The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-01-02 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

MARRIED FOR MONEY.  At the Thames Police-court a respectably dressed girl, named Ellen Britton, aged 17, married, of 26, Blackthorn-street, Bromic!, was charged with attempting to commit suicide; and Samuel Britton, 39, a mulatto, the husband, was charged with assaulting his wife.—Constable John Hills, 540 K, said he saw the young woman make two frantic attempts to throw herself out of the first-door window of the above-mentioned house, but she was pulled back by her husband. Mrs. Britton afterwards raised the window, and witness, suspecting what she Intended doing, ran to the spot and managed to catch her before she reached the ground. She then said, "Why did you catch me? I want to die. I was married on Christmas morning. My mother made me marry him for his money. She told me he would soon 4et another ship and go away, then I should get his half-pay and live with who I like. I won't stop with him. I'll kill myself first."—The young woman now said she was glad the officer caught her. She was "regular worried" at the time. Her father was a stevedore. She was married to Britton on Christmas Day, and they danced all that night. On Boxing night her husband dragged her about and mod her like a beast.—ln reply to the megistrate, the witness said that the previous night sh• declined to go to bed, and her husband threatened to take her Ilia—The constable, recalled, said when the young woman got to the station she stated her husband lad tried to strangle her, and she bore marks of violence on her throat.—Britton denied doing anything except stopping her from throwing herself out of the w indow.—Mr. Mead discharged the man, and ordered his wife to be remanded.  Coroner Danford Thomas was co Monday informed of the death, under mysterraus circumstances, of a woman named Barwell, at • house in Barrow Halroad, St. John's Wood. She was found in an unconscious condition, with hn head smashed and her body much crushed, on Christmas Eve, and, it is said, she was taken to her room, where she died two da)s aforwardi, without any medical or other treatment.  The mansion house of Kinblethmont, near Arbroath, and belonging to Mr. Lindsay Carnegie, was on Monday des.royed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. bliss Talbot, of Margam Abbey, daughter of the late Mr. Talbot, 0. P., "Father of the House of Commons," is reported to be seriously ill in London, where she is undergoing special medical treatment. The Treasury have undertaken the prosecution of the Norwegian, loic,lf Beek, charged with stealing jewellery from several young women, who alleged that he represented to them that be was the Earl of Wilton. The accused was placed in the dock at Westminster Police-court, on Monday, and was further remanded without additional sv.desme tiff - - Thundsr. Mis affiiction.'"You.' seem 111," ibis maid, J, There's a good deal of happiness in the solicitously. "I am not feeling well," the youth et this world, but some people always replied. "The fact is, I'm troubled with ivart ; tallow candle. failure." "Oh, how terrible!" "Yes. I started SW: "What kind of a Imo four times to ask your father's consent to out dearie P" He: "I re sfmarriage and every time my heart failed me." that you can push it. A flourishing industry.--P'riend "How am you "How 1, gmtirig along now P" abarpfeklo: "I"trateratis Birdie: " Hiking money hand over Ask" "Wadi You toie my Jeer." me some time ago that your trade no leuret paii I: "Atli living wages." Will, it doesset,• "Ilign how di NI you make so much nuiney P• dim sa prde y i "