The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-12-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE BOY AND THE GUN.  At the Mansion House Alfred Jeffery, 17. an errand bo), was charged, before Sir James Whitehead, with discharging a firearm with intent to frighten. —The complainant was Mr. Wane, a printer, at 2, Eotex-street, Bouverie.street, and the prisoner had been an office boy in hii service for three weekti. until Tuesday, when he left of his own accord. As Mr. Wane was about to leave his warehouse, and was putting out the gas, he heard the report of firearms, and the prisoner darted past him and rushed out of the place. Be was followed and ciu,ht. On him • toy pistol and 87 small cartridges were fond.—At the police-station he enid he bad ;.:one to see Mr. Wane, and, on the spur ri the moment, without knowing what be was doing, he di,chaiged the pistil. He did not intend to shoot Mr. Wane or anyone else. fle said he gave 3s. for the pistol and 7d. for the t...:tridges.—The complainant, in reply to the court, said there had been no quarrel between them. The hey left on Tuesday to pest a letter an never returned: The bullet we, found on the floor, and the police believed Hi bail heen aimed at the celing, and not at Mi.. Wane. Jtintes Whitehead, alter hearing the "ooy's father, remanded the prisoner for a week, to see a snort as to his mental condition, observing that his :onuuct was inexiiliciitde.  t dreadful case of attempted murder and attempted suicide occurred at Gritnally lat on Friday night. A man named Gaskill, living apart from his wife, attacked her with a table knife at the houtw where she resided in New Clee, and hacked lies In a terrible manner. The police, who were called to the place shortly before midnight, found the woman eltett,tlfully injure I. She had received it wounds, and one of her hands was nearly cut off. Had the weapon been sharp she would, no doubt, have been cut to pieces. Gaskill afterwards cut his own threat.  So strong is the regard locally for Mr. J. 1). Rich, Liverpool's ex-postm. stet, be has been moat) a J.P.  Reuter says that President Cleveland has gone to North Carolina on a fishing and shooting excursion.  In connection with the recent celebration of Mrs. K ,eley's 90th birthday, it i 3 announced that it is t.e intention of the veneral.le actress to endow c 'itain cots at the Hospital for Sick Children.  A )oting unmarried woman. named Mary Howard, indicted at Al:water Asdrf.s with the murder of Iror illegitimate child at tialbally, co. Limerick, by s'ittogllig it with a handkerchief and afterwards ing it in a ditch. Priwner, who confessed to crime, was f I cunt,, with a recommendation mercy on tilt ti mid that she vas iiis!i4itteo to 1...• crime. She wt.i enteuted 03 be Lauged 7... crick on Jahuary 7i  A collision occurred on Fritlay between the pilot boat No. 5 of Liverpool, off Point Lynas, and the Warren Line steamer Cambroman. Believing that their craft would founder, the pilots, 16 in number, got hast,iv int,' the punt and cast adrift. The) were pressnt/y lost. sight of, and the report that they were I 3 caused consternation in Liverp•ml. At night tart c istaways reached the in safety, to the joyful surprise of their ~remed friemis, }men picked up by tho •r Elea.  A cab ownor had the wort :I.::: •• ' vtinted on th . door panel of all his ve!to:;•... explained ti it his motto was "hire."