The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-01-13 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

EXTRAORDINARY LONDON  OUTRAGE.  FOUR TIBSONS SHOT.  A tragedy occhirred in South London shortly before dark the other evening, whioh rerßed in the death of a man and serious injury to three other persons. The scene of the outrage was a large double.fronted shop at Newington, occupied by -Mrs. Rechel Myers, jeweller and watchmaker, and the victims were Mrs. Myers, her grandson, and an assistant. A few minutes before 4 o'clock, while a young man who does odd jobs for Mrs. Myers, and sometimes assists in serving oustomers, was in the shop, a man, apparently snout middle age, entered; and asked to see a chain which was in the window. The assistant went to the window to get the chain, and while his back was to the man, he seems to have been stunned by a blow on the temple and to have fallen to the ground. Mrs. Myers, her grandson, a youth named Israels, aged between 13 and 14 years, and several of the lady's daughters, were in a parlour at the back of the I shop at the time. Hearing some noise Mrs. Myers and Israelis rushed into the shop, when the man Immediately drew a revolver and fired at the lady, the bullet striking her in the cheek and musing her to fall to the ground. The man then fired at the youth Israel., severely wounding him. By this time the sound of the shots had been heard by persons in the street, who ran to the shop from all directions. Suddenly they saw a man emerge from the door and rush off at great speed. A number of people gave chase, while others entered the shop and some went off to the Police-station to inform the officials. The assailant, finding it impossible to escape, stopped, drew his revolver, and placing it against his head, fired. The people who had followed the man had greatly increased in number on the road, and when he fell there was a large crowd. The man was still living, and be was carried to Guy's Hospital, where it was found that the bullet had gone into his neck. He was attended to with great care by the doctor', but died about half an hour after being admitted. The assistant and Israelis were also taken to the hospital, but the former was subsequently allowed to return home. It is supposed that the motive for the orime was robbery, and that deceased was one of a gang of burglars who have for some time past had their eyes upon Mrs. Myers's shop. About 18 months ago a burglary was committed there, the thieves being supposed to have entered by the first floor front windows, after having climbed the gate of the yard at the side of the house. About nine days later another burglary was attempted, the thieves this time endeavouring to break a hole in the wall of the house up the yard. They must have been disturbed while at work, as only three bricks had been extracted.  An inquest was held at Guy's Hospital on Monday on the body of the assailant. The evidence included a remarkable statement by Alexander Aitchison, who made the aoquaintanoe of the deceased in Wandsworth Prison, and who, having heard of the intention of the deceased to make an attempt in Mrs. Myers's shop, went to the police. station. It was shown, however, that Aitchison had not made a clear communication to the police, and the jury said he was much to be blamed for not doing so. They returned a verdict of felo-de-se.  The Manchester Eveninw Examiner the youngest of the Manchester evening papers—is dead. At the Northamptonshire Quarter Sessions an American named Cotton was sentenoed to three months' imprisonment for obtaining £5 by false pretences from the proprietress of the Kettering Temperance Hotel. lie had lost all his money at a race meeting before going to the hotel, and then he induced the proprietress to cash for him a cheque on a Newbetry bank, where he had no account. Cotton is said to be wanted by the Scotland-yard authorities for similar offences elsewhere.  At Cracow the trial began on Monday of 118 peasants,' men and women, who in September resisted the measures taken by the Government to prevent the cholera from spreading in Hungary. The indictment also charge some of these peasants with offending the Emperor's Majesty. A shocking disoovery has been made on some moorland, near lavenham. The police found a woman and eight children huddled together beneath some sacks' supported on a few bent sticks. The children were half naked, and without food. The father, a travelling hawker, it is stated, deserted the family hut week. Two of the 01111 iren, aged six months and three years respectively, are suffering badly from whoopingcough. The family were taken charge of by the officer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Childrenl and removed to the Union.