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The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-06-23 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LOVE. MURDER AND SUICIDE.  SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT BRADFORD. On Monday evening a shocking tragedy, resulting in the death of two persons, was enacted at Bradford, in se locality of Bowling Back Lane, which is situated 1., one of the lower parts of the town. One of the per. sees meatisael was a young weaan outset Ruth Itigtree. .21; years of age, who NT.IA murdered by her sets etc st. man called James ;thsvalte, who was two year. her, mior, under peculiar): the 1,1 ...ght years Outhwaite i era ,ged to the deer 'nal woman, and up to abort; a yes ~., bore a fair character for sobriety and stemliness, hosgh he occasionally indulged in dunk to excess. A little before last Christmas . is tendency to drankenness appears to have become stronger, and this led to disagreements between him and the poor girl, whose family occupy a respectable positon. The estraugements never seem to have lasted for more thou a few days, until about two or three months ago, when Outhwaite's partiality for drink became so manifest that a serious dispute arose between the two, and, in consequence of Miss Inghatn's strong remonstrances, a coolness ensiled, which lasted till her death, the two having met but once up to the evening of the murder, and then only by accident. Two or three weeks ago, Outhwaite, who followed the trade of a brazier, and who resided with his father in Back Bowling Lane, seems to have endeavoured to conquer his bad habits, and to have left off drinking altogether, or nearly no. This change did not, however, bring about an immediate reconciliation with his sweetheart, who, though avowedly anxious to end the breach between them, seems not to Dave placed much faith in Outh. waite's sudden reformation, and wan apparently re. !dyed to test its sincerity by a longer trial. This continued estrangement drove Onthwaite into a very &spending state of mind, and it is said that he more than once was beard to threaten to take tin own life. On Monday evening his father, James Outhwaite, went oat for a walk, leaving his daughter Margaret and John in the house together. Shortly after his departure. Miss Ingham, who lived with her parents at Swaine's Green, Laisterdyke, sent over to Oirthwaite's house to ask if they were going to have company that night. Mar. wet said they were not, and on receipt of this message the girl came over. She was met at the door by Mar. garet, who rallied her on the fact that her 'stupidity" towards John bad not made her look very well. Miss Ingham replied that the same might be said of John, aml the two then went into the honse together. John was not in the room when they entered, but he came in shortly after and said to the girl in a cheerful voice, "Well, miss, how ore yon They thee arranged to 'go to the Bradford fair together that
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-01-20 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DEED ROBBERY.—On Monday, at the Stafford Police Court, Robert Burns, of 1, Balsall Heath-road, Birmingham, and William Lakin, of Back Walls South, Stafford, were charged with stealing a quantity of deeds and documents, the property of the executors of the late Mr. William Harper. Mr. C. Smith, of the Oxford circuit, appeared for the prosecution; and Lakin was defended by Mr. Bowen.—Mr. Hutchinson (from the office of Messrs. Hand, Blakiston, and Everett) said that on the 11th instant, acting under instructions from the executor, he went to the house of the deceased, with the intention of taking possession of the deeds in question, which represented property worth two or three thousand pounds. The prisoner Burns (who was a relative of the deceased) was in the house. He dared witness to take possession of the iron safe containing the deeds, saying if he offered to take them away there would be murder. Witness then went to the chief constable's office to obtain assistance, and on again going to the house, in about a quarter of an hour, he discovered that the iron safe had been smashed in, and the deeds, which he had seen safe a day before, were gone. Further evidence was given showing that during the absence of Mr. Hutchinson the prisoner Burns had broken into the safe and taken away the deeds. These he had taken to Lakin's house, where the police, who had received prompt information, found them. Burns said Mrs. Harper, the widow of deceased, objeffierl to the deeds being taken away by Mr. Hntchinson. She was his aunt, and mid to him that, as she had " carried " the bricks and mortar, she ivonlil have the money.— The case against Lakin not being very strong he was discharged, but the prisoner Burns was committed for trial at the next Assizes.  • ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A Boy.—A boy, named James Slater, aged 15, was charged at Richmond, on Monday, with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat. He was found bleeding in the streets, and, in reply to a constable, said he had cut his throat while in a passion.—The prisoner's father said it was impos. sible to account for the act, except on the ground that he appeared to have been drinking. On Sunday night, while sitting near the supper table, he suddenly called out that be would cut his throat, and put his threat into execution. The father ran for a policeman, and in his absence the boy left the house. He was remanded for • a week to the House of Detention. •
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-02-24 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

STRANGE CAUSE FOR COMMITTING SUICIDE.  Mr. FL Weekes, deputv.coroner, held an inquest on Saturday, at the Public Office, on the body of Sarah Ann Lydiard (181, 27 Conrt, Lancaster Street. —James Bayliss, Cox Street West, Balsall Heath, said the deccaFed bad tr.en emnloyed under him for eighteen months, at the works Of Messrs. Sturges, Bladon, and Middleton, 13 and 14, Weaman Street. She was a girl of extraordinary good spirits, but very impulsive. Sometimes she give way to melancholy, and he had heard her half...-dozen times say she wished she was dead. She earned 9s. per week in the works, and afterwards took work home, which made her wages up to Us. or 154. a week. On the morning after St. Valentine's Day she came into the warehouse and complained of having been " ehaffed " about sending a valentine to a youth named Wilcox, and said she wished I she was dead. He was afterwards called into the room [ wbnie the deceased was employed and found her dead 1 on the floor, with the pewter pot by her side containing the cyanide if potassium. He exclaimed, "Good God Almighty ! she has poisoned hersolf."—Charles Taylor, 4, Mappin's Court, New Hall Street, electro-plate maker, said that on the morning in question he was working at the plac,. in Wenman Street where the deceased was employed. The dereased came into the works and said some people had been chaffing her about sending a valentine. Witness told her to take no notice of them, and the deceased said she laid out her money in a differ. cot way. That morning a valentine came to her, and the girls in the place " chaffed " her about it. She left the ro im. and she was afterwards seen leaning over a railing. Witness thought she vrasWeeping, silently, and did not disturb her. She soon afterwards fell down on the door and aim about an hour afterwards. A pewter pot was found beside her containing cyanide of potassium, a part of which was not dissolved. The cyanide of potassium was tked in the works, but the pewter pot was used in their meals. He had worked with the deceased for about twelve months, and generally found her cheerful, but with interval, of quietness. He had heard of her being connected with a married man, and of her staying ont all night in September, but there was no bother about that, and he could not think of any. I thing to excite her that morning except the valentine.— Mr. Joseph Lawrence, Surgeon, 137, Steele.hons. Lane, was called to see the deceased on Therulay, at half.past [ twelve, and then found her dead. She had died quite recently. The symptoms led him to believe that the had died from poisoning.. The pewter tlqt prodnced I was brought to him the same afternoon. It contained a solution of cyanide of potassium. Mr. LOWITUCO gave I further medical evidence, showing that the decease. was I not enciente.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-04-21 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MURDER AT CROYDON.  A shocking murder has been committed at Croydon. Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning Sergeant Ashley, of the W division of police, was pro. reeding along the Southbridge Road, when he heard loud cries of " Murder" and " Police" proceeding from Collier's Yard. The person who raised the cries was a svoinan named Hannah Scott, who has been frequently before the local magistrates for disorderly conduct. The sergeant, guided by the information she gave him, pro. reeled to one of the houses in the yard, inhabited by a man named Caleb Smith, a labourer. On entering the house a dreadful scene presented itself. On the floor of the front room, in a pool of blood, lay a woman with her throat cut in a fearful manner. A few feet from her lay Smith, with his throat also cut, and it then became apparent that murder and suicide had both been contemplated. Smith said to the sergeant in a faint voice, "I die for love," and at the same time he gave the names of a man and woman who, he said, were the cense of what had taken place. The woman was dead. Smith, who was in a very exhausted state, was conveyed to the Croydon General Hospital in a cab. A ran sr was found by his side covered with blood. The name of the deceased is Eliza Osborn. She was a married woman, 36 years of age, but since the death of Smith's wife, 18 months ago, she has been cohabiting with him. Her husband, who is still living, is stated to be a travelling hawker. Smith had known the deceased prior to his marriage, and immediately after the death of his wife she left her husband and came to live with him. There were three children the issue of Smith's marriage, and these are now ten, seven, and five years old resp.ctively. One of them, an intelligent little girl, stated that after some quarrelling with Osborn her father cut his throat and then cut the throat of the woos in with a razor which he book from the mantelshelf. Osborn left him about three weeks ago, but returned on Sunday the Bth inst. The quarrelling is understood to have been about some wonian with whom she stayed in the interval. Smith has resided at Croydon about 18 years. Both he and the deceased woman have relatives in the neighbourhood of Colchester.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-05-05 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

GALA AT FINNEY GARDENS.-011 Monday. the first fete of the season was held at Finney Gardens, and was well patronised. The gardenn have been nicely laid out, and are in capital order. Mdlle. Bailey, the champion of the MO miles in 1000 hours was in attendance, and walked a mile in each hour between three and ten o'clock. She was tastefully attired, and did her mile in about 11 minutes very gracefully, end strictly in conformity with walking rules. There was a variety of other sports, including cricket, running, jumping. etc.. and dancing to the strains of the Finn. y Braes Band, under the leadership of Mr. Brunt, was much enjoyed. SUPPOSED ATTEMPTED Stuerna.—Early On Monday morning, as P.C. Keates was going his rounds in the neighbourhood of Hall Fields, he discovered a wo. man lying in au unfinished house is Church-street. He roused her up and found that she could scarcely stand. She admitted having taken poison, and he took her to the office, and sent for medical advice. Dr. Walker, who was immediately in attendance, finding that she had taken laudanum, applied the usual antidote, and by ten o'clock she was mach better. Dr. Walker reported to the magistrates then sitting that the woman wonld need walking about all day. Mr. Windt° mid he should apply that she be remanded for a week on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. Dr. Walker said he would not be answerable for her if she were removed to Stafford. The name of the unfortunate woman is Ann Hill, a married woman, living in AI arketstreet. TaE Larran DAY Saters.—The Hanley section of the reorganised Church of Latter Day Sainte, which used to meet in a little room in Birch.terrace, at the latter end of last year moved into a newly-built small but comfortable meeting place in Pelham.street, off Lichfield.street. Here a conference of the members of the Birmingham district was commenced on Saturday night. There were then present Elder Thom. Taylor (president of the district), Elder C. H. Caton (district secretary), and delegates from Manchester, Stafford, Birmingham, Clay Cross, Farnworth (Lancashire), nod Sheffield. The delegates reported that the re-organised church was increasing in numbers, and that the ministry was endeavouring to net before the public the : difference between their church, and that acknowledging the authority of Brigham Young. On Smiday two services were held in the same p;ace in connection with the cont,ence. In the atternoon, Elder John Miller . (Manchester), Elder J. Dewsiem (Manchester), and Elder 1% H. Point,on (Clay Cross), addressed the congregation. At the evening service Elder Caton condarted the servie, and delivered a lengthy address. Elder Crump and Bro. S. Greenwood nlso addressed ' those present, after which Elders Pointoo, Crump, and Boydell then •• consecratml " a bottle of oil for the annointing of the sick. The three stood round the bottle, and while Elder Crunip prayed, each of the other Elders held up his right hand. A hymn and a prayer brought the service to a close.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-02-17 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

REJOICING 3 AT WINDSOR—In celebration of (he recovery of his Royal Ilighnem the Prince of Wales, the most spirited contributions have been already announced townrthi the rejoicings to take place on the 27th loot. Mr. Rlchardson 11. Gardner intends to have roasted on the Gardner estate three fat oxen, to be distributed to too poor of Windsor, Eton, and Clower. In the evening there will be a grand display of fireworks and huge bonfires. There Lao been a committee already formed to carry out the prooeedings. SURFEIT OF HORRORE, AND CnlblE.—A New York correspondent says :—We have had a dreadful surfeit of horrors and crime within the past week. On the 26th instant, Botts, the convicted murderer of Pet Halstead, in Newark, New Jersey, was hanged I. that town, and the j mmaLl next morning gave, with shocking minuteness, the circumstances attend. lug the execution. Nothing could be more sickening than the abject terror with which the wretched man snot his doom, unleoo it were the professions of piety and attainment unto grave with* preceded the last dreadful scene on the gallows. The fate of Botts has , had, however, no deterrent effect upon the lawless population of this city and its suhurbs, for murder goes on unchecked. Within five daye a father has shot and killed his son in one of the most crowded it7ennes of New York, and attempted suicide haimediately thereafter; and at an early hour of the evening a murderous attempt on a gentleman passing along Broadway was meets with a slung shot. The incighbouring city of Brooklyn is daily and nightly the theatre of deeds of violeuce A woman there lire° days ago killed a man who, she said, had seduced her. Another man of good character was antirdered in a reputable quarter of the city by unknown ruffians who met him casually in the street. Bo lively a dread has been inspired in the citizens of Brooklyn by this eceurreitco, and others of a similar though not fatal character, that the wearing of deadly weapons for defence is nearly universal, and society has been redn,ed almost to the condition of nature and the law of the arongest.  •
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-08-31 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

THE POST-MOBTEM. In accordance with the recommendation of Dr. Godrich at the inquest, a post-mor• em examination has been made upon the body of Nagel. When the chest was opened it was found that the ballet had penetrated the upper lobo of the left lung, psesed through the aorta at the arch, and had strnok the eighth rib within two inches of the spine, missing the heart altogether. The ball fractured the rib, and,odged on it, 0.. e side of the bullet being completely flattened by the force of the blow. Had it gone below the rib it most have come through. The bullet on account of the peculiar soure it had taken, could not be found until after an hour's neareh, and by opening the back of the subject. The unfortunate man took aim very badly, an had the toilet passn.l ore-fiftieth part of an lush the other way he would be still alive. At midnight on Friday the body was removed to the deadhonse, and there was a tremendous crowd even at that hour. Paul May appearing somewhat worse on Friday night a magistrate was sent for, and took his deposition. He was no worse, however, on Saturday morning, and hopes were still entertained of his reeovery. A telegraplaio communication from the mother of Nagel, dated at Berlin, has been received by the police authorities at Chelsea, in reply to their telegram of Thursday. It is to the effect that both Paul May and Herman Nagel left Berlin in diffieul. ties. It is authoritatively stated that the exact substance of the letter from the Germans to the woman Burgess, which will be interpreted at the adjourned inquest, is that Nagel came from Germany to England a short time since with 2,000 dollars in his pocket, but had spent it all, and was now reduced to penury; that he (Nagel) distinctly said he was about to commit suicide, and told Burgess she could have his gold watch and chain. At the bottom of the letter Paul May, the wounded man, wrote that he had pawned a great number of articles (naming them), and told the woman to appropriate them to her own use should she wish to do so. It has since been ascertained where his watch and chain were pawned. A
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-07-27 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SUICIDE IN FRANCE.  The French papers state that the number of cases of: self-murder reported by the police in 1870 was 4,157, of which 3,371, or 81 per cent., were by males; and 786, or 19 per cent ,by females. With respect to age, 18 were under 16 years, 130 between 16 and 21, 1,057 from that to 40, 1,669 between 40 and 60, and 1,243 above, 1,147 were single, 1,380 married with children, 599 without; 464 widowed with children, and 199 without; the state of the 68 others could not be ascertained. Of the total, 2,630 resided in the rural districts, 1,461 in the towns, and 66 had no known domicile. From the point of view of their calling, 1,818 were connected with agriculture, 933 with manufactures, 119 were traders, 716 belonged to the liberal professions, 146 were domestics, and 395 vagabonds. Of the 4,157 suicides, 1,384 were effected in the spring, 1,129 in the summer, 668 in the autumn, and 975 in the winter. As usual, the means employed in the majority fof cases were strangulation or drowning. With respect to motives, 383 cases were from poverty or reverse of fortune, 512 from family quarrels, 701 from love, jealousy, debauchery, or misconduct, 930 from suffering, including 515 from physical pain; 1,377 from cerebral maladies, and 22 by the perpetrators of crimes. The cause of the 232 others is unknown.  CONSIGNMENTS FROM THE TEMPLE OP Drsta.—A large consignment of marble, the results of excavations at Ephesus, is expected shortly in London; the ship employed to transport them has completed her cargo. Students must not hope for works of the finest art by this means. The date of the temple of Diana, its locality, and the character of the remains which have been brought to notice, promise relics which, whatever be their archreological value, can hardly surpass even the sculptures of the Mausoleum, inferior as these are. The architectural aspect of the subject, so far as we know at present, is somewhat more interesting than the sculptural one.  A PLAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED to the Spanish Minister of Foment° for a tunnel under the btraits of Gibraltar, whieh might be conneated with the shortest route to India. The length to be traversed would be 13,800 metres, while that of the contemplated Dover and Calais tunnel is stated as 32,000. _ _
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-06-29 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

PAINFUL CAM—Jane Prances Davis was charged with stealing money belonging to George Wolff, lessee of the Queen's Hotel, Hanley.—Mr. A. Tennant defended.—Mrs. Wolff said the prisoner was chamber maid at the Hotel, and there was about £5O in a little box in a chest of drawers in her bed-room, when she and Mr. Wolff left home for a few days on Saturday week. On the Tuesday after they returned, and found the box had been forced open and about £4O stolen from it. The prisoner when suspected and charged with the theft begged witness to forgive her.—Cross-examined : She received a good character with the prisoner. After the abstraction of the money was discovered the prisoner appeared to be in a state of great distress, and she took compassion upon her and did what she could to soothe her. She feared at one time the girl would attempt to commit suicide. On one occasion she had her taken from her own room and put with another servant, in order to rouse her up. She had never had a better chambermaid.—lnspector Ogden said he went to the Queen's Hotel on the 22nd and saw the prisoner, who denied the charge, until told she must go to the station, when she asked lobe allowed to see her mistress. Mrs. Wolff was sent for, and prisoner fell upon her knees and begged Mrs. Wolff to forgive her. She whispered to Mrs. Wolff where the money had been hidden, and where a portion of it was found. A purse and ..£4 wee found in her bed-room, and about .£l7 had been recovered. The prisoner said she was sorry she had been so foolish. Mrs. Wolff recalled said prisoner had been in her employ two years, and had behaved herself well —Mrs. Wolff said she did not wish the prisoner heavily punished.—Mr. Tennant, on behalf of the prisoner, said she was only 25, and had been in service several years; had conducted herself in the most unexceptionable manner, and had been generally regarded as the best servant in the house. She had yielded to a sudden temptation, and her conduct since bad been very remarkable. As soon as she had taken the money she ' became repentant, and so excitable, that Mrs. Wolff, I although suspecting her, was very anxious about her, and feared she would commit suicide. These circumstances seemed to put the case in a different position to any other he had been engaged in, and he asked for a lenient sentence—The Bench said the case must be severely dealt with, and sent the prisoner to gaol for three months.