The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-12-26 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ENDING TO A YOUNG LADY'S ROMANCE.  Charles Saunders was executed at Hereford on Wednesday morning for the murder of Charles Frederick Steers, aged two years, at Little Hereford, near Leominster, in May. 'The child, whose parents live in London, had been obtained to help the prisoner in begging. It had received brutal treatment, and one night while it was crying prisoner picked it up and dashed its head against the floor. Saunders was convicted on the evidence of his paramour. The execution was delayed owing to the fact that Billington was unable to reach Hereford until after ' nine o'clock. A thick fog prevailed, and the I weather was exceedingly cold, but a large crowd assembled outside the gaol and waited until the black flag was hoisted. The chaplain, who spent a considerable time with the culprit on Wednesday, left the cell at about half-past nine, when Billington entered and expeditiously adjusted the straps, after which Sarin' dors was taken to the central hall of the prison. Be looked very white and haggard, but bore himself with great firmness, hardly requiring aid, which was pottered by a warder who walked by his side. The procession having been formed, the chaplain commenced reading the Nadal service. On reaching the. gallows Saunders was. q.uickly placed in position, and within a minute Millington • drew the lever, and the drop fell. The body swayed backwards and forwards, and the arms I tw tidied, hat death was apparently instantaneous. I Billington allowed the culprit a drop of eight feet.  A rereandc story with th sed ending aria ten' in the mail received at the State Del artat Washington, December 4th, from the I ited States Consul at Acapulco, Mexico. 1 days ago • handsome yoting woman, her name as Cora Montgomery, called the Consul of the United States and for preteekien against the brutal treat.t of her alleged bnehand, called Gomez, gambler well - known throughout Mexico. cording to the woman's story, all she 'tired was to get back to the United stes, and to Weibingles especiaDy, where bee ally lived, one of her brothers being a Govern• oflicial there. She was assured by the Consul she might remain under his protection until "err were pededied foi mending her back to relatives. Subsequently, however, the woman Charged with the larceny of a large sum of "7 and valuable jewellery fame beam, sad effort WAS made to get her into the hands the Mexican authorities. Through the , however, of the Consul a compromise was id by which the woman restored the greater JO of the money and the jewellery to the 'bier, 300 dollars being retained for her neoesexpenses in reaching Washington. Shortly these arrangements were perfected the young en went to her room, ostensibly to prepare for .„i"rneY, but really to commit suicide. She had 'lned herself with a large quantity of carbolic and drank nearly • teacup of the I. She lingered for an hour or two, died in great agony. Enquiry showed 4 the had left home and friends some the. ago with a rich young man, who took her 'lump with him, where he deserted the girl, gad become infatuated with the men Gomez. lied not married the tarner, ewoorlibg tO in • Ai et eager ewe day alio tea 3,000 dollars in es& wed ell MN is= tembier and deeemped, soaks beteg autil she bureed up at the Weld 1111.11111 ll:orange* et the NA awilM "la 4% • r, ',vend to her relativists Wimilimg-1144 ',Alen' have bees given to hawmd •'te !Or boom  iirShogs. ara% VW Aorga ' Ow '  Reeeipli for walk Ma6s  Total W date ....3.650,929 4435467  Deep, deepening is Me farrow Upon my careworn brow ; My heart is filled with eorrow AM weary, wasting woe. To think no more we meet or part, No more thou at ngest to me, Though guardian of any Mart— My Molly Sawn Madame. No woman's heart could resist this. She forgave bini. He met her, and again promised to marry her soon, as he was going to settle with his father. A solemn contract was entered into that he would marry her when his father died. Thiags went on ia this way until April, 1876, when he wrote to her in prose He pretended to be impatient for the union. He wrote verses commencing in that; style:— My days are as gicomy and dismal as night, flooded o'er with distress when you're not in my sight. Now, star of the evening, rise up irim your tea— eaughterk— And ling year effulgence one remnant or me. This girl, once a pretty girl, had in wait till the was now a middle-aged woman. She saw other girls happily married while she was waiting for this man. He asked her to be faithful, and she was faithful. When his father died the defendant came in for a large farm at • moderate rent, fixed by the Land Commission Court. He then renewed his promises, showed In a bundle of money and deposit receipts. He kept on this philandering. He brought hcea piece ii bridscais from his mister's wedding, mid said, "Put this under your pillow and you'll dream of Me." Al lenzth she found that he had may dropped and discarded her, and was ping to marry another woman. He thought in was tow old for him, end then be went "penniag sonnets to the eyebrows" of Miss Coffey. (Lareghter.)—Maria M'Anley, the plaintiff, was then examined. She is about b 0 years of age. eke deposed that she knew the defendant since Me was a child. He first ommeneed to pay alsation to her when she was 15 or 16. She had had frequent conversations with him &boat marriage, and he told her he would marry her whenever his father died, even if ib were in twenty years, because her age made no difference. He would marry her whatever age she was. (laNhter.) Jai • letter dated 1876 be said, "May I have tee pleasure of changing your amnia into Mrs Mahon 7" It Justice Came That is very specific. (laughter.) Mitoses: He took a rim below* to me as a pledge of car affection. (Litigheer.) Mr Justice Gibson: It is usually the Mber way —the lady gets the ring—When was the court.