The Sun. — 1844-10-17 (London, England)

AND, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. (A bridged from the Cheltenham Examiner.) Or Sat urday morning the neighbourhood of Mountpleasant was thrown into a state of great excitement, by a report,' that a man named Young, a coal-dealer, residing there, le ad stabbed his wife and two children, and afterwards. a' ;tempted suicide by cutting his own throat ; the rumo, ar spread far and near, and the house was beseiged by th o populace, who used no very gentle language towards the culprit, and the policemen stationed on the prem aes had some difficulty in preserving order among the c rowd. In the afternoon the depositions of the injured, woman were taken, at the house, before W. Gyde, Esq. The husband, Richard Young, apparently about fortyfive yel irs of age, was lying in bed with his throat bandaged. up, quite sensible and collected ; he took no notice of his wife when she came into the room, and took but lit tle interest in the proceedings. The floor and bed clothe s, and several of the articles, were spotted with blood.  Mr; s. Young deposed that her husband and herself had frequt :at disagreements together, and she had separated from .him. Four days before the assault they had made matters up. On the Friday night they went to bed on vet-. F good terms. About four o'clock she was awoke by 'blow in the bowels, and putting her hand to the spot, she felt the blood running from her. Her hus bar id, who was out of bed, cried out, " Mother Young, Mc idler Young." She said, "Oh Richard, lam afraid yol z have killed me," and begged of him to get a light ; he did so, and went down stairs, leaving her in the dark. She ran into her son's room, calling " murder," and hear d her son say, " Oh don't, father, dont't do it," or wort Is to that effect. She then ran out of the house and into a neighbour's, who applied bandages to the wound and stopped the blood ; it bled very much. H enry Young slept in an adjoining room, and about five o'clock was awoke by his mother rushing into the root a crying "murder." She told him to run into his fathor's room ; he did so, and found his father sitting o❑ the side of the bed, and the blood running out of a great gash in his throat. _ _ _  James S?ring, police-constable 37, deposed to being called in directly after the occurrence ; he found Young was lying on the bed, covered up in the clothes; he turned him on his back, and found his throat cut, and the knife produced. lying beside him, the pen blade being open. Witness assisted the doctor to dress the wounds, and stayed in charge of the prisoner afterwards. He said, " Polioesnan, we are not our own keepers ; do you think I shall be transported ? I knew nothing of it till my wife cried out I am stabbed.' I then recollected all, and cut my throat, in hopes we might die together. I cut my throat because I thought I had stabbed my wife." Mr. Henry Taylor, surgeon—On seeing Mrs. Young, and br ling told what had occurred, requested to examine the wound, and found it an incised one ; it was about half an inch in length and one-eighth of an inch in depth, and wErs just such a wound as would be caused by the penknife produced. It was not at all dangerous, but might :have been serious. This being the whole of the evidence, and the prisoner declining to say anything in his defence, he was fully committed to the assizes. Mr. Superintendent Russell was ballad over to prosecute, and the witnesses to give evidence.  Tix