The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-07-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

WOMAS.'S TERRIBLE DEArn.  On Monday, at the South-Western Pe-court, George Wilson. aged 38, a well-ldidwn 1 a tetting man. living at Trinity-road, T.-ie.:rtg. was charged with the litlntltuAter of Mare ll.wkins, the woman with wit an he lived.—The allatin .as that the two met en the main line ;lett-Tin at Clapham Junctim on Sdurday night and quarrelled. In the course of the altercation the woman caught hold of the man's coat, and some sort of a strugle took place. Sdniehow the woman fell or was thrown on to the ntetals just as a goods train .paieed through the station. Death was instantaneous, her by being cut in two. Wilstm was at once arrested.— Police-c :listable Healey stated that on Saturday night he oar called to No. 5 p1.0.-13rin at Clapham Junction, and in the waiting-room saw the body of the woman. Dr. Howes Calllo and pronounced life to be eats t. Witness saw the prieoner afterwards, and the pr. Her said : "I: she dead?" He said: "Yea.- Pr:st-ner then said: caught hold of my coat tali. ..bd I swung rote. I quickly. and the woman staggered and fell in between clic platform and the trots." Witness their areested him.—Mrs. Pelham, a tall, stylishly-dresse i woman, stated that she went with the dead woman to ;he refreshmentroom on the platform and then saw the prisoner. The deceased said to him: "I can't stand you keeping such bad comp-my." Ile got angry, and he struck her. They all came out of the refreshment. room, and she caught hold of hi; arm. He again struck her, she staggered, hit rise head agantrt the carriage of a passing train, and cell ba,kavani on to the metals betweeo the carriages. Witness saw several carriages go over the body. The prisoner did not attempt to lift up the body, but rushed back int) the refresoment.ro in.—Mr. Francis remanded the prisoner for eight days on bail of two sureties in £250 lath.  /Shout 7 o'clock on Monday morning the night watchwan Employed at Messrs. Dirk and Barton's Lead Works, Rotherhithe, shot and seriously wounded two workmen, named Crusterton and James Derb.tshire, and Eubsequently attempted to commit suicide. all three men were conveyed to Guy's Hospital. wh.re Derbyshire afterwards died. Critil: "That villain in your story is a pertect masterpiece. Where did you get the character?' Novelist: "I imagined a man possessed ot all the forms of wickedness my wife attributes to me when she is angry."  "Didn't you tell that young man I was out ?" 'aid the young daughter of the house. "Oi did, miss," replied Bridget; "but he towld me to come back an' a: yez agin, so's to be sure Oi hadn't inisunderstood his name."  Now a woman's calendar.—Jinks: -Not content with their Woman's Bible, I understand the committee is contemplating a woman's calendar." Pi I k ins : "How's that Jinks : "Why, making every year a leap year." A sailor named William Jones, lately residing in Hero-street, Bootle, fell from the rigging of a ship in the Bramley.Moore Dock, Liverpool, and was instantaneously killed. An interesting debut is promised for nest month in London, in that of Mlle. Marie Marchesi, daughter of the famous singing teacher. It may not, perhaps, be generally known that Mine. Marchesi. before her marriage —that is to say, in the late 'forties—was, as Miss Graumann, a favourite mezzosoprano concert vo..ali.t in London. She was one of the best pupils of Manuel Garcia, who, while she was still a student, handed over his whole class to her during his ;Dues&  In the Spanish .CliamberA on Saturday. Senor Si lye's leader cf the diaseutient Conservatives, praised the Government f,,r its military action, but condemned its pnlitic.,l apathy in Cuba.  M. de Knorring, th- snNuid secretary to the Russian Ernhas.y at Berlin, WAS thrown from his CarriflffA on gs•wds- and sou,ined serious injuries. . .  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