The Warwickshire Herald. — 1895-07-04 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH BURGLARS.  At Marylebone, on Saturday, Arthur Whittaker, 35, was charged with being concerned with two other men in attempting to burglariously break and enter 20, Delamere-terrace, Paddington, the residence of William Evans, coach builder.—According to the evidence, several attempts had recently been made to break into Mr. Evans's house. On the night in question all the doors and windows were secure:y fastened a little before midnight. About an hour later Police-constable 25 XR overheard a noise in the area, and going into the front garden he found himself confronted by the prisoner. The officer demanded to know his business there, and failing to obtain a satisfactory reply he turned on his bull'seye, and looking down the area saw two other men. He at once seized the prisoner, and a violent struggle ensued. Before, however, the officer was able to overcome the prisoner the latter was joined by his companions, each of whom took hold of one of the officer's legs and endeavoured to throw him into the area. He succeeded in blowing his whistle, and the two men ran away, the prisoner being secured. —Warder Cooke proved convictions of five years' penal servitude and two years' hard labour.— Committed for trial.  GUARD'S ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Henry Lush, of Chatterton-road, Finsbury Park, a guard on the Great Northern Railway, attempted to commit suicide on Friday night in his van. The passenger train of which Lush was guard arrived at Finsbury Park from Manchester at 8 o'clock, and on the ticket-collector going to the guard's van he found him lying on the floor unconscious, with his throat cut and a blood-stained penknife by his side. He was removed to the Royal Free Hospital. where it was found his windpipe had been severed. There Is no hope of his recovery.  SINGULAR POISONING CASE. The Birmingham coroner has opened an inquest concerning the death of Mr. Charles Harrop, who was connected with a large chemical company. While driving about the town last week he suffered from headache, and called at a chemist's shop, and asked for 10 grains of phenacetin. He took it, but immediately detected by the taste that the powder was not what he asked for. The chemist tasted it, and said that though it was labelled phenacetin it was something else. He thought it was anti-febrine. Harrop drove to his works, but rapidly became very unwell. Medical aid VMS summoned, but convulsions had set in and he died on the way to the hospital. The post-mortem examination shewed that he had died from strychnine poisoninx. The chemist stated that the powder in the bottle from which Mr. Harrop was served bad been in his possession some time, and had from the first borne the phenacetin label. He had weighed out several powders from it, some of which he sold, and others had been handed to the police. The inquest was adjourned to enable a chemical analysis of the powder to be made.  AN UNFOUNDED CHARGE The inquest ordered by the Irish Viceroy has been held at Soldierstovro, near Belfast, upon the remains or Mrs. Margaret Robinson, which were interred a month ago, but were exhumed on Thursday owing to certain grave charges made by the deceased's relatives against three doctors who attended her in her confinement. Surgeon McCann, of Dublin, who held a post-mortem examination by direction of the authorities, lsavi.s i,,vn.tvidence, a verdict of death Irons natural causes was returned, completely exonerating the medical gentlemen.  He died too soon.—" Doctor cried the distracted woman, "I gave my husband the wrong medicine, and—he died!" "Terrible! terrible! " "Yea, yea! I shall never forgive myself. He had only I,ooodol. insurance on his life, and he was going to increase it Wednesday." - - •• •  "Witness," said a lawyer in the police-court the other day, "you speak of Mr. Smith being well off. Is he worth £5,000?" "No, sah." "Two thousand?" "No, sah; he hain't won f a shilling." "Then how is be well off?" "Got a wife, sah, who sports de hufl fam'ly, ash!" 

Article type: Incident