The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1882-02-10 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

NEAR HYDE PARK.  Emil Fanselow, aged 2.1, welter, was brought up for further examination at the MolyMane Pol.ce Court on Friday, on a charge of shooting Clara Annie Byford, a chow servant. at No. 1, Seuthwick-clesceut, Hyde Park, with a revolver, with intent to murder her, and also with attempting toe 'remit suicide by shooting himself with a revolver and cutting his throat with a razor. The injured woman was in atteedance for the first time, and appeared to have almost recovered, though the two bullets have not yet been extracted from her hody. The prisoner was still very ill, and was again allowed to be seated in the (look On seeing the prosecutrix he become er.eitly affeeed —The prosecutrix stated that she had been in Mrs. Fernio's strvice as housemaid tot° years. The pri.oner went there as waiteroix weeks before this occurreuce. On the eveninz of Ihel9.h December she went into the prisoner's pantry for something, and he came up to her and kisoed her without a word being said. She said, " Be quiet, I arts very cross with you." and went into the kitchen. Sloe had occaeion to go into the pantry again, when the prisoner came up to her and she pushed him away. She was t truing round to put some cups on the tray when he fired at her. She hod had a few words with the prisoner as between one servant and another, but theme had berm no quarrel between them. lie had not spoken to her with affection, and had never complained that she had not returned his kin ily feelings. On the Wednesday previous to this occurrence the prisoner showed her the revolve-, and she took it into her hands to lor kat it. She risked him what ha wanted it tor, and he all, "In cave anybody get ii during the night."— Medical evidence having been given as to the injuries Byferd had reelect, a long statement written by the prisoner was read by tho int. rpreter. In it the yrieoner sad the reason why I.e committed these acts was because he loved the girl with all his heart. Or the tith of November la.t he went to the house as waiter, and as soon as he saw the girl he lik.d her very much. Several times he asked her if she could lees him, and commenced to kiss her, but she objected, and got very cross, and became tired of him, and said she did not like him. These words toothed his feelings aud his heart, but his thoughts were day and night on the girl. Tee statement went on to say that he was ttoabled %ilia giddiness and loss of sleep, and he frequently thought beeriest he out of his mind. He borrowed the re volver, and on the 19th December he hod an attack of giddiness. After doing his work to went out, and he purchased some cartridges, and went to a number of publichoeset and drank three or four pints of stout. When he got back he told the girl he was drunk and love-tick, upon whtch he laughed at him. After dinner he went to the pantry an I dr tuk two bottles of stout, and then, all at onre, he put five cartridges into the revolver and some into his waistcoat pocket. He walked about s tying be had got to die—that death was a g tin, and he would die with plcature for her. When the airl came in he put his arm round her waist and tried to kiss her, but she disappeared, and when she come again he slo her. Ile tired at himself, awl ran several times up and down the pantry. Ha got held of the revolver and fired again, but the chafe!) rs were all discharped. In his over-excitement and terrible condition of mind, he Rot hold of the razer and cut his throat. He became faint, and knew nothing more until he found two policemen standing by him, and be was then taken to the hospital. His attempt to murder the girl and kill himself was while in a fit. Ile did not intend to kill her, but only to frighten her, and he believed he must have been out of his mind. He was vary sorry, and God, who was able to rectify all sins, would forgive him.—The prisoner, through his interpreter, said when he hwl finished his punishment he would make the girl a present of £so.—Mr. C teke comrnitte I him to the Central Crdninal Court for trial, and he was removed in a cab.