmingham. It is thought that at : the time he committed the deed he was suffering from mental derangement,
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-05-13 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN NEWGATE.— An inquiry took place before Mr. W. J. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, in the vestry of the gaol or Newgate, into the circumstances under which George Johnstone, aged 47, a prisoner awaiting trial, same by his death. Mr. Sidney Roberts Smith deposed that he was governor of the gaol of Newgate, and the prisoner was delivered into his charge on the 29th of March, having been committed from the Southwark Police-court with several other prisoners upon numerous charges of fraud and obtaining goods by false pretence.. He saw the prisoner on Sunday afternoon between four and five o'clock, and he then appeared as usual and made no complaint. He was locked up in his cell at six o'clock with the other prisoners. The prisoners slept in hammocks supported by two straps at the head and foot, attached to four rings in the wall, and there was an inspection hole, and a watchman patrolled the prison during the night, whose duty it was to look in occasionally and see that all WI. right. On Monday morning, about six o'clock in consequence of information he received from the chief warder, he went to the prisoner's cell, and found him lying on his back underneath his hammock, dead and cold. The mode by which he destroyed himself was this. He had taken one of the straps from the foot of bin hammock and placed it round his neck. He then passed a piece of wax end through one of the holes of the strap, fastened the wax end to one of his braces and attached the other end of the brace to the ring at the head of the hammock, and then laid himself down, the upper part of his body being about eighteen inches from the ground, the strap being perfectly loose in the front, the only pressure bearing upon the sides. Dr. Gibson, the medical officer of the prison, said the manner in which the death was occaeioned was quite unique. The strap was loose, but the pressure on the sides no doubt stopped the circulation of blood in the vessels of the neck, and thus caused suffocation. Death was no doubt quite easy, and the deceased did not appear to have node the slightest struggle. The Jury, after a ebort deliberation, returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanity.  NEW PROCESS or
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-06-17 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE ALA ABDUL AZIZ.HA. retired warrant'. officer of the navy, named Charles Burch, committed suicide at Devonport in a 'nanny similar to that said to have beep adopted by the Tate desltsen of Turkey. About noon one of his children heard hiss groaning, and upon being called by him went tOhiStroorn. where she found him in bed which was saturated with b100d... Ile asked for water, which she gave him, and then tea. for assistance. Returning shortly afterwards she found him lying on the floor quite dead. It was [llea discovered that the unfortunate man had qpened ass artery of the upper port of his saran, send had bled to death. The deceased lost, his wife about eigh,een mouths ago, and had been in a desponding stole ever since ;. he leaves four children. It is. stated drat' he had been reading the papers pretty much of late. and' it is thoUght'that the statement 10 to how the Salton . had Comtnitted shicide induced him to adopt ipimilar method. . • ,Asi'LwantetiouttExctrefa.—Elivia Jones, a -minershie-toohifir, Whinan, aged 30, was seen Walkirio about in an ncfted :Witte in front of the shop of Sir bhp Bennett, watelimakerin Cheapside. Leedom. Si* suddenly rushed to the winclow„and rioN a lame.. brick snide -a desperate attempt to break t. The, FIMI• however,, was an. ingls thick,, Mal she fWilecl.' . Before else could be stopped she went to anothei'and: 'smaller window and bepe it nil& the, Amid'Of an electric regulator which happened foto expOwS3 theie• Wheti given Theo 'cuSlay 'she kaeer'ied. OotneWhat incoherently that her object was to steal some of the watehes in the idindon't.beit she afterMadi Mated that, baring gong to London-bridge with the intention Of , committing suicide, and being alvaid of doing no, she resolved to do something which would get her locked Op. Sir Robert Carden sentenced her to two Acadia' hard labour. Srowarames Houns.—The Great. ;Northern
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-06-17 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUM:DB.—An extraordinary .act of suicide Mut just hews committed at Marlesford, near Wickham Market, Suffolk. It appears that about one o'clock on Risley morning a woman of 45 years of age named Sarah Solomon, tior wife of an 'ail merchant, got out of bed, and having taken a large .guantity of gunpowder from the shop she left the :house and proceeded a inert distance down the road. On reaching Marleeford Church, some 151) yards off, she made a circle of the gunpowder, sad, placing 'herself is the centre of it, threw a light upon it, and ;it at once went off. She, however, appears to have been only slightly injused, and was able to return ; again to the shop, where she emptored a canister of powder iitito a large zinc pail. Site then proeroded to on outhouse adjoining the shop, plated I herself overthe pail, threw a lighted inciter into the gunpowder,, which worst off with a lend explosion, , blowing the outhouse. to pieces, and injuring Mrs. Solomon Most severeigt Several of the Inhabitant. ' being alarmed by the explosion rug out of their houses, and although the unfortunate women was severely injerred she wee found at the side of the shattered outhouse cutting her throat with a knife, and she succeeded in inflicting a fearful wound. Mr. C. Cockerell,eurgeon, was sent for, and was soon in attendance.= the peer woman, whoss death, however, took pleae in the afternoon. The deceased attempted to comma suicide eighteen months ago, when she suspended herself to the bedpost, but was cut down in: time tc 'save her lift:  TEM SUNDAY CLOSING MOWSMENT LN ussD:—The promoters of the Snnday closing moxe-' ment ore determined to push to the utmost the advantage which they gained over thr Government in the dimuseion on 36n. Smyth's resolution, and, in spite of all apposition, to bring in a bill this year to giro effect to the decision of the Irma°. A conference of members of Dirliament and others who take an actare part in the agitation ot the question was held recently in the Molesworth Bell to consider what eteps should sow be taken. Mr. David Drummond passided. .4 report of the executive committee-which was read explained that the Government, having refused to bring in a bill themselves or to faeilitate Mr. Smyth's doing no, he Woe obliged ,to give notice that he weteld introduce one hirneelf ; but that owing to the umnual course adopted by the member for Dundalk is announcing his intention to oppose the first reading, he had been unable, according to the rules of the louse, to get an opportunity of moving for leave to bring in the bill. If it enuM not be carried this Session, the reeponsibilityweilld rest with the Clov•rnakent.
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-04-08 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE SUICIDE AT BOUSCAT, IN FRANCE.  The Jowenal de Paris °easing some particulars of these distressing events. It says that the residence of Mr. D—, who had for some years been living at Bonecat in company of a Belgian lady, not having been accessible to the tradesmen in the habit of sup• plying them with provisions, an alarm was raised on Saturday, which induced the police authorities of Bounced to effect a forcible entrance into the house On entering the bedroom they found Mr. D —at the bedside of his companion, with a pale livid countenance, her hands closely graeped by his left one, whilst in his right hand he held a discharged revolver. The lady, still young, showed indications of earns. sive suffering, and was hardly able to breathe. Everything possible was done for the unfortunate couple, but Mr. D-- expired early on Sunlay morning. Treece of blood were visible across the I room, leading to the supposition that Mr. 0— had, after discharging the first baerel of his revolver, dragged himself towards the bed, to take a last farewell of lie companion. There does not seem to be any doubt of its being a double suicide. The lady bad been suffering from consumption for a long time. Her malady growing more painful every day, Mr. D— despairing of saving her life, resolved to die with her. They in consequence took • large quantity of laudanum together, which seemed to work immediately upon the lady, weakened by her long illness. Mr. D—, believing her dead, and the poison not taking much effect upon his strong constitution, had recourse to • six barrelled revolver, discharging it pc Ited to his breast. Mr. I 0— being fully dressed elle first three balls did not penetrate far into the flesh; he then tore open , his elothes, and, pressing the revolver close to his shirt, the three remaining halls entered deeply, two I into the mow part of his bosom. He did not suceumb, however, for some hours, and, with a rare I presence of mind, entered into particulars of this frightful tragedy, also pointing oat where he had deposited his last will and a letter with instructions for the distribution of his furniture and other objects belonging to him to his friends and acquaintanees in the neighbourhood. He also left 130 fr. for the poor of Earnest. The lady lingered on under the most smite sufferinge, in spite of all effmts, till Tuesday night lain. Mr. Ei•-• was considered to be in very easy circumstances and very generous to the poor, greatly esteemed by everybody coming in contact with him, but hod always been known se leading a secluded life.
Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-12-30 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

WILLS AND BEQUESTS. • " Faites le jeu, Messieu, Messieu." Then, after a the Limerick Fever Hospital. 1 Chamberlain regrets that many complaints have object, and it is likely that be,ore long we shall hear (From the "Illustrated London Nees.") ; Palece of ten seconds, "Le jeu eat fait, Messieu." ___e I reached him of extra chairs and seats being or a landing of insurgents and arms on the coast of The will, dated Oct. 19, 1875, of Mr. Edward A DISTRESSING CASE OF SUICIDE WM discover. j .... 1 Then after two seconds, "Ries ne ea plus" Then met placed in the gangways, a practice not Cuba. Whetham Allpress, formerly of San, Jose, Costa ' at Banbury. The bousemaid in the serriee of a , _sey mumble-mumble-mumble. Then, "La! Rouge t inconvenient to individuals, but extremely JAMES BYRNE a labourer, was charged at Doh- Rica, and late of Oliefden, Eltham, Kent, who died solicitor found that the mob, a girl named Sarah ' peed et couleur," or whatever might be the result. I 'dangerous in case ef an alarm of fire. He, there- lin with having married °ethane Kennedy, in No- on the 14th Nov., was proved on the 2nd Dec., b Phillips, bad cut her throat, the head being nearly • y . Then the croupiers fled raked in the players' losses , j fore, given notice that he has desired to be specially 1 gh• flth Mrs Ana Joaquin', Allpress, the widow, Arthur vember last, while is rst wife, o wham e was • with vast expedition: next, the croupiers in charge of I agree. from the body. me 'informed from time to time, and particularly married upwards of five years ago, and by whom he Charles Rhodee, and Benjamin Abbot Lyon, the the funds chuckled the precise amount of the win- 1