The Express. — 1848-09-19 (London, England)

ATTEMPTID MURDER AND SUICIDE.—.f. 4) Iraytbwika, (11" P ...... '" iii., Richwieni, residing at 44, Robinhood•lana, Polar, was :. Do. 1 'Anna.-charged with attempting to cut the throat of his wife, '4' ircarel44.4l. Dem. 26 " Caroline Richman, and afterwards his own throit iii tau renews whilst locked up on the charge at the Poplar station to U.l.Low.*Verlika 211 home.—Mrs. Richman stated that for the last fortnight eke do Ot.nomb tWeitilre 42 bad lived apart from her husband, owing to his violence when l'i 111'!Z.14 ;,i'lltt 47 under the influence of liquor. She had been 18 years married y. D.. bp.. kg, „. 3: to him and borne him five children. She met kb:thy appoint- 14 Po. Nae.l6l. mitt on Sunday morning to make tome arrangements tor r, ...v. w.u.... 4„72, their comirstg together again, and agreed to meet subs.- r toles, -IA quently et his sister's on the same evening, to conclude the S., De. 6116 arrangement, and they parted with tie utmost apparent 13, al''..11;04:::::. 1,4 , affs4ction. Whilst they were talking over their iseunion at ,g, 4,24„ ;wee ,„„, . his sister's, he caught her round the neck, embracing her t 0.4 De. Mar 1.4 m, &INA& closely, whilst his cheek rested upon hers. She then felt i, ~. sontethnt cutting her neck. She cried out, " Oh, a knife, L. i,„„,,,,p4,...44i,: a knife," and put up her band to protect her neck, 66 Dada. .. when she found that her thumb was also wound, d. u„ it..j:4"••••••• Her throat was bat slightly cut, hatorso ving been pre, ‘,,"' 00, %we, „ „ b aced by her thumb and the ribbon of her bonnet. ,4 Le. Sixtroda —James Cain corroborated the evidence of Mrs. Richman, 13,,, D'Llhirri.r" adding that the prisoner had threatened during the previous gi. 17211:rsrlser4 week that if he did not flunk his wife he would do tor somebody, 3s Defreaderataatey and he also threatened to blow his own son's brains out.—A 0, ft ii,,,,win*".".' policeman who took the prisoner into custody searched the i ir,g4,6lK.:i room where the attempt bad been made and alio the course So Dal Odra, .-• over which the prix nor had passed, but could not find a '.41 low& and Ers,i.ol;••' knife or any other i,,strument likely to inflict the wean 5. I/ 10!!I, and Tales... bog. Yeoman booked the charge at the Poplar station-hones, , and seeing the excited state of the prisoner searched him no lee. than three times, apprehending dolt he might havesome weapon about him. As a furto er precaution he directed the man on reserve duty to keep a strict watch on tit- cell in wider the prisoner was confined. This man addressed the pima from time to time, but at length the latter end. Let me fano," and laid down his head as it for that pr• it mod The sorgeant, not being nabbed, shortly after 1: in, and saw the prisoner with his heed :I ' meting on the cell bench, and some blood atm' fog apparently from his throat. Witness immediately gave the alarm, and called for the key, upon ' which the prisoner pat up his hand to his throat end tore open a wound which he had contrived to inflict upon it, when the blood rushed out in • copious stream and formed a large pool in the col The prisoner was secured, anti the attendance of a surgeon immediately jprocurt d, but even whilst under media treatment he again attempted to tear open the wound, and was restrained with the utmost diM coley. On seaabiog the eell one of the butkles of the prisoner's braces was towed in the blood, and it would seem that it was with the teeth if this buckle he had contrived to wound bine/h.—Mr. UPI* recalled the pro secant:. and asked whether it ma pitiable the prisoner had also used , the buckle in wombats bar 1-11 n. Richman said it was not at all likely, as lever be had used against her bad e handle. She felt it whim dm put sip her band to protect herselL—Mr. Tattle, romembei the 'dieser.  3 14.  IF tkLe.d.l . Ili IZI• d 7 .01 e. d . j. 4. ltrill:d!  Nam 3 3.P. CA . t•O • 34  ka. at‘  Imkenrl.49wrCwit. w. tot 21 Lim., New. dr Weems& Blikekwall. 114 Dm. irtmetiom MO La.. Nw4444•01.0 9 • Lim. dmUrtur.bp(l imp.PrilDuu.