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The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-09-12 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

ISHOCKING: SCICLDE.-011 Tuesday night, the neighbourhood of Caldmore, in the borough of Walsall, was startled by the report that Elizabeth Saddler, wife of Joseph Saddler, landlord of the White Hart Inn, Corporation-street, Ca 'dolor, had cut her threat. The report proved to be too true. It appears that about a quarter past seven Mr. Saddler missed his wife, and on proceeding upstairs he found the bedroom door fast The door was broken open, when MI. Saddler was tonna lying quite dead, the unfortunate woman having cut Ler throat with a large carving-knife. Dr. Maclachlan was at once called in. but his services were of no avail. The deceased, who was 33 years of age, ill said to have been a very respectable, hard-working woman. She leaves several children, one of whom is only a few weeks old. Domestic troubles are said to have been the cause of the poor woman committing suicide. On Thursday, Mr. A. A. Fletcher held an inquiry at the White Hart Inn, Caldniore, Walsall, into the circumstances attending the death of Elizabeth Sadler, aged 33, wife of Joseph Sadler, the keeper of the house. Mary Ladbury, Stub. hero Green, Aldridge, sister-in-law to the deceased, deposed that on Tuesday evening she called to see her brother and his wife. Seeing that the latter did not look so well as usual, she said to her, "What's the matter, Ilessy i" The deceased replied, "Oh, trouble, trouble," but did not add any explanation, being called away, and witness did not again see her alive. Had never noticed any signs of insanity in deceased, but she was generally very reserved. Had heard that her mother had destroyed herself. About ten minutes after deceased was called away, witness inquired where she was, and Mr. Sadler, sen., said, "Perhaps she has gone upstairs." Deceased's husband was then told that his wife was missing, and he left the brewhouse, where he was brewing at the time, and ran upstairs, but canoe back saying the door was locked. Witness got him to go back upstairs with her. A man who was in the house followed them. She called out, , "Open the door," but no oneanswered. Did not notice whether the key was inside, but there was no key outside the door. The deceased's husband broke open the door, and his wife was found lying on the floor, in a great quantity of blood, a yard or two from the dressing table, as if she had fallen backwards. A large carving-knife lay OD the table before the glass, in a pool of blood. Deceased's throat was very severely cut.— rhe Coroner said from the facts that had come out it was clear that it was a case of suicide while suffering from delirium tremens, the position of the body and of the wound showing that the latter was self-inflicted.— Some of the jurors said it was notorious that the couple had not lived happily together, and wished evidence on the point; but, after a short consultation, a verdict of " Suicide while in is state of temporary insanity" as returned.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-09-12 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

ATTEMPTED MCLIDFR AND SUICIDE.  A shocking crime was committed almost within the precincts of one of the ancient churches of Bury St. Edmunds on Saturday. A young woman named Matilda Herbert, wife of Henry Herbert, a tailor's foreman, living in Cursitor street, Chancery lane, London, left her husband on Thursday week, and on the following day went down to Bury, to her aunt, a widow named 'Rayner, with whom she has since been staying. Mrs. Rayner is employed to clean St. James's church, and Mre. Herbert was assisting her in that duty on Saturday morning, a little before eight o'clock, previous to morning gervice, when Henry Herbert entered the church, and. after some conversation with his wife, induced her to go just outside the south door leading into the churchyard. lie asked her if she would return to London with him, and on her refusing he drew a revolver from his pocket and fired it full at her cried. Fortunately the i ullet struck against the uppermost stud of the woman's stays and the steel busk to which it was attached, an i so the woman escaped unharmed. The pistol was, however fired so close that her dress was set on fire, and she ran into the church and to the vestry, trying out that she was shot. The prisoner followed her, and pointed the revolver at her aunt, Mrs. Rayner, but did not go quite to the vestry, and he thee turned to leave the church. Mrs. Rayner screamed for help, and the organ blower, named James Clarke. and another man. named George Knight, in the employ of Messrs. Walker and Sons. organ builders, London, who are dolng some repairs to the organ, hearing the report of a pistol and the woman's screams, ran after Herbert, whom they saw just leaving the door of the church. They captured him before he had got many yards away, and told him he must go with them to the station. house, and he said, "1 am quite willing to go anywhere." They then took him to the police-station, and gave him in charge. The wife had meanwhile taken refuge in the vestry, and slammed the door behind her. Afterwards, on unfastening her dress to ascertain if she was at all iiijured, the flattened bullet fell out from between her dress and her stays; the top of her dre,s, which was on fire, was put out by Mr, Rayner. On the prisoner being searched at the police-station a six-chambered revolver was found upon him, one clamber of which had been recently discharged, and the others were still loaded. There was also found upon bins a b. ttle of oxalic acid, with which he admitted he intended to poison himself if he had not been so promptly seized. In his left-hand inside coat pocket was also found a box containing 38 cartridges, and in ano her pocket a wig and five letters, and a piece of paper which the prisoner seized and tore. up, but which was afterwards gummed together, and was as follows: ---" Whoever finds these letters if he will post them immediately an explanation will immediately
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-10-24 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY.*.ke be ready in a e days—it it *especiall intended fox other day a lovely young woman was seen to 1 jump students of classical and Christian antiquities in the into the Seine, where she perished before assistance capital of Italy. , could be rendered. Her body was exposed at the Morgue, where crowds of people went to see her, The important rectory of Kilbrooke, Blackheath, attlacted by the rumour of her beauty. Even the vacant by the derth of Mr. Woodtnan, has teen authorities found her to be conferred upon the Rev. .T. C. Leeke, M. 4., curate Fashioned so slenderly, ot It Ibrooke, Derbyshire. The income from pew Young, and so fair, ran a has hitherto been about .C,lOO a year. MX., thought only a microscopic part of the coonthat they had art taken of her bust. No one neeaking at Ade (Norfolk) last week, Mr. Read, kuew who the untunate girl was ; her body was unclaimed, arid she was buried in the common ee n increeeed weal' h had fallen to agriculture, ditc a It has row been dissovered that she was !" an Italian ramed 1r rcretia Alni, and that she used Let of that little the labeurers had Actives' the chief portion. • ' ' to stand as a model far Henri Regnault, the telented.young artist, who fell during the siege of Several influential Ratlicals at Northampton have Paris. She : ever se ecesner Legnaalt's death, and, severed their connection with the local Radical at last, resell, to t. a es, it 112,, eise plunged lute the , Association in conse inence of a notice having been Seless, ' • , isened that .Mr. Bradlargh should still be the The Duke d'Aosta (ex King Araadece is now 'adopted candidate of the isarty. etaying at Turin, where he has received the rrh, i,jay rii,, strongly app:amds Alr.Croot in such a delicate state of health that she is enable Spanish Arnta.ssador. The Duchess Marguerite is c,,, i 0 :, fir,,,,„. in ret,,;.g to eeemute the seain gr, to Sc 't Rene, where she was to spend the the wivea of such men who ale rent in need 01 wintee. ,e.e tik the wife murderer Coppee. It says it is , mercy. •
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-10-31 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

HORRIBLE WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BACUP.  Shortly after six o'clock on Monday morning, a terrible wife murder, followed by the suicide of the murderer, took place in Plantation street, 13acup. The murderer was a man named John Holt, quarry man, 53 years of age. On entering the hoc,. a terrible scene was presented to the police. The body of the wife lay entirely nude on tke Ledr,ra floor, and her throat cut from ear to ear. The body of the husband 111 near, with the thi. at hacked and gashed in a horrible manner. A carving knife covered with blood was in his hand, and there is no doubt that he first murdered his wife and tsen committed suicide. Heat leaves six children.  A MAN STABBED BY HIS WiFW On Monday morning Inspector Peel, attended before Mr. Barstow, a London magistrate, and said it was necessary that a man named Tagney, who had been stabbed in Golden lane, St. Luke's, by his wife, should be Peen at once, f, r the purpose of having his deposition taken. Accordingly Mr. Barstow attended at St. Luke's Workhouse, City road, when the following evidence was taken.—Dr. George Eugene Yarrow said: I am medical officer of thie Workhouse. The injured man, John -Feeney, in my opinion, will not recover the effects of the injuries he has received.— fhe injured man was, with some difficulty, sworn, and Mr. flerstow asked him how be came by the wounds he had about him.—The Injured Man She (pointing to hie wife) can tell all about them.—The Prisoner said : I did not do it.—The Injured Man continued, and said My wife did it. We were in a pululibhouse in White rose street on Saturday night. She stabbed me in the neck with a knife, I suppose. She is always a jealous sort of woman. I saw her draw the knife from her pocket. She always carried a knife about with her. She stabbed me three times, and once under the ear. That was the most dangerous place she could stab me. I did nothing at all to provoke her. She is a violent woman, always fighting and getting into trouble. —Mr. Barstow Had you struck her ?—Witness No; I never struck her in my life.—Mr. Barstow: Can you say if she has ill-used you before ?—Witness She has repeatedly threatemed me before this. She always had a shoemaker's knife about her, wrapped in something. It was the shoemaker'i knife that she stabbed me with. lam sure she dla it.—The prisoner was removed in custody to the Clerkenwell Police-court.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-08-08 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

WILLIAM BROWN.  SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CRADLEY.  On Wednesday last a shocking tragedy took place at Cradley. A woman residing at Spring Hill, Cradley, killed her illegitimate child, by cutting its throat with a razor, and then attempted to destroy herself in a similar manner. She then ran out of the house, and was followed for about half a mile, when she was secured. The wound in her neck was sewn up by a surgeon, and she is still alive. The motive assigned is that the woman's paramour had spent his money, and not given her sufficient to maintain the household. It has since transpired that the deceased, a boy of two years and eight months, was Plegitiroate, the mother giving birth to it while she was ont.at service. Recently the prisoner has been living with her mother at Two Gates, Cradley, and on Wednesday morning prisoner', mother and a daughter went out washing, leasing Mrs. Liddell and the little boy in the house. About mid-day prisoner left the house, and it was noticed that she had got the child with her, as usually was the case when she went out. At two o'clock Mrs. Banner. an aunt to prisoner, went to the house, and could not make anyone hear. The door appeared to have been left unfastened, and Mrs. Banner entered, and on pro. ceeding upstairs found the little boy with his head half severed from the body. The child lay partly on a bed on the floor, and partly on the floor itself, over which the life blood of the little fellow had flowed. Near the holy was a case knife stained with blood, and also a penknife similarly marked, which seemed to have been used in perpetrating the horrid deed. Police-constable Hill, on receiving information of the affair, went in search of Mrs. Liddell, and found her walking about in a lane at Lutley. She was bleeding from a self-inflicted wound in the throat ; and Police-constable Hill took her to the nearest publichouse, and sent for Dr. Kerr, who dressed the wound. It is not a dangerous one, and the prisoner is now at Stourbridge Police Station, under the care of a femal, watcher. It is said that the prisoner said to a neighbour, who visited her after her apprehension how she could have done such a thing, replied, "It's a good job. as he poor thing is now in heaven." It is stated that the prisoner was to have been married on Sunday last, and on the night before her second husband elect went to her mother's house and prevailed upon her to accompany him to his house. They remained there all nieht, and the result was that the next day the fellow, instead of marrying her, turned her out of his house. The coroner's jury, on Mondays returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" spinet the prisoner.  •  1'  I  ,  i 1  I
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-05-25 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

LON'. /N.-Early on Monday morning a destructive fire broke out at the French Restaurant, Villiers street, Strand, by which one life seas log. The lire was discovered by a passing cabman, and the alarm having been given engines and escapes were promptly in attendance. Two persons were at once rescued from the second floor, while two others jumped out of a back window and were seriously injured. They were taken to Charing Cr lig Hospital. Eight other per-on who were in the house escaped by • trapdoor to the roof of the l'rincess of Wales Tavern. One person was still missing, and as soon no the fire was subdued search won made, used the hod y found burned, to a cinder. The deceased was a Frenchman lodging in the house. His name is unknown, hut he had stated thal he was over on business connected with the French Exhibition.  A man committed suicide on Sunday in one of the police cells attached to the new Court House, Strutraer. It appears that on the previonn evening the polive. suspecting that, a man, represe,,ng Lima,lf as blind and begging, woo imposing on !AMlic, "took hint to the surgery of a medical zentlette.m, who stated that the man could see perfectly well. They then lodced hint in the police ollice. The luau was visited at eleven o'clock, and replied to the constable. At two o'clock the constable again called at his cell, and receiving no answer entered, and found him susnended to the wall of the cell quite dead. He had taken the napkin from his neck and tied it to the gas-pipe of his roil, and succeeded to terminating his li.e by hanging. kilo imme is l,obert Muirhead, 42 years of age. He was a native of Larvirkshire. A b.tard, which he carrid on his breast, represent-11 tl,t, he was "a poor blind man, who had lost ins sight at the Muirkirk Quarry."— law-, Er,  AS,AI-17 11T AN ATTENDANT AT A I, Asr —At the Manchester County Police Co r, on Tuesday morning, john Gray, an attendant a., the County Lunatic Asylum, Prestwich, Win charged with having assaulted a patient named Jolm Gustave Schiller. Mr. F. C. Hutton, cierk to the Committee of Uniting Justices, prosecuted. On the 14th instant the patlent Schiller made his escape front the asylum, but ira4 brought back and placed in bed. The defendant, who had been sent in pursuit of him, returned to the institution alone, and on entering the ward asked if Schiller had arrived. One of the attendants replied In the affirmative, and the patient hearing this used offensi4 language. telling the defendant to mind his own business. Thereupon the defendant, who had been standing about fourteen yards from the bed, went towards Schiller, who raised his hand and attemp'ed to strike hint. The attendant warded off the blow, but retaliated by striking, Schi!ler and breaking one of his gibe. The magistrates fined the defendant ..*:5 and
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-06-01 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

HUSH WILL CASE.  Au extraordinary will case was concluded before Judge Warren and a special jury on Saturday. The suit was brought to establish the will of toe late Mr. Charles F. Ker, eon of Mr. W. 11. Ker, en-M.P. for Downpatrick. The testator, by a will made on the af lth of June, ltSl, be nteathed his iut,•rest in J.:,-,000 charged on the estate of his fattier to Mrs. Georgina Baker, the plaintiff in the suit. The will was disputed by a broker of the testator and by Miss Persse, who were named as legatees in an earlier will, on the grounds of undue influence, fraud, and waist of testamentary capacity. It appeared that the testator, a young man of years of age at the time of his death, which occurred in September last, was addicted to intemperate habits; that during the last two years of his life he had eight distinct attacks of delirium, tremens : and hat on the lath of September, two months and a half after he had executed the will now sought to be proved, he committed suicide by cutting his, throat while labouring under one of these attacks. Mrs. Baker. the plaintiff, is a young widow of independent means, and, according to the statement of counsel, and from her own evidence in the witness-box, Mr. her had repeatedly asked her to marry him. He professed to have a strong affecticil for her, and frequently visited her at her imuse, while he himself had from the death of his stepmother in 1r,7.-, taken up hit residence in the house of Mr. Harper, an uncle of the plaintiff, af,ci residing near her. in the 27th of June, fs7ll, the tea! ator, while ill, made his will in Mrs. Baker's favour. It further appeared that the night before the will was made he was labouring under a delusion that the room was full of people. In Sept. following he had an attack of detirim, tremehs, the doctor was called in, end directed that he should he caret ullrwatched, and all dangerous weapons removed from within his reach, but, on the following day he cut his throat, isflicting a mortal wound.—The jury, after nearly two hours' delfbsrntion, were unable to agree to a verdict, and were discharged.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-06-01 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

SUICIDE RESULTING FROM THE SHEFFIELD HANDICAP.  On Saturday evening, Mr. Coroner Heath held an inquest at the Black Lion, Ratcliffe, near Nottingimm, on the body of Thomas Newham, a stocking tiniker, who shot himself ou Thursday night untler most peculiar circumstances. The evidence ehowed that deceased, a widower, about 50 years of age, lived at Burton Joyce, and for a long time past had devoted most of his time to book-making on foot races. On Whit-Monday rind Tuesday he attendedthe handicap at Sheffield, and is reported to have lost a considerable 1111111 Of money. lie, however, returned home, hating morre icone y left, but seemed much depressed in mind and spirits, and on the Wednesday evening left home again, but, before going, har6e,'; 110 to his son, wit It whom he lived. accompanying the gift wi: h a few parting words to the effect that he was going to see hie sister at Whittington, in Derhysiiire, and should he not return, he (the sod) was to have the " house and all the rest of his belongings. The next that wise heard of the poor fello,v was that he wandered over the river Trent to Ratcliffe, where he frequented the publiehouses, and on the following evening he shot himself in the mouth with a pistol whieh he had been in the habit of carrying for protectitm. In his pockets were found a betting hook and letters, which showed that at times he reflected on the itiestionattie business of handicapping, which he termed in one letter " a rogue's job." At other times deceased has manifested a tendency to insanity, and many years ago he was placed in an asylum. After due deliberation the jury returned a verdict to the effect that decessed committed suicide while in a state of unsound mind.  An extraordinary accident happened in Bristol, on the t4th May, to Mr. Joseph Sweet, corn merchant, of Castlecarey, Somerset. While crossing the street a dog ran between his legs and tripped him up, and before he could recover his footing a cart passed over his head, inflicting terrible injuries.  A”PiaIfIEN,I6N OF AN
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-03-02 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.  Mr. Carter held an inquiry on Saturday, at Camberwell, I.ondon, relative to the death of Ellen Giasing. aged 19 years, a native of Offord, in Suffolk, and sersant of Mr. Kennet, of the Cock Tavern, Camberwell.- Mr. Harry Kennet deposed that he went to the deceased and found her apparently dying, and ascertaining that she had taken some vermin powder he at once sent for a doctor and a constable. He had heard that the deceased had been seduced by the potnian, and upon taxing him with having done so he admitted that he had taken advantage of the poor girl.—A pollee-constable deposed that he was called to see the deceased, whom he found lying on the bed in the most frightful pain. Seeing scme papers on the table he asked her if she had taken anything, when she said " Yes, poison"; and upon his asking her why, she replied, "Oh, lam in such trouble. I have been ruined by the potman, and he has threatened to kill me. I am dying. I wish to die, for I am in such frightful pain." Witness searched her dress, and found some papers and powders labelled " Battle's vercuin killer."—Dr.Massey said he was called in, but the sufferer died five minutes afterwards from poisoning by strychnine.—Mrs. Caroline Orbialng, a very respectable elderly woman, of Offord, Suffolk, said that the deceased was her daughter, who regularly corresponded with witness and her aunt. Witness had a letter from Mrs. Kennet on Sunday last, in which she asked her to come to Camberwell, because "Ellen was fretting fearfully, and had told the laundress that she would make away with herself."—The Coroner: I don't think we need have the potman here, gentlemen of the jury, as he appears to have admitted his intimacy with the deceased.— Mrs. Ghtsing : For God's sate, don't bring hitn where I am, gentlemen, I couldn't bear to look at bite—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind."