The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1888-09-01 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

TERRIBLE. TRAGEDY. ESCAPING JUSTICE BY SUICIDE. -The Norfolk papere coutain the details of a terrible tragedy which toot place loot week at New Beckenham, and as the victim wait the buthami of Warrrickabire Tromatt come particalara volt no doubt beef intereffi room' readers. Prom tbe papers alluded to end from other a Aimee we have Coen able to aimed-in th A something like t.ilhe or fuer yeara ago a travelling dealer named George , Farnham vieited Coventry, and made the &ego Ant' ance of a Mr. Sexton, who Iced with hr mother I, the neighbourhood of LameatorAtreor. The man represented himeelf to be a widower, arid the acquaintance VIA@ kept up till the beginning of this year, when the pair were married at the Beget, Office, at Coventry. They went to live at New Buekonham, where Parnham had a house and Pavers; children. S age weeke ago the min was Iced to prieoo for fourteen day. for cruelty to hie daughter Grace, 13 yeare a age ; but Wore he ne. hope, hie wife to cheap watchea—eome of ' ' "  to. mattes to which he dealt—to keep marl he wart liberated. During his absence ariron Moe Para,. mold two of the wrecile, to tomb's her to buy bonto for the children ; and etomathiog mming to her kotraledge which mimed her. .raieione that her haraand hod deceived hot in parsing himself off too a widower she determited to leave hien and return to her motherlo home in Coventry. She sold the other two watch., to pay her railway fare,but del not start from Buckenliam till she hod wren Parnham out of prieon. After rae left him Partham took out e... 00001 chorgiug her with having stolen the watchee, and etre wao apprehended in Coventry about three week. ago mud handed over to the No, folk police. While in the lock-op in this city she told the officera in charge that her heal, ind drank heavily, and kept !traded firearmo about him, sod she wee aro. that he orrald do soinething deem... While he tom in prieon, she raid, she had the charge@ of the grim Metro, it order that there treght be no accident. On reaching Now Beckenham Parabola become bail for his wife, ant eventually, lora Motley, at East Hailing Petty Sessions, the Motastratee allowed the charge to be withdrawn. Pornh im and hia wife reached home in the evening of the eato day, and ahortly afterwards emore neighbour. sow the little girl Gram fl :deg from her father's house in her nitrate-Ire.t. The girl took refuge it a cottage, cod. prlice-comloble war inforerad that Parnham had been again beating her. Ward, the officer, fetched Mr. Howard, a surgeon' to me the girl, and in conragueuce Of Ma report a warrant .b..ined tot tboopprohecoioe of Bonham for cruelty. About 11 p.m. Ward proceeded to Parnham'a bootie to execute the warrant. He tapped at the abutters of the window, Poreham came to the bed-room window, and the conatable raid that he malted to opera to him. Parraran replied, "Won't the morning do?" The constable raid, "No. come now. Will you come down if I tell you Whet at irt Parnlrem replied, "Ye.." The constable explained that be had a warrant for hie apprehension for assaulting his daughter. Parnham then s•arad that he would not come down. The constoble said he would buret in the door, to which Pat-ahem replied, "Break it open." T. conatable buret open the door, entered the home, and proceeded trpetair% Bat when about holdway up he heard a report of firearm% and Parnhartio wife came rushing out of the hod-room, and ;mooing the enterable on the stairs atirl,—..oh, Mr. Ward, he has ,hot himself." The constable did tot believe the woman, and thonght the report was eimply to try and frighten hint. On proceediog optgaire he found Farnham lying in one corner of the room. The conatable did not thith <rat the man was dead until he turned him over, when he Mood that the whole of the ton of his head too. blown dr. Blood and brain were beepattered all over the wane and eaglet?. The men appears to have put tra muzzle of the gun in hie mouth. and the shot, havintt yaseed through his heed, lodged itself in the ceilieg Ward CO once rear fur Mr. Howard, who prououoced life °Mitch The ghn O .und alongside the deceaeed woe double-barrelled. One barrel was Pall loaded and capped. The woman and font children were aubreguently takeu 1., the White florae anti there lodged for the reot of the night. When Police-conetable Word apprehended Parnham op the charge of aseaulting his daughter before he had coneiderable difficulty to gain access to hie ranee, and was at that time threatened with a poker. On that °emotion the covetable oleo found it hemmer, to break °pet the door. Oa Wednesday an ingueat Wee held on the body. Mre Farnham. who Wee much nprat, raid the deceased arra 32 year. of age, and detailed moot of the particular. given above. She raid the Coroner that several time% whoa miler the influence of drink, honed attempted to make away rath him. oaf. The last time rare in the winter, in the C I nnnnn at Swarth im. She knew the gut wra loaded, and cow the dreamed put thorramle into his month, hut oho did not flee lain pull the trigger. Polimaonst)ble Word raid the derreareil &waned rational when he epoke to him through the window. The gun was double.barrelled, and 1(000 barrel was still loaded. About five weeks ran deceoeed's wife gave him (Ward) • gun, and stated 1 that oho was afraid to have it in the home. : drew the charge. It consioted of ehot, • marble, rame lead end povrder. It wee the same gun thot cloceraeri had ahot himaelf with. Dr Howard sold that the deceaaed was perfectly sane when he took Otto Orli Grace hOlrie after his examination, and the Jury consulted, and found a Yeah. of /do de se.  MR.