The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1875-08-21 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LONDON.  On Sunday morning considerable excitement prevailed ia the usually quiet neighbourhood of St. Sneer's-road, Southwark, owing to a rumour that a woman had been murdered, and that the murderer had committed enfolds. 'Upon enquirlee being made it appeared that a serious assault had been committed, which may possibly terminate fatally on Mrs. Jane Indermenr, a widow, aged 40, residing at 5, North-place, West-square, and that her assailant, Herbert G. Herbert, attempted self.destruction. It appeared that shortly after ten o'clock the man Herbert, who is a pensioner of the • Admiralty, living at No. 3, Ely-place, St. George's-road, Southwark, was in the set of leaving his room when Mrs. Indermaur called with his linen. He requested her to enter his room, and handed her a collar, which he asked her to button for him. He then drew her towards him, kissed her, and begged her to come and live with him as his wife. This offer was indignantly refused, and shortly afterwards the neighbourhood was alarmed by piercing shrieks for help. A Mrs. Susan Grove, residing next door, seeing the front door of No. 3 open, rushed into the passage, and saw Herbert holding Mrs; Indermaur firmly round the bank part of thane& with his left hand, whilst with his right he was "jagging and matting" her tr-nat with a razor. Mrs. Charlotte kiNuard, of 14, Tyer-street, Lambeth, who had followed Mrs. Grove into the house, with heroic courage and presence of mind, struck the would-be &swain, whoreleesedlais hold of the ;njured 'woman, who on into her firms, deluging her :th blood. Herbel'i retreated into his room, looking the the door after vim. In the meantime the approaches to Ely-place, leading from St. George's-road, close to the borndary wall of King Edward's Schoe,, were thronged with people, but none of them could be persuaded to fter the house either to assist the injured %vomit- or to secure her assailant. On the arrival of the p oe the door was burst open, when a shocking specta e met their lOW. The room was bespattered with i..exi, and i one corner Herbert was seen lying in a pool of blood, with a razor gimped in hia light ind, and his throat vat from ear to ear. Two cabs were sent for, and Mrs. Maynard accompanied the injured woman to the hospital, the pollee following With Harbert in * seoond sub. Oa their arrival at the hospital Herbert and 1,4 vast n received evely attention from the mm' cal staff. Tile wounds were stitched up, and the sufferers placed in different wards. No hopes are entertained of the woman's recovery, as she has been gradually sinking from exintuition. • singular document has been discovered, signed both by Herbert and Mrs. ludei-eaur. On it they announced their resolve to die together by ratsuicide. The unfortunate woman, whose husband died about two years ago, has a family of three young ebb' -en.  FITS:EPILIPTIC FeTe Os FALLING SICHNNII certain method of cure has been discovered for this distreasing complaint by a physician, who is desirous that all sufferers may benefit from thw providentia' discovegy ; it is never known to fail, and will cure the most Looniest; case after all other MOIILA have been tried. Full particulars will be sent by_post to ray person free of charge.—Address: Mr. Wrimams, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, London.