VITRIOL IN A BALLROOM

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13335, 25 March 1911, Page 7

VITRIOL IN A BALLROOM

VICTIM LOSES AN EYE AND IS BADLY DISFIGURED. A Christmas ball, which was brought to a premature conclusion owing to a girl throwing vitriol in the' face of her former lover, was described recently to the Mansfield (England) Magistrates, when a young woman named Mary Emma Radford was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a Sutton collier, Samuel Butterworth. The ball took place at Sutton on December 27, and shortly after midnight, according to Butterworth, the girl asked him for a dance, which he refused. She went away, but returned to him later, as he was talking with other girls. She was dressed as if ready to leave, and, taking a small jug out of her muff, she threw the contents at his face. As a result he was badly disfigured, and had lost the si ght of his left eye. In cross-examination he admitted being the .father of prisoner’s two children, but denied continually promising her marriage. He also denied that he had taunted her by saying he would not have her, and neither would anyone else. He disputed the suggestion that ho had mnoyed her by flirting with others iu her presence, but admitted writing letters to i married woman, who replied in a letter: — I -.ope, dear Sam, to ssc you at Hardwick, and I could come back with you. 1 hope to see you again on Tuesday. Please write back and let me know when yon are coming. Don’t let anyone know of this letter.-—With love, from Annie. The accused was committed to the Notts Assizes.