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The Northern Guardian. — 1892-04-29 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

COUT3O.  Fer several weeks past Messrs. Blackburn and Co., Lynn Street, clothiers, have generously distributed free some 600 bread loaves each Wednesday to the unemployed, and will do so next Wednesday. Messrs. Blackburn have done likewise at their Stockton and Middlesbrough Branches.  A l'aris cabman who committed suicide in consequence of having knocked down a woman and her baby is certainly a rare exception to his class. In this case the remorseful driver drove straight away from the scene of disaster into the nearest canal, cab, horse, and all. As a rule the driver of the fictet P. is as remorseless as Jehu himself. The annual festival of the Fraternity Lodge (1,418) of Stockton Freemasons was held on Thursday night in the Masonic Hall, Wellington Street, Stockton, when Bro. J. Luther Green, S.W., was installed in the chair of K.S. for the ensuing year by Bro. W. J. Watson, P.M., P.P.J.G.D.—There. after the Worshipful Master appointed or invested the following brethren as his officers :—J. W. Gatt, ; W. Hutchinson, S.W. • C. W. Anderson, J.W. ; W. J. Watson, P M., &c., treasurer ; J. Broome, secretary; T. Bowman, D. of C. ; J. Tweedy, organist; J. R. Crostliwaite, S.D. ; J. Wright, J.D. ; H. Coulton, I.G. ; J. P. Laws, S.S. ; H. Smith, J.S. ; B. Smith, P.M., tyler.—Subsequently the brethren dined together in the banqueting hall. Yesterday, the District Meeting Candidates' Examining Committee of Primitive Methodists met at Shildon for the examination of young men who are candidates for the ministry. There are six candidates, two of whom passed for the Theological Institute last year, but have come up again for examination—Mr. Alfred Parkin, Stanhope Westgate Station, and Mr. J. M. Brown, Spennymoor Station. The following young men came up for examination for the first time :—Joseph Currah and Jacob Walton, Stockton-on-Tees Station; Joseph K. Ellwood, Shildon Station; and John W. Jameson, St. Helen's, Auckland Station.—ln the evening two of the candidates preached in the Shildon Chapel, and two of them in the chapel at New Shildon.—Thomas H. Norton, of Darlington Station, who had been recommended for the ministry, did not come forward to the examination.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-09-20 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

INQUEST TO-DAY.  Mr Coroner Settle, at the Alma Hotel, West Hartlepool, opened an inquest this afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of William' King, of 26, Albion Street, West Hartlepool, who I shot himself yesterday evening, as reported in The Northern Guardian to-day. John King, a labourer, living at 26, Albion Street, stated that dece tsed was his brother. He lived at witness' house, and hail done so for about 14 months. About 6.30 p.m. yesterday deceased came into the front parlour in his usual way. He was alone, and never spoke a word. He pulled off his jacket, waistcoat, and hat. He usually had tea at that time, but yesterday evening he had none. He went upstairs, but came back again into the parlour where witness was done. Witness had no conversation with him. Deceased returned upstairs, and about three minutes afterwards witness heard the report of firearms. He ran across the street and fetched his brother-in-law, being alarmed at the report. His brother-in-law was in his own house, No. 5, Albion Street, and came over with him, and they went upstairs together, They found deceased lying on his back upon the floor. He was quite dead and bleeding from the neighbourhood of the heart. His shirt was on fire. Witness did not see any pistol but his brother-in-law kicked it as he went into the room. Witness was not aware that deceased possessed a pistol or revolver. Inspector Cruickshanks here produced two letters written by the deceased, and the witness explained that the " Emma " mentioned in one of them was his sister. The letters were in his brother's handwriting. Witness, while giving this portion of his evidence was deeply affected and wept bitterly. He had seen the packet (a book) addressed to "Miss Constance Muckle, Shetland Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A." Witness, continuing, said the Miss Muckle referred to was deceased's sweetheart, i and had been so for about nine months. She was now in America and was still single. Deceased did not want her to go away. She was about 23 years of age. Deceased had a good position at the cooperative stores, and there was nothing that witness knew of to trouble him except his affection for Miss Muckle.  A verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was recorded.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-02-25 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE ENGLISH ARMY.  The report of Lord Wautage's Committee on the Army, which is published to-day, contains matter of the utmost importance. For several years now a common cry against all Governments has been the deficiency of the Army and Navy, and latterly it has come to be accepted that should we suddenly be confronted with war our strongest forces would be the reserve. Recruiting has also been conducted with great difficulty, the tendency being to shirk the Army as an unenviable form of suicide, and loud complaints as to the feeding, the lodging, and the pay of soldiers appear in columns of correspondence in the London and Service papers The report presented by Lord Wantagc's committee deals with all these subjects, and some of the conclusioas arrived at are striking. For instance, it is declared that the evidence against the long service system is overwhelming. That is one point calculated to give rise to another flood of correspondence. Then, again, the committee think that the present machinery for reaching recruits is probably the most suitable that can at present be devised. On this point also there is sure to be much difference of opinion amongst military experts. On the question of drafting, the depletion of home battalions to keep up the Indian forces, the Committee is at variance, but it is practically admitted that this evil can only be overcome by the creation of a local service for India, an exigency which is described by a military critic as a gigantic possibility of the future. Pay forms an important section of the report. For many years one of the great grievances of the private soldier has been the compulsory stoppages which reduced his wages to a few pence. The Committee would remedy this. They strongly recommend that a private soldier in the infantry should receive a shilling a day free from all stoppages, and that the rates of pay in other branches of the service be similarly free from stoppages. That resolution, put into force, would greatly add to the popularity of the Army as an occupation. In fact, the report altogether contains much material out of which substantial reform can be moulded. Undoubtedly, many of the points raised will lead to heated controversy in military circles, but that it is an honest and fair attempt to deal with a subject of great difficulty and greater urgency none can deny.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-10-13 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.  In connection with the Glasgow atrocity it has transpired that the murderer carefully and entirely removed and boried by itself a eertain part Of the woman's body, the same that was apposed to be the object of the Whitechapel tienda crimes, and which he invariably removed,. or attempted to remove. Three women called at the Southern Police Office yesterday afternoon, and after viewing the remains of the murdered woman positively asserted that she was an unfortunate named :I?iliz3beth O'Connor, who lodged in a house at 161, Stockwell Street. William McEwan, the fugitive murderer, was apprehended yesterday afternoon. Whilst three pmekeepers in the employ of Sir John Stirling Maxwell were walking towards Cardonald School one of their number named Pox, the head gamekeeper, looked over the hedge and saw a man wandering leisurely. He asked him what he was doing in the field, but no answer was given. The younger gamekeeper put the same question, whereupon the man drew a small knife from his trouser's pocket, and commenced to hack his throat. The gamekeeper immediately jumped over the hedge and prevented the man from further injuring himself. As the wound appeared serious, one of the keepers ran to the half-way house between Clarow and Paisley, when he saw a policeman and told him what had happened. The policeman, who was in possession of a full description of MeEwan, easily identified him as the fugitive who had fled f rom justice. A child's pinafore was the only thing that the policeman and gamekeepers could get to tie round the man's throat. It was found that the windpipe bad been cut, and the jugular vein uninjured. The wounded man was carried to the smithy at the half-way house, where Dr. Hunter, of • Paisley Road, who was sent for, temporarily dressed the wound. The Glasgow police were likewise communicated with, and an ambulance van was sent from Govan, in which MeEwan was removed to the Royal Infirmary. He arrived at that institution at five miuutes to four, and was carried on a stretcher into a ward on the ground floor, facing the gate. MeEwan's eyes were closed, and helooked pale, while blood was on his moustache and chin, as well as on the bandages round his throat. He was, however, quite conscious, and while Dr. Henderson was examining him he made several movements. but never spoke. The doctor found a deep wound in the throat, three inches in length, extending front the left ear to the centre of the throat. It was covered with coagulated blood, and it was feared that in washing the blood would flow afresh. The clotted blood was due to the length of time the wound had remained undressed, and under the circumstances the man's condition was considered critical. The knife with which McEwan attempted to cut his throat is an ordinary pocket knife, such as the accused would use for cutting tobacco.
The Northern Guardian. — 1892-01-23 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

FINALLY DONE TO DEATH. Her clothes and money, as in the other cases, we appropriated by her murderess; and the eighth charge in the indictment is that the weman, Rosalio Schneider, was not only cognisant of the crime, assisted in its perpetration.—On the 23rd of July, last year, a workwoman named Stoeber, was walk. ing through a somewhat unfrequented part of tho Havel Wahle when she came upon the partially decomposed body of a girl. Beside it lay a straw hat trimmed with roses. The s ornan iminediatyly reported to the police the discovery she had made, and a working jeweller in Vienna, named Hornung identified the hat as belonging to a girl to whomjte was engaged to be married. He stated that she had gone away with a man and a woman, of whom he gave ' A CIRCUMSTANTIAL DESCRIPTION,  and who he said professed to have found a temporary situation for her as a domestic -seniint. The girls whom Schneider is alleged to have murdered were never seen after they went away wif/1 the prisoner and his wife until their mutilated! bodies were recovered in the woods. Since tilt], have been in prison awaiting their trial WA Schneider and his wife have evinced great terms at the prospect of having to undergo capital punilh. ment. After her arrest the woman attempted_to commit suicide by jumping into the prison courtyard from a third-storey window. The injuries she sustained, however, were of a comparati,kfy trifling nature. The trial is expected to last rcittr days.  J. Thu, Surgeon Dentist and Chemist.% Burn Read (Two minutes' walk from Stranton Church), Artireial Teeth in Gold, Platinum or Vuleanite, Jewett charivA eons ft:ib with good worlOunnohip.  i  t r  S  4 -[;.; 14  11 ; ) r l I \ ' 1 ' I i 1 1 f 4..,. , , • 4 . r 1 k: , • I ' . ivt c • f I ,•, ) ....- rtA I i • . ! I ! 1 , 1 $,. x k ~ • , 3  11;
The Northern Guardian. — 1895-08-09 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE MYSTERIOUS DROWNING  CASE.  INQUEST THIS DAY.  This afternoon Mr Coroner Settle held an inquest at the West Hartlepool Police Court into the circumstances attending the death of Amelia Johnson, whose body was foiled in the Coal Dock, West Hartlepool, yesterday morning, as already reported in the Guardian. Inspector Greenwood watched the proceedings on behalf of the N.H.R. Company. The first witness e filled was Mrs Johnson, of 14, Bentley Street, West Hartlepool, mother of deceased, who identified the dead body as that of her daughter. The deceased was 25 years of age and was a single woman. She was healthy and ' strong in mind and body. Witness never thought ishe would have committed suicide. Sometimes the deceased looked depressed, and did not 'talk as much as usual. The deceased had been in service at Mrs Craig's, in York Street, since iFebruary last. The Coroner: Did the deceased leave anything in writing to account for her death? Witness: No, Sir. The Coroner: Supposing she has committed suicide, had she any reason for doing so? Witness: No, Sir. The Coroner: Had she a sweetheart?  Witness : Not to toy knowledge. The Coroner: Had she any trouble that you know of?  Witness : No, sir. Witness, who appeared very much affected, continuing, said she last saw her daughter alive on Wednesday evening, at her house. She then appeared all right, and had supper with witness. Eliza Johnson, sister of the deceased, said she saw the deceased alive at a quarter to 10 on Wednesday night. Deceased had to go about a quarter of a mile to her situation. She had not to go in the direction of the coal dock. Witness had no fear when deceased said "Good night " and witness said the same. The deceased was quite alone when witness went home, her mother being at her brother's house. The deceased never told them why she was depressed. During the last six mouths the deceased had been very quiet, and would not join in any conversation. The Coroner: Have you any fear or cause to , think anyone has done any injury to the deceased? Witness: No Sir. _ _ .  Inspector : Do you suspect foul play at all? Witness : No, Sir. Mary Simpson as the next witness called, and said she had been housekeeper for Mrs Craig during her absence from home. Mrs Craig had been from home five weeks. The deceased was general servant. Witness last saw her alive shortly after six, and she was then getting ready to go out. She never said where she was going, and appeared to be then very quiet. Deceased was very reserved, and always appeared to be studying. Witness once asked her if she had a young man, but deceased never answered her.  The Coroner: We know nothing about any young man, and we must now give that up. Verdict : "Found drowned."
The Northern Guardian. — 1895-10-17 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

TRAGIC AFFAIR AT BEDALE.  ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE BY A LOCAL PUBLICAN. Yesterday, an attempt to murder his wife was made by William Henry Houlton, late landlord of the Crown and Anchor Inn, Bedale. He deserted his wife and family in March last, and sent word from Gibraltar that he was on his way to Australia. About three months after he had gone Mrs Houhos applied to the Bedale magistrates for a protection order to secure herself against her husband in the occupation of the Crown and Anchor Inn, and a week or so after that Houlton appeared at Bedale after 11 o'clock at night and appealed to his wife for admission. She refused to let him in, and he went away. On Tuesday night last, Mrs Houlton closed up the public-house as usual at 11 o'clock and retired to rest. A little before one o'clock she observed the smell of tobacco, and upon going downstairs saw her husband standing in the corner of the kitchen, with his hands behind him. She said " Hulloa, Harry, how have you got here?" He said "Never mind ; I've got in." She said "You'll not harm me, Harry, will you 7" He replied that he would not if she did not send for a policeman, and he was allowed to stay. She said that she could not allow him to stay. As she was going out of the kitchen he fired two shots at ' her, but missed her. He then ran and got hold of her, gave her a blow on the head with the revolver, and seizing hold of her by the hand fired a third shot, which struck her behind the right ear. Her screams brought assistance, and she was conveyed to a neighbour's house, where a doctor extracted the bullet. As soon as the police arrived Houlton locked himself in the public - house. ' About two o'clock Inspector Holmes, with Policeconstable Rutter, broke open the door, and found Houlton lying on the couch. The police observed nothing then to show that he had taken poison, and he was conveyed to the Bedale Police Station. After being there about two hours the prisoner showed great thirst, and asked for a drink about every five minutes. Inspector Holmes then observed that his body began to swell, and he asked him if he had taken anything. Prisoner replied that he had taken 4d worth of phosphorus, which he had purchased in Leeds. Medical aid was summoned and antidotes were given. The man was afterwards removed to Bedale Workhouse.  Houlton was yesterday brought up in custody at the Bedale Police Station charged with attempted murder, and was remanded until Tuesday next. Ife was removed in a cab to the workhouse. Mrs Houlton was last night progressing favourably. IPrisoner was up to the time of his suddenly leaving the town the hon. secretary of the Bedale Liberal Club, with which he was actively associat,ed, and he was elected a representative for Bedale on the Rural District Council, while he was an active member of the Bedale Coursing Club Committee, and took a part in the management of the sports of the town. Ile was married in December of 1886 at Armyn, and after being at Goole and Birstal he went to Bedale. He has been a soldier and a policeman.
The Northern Guardian. — 1895-12-28 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

SAD SUICIDE OF A GIRL.  At South Shields, yesterday, Coroner Graham held an inquest on the .body of Alice Stokes Thompson (18), whose body had been found on the sands early yesterday morning.—Dorothy Thompson identified the body as that of her daughter, who was a domestic servant. On Thursday she came to witness's house, and appeared to be very much depressed. Witness went to tell the people with whom she was in service that her daughter would not return that night as she was ill, and when witness got back home her daughter was not there, and she had not been seen by witness since—Alice Burn, a friend of deceased's, said on Thursday afternoon deceased came to her house. She commenced to cry, and said she could not bear it. Witness sail: "Tell me all about it," and deceased stated "About two months ago, led me to my ruin, and I found that I was going to bring trouble upon my mother. I told him of my condition, and in reply he told me to go to an improper place." Deceased said her mother did not know about it, and witness said she felt it her duty to send for her, and did so. Deceased's mother came, and witness told her, the deceased at the time being on her knees at the fireside crying. Shortly afterwards she asked for some note paper, and Mrs Thompson and witness went to where the girl was employed. When they returned a quarter of an hour later deceased had gone out. The letter was found on the drawer-tops, but not until after the body was recovered.—Abraham Abrahams, coastguardsman, deposed to finding the body on the North sands.—The Coroner read out in court the letter written by the deceased, which contained statements of a very painful nature. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in I an unsound state of mind."
The Northern Guardian. — 1895-09-28 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOVE TRAGEDY IN LONDON.  A painful tragedy, which is the culmination of a very romantic love affair, took place yesterday at 10, Denmark Street, Soho, London. A medical student named Cyril Hewlett Dutta, aged 19, and a girl named Rose English, aged 21, who had been living at the above address for the past fortnight as man and wife, were found shortly after mid-day lying upon the bed in a half-naked state, the woman being (lead and Dutta unconscious. The woman had bullet wounds in the left breast and left side, and her companion had two shot wounds in the chest. Blood, which had poured from their bodies, saturated the mattress, and was lying in pools upon the floor, and a box of cartridges and a miniature revolver were found upon the bed. It was at first supposed that Dutta had murdered the girl and then attempted to commit suicide, but there is reason to believe that this assumption is erroneous, and it is asserted that Dutta, who regained consciousness after the arrival of the doctor and the police, made a statement to the effect that English cosnmitted suicide and that he then shot himself also. The deceased, who has lived at Denmark Street for about 14 months, was, it is said, supported by a rich grandmother, who sent her £lO weekly ; while Datta was the son of a wealthy West Indian merchant. who had disowned him in consequence of his connection with the girl. According to another report Dutta states that English, who had been under medical treatment for neuralgia, awoke yesterday morning at 11. After talking awhile she got up, and taking a revolver from the dressing-table shot herself in the left breast and neck. Finding she was dead he did not wish to live, and shot himself twice in the breaat.
The Northern Guardian. — 1895-01-19 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

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