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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-12-31 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUMMING MURDER IN GALICIA. Five Jews, named Moses Schneider, Myer Brecher, Abraham Moses Schneier, Joseph Landau, and Moses Feldmann have list been tried for the murder of Abraham Feldmann, son of the latter, at Tarnopol, in Galicia. It appears that the deceased had made an offer of marriage to a Christian girl, and that she had accepted him on his promising to become a Christian also. Having heard of this promise, the accused men assembled in the house of Moses Feldmann and wai mly upbraided young Feldmann for his apostacy. The latter, however, remained obstinate, and during the altercation the father threw a sling rope round his neck, and pulled at it with the other men until bin 13011 was strangled. Hannah Feldmann, the mother of the deceased, who was absent at the time, showed much grief at the death of her son, but was soon pacified by her husband representing the murder as a re:igloos sacrifice, and passed the rest of the evening With him in prayer. The case was clearly proved against the defendants. Moses Feldman and Myer Brocher were sentenced to bo hanged, and the other three to ten years' imprisonment with hard labour.— Easters Budget.  THE BIECK TRAClEDY.—Troppmann again manife,ts as great indifference to his position as formerly. Its appears to have no fear of the scaffold, and lins made to his fellow prisoners the remark: If I an: condemned to death I shall not be executed, as I possess means of eommitting suicide which no one rcrild pievent me from employing. lam sure of escaning any watch that may be set on me." Whenever he refers to his crime, he does so in a careless manner, without any signs of remorse, sad speaks of it as an affair which did not succeed in consequence of a defective execution. He admits that he derived little profit from the murders—a few thousand francs only. "I wanted he money," he said, "to construct a new weaving loom, which would hay, been the commencement of my fortune; I should have invented other machines, and then I should have become rich, very rich. I should have travelled, and there is not a corner of the earth that I shculd not have visited... He might have been seen on Satnrday from some of the windows at the Palace of Justice, t ,king his recreation in the small triangular courtyard of the Conc:ergerie, and playing at chuck-penny with his gaolers, or amusing himself, without any apparent anxiety, in jumping over chairs and perforndng other feats of agility. The Rappel states that a physician, who has made disorders of the mind his special study, is to visit Tropprnann to examine hie mental state. This medical man is acting on instructions from H. Lachand, who npparently intends to adopt the plea of insanity in defence of his client.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-09-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

POISONING BY STRYOIINIA.—A case of death from poisoning by strychnia has been investigated at Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean. In November, 1864, Mrs. Jane Ann Salter, wife of the Rev. Edward Salter, of St. Jude's Church, Bristol, showed signs of insanity, and, having attempted to commit suicide an well by drowning as by poisoning she was, in June,lB66,placed in an asylum, where she remained ten months,and then went to live with her mother. In November last she returned to her husband at Bristol, and since that time had given no evidence of insanity. In August Mr. and Mrs. Salter went on a visit to Dr. Whatmough, her brother, at Cinderford. On the night of the Ist inst., when Mrs. Salter went to bed, she appeared still contented and cheerful, an she had been during her stay at Cinderford, but early in the morning Mr. Salter was awakened by his wife's hard breathing, and he asked her what was the matter. She asked for water, complained of cramp, and rapidly fell into vio• lent convulsions. Mrs. Whatmough was first called, and then Dr. Whatmongh. Mrs. Salter then exhibited all the usual symptoms of poisoning by atrychnia. The doctor Went to his surgery, which is upon the pre. 111113 es, and before ho could return she was dead. When a post-mortem examination was made no traces of poison could be found in the stomach; but three medical men gave it their'opinion that as Mrs. Salter had died from tetanus, canned by strychnia. No bottle or box as found in the bedroom, and Dr. What. inough stated that neither of the bottles in the surgery containing preparations of strychnia was missing.— The Jury returned a verdict stating that deadened died from tetanus, caused by strychnia, but that under what circumstances the poison was taken, or whether taken by the act of deceased or edministerea by some other person, there wan no evidence to show.  SHOCKING CHARGES pit
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-09-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

POISONING BY STRYOLINIA.—A case of death from poisoning by strychnia has been investigated at CM. derford, in the Forest of Dean. In November, 1864, Mrs. Jane Ann Salter, wife of the Rev. Edward Salter, of St. Jude's Church, Bristol, showed signs of insanity, end, having attempted to commit suicide as well by drowning as by poisoning she was, in June,lB66,placed in an asylum, where she remained ten months,and then went to live with her mother. In November last she returned to her husband at Bristol, and since that time had given no evidence of insanity. In August Mr. and Mrs. Salter went on a visit to Dr. Whatmough, her brother, at Cinderford. On the night of the Ist inst., when Mrs. Salter went to bed, she appeared still contented and cheerful, as she had been during her stay at Cinderford, but early in the morning Mr. Salter WM awakened by his wife's hard breathing, and he asked her what was the matter. She asked for water, complained of cramp, and rapidly fell into vio• lent convulsions. Mn. Whatmough was first called, and then Dr. Whatmongh. Mrs. Salter then exhibited all the usual symptoms of poisoning by strychnia. The doctor went to his surgery, which is upon the pre. mitres, and before he could return she was dead. When a post-mortem examination was made no traces of poison could be found in the stomach; but three medical men gave it their Opinion that as Mrs. Salter had died from tetanus, caused by strychnia. No bottle or box was found in the bedroom, and Dr. What. mough stated that neither of the bottles in the surgery Containing preparations of strychnia was missing._ The Jury returned a verdict stating that deceased died from tetanus, caused by strychnia, but that under what circumstances the poison was taken, or whether taken by the act of deceased or administered by some other person, there was no evidence to show.  SHOCKING CHARGES Glt
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-02-05 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SERVANT. Dr. Lankester held an inquest at Islinglon Work. house on the body of Rosa Hobson, aged twentj-one, Mrs. Emma Scales identified the body of the deceased, whom she had known in the country, and FilleB she had hien in town. She was a general servant at 164, Hfghbury New-park. On the Sunday before Christmas Day she came to witness and said "I have run away from my situation while master and mistress are at church. There is more work than I can do, and mistress would only scold me when ehe returned. Witness persuaied her to return and she accompanied her. Mr. Thomas Kilner, a clerk in the Bank of England, said the deceased entered his service on the 25th November last. His wife met her at Paddington, she having come from East. wood, near Newbury. She was a very quiet girl, but IS a servant very inefficient, which caused witness to speak to her sharply. On the Sunday before Christmas. day himself and wife went to church, and on their return the house was locked up, and the girl absent. He managed to get into the house, and found all the fires out. Mrs. Scales brought the girl back, when he told the deceased that he had a good mind to prosecute her for leaving his house unprotected. He told her she must leave' but on her expressing sorrow for what she had done he took her back on trial. They went to church on Christmas-day, and on their return they found she had gone again. Witness hav'ng put the key of the side door in his pocket was enabled to get admission to the house, when his wife saw the deceased tram the window walking about, flo fetched her back, and told her she must leave the next day. She requested to be allowed to stay till they were suited, and asked him not to put in her character that she ran away. The next day she set the tea, and left the house without bonnet and shawl and with her apron on. Witness found a piece of paper, on which was written :--" Dear Mistress,—l am sorry to run away again, but I cannot help it. I shall wander about till I die." Wif noes then went to Mrs. Scales, and to the police, and said he was afraid some harm would come to the girl, as she ap. peered touched in the head. Dr. F. J. Buckle deposed to making the post mortem examination of the body, which had been in the water about a month. There were no marks of external violence, and the body was remarkably welt nourished. The canoe of death was suffocation by drowning. The coroner having made some remarks on the case, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-02-19 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

BTRANUN CAREER.  A young man, who gave the name of Robert ruches, by birth a German, was charged at a London Policecourt with having attempted to commit self murder. A police-constable proved being called to the public baths in Whitechapel, where the prisoner was given into his custody; on a charge of attempted suicide by stabbing himself on the arm with a knife. Prisoner had a wound in the arm from which blood was Sowing freely. In answer to the charge, prisoner said be was tired of his life, and handed up a letter to the magistrate, which contained a statement of the birth, parentage, and life of the prisoner, written by himself. He states that he was born in Berlin, March, 1844, where his father carried on business an a confectioner to the Royal court of Prussia. after a time retiring to live son private gentleman. Prisoner was always treated very harshly by his father, who eventually sent him to Geneva, as apprentice in a mercantile home, but soon after wrote to him to meet him at Leipzic, which he did, and soon found himself shipped from Hamburg on board a Hall steamer, with only one shirt soda pair of trousers, to go all the way to Australia. On arriving at Liverpool from Hull he was met by a gentleman who took him to his house, and after keeping him locked up in a small back room for five days, put him aboard of the ship Lightning, which frame diately got under weigh, and proceeded to Melbourne, Australia. On the voyage he received much kindness from the captain. Arrived at Melbourne, he (prisoner) complained to the Prussian consul, who treated him as an impostor. After working about Australia for two years, he worked his passage back to Liverpeol In the Water Nymph, and arrived in London during the time of the Exhibition. To earn his bread in London he became a shoeblack, and while so employed he learnt that his parents were living in lodgings in Bedford-street, Strand. At last he contrived an interview with his father, who, however, was cold to his entreaties and soon after his parents suddenly returned to Berlin. Shortly after, he (prisoner) accepted the offer of a man named Lammers, acting for his father, to be sent to New York. There, for want of food, he was compelled to join the army, and served in the Southerh army. In 1815 he was discharged, and returned to Liverpool from New Orleans. Thence he shipped as cook on board a Portuguese steamer, trading on the Congo river, but, falling ill, was sent to London by the English consul; afterwards he applied to the Prussian consul and the German Aid Society for help, but in vain, and now, being ill, he had determined to end his life and wretchedness, laying his blood on the head of his father. The letter closed with %wish that his statement might be made public. Throughout it was written in a neat and steady hand, and showed a good education, but how true it may be is another matter. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-02-26 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE IN TRE SERPENTINC.—On Tuesday night Freclaick Urquhart, aged 37, residing at 14, Randolf-mews, Maids-vale, committed suicide by throwing himself from the second arch of the Serpentinebridge on the north shore into the water. The deceased was an upholsterer and a very steady workman, but he had for a long time been out of work in consequence of ill health and general nervous debility, which his wife said had depressed him so much that at times he appeared hardly to know what he was about.  THE POLICE OF BERLIN have just made known  the—following extraordinary occurrence :—A little girl nine years old was being conducted along the street by her governess, on her way to school, when she was suddenly snatched up by a well.dreseed man, and thrust into a carriage in which a veiled female was seated. The man immediately sprang upon the box, and before the governess, in her astonishment, could cry out for assistance, the carriage had disappeared. This abduction took place in the very centre of the capital.  THE DEATH is announced of Mr. Charles Baldwin, at the advanced age of 95 years. Mr. Baldwin, in the earlier period of his career, was a partner in one of the largest publishing firms in the City of London. Subsequently, about the time of the agitation for Catholic emancipation, and in conjunction with the late Dr. Giffard, Dr. WGinn, and other political writers of that day, be established the Standard newspaper, of which he continued the sole proprietor for many years. Ile was also a magistrate for the county of Surrey, had long been the father of the Stationers' Company, and was one of the founders of the Royal Literary Fund.  c Ix A c4sx heard at. the Bristol county Court, a witness was called who objected_ to be BROM On being asked by the court what his religious denomination was, he said he was a member of an American sect called the " Christos Adelphos." He belivvcd be was the only one of the denomination in Engllnd. On assuring the court that be conscientiously ohkctod to tahinz an oath, he was allowed to give his evidence P 'chola doing no. PnuFESSOR FAWCETi ON
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-07-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.  ANGELTOWN, BEIDGEND.  • 'Thermo. Barome.' meter._ I -- Wind. Weather. 9 a.m. MxMin.  30.01 .75 47 Z. !Vent fine 2990 75 140 sacs. Light elhowers .3003 tl9 147 s.W. ;Fine .10*00 '641 43 w. 'Overcast. Fine 129'88 68 53 &K s. Mild. Fincldit clds 29/3 62 49 w.n.w.lSlight Drizzle. Fne 29'85 60 37 w. 'Light breeze. Fine  A case of murder and attempted suicide of a very ,nful nature occurred at Douglas on Sunday morn. ii The wife of a car driver, named Samuel Stuart, firgt murdered her son, a lad about five years of age, ti.en attempted to cut her throat, and afterwards to drown herself. Stuart, his wife, and their son Samuel, the deceased, occupied a wretched room in a wretched tenement situated in Back Sand-street, in Douglas, not very far from the shore. They had two other children, but they did not reside with their parents. Both Stuart and his wife were of drunken habits, and quarrels were of common occurrence between them, the husband being accustomed to treat his wife with great brutality. For several weeks past the couple had been drinking freely, selling article after article out of their one room for the purpose of procuring drink. About a fortnight ago the man met with an accident, in consequence of which he was admittted as an indoor patient in the General Hospital. The wife, however, continued her course of dissipation, and gradually disposed of every article of furniture in the house. On Saturday night, soon after twelve o'clock, a woman who occupied the room above heard the little fellow calling out, "Oh, don't, mother, don't, mother." As it was a frequent habit of the woman's to thrash the boy, she did not attempt to go down stairs to interfere until she heard the noise of straggles. She then jumped out of bed, and, calling another woman to her assistance, rushed down stairs. They found the door of the room closed, but by means of a largo aperture in the door could plainly perceive the body of the child lying huddled in one corner of the room. The poor little fellow's throat was cut from ear to ear. Life was then quite extinct. The woman Stuart had rushed down on the shore, and she attempted to cut her own throat, but the attention of a girl being drawn to the woman's actions, she threw down the weapon and rushed into the tide. The girl's cries brought assistance, and the woman was rescued. Little hope is entertained of her recovery.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-02-12 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MEETING OF PARLTAMENT.—Mr. Gladstone has issued the following letter to his supporters: —"ld, Carlton-house-terrace, Jan. 30, 1869.—Sir,—I venture to express the hope that you may find it con. venient to attend the House of Commons on the 16th of February, when the address will be moved in answer to the speech from the throne. Very shortly afterwards, business of great importance will be submitted to Pao liamont.—l have the honour to be, sir, your very faithful servant, W. E. GLADsTONE." TIMOUR'S LlBRART.—According to the Spectator, a treasure of priceless value has been found among the stores of the Indit-house. Oriental scholars all over the world will feel their blood quicken at the news that the library of Tumour, collected in the course of his conquests, has been discovered. "Among other treasures are documents of extraordinary value connected with the biography of Mahomed." The discovery of this chest may probably cause a large part of Eastern history to be rewritten. THE FRENCH are singularly cool hands at Committing suicide. The Muer d..y a young man, who loved not wisely but too well, shot himself in his bedroom, but before doing so wrote the following letter to his brother:—" lam about to die. lam going to kill  myself for a woman whom hove, but who does not love me. I beg of you to see that my funeral is properly carried out. I rely on you to fulfil this last duty.— Your affectionate brother, ALEXlS.—PariscorrospondeAt of" The Echo." THERE 18 A POSSIBILITY that the whole of the hands employed in the ropemaking department of Chatham Dockyard will be discharged on the list March. Should this be carried out, Devon poet, at the close of the present financial year, will be retained as the sole dockyard for the manufacture of rope for the navy.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-06-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.  A very long and painful inquiry has been held at St. George's Workhouse, Mountstreet, Grosvenonsquare, respecting the death of Mies Clara Morton, aged 19, who was found drowned in the Sepertine, Hyde-park. Miss S. Morton, of 3, liotheerroad, Islington, said the deceased was her sister. She had lately been in very low spirits. She left home on the 14th of May, and witness never saw her alive again. Three days after she left home the following letter addressed to witness was found in her bedroorti :—" My dear sister,—l am very sorry to leave you. By the time you get this note I shall be in another world. My heart is broken. Mr. Fenton has very much ill-used me. This, no doubt, will be a death-blow to you, but it can't be helped. I have been very unhappy of lete, and have had no rest for months. He is the came of all this. I cannot say any more; so farewell for ever." The letter was signed "Clara Morton." In the envelope was a lock of her hair. The witness, in answer to the coroner, said she knew the deceased had been keeping company with • young man named Fenton. George Newton said en Wednesday evening he found the body of the deceased floating on the water of the Serpentine, in Hyde-park. Mr. William Bloxam, surgeon, said be had examined the body of the deceased; she had been pregnant within the last six months. The cause of death was suffocation by drowning.- -lienjamin Fenton, a private in the let Life Guards, deposed that he had been keeping coinpany with the deceased for three years. He holt Saw her alive on the 12th. She used to come to the ba7racks of an evening ands* to see him. He of late had heard she had a had temper. and had often told her he did not want to see her. When he told her so she used to begin to cry. On the 14th he received a letter from her to the effect that she intended to destroy her life. In the letter she said, " When you hear of me I shall be dead. You have quite broken my heart. I hope you will be a moat miserable man as long as you live, ter you are-the cause of my death." He told her evening after evening for the past few months that he did not want to see her. The sister of the deceased said she could show nearly 100 letters which Fenton had written to her sister, making appointments Co meet her. The coroner, in summing up, said there could not be the slightest doubt that this soldier had won the affections of this unfortunate young lady, and, having ruined her, left her to her fate. It was quite clear that the deceased had been seduced, lint by whom there was not sufficient evidence to prove. The jury then returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-04-02 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ILL-USED JOURNALIST.  -Is the immense competition for scraps of intelligence for the journals pennya.liners are sometimes at their wits' end. One of these indefatigable gentlemen was recently travelling on the Ceinture Railway. Alone with him in the carriage was a melancholylooking man of neglected beard, despondent eye, and down-bent head. Suddenly when the train attained its full speed this care.orn-looking individual stood up, opened the door, and was about to dash himself out when the literary gentleman seized him instinctively by the collar and dragged him back. 'Did you mean to kill yourself 1" " I did." "What is the canoe—what is the cause? Tell me your story." The wretched man began to unfold some sad tale of domestic sorrow, and the news-searcher, excitedly saying 'wait a moment," pulled out his notebook, sharpened a pencil, and then nodded to the other to proceed. Having heard a pathetic tale he began to think it would lose all interest unless it ended in a startling tragedy, so getting name and age of the intended victim our man of letters at the first stop shook his new friend heartily by the hand and changed carriages to smoke as he said, but really to let the victim accomplish his suicide in peace. Looking continually out of the window he still could see no wild jump from the carriage door. On the contrary when the train next stopped the suicide-suspect got out and was moving off tranquilly. Penny-a-liner got out too and followed him. " said be, with a bland look, "are you going to kill yourself some other way I"" No, monsieur," replied the late dismal wretch, "you are my benefactor; since you saved me I have eased my mind by telling you my story, and I am now going home to be reconciled to my wife and to eat my dinner." " Humph I" quoth iileratu.t, "a paragraph lost; I spoiled a beautiful heading and 100 lines.'