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The Warwickshire Herald. — 1889-02-14 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TOGETHER.  On returning home the mother found another letter from her daughter, dated Meyerling, in which the youthful Baroness announced that she and the Crown Prince had resolved to commit suicidertogether. The Prince had promised her marriage as soon as he obtained his divorce from the Crown Princess, and when he informed her that this-was now impossible, owing to the Emperor's refusal toeionsent to the divorce, they resolved to commit suicide. This they • did onithe Wednesday morning in- the bedroom of the Crown Prince. When Loschek, the valet of the Doers Prince, entered the bedroom in the morning after having vainly knocked fey admittance, he found the bodies of both lovers lying on the bed. Before callinganyene, he carried that or the Baroness into an-adjoining room, so that when Prince Philipp of Chberg and Orient Hoyos, on being summoned by Loschek„ entered thebedroom they only saw the body of the Crown Prince, and naturally coacluded that it was-a simple case of suicide, as was reported to the Emperse_ On being informed of his son:e death the Emperor- at once suspected the truth, and exclaimed, "I woad' rather lave lost a province than this disgrace slieuld have befallen me." It onlyi remains to be said that the body of the unfortunate Baroness was buried at Heifigenkreuz, near Meyerling—and not sent to- Bohemia, as my first information on the subject stated—hat Baterday morning.  The rims correspondent ot thesame paper telegraphs that two, letters have been published which go to confirm the version of the double suicidattragedy at bleyerlisg,.: The Myst of these is a short note to the Duke of Btaganza, which is as follows: "Dear Friends—lt must iiie. I cannot do otherwise. Keep well and hoppy.—Bervus, Thy Rudolph." The other letter is hots the Baroness Fermiers to her mother, and says-: 'Veer Mother, I die witb Rudolph. We lovesue another too much. Forgive, me, and farewell.—' Thy unhappy Marie.' P.S: Bratfisch whistled admirably at night." The portrait of Mdlle.Vereeera, whose-title of baroness appears to be doubtful, is-already exhibited in Paris. Ber beauty is of the Kfingarian type, but the general expression is not intelligent. liermother is now in Baris. The statement that she was aware of the liaisee." is indignantly denied by Mot PNINCIE RIIDOLIIII AND THE POF3k.  According to the "%xis correspondent of: the Daily Telegrapk the Prince; previous to his tragic death, wrote a low letter to the Pope soliciting a divorce. The Pope was an astounded that he sent the letter back,, not to the sender, however. but to his father, ta•whoin it was handed by Monsignor Galimberti at the end of January. Hereupon followed a violent scene between the Crown Prince and the Emperor;. whnaleo decidedly objected to asdivorce.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-08-19 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ROBBERY BY A MONKSINGULAR ACQUITTAL.  BORDEAUX has been in a state of excitement about the trial of a Dominican named Pierio Brochard. This monk is also a door in theology. The indictment sets forth that he entered the Dominican monastery at Lille, and with the aid of false keys succeeded in opening the safe in which money, Stock Exchange Securities, and other property were kept. He carried off twelve debentures of Austrian Bente worth 30,000 francs, and upwards of 9.000 francs in bank notes and gold. Pierre Brochard left the building ou the eve of the robbery, and on May 13th assumed the name of Berthier, went to the office of M. Molina, a money-changer Of Bordeaux, and sought to get several Austrian debentures cashed. As notice had been received by the money-changers of Bordeaux not to pay the stolen bonds, M. Molina, finding the numbers were the same as those on the list sent by the Dominicans of Lille, caused Pierre Brochard to be arrested. The monk, on being interrogated, owned that he had • been enabled by false keys, which a Lille locksmith manufactured for him on the model of the • real ones, to open the ir n safe of the order. He committed the robbery the night after he left the monastery, when all the inmates were in bed. simply by unlocking every door that came in his way. It was true that he had taken money and securities in the safe, amounting to 40,000 francs, and that he simulated suicide by leaving his monastic, suit on the bank of a river, where they were found. He swam to the other side, and, as he had prepared the brotherhood for suicide, they conelnded. when his frock and underclothing were found, that he had drowned himself. When he got away he t ,h 1 every one he met about the suicide of the Monk Broth:mi, so that he was never suspected Of the robbery. and would not have been detected but for the moneychanger noticing the numbers of the Austrian debentures. A Dominican brother Was callisl by Ilroebayd's counsel. Ile informed the jury t hat acein\ling: to 00 civil law there had been no robbery. all things -Wine' ill 0/111111.111 in a In:cnastery. Hi 'chard had perhaps taken more than 11:s share. 11 awl prematurely, out of a fund wh:ell he was cc co-proprietor for. under the deck, bet t expelsiit of the religious cur hr-. tice ncont,.t• wa dcvi. heel (.4 mally aiming the brethr.m. who were lo be eurle:i as :t relHous fancily. tiepre4l:, indimantly protested aguinsl 'leery. leu: it went licence t, th:• jeen.v,. t•lnwl VVl'diel of ZWe1llitI:11.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-04-15 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE OF LORD SHAFTESBURY. The Earl of Shaftesbury V9lntrlitt4A f!nicide in London on Tuesday by shooting himself with revolver in Regent-street while driving in a cab. It is stated that his lordship engaged a hansom in the upper part of Regent-street shortly after four o'clock, and directed the cabman to drive down Regent-street. He did so, but on reaching the end of the street the earl told the man to return, and he was driven back again to the other end of the thoroughfare, when he again ordered the cab to he turned round. This was done several times, and when the cab was near Oxford-street, about half-past four o'clock, the cabman heard a shot, and a second shot fired by the unfortunate nobleman penetrated his left temple. A policeman cameup at that moment, having heard the first report, and he at once told the cabman to drive to the Middlesex Hospital. A crowd 'collected around the vehicle, but the earl was not recognised by anyone until the hospital was reached a few minutes afterwards. There the policeman and the cab driver carried his lordship, who was still breathing, into the in-patients' ward, and called the assistance of the house surgeon, Dr. Bartlett, to him, but Lord Shaftesbury was just breathing his last, and was beyond all help when the doctor reached him, the bullet having penetrated the brain. Meanwhile an intimation of the sad event had been sent to the friends of the Earl, and in a short time the Countess of Shaftesbury' arrived, followed by his lordship's butler, but only to 'learn that the worst had occurred. The revolver used by the ill-fated nobleman was a sixchamber one, and it was evident from the position of the first shot that it had in the first instance gone oil' accidently, while from the terrible nature of the fatal wound it would seem that he was de termined to complete the desperate net of selfdestruction.. The body was removed after being examined and identfied to the mortuary of the hospital, .there to await the inquest, - unless the Coroner's warrant should be obtained in the meantime to remove it to his lordship's residence. His lordship, who Was 55 years of age, succeeded his father, the well-known philantropist, so re.cently as. the first of October List He married a daugl.ter of the third Marquess of Donegal', and amongst several children he has A KM; _4orn in 'so, who will ii--1 to the -title. .
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-08-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

OUTRAGE ON A CHILD. Suicide to Avoid Arrest.  ALFRED Esc() IT, a labourer, 32 years of age, who lived with his wife at 34, Branksome-road, Brixton, committed suicide last week. The case is surrounded by circumstances of exceptional repulsiveness. For some days past-a little girl of 9, whose father had been out of employment, had been residing. at Escott's house, whila her parent was looking for work. Her temporary guardian took advantage of the child's defenceless position, and on three occasions committed an outrage upon her. Terrified by the threats of Eseott, she refrained from complaining of the treatment to which she had been sub jected until questions, suggested by certain discoveries made by her grandmother, induced her to relate the whole of the circumstances. Her father was communicated with. and he proceeded to the waterworks at Brixton Hill where Escott was employed. The latter, on being accused of the offence, ailmitted it by implications, asking the father ..ot to strike him, and adding, Don't lock me up. If you do, it means twenty years' penal for me." The father left him and gave information to the police, and Eseott, in apprehension of being arreded, went to an outhouse, and there stabbed himself with a pocket-knife eight times in the throat and once in the abdomen. He was discovered lying nAtering in blo,sl. and was phi 'eel in a cart for teinoval to the bosilit at. As t vehicla was leaving the Iloiloareiv..d to take hint into eastody. In vh:,r,:e of a constable he was lii yen to St. Thomas's I kspital, where, after twenty mit lutes of terrib!e sofferino. Ii explted from the eif,ets of the very serkas Wl.lllllk Ii e had inflicted upon himself.. An inquest was 11l when a Verdict was returned of suicide dining tvetpoi ary 'insanity. .
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-09-23 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

WARWICK.—At the Court House, Warwick, on Monday, Eli MaycJek. for. merly carrying on business as a pork butcher in the Old Square, was sentenced to one mouth's hard labour for deserting his wife and seven children who have become chargeable to the %Varwielt Union. It was stated that prisoner had been managing a branch shop near Cardiff, and when apprehended by the Newport police he was about to marry a young woman with whom he had lately been living. A Wort,o-ne &atm: AT GRAVELLY HILL Shortly before one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a man named John Wright Gales, who lives in lodgings in Shade-lane, Gravelly Hill, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. kik', it is stated has been in a desponding state of mind for a considerable time, and when the landlady of the house went into the parlour yesterday morning she found that he had cut his throat with a razor. Medical aid was sent for, and although the injury is serious, it is believed that Vright will recover. HOSPITAL SATURDAY AT WARWlFK.—Theannual collections on behalf of the local hospitals woe made in the streets of the town on Saturday, CO! lecting boxes being placed in all the principal thoroughfares in charge of the various persons appointed to preside over them. There was liberal response to the appeal, and it is believed_ that the sum contributed, consisting largely 01 coppers, will quite equal last year's collection. The proceeds will be ultimately divided between the Warnefore Hospital, Leamington. and the Warwick Dispensary and Cottage Hospital. THE SMETHWICK SHOOTING Cast:. —At the est Bromwich Police Court, on Saturday, William Roberts (77), who has for some time past resfdol in a hut in a garden adjoininh Sycamore-road, wn't again brought rip charged with shooting at a boS named James Henry %Valker, residing in Suffrage street, Silted) wick, on the I Ith inst., with intent to murder hint. Mr. H. Jackson appeaml for the defence. Superintendent. %Vhitehurst applied tor a remand, and handed in it certificate stilt* that the boy was still unable to appear. The applica: tion was granted, bail being allowed, two sureur' of 4:25, and himself in st:.lo. Tu EFT BY A SALVATIoNIST.-- -Oil Stir filthy. al the West Bromwich Police Court—before Messrs. G. C. Adkins and J. H. Pearson -- 3lagvje Hugh.e' (I 8 described as a lieutenant in the Salvation Army, of 4, Hartlington-street, 31are1t-road, Midtilesborough-on-Tees, was chargol with trig 2s. at Harborne, the money of l'olly liatinatord, of High-street, Harborne. I 'rosee tri 01.0 stated that she was a captain in the army, Al prisoner came to her house last Wednesday, am. asked for a night's lodging, as she was en her to Bristol. She took her in, and prisoner -t° two or three days, in the course of which sh: e missed some money at different times anfountfog to 25., and also some soldiers' class Helios. %% h. ell charged with the offence she admitted stealer:. the 2s. --Prisoner, who has three times been coin. mitted to gaol during the present year, ad. sentenced to three months' hard labour.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-09-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

REMARKABLE SUICIDE AT THE ASTON LOWER (;ROUNDS.  On Monday afternoon Mr. E. Hooper (Coroner for South Staffordshire) held an inquest at the ‘Vitton Arms, Witton, touching the death of Henry Ryland (54), carrying on business as a butcher at P2ti, Moseley-road, and who resided at Portlock-road, Stratford-road, whose dead body was found in the Aston Lower Grounds, on Friday evening last.—John Thomas Ryland, butcher, of 99, Alma-street, son of the deceased, deposed that he last saw his father alive about three weeks ago, in the Birmingham Cattle Market. He then complained of feeling " bad about the head,- and had ,been so for the past two years, when he suffered certain pecuniary trouble. The deceased Bred on amicable terms with his wife, who saw her lon, band alive on NVednerday last, about ten o'clock itt tha morning, when he said he was going otit of the torvit for a day to see if his head would get better. Witness prthiaced a letter which had been received by his mother on Friday morning. The letter, which was read by the Coroner, was its follows:—" Dear wife,--1 thotteht that if I went away for a day I should feel better, but alas ! it NV:l,.4tint`4o. The longer 1 was away the tnore yierv,ol:, I ,2.0 t bad that everyone I passed I n thogm wanted me. when you get this 1 hope to Fe better t,tt ; I aiim sure you 1611 be. Tell ii it ot my tlehts till you have st•en i. dell:. pity hut make all you can, if yott emit carry On -the Ira he. lam sure the _hoteliers will help You In )otir own sake. Cheer up. you will soon over• gut your trouble. I have been a very hatl liasband to yon, and you will scan find a better plaee among' your frien.l,, that now. Von know the wa.,zes of sin,' The letter hove the post mark, dated Septemhor :!irk I knee as to !le. recovery ot tlte ho.iy liii U 1.. iig.; \ ;be Oiry returned a ‘erdiet .tt Hti.,idt. A Lida -temporally in-tite.'  lt4l tt N ;11r•-$ 7P01:1 12z 111. -.1. • I;.i • .
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-11-18 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE ON THE BAILWAY.  A most determined suicide has been committed on the Loudon, Chatham and Dover Railway, at Honor Oak. The twenty minutes past one p.m. train [rein the Crystal Pa'aee to Victoria, which is due at Honor Oak at thirty-six mittutcs past one, had just left the latter station and was proceeding down the steep gradient which skirts Donor Oakhill, on its way to Nun teal Junction, when the stoker, teorge Drew, suddenly saw a man of respectable appearance wandering about on the line. The driver, lhomas Denley, a:so noticed the trespasser, and blew his engine whistle several times to warn him of the approach of the train. ' The man then got clear of the train until it was too late to pull up, even if he had been able to do so, as the gradient is said to be the Steepest on the whole of the Chatham and Dover system, and then he deliberately laid his neck across the rails. The horror experienced by the two men on the engine may be better imagined than describol ; but they succeeded in stopping the train within a short distance of the spot where the unfortunate man bad laid himself upon the rails. On going back to tie spot, accompanied by the guard, it fearfui sight presented itself. There lay the body of the trout covered with blood and dust; the head was all but severed from the trunk, the right foot was almost cut away, and one of the arms was almost crushed to pulp. Ultiniatehy the mutilated corpse was conveyed to Nunhead Junction, and thence removed on the police ambulance by Sergeant Place and a constable to the Camberwell mortuary. There is at present no clue whatever as to the identity of the deceased. The body is described as being :,ft. tin, iii length, be. tween 25 and 31) years of age, fair complexion, with brown hair and moustache. The man was very well dressed, wearing as he did a brown dust coat, a suit of black diagonal, and a brown feit hat. Two halfpennies, two lead pencils, some tobacco, a chain and a thimble were found in the man's pockets.  A
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-05-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ACCIDENTS AND CRIME.  MISS FLORENCE ALLISTON, of St. Fillan's House, Eastbouine, the daughter of a London merchant. was burnt to death on Friday whilst engaged at her toilet and using a spirit lamp for heating curling irons. Miss Alliston rushed downstairs with her clothes on tire, and the servants helped to extinguish the flames. She died after much suffering.  AN inquest was held at Little Eaton, near Derby, on Saturday, on the body of Sarah Towle, a married woman, who committed suicide on the night of Good Friday whilst in bed. Before committing suicide it was stated that she endeavoured to induce her husband to take some tea, which was afterwards found to contain vermin-killing powder. and subsequently whilst he lay asleep she cut his throat with a razor. and he is still in a serious condition. A verdict of suicide was returned.  A nu:vicusT named Kirk, while riding with a companion at Mil'houses, near Sheffield, suddenly exclaimed that he felt very ill. and jumped from his machine. His companion also got off his machine at once, awl Kirk fell in his arms and instantly expired. A Yormi man, about go years of age, named James Hardman Shackleton, of- Nile Cross Farm. i shot lihnself through the head last week while walking in Commercial-streeti Halifax. Death I mimed in a few minidem.  THE engine of a train running on the- Banbury Cheltenbani branch of the tlivat Western Railway, when near the junetion with the Indian(' lino, on S:11 nrilay, left the rails la flit' 11. tint,. taking the eariingos with it. The envine lilockeil the line, atal train:. hat! to Ito corn Intel for some hodrs err a sitigltt set of railtt. No one was hurt bitt t stoker.  Os at inlay rnilrtiinr, Mr. Mark Stainsby, tar di-tiller. promimmt Knott ingley gentleman, was walking d. twit a siding from the back of his residence to his tar distilling works, when he was kit eked ii twit by a Hull Ala Barnsley luggage train. and killtsl instantly. MrsTEttious CAust: ov DEATti.—Mr. W, E. Baxter, on Saturday, held an inquest at ttuy's Hospital, on George B. Judd, aged 46. The widow stated that deceased, who was caretaker mad foreman of saw-mills in Union-road, Botherhithe, had a soft corn between two of his toes. Some weeks ago deceased complained of severe pain in his foot. On the 111th April, as he got worse, he sought the
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-03-11 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ERATE SUICIDE. tire abolition of conipuls ry Militia service, was a gue.l A'-. it ri .i. c - tted suicide in New York by the majority of those present.. la • nth. . (h. .. tab it near his bed was found a mit.. i.e , n. In.- .• Coroner." It ran as follows: An important captuie of 20 brigands hat, ittken -I' ' place 10 miles from Assiout. They had r.. ire itr 1' .... y 22 Id. '-in it exp. client, in ()oder to allay at: r I 'l.l:.:teil.i.l .I'll i'l.ly";%.ai.ras rbk.aelin atus'ugffhetrearr ifse'ronitorhsaruya cavern. The geiidar es endeavou,tie.udie t,..t.n....,1n.....1„.-.4. them. Two or three were kiled. um . in. which ..a culminated in - vilvulard 'ease of then waited. Two ineffectual aortirs were Inia.me 4,, break the cordon they had formed, and in our oay i ti" '''' 41'. r.'i "1"1 I u'ade use of powerful *oda' the band surrendered. tines a sintri.g Urn dose to the severity of the attack. 1 hare tor the past three daps suffered inIn two hours, on Sunday, V.° hmdsoine Ont. rn.gational Church at Stone, Staff rdb.dre,„..is imr„e.n ti . 1.1" i)' • 1"hill"44 aunt* that time but three hours' an. i. I slial. in •riro„ if tn., pain continues_, take a nothing remaining but -tie bare wal.s. On the • 41 ''''' I', *- le-t -0 S 0 n. ,li unit anything serious be the result of the one avariabie tire engine soon aftet- the ..4,.n. .4k ,' no water was available, the pump- being fr. zen. l% reit " ' c nine "I. rostra. 111 ave. nut any relations Limo in this citj. hive n 'hoe water was obtaiired iu limited quantities i. In ze .11 the engine and hose. It is announced th.yt for the futuro litlgarrait col. ___:Art,isrprest rts Itld or. Tuesday on the body of • . .. . , • . •-•  diera will be fto bidden to address ,boir tli.r iii tit Russian language. This is rather aelg.lt e.suc for while there wits .i Rebid., War Mm s et, r M $ it and numerous Rtmlian officers in Lk army the mi.. Is were forbidden to spesk to their superiors u my language except Russian.  ii.• d Edwin Jones, tured 34, liviug at Hanley. iiishire. 'rile ithe d, who was a potter by it , and leaves a w.fe and rive children, was loot ri z nto sit aib on the beak s of the staff..ni• el. Carl. From the evidence it appeared that he I. els •rit of work flir a cote iderable time, Bud 1 days had ben abeoutely tithing Lo es.
The Warwickshire Herald. — 1892-10-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

DEATH OF A FAMOUS BANDIT CHIEF. Th.- last mai' from Tomptin brings news of Ms death of the Black Flag leader Lunky, vrhoee operations aloog the Red River and in the region lying between the delta an I the Chin. frontier Lev kept northern Toroplin in a condition bordering on anarchy. It appears that in the recent daring attack on a French convoy near Rae-le, in which two officers and several men were killed by the pirates, Lunky was himself in command of the assailants, and in the course of the engagement, which was a very desperate one, he was that in the asest and andomen, and died in a tow hours. Forty-one of his followers were slain at the same time, while the number of wounded Was considers. ble. Be was buried in a forest surrounding-11in Camp, and his younger brother was elected to succeed him After his electino, it in said, Lunky's chief lituteuant and a number of his followeit quitted Ise band.  At Melton Mowbray, on Saturday., five men ane a boy were working on a scaffold at Coventry House, the residence of Count Zobroski, when tin scaffold fell, and a man named Goodlitre wa: seriously injured. Three other men, named Wet°horn, Lowe and Caldwell, and a boy named Steele were also hurt. Tie injured persons were taken MU the house, and all are progressing favourably ea rept Goodliffe, whose back, it is feared, is brok .1 He is married, and has • large family. Two boys named Manners and Oldham, each of whom was but 12 years old, were committed trial by tic Marylebone Police Magistrate on Mon day for breaking and entering a house in Albert road, Kilburn.  'flis death of Lieutenant-Colonel Timbrell former th, subject of an inquiry by the Westminste Coroner on Monday. He was discovered by domestic with his clothing on tire. but a post mortem examination eliewed that death was due ts cerebral hemorrhage, and a serdict of death fron natural causes was accordingly returned. Tne same coroner subsequently held an inquest on the body of a young Indian student, who poisoned himself st South Kensington Railway Station on Thursday. Suicide whilst temporarily insane was the verdicl returned.  Sympathetic friend: "And how are you feeling this morning, Mac ?" Canny Scot: "Hoots, moo, hoots! Me heid feels like a toy-shop, wi the hummin' tops a-goin' !" "Money is round and .made to roll," said the spendthrift to the miser. "That's your way of looking at it," said the latter. "I say that money is fiat and made to pile up." Anxious traveller: "Boatman, are persons ever lost in this river?" Boatman: "Oh, no, sir! My brother was drowned here last week, but we found him the next day."