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THE CREWE TRAGEDY

... THE CREW TRAGEDY. I INQUEST AND VERDICT. a THE CORONER AND THE POLICE. The Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of the 1 murder of Mr. Richard Davies, at Rough, near r Crewe, was resumed yesterday at the White Hart y Inn, Rough, by Dr. Churton, Coroner for West r Cheshire. The- prisoners, George and Richard Davies, t were not present. t The first witness called was Mrs. MIary Davies, 3' ...

THE CREWE TRAGEDY

... THE CREWEJ TRAGEDY ' THE CHIEF CONSTABLE CMJURED. SCENE AT THE INQUEST. Public interest in the Crewe tragedy has been further intensifiedby the-authoritative staeenbt which hawe been made as to the confession of Richard and George Davies of the terrible crime laid to their ebarge-tiat of causing the death of their father by brutal violence on Saturday Snight, the 25th ultimo. The latest ...

THE THE GOUFFE MURDER IN PARIS

... I THE GOTFFE MURDER IN PARIS. A TERRIBLE STORY. The correspondent of the DaiFy Hews telegraphed on Tuesday night- To-day Gabrielle Bompard was taken. to the housewbere she declares themurderof Gouff6 was commnitted. ?? by Dr. Descouts (who was asked to study her), and by two chemical experts. The latter spent half an hour in looking for blood spots on the carpets, but the rooms are so dark ...

THE PARIS MURDER CASE

... | - Tl'(LHE PARIS MURDER CASE. Qabrielle Bompard, says a PaTris corresponlent, is one of those weak-inuluded persons who uaul; not be asked a leading question. The police sent to guard hher get admissions from her according to tho drift of what they say, end she does int seeolm conscious of the gravity. of her situation. It pleses hlr to kuow that.Parls only talks about tier, aud itdi leases ...

DE TOURVILLE: A HALF-FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY

... DE TOUYRVILLE: A HALF-FORGOTTEN I TRAGEDY. I With the announcement of the death of Henry de Tourville in the prison of Karlan, Styria, ends a drama in real life which exceeds in sensationalism the counterfeit presentments of the stage.' The story was told at length in these colbmns on the 2nd of April; 1887, but we make no excuse for again referring to it. De Tourville was by birth a Frenchman ...

SINGULAR CASE AT STOCKPORT

... _ AN OLD MAN XHARGED WITH CHILD THE BODY EXHUMED. An old man named Thomas Hesketh, who has been m custody since the 17th inst. on a charge of perjury, was brought up at the Stockoort Police Court, on Wednesday,onachargeofwildulmurder. The circum- stances of the case are remarkable. The prisoner had been living for some time with a woman named Elizabeth Ann Parker, who was his junior by about ...

ATTEMPTED MURDER

... ATTEMP'ED MURfSER. I~ -1 ' ' t ?? ,, ,I , .. . I- Williaml 'Wlhittaml (32), dorsorihe; .L a aoeof-hlaoe keeper, of York Street, Lambetbh wa3 dharged, at the 3outhfwark Police Court, oiundoa, on 'T'uccdiy -before VA. Slude-with being found by nigikt in Griffna $treet, Lambeth, ?? hoasebreakiug im. plements in his possession, supposed for the purposei oi committing a burtglary. lie was farther ...

CORONERS' INQUESTS

... FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. BFORE MR CLARKE ASPWALL, CORONER OF LIVERPOOL. DsaTr Im Tnz WoRarousL-On the body of William Barclay, 59 years of a loom-jobber belonging to GI w. - we admitted to thecasualward o the Iiverpool Workhouse on the evening of the 28th' instant. He was sober, .nd made no complaint to anyone about being ill. During the night be got up, sat at the fire ten nunutes to warm himself, ...

LOCAL LAW CASES

... FATAL COLLISION IN THE MEJY. TM OFes or Tax CXARtOWrrx V. the Owursa OP THE SNnSmr BiTANsc.-Yesterdayp in the Court of Admiralty, Sir Walter Philiimoi, QC., spoiled in this case to Mr. Sistine Butt on behalf of ihe defundants the White Star Company. for a postponement of the hearing of this action for daia ebrought by the owners of the Czat'wfl, a sailing yes &,be~loging to the port of ...

THE SALFORD GAS FRAUDS

... 3 The following correspondence has been pub- flished :- f lished Town Hall, Salford, Town Clerk's Office, '.5th January, 1890. My dear ?? letter of the 23rd inst. was re- ceived here in my absence. I have this morning consulted the Mayor with reference to the proposed notice of motion which vou have enclosed, and I am requested by the Mayor to inform you that he con- siders it-out of order, ...

PRESTON POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... PRESTON POLICE INT ELLIGENa . Sexuan~ss.-Before lB. E. Sowerbutto, W. Bibby, J. Holden, and J. B. Hallmark, Esqrs. |DJAzceG Tetr~e By JuvVsJNIv&,-Alfred Quin and Joseph Cnerden, two lads, were charged with stealing a shawl, value 4s, tho property of Albert Edward Evans, pawnbroker, Ribbleton-lane.-Mr. P. H. Edelston prosss ?? was stated that the juvenile prisoners kept the company of reputed ? ...

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN CHESHIRE

... TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN a CHESHIRE. . BRUTAL MURDER OF A TRADESMAN. STARTLING DISCLOSURES. ARREST OF SONS OF THE VICTIM. CONFESSIONS. Late on Saturday night a murder was perpetrated Ga the highway between Crewe and a village known a Hough, some three miles distant, the victim M being AMr. Richard Davies, aged 5L Mr. Davies I possessed considerable property in Crewe. He kept an extensive ...