EARLY MARRIAGES AND POVERTY

... was drowned in front of his mother's eyes. Witness said to thi men, Why don't you try and save the boy , and one of them, nmmed Bell, replied, ' It's no good trying; the child has gone down for the last time. I am not going to drown myself. The little ...

LIBELLING A MEDICAL MAN

... said: I was very unsuccessfully treated by my dub doctor, and oust- have died in two more days had not my friends advised me to escape and come to you at once. Because I saved my life, and would not suffer myself to be butchered or killed, I was struck ...

A MISSING UNDERGRADUATE

... Cambridge by the2.35 p.m. train for London. seoeral of his friends at the college seeing him off. He was then in good spirits. Since that time nothing has been seen-or heard of him by his relatives or friends. The lad had no father or mother living, but he wrote ...

POLICE

... to the youth himself. Sir R. Bilaism observed, that it was very kind and humane of the gentleman to use his endeavours on bhbalf of an unfortunate Youth who had been desrtied by his natural protectors; but the Magistrates could render the youth no assistance ...

THE TRAGEDY OF GENIUS

... either Harriet Westbrook or Mary Godwin; or that Byron, save in the case of Mary !haworth, ever felt what true love was. Moore, writing of Teresa Guiccioli, says that she was the only creature (save the love of his boyhood) that took strong hold of his ...

CORONERS' INQUESTS

... age, who had died from inju- ries received by an accident at the Manors Railway Station. On Tuesday afternoon, deceased was run- ning over the line, and Robert Heron, switchman, observing a train drawing near, ran after the boy to try to save him. The train ...

MURDERS

... s and wveak. ness. After losing nsveral months and vainly trying several muedicines, and almost giving up in despair, I saw one of Rackilain's bills describieg my suffering. I resolved to try them, did so, and found ?? benefit. After a short time was ...

ALLEGED WORKHOUSE INHUMANITY

... had no home, and was a sin- gle woman. Ou Sunday leet she went to Barking to try to get some persons she knew there to take care of her baby as it was ill, and she wanted to try and obtain a situation, as she had been out of employment through her misfortune ...

NO FRIGHT ABOUT IT

... Ho was it? Was le in a railroad smash. ยข s up or did lie geb choked trying to swallow one ve of your fish stories ? l No, sir he was in a. tight place, but super. Ly stition saved him. You have heard of people indving from the effect of superstitions ...

THE ABBOT'S BROMLEY MURDER

... indication that mercy would not he extended to him. He appears most devout in the dis. charge of the various rites of religion, and seems to have no hope of being saved from the scaffold Brown eccupie muoh of his time in reading religious books. The execution ...

THE CREWE MURDER

... wiving to my friends. Please to give imy love to ( all my friends and relations, and give them my last t farewell. I thank you all for coming to see me. It h was, dear Emily, as you say, very hard h to Dart from you all. 'lbecondemned youth then ?? that ...

HORIBLE EDATH OF A WOMAN

... The coroner remarked that, in the first place, deceased most likely would not have died if she had had proper food; and, in the second place, she might have been saved if she had not been lifted up when in a fainting condition. Verdict, Death from natural ...