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The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-03-31 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

REMARKABLE SUICIDES IN DUBLIN.  At Dublin on Monday the coroner, Mr. Kenny, M' .P. held an inquest on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben, whose bodies were found hanging in their house at Walworth-road, Dublin. Both of the deceased were of the Jewish persuasion. They were in good circumstances, and the case excited great interest, as it was believed that the pair committed suicide from remorse at having prosecuted two co-religionists in the police-court on a Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath). Moses Weiner said he went with a constable to the house on Sunday, and found all the doors and windows shut, bolted, and locked. They forced an entrance, and in the front parlour found the deceased hanging by their necks by cords. The only clothing Mrs. Reuben had on was a chemise, and Mr. Renbin wore drawers, socks, and a flannel jacket. As far as witness knew, the deceased always lived on friendly terms. Mr. Reuben had prosecuted certain persons in the police-court on a Saturday, and had spoken to the witness about the matter. Police-tionstable Lucas said he accompanied the last witness to the house in Walworth-road. The woman was found hanging by the rope produced, on which there was a single loop. This was caught round the chin tusd behind the ears. In the case of the man the rope went nearly* twice round the neck. The fore-finger of the left hand was between the rope and the neck, as if an effort had been made to loosen the rope. A small step-ladder was olose by, upon which the deceased might have stood before swinging himself off. The remains of a supper were on the table. ' Inspector O'Reilly deposed that he found on the premises of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben, in a safe, the sum of £3O in gold and packages of silver to the amount of £43 17s. There were also two bank. books of accounts on the Bank of Ireland. Mrs. Rubenstein, sister of Mrs. Reuben, gave evidence to the effect that she ea \ led at the latter'e house early on Sunday, but being unable to get any response to frequent knockings, went for a constable. Witness could give no explanation for the suicide. A verdict was returned that death resulted from strangulation, the deceased having committed suicide.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-03-24 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SHOOTING A HUSBAND.  Victorine Coutin was condemned to five years' imprisonment by the Seine Assize Court on Monday for trying to get rid of an obnoxious husband by shooting him. The pair were bowling along I the Boulevard Montparnane, Paris, in a cab, one I evening in November last, when the woman asked her husband to lace one of her shoes. He bent down to do so, and she fired twice at him, hitting him seriously in the,head. The cab was is,oppwl, and Madame Cootie, jumping out, asserted that her husband wanted to commit suicide. Before the Court she admitted that she had intended to " suppress " her partner for life, as he ins's' ed in having too much commission on her profits, ard the situation thus became intolerable. She was led shrieking from the dock to the cells.  A =lona party of visitors made its way to the White House in Washington the other day. It was a body of Esquimaux from the territory of Alaska, who had never been in highly civilised regions before. They were very kindly reoeived by Mrs. Cleveland, and were shown all over the place, which excited their curiosity greatly. The pictures, mirrors, lights, carpet', Rowers, all were full of a onder to these stunted, simple children of the far North, and they pointed at everything and chattered to one another the whole time. After being entertained with tea and other refreshments, they departed greatly pleased with their visit. The Paris Malin states that the Prince of Wales during his visit to Monte Carlo won no leas than 200,0001. at the gaming tables of the Casino, and that he generously handed over his winnings to be distributed among the poor of Monaco.  Mr. George Hulbert, of Stakes Hill, near Portsmouth, who hurried to a service of the Plymouth Brethren, fell dead on entering the place of worship.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-06-23 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DQN, CAFE TRAGEDY.  Paul Koosular, 26, an iron-turner, and Stusa,nnah KoL,sular, -24, his wife, were charged, on remand, at the Marlborough-street Polioe-ctourt, London, on Monday, with having murdered Sophia Frederica Matilda Basch, the wife of a restaurant keeper, of 167, Shaftesbury Avenue, and with having stolen a £lO note, £3O in gold, and jewel. lery to the value of between £3O and £4O belonging to Carl Rssoh, their mastor ; and George Scanner. feldt, 31, • waiter, was also charged, on remand, with being concerned in both offences, also with having attempted to oommit suicide by cutting hie forearm with • razor.—Clara Basch, daughter of Carl Basch, said that she was eight years old and her brother Carl was 10. They both went to Sunday school and day school. On the evening on which her mother died she took oars of her little brother Otto, three years old. Her mother went upstairs to lie down, and her father went out with Sohmerfeldt. She took the baby Ernest out for a walk before he went to bed. Beth Carl and Otto were out, and the only persons left in the house were Susannah and Paul, and her mother. When ahe and Carl came in with the baby, Susannah was at the door and Paul walking up and down outside. They went into the shop, and Susannah told them that they must be quiet, as mamma was asleep. She (witness), Carl, and a lad named Wolfe Marks had tea in the kitchen. Susannah undressed the baby, and gave him some to*, and put him to bed. He slept in the first floor back room, and their mother was in the first floor front room. Susannah was a "little bit I long" up stairs, and when she came down she told her (witness) to play her exercises on the piano in the shop, and then went upstairs to Paul. She afterwards came down and banged on the piano, Wolfe Marks and Carl remarling that she would break .the piano if she played like that. Susannah said " That does not matter." She then went upstairs to Paul and afterwards came down into the kitchen. She (the witness) did not see either Paul or Susannah again. They did not tell her that they were going away. She was going to wake her mother at eight o'olook, but Susannah told her that her papa said she was not to do so. No one had been in the shop between then and the time she came home. —Carl Basch, brother of the last witness, said he remembered the night his mother died. His sister commenced to play the piano, and while she was doing so Susannah came and thumped upon the instrument. The boy Marks told her that if she continued to thump it she would break it. Susannah kept on thumping, saying that she would not hurt h.—The case was adjourned.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-01-13 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT LEEDS,  DEATH OF THREE PERRONE.  --Early on Saturday morning Richard Benson a °lark employed on the Midland Railway at Leeds, it is alleged, murdered a woman who lived with him as his wife, and also her child, by cutting their throats with a nub'', and afterwards committed suicide by cutting his own throat. Benson also battered the woman's head with a poker. The parties had often quarrelled, and were heard quarrelling on the fatal morning by neighbour., one of whom, a Mr. White, went into his back yard and shouted, "What's the matter 1' One of Benson's sans, aged 15, answered, "They are all killed upstairs." Mr. White entered the house' and on going upstairs saw in the front bedroom Benson and the woman lying close together in a pool of blood. Both had their throats cat, and both were dead. The baby was also lying dead on the bed with its throat out. Benson was in his shirt and drawers, and the WOM9II had nothing on ,but her nightdresa. On the floor of the room were a bent poker and a broken razor, the latter being near Benson's right hand. The bay Benson made a statement to the police to the effect that he was awakened by another brother calling out, " Albert, get up He immediately arose, and on going into the front bedroom saw his father with a poker, hitting his mother, who cried out, "Don't, Dick." The boy began to cry, and begged his father to desist. He then returned to his bedroom to dress, and on coming back inct his father, who said, "I shall be hanged for this, but I'll finish the job." Benson then out his own throat. The boy ran downstairs and told Mr. Whits what had occurred. No reason is assigned for ths tragedy, except that Benson had been drinking heavily, especially sitloo Christina..
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-01-20 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ERITH MURDER TRIAL  SIATENCE OF DEATH.  Henry Kelsey, aged 39, was arraigned at the Maidstone Assizes on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Wills, on the charge of murdering a woman named Burton, with whom he cohabited, at Erith.—The facts, am narrated by Mr. Dickens, Q.C., the prosecuting counsel, were briefly as follows. The prisoner and the deceased were seen by a man named King walking along one of the principal thoroughfares at Erith, when, hearing a stifled shriek, King looked round and saw the prisoner place his left arm round the neck of the woman and make live "jags" at her throat. They then fell heavily to the ground, and on King going up to them he found the deceased had a terrible gash in her throat., which caused her death in a few minutes. The prisoner had a knife in his right hand, and with this he inflicted the fatal wound, and also injured himself. At the hospital the accused made this statement :—"I did not kill the women. I lent her my knife, and when I saw what she had done I said I would die with her too." The doctor in the case, however, stated that the deceased's wound could not have been self.iaflicted." —Upwards of 20 witnesses gave evid.nce for the prosecution. One of them was called to prove that the prisoner made the following statement a few days before the alleged murder : "I have done living with her" (meaning the deceased) "and shall not have anything more to do with her. I have a wife living in London, and if she (the deceased) comes between her and me I will kill her and swing for her."—The defenceset upby prisoner's counsel was that deceased iuflieted the fatal wound with her own hand. Mr. Holster referred to the fact that. the woman had been cast off by the accused, was without a friend in this country (her parents being in America), and he contended that these important circumstances operated on her mind, and indneed her to take her own life.—The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, and the judge, in passing sentence of death, told the prisoner that ho had committed a cruel mui der. The Treasury is stated to have discovered that the prisoner, who is a native of Newcastle, is a bigamist. He was first married at Newcastle in 1872, and deserted hie wile and children eight years afterwards, and went through the form of marriage with a young woman, a cook, at Poplar, in 1891, at whioh time he was cohabiting with the murdered woman Burton.  -Harry Kelsey, who was awaiting his trial at the Kent Assizes, for the murder of Thomasina Burton, at Erith, attempted to commit suicide in his cell at Maidstone gaol, adopting a novel method of self-destruction. He seems to have leapt off a bench and turned a partial somersault, in order to alight on his head, and so break his neck. Ths experiment failed, and Kelsey merely sustained superficial injuries to the bead.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-06-30 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE OF A DOCTOR.  At the Lambeth Coroner's Court, Mr. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry into the death of Dr. Edwin Joseph Colvin Tyler, son of Sir John William Tyler, C.1.F., of the Central Gaol, Agra, who was found dead in a London hotel.—Miss Alice Tyler, a nurse at St. Thomas's Hospital, identified the deceased as her brothee, and stated that he was 27 years of age, and a legally qualilled medical practitioner. He had lived at Staines. The witness knew of nothing that was likely to upset him, and he was a temperate man.—Dr. Frederick Charles Tothill, of Staines, stated that the deceased for two years had acted as his assistant. He was satisfactory in every way, and the witness knew of ne trouble that he bad. On the 13th inst. he left Staines to go to London to an exhibition in Bond-street. He said he would not be back that evening, and on the 14th inst. he sent a telegram saying that he would be down by the 11 o'clock train from Waterloo. He did not come, and on the 15th the witnese received another telegram from Lambeth stating that he was miming down in a few hours. He did not see him, however, though he afterwards learned from his servant that he had been to the house. After the witness heard of his death he missed from his surgery a bottle of prussic sold similar to that produced. Annie Gooderham, chambermaid at Piggott's Hotel, deposed that at 11.30 p.m. on Monday, the deceased came there with a lady.—William Smith, boots at the hotel, said that at about 7.30 am. on Tuesday he went to the room occupied by the deceased to get his boots. Dr. Tyler opened the door, which was looked, and handed witness his shoes. Three hours later the witness took up the boots and found the deceased dressed and smoking a cigar. At 11.30, being told that the manageress could not get an answer to repeated knocks, witness entered the room by the window and found the deceased dead on the sofa—Dr. Taylor, of Seymour-street, Portman-square, said that some time ago he examined him, and told him that his heart was not strong, and that he must always be careful.—Dr. Brooks stated that he was called to the hotel, and found the deceased dead on the much. On the dressingtable he noticed the bottle produced, which bad contained an CAMPO of hydrocyanic acid, but was empty. The cause of death was prussic, said poisoning.—The jury returned a verdict of temporary hasanity.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-07-21 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.  Dr. Edmund King Houchtn, deputy coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hospital respecting the death of John Beaumont Lester' a partner in the firm of Thomas Taplin and Co., Limited, carpet warehousemen, of Gresham street, London. —Rose Lester, the widow, of Rlohmond, deposed that on Sunday week the deoeased had a sunstroke, which made him very ill, but he refused to see a doctor. He had been depressed, and had said to witness, "You would be totter without me," afterwards saying "I didn't mean it." Witness was always able to cheer him up.—William Hogan, • carman, deposed that he was in the Bell public. house when the deceased entered with two young women. He then treated those present to drinks, after which they went to another publio-house. About 11 o'clock at night witness was going through Albert-street with the deceased, who said, "Have you got any money ?" and witness replied "No.' Deceased then said "I have got no money, this is all I have got," at the same time producing a revolver. Witness walked away • few yards, and then heard a report. On looking round witness saw the deceased lying on the ground, and on going up to him f d him bleeding from • wound in the fore Deceased appeared sober when witness first im. Dr. William Bower said that death was due to laceration of the brain caused by a bullet passing clean, through the brain. Mr. George Smith, of Lancaster-road, West Norwood, stated that the deceased had been connected with the firm for 27i years, first as junior, then as junior partner, and afterwards when the firm was•turned into a tympany he was made director and secretary. He had the most unabated confidence placed in him, and gained the respect of all with when he came into contact. A verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind was returned.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-03-10 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ALLOGED MURDER AT  MANCHESTER.  Richard Hodgkins, a cattle drover, is in the custody of the Manchester police on a charge ol having murdered a woman named Annie Dobson, with whom he had been living. About 5 o'clock on Sanday morning the prisoner went to the house of his sister, and informed her that Dobson was dead, but said he did not know how it had happened. The police were communicated with, and a constable .went to the hotline in which Hodgkins had resided. He there found the woman Dobson lying dead on i sofa in the kitchen. A broken chair was on the floor, and there was also a poker, a hammer, and a rolling•pin, all smeared with blood, near to the sofa. In the backyard he found a broken broom handle also smeared with blood, and a bucket eontaining water mixed with blood. The prisoner, on being arrested, said "I think it happened between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, but lam not mire. I think I have done it with the leg of a chair." The medical evidence showed that the woman's head and body were literally covered with wounds and bruises, several of which were in themselves sufficient to cause death. The ooroner held an inquest on the body on Monday afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Hodgkins.  woman  A prisoner named Walwitz escaped from gaol at Trenton (New Jersey) the other morning. He knocked down the warder and seising a pistol shot him through the head. Leaving the offioial dead In the oorridor, the convict then seized the keys and effected his escape. A youth of 18, living with his parents, committed suicide at Paris. He was so disappointed at being forbidden to jein the army on amount of his feeble conatitntion that he hanged himself in the dining:yam at his home.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-06-02 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

BRITISH BLUEJACKETS AT PORT  SAID.  DISPATCH OF A FRENCH WARSHIP.  In consequence of the announcement that British bluejackets would be landed at Port Said if necessary to preserve order among the coal porters on strike at that place, the French Government ordered to Port Said one of the vessels of the French Levant squadron with instructions to take whatever measuies may be required. The Aloe. of Messrs. Worms, Jesse, and Co. at Port Said were attacked by • body of about 400 of the coal porters on strike, who threw atones at the building, in which a few of the men who continued at work had takcn refuge. The police charged the mob with axed bayonets and put them to flight. Several of the rioters were wounded,. ater advices state that the striker* have returned weerh.  Robert Hudson, an eight year-old boy of Liverpool, was with two other boys playing cricket in a field when Hudson was struck on the head with a ball. He was taken home, and the next morning said he was much better. An hour later, however, he was found dead in bed.  At Rochester on Saturday & cement worker, who was unable to obtain employment, committed suicide by hanging himself. Mr. Gladstone's right eye was successfully operated upon for cataract at Lord Rendel's town house. No anaesthetic was used, the patient bearing the pain with fortitude. In the Divorce Division, before Sir F. Jenne and and a special jury, a matrimonial suit In which Mrs. Dunhill sought for a judicial separation from her husbsnd (Baroness Frerichs intervening), was concluded. The jury found for the pet'tioner, and his lordship granted a judicial separation, with costs against the respondent and the intervener, and with custody of the children. A sum of £262,425 from voluntary sources has been expended in the diooese of St. David's on buildings and endowments during the lest nine years.
The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1880-07-10 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ADULTERATED GERMAN WINE. (From the "Globe.")  We hear a very discouraging tale from the wine districts of Baden. It is said that some of the vine growers, troubled by the wretched yield of the lest vintage, have turned from nature to the chemist.. The. latter have assisted them in producing some highly-deceptive artific;al wines. The new branch nr business assumed such dimensions that the German papers began some time ago. to call attention to it. Many innocent consumers ham imagined that by sending direct to the wine-growing dlg riots, though they might not obtain tbe beet quality of wine, they would certainly secure the actual Juice of the grape for their tables. The Baden wine fabricators, however, are astute fellows. They never allow the spirit which they employ in their fabrication to be brought direct to their own railway station. It is unloaded at a remote station, confided to  the care of some local confidant, and then brought to its destination quietly by the road. The State Prosecutor of the Grand Duohy has at length bad his eyes opened to this shameful procedure, and a sudden invasion of the police has lately surprised some ot the tngentous nosnoesetware. Oasks have been sealed with the Government seal and put under the jurisdiction of the public analyst. Ore great house, which has hitherto enjoyed public confidence to an unlimited degree, is marked out for prosecution. It appears that this house has done business to the amount of 500,000 marks since the beginning of the present year. and the police are in possession of evidence that it Las pia chased no less than 300,000 marks' worth of spirit in the underhand way which we have described. The stuoe of the firm is not given as; bat it will be _ published at the next session of ths Strafaiumer. As • %E.,. Germ In vintagers were not adepts in the mystery er. supplanting " Naturysin" by " Spiritwean." glower "artist, was obtained from Paris who has proved that it is just as easy to produce chemical hr.*, as chemical clarets.  SUICIDE BY Hauoixo.—An old man named Awstrosi. who resided in Sweetbriar-street, Gloucester, ;hos ,s)tliniitted suicide by suspending himself from a n his bedroom. It is recorded 9tat about 28 ,yeors ago the deceased attempted suicide in a similsz p.men