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The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-10-23 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MURDER AND -ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Shortly after twelve o'clock on Wedneslay morning, a dreadful tragedy was enacted at 3, Albert.place, Hope..Areet, Birmingham. Here lived it uaileuster, suw,-1 Thomas Lake, a hard-working, re,,,,table man, es 1 is wife Emma, aged 21, to whom he has been msorioil als.int two years. The woman has always bar, a (home, amongst her mighbous-, for industry owl reminctshility. Three weeks ago last setardny she was confined of her firA child—o little gil. For sorae t,itne afterwards she appeared to he going on well, but latterly she bias seemed to he low-spirited. :el on occasions behaved in :k 11Cellilar 1,151111,. several times appeared to he very ghminy, in .soseqnence of h, husband hying rather short of .WOlk, aid she stated that instud of getting stronger she felt tmaker, es she could not get all she vvished hi have t, nonrish her. On Wednesday morning her mother went to lb: house for the purpose of doing some washieg. end the poor woman then said she felt rather better. The soother went to.work inn washhon, in the yard, and in the course of the morning several neighbours celled at the honse, end enquired how Mrs. Luke wo, her answer in each instance being that she felt better. About a quarter past twelve o'clock a neighbour went to the house, and finding the downAairs room empty she called out to Mrs. Luke, thinking she might he bow opAairs. No answer wa, given to her slmxt,, and, becoming alarmed, she told Mts. Hickman, the mother, of tho circumstance. Met. Hickman at one Hie house and walked op-t when she saw a ihoskilltr spectacle. Across the b,L sober bad, lay Mrs. Luke, her head resting on the s of the bed ow) Uer feet being placed in the seat of a ~!ain There wfle a fearful gads across her throat, from which blood we, pournag to the floor. Across her foe:' lay a pillow, as though she had endeavoured to hale son.thing frolll her ,ight. The is sly of the haby lay on her lap, the toot. shill's throat being cut right across, awl the blood feats the wonted barom completely = euratol the womtn's clothes. Mrs. Lek, was Irlite •I,OIISCIOUA at th time, and it was at firt supposed both were de el. Mr. Marshall, surgeon, of Pesshore-road, was Ale sent for, and on his arrival he en roomed that .ths 'hill was quite dead, and bothers, so for sometime. Th, woman, however, was living, aml on the wooed in her throat being examined it Won fooml not to be so dangerous as hal been imagined. Mr. Marshall dressed _the wound, and the poor woman was then conveyed to the Qneeti's Hospital by Police-constable Robins, where she received every attention, and is now progressing favourably. The knife with which the deed MIA cmmitt—,, was found on the chair by the 1-bile, covered with ',MM.. It is a common table-knife, awl far from shorn. To this circumstance the women prohalsly raw her Sha most, however, have used gent force to have zbhotani soch a fearful wound on the throat of the 7. 4reat excitement was neca4oned in the neighbourho4,l when the tragical affair became known, and the court in which the woman reside I was largely visited during the day.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-10-23 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DETERMINED HUICIDE AT STAFFORD.—On Saturday evening a coroner's enquiry took place at Fore. bridge into the circumstances attending the death of Ellen Bryaut, a married women, whose husband is employed lit the railway station lavatories. It appears that the man William Bryant went ou duty on Friday night, and on the following morning returned home at the usual time, when he found the door fastened against him. As he could get no response to frequent knockings be because alarmed, and obtaining assistance got into the house (which is situated in the Friars). The WO.. was then found tote quite dead, having stabbed , herself in the fleshy part of the left arm in so violent a . manner as to wrench away the sinews. The main artery being severed, she must have bled to death in a very short time. The instrament she had used wits a pair of blunt scissors, anti the wretched woman must have reinvest the greatest determination with such a , weapon to have so mangled herself. The jury found a : verdict of " Suicide while in a state of insanity." It would appear that the woman was suspected of on' I soundness of mind—in fact, the husband fully disclosed , his apprehensions concerning her a week ago, when in custody on a charge of stealing a ring. This charge arose in a singular manner the woman had caused in"ormation to be given tithe police that her husband's mind was giving way, and he was put under surteil. lance. An officer, who went to the house where he lived, noticed hint drop a ring awl put his foot upon it. That led to the charge toeing lath; but no owner being , found for the property the charge dropped. While in I custody, however, the man said his wife was not fit to be left alone.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-08-07 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—A middle-aged woman, named Emperor Nero peewits°, for the stage in female attire, Sarah Belies, heasekeeper to an ironmonger at Botherwhich team modelled at Rome in 1872, and had already ham, committed suicide on Monday by puncturing a excited a considerable sensation in Italy before it vein in hr arm. She was found on the bed in a pool of figured in the Vieuua Exhibition of 1873.—Academy. blood, quite deal, and near to her lay a penknife, a Here is a serious accusation from a Somerset parent phial that had contained laudanum, and a very remarkagainst a Board &hood as reported by Mr. J. T. able letter, in which she bade farewell to her relatives. Elivorthy to the Philological Society i—" Dhaiv abin, The document went en:—' 1 have put my old things sir, an ataich mei bwoiees our to soul tae atom on. I thought they would be better to take off. My wail ap, sleomur !" (" They have been, sir, and taught chemise and stockings will do for me tube buried in. I my boy to epell taties—potatoes—with a p, sure")— dare say these my last writings will be looked at, and Academy. there will be a great stir. . . . My troubles are too Madame Christine Nilsson, says the Era, is as gener. much for me. My brain is turned, my heart is ens a 5 she is talented. Learning that the expenses of broken. Good bye, all friends; farewell for good. the 'matinee at which she sang for the benefit of the Now, don't let police make a trouble about me, because sufferers by the idniletions iu France would be 1,500 I have taken laudsomin, and that is sufficient. I think francs, she sent that amount to the committee, in order it is. If I'm not quite, don't try to bring me round, that the entire proceeds might be devoted to this °hare but let me go." table purpose.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-12-24 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.—Au inquest was held at Lei. day, to'!—" to purchase ma favourite Graphic "—he's c•ister, on Wednesday night, on the body of Kate Eliza evidently in love with the qrapllie ; he tries to make a Wright, aged 21, belonging to Pontefract, who com. sad pun by saying Mi.s Thonipsou's picture is executed mitted suicide by drowning. Deceased, who WaS the in a " masterly" style. Ile goes on—" Well, whilst l daughter of the late Mr. Wright, draper und magiemaking my purchase' —favoured, indeed, was the book- tease, Ponta•fract. resided with her mother at that seller with whom he larishinglv spent his shillmg—" a ; place, nod about three years back formed tut attach. boy entered th t shop mid a,lttsflfor a Patters"—he was meut with a cousin living at Leicester. hut by the desire evidently riled that the boy did not ask for his muter— ! of her parents the engagement was broken off. Since 'the largest eitculation." Notable incident, the boy I then she ham at times been in a desponding way, and has did ask for a Potters. He goes, on.. . . "1 , theuitently visited some friends at Leice.ster.. She • •. , •  . _ glanced down the pages of the Pullers "—it seems as if he could read—'' and me eye rested on the column headed 'Correspondene Strrmge thing that his eye should rest there, perhaps his eye was tired. He then goes on to say that he noticed the two letters ,lefending the gentbmisn he had so kindly criticised; and all this and nothing else, sir, under the heading "I,cal Item," Very interesting, no doubt, to the nutnerons (b) reacl,rs of the " largest circulation." I could furnish oou with is much linger account of his style of imparting news, but I think the above is quantnnt I sin, yours truly, ALmuaw
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-08-14 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

JUICIDE OF A MANCHESTER MERCHANT.—Mr, of coming to grief myself—and became a total wreck. Peter Hartley, of Birch House, Altrincham, committed Exposed as she was to the fury of the waves, every suicide by hanging on Sunday. The deceased was well plank, from stem to stern, from truck to kelson, was known in Manchester as a corn merchant who bad strained. Then she was sold by the Government to prospered in business and retired. It was observed of Messrs. Sinker at the price of old timber—and she was late that he had been unsually desponding, but his relaworth no more—and up to a few months ago she has oven and friends were not at all apprehensive of his been allowed to lie, above high-water mark, near the malady taking so grave a turn He not a scene of her destruction, a sheer hMk, rotting wed fee- worse than usual when he did ppear retired to bed on Saturday teeing in the sun. It is astonishing what an alteration night. .A D I eaeEFO7 C_ Me HYARD .—The churchyard a little paint makes—women know that. Trim and taut as she looks, I'll atake my reputation, as a practical marl ot the parish.4l T I d, 'Cornwall, is said to be that she is utterly umeaworthy. Sail in that vessel and I shall wish you a last good-bye" less than half an acre in extent, and 8,000 bodies "But" I ventured to remark, "what can be the are registered at having been there interred, the result being to raise the level of tlie ground comiderably above that the ch urch floor. res intm object of their taking me as a pmsenger Surely they .do not intend to jeopardiee my life for the mere sake of meesarily displaces some former Every occu f panthnd, a terna:ithe air the passage-money r" in the church is permeated with sulphurated hydrogen " Not at all," responded thee npMin. " They intend to such an extent that floral decorations turn black in to hold you up as an emmple to others. If passengers lead, sailors will mem likely follow—and they must have a few hours. The church has frequently to be disinfeced, and itwice lately the congregation has had to sailors for the saice of appearances. For the same , ly th ptain--a man wh the was d mat adjourn for service from the church tombe vicar's renson cao onire of a eecoud.rate vessel before, and who knows next to nothing drawing room. Nevertheless, the ratepapers., dreading of nautical affairs—has been persuaded to take his wife additional rates, decided on Saturday evening againt with him. I saw him yesterday, and quiety advised forming a Burial Board or taking any other Meld to re. him to throw up his command, but he was elated at his move the scandal. recent promotion, and insolently told use to mind my
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-08-28 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

GENERAL NEWS.  ‘. The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says : I scell°neßlB, greßpoY rtrolootoll have occeißC.Trret...—ntAtnh:'wirrelkrliut's'hr'e The mania which I mentioned mouths ago for the 1 done saki le. of V.vers seetutd to be dying out, as In steamer Boyne on the French coast. I, bei,g so,served cases the woman shr,,,,li from death, and was peeved that iu the confusion arising from the di-,ster , thee-fern murdered. Cr at feet woundr.l by the man. some of she ere' hod 'l'PrePriated ''''''itie' '1 the i List week, I,owever, a double su. uicide, i optimal orrna, treasure on board, an order was gii en that all bawls 1 occurred. Ibe young 0000,,,, who livedtowt,,er ... should be searched, Thereupon, ii i' said, em'eY of 1 married—a ease almost as frequent in i:oresis Catholic the sailors began to clear their pockets of diamonds 1 countries so that of legAl marriage—were in nowise and gold, which they flung overboard. All those km."" ; ~,,mpeued,tr resort to extreme meoreres. They mere., plicated were pat in irons, r.nd have been sent to Enggood familc, and noose prevented their marriage : but land. the force Il fashion is irresistible. The most modern Tile CART,ITF Mourn—The Home Secretary on style of self-murder is for the suicides to address letSaturday morning sent to the High Sheriff of Glamori tees to the editors of the Democratic papers just before gan a iespite from the capital sentence pa.ssed on Geo. ' their cseareission of the dreadful deed, well knowing Richards & Cardiff pilot, for the murder of his wife at I - • -• • - ill be made the • "-et of a vehement lead.. . . . . ..  Cardiff in March, at thelast assizes. Richards was the father of a large family who were on the verge of starvation from the lock.oct in South Wales. lie brooded over his poverty, and in a moment of frenzy got up from bed, cut his wife's Airuat, and afterwards hie own. She bed, but he survived. A memorial had been sent to the Home secretary, signed by the Mayor of Cardiff ! nnaC.. :SA inhabitants, praying for his reprieve. EXTRAORDIN'Art
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-09-25 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.  The New York correspandent of the Morning NO, writing on the 4th instant, says :—One of the most extraordinary suicides of which I have ever heard occurred on Long Island three days ago. A party of gentlemen, among them five members of Congress and nine members of the State Assembly, went to the seacoast to enjoy a "clam-bake." They had invited as their gnests Professor Doreen., and Signor Vaini, a young Italian artist, who had lived here fern few days, and had acquired much and deserved fame. After the "clam-bake," the party, according to the custom of the Americans, fell to making speeches ; and finally Vain,, who all the while had been apparently in the highest saints, volunteered to entertain the company with a , recitation in Italian. Tin, scene that tAlowed is thus described by an eye witness:—" In his recitation he spoke slowly at first, but gradually increased in fervoar and attracted the unbounded admiration of all present by his dramatic talent, as with a clear and sonorous voice and startling expression of countenance he recited the lines of a favourite poet in his native tongue. When at the height of Ids excitement, his limbs quivering with passion, he turned to his compatriot and said, You understand Italian I' and immediately finished his recitation with '1 Dio e Gindice de built i giuilici, e Giudice di quest°. min alto.' (God its the Judge of all judges and is the Judge of this, my net) Looking wand de scene of the festive occasion, he drew a small revolver from his side pocket and fired, the bullet entering the brain near the right temple.- He fell to the ground and soon expired. He had premed:. tated the deed, and had rehearsed for it, He WI, Roman by birth, of geed family, and well educated. His career thus far was successful and full of promise. While in Italy he enjoyed the patronage of the Princess Marguerite, wife of Prince Humbert, Inir apparent to the Italian throne. For a portrait of ner boy she roads hint a gift of a ring, which he was wearing at the time of his bath. He came to New York front Italy about April, 1872, and took a studio in 212, Fifth Avenue. He was, very auceestH rc, as he hail been at home. . His talent was extremely versatile, and he was equally skilful with oil, pastiles, or crayon. He paiuted corn; positions of various characters. His patrons were of ' the best class, and he had an abundance of them. Many of his works have attracted attention in the ex' Itibitions of the Academy of Design. They were remarkable for brilliancy of colouring. Some of his subjects were noticeable jar their tragic character. He was not suffering from pecuniary distress at all. Ho ' was very indestrious and made plenty of mousy."
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-05-01 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

STEALING ALE.—Joseph Holmes, Elijah James, and Wm. Griffin, all of Longton, appeared in answer to a sammona charging them with stealing a quantity of ale, the property of C. Glover, Hag., of the value of lx—Mr. Young prosecuted, apd Mr. Welch defendeA.--Samuel Henry Bullock, of • Longton, said I am a clerk at Messrs. Glover'a Brewery. On 29th March last the defendant Holmes, who ia a waggoner employed at the brewery, took four barrels of ale from the work, for Mr. Lane, of Ipatones. When the barrels left the 7 were properly plugged and in good condition.—George Fermhough, of Froghall, innkeeper's son: On 12th March I was , near Froglusll moot I saw Holmes there, also E. Jame. and ' another man. They had a brewery cart and four hones. I saw them plugging a barrel. Holmes was boring a hole, and one of the otner men holdinq a bottle. I s'aw ale running into the bottle. I afterwards saw them plug it up, but they didn't pnt it tight enough, and I shouted to them ale was running oat—John Lane, of histories, beerhouse keeper I remember four or five barrels of ale being delivered from Glover's ou the 29th ult. by Holmes, who was accompanied by the other defendants James and Griffin. After hearing what had taken place near Froghall Wood I examined them, and found one barrel had been plugged in two place., one at the top, and the other between the second and third hoop. One peg had been roughly driven in with a atone or something of the sort. —Defendant. pleaded nbt guilty.—Mr. Welch addreaied the Bench at some lengthen behalf of the prisoners. —Defendants were committed to gaol for one calendar month  ATSZBIPr. Eltucina—On Friday, 23rd inst., a farm ,or. rant, named Geo. -Aleciek, aged 18 years, employed at the Wood House farm, attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself. It appears that Aleeek, after work on the day named, handed his watch to his roaster's daughter, at the same time saying it was to be given to his youngest brother, and that be was going to destroy himself. A short time after Aleock was found in the loft by a fellowororkman, suspended from a beam. Me was black in the face, and almost exhausted. Ile was brought before R. 11. Cotton, Esq., on Monday and remanded. On being charged with the offence defendant had nothing to say.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-11-27 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SINGULMI SITICIDI.—On Saturday, Mr. Donaldson, the deputy Coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Royal Mason Tavern, Cross-street, Poplar, on the body of Edward William Saunders, aged 20, who committed suicide under the following circumstances i—Deceased was a carpenter's apprentice, and resided at 3, Melville Place, King's Cross. He bad been for along period very reserved and strange in his manner, and disappeared suddenly about October last. On Thursday, a lighterinan nam,d Ashdown was in his barge off the Isle of Dogs, when he saw an object floating in the ricer. He conveyed it to the deadhouse, where it was, after a description of the body had been circulated by the police, identified by a brother of deceased, a tradesman in the Tottenham Court Rood. In the clothing of the deceased were found, in addition to a sum of money, a pocket-book and a note apparently emanating from the editor of the MmHg Herald The note contained words to the effect that deceased would have an answer to his communication on a future occasion, and in the meantime was recommended to consult a medical man. The pocket contained, besides a number of quotations from popular works, the follow. lug Should my body be found, which I devoutedly hope it may not, I think it as well to give some explanation of what will be called a rash act. Having written to the editor of the Furnify Herald, and received such an an,wer as to lead me to suppose myself mad, I have made op my mini to kill myself. I might, for aught I know, go raving at any moment, and do some one else a mischief. The Only thing that has hitherto restrained me from suicide has been the fear of causing sorrow to my parents, but that may be soon got over, whereas if I were to live a lunatic they :would always be in trouble abont MP, and by doing this—i. e., killing myself—l end their trouble and my own. I have not written this with the hope of getting my body buried in Consecrated ground, that being an affair of little moment to me, hot Aimply in order that the cans. of my death should be known., ' Otbor words had evidently been written in the pocket.book, but the body having for s , long a time b.en in the water, they were thereby obliterated. A verdict of " Suicide while of unsound nand" was returned.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-12-04 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MEI:TING AT STOKE-UPON.TRENT.  A large meeting assembled in the Town Rill, Stoke, or. Thursiuy. under the auspices of the Working Men's League for Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.— The chair was occupied he R. STEELE, Em., who said that his feelings were against the maintain:ince of these Acts, but as he came to learn rather than to speak he would not occupy the time of the meeting who had assembled to hear R deputation of two gentlemen from Liverpool. He called iron Ml'. WILLIAM BURGESS to address the meeting. Daring his . address he gave a succint account of the case of Mrs. Percy, of Aldershot, who committed suicide rather than submit to the degrading demands of secret police under...these Acts. His address occupied nearly an hoar in delivery and was listened to with great attention amidst frequent  applause.—Mr. Enmi,ND JONES then addressed' the meeting with great feeling and fervour. He said that the Leagne of which he bad the honour to be president intended to secure the membersiLi of 50,000 workmen of all parts of the country, anl to place before the Rouse of Commons at an early date a bound volume of the solemn signatures of all those men protesting against these Acts. He referred to ir recent visit to Paris, which he did not find so free of solicitation as had been represented. He remarked that he must give credit to the French people for their cleanliness, courtesy, and comparative sobriety.—The following resolution was moved by Mr. Wm. loft, and seconded by Mr. Malkin, was carried nnanimotsly That this meeting regard the Contagions Diseases Acts, 1866.69, as degrading in demoralising in character, and as sub. versive of every principle of English liberty and justice."—A vote of thanks to the Chairman was car.. ried with great acclamation, in reply to which he remark,-,l that he thought this was the grossest low that was ever concocted. If this law is to remain it should affect the upper us well as the lower e:asses. Let us not have one set of law-, for the rich and another for the poor. He passed a high compliment upon the speakers, remarking that it was not often they heard two such eloquent addresses from that platform as they had heard to.uight. He called upon the working men not to forget this question at election time.