The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1869-05-22 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT GATESHEAD. On Saturday great excitement was occasioned at Gateshead, near Newcastle, by the rejeirt if an attempted murder and Nuicide. Margaret Tweedy, wife of James Tweedy, a dairyman, living in Gateshead, was confined about six weeks ago. About three weeks ago she tell into a low and delionding state of mind, and a yemng woman was engaged to atti nil upon her. The unfortunate woman had formed a design to kill her e‘dest child, a little girl about four years old. and about noon Mrs. Tweedy, who was in bed, told the young woman to go up stairs and tell a neighbour, Mrs. White, to come and see her. She unthinkingly left the room to do 80. When she returned she saw her mistress coming sway from a drawer which she had taken something from. The eldest girl was near the door, and the mother, springing at her, seized her by the hair, threw her down, and commenced to saw away at her throat with a large carving-knife. Fortunately the child turned round and fell upon its face, so that the wounds inflicted were only in the muscular portion of the neck. The young woman, Fenwick, with great courage, at once closed with the insane woman, and pulled her away from the child. A struggle for the possession of the knife ensued, and Mrs. 'tweedy turned upon the young woman with it, and cut her severely on the hands and wrists. Fenwiek then ran out and alarmed the neighbours, several of whom rushed into the house and succeeded in taking the carving-knife from Mrs. Tweedy. While the young woman was out, Mrs. tweedy had attempted to cut her own throat, but was prevented accomplishing her purpose through the timely arrival of the neighbours. She is herself badly injured, and the little girl is seriously so.  on Saturday night these two set off for the locality where the poachers were expected to be met with, and, at four o'clock on Sunday morning, they surprised two men in a field in East Raveadale. The poachers took to their heels, followed by the watchers; the gardener kept up pretty closely with the fugitives, and could have overtaken them at any moment, but the keeper was outrun, and Goldy thought it prudent not to attack the poachers singlehanded. After a chase of two miles into the parish of Wold Newton, and when the whole party were out of the view of Marshall, the poachers turned upon Goldy, and a conflict took place, which was beard by the keeper, who also beard "a , bang," and the exclamation, "Oh, Marshall, come on." Goldy then ran back, the pos,chersatill following up the attack. By this time the -keeper came in view, and he saw one of the men rush at Goldy, place his gun against his head, and discharge his weapon. Poor Goldy fell dead, and the poachers escaped from the scene. The body was removed to the premises of Mr. Wright, farmer, of Wold Newton, having a gunshot wound in the chest as well as through the head. The county constabulary, assisted by the farmers and others in the neighbourhood, were quickly in search of the murderers, and two young men, brothers, were arrested on suspicion. An inquest has been held, when the Jury, by the advice of the Coroner, returned an open verdict of "Wilful Murder against sone person or persons unknown," thus leaving the matter in the hands of the magistrates.  At the County Police-office, Grimsby, on Tuesday, Robert Traves, aged forty-five, was charged with the wilful murder of Gohiy. After the information had been read over, and the prisoner cautioned against making any statement, he said, "It wasn't me; it wasn't Inc that did it" He was then remanded for a week. The justices subsequently adjourned tothe Town-hall, where Charles Tray., aged twenty.eight, wm confined in custody. He was made to put on the 310thes (except the coat, which cannot be found) which he was supplwed to have worn on the morning of the murder, and then brought before the justices, in the presence of Marshall, the gamekeeper. Being formally charged with the wilful murder of Enoch Goldy, he replied, "I know nothing at all about it." He also was remanded for a week. Tte prisoners are brothers, of Ashby-cum-Fenby, and were employed on the farm of Mr. Bingham, Ravendale. The gun has not been found.