Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1875-03-31 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

WIFE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF.  A -tow/ring trageala .1/,`GI 011 orate moraine et the Lon.. No 200. Bute•ruorl. Vareliff, who're • mm. mon.] Ifieliarelm mate of • ing•hort. hic wit ...A then rut hi.".,. throe.. Mr. linimmith. iwettpias the hover /hew ar lacono—. part .1 premio• the hot door beiag on-tipi. • hy Mr • 'to!, it ....f the iipper 'h.., by a 1110k11 11.111 i, He :min of • tug-Inea.., Inv nib, aro/ -az • lohly-n. 11n daughtet fortni2l,. ohl. , Inar•/• har M.:, out of employ mein for some time. :ma w:,•t devonnion. end • the doekr to I•on to provide ommthang to meet the '4M,, M.', of toe .-,t.• Ai that time eleven goer, mg Iyd h.•.. 1 1.1 11, d the inbeht,, . when Iron, •ir plamol in loom by HI. airl 5.,1- Ile l• h• en tyry low led MI Feat:, ni.on 11/1,11,04{ anything t.. eat. All vreil t fl. ,i'"•' 1... • ife, vml bedroom oreopi..l ha- Mi., Colnon Alamt :revert ...ylavH on Saturday morning oa. rolvon eons itom•Al,, hearing vorne one knot-k,,, at the pan/ which ityparetorl the nein.. SI.. r..1,1k1,1,1 few minute.. mid hearing whet App., d h. Ir o. 5.1 .1.. r. mi./ there mw liim etriasllllll n 01, lo• wifo • . tel. and he Iva. appinemtlyeultiim 1•• r t with • knife. She ermonted mat end ran a...0r • • . calling to her fatheroirbo me out. anal •• •, i• t.B • . meartable Payne. who yr. on dint , 8 it, boa t. • milled him in. On the oyantable entering th.,,,,, he my: tla• -rn and wife lying ..de by aide on the hen, his righ. arm lying arr.: her bros... He had hie tn.tirera and vraie,mt on. The weans erne lying 1.. her night Ar .0 and the blood whieh bad been flowing from the wound had cowered the bed and abnoot enteveled the infant which, with the mother. wee lying in • pool n 1 blood. On examinin• 11,,,.. einem he towed that Mr.. Riehards hut • leort wound on Hee lett aide et the thrnal,eatendiug about 11,,,,' in.-he...ern,. The man bed • fearer. ;mete arr.... the front of the throat- bat the windpipe ten. not rot t hnoinh. The woman. altbmigit very wiwlt. wm jit-t abl, tn my that bee heelinnd had 4,., il. and then Ct4t his own thmet. Them had hern no struge/e. tl.l ipterrel end elm eoul,l not 1.1.,11111t H.. don, it Mr F•leor Joiet 11. and arrived in tlie your, of nix or vet, 11 minnten. Thee ion:am] woman then onal.l.- m emir, and diagt in • few tin ~,, tee afters-ant. from exoreeim lerneir• ,he,,. H.. J..nos turned hie attention to the,..... and-. wed up Ihe woind. la tom time Hmhards , I have dime it , 1 cut her tlin.at but ir dl through thoti:otihn, we were narvine ' neeth the bed the Polii a-eon...able found • Nom chopknife, with a blade •Most rit inelo• 100, 111/I''C lead handle being cov,-trd with M.A. ROl•tatii frequent/yea/181.ot the r"'''- cof the irm•mble. " I don't know- whet I dial for. 11... ell through • privcrty." In a el.ort time he tea. vitfli.•ieritlt recovered to be playmi it cnt: end you, v.. 1 m the in2rnmev, whem hie vreatud tree amain attmulad to by the non, atioreott. tt,e troond le a very merlons one. but there i. every prelnnlity that he will re. rover. Hinharde ha. 12" o beets long revident in the town. but wa. tr. 11 known ant•lity the Note end hobble., itt the ka. The trteat f ,Yll in the export of owl ka•••••••lelraort toml eemation of en:plot-mem bc- the tug-hoete. and he lime boob as yaw •••••••• tor mute t-me in great denotation 011-ing t.O being unebhr to elllll embloyinent. Hie wife earned • little until her nvent no,finernent. when all -mar,. :of income ormerl. and they hal rinee entati•ted on entriey and the proem& arieing from pledging abet be. artk e. 04 ylighing they porsemed. The only peneni vrho heard the wom-in my anything waa reyue. and to vhe made , no complaint beyond raying her hushenti did it, anal rut his own throat elan. She appear% to have boot unable to call out, and her oulr mean. of Ironig 11,, neighbour. know eh.,-.,, raki,, ,It, yrs. knocking at the partnion. Mi.. Cobautt almrve-rele • said that when she looked in. the man appeared bar kneeling on hn wife, and hacking at her dottat