The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-03-19 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

EXTRAORDINARY WORKHOUSE  SOAN DAL.  The, Whitchurch Guardians have been investigating a complaint against a nurse of cruelty t, a child. The woman had charge of children who were being treated for measles in an isolated portion of the infirmary, and she was reported to have told the muter that she placed a bath containing hot water by the side of the bed of a child named Hall, aged four years, whi!st she went for some cold water. She said that on her return the child had been in the water, and had scalded one foot badly and the other slightly. She applied cold water bandages, and concealed the occurrence until 10 o'clock on the following morning. The matter was then reported to the doctor, and the child, who seemed afraid of the nurse, was removed to the sick ward, where it afterwards stated that it had been put into the hot water by the nurse Jackson.—The woman Jackson was called into the Board-room and questioned by the chairman. She confessed that she put the child into the bath. It was a dirty child, and had caused her to get into a temp«r, so she brought some hot water from the boiler in the infirmary and put the child in it. (Sensation.)— The chairman: Into the boiling water; and simply because you were in a temter !—Jackson: I didn't think it was so very hot. I but it in whilst I went for wine cold water.—The chairman: Then you actuallv put the child in this hot water 7—Jackson: Yes.—The thairman: Didn't you put your own hand in the water to see if it was too hot 7—Jackson: No.—The chairman: The case is worse than I thought it was.—Jackson: I did not put her in with the intention of scalding her. The chairman (sharity): Well, you knew it was hot ?—Jackson: Yea, I knew it WbS hot.—The chairman: 'Vou put this little thing in the hot water brcause you were in a temper ?—No answer.—The woman then retired. —The master was instructed to report the matter to the police.  AN ASTOU DING AMERICAN STORY The following extraordinary story cornea from America: "A curious commingling of newsraper rivalry and suimde is reported from Midvale, Neiraska. It appears that a man named Merchant, the editor of a weekly paler published in that town, decided list Monday to corn it suicide because of rev•rses in business. In order that his paper should at least be first with the rears, be wrote a thrilling obituary attic e about himself, extending to three colun ns in length, mplaining how and why he was taking Ida life, and what the outlook for him was if he iii nct do so, and waited till the rival piper ha t gone to i ress. Be then handed the story to the trintere, and, shutting himself up in his private room, took a dose of poison. When the foreman read the article be ran to the sanctum, but was unable 10 gain admiss on, and, as the editor refused to let him ester, he called the police, who broke open the door. Merchart was frau d almost at the last gasp, and the doctors devo en themselves with the utmoet enemy to the aihnini.dra, ion of antidotes. The foreman, n-einwhile, bad the arti ha set up and iushed.out the papers, g,ving the story as the editor wrote it. An hour afterwards the rival paper came t -ith a later edition announcing that Merchant's life had been ,•averl."  Wellingborough, on Monday, a man named !miles Cox, a club manager, was found in boa o,m with Ids throat cut, and his recovery ia tobtful. Some tune ago he was fined aro tor sellg liquors to non-memoers of his cub, and yeeteray a aa to appear before the Weliangoorough rimerseaten on a charge a selling hnozicating IiqUOIS -ithout • li,ence,