Strange Infatuation of a Swiss Governess at Pontypool
Augusta Hienstand a Swiss governess was brought on remand at Pontypool after sending a threatening love letter to Rev. A W Addams Williams rector of Panteg known locally as the sporting parson. The letter warned of violence if not married and cited plans to buy a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Hienstand
Pontypool
A. W. Adaams- Williams
Panteg
Cardiff
A W. Addams- Williams
Post Office
Newport
Addams- Williams
A. W. Addams- Williams
Ascused
Baby Left at a Vicarage Case Adjournal
At Lambeth police court Amy Bignell 21 machinist of Southampton Street Fitzroy Square was charged with abandoning her 14 month old son Robert at St Michael's Vicarage Stockwell Park Road on October 28. The incident involved a perambulator left at the door and the mother later claiming the child had been sent to the workhouse. The case was adjourned and she was released on her own recognisances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
Amy Bignell
Southampton - Street
Witzroy - Square
Robert Bignell
St. Michael's Vicarage
Stockwell Park Road
Richard Dixon
St. Michael’s
Stockwell
Mesrage
Warkouse
Baggallay
Mr. Dixon
Ebbage
Southweite
Seaside Mystery: Body Found In Patcham Footpath
A tall young man about 25 with throat cut was found on the Patcham footpath near Brighton. No ID on the body. Earlier, gardener F White found a young woman’s body in Boscombe sands identified as Miss Mary Draycott, who had insomnia and recently left Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patcham
Brighton
F. White
Boscombe
Mary Draycott
Help
Chester
Trial for stabbing case at Thames police court
William Densley a 19 year old sponge packer and Docks and Customs Volunteer was committed for trial on a charge of stabbing his sweetheart Rosa Wellers with a bayonet. The article notes the girl’s recovery with first aid from tassator Green ham and advertises CUTICURA OINTMENT and related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Densley
Docks and Customs Volunteers
Thames
Rosa Wellers
Tassator Greenham
Pope Receives Southwark Orphanage Deputation at Westminster
Two thousand six hundred children from 33 Catholic institutions in the Diocese of Southwark present Archbishop Hourne at Westminster to thank him for his translation to the Metropolitan See. The Pope later greets cardinals and church leaders, stressing humility and universal salvation.
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Diocese of
Southwark
Archbishop’s House
Westminster
Hourne
Southwark Rescue Society
Lost in the Alps Presumed Dead in Probate Case
On behalf of his mother an application was made in the Probate Division to presume the death of Mr. RB G C Proctor, an assistant librarian at the British Museum. He left for a Tyrolean holiday in August and was last heard from on September 4. He disappeared after Sept 6 and was presumed dead as of that date.
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Vatican
Rome
Leo XIII
Holy See
Leo
Propaganda
Gotti
Pius X
RB. G. C. Proctor
Proctor
British Museum
Tyrol
St. Leonard
Pitzthal
High Court of Justich
Chancrry Division
Willlas Robinson
Metropol
London
Robert Albert Pelnce
Anna Maria Jones
Robert Albert Peiron
Juetice Farwell
Swinfen Eady
Jusice
Strand
Lunnon
Brloti
Robert Albert Peirch
England
Australia
New Aesland
Stafford ‘Bown
New Zealand
Gippa Land
Victoria
J. A. Fox
Arthur Bowyer Bowers
Arthur Bowyes Bowers
Thosas Bowers
of Maclean
Clarence Hivar
Grafton
New South Wesles
Buckkeeper
Lower Clarenes Hospital
Staclean
High Court of
Justea
Mabel Gertrude Bow
Croxisdroad
Weat Duwich
Surrey
Spinater
Austin and
Austin
Union-court
Gid Broad-street
William Nockells
Christopher Nockells
Mary Fuster
Barnet
Maria
William NO
Jane
Heward
Alps and Ward
Inn
Temple
B.C
Solicitors
Paddington Raid at New Westbourne Club Court Decision
At Marylebone police court Chief Inspector Glayzer led a raid on the New Westbourne Club 118 Westbourne Grove arresting 24 men. Principal defendants faced fines up to 12 months imprisonment and £500 penalties while the club was struck off and barred from operation for 12 months.
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Marylebone Police Court
Glayzer
New Westbourne Club
Westbourne Grove
Curtis Bennett
H. H. Curtis Bennett
le Vai
Costa
A. Russell
J. Robbing
Coats
W. Anderson
J. Gummell
Birth in Prison Reveals Aided By Police Acknowledgment
A woman named Twigg, charged in Manchester with theft, acknowledged aid from police after giving birth in a police station cell two weeks earlier and remaining in custody until convalescent. A Paddington inquest into a 15 month old death found death due to convulsions after baked potatoes. verdict aligned with medical evidence. Bow Street committals: Walter Stiff, Emmie Flood, and Emma Mary Flood charged with conspiracy to defraud over a Gosweil Road claim. Emma Flood also charged with perjury. Emmie Flood released on recognisance.
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Twigg
Manchester
Chippenham Road
County Council
Walter Stiff
Emmie Flood
Emma Mary Flood
Bow Street
Gosweil Road
Emma Meryood
Santa Claus in Dublin Visits Tenements
The Lord and Lady Dudley toured Beresford Street and Tickell's Court in Dublin's slums, accompanied by Sir Lambert Ormsby and Father Ronan. They entered rooms in broken staircases lighting paths, delivering Christmas hampers, beef, turkey, tea, plum pudding, and gold to residents. The viceregal party drew praise for their charitable gifts and compassion.
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Dublin
Dudley
Lambert Ormsby
College of Surgeons
Ronan
Lord
Beresford Street
Tickell
Adjourned summonses in Companies Act case at Marlborough Street
At Marlborough Street police court on Monday Arthur Dougall Cochrane director and manager Henry Green director and Maud Emily Williams secretary of McCabe and Webber Limited faced adjourned summonses for default in filing company returns at Somerset House. Cochrane as de facto head controlled the company via his wife. Costs were assessed with attempts to appeal noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Arthur Dougall Cochrane
Henry Green
Cochrane
Royal British Bank
Denman
Cochrance
Green
Williams
Misa Williams
Rejected advert in Autocar upheld in High Court case
Mr Justice Kennedy gave judgment for the defendants in Automobile Components Ltd v Tliffe and Sons Ltd in the King's Bench Division. The action claimed damages for breach of contract after the defendants refused an advertisement stating they were the largest manufacturers, which the jury said was not a fact. damages were assessed at 25. The judge upheld the advertisers' rejection right and awarded costs.
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Justice Kennedy
King’s Bench
Kennedy
Oysters and Fever Case Follows Seizure Plea
Mr Hussey May applying for an order to seize oysters at Lower Thames street following a report of enteric fever in a patient who bought oysters from a local fishmonger. Dr Klein found samples sewage polluted and unfit for consumption. Lord Mayor adjourned for Dr Klein’s report until Monday.
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Hussey May
Mansion House
Lower Thames Street
Collingridge
Wandsworth
Klein
Kisin
May
Whitaker Wright trial set for Jan 11 in King's Bench
Mr Justice Bigham to preside over Whitaker Wright’s trial in the King's Bench Division starting January 11. The case is anticipated to last about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker Wright
Justice Bigham
King’s Bench
Emily Jane Russell
Morning Lane
Mare Street
Hackney
Nash
Mansion House
Movement to petition Home Secretary over Kitty Byron sentence
A Stock Exchange movement seeks a further reduction of Kitty Byron's life term for stabbing a Lombard Street stockbroker. She is imprisoned at Aylesbury gaol after her death sentence was commuted and is reported in good health working with Mrs. Maybrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Home Secretary
Kitty Byron
Lombard-street
Aylesbury
Miss Byron
Ritchie
Maybrick
Tragedy in Plymouth Townsends Infant Death
In Mutley Plymouth on Tuesday Mrs Townsend of 5 Lydon Avenue sent the nurse girl and two children to a shop. She later opened the bathroom window and cried she killed her baby. Neighbours found her kneeling with her 12 month old dead in a full bath. She was removed to the workhouse infirmary unconscious. She had shown strange behavior believed linked to past family pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutley
Plymouth
Workhouse
Fight in Blackwall Tunnel Leaves Constable Injured
Police constable Edward Smith was attacked by three drunken sailors in the Blackwall Tunnel. He was knocked down and sustained a broken leg before the assailants escaped. one was captured. Smith was taken to Poplar Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Smith
Blackwall
Smith
Poplar Hospital
Privately Withdrawn Assault Case at Ulverston
Nina Countess Leiningen of Ulverston faced an assault case against Hermine Diehl, domestic servant. After private settlement and interjections by solicitors, the magistrate’s bench allowed withdrawal as the case concluded amicably out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Countess Leiningen
Ulverston
Hermine Diehl
Lightfoot
Carlisle
Mr. Lightfoot
Colonel Baldwin
Hoaxed by a Girl Shakes Loughborough Town
A Loughborough girl handed parents a note from a stranger predicting her death in days. Rumors linked it to Spring-heeled Jack and threats to factory workers. Police debunked the scare by charging the girl with writing the letter as she admitted reluctance to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loughborough
Leicestershire
Perenty
Hadeen
Serious charge against a policeman in Nottingham
Constable Thomas Wilson of C division Nottingham City police was charged with inciting two men, Brownson and Wakefield, to commit burglary. The pair were found behind a co operative store with rope ladders and burglary tools. Wilson was remanded in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wilson
Nottingham
Assault on Brixton clergyman ends in hard labour
At Lambeth police court Peter Collins, 357, a ship's fireman from Westminster, was charged with assaulting Rev. W. H. Curran of Corpus Christi Church Brixton Hill. He allegedly threw a brick after his request for help was refused. sentence was two months hard labour. Capt Seaton fined for dog offence in Battersea Park. Howard Hornsby acquitted of stealing a banknote. judge calls the act folly.
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Brixton
Lambeth
Peter Collins
Great Smith-street
Westminster
W. H. Curran
Corpus Christi Church
Brixton Hill
London County Council
Garrett
Kenny
Howard Hornsby
Ada Ker
Strand
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Stratford
Chippotato& Cock Shop
Matthew Man
UTD
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Birmingham
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High Court of Justice
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Grafton-streat
Melbourne
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Shrewsbury
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Phoebs Awlinson
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Circes
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Spence
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Mis
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Selby
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Peckham
Messrs
Alfred Chambhere
Bor Gratton
Soho
Gasfitter
Lambath
Henry Preat
Brecknock Rd
Holloway
Horan
Patrick Horan
Cap
DE Bernardy and CO
Bedtorrow
Charles Edmiston
Asunciol Paraghay
Gee
Rosario
Argentina
Esther Tladwell
Hunt and Hunt
Itford
Essex
St. Thomas Charterhouse
Larse Laboratories
City Guild
To &S
Newnham
Hinde
National Legal 4 Society
Great James St
Bedford-row
Londox
Burgess’ Detective Association
Kish
Willisma-street
Bren
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