Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1882-01-07 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ALLEGED CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST FOUR BROTHERS.  Additional particulars have been obtained of the extraordinary assault alleged to have been committed upon Mr. C. It. Palmer-Morewood, of Alf reton Hall, Derbyshire, by four of his brothers. The latter, it is aaid, were invited with their mother to spend Christmas-day at Alfreton Hall. Mrs. Palmer-Morewood left at ten o'clock at night, and went to the residence of a younger son, Mr. G. Pahner-Morewood. The brothers and Mr. C. It. Palmer-Morewood then went into the smoking room, where it is said they had some spirits of extraordinary <panty. Then, going into the library, one of them locked the door, and the °there placed a document before Mr. Palmer-Morewood, stating that unless he signed it one of them would shoot him, having drawn lots for the purpose. He refined to sign it, whereupon the four brothers net noon him and committed a most violent and terrible assault. It is alleged that they pulled off his clothes, dragged him about the Boor, and beat him unmercifully with his own boots. Twice he aucceeded in getting to the bell, and ringing for assistance, but one of the brothers refused to allow the butler to enter, telling him that they were simply "having bit of foe About one o'clock in tho morn, the four young men left, but before dein, no one of them told the butler that he had better go and see his master, who was lying on the library floor. On the servant going into the room he found hie master lying in .ensible on the ground in a pool of blood, and was naked with the exception of a bit of shirt round his neck, and a stocking on his leg. Medical aid svas at once obtained, and Mr. Palmer-Morewood was placed in a bath and his wounds examined. It was then found that he had several lacerated wounds on his head and face, a serious wound on one of his legs, and a severe wound on the back of his head. On the following day his condition ameared to be no critical that additional medical aid front Derby was called, and warrants were issued for the apprehension of the four brothers, who have been liberated on bail.  Tarn ALLEGED OUTRAGE on LIVERPOOL At the County Magistrates' Court, Rrenett-street, Liverpool, before Mr. G. H. Horsfall and Mr. Charles Langton, Annie Roberts, a well-dressed young woman of attractive appearance, and whose age appeared to be about la years, was brought up in custody charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning in a lake in Sefton-mirk. Inspector Close said the prisoner was charged with attempting to drown herself by jumping into a lake at Sefton-park. Mr. Jones, rate collector, reoiding in the neighbourhood, had made a statement to the police to the effect that between a quarter and half - past three o'clock in the afternoon he was crowing the park when he saw a gentleman and his niece about fifty yards in front of him. They stopped by the embankment of the lake and hurried down to the water's edge. Mr. Jones raw the gentleman get hold of a young woman, who proved to be the prironer, and drag her out of the water. She made no effort to get out. When she had been pulled to the bank a cab was obtaintd, and she was taken to the Albert Hotel, Lark-lane, where she was " brought round." She them made a statement to the effect that a man without boots and otockings had come out of a wood adjoining the lake. He had seized her, robbed her of her purse, and then threw her into the water, where she was found by the gentleman and his niece. Neat day the prisoner acknowlaiged to Police-Sergeant Webb that her previous statement was untrue. She said she had run away from home at Wellington, in Shropshire, with the intention of proceeding to America, but as she had lost her money, she determined to commit suicide. Sergeant Webb stated that the uncle of the prisoner was in court. A telegram had been sent to the girl's father, and he had been to Liverpool. Thomas Williams, Homer-street, Tostethpark, add he was uncle to the prisoner by marriage. Her father, he thought, lived at St. George, Shropshire. The father came to witness's house with the telegram which the sergeant had sent to him. He asked witness to look into the case, as he had to go back by the four o'clock train that snare day. The father was a manager in some works. Witness knew n thing alike history alike prisoner, and had never seen her before in his life. Witness's wife did not know the prisoner, and had not seen her previously. She called at his lrmae on the night referred to, and stated that she going to Canada as an emigrant, and that some of her friends were stopping Ist the town. She also said she would go and fetch her mother back, but she went away and witness never towhee afterwards. The Chairman Yon don't know what she has been doing for a living?-- No. The Chairman: Then you are not prepare Ito do anything in the easel—No. The Chairman: The prisoiter must be remanded for a week, in order that the proper inquiries may be made. The prisoner was accordingly remanded.  NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN by the Leeds police warning people not to harbour the young man Ross, who ir whited on the charge of murder. A description of lb r,nee,Juipailied by his likeness, has been sent to the authoritim of the principal towns.  ivnt.t.v's l'osT OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY von 1002. —The rime painstaking care is shown in the eighty-thiril tnttaal publication of this colossal Directory as in all its predecessors. Owing to the immense extent of the metropolis, a great number of changes are yearly btkin., place from the death or removal of occupiers, and the pulling down of old and building of new streets. Thee changes necessitate corresponding alterations its the Directory, which are always effected with the greatest accuracy, notwithsta ailing the laborionsnes of the process. A. so indication of the amount of care this work requires in attending to alterations, it may be mentioned that timing the present year thirteen streets have been renamed out twenty-eight have been renumbered. These last include Oxfoni-street, which will be found in the Directory with the old and DCW numbers for every house. This judicious arrangement will be of senior to tradespeople its Oxford-street as well as to those who hare ozcaoion to refer to that part of the Directory.