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The Poole Telegram. — 1881-10-28 (Poole, Dorset, England)

MRS. ELIZABETH HIRST, widow of a manufacturer, wan run over and killed by a train on Tuesday while she was crossing the London and North-Western Railway at Batley.  ON Thursday morning the body of Mr. 11. J. Virgin, surgeon dentist, of Sandfield-house, Headington, near Oxford, was discovered in the Thames near that city. Several weights were discovered in his pockets, and there is no doubt he committed suicide through monetary affairs. He leaves a large family. . _ _  AT the Reading Quarter Sessions on Tuesday John Coney, Jem Goode, C. Mitchell, John Burke, Thomas Tully, James Gilham, R. Parker, and Thomas Symonds were tried for being concerned in a prize fight at Wink. field. Burke, Mitchell, Symonds and Parker were each sentenced to six weeks with hard labour, and Coney, Tully, and Gilham three weeks with hard labour, the three last-named being admitted to bail pending an appeal. Tun reign of lawlessness has brought down with it it shower of sharp sentences. A brute named Binley, aged 30, who had quarrelled over his beer, struck the landlady, and savagely assaulted the police, was thunderstruck on Friday to find himself at the Surrey Sessions sentenced to ive years' penal servitude.  IN the house of a pauper woman, eighty years of age, who has been receiving half-a-crown per week in relief, and who lives at Nelson, near Burnley, was found, a day or two ago, geld, silver, and copper amounting to about £5O. The woman recently applied for 6d. extra relief per week, and it was granted.  NEW buildings at the Midland Institute, Birmingham, completed at a cost of between £25,000 and £30,000, were formally inaugurated on Thursday. A STRANGE scene was witnessed a day or two since in Russell-street, Strand—a thoroughfare which runs to the rear of Drury-lane Theatre. The Dniry-lane Christman pantomime will shortly be produced; and an advertisement had, it seemed, appeared, asking for one hundred young ladies, who were to be "young, well-made, and pretty." The result of this announcement was that Russell-street was practically besieged, Although only a hundred young ladies were wanted, there were some fifteen hundred in attendance. The theatre was invested, the street was blocked, and traffic was stopped. IN consequence of the encroachment of the sea in the neighbourhood of Cromer it has been found necessary to pull down the pariah church at Sidestrand, excepting the tower, and rebuild it farther inland.  Ma.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-08-26 (Poole, Dorset, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  TIRED OF LIFE.  At the Borough Police-court on Monday morning, John Legg, an odd man, was brought up charged with attempting to drown himself in the river Frome. Fm. :erick Paull, bareess-maker, said he resided at Holloway-row, and on Tnursday last he was c uniog from Fordington to Dorchester, and saw the prisoner leaning on his arms on Swan Bridge. He appeared t ha asleep, and witness advised him to move on, or be would be locked no. He said. ' And a good job, too, for I have nowhere to go except the Union, and I don't want to go there again; I would sooner drown myself." Witness told him it would be better for him to go t the Union than to do that. Prisoner walked up by the side of the river for some time, and witness watched him He lost eight of him for a minute, but afterwards found he was in the water. He calls(' George Dnno, and ran up to where the prisoner was. They got him out if the river and laid him on the bank. P.C. Dunn afterwards name up and took charge of him. The water was about four or five feet deep there. th orge Dunn, who resides at Orchard-street, said last Thawed ,y about 20 minutes past twelve he was at the bottom of the town, near the White Hart, and there raw the last witness. He called his attention to the prisoner who was walking on the bank b, the side of the river. About a quarter of an hour after he saw hitn in the water, and witness and Paull went up to him. They found him rolling in the water which was about four feet deep, with his head under water. They pulled him out, and laid him on the bank. Ilet did not speak, an I appeared to be amount ions. When he recovered he said he was tired of his life. P.C. Dunn came and took charge of him. P.C. Dunn said he was on duty in High Est-street, about 20 minute. rest 12, when he received information of a man having gone up the water towards Friary Mill with the intention of drowning himself Witness went along the footway, toward the Swan Bridge, and found the prisoner lying on the rah by the aids of the river. He was very much exhausted. Paull and Dunn were also there. Witness to k him in custody, and brought him to the police station. He we e r/ ill, and Mr. Supt. C nvanl went for &doctor. Wit nese, rolled him in a blanket. and put him in the cell. The doctor came and ordered him brandy. When he hod recovered he was charged with attempting to drown himself, and in reply he sad: "They ought not to have come quite so quick, mini then there w- mill have ean an end to po ,r old Jack. When I have my liberty I'll do it again, for I'm tired of my life." He said he had no hems to go to, and witness advised him to go to the Union. He replied, "I would rather drown or h twz myself than g r there, because they treat me so bad."—Pr'soner was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-10-14 (Poole, Dorset, England)

THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY MURDER. The trial of Mapleton, otherwise Lefroy, is fixed to take place at Maidstone Assize, before Lord Chief Justice Coleridge on the 25th inst. Mr. Dutton, the solicitor acting for the accused, has the greatest confidence in the innocence of Lefroy, and the explanation that he has given of his conduct. The prisoner enjoys excellent health, and is in capital spirits, and in no way apprehensive of the result of the trial, the near approach of which causes him, to all appearances, very little anxiety. The defence is that another party committed the murder, and that Lefroy's disguise and concealment were to escape warrants that had been long out against him.  A STATUE of the once famous orator, George Dawson, was unveiled at Birmingham on Wednesday, and has been publicly accepted on behalf of the town. A MEETING of creditors of the Rev. Eversfield Botry Piggot, rector ot Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, was held at Lincoln on Wednesday. The statement of affairs of the debtor showed that the total liabilities were £7,943. and the assets LW. A composition of 58. in the £ was offered, but not accepted. In the end a composition of 10s. was agreed to, on security being offered.  A DESPERATE attempt to commit suicide is reported to have been committed by Mr. Willoughby Wood,one of the county magistrates for Stafford. Some little time ago he took poison, but his life was saved by medical skill. He has since been watched closely, but he has uow succeeded in cutting his throat, and in such a manner that his life is said to be despairod of.  THE grand jury at Washington formally indicted Guiteau on Saturday in a true bill of eleven counts. A telegram from Washington states that the popular excite. went with regard to the trial is increasing.  THE Rev. Dr. Evans, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, was re-elected Vice-Chancellor of the University on Saturday.  Sin WILLIAM riAncomrr will visit Glasgow on the 24th nstant, to deliver his promised address to the Glasgow Liberal Association. On the following day Sir William will be presented by the Corporation with the freedom of the city.  MR.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-10-14 (Poole, Dorset, England)

GARNET WOLSELEY." A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—A. shocking occurrence has taken place at the residence of Sir Edward Scott, Sunbridge Park Farm, Bromley, Kent. Or Monday evenings bull, known to be of a very spirited character, broke his chain, and attacked a herdsman named Lush, goring him and tossing him time after time. Lush shouted for help, and a carpenter named Kenial ran to his assistance. The bull then turned on Kendal, tossed and gored him, and broke his arm, rendering him quite helpless. The district postman, named Turner, now came through the yard, and the bull turned on him. He, how• ever, made his escape and went for help. In the inean• time the bull kept following up Kendal, who was at length res.med. While he was being carried tint of the yer I the animal again attacked Lush, and killed him outright,. Kendal is in a very precarious state. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE —A somewhat remarkable suicide was committed on Monday night, at Gloucester. A short distance above Westrate-bridge is the viaduct carryiog the South Wales Railway over the eastern branch of the Severn, and near this is a steam pumping-house, by which the railway stations are supplied with water, About eleven o'clock that night the man in charge of the engine saw a young man run up the bank towards the englne•house and radway bridge, and thinking this strange, he went out, and soon after heard a splesh in the river. He could see no sign of any one in the water. and therefore came into the city and gave infernriet•on to the police. On hid return he was enabled, by the light of the moon, to make search, ant near the bridge he found a hat marked " R. L." on the inside and a walk• ing cane. Next in, ruing it wss foetid that a yoing man named Robert Lilt, an attorney's clerk, was missing, and that the hat and stick belonged to him. The river was dragged, and in the afterno in Lilt's body was brought ii the land a few yards from where he jumped into tha wetor. His watch had stopped at 11.10. It seems that he had spent part of Monday evening with a girl to whom he Was much attached, and that she had Old him she wiehed to put an end to their enearemeut, and it is believed that it was this which led him to take his life. An inquest will be held. He was a respectable young man. He bad been four years with Messrs. Smia ant Franklin. solicitors, and when he left ths aloe Monday he appeared to be in his Antal glints,  .• Prr 14  (APE of 6001) ROPE, NATAL, anti
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-09-02 (Poole, Dorset, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  At the Police-court on Monday morning, before Captain Biddle, an elderly mar, named Richard Ellis, a labourer, of Lillington, war charged smith attsmpting to drown himself on Sunday in a pond. John Ellis, son of the accused, said I live with my father in a cottage on Baileyridge, in the parish of Lillingt no. My father has been in • low desponding state of late, and was unable to sleep at night. I slept with him on Thursday and Friday nights. On the morning of the last named day, about three o'clock, I was awakened by htaring him talking, and found the accused with the sheet tightly tied round his neck. I took it off, and asked him why he hod done it, and be rejoins 1 that he wanted to get rid of himself. On Sunday morning, about half-past four I heard my father getting up. He I left the house, and followed him to the pond, where I saw him throw himself in. Toe pond is about 300 yards from the house, and about seven feet deep. The accused we not in the deepest part of the pond, and I pull.'d hint out. He s mid "He would do it sometime if he did not do it then." The accused halt a moplained for the last fortnight 'that he did not milk his master's cows clean," Csptain Biddle; Was that bis occupation Witness f Yes, sir. The Magistrates' Clerk: Has his master found fault with him! Witness: No, sir. The Magistr .ttes' Clerk: Did Ise attempt to get in more than once?  Witness : Yes, sir, twice. I don't think he is in his right mind. Mr. Turner has been attencbng him, hut has not seen him for the last few days. He has not bum drinking heavily of late, butt. • sober man. Mr. W. H. Williams, surgeon, Sharborne, said : I Was called to see the prisoner last night, and saw him in the cells here. I examined him, and believe him to be insane at the present tiLie, and not answerable for his action!. lie is suffering from incomnia, and a species of mania resulting from it. He requires medical attention and watching. It is unsafe for him to be alone. &mended to the Workhouse for eight day. for further miltdries to he made.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-11-25 (Poole, Dorset, England)

SUICIDE IN WILTS.  A child, about eight months old, not yet identified. having been discovered floating in the pond at White parish, in Wilts, an inquest on the body was held on Saturday afternoon.—Evulence as to the discovery of the body on Tuesday last having been given, Mr. It. A. Ross, a medical gentleman of the village, was called. He ex. pressed the opinion, from a post-mortem examination which he had made, that the child had been thrown into the water when alive. There was no mark of violence. He should say that the body had been in the water about a week.—Evidence was then called to show that a few days previous to the discovery a woman, with a child of six months, had passed through the village. The child had a red hood and dark socks, so that it was easily identified, and similar articles of dress were found with the dead body. The woman called at a wayside inn, and said that she was on her way to Southampton with the child, that she had walked from the neighbourhood of Both, that her husband had deserted her, and that her children and she were going to him. A biscuit and some fat meat were given the child, and the woman, weary and footsore, resumed her journey. She was next seen in the vil!aze of Whiteparish itself, with a bundle and an umbrella, and a young man, who rode to the parish pond to give his pony some water, &lid that the woman was sitting on the bank, when she remarked, "Why the don't you keep in the middle of the road l'—'The jury returned a verdict of "Williti murder against some poraon or persons unknown."—The county police have apprehended Ruth Handle, of Westbury. Soon after her apprehension, while passing a pond, she jumped in, but was rescued, and nowlies in precarious state.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-10-07 (Poole, Dorset, England)

ENOLISH GIRLS. The reported ebtiticti 1/1 ot girls trom &Wend atrium has lately excited touch public atteuttou and adicitude has undergone a thorough examination be the officers of the Criminal Itivestigation Department. Their inquiries have beet, much impeded in several iustances by the relatives of the so-called ' kidnapped " girls' who in many instances are foimd to have been consenting parties in the immoral traffic. It has been established that many of the Cote tipeeted brothels have agencies in Seho and others parts of London. Sranaows.—Some years ago there was a great desire expressed in America, Australia, and other foreige . countries for the introduction ot lititish birds, and especially the sparrow. In 1803 a couple of Eaglish blackbirds fetched .f.. 3 5, in Adelaide, and a sparrow— , the only one which survived out of 100 sent out—sold for lie. In New Zealand sparrows have multiplied to such an extent that poisoned wheat is now used by the colonists to de,troy them. Americans, also, have begun to regret their introduction. An American paper aya : " England accuses us of sending dynamite, infernal machines, potato bugs, and tiichinm, all of much are not half so bad as the English sparrows.' SUICIDE AT ABERGELDIE CASTLE —Last week the man• servant of Cermet Teeadaie, who is in attendance on the Prince of Wales at Abergeldie Cestle, locked himself in cue gunroom and blew his brains out with the colonel', rifle. Nothum was known of the occurrence till the next morning, when, the door being found locked, the gunroom was entered by the win low, cud the body was seen lying on the floor. No reason can be ascribed for the act. The funeral took place on Friday in Crathie churchyard, in the presence of the Queen, Colonel Teesdale, ant several members of the households of Baim,ral and Abergeldie. Toe dtceased was an old and respected servant, aud the affair has cart a deep gloom over the lloyal households and the entire district. A
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-12-09 (Poole, Dorset, England)

THE SUICIDE OF A MILITARY OFFICER AT WINDSOR.  An inquest was held at Windsor on Monday evening upon the body of Colonel Richard Stanley, aged iti, who resided in apartments in Grove-road, Windsor, and who committed Bumble by shooting himself with • revolver last Friday at the Castle Hotel. The deceased went to i.he hotel about 11 o'clock, and Boeing Mr. lienoiley, the landlord, asked him if he might go into a private room to write • letter. He was shown IMO the commercial room and shortly afterwards • lad going into the room found the deceased lying on his back quite dead, with a revolver in his right hand. The decesteed had been an officer in the army, and had distinguished himselt in the Crimean War, kle claimed to be connected both with the Derby family and with the Stsnleys of Aiderley. lie was lately in (Mbcult circumstances, and very depressed. The jury rtturned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind."  _ TIUSOAT IsarrAnom—Soreuess and dryness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice. For these symptouis use Epps s Glycerine Juiubos. Glycer• inn in these agreeable confections, being in Proximity to the glands at the moment they are excited by the act of leaching, becomes actively healing. Sold only in boxes, 74d. and!.. lid., labelled 'JAMES Epps & Co., liomceopothic Chemists, London."—A letter received : "Gentle wen.—lt may, perhaps, interest you to know that, after an extended trial, i have found your G:ycerine Jujubes of Csolunderable benefit (with or without medical treatment) in almost all forms of throat disease. They sot ten and clear the voice.—Yours faithfully, GoIIDON 110Latas, L.R.C.P.E., Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and kr! hdirmarr." . . _  AN UNFORTUNATE Fanitsr.—Appllcatfon for assistance was made at the Westminster Police-court, London, on Saturday, on behalf of the wile and family of Mr. J. Murphy, a clerk in holy orders, who wee recently sent to prison for stealing books from a stall. The lady, it was stated, was only 24 years of age, and had rive children, the youngest of whom was four months old. They were without friends and destitute. The magistrates ordered that £5 be elven from the poor-box. Tani
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-12-09 (Poole, Dorset, England)

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.  During a quarrel about the possession of a cottage on Tuesday nisht at Birch, near Hereford, between William and Joseph Morgan, father and son, the former, having been locked outside, burst in the door with an axe and attacked his son with a bill-hook, nearly severing his head from his body. ThetFather has beentapprehended, and the son lies at Hereford frifumary in a precarious state.  A shocking triple murder and suicide is reporten from Fulstone, near Shipley, Hod ersfield. Oa Tuesday morning Henry Battye, landlord of thh Junction Inn, finding that his daughter, Hannae Moorhouse, aged 27, who bad already had thred illegitimate children (aged tee, sir, and two), appeared to be again pregnant, told her that be could not do with any more of her childeen, adding "Thou must seek a fresh atop." He refused to allow her to keep a box which shts said a deceased brother had given her. On Tuesday afternoon Battve went to Huddersfield, and Mrs. Battye, Hannah Moorhouse, her three children (Ada, john, and Emma), and Henry Battye (her brother) had tea together. When Mr. Battye returned in the evening only Mrs. Batts° MIMI at home, but the absence of the others at tint excited no surprise. Shortly afterwards, Henry Bettye, aged eight, came in, and said, "Mother, our II annah has gone into the dam with Ads and John." He added that Hannah went ont of tha house to the cowshed, and asked him to holds candle while a named Ecclesly, milked the cows. She then asked Henry to go with her over the field to the pond. She had the infant with her. When they came ta the pond she said, "Ada and Emma have pone in there, and we are going. Thou c )11 go home and tell thy tatter and mother, that they may know where we all are." On searching the dam, which is 10 feet deep, about 100 ' yards from the inn and 50 from the road, the bodies of the mother and eldest slaughter, Ads, were found, and hsifsau-hour afterwards those of the two younger children. She had been seen in the road near the pond with her two eldest in her arms. She had laid ~ut a quantity of linen, apparently to serve as shrunda for all. The bodies await an ioqueet.
The Poole Telegram. — 1881-09-16 (Poole, Dorset, England)

DOUBLE MURDER & ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN LONDON.  A terrible crime was committed on Tuesday at No. 20, Lancing-street, Easton-square, London. a street composed of tenements of the humbler classes. It appears that the house in question is occupied by a printer named Emmett, a man aged about 40 years, who has resided there with his wife and four children for some time. Emmett, it would appear, had been suffering with an ulcerated leg, and has become somewhat depressed. His wife bad occasion to go out sh) rtly after nine, and on her return she was let into the house by her son, who up t ) that time had been playing in adjoining room with a pack of cards, one of the lodgers in the house had als -) been engaaed in her household duties, not having noticed anything particular as h tying taken place. Wnen Mrs. Emmett went into the back bedroom she found the bed saturated with blood, and the b) dies of her two children, aged one and four ieepectively, lying in a large pool of blood, and on the floor was the insensible form of her husband, who had a slight scar on the left side of the neck and a large contused wound on the forehead. The police were at once communicated with, and Emmett was removed to the University College Hospital, where he vow remains. The doctor then proceeded to the scene of the tragedy at No. 20, Lancing-street, and he flint examined the body of the elder child, a boy aged f or yearn. This body had a pointed wound on either side of the neck, exactly over the carotid vein. Death must have been instantaneous, and no one without some knowledge of anatomy would have inflicted such a wound. In the seccnd case the body was that of a child aged one year, and this body had but one wound, similar to the other, and inflicted with great force and accuracy. There is no doubt but that Emmett was out of his mind. He is described as a very inoffensive man, and, like his wife, much vspected by the neighbours. The wound on his forehead is supposed to have been ioflictedlby'a hammer, which was found at the bedside. as well as the knife with which .the children were stabbed.