Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1890-03-22 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

DOUBLE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT NOTTINGHAM.  A shocking tragedy was enacted at Nottingham on Monday, an old man named Thomas Argyle having murdered his wife and grandson and then attempted to commit suicide. Argyle is 67 years of age, and he and his wife Mary, who was five years older than her husband, occupied a cottage consisting of four amen rooms all on one floor, situated in one of the allotment gardens belonging to the Corporation, in the district known as the Hunger Hills. With them lived their grandson, John Marshall, a lad of eleven years, the son of their deceased daughter. Argyle is a lace designer by trade, but had lately occupied himself principally with gardening. At half-past ten o'clock on Monday morning • man named Calladine, a relation of Argyle* went to the hone° with a friend named Tomlinson, and on opening the door was shocked to find Argyle on his hands and kneels bleeding profusely from • wound in his head. Calladine asked what he had been dolor, and Argyle replied," I have been trying to kill myself, but I could not manage: I have killed Mary and the lad." Calladine at once passed into the nest room and there saw the boy Marshall lying on the bed with • fearful gash in his throat and quite dead, the bed being saturated with blood. Proceeding into the adjoining room he saw oaths bed the dead body of Mrs. Argyle, who had also bled profusely from a wound in her throat. Calladine immediately despatched Tomlinson for the police, and Superintendent Lamb was soon on the spot. He took poseession of an open pocket-knife stained with blood, which lay upon the table in the living.room, and also • poker upon which there were blood stains. The old woman and her grandson had evidently been dead for some time, as their bodies were quite cold, Argyle was removed an soon as possible to the Central Police-station, where the wounds of his head were dressed by a surgeon. On being formally charged with the murders, he said "I did it as soon as it was light on Monday morning . with that knife," pointing to the lutife found in the cottage. He added that he afterwards tried to beat his brains out with the poker. The prisoner, it is said, has had very little employment of late, and being in arrears with the rent, had received notice , to quit the garden. This is said to have distressed him. On Sunday he had complained to Calladine of his head being bad. The interior of the cottage had • neglected and poverty-stricken aspect, but the inmates were evidently In no pressing want, as , Argyle, when arrested, had half • sovereign in his possession, sod there was food in the house. The inquest on the bodies was opened on Monday afternoon and adjourned until Wednesday.  Lord Justice Stephen wee a little better on Wednesday, bat he remained indoors all day. Hie medical adviseri elate that he is suffering from overwork, and most take entire rest for several weeke.  Toe Hsaaootra Sueox. The forthcoming season at Harrogate is being looked forward to with very sanguine expeotatione. The fine, open weather Iran been the means of keeping many visitors at Harrogate daring the winter, one establishment alone having entertained from 50 to 70 visitors most of the winter. There are a good number of visitors staying at this health resort at the present time, and the prospects of a busy Easter and of an early season are of a promising character. The " eeason " proper will commence at Eastertide; and, with fine weather, no doubt quite a brilliant time will be experienced at this inland watering. piece dnring the next seven or eight months. A bold attempt to robs blank was made at Wellington, New South WAWA, early on February 411. A young man entered the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, during the absent* of the manager, and asked the cashier for <Menge for XI. While the oaehier wae getting the change the stranger ran roand the counter and presented a revolver at him, saying, Bail up, or I'll blow your : brains out." The caebier promptly knocked up the weapon, closed with the robber, and a desperate struggle was proineding when some one entered the bank. The robber broke away, mounted a horse, . and galloped on, but was quiokly pursued by a poliee-trooper and overtaken about a mile and a half outside the town. The robber fired two shots at the mutable, and theta put the revolver to his month and shot himself dead,  rllO