SUICIDES, MURDERS, ETC.

Southland Times, Volume 3, Issue 102, 17 October 1863, Page 6

SUICIDES, MURDERS, ETC.

{Prom the Dublin Dispatch.) Two officers of the Confederate army, OrtonWilliams, and W. G> Peter^ were recently hung at Nashville^ oh suspicion of being spieß; ' ''' ' i- %~ A young girl has been mutdereti jat New Orleans because—the evidehce'jsays—she insulted a drunken Zouave) s ßy |Slking seditioiisly. The" Zouave lias been victed of manslaughter onl3'. ? A most painful story was told on "Triday last iti the'Salford; Sessions .Court! It seems that in January jast'a man 1 named Broadbent called at" the house of a L Mr Thorpe^ whoilives in the neighborhood of Halifax, and on the- pretence of desiring to do business 1 with limy managed tjj ingratiate himself with the' fahiily; : 'He( \.prpposed to 'daughter and was acs cepted vcand;-soon cbntrived to 'obtaih 1a"loan|"of I*l2 from the jjirJ, which he], pf j course, never repaid; Broadbent said 1 he'; intended 'to emigrate * to' -America,'ah;d' jit: wasV arranged that > hef> .aiwi' • IM iijs' Thorpe should: be married' at; L'ivefppdrjust before starting for the New World oh the !28fcn x of: March. "They started 1 ostensibly;for Li f pool on the 2 1st of March, !ahd;Syer'e accompanied jby a man named Fox, -who pretended that lie, too, was ori his way^tp .America. Instead of going to Liverpool, however, they all got out at K.ocli dale, arid

subsequently .came oiTTcnhls cify7 whet .the" girl-was d'eUertSd^Fox;anci Broadben having < robbed fJhe* &fVlier ?J money a n , 'clothes. nTlie pooierTict|mof this disgrace ,fnl fraud, heartbroken; ati, the position i> which>she.>npwTfound,h?rself,~.^mjtstte< yariouB.ncts''of -felony^vith the defiberati interior? of being sent'tp^piisoh, v^^ Wa apprehended J and sentenced to two month? imprisonment. 'Her friends Were r 'then com niunjcatedjTTith, and it 'Was found, tbg Broadbent, *wjio; proved* to. fie iriarrieij nian^ .was . already^ in for- sonij swindling JS JEox -was, soon afterwards seized^ by ihe police, and he * a sentenced toxhreeyears* penal servitude. \ BtFLL 'Fight.— Another x l)ull" fight h a jast? Wken pJAce^Nwnies (Gifjf^ftlße tot faring vthe^ Jjroc^ejdings^ anditvyjt of . ti ( xif^S vBtifficierit r g*avifj ' : tp7pJ^ce!the'ir liVei irf danger, ■;'?;■ - " H-^Greprges Gibsbii^ ii " Mirck^n^ftb^chargeij with;th£jjinurder^f^^ sjtreet, pin th^i^d&Tune, was ■brpuglitjb^fpre <fclp>day ancT comnxitted^(qr trial 0 | wilfjif murder^THe show that tae, p rijsprfer^w as^jtriucti . a^dicjted to drin% and^vmsin^the Kabitilof^sln^ most dreadful tKre^ftp^is. ss JJefoffe coia, fitting; the yiole^^^icji^attlsed wjife's death, h&lpri^r^^ xsliiseij, ,;and j.thls he^lforcpß .through; ihe^decea^^s breast^ ,:^/ i . > SjOlfcfbEJ'b* A . PoLIC^-O^PICf R CHAnGB wiffl: £^)»oVtvti^ Kg^ ! John Lydns,- an^officer in the Fi. : isii'«on§latlulatj forcej whojv had J been? statxorie^ia tbt county prY Monaghan^ I absconded' witt about Ll s money,, belonging i-to hij coijiirades' niess v He :waa traceditp ;London. derryjand Ito % took passage in^ ( a ship to liiyerpooi, 1 0 , formation of liis" wherea boats being coin. raunicated; to the Mon"agfian* : police u !forcf 1 three officers' were,disp'atelled f tb Liverpool for the purpose ipEtaking/himintocustodj They ..awailedU the arrival, t)f the: steamer and boarded her when she reached Livetß pool last week. : Lyons pnTdectai tin tiinei and, on seeing the qfficera, lie jumpejß (fver^)oa^^di^ > '-N^iwiths'fan^^n^^e%ry i Wn Jm that was made to save him he was*drowneiH RussrAN ATTR'ocriiiMviT iWiiNA.^-Thß Csas of the:lsf, makes known wsoine neifl a trqci lies on, the part ,. of ; .[n thS streets of Wilna some, women, wboJl r&'ourDing garments hdd been brutally totflf fro'm'thepi'-by the soldiers of .MouravicqH were deferide<i by the crowd. " : Th^ ; troopH then charged the.peoplewltii the'b^yoneH and; 40, persons'were kiiledi Some womsm guilty of wearing- niourniflg, received S many as a hundred {.strokes 9f 3 the,'^;nonH and were left insensible, .welteimgiin theMJ blood. 6lhier3 : ar.e Huddled together JnttM dungeons bf "' the'^iradel. . j jS^veriC'havH ; died friiii teVror" a'nd'^ill-tfe'at'inent': s SoniH have been f ou n d suffocated in' their narroH cells 5 among theni'.'Mdile^ManeLupaswflß a member of, an, illustrious: Ifanfilylin tliK district t)f Lida. • The, . prisoners.^ whow number increase ever^y da 3% hay.c only tnH pounds of bread aud'a litre of \yater p« A PAiNFtfL' ' S^ "iRY.— A' yery^ painlsß case was disposed of on Thursday, : . 'at tmm Glerkenwell-police court. Ayduiig girliH great personal attractions, named CharloliM Leach, -Was- placed at , the bar: Qharged'witß a:temptihg •suicide. Her. stpry was;.a r^B lancholy , on y e' «" Married early, to *WH spectai)le man,- she deseiflß him for, some^ammour^/^iie^ jijer coai« was rapid down wafdi. '^Her^ paraoiom| desei"t6d 3 htr, s arid step by 's,tep-' s'li'e sacS: until she : leeame an ! inmate of a' lofflbro'.hel i n Somers-to wn. ; 'Disgusted niljß her mode of life, a : week:agor;S]ie tookjw large dose of poison." "Fortunately remflf' dial measures were taken before tbepois(S[ operated, and her life wai ; saved. liS friends were communicated \*itfi^arid dJB claring herself penitent, she ( Wasliberaltß to join ,a brother who l to 'taqg| care of. her.- .One of her brothers is Sm present mayor .of .a.c0,unt.v. t0wn.,, ,. . . ,, 9 Inquests tn '. iB6s.-TTT!he, coroners' nH turns show that 20,591' inquests weie.haß! in England in the year 1862-n-a numt^B; 'slightly below the average— rl4,l93 i^l. males and 6393 on fema les. There wujSm. 221 verdicts of murder, 207 of nuaff slau»bter, 1284 of suicide, 2249 of "foudßj dead," 157 of death" from want, eol'd.ai^B ( j xpo ure. <5002 inquests were held iM! children under seven- years ol : age. ljfll of the number pn illegitimate cliildmJK and there were 3239 inquests on infaJE not more than a year jOld, of whom fnR were illegitimate. This is theiirst year|K which children of illegitiniate^irth hai|ff been distinguished in these .returns ; moMg than a sixth of the children on whomaß quests were held were illegitimate, mv than a fourth of the infants not above^B year old. 12* of the iverdicts of wi|^p murder — more , than half of all i.he verdi^B of wilful murder — related to children ebP more than a year old; I . Hf A LLECtED ATTEMPTED 'SUICIDE IN-HH^R Lis-E through: pisSA^PoiNfED Lotr-B? intelligence was" receipted in Bristol t^pj Wednesday-afternoon that a"young lawttj highly connected^ the daughter of a X.C.UK residing at his mansion? about three inijH|[ on the other side of Westbury, and wjßhas disiing'iished himself both' in oai^K* and military 1 had suicide by cutting' her throat. j^E Saturday morning, when considera^Bs consternation was manifestly P.reyfUii iifg^in tlie hon. knight's faniUy, ij>^B sengers were despatched' in all: directi^^E for surgeons), and. soon afterwards -t^w neighborhood was greasy agitated by I statement that a yotfng iiady, one of — f-^s daughters,!; liad- heien found wi^K deep and dangerous cut in her thr^V Four of the most eminent surgeons in t«j locality were speedily in attendance, a^Hj is needless to say! that in the emerge^wj they did all that and skill CO^E dictate. It has since- transpired tHat »^t unfortunate- young * lady was engageti^B be married to a gentleman— indeed, the wedding day had beeiTfixed, if, in&Jß^' the bri da 1 : trousseau had not been prepajHi — when the match was abruptly ?and nußj pectedly broken .oflF. Tjiis had: : suciißp; effect upon tl}e young lady's' mind th at "^B| was led to cpmmit.the rash act beforeJ^R ferred^tb.] She.; has-been attended: ff^W^ kind7y?and affectionately by lier friei^B and most- ably byherL snrgic.al^atteiid^w pleased to hear that she '^progressing fayorab ly.^ Trhe i} 6ad. a^^^^Ba 1 gi Veh >J ii'le' jfp^ontiideraT>)e^gc^p i|^Jß| .heigb^bprbppdi -. !She ■ factssrfare^ uo t|^B| alto«eiherisospainFul;:*sever^lJ-Tumorf^B! conflieUHg ; aiidr dbntradicipfy; . iprevailirigi'tWat-in 'the' r m7tiantime \ve;B^BM forbear to"publjBhnames.j-!v..|, „.<;>■ .«9**sBM!