The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-07-05 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

TIIROCI;II LOVE.—Two cases of suicide to questions, the witness said the defendant had not by drowning in the Thames have occurred at Wail- ' complained of her misconduct. Mr. lnighain estiing, one particularly being under circutustancem mated the damage to complainant's dress at ISsi , of a very distressing nature. This was the ease of which 1411111 he ordered the defendant to pay, togs:. a young person named Rose More, of about 20 ther with a fine of ss. and 25. costs. For the assault years of age, of very pleasing appearance, and very he fined the defendant 20s. and 2s. costs. respectably connected. She had been keeping ' Rola:mu occCIIIIENCE IN TIIE SOLWAY FInTII. company with a young man na mod Knapp, it —A Carlisle correspondent furnishes us with the brewer, and it appears that they had a slight tiff partieulars of a ur fatal accident of a dreadful nate, in the early part of last week about a trivial matter. which occurred on Friday afternoon in the channel It was stibsequently!inadess and on Saturday she of the Solway Firth, opposite to Port Carl:ale, to a  : Reginald Gunnery, vicarof St. Mary's, Hornsey-rise. wrote to him to meet her that evening at hall-past young man nineteen or twenty years a age, named Upper Holloway, Islington, said he had been light. Be kept the appointment, but she John Thompson, son of a blacksmith living at Port acipiaintel with the defendant about seven or eight thought she had written eight o'clock. She Carlisle. Until recently Thompson had been en- 1 -ears, and had received letters about hint from all became excited at his apparent neglect, and gaged in the former service, but left that employ- I ' ' farts of the country, and that about two years ago went into the Forbary with a fr,elal, wrote anent at the beginning of the present fishing season I le retired from St. Luke's Church, which passed Aim a letter in pencil, „ posted it, and after- for the purpose of fishing a half net. It appears i , river to the Baptists. Witness knew every poor wards drowned herself in the Thames. Knapp that about half-past one o'clock on Friday afternoon I nini..y 11 in his district, and he never heard of the received the letter by post. It Was full of warm Thompson was in mid channel of the Solway, I , lefendant's work there. J. W. Horsford, chief conand endearing expressions of love towards him. She which at present runs not far from the Scotch Moe, : rtable of the London Mendicity Society, said ho said : " 'l'o live without you I could not. God for- fishing his nets. Several other fishermen were en- I ; had known the defendant for about 20 years, that give you, for you are the cause of my death, but I gaged near him half net fishing, all being nein:y 'in 1852 he was charged at the hlaryleborne forgive you. acod-bye, and. may God bless you, opposite to Carlisle. While fishing, Thompson had , Police.court with obtaining money under false my darling boy, is the last prayer of your heart- occasion to step over a entail bank into a pool f ! pretences, hut was discharged for want of evidence, broken Rosa." The father of the deceased and water, but no sooner had he touched the surface t,l . tad that in 1859 he was sentenced to three Months' the jut', exonerated Knapp from any blame, aml a tie sand than he sank co cc head among •I--liil T'it `: ' . iimirisonment at the Lambeth Police-court by Mr. verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned. coyote:l by a .0111kof feet of water. The rapidity ' ' Elliott. as a rogue and vagabond, and that he was The other case of Kilda° i°°k place the daY previous. of the terrible acvid,ni preveuted the pcer in:tn s ! ...nano 't tel with the most notorious beg:ging-letter A young woman named Rhoda Piercy &owned her- voinpanions from :living his., and he was buried , writers in London. The Benoli decided to deal self in the Thames at Caversham, because Ain trilv,. am...u.g the sand. As the tide !los ed shortly with the case under the Vagrancy Act, and esti.: thought a man named King, Nitii WllOlll silt had idler the horrible i.e,:iavence the fishermen were milted the prisoner for throe months witb hard been living was going to des: it her. "Tempormy IT; ~.:;tcd from in,kiii!,:- any effectual efferts to noInsanity • kihver. insanity " was e verdict in this came also. co% ,r the botly.—Le.t/s Tftectird.