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MANY articlesabout the murder in Gorst Road of a barrister by the woman who lived with him as his wife
Empire News & The Umpire — Sunday 1 January 1905
Good drawing of "house of death"
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The People — Sunday 1 January 1905
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BARRISTER'S TRAGIC DEATH. REVELATIONS AT THE INQUEST. ACCUSED LADY'S NAME. VERDICT OP MANSLAUGHTER.
Very painful revelations were made the doctors. nud returned to tho house en Thursdey when Mr. Troutheck ith an ambulant" sad two porters. held an inquest at Battersea on Mid. was rue VIOLIINT t:rahain Stewart, barrister, T h e the any to hospi,al. Dr. Bur. mew woe sent for, and esnenined th died in Bolingbroke Hospital as the mad. They found that the knife . result of a knife wound ie the back.; hed gee* downwards and forwards. if* of little outs ards. If THE TERRIBLE BABES. tittle eleon-shaves mina [ blinked at me for a moment. " You deal know my name, do 3our he beguiled. " Well, Iha.en't that pleasure." I said, "but judging from your appearance. I should rem you Sr, a MIP10)0r of the dramatic profession." " Yee," snit* the little man. "sod I am a robber." "Blew Ise," Ianswered, stepping a few inches bark from him. "First robber, too." added bill. man with a little self-salistled cough, " but lot suffering front infantile insomnia and mortality; ;n fact, I am weighted with 'icorflow of babes." "Good 101 a powerful steam gyres. As I amused at the torrent of spud he roared out. "Toffy, come along there's man mbull)ing of me." Before I could remover myself a big. bouncing girl. almost my own height. but eonordsPably *holler than her brother. run on to the stage. She Pushed her face into mane arad said.l You burly brute of a man. How dare you bully my brother?" Istammered out " I wasn't bellying POISON MYSTERY AT WOOLWICH. STRANGE INQUEST STORY. ouer opened an itiqueQi at %Voolwieh on Friday on Bomb.lr. Hold. Banueeruon. l 4 rd Battery Royal Field Artillery. stationed at tho Shrapnel Harrod's, Woolwich. .110 died in the Royal Herbert Hospital iu the early hours of newts, from flu offri ts of a poison which ha Y- ,-':,".. t h e sup p o s e d wile net titan a . . . outs arms. It had passed an drank an the barrack — room on Homes -Mrs. Stewart. between the ribs and had wouuded gracious,"l interpolated. " Yea, I deceased gentleman, atan s re d mended Night. la connection with the death the pleura, the lungs, and the dia. agree ton t h emla etc" utight, b box the South-Western Polies Court , _Jno. Marab. Miming eolith Leta., seragna. There wan a putigieion 'that 'invited of earning out my e-ontract on a Aare e of hating caused her kidneys and the spleen bad alas of course we (the second robber and 1115313) , attached to the Illst Battery band's death. Sbe was brought tato been penetrated, but they cool., not ; ntaaelf) lom them in a wood *very Hopei Field Artillery, is on remand court in charge of a warder wor t hs certain of it at that time. The; atria end at every matinee." r) !from Woolwich Police Court, charged Inot repreeented I wound could have been caused by the I don't carry any eards, they cost with feloniously killing and slaying wardress, but was . at , f rated table-knife pro.luced. Ile motley to print, and they are not easy Idereaeed. He was present in court in profemiosally.-D . Stewart, a eery grove opinion of th e to Sad. The bills Mine cheaper and Redcligisgardens. South Rensington,, — custody of two waialera from Wands. condition of deceased. It was lumps. handier." With this remark he proidentified the body as that of his; "mew y en bully y brother?" !worth Prison together with mart able Om to dote:maims lb* enact duced a double (mown, on which was! brother. He was years of age. ant of the R oyal s Artilleiy. depth of the wesnd, but it was ap- imprinted in bold type,lns.l him." "Oh, — eis she rewas a barrister. but had never praz-i yroximately Ave or six inches, Prat. perator Theatre. the magnificent. tortod. "Oh, no '1 w ar nt," imid I. -Mgr.' nor Roarerfired, and lived on c, prtvate income.. tieally. it was as deep as the blade : pantomime Babe* in the Wood.' bridling up. "And don't forget I'm,-Sergt. Alt. Ores, of the lard Bat- Waimea did not know that he west a the knife was long. Had tho knife 13 Pfrial Euteffernene of the Brest I the leading immedian here." " You.tery of the R.F.A., identified the body married, and understood from him ;struck the ribe there would have been:Little Sam Hang." "That's me,"; won't forget it perhaps, hut the; of deceased et Jno. Bannerman.- that h. eat not. D.eissed had lived only a fieeb would .- P.C. Albert Wit- 'said the li'.le man with plardnuablo'udieure will," said alio. Here the ,Coroner : Not Robert? No, his nem for number of year. with a lady, kinson said be accompanied Bed Pride " You hate made a great ; dreadful boy roared with laughter -per name was John.-Witness said ^he" Christian name was Henri etta, Mile, to deceased's house, and there allow time to congentulate; At each guffaw clouds of dust that on the evening of Boxing Day hut warier, did not know Der full saw WI. Stevart, and aided her what ; you." We shook hands, and the great. arose from the stale. The girl'. he was engaged with Bannerman In name. Witness, continuing, said s had happened. She replied, " Iwill little Sam at once ordered a special .sbrill-like Apache war yell of a calling the roll. In Roma
DRANK Kiel" have not to say about it. I have ; red meal and a cigar which rejoiced:laugh went alma to well the volumelwere several motile, including Mareh. end had a very bad temper. ear- Inothing to do with it. The doctor the bused " The British Pups. " . mirth at my einem*. Wilier.. beard Marsh to Je,eased, lag that iiiv brother had been ' knees all you wart." I"Sereess wou't kill me but the; ' Iehall complain to the matinger,"l" Here you are. Bobby." " The newt oendrd. wit t went to the Boling- rATltErie rays b a h, w ill : he. iiiii i ii i . t. m id said 1. stalking off. At almost the. thina I saw was deceased with biak hospital. and saw him there Afterwar d !the eansediaai lowering hi. "i". Nano, moment Inow a bearded facellemonade bottle to hie month. He on De, 22. Deceased said he had . he aeas saw Dr. Oran', to a whitipse. " 1 shall never suddenly show noel( roand the edgmput it down then began to vomit. ieveimed ha was in a seu d t n ho asked accused to mean -,forget :he first rehearml at which of a scenic sing, and almost as suit.' I could not see that he drank at all. -rions eondition. and told him there P e " him to the police station. She Imet hint. altanugh Ireally denly disappear. I knew to whomihnt Isow him with the bottle at his hot replied, "It quite unnecessary. that beerelat fare belonged-the pro- lima The bottle is that produced. b.id been a quarrel. no I"" r- cannot, and will not I- hoard Lint first. Th e bamoon-like the house . wit hprietor. Without a moment's hesita-IWhen saw it it had a white liquid w are , U. simple said, " I do not base sour, a dash of the teem- . Iiere is no one elm Pere. hen be ion enema round after him. He in it. Wanes.. then asked accuse d knew why she did it."-The eV . . . ser: '"' bone in the higher notes, floated told her she would have to go to the awa y in AV hat nano) has accused 'nen.- y tiie dusty men right rotate F oare station to have a cheese pre- h 1 Il' tod Dast.-insp. Scott replied that she gave t tut ing my when Icaught lain up. " I to you le Salle," and iluthinff else. As deher name as Stewart. — Coroner ito, cried against Ler , she said, lour which could not have reached any a " hell ., in accused): Whet Is your real name?; "lerinre will d" that." He t o l d her higher enteral it had reamed its wee othr challenging ' voice, Say en — Ilie hail better go to the laospitel, but he would wait for essirtan c and she eth er word: on t. pare me that. lied that he was all right and through the roof. "Great heavens!". ,Behan 1 booked them for this he rep would then ha taken to the policeea re would go to bed. This he did. Abestation. She replied, "Very well. Isome three 3 . eors ago they really veering ueat ions by the coroner , witwill make you as comfortable as Iwere something like babes. Come n said that theta. was no ill-feelcan." While waiting accused De- ; fm tien up here, in ease they overheadin between mammal and deceased queutly said, " I hope my husband as. Hut Inever bargain edfor this Ti lt icy were the best of friend'.. ec will rover. H Ie will get better at- Ireally think." said the proprietor, tondance at the hospital." Detectives' dropping his voice, " their father, A arrived, and sccused was taken to the (must base put them under a eueum-'-C,orpl. begat said deceased came station. Ou the way she said, " Iboom 'bee frame and forced them, or stoo d to him and said, " They have given my husband will 'mover-not for myl -them out in the early spring rain. ",nte something to drink. I am choke sake. because I should only have to. IAt this point Linnet Mined na. intr. and it is burning my inside out." die, but for his, to that he eon live! "amok here, gu.'ner," mid Linnet. ,IVitneas saw his tongue, .hick nos and be different man. There is "How am I to carry that chap across raw. He was in great pain. When the stage! Icattle here as come- (w items) came back from hospi. MOR IIN Tina dian. not as a modern Milo." "Heii! (al, where deceased was taken, he than you men know." When barged Hash!" ',khas terrilled pioprietor. went to Marsh and said, " Where is she said, " I have nothing to env. I"Don't gay word. I'll talk to his the bottle which Bob drank out of ?" not nee a knife to my husband." father." And he did. The father Marsh, who was in bed, took a bottle -Datesergt. Gillam mid that after Ilse a timelier sass than either of the ,g a shelf over bia bead and handed accused had been removed he searched "terrible Babes." The way he pitched 4 to wit nese. It looked like that prothe house, and found in a small table into his giant of a eon at rehearsals need _Coroner: Did it contain out'. In the ball a knife smeared with delighted my heart, but ever since thing ? Yea, Is hould say ammonia 'bleed. — Dr. G. S. Hughes said de- this event "baby Jack" hes "' !from from the smell. It smelt very strong. -Aeensed Lin hu.hed lane): My eeaseFse sada ion became wo:ve on the Peeled in of whet he " "Inch' put Marsh under arrest. and took Christian name or sernameh-Coro- :suadAy mon , in _ . g and he died in the -Our sazond robber" i n's,' end has waited at the Mawr the bottle to the sergeant of the guard. ter ' Inut heth ' e.-Aramed 'evening He made no statement in I said, staring at Linnet. our second doer and offered a free bet of two -_Boca! Ir. Motnatford deposed that rafter a paule). Be nc e Margaret. p r ,,,,,e. 17ntil about six robber, " Who the devil is kicking alley tors, box of mpg, and two- ----- d said Gregor ;hours before his death he was quite that row? Surely they don't allow peace to the sta ge door-keeper. deceased Caine to in room. n WOMAN. he had been polmned, and was dying. clear in his mind. Witness was pi e. tto fireman t for I know this gentle. firemen , and "Old Propl," that be I-Coroner: Are you married or ramie?ltrilit7l or sent at the postmortem examination man aired his voice at local smoking knacks me out in two rounds 1 -ice Irim ainele.-lir, Run-. y by Dr. Irevberger. and in his concert.) to go roarteg over thetheatro have evaded this encounter with IWanes', went to Marsh. and walliug 11..11 ()rani, of Hot iughroke-grove, nee". sleuth ens due to failure of in that fremandmaity fashion?" Lin- ." Baby Jaok" be the precaution of him, asked him what he had given said he 5 ,.,"" ltri ln' h e n art. conseq uent on delirium, net drew up close to me , " Haab I"ileaving the theatre by the fleet floor 1 Bannerman to drink. He naiad 'ended ileameed some years ago me — mumouta, mud bloodlestiners pro- said he, "Wm one of tho Babes-or back window, but. Here ;ruse of hit intemnerance. On Weds Flu ' minced by the stab. Considerable force the little chap, yon know, ' Baby white-haired. white-faced man sieedity, Dee. dl , the lady whom oak_ t base been used to inftiii the Jack.' who is taking the part into 'the private box of had known as Mum Stewait came to d. 'Airy '-his sister. "Potty Toddles '1" The Grimaldi." "A h! Here you his house in an excitable condition.' supports the role of "tiny. are, said m eminpaaien. " Mr. Linand said she wanted a doctor at VERDICT. bat:" said " why, he has the; net, . . . coed r y obber, and Mn, --!" It was a fearful night, and ,-Dat-sergt. Mem, retained. pro- ; voice of a North Sea ~kipper. He'll; "Don't tap to explain," said the UAW,' bad come out without hat or anted a statement made cn oath by. have to cut his singing out. " All' white-haired man; "he's spotted jai ket. She said witness, " You deceased on Dec. 21 before a justice right," said Linnet, in what I thought where you are. Don't Lon a moment must come at nee. are "'bend is of the peace. This was read by the an over-cautious manner, " yon gel -bolt. The little man gave a scared bleed bleeding. He will to death. " coroner as follows" I was at SI. down and tell hint so. I'atonal" Iglance round; then, without even t\ anise asked. " hew did it batipen! Govd-rd. about 5.30 with my wife, at onge went downstairs just as the i farewell look at me, he shot out of What nee the ea me of it?" She Hoinietta Stewart. I went down to lam pathetic notes of the first cereal the folding doors, tottered by the hited, " Well. I11113 y as well fell yea , the basement to get some coal , when of tho simple child-like ballad.' second robber. About a minute t warn erases RIM . Ireceived a blow in the back. Ifelt "Daddy, Fetch Your Little Boy," afterwards, a eurious and forbidding -Continuing, wittier., eaitt accused no pain, but them was a quantity of b oome d o , rose th e stage, head with a Scotch cap perched on it sae excited by drinking, but was no t blood lowing down my back, and I Imood artonished. Certainly it, looked in somewhere near the top at drunk. She seemed to be terribly became faint. Ma wife was behind was boy. At the same time there the folding deers. I have not the distresreil, and in great grief. On me at the time, and no one else was were vigne of a half-hatchet giant ;slightest doubt the/ it belonged te the way to the home she mid de- prevent or in the' -- I did not see about him. Iwalked round the "Baby Jack," who was in mareh cf reseed had struck her with a soda my wife strike till blow."-The jury i trio or three times, and hit quarry. CHRIS. water bottle, and she repeated several returned verdict of manslaughter l oo k up into Lis face inquiringly, tunes thnt the had " done it." When against the ntgustul. who wos he arrived a t th e h e r oun d Mr. matted for trite on the coroner's war- Stewart alone in the front bed-room rant. upstairs. He was I. tag on the bed peaty brewed. His shirt was saturated with blood. and there was a good deal of blood on the bed. The deeeamil recognised witne.s and mid. "Orem, the woman has 'tabbed me. She stuck a knife into me." He had evidently been drinking, and talkei in a rambling manner all the time witness WAS there. He bad lost a good deal of blooil, and was very blanched in appearance, and this had something to do wish lima sauttstnist TALC On examination witneot found a deep incised wound in the left dorsal region. clot* to the spine, the direction being downward and outward. Witneon Mopped the bleeding by pretonre, and teat 11-Coned to another doctor. Dr. Woe also examined dereassl, rod sent to the ho..pitat for stretcher, on which &erased was removed. Secured remained in the home, and, on the arrival of the police. she entered thn bed-room while the detectives were examining it, and said.
THE FUNERAL. A pathetic incident followed the adjournment et oito o'clock. Mr. Stewart's brother and two of the medical witnenses up to Mrs. Stewart and spoke to her, when for the first time she hunt into tears., lOutwide the ioutt a heance and two carriages w. ro awaiting the coffin con-' 1 taining the remains er the unfortenrle entlentin. The aecnced was not permitted to attend the funeral, oat witnessed the carrying from the root.- tuary of the body of the deceased. lend its depict-tole for Wandsworth Cemetery, whero Inc interment took place. The only mourner use Mr. Howard Stewart."190511
"Pall Mall Gazette — Friday 6 January 1905
THE WANDSWORTH COMMON TRAGEDY. TREASURY PROSECUTION. THE DECEASED'S CAREER ON THE STAGE.
At the South-Western police-court, this morning, Rebecca MarganA Gregory, looking pale and grief-stricken, took her place in the dock, on the charge' of murdering Alfred Graham Stewart, a barrister, residing at Wandsworth Common, on December 21. It will be remembered that she is charged with having stabbed Stewart in the back with a.kmfe, after quarrel? inflicting injuries from which he died a day or two later. Mr. Williamson appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Treasury, and Mr. Nicols defended. . . . . . . . , , j, j > When the prisoner went into the dock a fashionably dressed ladv rusneq forward and affectionately kissed her, whereupon the prisoner burst into
The solicitor for the prosecution said that, after the evidence, he should ask the magistrate to put the prisoner on her trial for the murder of Stewart, notwithstanding the fact that the cproncr's jury had returned a verdict of manslaughter. . , Mr. Howard Douglas Stew'art, residing at South Kensington, said his brother had lived with the prisoner for many years. Cross-examined, witness stated that the deceased had been in Australia for many years. He was an actor, and had appeared in many places, under the name of Graham Stewart. He was a man of violent temper. I know, said witness, how he treated me as boy, and know what he was as vou hear of his attacking a theatrical manager?Yes. have heard several things of that kind. He seemed to quarrel with everybody. He had lo leave one or two companies on account of quarrels. Did he tell you he assaulted theatrical manager, and knocked his teeth down his throat? He may have done so. The magistrate thought this was unsatisfactory evidence, and the Treasury' solicitor characterised it as objectionable.^ The cross-examination was accordingly not continued, but before he left the box witness added that he thought his brother had brought Miss Gregory home with him from Australia. . , After Dr ieyburger had given some details of the post-mortem examination the bc.dv of Mr. Stewart, he said the knife produced was rather blunt, and that very considerable force must have been used to inflict the wound he found on the body. . . . .c? The prisoner was then committed to take her trial the next Session! of the Central Criminal Court.
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"Illustrated Police News — Saturday 7 January 1905
A BARRISTER'S TRAGIC END
Sordid Revelations In;
were curious and sordid revelations, the Battersea Cbrouer's Court Tburyday, when Hr. Jpim Troutbock inquired into the death Alfred Graham Stewart, a barrister who was fifty-eix years of age, and had lived in Gorst Bead, Wandsworth Common. The pioture called evidence was that oc mi elderly nmn doing work, drinking to ago** on email mcomv *d coming to a,Viblent end tbs hands woman had lived'with him for thirty yearn hie wife. . . > She was iutfae court on guarded by warder dud a wardress, and proved to be woman of ramarkaMa peraoqality.. Tail, stout, and elderly, wearing brown straw hat, a grey tippet, and a Slack coat, it wee the masculinity of her face-which arrested attention. A strongly aquiline nose, cold blue eyee, and domineering, forceful mouth gave the impression of dominating self-reliance and mental alertness. But she broke down twice for law seconds as the tragedy of Peosaeber wee reconstituted the witodmea. end once again aba.oqught the coffin cf;the dead man taken, from the mortuary-to the hearse for conveyance to Wandsworth Cemetery. , # * Having been charged with-murder the police-court in the name Mrs. Stewart, her first ordeal' came with" the evidence of Dr. Howard Douglas Stewart, of Bedclifle Gardens, South Kensington, the brother the deceased. Dr.- Stewart Mid that his brother had never practised in his profession, bad a small private income, drank to ezceesraifd had a very bad temper. -"He was''not married," said the witneue, "hat for thirty years had lived with a*woman, whose Christian name was Henrietta, who passed his wife." "What'name baa the accused given? asked the'coroner, and Detective-inspector Scott said-it was Stewart. came thq self-revelation. Mr. Trontbeck: What is your real name? The Accused: My Christian name or surnamet * Mr. Trontbeck: I want both, pteaae. Rebecca Margaret Gregory. Are yott married or single. Dr. Stewart said that when saw his brother in the Bolingbroke Hospital (where hi died) 'he said that 'he and Mrs. Stewing had had slight quarrel, and did not know why she had done it. Without'hat or jacket, and in a, very excited condition, said Mr. Rnsdett Oram, M.R.C.8.;; Bolingbroke Grove, the accused came to his surgery on, the evening of December 31. Ton once, she said.., "My husband is bleeding. He will bleed uTaeath." Asked how happened, she replied, Imay well tell you. I have stabbed him.*' Mias Gregory was the time excited by drink, but not drank, 'and shfosfed grief; On the way to the house the said something about Mr. Stewart having struck her with a'soda-water bottle. 'But it was the evening of the great fog, and the witness did nob take much notice of what she said. . found Mr. Stewart in the front bedroom*, lying on the bed in hie shirt-slsaree, with the blood oozing 'out of bU back. Oram," be said, the woinii bee stabbed me. She stuck knife into' me." Previously the doctor bad extended Stewart for tlm results of 'intemperance, and now found him under the influence of intoxicants, veiy blanched and weak to the lose of blood, and rambling his talk. There was deep incised wound in the left dorsal region, close to the spine, the diteotion being downward < and outward. Alter Stewart, had' been taken to the hospital in ambulance the detectives arrived, end Mies Gregory mid. not in bravado, but in''drief and despair, "Hare is tile 'criminal; .here is the murderess." Dr. John Miles, was also brought to the bouse, told bow Mies Gregory said to him, I have stabbed him. you do not stop the bleeding Iwill completing a dramatic sentence by drawing her hand across her throat. Stewart was rery pinched in the /ace, and violent the w [BNA: "Reynolds's Newspaper — Sunday 15 January 1905 WANDSWORTH BARRISTER ST AWED. HIS MISTRESS SENTENCED AT THE OLD BAILEY-YF.STERDAY. At the Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Darling, yesteedav, Rebecca Margaret Cregory was indicted with the manslaughter of Alfred Graham S tewa rt., barrister, of Gorst-road. Wandsworth Common, with whom she had 1 ived for many years. Prisoner, who carried herself erect. with a stern look on her countenance. in ret , le to the charge. said softly, "1 am innocent.' Mr. C. tleth -we. in aliening the ease. soi I the do, 4 ed ar the result of caul, inflicted in the heel at big realcienee, anal he thought the tiny would no hesitation is that it was the primers who Inflicted tie No one witnemed the sot. far pr'swier had male no rery definite state. ' matt into the ecireninstannee under whieh it eriesemv4 earl, therefore, they most relr on the statement. made hy the cleocased maa. Mr. Mathews mid : who war Attests of had Ibeen called to the Bac tot had . never practised, sad Iin his War yearn he bad travelled with several Iinsuipanies. Primmer had lived with him for many rears and paned au hie wife. The was on, *dotchtedly guerreltmene and violent. to drink. The fleet intirnoton of this tragedy from prionaer, who at five o'clock on 21 went I to nriglilmorine doctor, asked him to roam I to see her bonbon& She we, asked whet he was hleeding from. replied. "1 met se well you 1 Matthaei him. He squeak in. with ecela water fret." ens found ivies on the nertle rireroed. wth .rot,n4 hie lank. He heed nutil the everting 4, , Chri..,.a. Ilino. Prisoner woe before lear , ro, *h. Iloose .he ezotrearel the hen* that her hushand Irosever. After hie sdniimion to the the r'e. /realms of der:eased were taken. Re on that Le and his wife an onploasscitt ahem. the bole entered , me.. lie 'IA not there any deliterate blow re r n,b. use 4,..1 ho believe that she i..teadod to him. Dr. C. D. htewert in.cti.er of the deere.od. evidence. mentioning the latter was a very bad, ternicend 1:1111 Iand amok to eteees. — . OP TIM loot:am Mr. Elliott I.lefendingl ii.ternosed to say that he eithilrnw the plea of " plead "Guilty." The Jap , formally returned verdict of "Oniltv. Mr. mid the prisoner for thirtv rears with the deossent having core with him from * Austral:a In his drod.hig boots deceased invieted en the v 4:1 him, thwart'. her with great violence when she ilue!ined. On day in quivition deoemmil drinking with a frfend nomel Barnet. en orisoner ros MOS to ,trink too. the di more Duper mid an mussed betimes them melding any n.eite liquor king ormsumed. a struggle eurning. It wee mentioned iv Mr. Elliott that whlle the .an was dying be made In favour of the priasser. Elt/". Mr. Justice Darling, in pawing sail there we,. Co defence to a of mansleefhter in awe. ibiginally the presage was 'barged with wilful murder, hut be grand jury that Whatever were the efeet eircomseaseas in whiott this crone aaa committed -and thoie be believed. would never be known -they hold evidsnee that cesoner, when she iic.nt for the doctor. showed eget of hen drinking. The derce.ed. too. we. a drunken man. The Prieceer feeftlyi we s : much No. Contingiug, his said there was no iloubt the mark, of .itleyee which she bore on hod, that suffe,el oomiderable violence and treatoirot at the bawds of the prisoner. Pritoner ie His Lordship added that he would take an indulgent view of the case, for the deceased was a man and the prisoner was a woman. He sentenced her to six months' imprisontment in the second division. Prisoner was removed from the dock weeping. [BNA: "The Referee — Sunday 29 January 1905 Q.: What is the difference between Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc? A. : One was made of wood and the other was Maid of Orleans. W. D. B. (Wandsworth Common). [BNA: [Boom boom]"1905129 [UNKNOWN PUBLICATION — header not detected. Please review.] "ORAM — GP — 1 BOLINGBROKE GROVE [BNA: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www/oldbaileyonline. org, version 8. 0, 26 March 2022), January 1905, trial of HENRIETTA STEWART, otherwise REBECCA MARGARET GREGORY (49) (t19050109-161). HENRIETTA STEWART, Killing > manslaughter, 9th January 1905. 161. HENRIETTA STEWART, otherwise REBECCA MARGARET GREGORY (49), Manslaughter of Alfred Graham Stewart. MR. MATHEWS and Mr. GRAHAM CAMPBELL Prosecuted; MR. GEORGE ELLIOT Defended. HOWARD DOUGLAS STEWART. I am a medical practitioner practicing in South Kensington, and I am a brother of the deceased — he was fifty-six years of age and a barrister, but did not practice — he toured at times with theatrical companies — to my knowledge he was not a married man — I know the prisoner had lived with him for about thirty years, and in December last they were living at 51, Gorst Road, Wands worth, where they had been for six months — I think I saw the deceased about seven months before his death — I think he drank to excess, and he was very bad tempered. RICHARD RUNDELL WILLIAM ORAM. I am a registered medical practitioner, of 1, Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common — I knew the deceased slightly as a patient some years ago — about 5. 30 p. m. on December 21st I heard a loud knocking at my door, and the prisoner was admitted to the house — she was very excited and in great trouble — she had no hat or wrap on, and had evidently rushed out of the house in great haste — I thought she had been drinking — she said, "You must come at once, my husband is bleeding, If you do not come at once he will bleed to death. " The prisoner here stated that she was guilty and the Jury returned a verdict to that effect. GUILTY. Six months in the Second Division. ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 1905. '"190519 BELLE VUE C.C. The Belle Vue Cycling Club hchl team race o>er a2l milca' course on Sunday last. Ine e\ent toot place at early hour and some distance out town, to avoid any ante to the general public or friction with the men in blue. There was good muster about thirty members to witneee the race, which proved bo very exciting, thanks to the dispieet handicapping oi- the racing committoa. I'he succesaful team was ccmpojed of Messrs O. I'urner, J. McCubbing. K. Bryan, and H. Wiseman. G. Neuendorff and CAaa. Taylor acted as timekeepers. After breakfast paper chase was indulged in. the foxea being caught after exciting run ever two hours, coveritg distance of about thirty miles. CUICKET. [BNA:
West London Observer — Friday 21 April 1905
South Western Star — Friday 11 August 1905
UNKNOWN MAN AND A LITTLE GIRL — An elderly man of respectable appearance, who re fused to state his name and address, was charged with indecently assaulting a little girl named Daisy Maddox, aired eight years, of 59, Beechcroft-road, at Wandsworth Common
P.C. Bradley, of the London County Council Constabulary, said he saw prisonet standing in a clump of furze bushes near Tnnity-road to-day. Witness heard him speak and a little girl's voice reply. Witness kept him under observation and saw him lift up another little girl. Witness taxed him with assaulting the child and he denied it.. When told he would be charged he said, "Don't charge me with that. It will kill my wife and daughters."
When he made the denial the little girl said, "Yes you did. tssios." — Prisoner: I'm not guilty, so help me t;cAl. — He was remandud.
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"Shields Daily News — Thursday 31 August 1905
THE BALLOON ASCENT FROM WANDSWORTH.
MESSAGE FROM THE AERONAUTS.
The Press Association baa joat joint cablegram from Mr Frank Hedges Butler and Mr Percival Spencer, the well-known aeronauts, who ascended from Wandsworth yesterday, stating that they crossed the Channel in its widest part & part in 5 [?] hours 25 [?] minutes, and landed near Caen, Normandy. They add: "We had a magnificent balloon trip, and took splendid photographs of the eclipse of the sun above the clouds at 2.10 [?].}
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The Scotsman — Monday 2 October 1905
CRICKET .
LADY GYMNASTS AT CRICKET .
An de-rea of the TOIIDS lady members of the Battersea Polytechnic, who are training as gymnastic instrucors . played the return match on Saturday to that of the pre'rioup week against, a side of their kith and kin of the opposite sex . Play was orer a pitch on Wandsworth-Common, certainly noi favourable for high t-corina, bill though in the first round the young hatswoincn were rather cheaply disposed of ( 27 tuns .. thmr second c . w y ( 42 runs ) better bronsht out their Irne baiting form . The chief honours oE ths malch . wcro xith Miss May Boitcnbani .-who made the highest score of Lho day . va? nt < li i lop in both innines of her ride . wd kflpt wiclcet . i " . excellcnl form .
Battiing without gloves, and tOff 3 TdR tihe Qnd Of h 9 r ftflr * fnnings of 25 not . out, vilh her hand fuffRriDg rather badly . &ho played the fast . ho-ft-liug LU a most; leadcns mancer, and bat laughed over her bruises- There was; a like pluck — displayed by hor fcHow members of the team, a fact ^ yiiis mnca for the " hf ^ it, " put into their play by the advantage of rymna . stic instruction . Mtfs Gracie Woollacott . and Miss A . Florence Ably seconded Miss Boken ^ iam'? baaing, whilst Miss Maggie Wilion . Miss F ( mn and Miss Gracie Woollacott boyted effectively in getting rid of their opponenta in fifteen overs for " 16 runs . M-its Wilson's bowling . . especially effective and has a break from the off, which proved so effective in Saturday's match that her sir wickets cost bat threo ranc car-b .
One of the incidents o! t-ho cainc was a catch bv Mi? a -M- -Wilson taken in her right hand above her head . a brilliant piece of fielding — Miss M . Lintott, captained the team with excellent jiidgrieDt . and to her and Lhejr inslructrfiia . Muai It . Francis Morse, head of the phyncaJ traiiring K-hool of which they arR . Ftoflants, great credit is due for the good results achieved .
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WANDSWORTH, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
Those interested in the past history of Wandsworth who have not had opportunity of attending any of Mr. Davis's loclurot, on the subject may recommended to pay a visit the West Hill Library. In the reference library there will found an exhibition of numerous photographs, sketches, prints, water colours, and drawings of places and events of interest, both the present day and of other time. Many of the sketches are as valuable as they are interesting. The librarian, it should be stated, is possessed large stock information pertaining Wandsworth. Noticeable among the exhibits is an original water colour, E. Batchelor, dated 1899, and presented by Dr. Longstaff. The view High-street, Wandsworth, looking down from We&t Hill.
There also very photo of what was then known as the Black Sea Wandsworth Common, and which has probably since then been converted into the much-admired pond, with its rustic bridges, that at the present day adorns the common. Prints and sketches of Manor House, Wandsworth, of which Sir Christopher Wren was architect, and which has unfortunately been destroyed, are also on view
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"MAGISTRATE JOKES ABOUT "GAME"
The People — Sunday 31 December 1905
OFF AS A LOITERER. "dale Albert ]tiro, 21, enater1 Wager, wee charged, on remand, ' 'With loitering with another man, not outtody. at M. DalwivA. He was summoned for wilfully interfering with wild ducks at the Wandsworth Common lake.
- The proceedings were Itaken under the by-law of the L.C.C., and the prosecuting solicitor said the duck was killod.
- Mr. de Grey (smiling): What wee the cause of death? Was any post-mortem examination made?
- The common keeper said the bird wes fleet attack with a stone from a catapult and then taken from the water, when its neck was wrung and thrown into the furze bushes. lf, — defendant leave an enelpsttp, .1. Sal, de, and the bird was afterwards discovered in a dying state. Defendant, ho added, left the common, but returned later, and it one then that his name and address were taken.
- Mr. do Grey (to defendant) You eel, von made a mistake in returning. — ' [defendant: Yen. (Laughter.)
- TM' duck, a One-looking bird, woe pea duced. — His worship imposed nominal penalty of gs. rd.. remarking that after all defendant we, only is pursuit of game.
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"FORGERY — MORRISON & FLEET'S DAIRY — 14 BELLEVUE RD
[BNA: WILLIAM MILLAR FLEMING. Deception: forgery. 6th March 1905 Reference Number t19050306-250 Verdict Guilty > unknown Sentence Imprisonment > hard labour Related Material Associated Records Actions Cite this text | Print-friendly version | Report an error Navigation < Previous text (trial account) | Next text (trial account) > See originalClick to see original 250. WILLIAM MILLAR FLEMING (35), Feloniously forging and uttering an endorsement on a cheque for the payment of 2 14s. 11d. with intent to defraud. MR. LEYCESTER Prosecuted. SYDNEY ELLIS. Icarry on business with my brother as F. & S. Ellis, glass merchants, at 106, Fenchurch Street — the prisoner had been employed by us as general clerk for about five months — during my absence it was part of his duty to receive moneys paid to the firm — if I was there I would receive them — the prisoner would give a receipt, and a counterfoil of it would remain in the receipt book — it would be his duty to enter immediately the amount in the cash hook and the money or cheque should be handed to me directly Ireturned — we had a customer named Roddy, at Colchester — in January last he owed us 2 14s. 11d. for goods supplied — this cheque was sent us, but Inever saw it till we received it back from Mr. Roddy — the prisoner never handed the cheque to me — it is indorsed "F. & S. Ellis, " but not by me or by my authority or by my brother — I am the only one who has the power to indorse cheques, which I do in a different manner to my usual signature — the receipt of the amount was not entered in the cash book — on another counterfoil there appears 3s. received from a Mr. Roberts — it is in the prisoner's writing — the prisoner had given Mr. Roberts a receipt on the invoice without using the receipt form, which was irregular — we never received Mr. Roberts' cheque. Cross-examined by the prisoner. When you were arrested at Balham you were charged with embezzling 1 8s. 9d. - that was one of the items charged against you — you were then charged with stealing a cheque, value 2 14s. 11d. - at the station the inspector asked me if it was my writing on the cheque — I could not identify it at the time and said I should go into the matter later — receipts used sometimes to be torn out of the book to be used if required — those not used are returned to the book — it is not true that Igave you the cheque to change and to take a sovereign out of it as a loan — you bought towels for use in the office and you were paid immediately for them — there is no foundation for saying I have cheated my brother — we do not owe you any money. Re-examined. Items may sometimes have been entered on the wrong counterfoils, but the amount would appear somewhere in the book — I have never had any accusation made against me of having swindled my brother — the prisoner has made no claim for money owing. WILLIAM MICHAEL RODDY I am a licensed victualler at the Greyhound, Colchester — Ideal with the prosecutors — in January Iowed them 2 14s. 11d. - this is the invoice — Isent them this cheque in payment enclosing the invoice, and got back a receipt — I have since obtained the cheque from my bank — it was passed through the bank and paid — it appears to be endorsed by the firm. MARGARET MEIKLE. I am cashier to Morrison & Fleet's Dairies, Limited, See originalClick to see original at 14, Bellevue Road, Wandsworth Common — the prisoner was a customer of ours — in January he owed us 5s. 4 1/2 d. - he came on January 28th to pay us and produced this cheque — it was already indorsed — I took the 5s. 4 1/2 d. out of it and gave him the change — I asked him if the cheque was all right — he said yes, that was the name of the firm under which he was trading — I know him as Fleming. Cross-examined. You may have said on a previous occasion that that was the name of the firm under which you were trading. By the COURT. He had brought a cheque to us before to be changed. Re-examined. This is the cheque for 6 that was changed before by us. DYDNEY ELLIS (Re-examined). This cheque for 6 was sent to us by a customer — it is not endorsed by me or my firm — I had no idea it had been paid till we made inquiries. WILLIAM NEWALL (Detective-Sergeant, City). On February 17th I went with Mr. Ellis, the last witness, to 14, Glenfield Road, Balham, where the prisoner lived — Isearched the house and went to a back room upstairs — I heard a noise of a window being softly opened — Iran quickly into the room and saw the prisoner getting through the window — he had an under-suit on with no boots — I shouted to Mr. Ellis to run round to the back, and rushed across the room — by the time I got to the window the prisoner was hanging from the window sill by his hands — I caught hold of him and pulled him back — I told him I was a police officer and should arrest him on a charge of embezzlement — he said, "That is all right, I have a complete answer to this; he" (meaning Mr. Ellis) "gave me the cheque. I have been expecting something of this kind" — he was charged at the station in respect of the item of 2 14s. 11d. - when charged with forging the indorsement on the cheque, he said, "That is all right; is that all?" Cross-examined. You made no explanation as to the getting out of the window — you did not say that you were not surprised at this occurring as Mr. Ellis' brother was rather an excitable man — the words you used were what I have said. THOMAS CONNOR. (Not examined in chief. ) Cross-examined. I am a porter to the prosecutor — one or two days previous to your leaving the prosecutor's employ you gave me 3s. to buy stamps with, which I did — Iput them on the letters and posted the letters. The prisoner, in his defence on oath, said that he did not indorse the cheque; that he could not say who did, that Mr. Ellis must have indorsed it; that he (Mr. Ellis) handed it to him already indorsed for him (the prisoner) to take a sovereign on loan from it; that he gave Mr. Ellis back 1 14s. 11d.; that Mr. Ellis was not an honest man; that he (the prisoner) admitted that he had been convicted of felony; that he went to the prosecutors with a letter from Mr. Wheatley, but that he was not engaged out of charity; and that he was innocent of the charge brought against him. GUILTY. Eighteen months' hard labour. MR. ELLIS, in answer to the COURT, stated that he was not aware, when the prisoner was engaged, that he had been convicted of felony, but thought it was simply for drunkenness. 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