Widnes Examiner. — 1889-11-30 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN NORTH LONDON.  -• —• • A shocking tragedy occurred on Thursday night A Dalston London, Mrs. South, of Shrubland-grave, reperted to have murdered her two daughters, aged twelve and 14 years, by beating out their brains with a ; hammer. She then cut her own throat with a knife, and I died soon afterwards at the German Hospital, 'Mkt.lane. She is supposed to have been inune.—The house i in which the tragedy WV enacted is in a •pliet part of I Shrubland-road, and was occupied by George South, and his family, consisting of his wife, Annie South, aged forty-eight, and their two datigkters, Ada, aged fourteen,. and Edith, ag,l twelve. 'Mere wa.s also a lodger named I Holloway and his wife in the limo.. The dreadful tragedy was diseoven4 by Mr. South ; himself on his return home from business at seven o'clock in the evening. On opening the door of the kitchen he was startled and horrified to see his wife ; sitting in a chair bleeding from an open wound in her ; I throat, and his two children lying at her feet with their ; heads 'battered and covered with blood. Inspector ; Cockerel" on searching the house, found that the children ; had been most brutally murdered with a hesvy claw I 'sunnier. A blood-stained razor was f•mnd near the I , inother, and no doubt was the weapon with which she I destroyed herself. The motive for the crime is unknown I The parents had lived happily together, aTla belt children were bright, intelligent girls. Mrs. South had latterly I ; complain,' of pains in her head.  , -iSrartis.g.la AND ills Detrts.—lntatterast Porwr.—in ' this case, which n-aA an application fist a judgment tutumono, Mr. Percy !Maras appeared for the plaintiffs, Mr. liillibanke (instructial by Myra's. Jenkins and Unsworth) for the trustee, and Mr. Wallhead fid the creditors. The claim in the action was for £32 2 3d. for hoods sold by plaint iffs, %tars, bock! and gathan,wholesale statiBnera, I London, to the defendant, John Wolstencroft, lately carrying on business us a bookbinder and stationer, at 37, HorseatarKet-St., Warrington. A writ was issued fic • the 13th dune. 1889, and judgment was obtained in due 1 course, and a judgment stunmons issued on the Nh October.—Mr. Davies said that he appeared at the lost j court on behalf ciente plaintiffs in that matter, when in I (bpi:inn/Jilt was put in, showing that the defendant laid t handed ail his graels over to an auctioneer, Mr. Jolla I Mainwaring, who afterwards realiaff them, the ducalmint which the defendant bad signed being simply an , assignment of his goods to Mr. Mainwaring. Defendant. I admitted that such woo the case, and also that the damI mcnt had ratt beim signed by any rof the creditors. Ile t , Mr. Davies, had since seen the document, and he silo: miffed that his Honour would, after inspecting it, dt !once rule that it was illogial.—Mr. billibanke said that limmeihately the deed was executed untimunicatiods were made to all the enditors, and they were invited to accept the assignment and to accept a final dividend, and that seven or eight .ff them assented in writing. . Thera were also ventral awning—The document WIN I then handed to Ins Honour who, after inspecting Jr, observed that il the present creditor had not I given any assent to the detsl it did not debar line train proceeding with his judgment. —Mr. tads, ko concurred, but contended that the debtor had not unsaii4,: Ile was informed that the debtor was a married En, with four ehildran, and was in reetipt of a we,kly se g. of 2As. or Ms.—Questioned lw Mn, liillihanke, Um debtOr Isaid that Cl,.' mesla wen. Christ...a cards, awl were tsgh ordered and delivi•red i..rnr« 'fast Cludevinas.—His Hint.e said he 50w,.., rotvon why lie plainitalkshould not in an °bier, As there we c.f.i, i u the hands of the trustee. There nas no as,,t tin the part of Mr. Davies's clients, Jonl, tfien.fore„ their tights could not be debarred 1e,....,' 0' 1,, ,I'''''Sorsa had given assent, and it I.mg as I the PL1...e,,!, 1111..'s n.t. a-sented they imuldelainn their I debt ceit of loupe CeetlS. 'rho fact at tle m met. being in trizA fie: :JUR, could not affect the idaiati Is.--31, , Davie: DIP your Honour make it payable in a uratith? t —ilia Idareir , Two mmiths.—Mr. Havira f We thi y,.‘ r I I k,Nur say al this point with respect to Me. M lillWArPoe