Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-10-23 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT DRIDGNORTH.  Miss Sarah Jane Jarrett, of the Ring's Head Inn, Bridgnorth, fatally cut her throat on Wednesday morning. Miss Jarrett had for some years past managed the hotel for the benefit of her nephews and neices, whose parents died some timo ago, but of late she had been intemperate. A short time ago she injured her leg, and was confined to her room, nurses being in attendance upon her. On Tuesday evening, , it is stated, she was dismissing the advisability of seeking a change of air for a short time. A Mrs. Taylor was with her during Tuesday night, and left her room soon after seven o'clock on Wednesday morning to get a cup of tea. On returning to the bedroom she found a quantity of blood on the looking-glass and about the room, and subsequently saw that Miss Jarrott had cut her throat with a small pocket knife. The relatives were not aware that she had the knife in her possession. It is stated that she went to the mirror to commit the act, and the cut was so deep that in a few minutes she died. Deceased's age is stated to be 39 years. Much sympathy is expressed with the family in their trouble.  At the Guiklhall on Wednesday, Mr. Claud Marks, Mr. Sidney Woolf, and a Mr. W. Trix, gentlemen connected with the city papers, were I charged with blackmailing. It was alleged that lon the 14th inst. (so ran the warrant under which they were arrested) they unlawfully threatened to print and publish a false libel concerning James Potter Ablett and one Marcus Betro with intent to extort money. The ease was remanded till Tuesday, the bail for each being 1:500.  • -At Leicester Police-court on Wednesday morning, Thomas William Kirby was charged with attempting to murder his father, who keeps a public-house. Late on Tuesday night prisoner went to his father's house, and shortly afterwards his mother told her husband that something was the matter in her eon's room. , The father proceeded there, and almost immediately a report was heard, and he was found shot • through the head. Prisoner was standing holding a revolver. Mr. Kirby was too ill to appear, and the prisoner was remanded. , The Vienna correspondent of the Daily New., telegraphs : The son of a hospital porter was walking with his mother, for whom he was I carrying a bag which they were to delver to a professor of anatomy. A tall man followed them, and suddenly seized the bag and disappeared with it. 'the thief will have had an unpleasant surprise on opening the bag, 118 it contained the head of a corpse which had been detached for a post-mortem examination of the brain, and which the boy was carrying to the Anatomical Institute. The bag and its contents have not been recovered yet. The Penzance correspondent of the Central News, telegraphing on Wednesday morning oonoerning tho grounding of the Cunard steamship Malta near Cape Cornwall, says that on Tuesday evening the weather became very foggy and the vessel struck some rocks about aO yards from the shore. Immediately the captain made arrangements for the pits,engers, of whom there were eighteen, including six ladies, to be landed, and this was accomplished with the utmost despatch. There was no panic or serious alarm among the passengers, and the crew I I worked admirably. The latter remain on board awaiting the arrival of the tugs to tow the vessel off. The passengers were taken to St. Just.wheni I they found suitable accomodation. The Malta, 1 which is a fine steamer of 2,244 tons gross, was ' bound from Liverpool to Genoa, and had on board a valuable general cargo.