The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-02-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SWORTFI SHOOTING OUTRAGE.  TIIE SIKITTCS STORY. At the Ilandsworth Police Court before Memos. J. 11. Pearson, .1. B. Lees, and C. D. T. Buthill, Charles hellaway -(32), Watts-111e Street, mu, charged with attempting to murder Bertha Kellaway 1181, his sitter. Prisoner's faaial appearance has undergone a complete transformation since Saturday, his beard and mustache being shavers off. On his entering the dock, the prosecutrix' who had occupied a seat just behind it. fainted, and had to be removed front the court. After some minutes had elapsed the was able to gine evidence. She stated that she lived with her parents at 180. INattrille Street. She wag employed at Cadbury 6, Vyse Street. During the past month the prisoner had met her several times going te and returning from work. Ile had threatened that he would -do for her and finish her.' On Saturday last she arrived home shortly before two oclock. Soon afterwards prisoner asked her to fetch him some beer. Being busy with her work she told him that he had had one pint and he could fetch it himself. About five o'clock prisoner went out, and a few minutes afterwards she left home to go to her sister's in Cross Street. About two hours afterwards prisoner came to her sister'', house, and the let him in. Am he wanted to go upstairs and her sister ,t.a.a very ill, she thought it better to come away, in about five minutes after his arrival .he left. When she got into Rolfe Street defendant overtook her and asked her what %Ile the matter with her. Prisoner said '' You will tee later on. On reaching the ‘Vrexharn witness asked him if he eat going home. Ile replied that he wait. and that she could either go home or go back to her sitter's. She taicl that she at not going back to her sistera l'risoner and "Vito will never g, back to your sister's again. She then saw her brAlier Theodore, and called him. Theodore accompanied her, prisoner follow ing them. On passing the end of Lima Street, prisoner said have Tour blood and make sausages of you.- Afterwards prisoner used filthy language, and eteodere rem.sistmted with him, Prisoner-said that one of them were worth anything, and threatened to shout the lot of them. Witne,o+ told him lie had better shoot himself. Prisoner then said that he would shoot her. and taking a resolver from hi- pocket panted at her and fired. She felt that she was injured, and tereanied -Murder. She was attended by Dr. D'Abren. _  Theodore Kelluway corroborated his sister's statement, adding that after tiring the shot prisuLer ran a% ay. Mizabeth Ann Kellaway, the mother, said when prisoner returned home about seven o'clock on Thursday or Friday night he took a revolver front his pocket, and said it was the one he ,hot Charlie Vale with.  Mr. Pearson: Who is Charlie Vale! Mr. Shakespeare: Prisoner was tried at the last Staffordshire Assize: for $110.2114 Vale. Witness, continuing, said that prisoner loaded the revolver in her presence. Ile mid that he :hould play his last card that night. and afterwards summit suicide. She was of opinion that. prisoner was not in his right mind.—Prisoner: I know that. I don't think you are (Laughter.— Mr. Peen:on: It is very disgraceful of you men laughing. Stephen Hayes. living at 3 Holland Street. said that he was in the Hope and Anchor public•house. at the corner of Charlotte ...reet and holland Street, on Saturday night. Prisoner come in about 10 30. and noticing that he had shaved off hia moustache and whiskers. he asked him what was the matter. He replied that he had -hot ltertha. and asked witness as a favour to go and me if :he was alright. Prisoner dropped a cartridge .an the floor. _  :John Francis D'Abren, surgeon. Helper House, Booth Street. said that the wound. which wit: about 2in. long. was above the right hip. It was not serious. The girl's cor.iet had protected her. Sergeant Hall, who. with the a:instance of the city police, arrested the prinsner shortly after the occurrence, at the Hope and Anchor. said that he fund in prisoner t-inside coat pocket a siz.chambered resolver. Five chamber, were loaded, and the sixth contained an empty cartridge case whicl. appeared to have been recently dlceliarged He also found 38 cartridges and a long pring-backed clasp knife. On being charged he replied, "I hope she's not much bust." Prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes.  sHOCKINO CRUELTY TO CHILDREN AT  HAN DsWOR A DISGRACE TO lUXIANITY.  At the llandsworth Police Court, Edwin Farmer, gardener, 5, Victoria Terrace, Bearley Street, was Charged at the instance of the N.S.P C.C., with neglecting his family. Dr. Showell Rogers prosecuted Defendant has eight children. the eldest 13 years, the youngest 11 months. For the past tea years he lota neglected his family. When Sergeant Hall visited the house on January 20th there was no food and scarcely any fire, and the children were in so famished a condition that be provided them with had at his own expense. Ho found defendant in a public-house drunk. Eight days later Hall again found no food or tire in the house. On the 28th January. he found a boy of seven in charge of three other children. They mere hungry and in a filthy condition. The baby was so cold that it had lost the use of its limbs, and was more like a " mummy than anything else. The bedrooms. with the exctiption of a few old rags, were devoid of bedding. Since September defendant had earned a guinea a week, and the wife who appeared to have done her best for the family, 10s. A week or tiv 0 ago one of the children was sent to a reformatory. On Saturday night defendant came home drunk. To escape his violence the children ran upstairs. and all save one jumped through the window. The other, a. girl, hung on to the window sill and would certainly have fallen and been seriously injured had not the mother rescued her. Mr Pearson (chairman), oommeittled Hall. He characterised defendant as a disgrace to humanity, and sent him to gaol for esix months.